If 129.150 PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE SUBSEQUENT TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

North Cascades National Park Service Complex in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. S. 2204. An act to implement the Inter-American Convention on Inter­ national Commercial Arbitration. S. 2843. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to au­ thorize abbreviated new animal drug applications and to amend title 35, United States Code, to authorize the extension of the patents for animal drug products. S.J. Res. 303. Joint resolution to des­ ignate the month of October 1988 as “National Lupus Awareness Month”. S.J. Res. 325. Joint resolution desig­ nating the third week in May 1989 as “National Tourism Week”. On November 17, 1988: S. 795. An act to provide for the set­ tlement of water rights claims of the La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians in San Diego County, California, to au­ thorize the lining of the All American Canal, and for other purposes. S. 2100. An act to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to author­ ize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. S. 2102. An act to prohibit the licens­ ing of certain facilities on portions of the Salmon and Snake Rivers in Idaho, and for other purposes. S. 2186. An act to improve the effi­ ciency and effectiveness of mange- ment of public buildings. S. 2209. An act to authorize appro­ priations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, construc­ tion of facilities, and research and pro­ gram management, and for other purposes. S. 2215. An act to amend and extend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, and for other purposes. S. 2470. An act to promote energy conservation and technology competi­ tiveness in the American steel and alu­ minum industries. S.J. Res. 327. Joint resolution com­ memorating January 28, 1989, as a “National Day of Excellence” in honor of the crew of the space shuttle Chal­ lenger. S.J. Res. 332. Joint resolution to des­ ignate the period commencing Decem­ ber 11, 1988, and ending December 17, 1988, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”. S.J. Res. 352. Joint resolution desig­ nating September 24, 1989, as “United States Marshalls Bicentennial Day”. S.J. Res. 365. Joint resolution to des­ ignate January 28, 1989, as “National Challenger Center Day” to honor the crew of the space shuttle Challenger. On November 18,1988: S. 11. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish cer­ tain procedures for the adjudication of claims for benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration: to apply the provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to rule- making procedures of the Veterans' Administration; to establish a Court of Veterans' Appeals and to provide for judicial review of certain final deci­ sions of the Board of Veterans' Ap­ peals; to provide for the payment of reasonable fees to attorneys for ren­ dering legal representation to individ­ uals claiming benefits under laws ad­ ministered by the Veterans' Adminis­ tration; to increase the rates of com­ pensation payable to veterans with service-connected disabilities; and to make various inprovements in veter­ ans' health, rehabilitation, and memo­ rial affairs programs; and for other 

purposes. S. 2030. An act to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Santuaries Act of 1972 to provide for termination of ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste, and for other 

purposes. S. 2049. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the education, home loan guaranty, and other programs of the Veterans' Ad­ ministration; and for other purposes. S. 2840. An act to provide for the designation and conservation of cer­ tain lands in the States of Arizona and Idaho, and for other purposes.

TT 129.150 BILLS DISAPPROVED AFTER SINE

DIE ADJOURNMENT

The President announced his disap­ proval of the following bills with mem­ orandums of disapproval as follows:

H.R. 3 6 2 1

MEMORANDUM OF DISAPPROVAL

I am withholding my approval of H.R. 3621, which would establish, among other things, an Indian Devel­ opment Finance Corporation that would be authorized to provide devel­ opment capital to Indian businesses that meet certain criteria. The bill would have created an expensive and unnecessary new bureaucracy and du­ plicated currently existing programs. It would not have addressed the un­ derlying problems of economic devel­ opment in Indian country. Finally, the legislation places the Government at risk of substantial financial loss and does not provide sufficient authority for governmental oversight of the fi­ nancial activities that could result in such loss. Instead of creating a new institution to deliver additional capital, I believe that we need to better utilize existing sources of capital, including such Fed­ eral programs as the Indian Financing Act. In this regard, I recently signed Public Law 100-442, which increased the ceiling on guaranteed loans for Indian businesses under the Indian Fi­ nancing Act from $200 million to $500 million, raised the limitation on loan guarantees to individual Indian and Indian economic enterprises from $350,000 to $500,000, and provided

other means for reservation economic development. Sufficient authority, therefore, exists to carry out the ac­ tivities envisioned in H.R. 3621. I would also emphasize that H.R. 3621, with its further proliferation of Federal credit programs, is contrary to this Administration's long-standing and ongoing efforts to manage more effectively Federal credit programs. Because this legislation takes the wrong approach to Indian economic development, I am withholding my ap­ proval of H.R. 3621. I note that this bill also contains an unrelated and beneficial provision relating to the transfer of Federal land in Sauthern California to several bands of South­ ern California Mission Indians. My dis­ approval of H.R. 3621 does not affect this needed legislation, which was also included in H.R. 2677, an omnibus Indian affairs bill that I have already approved.

R o n a l d R e a g a n.

T h e W h i t e H o u s e , November 2y 1988.

H.R. 3 9 6 6

MEMORANDUM OF DISAPPROVAL

I am withholding my approval of H.R. 3966, the “Children's Television Act of 1988”. This bill would limit the amount of advertising during chil­ dren's television programs to between 10 V2 and 12 minutes per hour. It would also require the Federal Communica­ tions Commission, when reviewing an application for renewal of a television broadcast license, to consider whether the broadcaster has “served the educa­ tional and informational needs of chil­ dren in its overall programming”. This Administration has firmly sup­ ported the re-establishment of govern­ ment and private sector policies sensi­ tive to the needs of children and of the family. While I applaud efforts to increase the amount and quality of children's television programming, the Constitution simply does not empower the Federal Government to oversee the programming decisions of broad­ casters in the manner prescribed by this bill. Conditioning license renewals upon the Federal Government's determina­ tion as to the adequacy of a licensee's programming would violate the First Amendment. It would inhibit broad­ casters from offering innovative pro­ grams that do not fit neatly into regu­ latory categories and discourage the creation of programs that might not satisfy the tastes of agency officials re­ sponsible for considering license re­ newals. The bill's limitation on advertising revenue for certain types of program­ ming places the Federal Government in the inappropriate position of favor­ ing certain kinds of programming over others. This type of government regu­ lation may well undermine its stated purpose by discouraging commercial networks from financing quality chil­ dren's programming. In addition, it raises constitutional issues both by

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