For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 28, 2004
Statement by the Press Secretary
On Friday, May 28, 2004 the President signed into law:
H.R. 408, which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire
an approximately 104-acre parcel of land which would be included within
the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan;
H.R. 708, which requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey
approximately 120 acres of land within the Mendocino National Forest to
the owner of the Faraway Ranch in Lake County, California;
H.R. 856, which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to extend
a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control
Improvement District Number 1 in San Angelo, Texas;
H.R. 923, the "Premier Certified Lenders Program Improvement Act of
2004," which establishes a pilot program under which certain Premier
Certified Lenders in the Small Business Administration's Section 504
Loan Program may elect to be subject to alternative loan loss reserve
requirements;
H.R. 1598, the "Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement
Act of 2004," which authorizes the Department of the Interior to
participate in the design, planning, and construction of three water
projects within the San Diego Creek Watershed in California; and
H.R. 3104, which requires the President to establish separate
campaign medals specifically to recognize service by members of the
uniformed services in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
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