For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 4, 2002
President Signs Bills
Statement by the Press Secretary
On Thursday, April 4, 2002, the President signed into law:
H.R. 1499, "District of Columbia College Access Improvement Act of
2002" which expands the eligibility criteria for tuition assistance for
District of Columbia residents under the District of Columbia College
Access Act of 1999;
H.R. 2739, which authorizes the Secretary of State to initiate a
plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the May 2002
annual summit of the World Health Assembly;
H.R. 3985, which authorizes certain binding arbitration disputes
regarding the leasing of reservation lands of the Gila River Indian
Community in Arizona to be under the jurisdiction of Federal courts
rather than tribal courts.
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