[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H9131-H9133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE 
                              ADJOURNMENT

           On July 23:
       H.J. Res. 87. Joint Resolution approving the site at Yucca 
     Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the 
     disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear 
     fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.
           On July 24:
       H.R. 2362. An act to establish the Benjamin Franklin 
     Tercentenary Commission.
       H.R. 3971. An act to provide for an independent 
     investigation of Forest Service fire-fighter deaths that are 
     caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover.
           On July 30:
       H.R. 3763. An act to protect investors by improving the 
     accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made 
     pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes.
           On August 1:
       H.R. 3487. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to health professions programs regarding the 
     field of nursing.
           On August 2:
       H.R. 4775. An act making supplemental appropriations for 
     further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on 
     the United States for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes.
           On August 5:
       H.R. 2175. An act to protect infants who are born alive.
           On August 6:
       H.R. 1209. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to determine whether an alien is a child, for purposes of 
     classification as an immediate relative, based on the age of 
     the alien on the date the classification petition with 
     respect to the alien is filed, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3009. An act to extend the Andean Trade Preference 
     Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and 
     for other purposes.
           On August 21:
       H.R. 223. An act to amend the Clear Creek County, Colorado, 
     Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993 to provide additional time 
     for Clear Creek County to dispose of certain lands 
     transferred to the county under the Act.
       H.R. 309. An act to provide for the determination of 
     withholding tax rates under the Guam income tax.
       H.R. 601. An act to redesignate certain lands within the 
     Craters of the Moon National Monument, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1384. An act to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the route in Arizona and New Mexico which the 
     Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indian Tribes were forced to walk 
     in 1863 and 1864, for study for potential addition to the 
     National Trails System.
       H.R. 1856. An act to expand the boundary of the Booker T. 
     Washington National Monument, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1576. An act to designate the James Peak Wilderness 
     and Protection Area in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National 
     Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2068. An act to revise, codify, and enact without 
     substantive change certain general and permanent laws, 
     related to public buildings, property, and works, as title 
     40, United States Code, ``Public Buildings, Property, and 
     Works.''
       H.R. 2234. An act to revise the boundary of the Tumacacori 
     National Historical Park in the State of Arizona.
       H.R. 2440. An act to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park as ``Wolf 
     Trap National Park for the Performing Arts'', and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2441. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     redesignate a facility as the National Hansen's Disease 
     Programs Center, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2643. An act to authorize the acquisition of 
     additional lands for inclusion in the Fort Clatsop National 
     Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3343. An act to amend title X of the Energy Policy Act 
     of 1992, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3380. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas 
     pipelines within the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains 
     National Park.
           On September 18:
       H.R. 5012. An act to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act 
     to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a

