August 20, 2001
On Friday, August 17, 2001, the President signed into law H.R. 2131, Tropical Forest Conservation Act Reauthorization, which authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 2004 for the protection of tropical forests through debt reduction for certain developing countries.
George W. Bush, Statement by the Press Secretary Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/279983