[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H16938-H16939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

  The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the 
following titles:

           August 1, 2007:
       H.J. Res. 44. An act approving the renewal of import 
     restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy 
     Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
           August 3, 2007:
       H.R. 1. An act to provide for the implementation of the 
     recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist 
     Attacks Upon the United States.
           August 3, 2007:
       H.R. 2429. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on 
     Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two 
     physicians during the period in which one of the physicians 
     is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component 
     of the Armed Forces.
           August 6, 2007:
       H.R. 3311. An act to authorize additional funds for 
     emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 
     bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on 
     August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on 
     emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and 
     reconstruction, and for other purposes.
           August 8, 2007:
       H.R. 3206. An act to provide for an additional temporary 
     extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through December 15, 
     2007, and for other purposes.
           August 9, 2007:
       H.R. 1260. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 6301 Highway 58 in Harrison, 
     Tennessee, as the ``Claude Ramsey Post Office''.
       H.R. 1335. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 508 East Main Street in 
     Seneca, South Carolina, as the ``S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 1384. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in 
     Bakersfield, California, as the ``Buck Owens Post Office''.
       H.R. 1425. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4551 East 52nd Street in 
     Odessa, Texas, as the ``Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 1434. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in 
     Springdale, Pennsylvania, as the ``Rachel Carson Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 1617. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 561 Kingsland Avenue in 
     University City, Missouri, as the ``Harriett F. Woods Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 1722. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca 
     Raton, Florida, as the ``Leonard W. Herman Post Office''.
       H.R. 2025. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 11033 South State Street in 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Willye B. White Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2077. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 20805 State Route 125 in 
     Blue Creek, Ohio, as the ``George B. Lewis Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2078. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14536 State Route 136 in 
     Cherry Fork, Ohio, as the ``Staff Sergeant Omer `O.T.' 
     Hawkins Post Office''.
       H.R. 2127. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 408 West 6th Street in 
     Chelsea, Oklahoma, as the ``Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2309. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3916 Milgen Road in 
     Columbus, Georgia, as the ``Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2563. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 309 East Linn Street in 
     Marshalltown, Iowa, as the ``Major Scott Nisely Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 2570. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort 
     Collins, Colorado, as the ``Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2688. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in 
     Uvalde, Texas, as the ``Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office 
     Building''.
           August 9, 2007:
       H.R. 2272. An act to invest in innovation through research 
     and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the 
     United States.
           August 13, 2007:
       H.R. 2863. An act to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of 
     the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land 
     owned by the Tribe.
       H.R. 2952. An act to authorize the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe 
     of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and 
     interests in land owned by the Tribe.
       H.R. 3006. An act to improve the use of a grant of a parcel 
     of land to the State of Idaho for use as an agricultural 
     college, and for other purposes.
           September 20, 2007:
       H.R. 2358. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint and issue coins in

