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McCloy received a standing ovation from those attending the White House ceremony.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>The new law, the first of its kind since 1977, requires miners to have two hours' worth of oxygen on hand while they work, rather than one.</p><div class="aC"><div class="textSmallGrey w320"><a href="#storyContinued">Story continues below ↓</a><hr noshade size="1"> advertisement <div style="padding:0 10 10 10;"><script>ad_dap(250,300,'&PG=NBCMSN&AP=1089');</script></div><hr noshade size="1"></div></div><a name="storyContinued"></a><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Mine operators also must store additional oxygen supplies underground and must put new communications equipment and devices to track lost miners in mines within three years.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Congress passed the mine safety bill following a string of fatal accidents this year. Thirty-three miners have been killed on the job in the United States since the beginning of January, up from 22 throughout 2005.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"We make this promise to American miners and their families: We'll do everything possible to prevent mine accidents and make sure you're able to return safely to your loved ones," Bush said.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>The president exchanged hugs and words with miners' families after he signed the bill.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>In an emotional exchange with Pam Campbell, whose brother-in-law Marty Bennett died at Sago, Bush said, "I saw your eyes," referring to the tears Campbell shed when Bush was making his remarks.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"They've been that way a while," Campbell replied.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Deborah Hamner, whose husband, George Hamner, was killed at Sago, told the president that she was honored to attend the ceremony but opposed his choice to head the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060619221913/http://www.msha.gov/" target="_blank">Mine Safety and Health Administration</a>.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Bush's nominee, Richard Stickler, faces staunch opposition from Senate Democrats and miners' advocates. 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