For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 18, 2004
Statement on House and Senate Resolutions
On Monday, October 18, 2004, the President signed into law:
H.R. 4011, the "North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004," which will
promote human rights and freedom in North Korea, and authorize
humanitarian assistance to North Koreans.
H.R. 4567, the "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2005," which provides Fiscal Year 2005 appropriations for the
Department of Homeland Security.
H.R. 4850, the "District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005,"
which provides FY 2005 Federal appropriations for the District of
Columbia (DC) and provides for the appropriation of DC local funds for
FY 2005 .
S. 551, the "Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement
Implementation Act of 2004," which provides for the implementation of
air quality programs on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Colorado,
pursuant to a specified Tribal/State Intergovernmental Agreement.
S. 1421, the "Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act," which
authorizes the subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by
Alaska Natives.
S. 1537, the "New Hope Cemetery Association Land Conveyance," which
directs the Department of Agriculture to convey 1.1 acres of National
Forest land in Pope County, Arkansas, to the New Hope Cemetery
Association.
S. 1663 , which replaces certain Coastal Barrier Resources System
maps for the Cape Fear area in North Carolina to reflect boundary
changes.
S. 1687, the "Manhattan Project National Historical Park Study
Act," which requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a
special resource study to determine whether certain sites associated
with the Manhattan Project are nationally significant, suitable, and
feasible to designate as a unit of the National Park System.
S. 1814, which transfers administrative jurisdiction of the Mingo
Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Missouri from the Department
of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture.
S. 2052, the "El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historical Trail
Act," which designates the El Camino Real de los Tejas in Texas and
Louisiana as a National Historic Trail. S. 2180, the "Arapaho and
Roosevelt National Forests Land Exchange Act of 2004," which directs
the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the Arapaho
and Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado.
S. 2319, the "Tapoco Project Licensing Act of 2004," which
requires the Department of the Interior to exchange certain lands
within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee with Alcoa
Power Generating Inc. and grants jurisdiction for the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission to re-license the Tapoco hydropower project.
S. 2363, which authorizes appropriations for FYs 2006-2010 for
grants to establish and extend Boys and Girls Club facilities.
S. 2508, which redesignates the Ridges Basin Reservoir in Colorado
as Lake Nighthorse.
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