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Ärende: Press Release (0412233) for Thu, 2004 Dec 23
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Statement on House and Senate Resolutions
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 23, 2004

Statement on House and Senate Resolutions



H.R. 530, which makes Tanya Andrea Goudeau eligible for lawful permanent
residence and considered to have satisfied the requirements applicable to
adopted children born outside the United States for automatic acquisition
of citizenship;

H.R. 2457, the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument Preservation and
Education Act, which authorizes funds for an educational center for the
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument;

H.R. 2619, the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of
2004," which authorizes the expansion of the Kilauea Point National
Wildlife Refuge on the island of Kauai, Hawaii;

H.R. 3632, the Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act
of 2004, which prevents and punishes counterfeiting of copyrighted copies
and phonorecords;

H.R. 3785, which directs the exchange of certain land in the Everglades
National Park, Florida;

H.R. 3818, the Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004,
which amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to improve the results and
accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs;

H.R. 4027, which authorizes the Commerce Department to make certain
NOAA-administered real Property in Florida available to the University of
Miami for development of a Marine Life Science Center;

H.R. 4116, the American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem
Commemorative Coin Act, which requires the Department of the Treasury to
mint and issue coins in commemoration of the recovery of the bald eagle and
the 35th anniversary of the enactment of the Endangered Species Act, and
provides support to the American Eagle Foundation of Tennessee through
surcharges on the coins;

H.R. 4548, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005," which
authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency
Retirement and Disability System;

H.R. 4569, which requires the Department of Agriculture to develop a
national plan for the control and management of the tree disease Sudden Oak
Death;

H.R. 4657, the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act
of 2004, which amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to improve the
administration of Federal pension benefit payments for District of Columbia
teachers, police officers, and fire fighters;

H.R. 5204, which modifies current law concerning payments to children's
hospitals for graduate medical residency training programs;

H.R. 5363, which authorizes a cost-of-living salary adjustment for the
Federal Judiciary for 2005;

H.R. 5382, the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004," which
promotes the development of the emerging commercial human space flight
industry;

H.R. 5394, which amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the
taxation of arrow components;

H.R. 5419, which amends the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum
from governmental to commercial users; to improve, enhance, and promote the
Nation's homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency
response capabilities through the use of enhanced 911 services, to further
upgrade Public Safety Answering Point capabilities and related functions in
receiving E-911 calls, and to support in the construction and operation of
a ubiquitous and reliable citizen activated system; and to provide that
funds received as universal service contributions under section 254 of the
Communications Act of 1934 and the universal service support programs
established pursuant thereto are not subject to certain provisions of title
31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act, for a
period of time;

S. 1301, the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004," which prohibits video
voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the
United States;

S. 2657, the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of
2004," which requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish
supplemental dental and vision benefits programs for Federal employees,
annuitants, and their dependents;

S. 2781, the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004," which expresses the
sense of the Congress regarding the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, to provide
assistance for the crisis in Darfur and for comprehensive peace in Sudan;

S. 2856, which limits the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Corporation
funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the
programs.

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