October 29, 2004
On Thursday, October 28, 2004, the President signed the following bill into law:
H.R. 4200, the "Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005."
George W. Bush, Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 4200 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/281064