[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 49 (Monday, December 13, 1999)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

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Monday, December 13, 1999

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Volume 35--Number 49
Pages 2517-2577

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    Arkansas, Chamber of Commerce in Little Rock--2565
    Democratic National Committee dinner--2559
    Digital divide, narrowing--2552
    Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, presentation--2521
    Fort Gibson, OK, school shooting--2521
    Health care quality and patient safety--2527
    ``Keep Hope Alive'' reception--2534
    Kennedy Center Honors reception--2518
    Massachusetts
        Departure for Worcester--2552
        Memorial service for firefighters in Worcester--2555
    National Christmas tree lighting--2551
    Radio address--2517
    Senator Tim Johnson, reception--2532

Bill Signings

    Chattahoochee River, legislation to protect segment, statement--2557
    Commerce in depiction of animal cruelty, legislation to establish 
        Federal criminal penalties--2557
    Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 
        1999, statement--2559
    Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999, statement--2524
    John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Act, statement--2558
    U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Extension Act of 1999, statement--
        2558

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Improving health care quality and ensuring patient safety, 
        memorandum--2530
    Narrowing the digital divide, memorandum--2554

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters in the Rose Garden--2527, 2552
    News conference, December 8 (No. 185)--2537

Letters and Messages

    Ramadan, message--2559

Proclamations

    Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week--2526
    National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day--2531

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    Vietnam, flooding--2556
    Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire--2518
    World Trade Organization Seattle Round--2518

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--2575
    Checklist of White House press releases--2574
    Digest of other White House announcements--2574
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--2574

  

Editor's Note: The President was in West Memphis, AR, on December 10, 
the closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the 
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in 
this issue will be printed next week.




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