Most importantly, the Administration supports common sense gun legislation to help keep guns out of the hands of children and criminals.

This bill will provide critical work opportunities to people with disabilities, and I look forward to signing this groundbreaking legislation.

These successful tools in the fight against crime must be an integral part of any legislation that seeks to make our streets safer.

That's why more than a year and a half ago, I asked Congress to pass a strong, enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights.

I call on every Member of Congress to reject these efforts to tear down what we accomplished last year.

I will soon send the Congress a plan to bestow the highest level of wilderness protection on more than 5 million acres of back-country lands.

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12852, as amended, is further amended by deleting from section 4(b) of the order the text 'February 28, 1999' and inserting in lieu thereof 'June 30, 1999'.

The bill is essentially unworkable in its current form to the extent that it purports to require a single, common application form for all the many different Federal grant programs.

The bill would require that all Federal agencies strive to develop and use a common application for all grant programs.

The legislation includes no authorization for additional funding to fulfill these requirements.

Accordingly, the Administration does not support S. 4 in its current form.

It is too soon after passage of GPEA to re-legislate these issues.

I urge the Congress to enact legislation providing for such an increase, and if Congress fails to act, I will use my executive authority to guarantee that a 3.6 increase takes effect.

This bill protects certain raw materials and parts suppliers from liability for harm caused by a medical implant.

I am pleased to sign today the Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998.

I urge the full Congress to approve their amendment and send it to me for signature so we can give hard-pressed farmers the relief they deserve as soon as possible.

Today I am signing into law S. 2344, the 'Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act.'

Workforce Investment Act of 1998.