May 08, 2009
On Friday, May 8, 2009 the President signed into law:
S. 39, which repeals a 1980 statutory restriction (commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze") on development on lands in northeastern Arizona that were previously disputed by the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation.
Barack Obama, Statement by the Press Secretary Regarding S. 39 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/289583