Officials hope the legislation will be more palatable than a presidential declaration.

This site was reserved in 1967 through a presidential declaration for the university's use.

Contributors nailed down the point with presidential declarations from Washington to Jefferson to Lincoln to Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton.

In October 17, 1972, Park announced a presidential special declaration.

When the presidential declaration is enacted, Federal assistance is made available to public and certain non-profit entities, as well as to individuals who were adversely affected by the disaster.

Congressional and presidential declarations named several days of thanks each year throughout the Revolutionary War period and after.

Since a presidential declaration of Thanksgiving Day was not legally binding, Roosevelt's change was widely disregarded.

The dispute led to the date of Thanksgiving being established by law rather than by presidential declaration.

From here the governor declared a state of emergency and eventually received a presidential declaration which declared a federal state of emergency.

On other matters, Mr. Clinton himself showed how quickly presidential declarations can disappear.