For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 30, 2003
Statement on Veterans' Memorial Preservation
Statement by the Press Secretary
On Thursday, May 29, 2003, the President signed into law:
S. 330 -- the "Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act
of 2003" which increase criminal fines and penalties for defacing
certain veterans' memorials; and requires that veterans' cemeteries be
treated as sites for which supplemental guide signs may be placed on
Federal highways; and
S. 870 -- which extends for one additional school year, the
availability of funding for a Department of Agriculture pilot program
which provides fruit and vegetables to students in four States and one
Indian Reservation.
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