[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 4, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D6-D8]
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. D1134)
  H.R. 480, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 747 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the ``United 
States Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex''. Signed on December 21, 
2004. (Public Law 108-459).
  H.R. 2119, to provide for the conveyance of Federal lands, 
improvements, equipment, and resource materials at the Oxford Research 
Station in Granville County, North Carolina, to the State of North 
Carolina. Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-460).
  H.R. 2523, to designate the United States courthouse located at 125 
Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia, as the ``Tomochichi United States 
Courthouse''.

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Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-461).
  H.R. 3124, to designate the facility of the United States Geological 
Survey and the United States Bureau of Reclamation located at 230 
Collins Road, Boise, Idaho, as the ``F.H. Newell Building''. Signed on 
December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-462).
  H.R. 3147, to designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-
Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, as the ``James V. Hansen Federal 
Building''. Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-463).
  H.R. 3204, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. 
Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-464).
  H.R. 3242, to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of highly 
nutritious fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops for American 
consumers and international markets by enhancing the competitiveness of 
United States-grown specialty crops. Signed on December 21, 2004. 
(Public Law 108-465).
  H.R. 3734, to designate the Federal building located at Fifth and 
Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the ``Joe Skeen Federal 
Building''. Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-466).
  H.R. 3884, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 615 East Houston Street in San Antonio, Texas, as 
the ``Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''. Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-467).
  H.R. 4232, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4025 Feather Lakes Way in Kingwood, Texas, as the 
``Congressman Jack Fields Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2004. 
(Public Law 108-468).
  H.R. 4324, to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide for Federal employees to make elections to make, modify, and 
terminate contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund at any time. Signed 
on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-469).
  H.R. 4620, to confirm the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture 
to collect approved State commodity assessments on behalf of the State 
from the proceeds of marketing assistance loans. Signed on December 21, 
2004. (Public Law 108-470).
  H.R. 4807, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 140 Sacramento Street in Rio Vista, California, as 
the ``Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 
2004. (Public Law 108-471).
  H.R. 4847, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 560 Bay Isles Road in Longboat Key, Florida, as the 
``Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building''. Signed 
on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-472).
  H.R. 4968, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 25 McHenry Street in Rosine, Kentucky, as the ``Bill 
Monroe Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-
473).
  H.R. 5360, to authorize grants to establish academies for teachers 
and students of American history and civics. Signed on December 21, 
2004. (Public Law 108-474).
  H.R. 5364, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the 
``Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-475).
  H.R. 5365, to treat certain arrangements maintained by the YMCA 
Retirement Fund as church plans for the purposes of certain provisions 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Signed on December 21, 2004. 
(Public Law 108-476).
  H.R. 5370, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4985 Moorhead Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, as the 
``Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 
2004. (Public Law 108-477).
  H.R. 4829, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 103 East Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, as the ``Irma 
Rangel Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 
108-478).
  H.J. Res. 102, recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Battle of 
Peleliu and the end of Imperial Japanese control of Palau during World 
War II and urging the Secretary of the Interior to work to protect the 
historic sites of the Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark 
and to establish commemorative programs honoring the Americans who 
fought there. Signed on December 21, 2004. (Public Law 108-479).
  H.R. 2457, to authorize funds for an educational center for the 
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Signed on December 23, 2004. 
(Public Law 108-480).
  H.R. 2619, to provide for the expansion of Kilauea Point National 
Wildlife Refuge. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-481).
  H.R. 3632, to prevent and punish counterfeiting of copyrighted copies 
and phonorecords. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-482).
  H.R. 3785, to authorize the exchange of certain land in Everglades 
National Park. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-483).
  H.R. 3818, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to improve the 
results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance 
programs.

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Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-484).
  H.R. 4027, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make available 
to the University of Miami property under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 
Virginia Key, Florida, for use by the University for a Marine Life 
Science Center. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-485).
  H.R. 4116, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
celebrating the recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle, 
the national symbol of the United States, to America's lands, 
waterways, and skies and the great importance of the designation of the 
American bald eagle as an ``endangered'' species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-486).
  H.R. 4548, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 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 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-487).
  H.R. 4569, to provide for the development of a national plan for the 
control and management of Sudden Oak Death, a tree disease caused by 
the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Signed on December 23, 
2004. (Public Law 108-488).
  H.R. 4657, to amend the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to improve the 
administration of Federal pension benefit payments for District of 
Columbia teachers, police officers, and fire fighters. Signed on 
December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-489).
  H.R. 5204, to amend section 340E of the Public Health Service Act 
(relating to children's hospitals) to modify provisions regarding the 
determination of the amount of payments for indirect expenses 
associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training 
programs. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-490).
  H.R. 5363, to authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of 
the United States for fiscal year 2005. Signed on December 23, 2004. 
(Public Law 108-491).
  H.R. 5382, to promote the development of the emerging commercial 
human space flight industry. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 
108-492).
  H.R. 5394, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the 
taxation of arrow components. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 
108-493).
  H.R. 5419, To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Adminstration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of 
spectrum from governmental to commercial users; to improve, enhance, 
and promote the Nation's homeland security, public safety, and citizen 
activated emergency response capabilities through the use of enhanced 
911 services, to further upgrade Public Safety Answering Point 
capabilities and related functions in receiving E-911 calls, and to 
support in the construction and operation of a ubiquitous and reliable 
citizen activated system; and to provide that funds received as 
universal service contributions under section 254 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 and the universal service support programs established 
pursuant thereto are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, 
United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act, for a 
period of time. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-494).
  S. 1301, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit video 
voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 
United States. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-495).
  S. 2657, to amend part III of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
for the establishment of programs under which supplemental dental and 
vision benefits are made available to Federal employees, retirees, and 
their dependents, to expand the contracting authority of the Office of 
Personnel Management. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 108-
496).
  S. 2781, to express the sense of Congress regarding the conflict in 
Darfur, Sudan, to provide assistance for the crisis in Darfur and for 
comprehensive peace in Sudan. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 
108-497).
  S. 2856, to limit the transfer of certain Commodity Credit 
Corporation funds between conservation programs for technical 
assistance for the programs. Signed on December 23, 2004. (Public Law 
108-498).