For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 1, 2003
Statement on H.R. 74
Statement by the Press Secretary
On Friday, August 1, 2003, the President signed into law:
H.R. 74, which requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey
approximately 24.3 acres of land in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior to be
held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and
California.
S. 1280, which clarifies the limited liability of the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children in connection with
two Federal pilot programs established under the PROTECT Act
that provide for criminal background checks of volunteers for
certain youth organizations.
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