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- # Presidential Directive 1002
## Overview
Presidential Directive 1002 is an official executive directive issued by President William Jefferson Clinton in 1999, forming part of a broader policy response to the controversy over U.S. Navy training operations on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The directive outlines specific funding and development initiatives to be implemented contingent upon the resumption of military training on the island. It was published as part of the legal and policy framework surrounding a planned referendum on the future of Navy activities on Vieques and was intended to address economic, environmental, and social concerns of the local population.
## Context
This directive is embedded within [Vieques Remarks](arke:01KG2TSWADQKM6FJC6H5J03W80), a comprehensive legal document containing President Clinton’s video remarks and associated policy directives from November 29, 1999. It follows [Presidential Directive 1001](arke:01KG2TTKACS169WBVV7RBAZBXR) and the section titled “Between the date of this directive and the referendum, the following will occur,” and is immediately succeeded by a [Letter from the Governor of Puerto Rico to the President](arke:01KG2TTKC8P5JGVFF5NG9Y92WA), indicating its role in a coordinated federal and territorial response. The document was extracted from a text file assembled from scanned pages of an original PDF, preserved in the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H).
## Contents
The directive instructs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request approximately forty million dollars from Congress for six key projects on Vieques, provided that Navy and Marine Corps training resumes and continues uninterrupted. These projects include: (a) construction of a new commercial ferry pier and terminal by the Army Corps of Engineers; (b) an artificial reef and fish aggregation program to create new commercial fishing grounds, with direct financial compensation for fishermen during the interim; (c) improvements to cross-island roadways and bridges; (d) a youth apprenticeship program for civic construction; (e) a joint federal-Puerto Rican program to preserve the bioluminescent Mosquito Bay; and (f) the establishment of a professional economic development office to attract jobs to the island. The directive mandates publication in the Federal Register and remains in effect indefinitely.
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- Presidential Directive 1002
By separate directive I have addressed the resumption of Navy and Marine Corps training on the island of Vieques.
1. Provided that training has resumed and is continuously permitted on Vieques, within 90 days of this memorandum, I direct the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request authority and funding (which with funding for projects described in paragraph 5(f) of Directive #1001 will total approximately forty million dollars) from Congress for the following projects:
(a) To support the construction of a new commercial ferry pier and terminal by the Army Corps of Engineers.
(b) To establish an artificial reef construction and fish aggregation program to create substantial new commercial fishing areas for Vieques fisherman. Until such time as these new fishing grounds are operational, this legislation will authorize direct payments of an amount (to be determined by the National Marine Fisheries Services) to be paid to registered Vieques commercial fisherman for each day they are unable to use existing waters because the Navy is training.
(c) To support expanding or improving the major cross-island roadways and bridges on Vieques.
(d) To establish an apprenticeship/training program for young people on Vieques to facilitate participation in small-scale civic construction projects.
(e) To establish a program with the Government of Puerto Rico to preserve the Puerto Mosquito Vieques bioluminescent bay and to commit Federal resources to its preservation.
(f) To establish a professional economic development office for Vieques for the purpose of promoting Vieques and attracting jobs to the island.
2. This directive shall be published in the Federal Register and shall remain in effect.
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