[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10077-H10078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

  A message in writing from the President of the United States was 
communicated to the House by Mr. Sherman Williams, one of his 
secretaries, who also informed the House that on the following dates 
the President approved and signed bills of the House and Senate of the 
following titles:

           July 1, 1996:
       H.R. 3029. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``E. Barrett 
     Prettyman United States Courthouse.''
           July 2, 1996:
       H.R. 2803. An act to amend the anti-car theft provisions of 
     title 49, United States Code, to increase the utility of 
     motor vehicle title information to the State and Federal law 
     enforcement officials, and for other purposes.
           July 3, 1996:
       H.R. 3525, An act amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     clarify the Federal jurisdiction over offenses relating to 
     damage to religious property.
           July 9, 1996:
       H.R. 1880, An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office building at 102 South McLean, Lincoln, Illinois, as 
     the ``Edward Madigan Post Office Building'';
       H.R. 2437, An act to provide for the exchange of certain 
     lands in Gilpin County, Colorado;
       H.R. 2704, An act to provide that the United States Post 
     Office building that is to be located at 7436 South Exchange 
     Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, shall be known and designated as 
     the ``Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building''; and
       H.R. 3364, An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 235 North Washington 
     Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the ``William J. Nealon 
     Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
           July 18, 1996:
       H.R. 2070, An act to provide for the distribution within 
     the United States of the United States Information Agency 
     film entitled ``Fragile Ring of Life''; and
       H.R. 2853, An act to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) 
     to the products of Bulgaria.
           July 19, 1996:
       H.R. 1508, An act to require the transfer of title to the 
     District of Columbia of certain real property in Anacostia 
     Park to facilitate the construction of National Children's 
     Island, a cultural, educational, and family-oriented park.
           July 21, 1996:
       H.R. 3121, An act to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to 
     certain defense and security assistance provisions under 
     those Acts, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to 
     certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.
           July 24, 1996:
       H.R. 419, An act for the relief of Benchmark Rail Group, 
     Inc.; and
       H.R. 701, An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to convey lands to the city of Rolla, Missouri.
           July 29, 1996:
       H.R. 248, An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the conduct of expanded studies and the 
     establishment of innovative programs with respect to 
     traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.
           July 30, 1996:
       H.R. 2337, An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code Act of 
     1986 to provide for increased taxpayer protections.
           August 3, 1996:
       H.R. 497, An act to create the National Gambling Impact and 
     Policy Commission;
       H.R. 1627, An act to amend the Federal Insecticide, 
     Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes; and
       H.R. 3161, An act to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) 
     to the products of Romania.
           August 5, 1996:
       H.R. 3107, An act to impose sanctions on persons making 
     certain investments directly and significantly contributing 
     to the enhancement of the ability of Iran or Libya to develop 
     its petroleum resources, and on persons exporting certain 
     items that enhance Libya's weapons or aviation capabilities 
     or enhance Libya's ability to develop its petroleum 
     resources, and for other purposes.
       The President has approved the following:
           July 2, 1996:
       S. 1136, An act to control and prevent commercial 
     counterfeiting, and for other purposes; and
       S. 1903, An act to designate the bridge, estimated to be 
     completed in the year 2000, that replaces the bridge on 
     Missouri highway 74 spanning from East Cape Girardeau, 
     Illinois, to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Bill Emerson 
     Bridge'', and for other purposes.
           July 5, 1996:
       S. 1579, An act to streamline and improve the effectiveness 
     of chapter 75 of title 31,

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     United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Single 
     Audit Act'').
           July 29, 1996:
       S. 966, An act for the relief of Nathan C. Vance, and for 
     other purposes; and
       S. 1899, An act entitled the ``Mollie Beattie Wilderness 
     Area Act''.

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