For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 17, 2003
Statement by the Press Secretary
On Monday, November 17, 2003, the President signed into law:
H.R. 1442, which authorizes the establishment of an underground
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center near the Veterans Memorial,
and prohibits any new commemorative works in a "Reserve" area along the
National Mall;
H.R. 3288, which amends the definition of a qualifying State under
the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to allow certain
States to use SCHIP funds to pay for the health care of certain
children who are currently Medicaid-eligible;
S. 677, the "Black Canyon of the Gunnison Boundary Revision Act of
2003," which expands the boundaries of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in western
Colorado; and
S. 924, which authorizes a land exchange between an Alaska Native
Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior.
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