[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 175 (Monday, December 8, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1347-D1348]
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. D1337)
  H.R. 1588, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces. Signed on November 24, 2003. (Public Law 108-136).
  H.R. 2754, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. Signed on December 1, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-137).
  S. 1066, to correct a technical error from Unit T-07 of the John H. 
Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System. Signed on December 1, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-138).
  S.J. Res. 18, commending the Inspectors General for their efforts to 
prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to 
promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal 
Government during the past 25 years. Signed on December 1, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-139).
  S.J. Res. 22, recognizing the Agricultural Research Service of the 
Department of Agriculture for 50 years of outstanding service to the 
Nation through agricultural research. Signed on December 1, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-140).
  S. 1590, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service, located at 315 Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 
New York, as the ``James E. Davis Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 1, 2003. (Public Law 108-141).
  S. 254, to revise the boundary of the Kaloko-Honokohau National 
Historical Park in the State of Hawaii. Signed on December 2, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-142).
  S. 867, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 710 Wicks Lane in Billings, Montana, as the ``Ronald Reagan 
Post Office Building''. Signed on December 2, 2003. (Public Law 108-
143).
  S. 1718, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3710 West 73rd Terrace in Prairie Village, Kansas, 
as the ``Senator James B. Pearson Post Office''. Signed on December 2, 
2003. (Public Law 108-144).
  H.R. 3182, to reauthorize the adoption incentive payments program 
under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act. Signed on December 
2, 2003. (Public Law 108-145).
  H.R. 23, to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
to authorize communities to use community development block grant funds 
for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks. 
Signed on December 3, 2003. (Public Law 108-146).
  H.R. 1683, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2003, the rates 
of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans. Signed on 
December 3, 2003. (Public Law 108-147).
  H.R. 1904, to improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct hazardous fuels reduction 
projects on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management 
lands aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other 
at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance efforts to protect 
watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, 
including catastrophic wildfire, across the

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landscape. Signed on December 3, 2003. (Public Law 108-148).
  H.R. 2744, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 514 17th Street in Moline, Illinois, as the ``David 
Bybee Post Office Building''. Signed on December 3, 2003. (Public Law 
108-149).
  H.R. 3175, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2650 Cleveland Avenue, NW in Canton, Ohio, as the 
``Richard D. Watkins Post Office Building''. Signed on December 3, 
2003. (Public Law 108-150).
  H.R. 3379, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3210 East 10th Street in Bloomington, Indiana, as 
the ``Francis X. McCloskey Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
3, 2003. (Public Law 108-151).
  S. 117, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange 
certain land in the State of Florida. Signed on December 3, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-152).
  S. 189, to authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, 
and nanotechnology research. Signed on December 3, 2003. (Public Law 
108-153).
  S. 286, to revise and extend the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 
1998. Signed on December 3, 2003. (Public Law 108-154).
  S. 650, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
authorize the Food and Drug Administration to require certain research 
into drugs used in pediatric patients. Signed on December 3, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-155).
  S. 1685, to extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment 
eligibility verification. Signed on December 3, 2003. (Public Law 108-
156).
  S. 1720, to provide for Federal court proceedings in Plano, Texas. 
Signed on December 3, 2003. (Public Law 108-157).
  S. 1824, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to reauthorize 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Signed on December 3, 
2003. (Public Law 108-158).
  H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent 
identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the 
accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and 
consumer access to, credit information. Signed on December 4, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-159).