[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D4-D5]
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. D1356)
  H.R. 3348, to reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms. Signed on 
December 9, 2003. (Public Law 108-174)
  H.R. 1828, to halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation 
of Lebanon, stop its development of weapons of mass destruction, cease 
its illegal importation of Iraqi oil and illegal shipments of weapons 
and other military items to Iraq, and by so doing hold Syria 
accountable for the serious international security problems it has 
caused in the Middle East. Signed on December 12, 2003. (Public Law 
108-175)
  H.R. 2115, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize 
programs for the Federal Aviation Administration. Signed on December 
12, 2003. (Public Law 108-176)
  H.R. 2417, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 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 13, 2003. (Public Law 108-177)
  H.R. 1437, to improve the United States Code. Signed on December 15, 
2003. (Public Law 108-178)
  H.R. 1813, to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to 
authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign 
centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture. Signed on 
December 15, 2003. (Public Law 108-179)
  H.R. 3287, to award congressional gold medals posthumously on behalf 
of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson 
in recognition of their contributions to the Nation as pioneers in the 
effort to desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark 
desegregation case of Brown et al. v. the Board of Education of Topeka 
et al. Signed on December 15, 2003. (Public Law 108-180)
  H.J. Res. 80, appointing the day for the convening of the second 
session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress. Signed on December 15, 
2003. (Public Law 108-181)
  S. 459, to ensure that a public safety officer who suffers a fatal 
heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in 
the line of duty for purposes of public safety officer survivor 
benefits. Signed on December 15, 2003. (Public Law 108-182)
  H.R. 2297, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits 
under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Signed on 
December 16, 2003. (Public Law 108-183)
  H.R. 3491, to establish within the Smithsonian Institution the 
National Museum of African American History and Culture. Signed on 
December 16, 2003. (Public Law 108-184)
  H.J. Res. 82, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal 
year 2004. Signed on December 16, 2003. (Public Law 108-185)
  S. 811, to support certain housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 
budget for the Federal Government, including the downpayment assistance 
initiative under the HOME Investment Partnership Act. Signed on 
December 16, 2003. (Public Law 108-186)
  S. 877, to regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and 
penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail 
via the Internet. Signed on December 16, 2003. (Public Law 108-187)
  H.J. Res. 63, to approve the Compact of Free Association, as amended, 
between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Compact of 
Free Association, as amended, between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and to appropriate funds to carry out the amended Compacts.'' 
Signed on December 17, 2003. (Public Law 108-188)
  H.R. 100, to restate, clarify, and revise the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Civil Relief Act of 1940. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public Law 108-
189)
  H.R. 622, to provide for the exchange of certain lands in the 
Coconino and Tonto National Forests in Arizona. Signed on December 19, 
2003. (Public Law 108-190)
  H.R. 1006, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further the 
conservation of certain wildlife species. Signed on December 19, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-191)
  H.R. 1012, to establish the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic 
Site in the District of Columbia. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public 
Law 108-192)
  H.R. 2620, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 
for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Signed on December 
19, 2003. (Public Law 108-193)

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  S. 686, to provide assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize 
the funding of regional poison control centers. Signed on December 19, 
2003. (Public Law 108-194)
  S. 1680, to reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950. Signed on 
December 19, 2003. (Public Law 108-195)
  S. 1683, to provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits 
among Federal law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange 
program between Federal law enforcement employees and State and local 
law enforcement employees. Signed on December 19, 2003. (Public Law 
108-196)
  S. 1929, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
and the Public Health Service Act to extend the mental health benefits 
parity provisions for an additional year. Signed on December 19, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-197)
  S. 1947, to prohibit the offer of credit by a financial institution 
to a financial institution examiner. Signed on December 19, 2003. 
(Public Law 108-198)