    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [September 30, 1994]
    [Page 1674]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
    Appropriations Act, 1995
    September 30, 1994

        Today I have signed into law H.R. 4602, the ``Department of the
    Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995.''
        H.R. 4602 provides funds for various programs of the Departments of
    the Interior and Energy, the Forest Service (Department of Agriculture),
    and the Indian Health Service (Department of Health and Human Services).
    Funding for various independent agencies such as the Smithsonian
    Institution and the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
    is also included.
        The Act provides important funding to further the protection and
    rehabilitation of America's inventory of natural and cultural assets,
    including our national parks and forests.
        I am pleased that the Act includes funding to support a number of my
    energy conservation initiatives. These investments are important for our
    Nation's energy and environmental future.
        The Act also provides $200 million in additional emergency funding
    for Forest Service firefighting activities and $250 million in
    additional contingent emergency firefighting funds, reflecting the
    severe 1994 fire season affecting national forests in many western
    States.
        There are several provisions in the Act that purport to require
    congressional approval before executive branch execution of aspects of
    the bill. The Administration will interpret such provisos to require
    notification only, since any other interpretation would contradict the
    Supreme Court ruling in INS vs. Chadha.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    September 30, 1994.

    Note: H.R. 4602, approved September 30, was assigned Public Law No. 103-
    332. This statement was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    October 1.