For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 5, 2004
Statement on House and Senate Resolutions
October 5, 2004
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
On Tuesday, October 5, 2004, the President signed into law:
H.R. 265, the "Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
of 2004," which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire
land for and revise the boundaries of Mount Rainier National Park in
the State of Washington.
H.R. 1521, the "Johnstown Flood National Memorial Boundary
Adjustment Act of 2004," which authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to acquire approximately 14 acres for inclusion in the
Johnstown Flood National Memorial in Pennsylvania.
H.R. 1616, the "Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site
Land Exchange Act," which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to
exchange land within the Martin Luther King, Junior, National
Historical Site in Atlanta, Georgia.
H.R. 1648, the "Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution
Systems Conveyance Act of 2004," which authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to convey two water distribution systems of the Cachuma
Project in California to the Carpinteria Valley Water District and the
Montecito Water District.
H.R. 1658, the "Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act of
2004," which removes any cloud on title for two parcels of privately
owned land in California.
H.R. 1732, the "Williamson County Water Recycling Act of 2004,"
which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the
design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse
wastewater in Williamson County, Texas.
H.R. 2696, the "Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act
of 2004," which establishes three institutes to promote the use of
adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfire and
restore the health of dry forests and woodland ecosystems in certain
western interior States.
H.R. 3209, which amends the Reclamations Project Authorization Act
of 1972 to clarify the acreage for which the North Loup Division is
authorized to provide irrigation water under the Pick-Sloan Missouri
River Basin Project.
H.R. 3249, which extends the term of the Forest Counties Payments
Committee to September 30, 2007.
H.R. 3389, which adds "nonprofit organizations" as a category of
organizations eligible for Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards.
H.R. 3768, the "Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Boundary
Revision Act of 2004," which expands the boundaries of the Timucuan
Ecological and Historic Preserve in Jacksonville, Florida.
S.J.Res. 41, which commemorates the opening of the National Museum
of the American Indian.
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