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 Home > News & Policies > October 2006

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 13, 2006

President Signs H.R. 315, H.R. 562, H.R. 1463, H.R. 1556, H.R. 2322, H.R. 4768, H.R. 4805, H.R. 5026, H.R. 5428, H.R. 5434, S. 2856, S. 3661, and S. 3728

On Friday, October 13, 2006, the President signed into law:

H.R. 315, which designates the United States courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida, as the John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse;

H.R. 562, which authorizes the Government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933;

With Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) looking on, President George W. Bush signs into law S. 3728, the North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006, Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, in the Oval Office.  White House photo by Eric Draper H.R. 1463, which designates a portion of the Federal building located in Alexandria, Virginia, as the Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building;

H.R. 1556, which designates a parcel of land located on the site of the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, as the Clyde S. Cahill Memorial Park;

H.R. 2322, which designates the Federal building located in McAllen, Texas, as the Kika de la Garza Federal Building;

H.R. 4768, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Beaver, Pennsylvania, as the Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building;

H.R. 4805, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Clinton, Illinois, as the Gene Vance Post Office Building;

H.R. 5026, which designates the Investigations Building of the Food and Drug Administration in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the Andres Toro Building;

H.R. 5428, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Morris, Illinois, as the Joshua A. Terando Morris Post Office Building;

H.R. 5434, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the Larry Cox Post Office;

S. 2856, the "Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006," which reduces the regulatory burden on banks, savings associations, and credit unions;

S. 3661, the "Wright Amendment Reform Act 2006," which modifies restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas; and

S. 3728, the "North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006," which amends the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act to apply to North Korea.