March 06, 2014
On Thursday, March 6, 2014, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2431, the "National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2014," which authorizes appropriations for the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) through FY 2018 and requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to report to Congress on the implementation of the NIDIS.
Barack Obama, Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 2431 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/310025