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President Bush Signs H.R. 2040, S. 602, and S. 1193 Into Law
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary December 2, 2008

President Bush Signs H.R. 2040, S. 602, and S. 1193 Into Law

ÿÿWhite House News


STATEMENT BY PRESS SECRETARY DANA PERINO

On Tuesday, December 2, 2008, the President signed into law:

H.R. 2040, the "Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act," which
requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964;

S. 602, the "Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007," which requires the Federal
Communications Commission to conduct an inquiry to examine the availability
of, and methods of encouraging the use of, advanced blocking technologies
that help parents protect their children from transmitted video and audio
programming that the parents determine to be indecent or objectionable;

S. 1193, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust two
parcels of Federal land in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the benefit of 19
Indian pueblos; make various technical changes to statutes concerning
Native Americans; and extends the authorization for Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial through November 12, 2009.

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