[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 98 (Thursday, July 18, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H4927-H4928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

  The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the 
following titles:

           January 23, 2002:
       H.R. 2884. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax relief for victims of the terrorist 
     attacks against the United States, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3447. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     recruit and retain qualified nurses for the Veterans Health 
     Administration, to provide an additional basis for 
     establishing the inability of veterans to defray expenses of 
     necessary medical care, to enhance certain health care 
     programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes.
           January 24, 2002:
       H.R. 3392. An act to name the national cemetery in 
     Saratoga, New York, as the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga 
     National Cemetery, and for other purposes.
           February 6, 2002:
       H.R. 400. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic 
     Site, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1913. An act to require the valuation on nontribal 
     interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries 
     of the Acoma Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.
           February 12, 2002:
       H.R. 700. An act to reauthorize the Asian Elephant 
     Conservation Act of 1997.
       H.R. 1937. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to engage in certain feasibility studies of water 
     resource projects in the State of Washington.
           February 14, 2002:
       H.J. Res. 82. Joint resolution recognizing the 91st 
     birthday of Ronald Reagan.
           March 9, 2002:
       H.R. 300. An act to provide tax incentives for economic 
     recovery.
           March 11, 2002:
       H.R. 2998. An act to authorize the establishment of Radio 
     Free Afghanistan.
           March 13, 2002:
       H.R. 1892. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for the acceptance of an affidavit of support 
     from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has 
     died and the Attorney General has determined for humanitarian 
     reasons that the original sponsor's classification petition 
     should not be revoked.
       H.R. 3699. An act to revise certain grants for continuum of 
     care assistance for homeless individual and families.
           March 25, 2002:
       H.R. 3986. An act to extend the period of availability of 
     unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of 
     the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
           March 27, 2002:
       H.R. 2356. An act to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform.

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           April 4, 2002:
       H.R. 1499. An act to amend the District of Columbia College 
     Access Act of 1999 to permit individuals who enroll in an 
     institution of higher education more than 3 years after 
     graduating from a secondary school and individuals who attend 
     private historically black colleges and universities 
     nationwide to participate in the tuition assistance programs 
     under such Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2739. An act to amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a 
     United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for 
     Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in 
     May 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3985. An act to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, 
     religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, 
     and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases'', 
     approved August 9, 1955, to provide for binding arbitration 
     clauses in leases and contracts related to reservation lands 
     of the Gila River Indian Community.
           April 18, 2002:
       H.R. 1432. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3698 Inner Perimeter Road in 
     Valdosta, Georgia, as the ``Major Lyn McIntosh Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1748. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 805 Glen Burnie Road in 
     Richmond, Virginia, as the ``Tom Bliley Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1749. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 685 Turnberry Road in 
     Newport News, Virginia, as the ``Herbert H. Bateman Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 2577. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 310 South State Street in 
     St. Ignace, Michigan, as the ``Bob Davis Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2876. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located in Harlem, Montana, as the 
     ``Francis Bardanouve United States Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 2910. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3131 South Crater Road in 
     Petersburg, Virginia, as the ``Norman Sisisky Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3072. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 125 Main Street in Forest 
     City, North Carolina, as the ``Vernon Tarlton Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3379. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer 
     Park, New York, as the ``Raymond M. Downey Post Office 
     Building''.
           May 13, 2002:
       H.R. 2646. An act to provide for the continuation of 
     agricultural programs through fiscal year 2007, and for other 
     purposes.
           May 7, 2002:
       H.R. 861. An act to make technical amendments to section 10 
     of title 9, United States Code.
       H.R. 4167. An act to extend for 8 additional months the 
     period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
     Code is reenacted.
           May 14, 2002:
       H.R. 3525. An act to enhance the border security of the 
     United States, and for other purposes.
           May 15, 2002:
       H.R. 169. An act to require that Federal agencies be 
     accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and 
     whistleblower protection laws; to require that each Federal 
     agency post quarterly on its public Web site, certain 
     statistical data relating to Federal sector equal employment 
     opportunity complaints filed with such agency; and for other 
     purposes.
           May 17, 2002:
       H.R. 495. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin 
     Islands, as the ``Ron de Lugo Federal Building''.
       H.R. 819. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. 
     Pease Federal Building''.
       H.R. 3093. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 501 Bell Street in Alton, 
     Illinois, as the ``William L. Beatty Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 3282. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 400 North Main Street in 
     Butte, Montana, as the ``Mike Mansfield Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse''.
           May 20, 2002:
       H.R. 2048. An act to require a report on the operations of 
     the State Justice Institute.
       H.R. 2305. An act to authorize certain Federal officials 
     with responsibility for the administration of the criminal 
     justice system of the District of Columbia to serve on and 
     participate in the activities of the District of Columbia 
     Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4156. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is 
     limited to the fair rental value of the property.
           May 29, 2002:
       H.R. 4592. An act to name the chapel located in the 
     national cemetery in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Bob 
     Hope Veterans Chapel''.
       H.R. 4608. An act to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center in Wichita, 
     Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center''.
           May 30, 2002:
       H.R. 1840. An act to extend eligibility for refugee status 
     of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese 
     refugees.
       H.R. 4782. An act to extend the authority of the Export-
     Import Bank until June 14, 2002.
           June 10, 2002:
       H.R. 3167. An act to endorse the vision of further 
     enlargement of the NATO Alliance articulated by President 
     George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former President 
     William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and for other 
     purposes.
           June 12, 2002:
       H.R. 3448. An act to improve the ability of the United 
     States to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism 
     and other public health emergencies.
           June 18, 2002:
       H.R. 1366. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office building located at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in 
     Santa Ana, California, as the ``Hector G. Godinez Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1374. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 600 Calumet Street in Lake 
     Linden, Michigan, as the ``Philip E. Ruppe Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3789. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2829 Commercial Way in Rock 
     Springs, Wyoming, as the ``Teno Roncalio Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3960. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3719 Highway 4 in Jay, 
     Florida, as the ``Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4486. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1590 East Joyce Boulevard in 
     Fayetteville, Arkansas, as the ``Clarence B. Craft Post 
     Office Building''.
           June 19, 2002:
       H.R. 4560. An act to eliminate the deadlines for spectrum 
     auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television 
     broadcasting.
           June 25, 2002:
       H.R. 3275. An act to implement the International Convention 
     for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings to strengthen 
     criminal laws relating to attacks on places of public use, to 
     implement the International Convention of the Suppression of 
     the Financing of Terrorism, to combat terrorism and defend 
     the Nation against terrorist acts, and for other purposes.
           June 28, 2002:
       H.R. 327. An act to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United 
     States Code, for the purpose of facilitating compliance by 
     small business concerns with certain Federal paperwork 
     requirements, to establish a task force to examine 
     information collection and dissemination, and for other 
     purposes.

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