[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 112 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

      (For last listing of public laws, see Daily Digest, p. D884)
  H.R. 39, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act. Signed 
Aug. 5, 1998. (P.L. 105-217)
  H.R. 643, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed 
at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the 
``Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse''. Signed Aug. 7, 1998. (P.L. 
105-218)
  H.R. 1151, to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to clarify existing 
law and ratify the longstanding policy of the National Credit Union 
Administration Board with regard to field of membership of Federal 
credit unions. Signed Aug. 7, 1998. (P.L. 105-219)
  H.R. 1385, to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, 
training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the 
United States. Signed Aug. 7, 1998. (P.L. 105-220)
  H.R. 3152, to provide that certain volunteers at private non-profit 
food banks are not employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938. Signed Aug. 7, 1998. (P.L. 105-221)
  H.R. 3731, to designate the auditorium located within the Sandia 
Technology Transfer Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the ``Steve 
Schiff Auditorium''. Signed Aug. 7, 1998. (P.L. 105-222)
  H.R. 4354, to establish the United States Capitol Police Memorial 
Fund on behalf of the families of Detective John Michael Gibson and 
Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol 
Police. Signed Aug. 7, 1998. (P.L. 105-223)
  H.R. 434, to provide for the conveyance of small parcels of land in 
the Carson National Forest and the Santa Fe National Forest, New 
Mexico, to the village of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs, New 
Mexico. Signed Aug. 12, 1998. (P.L. 105-224)
  H.R. 1085, to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change 
certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national 
observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States 
Code, ``Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and 
Organizations''. Signed Aug. 12, 1998. (P.L. 105-225)
  H.R. 3504, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize 
appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
and to further define the criteria for capital repair and operation and 
maintenance. Signed Aug. 12, 1998. (P.L. 105-226)
  H.R. 4237, to amend the District of Columbia Convention Center and 
Sports Arena Authorization Act of 1995 to revise the revenues and 
activities covered under such Act. Signed Aug. 12, 1998. (P.L. 105-227)
  S. 2344, to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide 
for the advance payment, in full, of the fiscal year 1999 payments 
otherwise required under production flexibility contracts. Signed Aug. 
12, 1998. (P.L. 105-228)
  H.R. 765, to ensure maintenance of a herd of wild horses in Cape 
Lookout National Seashore. Signed Aug. 13, 1998. (P.L. 105-229)
  H.R. 872, to establish rules governing product liability actions 
against raw materials and bulk component suppliers to medical device 
manufacturers. Signed Aug. 13, 1998. (P.L. 105-230)
  S. 1759, to grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the 
United States. Signed Aug. 13, 1998. (P.L. 105-231)
  S. 1800, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 85 Marconi Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio, as the 
``Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse''. Signed Aug. 13, 1998. 
(P.L. 105-232)
  S. 2143, to amend chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, to 
authorize the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice to accept 
voluntary services. Signed Aug. 13, 1998. (P.L. 105-233)
  H.R. 3824, amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its 
coverage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation 
Administration for use in aircraft. Signed Aug. 14, 1998. (P.L. 105-
234)
  S.J. Res. 54, finding the Government of Iraq in unacceptable and 
material breach of its international obligations. Signed Aug. 14, 1998. 
(P.L. 105-235)