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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 1, 2005

Statement by the Press Secretary on Bill Signings

On Thursday, December 1, 2005, the President signed into law:

H.R. 126, which increases the number of free roaming horses permitted in the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina;

H.R. 539, the "Caribbean National Forest Act," which designates 10,000 acres of National Forest System land in Puerto Rico as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;

H.R. 606, the "Angel Island Immigration Station Restoration and Preservation Act," which authorizes appropriations of $15 million to restore the Angel Island Immigration Station in the State of California;

H.R. 1972, the "Franklin National Battlefield Study Act," which requires the Department of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing areas associated with the Battle of Franklin, in the State of Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System;

H.R. 1973, the "Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005," which authorizes assistance to improve access to safe water and sanitation in developing countries;

H.R. 2062, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Newville, Pennsylvania, as the Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building;

H.R. 2183, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Staten Island, New York, as the Vincent Palladino Post Office; and

H.R. 3853, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Parkdale, Arkansas, as the Willie Vaughn Post Office.

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