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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release

Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 1670, H.R. 2722, S. 719 and S. 1638

On Friday, April 29, 2016, the President signed into law:

H.R. 1670, the "National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015," which directs the Architect of the Capitol to place a chair in the United States Capitol honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA);

H.R. 2722, the "Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act,"

which requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer;

S. 719, which renames the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Great Falls, Montana, the Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve Center; and

S. 1638, the "Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015," which requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit to Congress information on the implementation of an enhanced plan for the Department's headquarters consolidation project within the National Capital Region.

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