[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 136 (Wednesday, December 27, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H9322-H9324]
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

  The President, prior to sine die adjournment of the second session, 
109th Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates, he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the 
following titles:

           July 27, 2006:
       H.R. 9. An act to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1065.
       H.R. 5865. An act to amend section 1113 of the Social 
     Security Act to temporarily increase funding for the program 
     of temporary assistance for United States citizens returned 
     from foreign countries, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4472. An act to protect children from sexual 
     exploitation and violent crime, to prevent child abuse and 
     child pornography, to promote Internet safety, and to honor 
     the memory of Adam Walsh and other child crime victims.
           August 1, 2006:
       H.J. Res. 86. A joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2977. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, 
     Montana, as the ``Paul Kasten Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3440. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Avenida RL Rodriquez in 
     Bayamon, Puerto Rico, as the ``Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 3549. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 210 West 3rd Avenue in 
     Warren, Pennsylvania, as the ``William F. Clinger, Jr. Post 
     Office Building.
       H.R. 3934. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 80 Killiam Road in 
     Massapequa, New York, as the ``Gerald A Fiorenza Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4101. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in 
     Patchogue, New York, as the ``Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 4108. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3000 Homewood Avenue in 
     Baltimore, Maryland, and the ``State Senator Verda Welcome 
     and Dr. Henry Welcome Post Office Building''.
           August 2, 2006:
       H.R. 4456. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2404 Race Street in 
     Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the ``Hattie W. Caraway Station''.
       H.R. 4561. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2404 Ferguson Road in 
     Dallas, Texas, as the ``Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 4688. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1 Boyden Street in Badin, 
     North Carolina, as the ``Mayor John Thompson `Tom' Garrison 
     Memorial Post Office''.
       H.R. 4786. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 535 Wood Street in 
     Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, ``H. Gordon Payrow Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4995. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7 Columbus Avenue in 
     Tuckahoe, New York, as the ``Ronald Bucca Post Office''.
       H.R. 5245. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1 Marble Street in Fair 
     Haven, Vermont, as the ``Mathew Lyon Post Office Building''.
           August 3, 2006:
       H.R. 4019. An act to amend title 4 of the United States 
     Code to clarify the treatment of self-employed for purposes 
     of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income.
           August 4, 2006:
       H.S. 5877. An act to amend the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act 
     of 1996 to extend the authorities provided in such Act until 
     September 29, 2006.
           August 12, 2006:
       H.R. 3682. An act to re-designate the Mason Neck National 
     Wildlife Refuge in Virginia as the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason 
     Neck National Wild Refuge.
           August 14, 2006:
       H.R. 5683. An act to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans 
     Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the 
     immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.
           August 17, 2006:
       H.R. 4. An act to provide economic security for all 
     Americans, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4646. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda Boulevard in 
     Reseda, California, as the ``Coach John Wooden Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4811. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 215 West Industrial Park 
     Road in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``John Paul Hammerschmidt 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 4962. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, 
     New York, as the ``Captain George A. Wood Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5104. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1750 16th Street South in 
     Petersburg, Florida, as the ``Morris W. Milton Post Office''.
       H.R. 5107. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1400 West Jordan Street 
     Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Earl D. Hutto Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5169. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1310 Highway 64 NW in 
     Ramsey, Indiana, as the ``Wilfred Edward `Cousin Wilie' Sieg, 
     Sr., Post Office''.
       H.R. 5540. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 217 Southeast 2nd Street in 
     Dimmitt, Texas, and the ``Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post 
     Office''.
           September 26, 2006:
       H.R. 5684. An act to implement the United States-Oman Free 
     Trade Agreement.
           September 27, 2006:
       H.R. 866. An act to make technical corrections to the 
     United States Code.
       H.R. 2808. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of birth 
     of Abraham Lincoln.
           September 29, 2006:
       H.R. 5631. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and 
     for other purposes.
           September 30, 2006:
       H.R. 6138. An act to temporarily extend the programs under 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6198. An act to hold the current regime in Iran 
     accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a 
     transition to democracy in Iran.
           October 4, 2006:
       H.R. 5441. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2007, and for other purposes.
           October 5, 2006:
       H.R. 3408. An act to reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory 
     Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting 
     provisions of the Act.

