[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.