For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 28, 2001
President Signs Bills into Law
Statement by the Deputy Press Secretary
On Thursday, December 27, 2001, the President signed the following
bills into law:
H.R. 483, which approves an agreement among the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs of Oregon, the Portland General Electric Company,
and the Department of the Interior regarding the uses of tribal trust
land and resources; and authorizes 99-year leases on land held in trust
for the Tribes.
H.R. 1291, to enhance and makes changes to a number of Department
of Veteran Affairs programs, including increasing educational
assistance benefits, changing presumptions of service-connection for
diseases for Vietnam veterans, providing compensation for certain
illnesses for Gulf War veterans, and authorizing changes to housing and
burial benefits.
H.R. 2559, to amend the Federal Employees Long-Term Care Insurance
program to permit former Federal employees who are entitled to
defferred annuities to participate in the program, and exempt the
premiums paid for insurance under the program form State and local
taxes.
H.R. 3323, to delay, until October 16, 2003, the deadline for
certain health care providers plans, and clearinghouses, to comply with
a regulation establishing national standards for exchanging health care
data electronically.
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