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By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to extend the reporting date of 
                the President's Commission on Excellence in Special 
                Education, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 
                13227 of October 2, 2001, is amended by deleting 
                ``April 30, 2002' in section 3(b) of that order and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``July 1, 2002'.

                   
 President George Bush

                
THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     
February 6, 2002.