[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 103 (Thursday, July 22, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D836-D837]
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. D781)
  S. 15, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections 
and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents 
that may be

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used in a terrorist attack against the United States by giving the 
National Institutes of Health contracting flexibility, infrastructure 
improvements, and expediting the scientific peer review process, and 
streamlining the Food and Drug Administration approval process of 
countermeasures. Signed on July 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-276)
  H.R. 218, to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified 
current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting 
the carrying of concealed handguns. Signed on July 22, 2004. (Public 
Law 108-277)