[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 50 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

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Monday, December 15, 2003

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Volume 39_Number 50

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Pages 1765	1794

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Appointments and Nominations; Bill Signings; Meetings With 
        Foreign Leaders
    Cabinet meeting--1782
    Iraqi National Symphony, meeting with members--1781
    Kennedy Center Honors reception--1768
    Radio address--1767
    Virginia, Bush-Cheney luncheon in McLean--1783

 Appointments and Nominations

    Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretary, remarks--1788

 Bill Signings

    Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement,
        and Modernization Act of 2003
        Remarks--1771
        Statement--1774

 Communications to Congress

    Japan-U.S. Convention on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention 
        of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, message 
        transmitting--1780

Communications to Congress--Continued

    Railroad Retirement Board, message transmitting report--1775
    Romania-U.S. Additional Protocol Concerning the Reciprocal 
        Encouragement and Protection of Investment, message 
        transmitting--1780

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Determination Consistent With Section 620(q) of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and Section 512 of the FY 
        2002 and 2003 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
        Programs Appropriations Acts, memorandum--1775
    Imposition and Waiver of Sanctions Under Section 604 of the FY 2003 
        Foreign Relations Authorization Act, memorandum--1788
    Presidential Determination on Waiver of Conditions on Obligation and 
        Expenditure of Funds for Planning, Design, and Construction of a 
        Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia, memorandum--
        1770
    Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act, 
        memorandum--1779
  
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on December 12, 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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Contents--Continued

Communications to Federal Agencies--Continued

    Transfer of Funds Appropriated to the President Under the Heading 
        Operating Expenses of the Coalition Provisional Authority, and 
        Delegation of the Functions of the President Under the Heading 
        Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, in the Emergency 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the 
        Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004, memorandum--1766

Executive Orders

    Amendment to Executive Order 13183, Establishment of the President's 
        Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status--1765
    Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal 
        Government on Friday, December 26, 2003--1779

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Cabinet Room--1782
        Oval Office--1777
        Roosevelt Room--1788

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    China, Premier Wen--1776, 1777

Proclamations

    Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week--1782
    National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month--1775
    National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day--1765

Resignations and Retirements

    Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretary, statement--1778
    White House staff, Assistant to the President and Director of the 
        USA Freedom Corps, statement--1779

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings; Resignations and Retirements
    Deaths
        Bob Bartley--1781
        Paul Simon--1781
        Joe Skeen--1775

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--1793
    Checklist of White House press releases--1793
    Digest of other White House announcements--1791
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--1792

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