Statement by the Press Secretary
On Friday, October 16, 2015, the President signed into law:
H.R.
2835, the “Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015,” which requires the
Department of Homeland Security to: (1) consider the expedited hiring
of qualified veterans who have
the ability to perform the functions of Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) officers; and (2) enhance its efforts to recruit members of the
Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as CBP
officers;
S.
986, the “Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act,” which directs
the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust four parcels of Federal
land in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
for the benefit of 19 Indian Pueblos;
S.
1300, the “Adoptive Family Relief Act,” which authorizes U.S. consular
officers to waive immigrant visa renewal or replacement fees for an
immigrant child that is adopted
by U.S. citizens if the child was unable to use the original visa
during its period of validity as a direct result of extraordinary
circumstances that were beyond the control of the child or the parents,
including the denial of an exit permit; and
S.
2078, the “U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Reauthorization Act of 2015,” which reauthorizes and amends the U.S.
Commission on International Religious
Freedom.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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