| EXECUTIVE ORDER |
EO 13428 Effective Date: April 04, 2007 |
| Responsible Office: Administrator |
| Subject: Renaming a National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
Renaming a National Forest in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1897
(16 U.S.C. 473) and section 1 of the Act of July 1,
1902 (48 U.S.C. 746), and to rename the Caribbean
National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. The Caribbean National Forest in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby renamed the ``El
Yunque National Forest.'
Sec. 2. Previous references to the Caribbean National
Forest in Executive Order 7059-A of June 4, 1935, and
Executive Order 10992 of February 9, 1962, shall, for
all purposes hereafter, be deemed references to the
``El Yunque National Forest.'
Sec. 3. This order shall be implemented in accordance
with applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
Sec. 4. This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, agencies, entities, officers,
employees, or agents thereof, or any other person.
President, George Bush
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 2, 2007.
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