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     commemoration of Native Americans and the important 
     contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native 
     Americans to the development of the United States and the 
     history of the United States, and for other purposes.
           September 27, 2007:
       H.R. 2669. An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2008.
       H.R. 3580. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for 
     prescription drugs and for medical devices, to enhance the 
     postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration 
     with respect to the safety of drugs, and for other 
     purposes.
           September 27, 2007:
       H.R. 3528. An act to provide authority to the Peace Corps 
     to provide separation pay for host country resident personal 
     services contractors of the Peace Corps.
           September 28, 2007:
       H.R. 954. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 365 West 125th Street in New 
     York, New York, as the ``Percy Sutton Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3218. An act to designate a portion of Interstate 
     Route 395 located in Baltimore, Maryland, as ``Cal Ripken 
     Way''.
       H.R. 3375. An act to extend the trade adjustment assistance 
     program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months.
           September 29, 2007:
       H.J. Res. 43. An act increasing the statutory limit on the 
     public debt.
       H.J. Res. 52. An act making continuing appropriations for 
     the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3668. An act to provide for the extension of 
     transitional medical assistance (TMA), the abstinence 
     education program, and the qualifying individuals (QI) 
     program, and for other purposes.
           September 30, 2007:
       H.R. 3625. An act to make permanent the waiver authority of 
     the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial 
     assistance during a war or other military operation or 
     national emergency.
           October 24, 2007:
       H.R. 1124. An act to extend the District of Columbia 
     College Access Act of 1999.
       H.R. 2467. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 69 Montgomery Street in 
     Jersey City, New Jersey, as the ``Frank J. Guarini Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 2587. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 555 South 3rd Street Lobby 
     in Memphis, Tennessee, as the ``Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 2654. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 202 South Dumont Avenue in 
     Woonsocket, South Dakota, as the ``Eleanor McGovern Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 2765. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 44 North Main Street in 
     Hughesville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Master Sergeant Sean 
     Michael Thomas Post Office''.
       H.R. 2778. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3 Quaker Ridge Road in New 
     Rochelle, New York, as the ``Robert Merrill Postal Station''.
       H.R. 2825. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 326 South Main Street in 
     Princeton, Illinois, as the ``Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 3052. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 954 Wheeling Avenue in 
     Cambridge, Ohio, as the ``John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 3106. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 805 Main Street in 
     Ferdinand, Indiana, as the ``Staff Sergeant David L. Nord 
     Post Office''.
           October 25, 2007:
       H.R. 995. An act to amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the 
     authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of 
     Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became 
     disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United 
     States.
           October 26, 2007:
       H.R. 3233. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney 
     Woods, Mississippi, as the ``Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones 
     Post Office Building''.
           October 31, 2007:
       H.R. 3678. An act to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to 
     extend the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the 
     Internet and to electronic commerce.
           November 5, 2007:
       H.R. 327. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and 
     implement a comprehensive program designed to reduce the 
     incidence of suicide among veterans.
       H.R. 1284. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2007, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and 
     indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
     veterans.
           November 8, 2007:
       H.R. 1808. An act to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the ``Charlie 
     Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''.
           November 9, 2007:
       H.R. 1495. An act to provide for the conservation and 
     development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
     improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and 
     for other purposes.
           November 13, 2007:
       H.R. 2779. An act to recognize the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in 
     Fort Pierce, Florida, as the official national museum of Navy 
     SEALS and their predecessors.
       H.R. 3222. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
     for other purposes.
           November 15, 2007:
       H.R. 2546. An act to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina, as the 
     ``Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
     Center''.
           November 16, 2007:
       H.R. 2602. An act to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs medical facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the 
     ``Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
     Facility''.
           November 30, 2007:
       H.R. 2089. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 701 Loyola Avenue in New 
     Orleans, Louisiana, as the ``Louisiana Armed Services 
     Veterans Post Office''.
       H.R. 2276. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in 
     Vassar, Michigan, as the ``Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3297. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 950 West Trenton Avenue in 
     Morrisville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Nate DeTample Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3307. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New 
     Jersey, as the ``Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3308. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 216 East Main Street in 
     Atwood, Indiana, as the ``Lance Corporal David K. Fribley 
     Post Office''.
       H.R. 3325. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in 
     Suffield, Connecticut, as the ``Corporal Stephen R. Bixler 
     Post Office''.
       H.R. 3382. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 200 North William Street in 
     Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the ``Philip A. Baddour, Sr. 
     Post Office''.
       H.R. 3446. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 202 East Michigan Avenue in 
     Marshall, Michigan, as the ``Michael W. Schragg Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3518. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1430 South Highway 29 in 
     Cantonment, Florida, as the ``Charles H. Hendrix Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3530. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1400 Highway 41 North in 
     Inverness, Florida, as the ``Chief Warrant Officer Aaron 
     Weaver Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3572. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4320 Blue Parkway in Kansas 
     City, Missouri, as the ``Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office 
     Building''.
           December 6, 2007:
       H.R. 50. An act to reauthorize the African Elephant 
     Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
     Act of 1994.
       H.R. 465. An act to reauthorize the Asian Elephant 
     Conservation Act of 1997.
           December 12, 2007:
       H.R. 1429. An act to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to 
     improve program quality, to expand access, and for other 
     purposes.
           December 13, 2007:
       H.R. 4343. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     modify age standards for pilots engaged in commercial 
     aviation operations.
           December 14, 2007:
       H.J. Res. 69. An act making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4252. An act to provide for an additional temporary 
     extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through May 23, 2008, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3688. An act to implement the United States-Peru Trade 
     Promotion Agreement.

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