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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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