[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 41 (Monday, October 13, 1997)]
[Pages 1553-1554]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Acts Approved by the President

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Approved October 6

H.R. 111 / Public Law 105-49

To provide for the conveyance of a parcel of unused agricultural land in 
Dos Palos, California, to the Dos Palos Ag Boosters for use as a farm 
school

H.R. 680 / Public Law 105-50

To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
authorize the transfer of surplus personal property to States for 
donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished families 
and individuals, and to authorize the transfer of surplus real property 
to States, political subdivisions and instrumentalities of States, and 
nonprofit organizations for providing housing or housing assistance for 
low-income individuals or families

H.R. 2248 / Public Law 105-51

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the 
Congress to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in recognition of his 
outstanding and enduring contributions toward religious understanding 
and peace, and for other purposes

H.R. 2443 / Public Law 105-52

To designate the Federal building located at 601 Fourth Street, NW., in 
the District of Columbia, as the ``Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Washington Field Office Memorial Building'', in honor of William H. 
Christian, Jr., Martha Dixon Martinez, Michael J. Miller, Anthony 
Palmisano, and Edwin R. Woodriffe

S. 996 / Public Law 105-53

To provide for the authorization of appropriations in each fiscal year 
for arbitration in United States district courts, and for other purposes

S. 1198 / Public Law 105-54

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special 
immigrant religious worker program, to amend the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline 
for

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designation of an effective date for paperwork changes in the employer 
sanctions program, and to require the Secretary of State to waive or 
reduce the fee for application and issuance of a nonimmigrant visa for 
aliens coming to the United States for certain charitable purposes
Approved October 7

H.R. 2209 / Public Law 105-55

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998
Approved October 8

H.R. 2266 / Public Law 105-56

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998
Approved October 9

H.R. 1420 / Public Law 105-57

National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997

S. 871 / Public Law 105-58

Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997
Approved October 10

H.R. 394 / Public Law 105-59

To provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the 
United States in certain property located in the County of Iosco, 
Michigan

H.R. 1948 / Public Law 105-60

Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 1997

H.R. 2378 / Public Law 105-61

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998