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           October 6, 2006:
       H.R. 683. An act to amend the Trademark Act of 1046 with 
     respect to dilution by blurring or tarnishment.
       H.R. 1036. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     make technical corrections relating to Copyright Royalty 
     Judges, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1442. An act to complete the codification fo title 46, 
     United States, ``Shipping'', as positive law.
       H.R. 2066. An act to amend title 40, United States code, to 
     establish a Federal Acquisition Service, to replace the 
     General Supply Fund and the Information Technology Fund with 
     an Acquisition Services, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2107. An act to amend Public Law 104-329 to modify 
     authorities for the use of the National Law enforcement 
     Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3858. An act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that State and 
     local emergency preparedness operational plans address the 
     needs of individuals with household pets and service animals 
     following a major disaster or emergency.
       H.R. 4841. An act to amend the Ojito Wilderness Act to make 
     a technical correction.
       H.R. 5074. An act to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 
     1974 to provide for continued payment of railroad retirement 
     annuities by the Department of the Treasury, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5187. An act to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act 
     to authorize additional appropriations for the John F. 
     Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for fiscal year 2007.
       H.R. 5574. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs 
     in children's hospitals.
           October 10, 2006:
       H.R. 5664. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 110 Cooper Street in 
     Babylon, New York, as the ``Jacob Samuel Fletcher Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6159. An act to extend temporarily certain authorities 
     of the Small Business Administration.
           October 11, 2006:
       H.R. 318. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
     Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as 
     a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 326. An act to amend the Yuma Crossing National 
     Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma 
     Crossing National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1728. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
     designating portions of Ste. Genevieve County in the State of 
     Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2720. An act to further the purposes of the 
     Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 
     by directing the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
     the Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out an assessment 
     and demonstration program to control salt cedar and Russian 
     olive, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3443. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain water distribution facilities to the 
     Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
       H.R. 5539. An act to reauthorize the North American 
     Wetlands Conservation Act.
       H.R. 6106. An act to extend the waiver authority for the 
     Secretary of Education under title IV, section 105, of Public 
     Law 109-148.
           October 12, 2006:
       H.R. 4109. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6101 Liberty Road in 
     Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``United States Representative 
     Parren J. Mitchell Post Office''.
       H.R. 4674. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 110 North Chestnut Street in 
     Olathe, Kansas, as the ``Governor John Anderson, Jr. Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 5224. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green 
     River, Wyoming, as the ``Curt Gowdy Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 5504. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6029 Broadmoor Street in 
     Mission, Kansas, as the ``Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5546. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     to be constructed in Greenville, South Carolina, as the 
     ``Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 5606. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 221 and 211 West Ferguson 
     Street in Tyler, Texas, as the ``William M. Streger Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 5929. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East 
     St. Louis, Illinois, as the ``Katherine Dunham Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6033. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 39-25 61st Street in 
     Woodside, New York, as the ``Thomas J. Manton Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6051. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 2 South Main Street in 
     Akron, Ohio, as the ``John F. Seiberling Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 6075. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 101 East Gay Street in West 
     Chester, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert J. Thompson Post 
     Office Building''.
           October 13, 2006:
       H.R. 315. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the 
     ``John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 562. An act to authorize the Government of Ukraine to 
     establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of 
     Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that 
     occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933.
       H.R. 1463. An act to designate a portion of the Federal 
     building located at 2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, 
     Virginia, as the ``Justin W. Williams United States 
     Attorney's Building''.
       H.R. 1556. An act to designate a parcel of land located on 
     the site of the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse 
     in St. Louis, Missouri as the ``Clyde S. Cahill Memorial 
     Park''.
       H.R. 2322. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at 320 North Main Street in McAllen, Texas, as the ``Kika de 
     la Garza Federal Building''.
       H.R. 3127. An act to impose sanctions against individuals 
     responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against 
     humanity, to support measures for the protection of civilians 
     and humanitarian operations, and to support peace efforts in 
     the Darfur region of Sudan, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4768. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 777 Corporation Street in 
     Beaver, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert Linn Memorial Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 4805. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 105 North Quincy Street in 
     Clinton, Illinois, as the ``Gene Vance Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4954. An act to improve maritime and cargo security 
     through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5026. An act to designate the Investigation Buildings 
     of the Food and Drug Administration located at 466 Fernandez 
     Juncos Avenue in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``Andes Toro 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5428. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 202 East Washington Street 
     in Morris, Illinois, as the ``Joshua A. Terando Morris Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 5434. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 40 South Walnut Street in 
     Chillicothe, Ohio, as the ``Larry Cox Post Office''.
           October 16, 2006:
       H.R. 138. An act to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee 
     Coastal Barrier Resources System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P.
       H.R. 479. An act to replace a coastal Barrier Resources 
     System map relating to Coastal Barrier Resources System 
     Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P in Walton County, Florida.
       H.R. 3508. An act to authorize improvements in the 
     operation of the government of the District of Columbia, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 4902. An act to award a Congressional gold medal to 
     Byron Nelson in recognition of his significant contributions 
     to the game of golf as a player, a teacher, and a 
     commentator.
       H.R. 5094. An act to require the conveyance of Mattamuskeet 
     Lodge and surrounding property, including the Mattamuskeet 
     National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, to the State of North 
     Carolina to permit the State to use the property as a public 
     facility dedicated to the conservation of the natural and 
     cultural resources of North Carolina.
       H.R. 5160. An act to establish the Long Island Sound 
     Stewardship Initiative.
       H.R. 5381. An act to enhance an existing volunteer program 
     of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and promote 
     community partnerships for the benefit of national fish 
     hatcheries and fisheries program officers.
           October 17, 2006:
       H.R. 233. An act to designate certain National Forest 
     System lands in the Mendocino and Six Rivers National Forests 
     and certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Humboldt, 
     Lake, Mendocino, and Napa Counties in the State of California 
     as wilderness, to designate the Elkhorn Ridge Potential 
     Wilderness Area, to designate certain segments of the Black 
     Butte River in Mendocino County, California as a wild or 
     scenic river, or for other purposes.
       H.R. 4957. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey the Tylersville division of the Lamar National Fish 
     Hatchery and Fish Technology Center to the State of 
     Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5122. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2007 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 6197. An act to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 
     to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2007 through 
     2011, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6326. An act to clarify the provision of nutrition 
     services to older Americans.
           October 26, 2006:
       H.R. 6061. An act to establish operational control over the 
     international land and maritime borders of the United States.
           November 17, 2006:
       H.J. Res 100. Joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for the United 
     States.

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           December 1, 2006:
       H.R. 409. An act to provide for the exchange of land within 
     the Sierra National Forest, California, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 860. An act to provide for the conveyance of the 
     reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands 
     to the Clint Independent School District, El Paso County, 
     Texas.
       H.R. 1129. An act to authorize the exchange of certain land 
     in the State of Colorado.
       H.R. 3085. An act to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to update the feasibility and suitability study originally 
     prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and 
     provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land 
     components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5842. An act to compromise and settle all claims in 
     the case of Pueblo of Isleta v. United States, to restore, 
     improve, and develop the valuable on-reservation land and 
     natural resources of the Pueblo, and for other purposes.

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