[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D4-D6]
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 of December 20, 
                            2001, p. D1287)
  H.R. 10, to modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system 
and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries. Signed 
on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-90)
  H.R. 1230, to provide for the establishment of the Detroit River 
International Wildlife Refuge in the State of Michigan. Signed on 
December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-91)
  H.R. 1761, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 8588 Richmond Highway in Alexandria, Virginia, as 
the ``Herb Harris Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 2001. 
(Public Law 107-92)
  H.R. 2061, to amend the charter of Southeastern University of the 
District of Columbia. Signed on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-93)
  H.R. 2540, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-
of-living adjustment in the rates of disability compensation for 
veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors

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of such veterans. Signed on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-94)
  H.R. 2716, to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise, improve, 
and consolidate provisions of law providing benefits and services for 
homeless veterans. Signed on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-95)
  H.R. 2944, making appropriations for the government of the District 
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002. Signed on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-96)
  H.J. Res. 79, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal 
year 2002. Signed on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-97)
  H.J. Res. 80, appointing the day for the convening of the second 
session of the One Hundred Seventh Congress. Signed on December 21, 
2001. (Public Law 107-98)
  S. 494, to provide for a transition to democracy and to promote 
economic recovery in Zimbabwe. Signed on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 
107-99)
  S. 1196, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Signed 
on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-100)
  S.J. Res. 26, providing for the appointment of Patricia Q. Stonesifer 
as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution. Signed on December 21, 2001. (Public Law 107-101)
  H.R. 483, regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Signed 
on December 27, 2001. (Public Law 107-102)
  H.R. 1291, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and 
improve authorities relating to education benefits, burial benefits, 
and vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans, to modify certain 
authorities relating to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims. Signed on December 27, 2001. (Public Law 107-103)
  H.R. 2559, to amend chapter 90 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to Federal long-term care insurance. Signed on December 27, 
2001. (Public Law 107-104)
  H.R. 3323, to ensure that covered entities comply with the standards 
for electronic health care transactions and code sets adopted under 
part C of title XI of the Social Security Act. Signed on December 27, 
2001. (Public Law 107-105)
  H.R. 3442, to establish the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission to develop 
a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of the National 
Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. 
Signed on December 28, 2001. (Public Law 107-106)
  S. 1438, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
constructions, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces. Signed on December 28, 2001. (Public Law 107-107)
  H.R. 2883, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. Signed on 
December 28, 2001. (Public Law 107-108)
  S. 1789, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve 
the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals for children. Signed on 
January 4, 2002. (Public Law 107-109)
  H.R. 1, to close the achievement gap with accountability, 
flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind. Signed on 
January 8, 2002. (Public Law 107-110)
  H.R. 643, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act. 
Signed on January 8, 2002. (Public Law 107-111)
  H.R. 645, to reauthorize the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 
1994. Signed on January 8, 2002. (Public Law 107-112)
  H.R. 2199, to amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 to permit any Federal law 
enforcement agency to enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to assist 
the Department in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement 
activities in the District of Columbia if deemed appropriate by the 
Chief of the Department and the United States Attorney for the District 
of Columbia. Signed on January 8, 2002. (Public Law 107-113)
  H.R. 2657, to amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to 
redesignate the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia as the Family Court of the Superior Court, to recruit and 
retain trained and experienced judges to serve in the Family Court, to 
promote consistency and efficiency in the assignment of judges to the 
Family Court and in the consideration of actions and proceedings in the 
Family Court. Signed on January 8, 2002. (Public Law 107-114)
  H.R. 2506, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2002. Signed on January 10, 2002. (Public Law 107-115)

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  H.R. 3061, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002. Signed on January 10, 2002. (Public Law 
107-116)
  H.R. 3338, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. Signed on January 10, 2002 . 
(Public Law 107-117)
  H.R. 2869, to provide certain relief for small businesses from 
liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980, and to amend such Act to promote the cleanup 
and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial assistance for 
brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs. Signed 
on January 11, 2002. (Public Law 107-118)
  S. 1202, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Office of 
Government Ethics through fiscal year 2006. Signed on January 15, 2002. 
Public Law 107-119
  S. 1714, to provide for the installation of a plaque to honor Dr. 
James Harvey Early in the Williamsburg, Kentucky Post Office Building. 
Signed on January 15, 2002. (Public Law 107-120)
  S. 1741, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify 
that Indian women with breast or cervical cancer who are eligible for 
health services provided under a medical care program of the Indian 
Health Service or of a tribal organization are included in the optional 
Medicaid eligibility category of breast or cervical cancer patients 
added by the Breast and Cervical Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000. 
Signed on January 15, 2002. (Public Law 107-121)
  S. 1793, to provide the Secretary of Education with specific waiver 
authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared 
by the President on September 14, 2001. Signed on January 15, 2002. 
(Public Law 107-122)
  H.R. 1088, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce 
fees collected by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Signed on 
January 16, 2002. (Public Law 107-123)
  H.R. 2277, to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses 
of treaty traders and treaty investors. Signed on January 16, 2002. 
(Public Law 107-124)
  H.R. 2278, to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses 
of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during 
which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed 
before applying for admission to the United States. Signed on January 
16, 2002. (Public Law 107-125)
  H.R. 2336, to extend for 4 years, through December 31, 2005, the 
authority to redact financial disclosure statements of judicial 
employees and judicial officers. Signed on January 16, 2002. (Public 
Law 107-126)
  H.R. 2751, to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf 
of the Congress to General Henry H. Shelton and to provide for the 
production of bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public. 
Signed on January 16, 2002. (Public Law 107-127)
  H.R. 3030, to extend the basic pilot program for employment 
eligibility verification. Signed on January 16, 2002. (Public Law 107-
128)
  H.R. 3248, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 65 North Main Street in Cranbury, New Jersey, as the 
``Todd Beamer Post Office Building''. Signed on January 16, 2002. 
(Public Law 107-129)
  H.R. 3334, to designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and 
Visitors Center at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California. 
Signed on January 16, 2002. (Public Law 107-130)
  H.R. 3346, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the 
reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related 
expenses. Signed on January 16, 2002. (Public Law 107-131)
  H.R. 3348, to designate the National Foreign Affairs Training Center 
as the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. 
Signed on January 16, 2002. (Public Law 107-132)
  H.R. 2873, to extend and amend the program entitled Promoting Safe 
and Stable Families under title IV-B, subpart 2 of the Social Security 
Act, and to provide new authority to support programs for mentoring 
children of incarcerated parents; to amend the Foster Care Independent 
Living program under title IV-E of that Act to provide for educational 
and training vouchers for youths aging out of foster care. Signed on 
January 17, 2002. (Public Law 107-133)