For Immediate Release
November 17, 2006

President Bush Signs H.J. Res. 100 and H.R. 6326

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

On Friday, November 17, 2006 the President signed into law:

H.J. Res. 100, which provides FY 2007 appropriations for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government through Friday, December 8, 2006; and

H.R. 6326, which authorizes the Department of Agriculture to fulfill certain commodity orders for FY 2007 placed prior to November 14, 2006, under the Nutrition Services Incentive Program.

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