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     project for construction of a plaza adjacent to the John F. 
     Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other 
     purposes.
           On September 24:
       H.R. 3287. An act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, in 
     Washington, D.C. as the ``Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas 
     Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center.''
       H.R. 3971. An act to authorize a national memorial to 
     commemorate the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who, on 
     September 11, 2001, courageously gave their lives thereby 
     thwarting a planned attack on our Nation's Capital, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5207. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6101 West Old Shakopee Road 
     in Bloomington, Minnesota, as the ``Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. 
     Post Office Building.''
           On September 30:
       H.J. Res. 111. Joint Resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 1646. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of State for fiscal year 2003, to authorize 
     appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for 
     fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
           On October 1:
       H.R. 3880. An act to provide a temporary waiver from 
     certain transportation conformity requirements and 
     metropolitan transportation planning requirements under the 
     Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas of New 
     York where the planning offices and resources have been 
     destroyed by acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4687. An act to provide for the establishment of 
     investigative teams to assess building performance and 
     emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of 
     any building failure that has resulted in substantial loss of 
     life or that posed significant potential of substantial loss 
     of life.
       H.R. 5157. An act to amend section 5307 of title 49, United 
     States Code, to allow transit systems in urbanized areas 
     that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 in population 
     according to the 2000 census to retain flexibility in the use 
     of Federal transit formula grants in fiscal year 2003, and 
     for other purposes.
           On October 4:
       H.J. Res. 112. Joint Resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 486. An act for the relief of Barbara Makuch.
       H.R. 487. An act for the relief of Eugene Makuch.
       H.R. 4558. An act to extend the Irish Peace Process 
     Cultural and Training Program.
           On October 9:
       H.R. 640. An act to adjust the boundaries of Santa Monica 
     Mountains National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
           On October 11:
       H.J. Res. 122. Joint Resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
     purposes.
           On October 16:
       H.J. Res. 114. Joint Resolution to authorize the use of 
     United States Armed Forces against Iraq.
       H.R. 3214. An act to amend the charter of the AMVETS 
     organization.
       H.R. 3838. An act to amend the charter of the Veterans of 
     Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make 
     members of the armed forces who receive special pay for duty 
     subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for 
     membership in the organization, and for other purposes.
           On October 18:
       H.J. Res. 123. Joint Resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
     purposes.
           On October 21:
       H.R. 5531. An act to facilitate famine relief efforts and a 
     comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan.
           On October 23:
       H.R. 2121. An act to make available funds under the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 to expand democracy, good governance, 
     and anti-corruption programs in the Russian Federation in 
     order to promote and strengthen democratic government and 
     civil society and independent media in that country.
       H.R. 4085. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a cost-of-living increase in the rates of 
     compensation for veterans with service-connected disability 
     and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving 
     spouses of such veterans, to expend certain benefits for 
     veterans and their survivors, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5010. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5011. An act making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
           On October 26:
       H.R. 5651. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of 
     medical devices, and for other purposes.
           On October 29:
       H.J. Res. 113. Joint Resolution recognizing the 
     contributions of Patsy Takemoto Mink.
       H.R. 2486. An act to authorize the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, through the United States Weather 
     Research Program, to conduct research and development, 
     training, and outreach activities relating to inland flood 
     forecasting improvement, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3295. An act to establish a program to provide funds 
     to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish 
     the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the 
     administration of Federal elections and to otherwise provide 
     assistance with the administration of certain Federal 
     election laws and programs, to establish minimum election 
     administration standards for States and units of local 
     government with responsibility for the administration of 
     Federal elections, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5647. An act to authorize the duration of the base 
     contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to be 
     more than five years but not more than seven years.
           On October 30:
       H.R. 669. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 127 Social Street in 
     Woonsocket, Rhode Island, as the ``Alphonse F. Auclair Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 670. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7 Commercial Street in 
     Newport, Rhode Island, as the ``Bruce F. Cotta Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 3034. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 89 River Street in Hoboken, 
     New Jersey, as the ``Frank Sinatra Post Office Building.''
       H.R. 3738. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1299 North 7th Street In 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Herbert Arlene Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 3739. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6150 North Broad Street in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Rev. Leon Sullivan Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 3740. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 925 Dickinson Street in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``William A. Cibotti Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 4102. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 120 North Maine Street in 
     Fallon, Nevada, as the ``Rollan D. Melton Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 4717. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1199 Pasadena Boulevard in 
     Pasadena, Texas, as the ``Jim Fonteno Post Office Building.''
       H.R. 4755. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 204 South Broad Street in 
     Lancaster, Ohio, as the ``Clarence Miller Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 4794. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1895 Avenida Del Oro in 
     Oceanside, California, as the ``Ronald C. Packard Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 4797. An act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 265 South Western Avenue, 
     Los Angeles, California, as the ``Nat King Cole Post 
     Office.''
       H.R. 4851. An act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6910 South Yorktown Avenue 
     in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``Robert Wayne Jenkins Station.''
           On November 2:
       H.R. 2215. An act to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4967. An act to establish new non-immigrant classes 
     for border commuter students.
       H.R. 5542. An act to consolidate all black lung benefit 
     responsibility under a single official, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5596. An act to amend section 527 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate notification and return 
     requirements for State and local party committees and 
     candidate committees and avoid duplicate reporting by certain 
     State and local political committees of information required 
     to be reported and made publicly available under State law, 
     and for other purposes.
           On November 5:
       H.R. 2245. An act for the relief of Anisha Goveas Foti.
       H.R. 2733. An act to authorize the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology to work with major manufacturing 
     industries on an initiative of standards development and 
     implementation for electronic enterprise integration.
       H.R. 3656. An act to amend the International Organizations 
     Immunities Act to provide for the applicability of that Act 
     to the European Central Bank.
       H.R. 3801. An act to provide for improvement of Federal 
     education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and 
     disseminations and for other purposes.
           On November 6:
       H.R. 4013. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish an Office of Rare Diseases at the National 
     Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4014. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to the development of products for 
     rare diseases.
       H.R. 5200. An act to establish wilderness areas, promote 
     conservation, improve public land, and provide for high 
     quality development in Clark County, Nevada, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5308. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located

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     at 301 South Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the 
     ``Barney Apodaca Post Office.''
       H.R. 5333. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4 East Central Street in 
     Worcester, Massachusetts, as the ``Joseph D. Early Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 5336. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 380 Main Street in 
     Farmingdale, New York, as the ``Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 5340. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located in 5805 White Oak Avenue in 
     Encino, California, as the ``Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post 
     Office.''
           On November 7:
       H.R. 3253. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance emergency preparedness for the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4015. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise and improve employment, training, and placement 
     services furnished to veterans, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4685. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     expand the types of Federal agencies that are required to 
     prepare audited financial statements.
       H.R. 5205. An act to amend the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to permit the Secretary of 
     the Treasury to use estimated amounts in determining the 
     service longevity component of the Federal benefit payment 
     required to be paid under such Act to certain retirees of the 
     Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 5574. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located a 206 South Main Street in 
     Glennville, Georgia, as the ``Michael Lee Woodcock Post 
     Office.''

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