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Presidential Documents Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, April 29, 1996 Volume 32ÐNumber 17 Pages 693±733 1 VerDate 28-OCT-97 08:06 Jan 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P17AP4.000 p17ap4 Contents Addresses and Remarks Executive Orders See also Bill Signings Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Lebanon agreementÐ725 Secretary of DefenseÐ721 Legislative agendaÐ723 Maryland, Earth Day in Great FallsÐ704 Interviews With the News Media National Teacher of the Year award Exchanges with reporters ceremonyÐ707 Briefing RoomÐ723, 725 Radio addressÐ695 Oval OfficeÐ712 Service Employees International Union St. Petersburg, RussiaÐ693 conventionÐ714 News conference with President Yeltsin of Bill Signings Russia in Moscow, April 21 (No. 120)Ð696 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 Joint Statements RemarksÐ717 Russia-U.S. Highly Enriched Uranium StatementÐ719 AgreementÐ703 Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, statementÐ726 Meetings With Foreign Leaders 13th continuing resolution, statementÐ722 Lebanon, President HarawiÐ712 Communications to Congress Russia, President YeltsinÐ693 Colombian drug traffickers, message Proclamations reportingÐ710 Jewish Heritage WeekÐ693 Environmental management, messageÐ729 National Crime Victims' Rights WeekÐ694 Savings Association Insurance Fund legislation, letterÐ723 Statements by the President Communications to Federal Agencies See Bill Signings Environmental management, Supplementary Materials memorandumsÐ729, 730 Public-private partnerships for protection of Acts approved by the PresidentÐ733 national parks, memorandumÐ705 Checklist of White House press releasesÐ732 Transportation planning to address impacts of Digest of other White House transportation on national parks, announcementsÐ731 memorandumÐ706 Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ732 Editor's Note: The President was in Philadelphia, PA, on April 26, the closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in this issue will be printed next week. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (37 FR 23607; 1 CFR Part 10). PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS Distribution is made only by the Superintendent of Docu- ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Reg- The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will be ister, National Archives and Records Administration, Washing- furnished by mail to domestic subscribers for $80.00 per year ton, DC 20408, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Docu- ($137.00 for mailing first class) and to foreign subscribers for ments contains statements, messages, and other Presidential $93.75 per year, payable to the Superintendent of Documents, materials released by the White House during the preceding Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. The week. charge for a single copy is $3.00 ($3.75 for foreign mailing). The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is pub- There are no restrictions on the republication of material lished pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Reg- appearing in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Docu- ister Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. Ch. 15), under ments. 2 VerDate 28-OCT-97 08:06 Jan 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P17AP4.000 p17ap4 Week Ending Friday, April 26, 1996 Exchange With Reporters in Proclamation 6887ÐJewish Heritage St. Petersburg, Russia Week, 1996 April 19, 1996 April 19, 1996 Q. Mr. President, can I ask youÐanything By the President of the United States you wanted to see in particular? of America The President. I saw the Impressionists A Proclamation paintings. I wanted to see them. And I want- The Jewish experience in America has ed to see the living quarters of Catherine the been a mutually rewarding one for this coun- Great. [Laughter] try and for the Jewish people. Jewish Ameri- Q. How did it compare to yours? cans have made great contributions in such The President. I like mine just fine. fields as the arts and sciences, business, gov- [Laughter] ernment, law and medicine, enriching Amer- Q. [Inaudible]ÐÐhouse, Mr. President? ica's heritage with the resonant tradition of The President. Well, she didn't have to an ancient people. And America, for its part, run for election. [Laughter] has been a land of opportunity for its Jewish Q. Are you going to see the Rembrandts citizens. here? In many ways, the Jewish experience is The President. Perhaps, yes. I love the unique, freighted with the anguish of fre- desks. The thing that strikes me is the wood- quent persecution, but ennobled by an work. I hadn't counted on seeing all that. You unyielding spirit that has always found a way ought to go back and see all the secret cham- to turn darkness into light. In the crucible bers in the desk back there. He put every- of sorrow, the Jewish people have reaffirmed, thing he had in there. time and again, the basic human values of Q. Mr. President, you've seen some reli- faith, community, justice, and hope. gious symbols today that have been opened On the tolerant soil of American democ- racy, the Jewish people have flourished. We in the last few years to the Russian people. will be forever grateful for the remarkable What are your thoughts on seeing things that contributions of our Jewish citizens, and it didn't used to be open during the Soviet era? is fitting that we set aside a week to give The President. That's a very good thing, thanks for their inestimable gifts and to not only making it available to the people, honor the traditions of their remarkable reli- but also making religious expression legiti- gion and heritage. mate again and making itÐencouraging and Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, nourishing it. I think it's a real sign of the President of the United States of America, health of the Russian democracy that religion by virtue of the authority vested in me by is respected and people are free to pursue the Constitution and laws of the United it and express their honest convictions. States, do hereby proclaim April 21 through April 28, 1996, as Jewish Heritage Week. I NOTE: The exchange began at approximately 2:30 call upon the people of the United States to p.m. in the White Hall Room at the Hermitage observe this week with appropriate pro- Museum. This item was not received in time for grams, ceremonies, and activities. publication in the appropriate issue. A tape was In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set not available for verification of the content of this my hand this nineteenth day of April, in the exchange. year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nine- 693 VerDate 28-OCT-97 08:28 Jan 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P17AP4.022 p17ap4 694 Apr. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 ty-six, and of the Independence of the United teams, victim assistance providers and shelter States of America the two hundred and twen- workers. At the darkest of moments, these tieth. selfless men and women renew our Nation's William J. Clinton faith in humanity, and their advocacy em- bodies the time-honored American traditions [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, of compassion and service. They constitute 11:21 a.m., April 22, 1996] a community of caring whose healing work helps victims to become survivors. As a Na- NOTE: This proclamation was published in the tion, we owe these generous individuals our Federal Register on April 23. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate deepest gratitude for making our commu- issue. nities better and safer places in which to live and work. While 1995 brought tragedy, it also Proclamation 6888ÐNational Crime brought the implementation of one of the Victims' Rights Week, 1996 most comprehensive crime laws ever en- April 19, 1996 acted. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 furthered the By the President of the United States rights of victims in the Federal justice system of America and targeted resources for criminal justice improvements. The Crime Act's provisions A Proclamation include truth-in-sentencing provisions that On April 19, 1995, millions of Americans ensure longer sentences for violent offenders witnessed the chaos and anguish wrought by and allocution rights for victims that give a single bomb blast in Oklahoma City that them the right to speak in court before the took 168 lives and injured scores of others. imposition of a sentence. The Crime Act also For days afterwards, our Nation joined the provides hundreds of communities around survivors in a grim vigil as somber work crews the Nation with increased law enforcement entered the wreckage again and again to lo- personnel, and its Violence Against Women cate victims. Act is the first comprehensive Federal effort That bomb blast in Oklahoma City was a to combat violence against women. devastating reminder that too many Ameri- The Crime Act is just one landmark in a cans have become victims of crime. Although crime victims' movement that has spanned violent crime has decreased every year for 20 years and brought many hard-won re- the last 3 years, 83 percent of our citizens forms. A victims' bill of rightsÐonce a novel 12 years of age and above will experience ideaÐis now a reality in virtually every State. violent or attempted violent crime in their Victim assistance programs, which were few lifetimes. And worse, 52 percent will be vic- in the 1960s, now number in the thousands. timized more than once. Added to these grim Every State has a compensation program to statistics is the reality that violent crime is help reimburse victims for mental health, increasingly a problem of our youth.
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