THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release July 3, 1996
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Today I have signed into law H.R. 3525, the "Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996," which will make it easier to prosecute those who set fire to churches. I applaud the Congress' swift, unanimous, and bipartisan passage of this bill. I have signed it promptly upon its transmittal to me so that the new law can go into effect as soon as possible, but I plan to acknowledge the Congress' role more formally and discuss the importance of this measure at an appropriate occasion next week.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 3, 1996.
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