    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [October 21, 1993]
    [Page 1799]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
    Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994
    October 21, 1993

        Today I have signed into law H.R. 2518, the ``Labor, Health and
    Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
    1994.''
        This Act provides funding for the Departments of Labor, Health and
    Human Services, and Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
    and several smaller agencies. Programs within these agencies address the
    training and employment needs of our Nation's work force, the Federal
    role in our education system, and fundamental elements of our health
    care network.
        This Act provides funding for a number of my high-priority
    investment proposals within the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
    Services (HHS), and Education. These include the Head Start program,
    Goals 2000 program, School-to-Work program, Immunization grants, and the
    National Institutes of Health.
        The Act provides funding for investment initiatives for automation
    and disability processing within the Social Security Administration
    (SSA). This will help SSA improve the quality of service to millions of
    Americans.
        I am pleased that the Act provides a large increase in funding for
    programs authorized under the Ryan White CARE Act. Programs authorized
    under this Act represent major steps forward in the battle against the
    AIDS epidemic.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    October 21, 1993.

    Note: H.R. 2518, approved October 21, was assigned Public Law No. 103-
    112. This statement was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    October 22.