[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 141 (Monday, September 8, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1041-D1042]
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. D1007)
  H.R. 4841, to approve, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement 
entered into to resolve claims by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians 
relating to alleged interferences with the water resources of the 
Tribe, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute 
and perform the Settlement Agreement and related waivers, and for other 
purposes. Signed on July 31, 2008. (Public Law 110-297)
  S. 2565, to establish an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts 
of bravery in the line of duty by Federal, State, and Local law 
enforcement officers. Signed on July 31, 2008. (Public Law 110-298)
  S. 3298, to clarify the circumstances during which the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable States may 
require permits for discharges from certain vessels, and to require the 
Administrator to conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal 
operation of vessels. Signed on July 31, 2008. (Public Law 110-299)
  S. 3352, to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965. Signed on July 31, 2008. (Public Law 110-300)
  S. 3370, to resolve pending claims against Libya by United States 
nationals, and for other purposes. Signed on August 4, 2008. (Public 
Law 110-301)
  H.R. 2245, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient 
clinic in Wenatchee, Washington, as the ``Elwood `Bud' Link Department 
of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic''. Signed on August 12, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-302)
  H.R. 4210, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 401 Washington Avenue in Weldon, North Carolina, as 
the ``Dock M. Brown Post Office Building''. Signed on August 12, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-303)
  H.R. 4918, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center 
in Miami, Florida, as the ``Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center''. Signed on August 12, 2008. (Public Law 110-
304)
  H.R. 5477, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, 
as the ``Chi Mui Post Office Building''. Signed on August 12, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-305)
  H.R. 5483, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, Virginia, as 
the ``Private First Class David H. Sharrett II Post Office Building''. 
Signed on August 12, 2008. (Public Law 110-306)
  H.R. 5631, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1155 Seminole Trail in Charlottesville, Virginia, as 
the ``Corporal Bradley T. Arms Post Office Building''. Signed on August 
12, 2008. (Public Law 110-307)
  H.R. 6061, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 219 East Main Street in West Frankfort, Illinois, as 
the ``Kenneth James Gray Post Office Building''. Signed on August 12, 
2008. (Public Law 110-308)
  H.R. 6085, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 42222 Rancho Las

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Palmas Drive in Rancho Mirage, California, as the ``Gerald R. Ford Post 
Office Building''. Signed on August 12, 2008. (Public Law 110-309)
  H.R. 6150, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14500 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, as the 
``John P. Gallagher Post Office Building''. Signed on August 12, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-310)
  H.R. 6340, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in White Plains, New York, 
as the ``Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''. Signed on August 12, 2008. (Public Law 110-311)
  S. 3294, to provide for the continued performance of the functions of 
the United States Parole Commission. Signed on August 12, 2008. (Public 
Law 110-312)
  S. 3295, to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act 
of 1946 to provide that the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 
the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, shall 
appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark 
judges, and for other purposes. Signed on August 12, 2008. (Public Law 
110-313)
  H.R. 4040, to establish consumer product safety standards and other 
safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and 
modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Signed on August 14, 
2008. (Public Law 110-314)
  H.R. 4137, to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and 
for other purposes. Signed on August 14, 2008. (Public Law 110-315)
  H.R. 6432, to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program, to 
establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs, to 
make certain technical corrections to the Food and Drug Administration 
Amendments Act of 2007, and for other purposes. Signed on August 14, 
2008. (Public Law 110-316)
  H.R. 6580, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed 
Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the 
member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the 
early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family 
in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the 
Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was 
killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a 
captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation 
on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes. Signed on 
August 29, 2008. (Public Law 110-317)