For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 15, 2002
Bill Signings
Statement by the Press Secretary
On Tuesday, January 15th, 2002, the President signed into law the
following bills:
S. 1202, which authorizes appropriations for the Office of
Government Ethics through FY 2006;
S. 1714, which provides for the installation of a plaque
to honor Dr. James Harvey Early in the Williamsburg, Kentucky, Post
Office Building;
S. 1741, the "Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment
Technical Amendment Act of 2001", which allows States to provide
Medicaid benefits to certain Native American women who have been
diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through a Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention screening program; and
S. 1793, the "Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students
Act of 2001", which allows the Secretary of Education to waive or
modify student financial assistance program requirements to
assist individuals or academic institutions affected by the national
emergency declared by the President on September 14 or subsequent
national emergencies caused by terrorist attacks.
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