[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 148 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1086-D1088]
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. D1046)
  H.R. 1454, to provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp. Signed on September 30, 2010. 
(Public Law 111-241)
  H.R. 3081, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and 
for other purposes. Signed on September 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-242)
  H.R. 3562, to designate the federally occupied building located at 
1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``James Chaney, 
Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal Building''. Signed on 
September 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-243)
  H.R. 3940, to clarify the availability of existing funds for 
political status education in the Territory of Guam, and for other 
purposes. Signed on September 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-244)
  H.R. 3978, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept and use gifts for 
otherwise authorized activities of the Center for Domestic Preparedness 
that are related to preparedness for a response to terrorism, and for 
other purposes. Signed on September 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-245)
  H.R. 4505, to enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to 
parents any of whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces. 
Signed on September 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-246)
  H.R. 4667, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2010, 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, and for other purposes. Signed on September 
30, 2010. (Public Law 111-247)
  H.R. 5682, to improve the operation of certain facilities and 
programs of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. 
Signed on September 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-248)
  H.R. 6190, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the 
funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the airport 
improvement program, and for other purposes. Signed on September 30, 
2010. (Public Law 111-249)
  S. 3814, to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until 
September 30, 2011. Signed on September 30, 2010. (Public Law 111-250)
  S. 3839, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs 
under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958, and for other purposes. Signed on September 30, 2010. (Public Law 
111-251)

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  H.R. 1517, to allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least 
2 years, and whose service is rated fully successful or higher 
throughout that time, to be converted to a permanent appointment in the 
competitive service. Signed on October 5, 2010. (Public Law 111-252)
  S. 846, to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in 
recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty. 
Signed on October 5, 2010. (Public Law 111-253)
  S. 1055, to grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 
100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United 
States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War 
II. Signed on October 5, 2010. (Public Law 111-254)
  S. 1674, to provide for an exclusion under the Supplemental Security 
Income program and the Medicaid program for compensation provided to 
individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or 
conditions. Signed on October 5, 2010. (Public Law 111-255)
  S. 2781, to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to 
references to an intellectual disability, and to change references to a 
mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an 
intellectual disability. Signed on October 5, 2010. (Public Law 111-
256)
  S. 3717, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment 
Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide 
for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for 
other purposes. Signed on October 5, 2010. (Public Law 111-257)
  H.R. 553, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a 
strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and 
other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland 
security and other information, and for other purposes. Signed on 
October 7, 2010. (Public Law 111-258)
  H.R. 2701, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 
purposes. Signed on October 7, 2010. (Public Law 111-259)
  S. 3304, to increase the access of persons with disabilities to 
modern communications, and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 
2010. (Public Law 111-260)
  H.R. 714, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain 
lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes. Signed 
on October 8, 2010. (Public Law 111-261)
  H.R. 1177, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
recognition of 5 United States Army 5-Star Generals, George Marshall, 
Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ``Hap'' Arnold, and Omar 
Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff 
College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide with the celebration of 
the 132nd Anniversary of the founding of the United States Army Command 
and General Staff College. Signed on October 8, 2010. (Public Law 111-
262)
  S. 2868, to provide increased access to the Federal supply schedules 
of the General Services Administration to the American Red Cross, other 
qualified organizations, and State and local governments. Signed on 
October 8, 2010. (Public Law 111-263)
  S. 3751, to amend the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005. 
Signed on October 8, 2010. (Public Law 111-264)
  S. 3828, to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century 
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments 
made by that Act. Signed on October 8, 2010. (Public Law 111-265)
  S. 3847, to implement certain defense trade cooperation treaties, and 
for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2010. (Public Law 111-266)
  S. 3729, to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2013, and for other 
purposes. Signed on October 11, 2010. (Public Law 111-267)
  H.R. 2923, to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine. Signed 
on October 12, 2010. (Public Law 111-268)
  H.R. 3553, to exclude from consideration as income under the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 amounts 
received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
service-related disabilities of a member of the family. Signed on 
October 12, 2010. (Public Law 111-269)
  H.R. 3689, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority 
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial visitor center, and for other purposes. Signed on 
October 12, 2010. (Public Law 111-270)
  H.R. 3980, to provide for identifying and eliminating redundant 
reporting requirements and developing meaningful performance metrics 
for homeland security preparedness grants, and for other purposes. 
Signed on October 12, 2010. (Public Law 111-271)
  S. 1132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the 
provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law 
enforcement officers, and

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for other purposes. Signed on October 12, 2010. (Public Law 111-272)
  S. 3397, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for take-
back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances, and for 
other purposes. Signed on October 12, 2010. (Public Law 111-273)
  H.R. 946, to enhance citizen access to Government information and 
services by establishing that Government documents issued to the public 
must be written clearly, and for other purposes. Signed on October 13, 
2010. (Public Law 111-274)
  H.R. 3219, to amend title 38, United States Code, and the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make certain improvements in the 
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes. Signed on October 13, 2010. (Public Law 111-275)
  H.R. 4543, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4285 Payne Avenue in San Jose, California, as the 
``Anthony J. Cortese Post Office Building''. Signed on October 13, 
2010. (Public Law 111-276)
  H.R. 5341, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, as the 
``Joyce Rogers Post Office Building''. Signed on October 13, 2010. 
(Public Law 111-277)
  H.R. 5390, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``David 
John Donafee Post Office Building''. Signed on October 13, 2010. 
(Public Law 111-278)
  H.R. 5450, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, 
as the ``Tom Bradley Post Office Building''. Signed on October 13, 
2010. (Public Law 111-279)
  H.R. 6200, to amend part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to 
provide for a 1-year extension of the authorizations for the Work 
Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and 
Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program. Signed on 
October 13, 2010. (Public Law 111-280)
  H.R. 3619, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
year 2010, and for other purposes. Signed on October 15, 2010. (Public 
Law 111-281)
  S. 1510, to transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work 
authorized by laws codified in the District of Columbia Official Code 
for current members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
Division from such laws to the United States Code, and for other 
purposes. Signed on October 15, 2010. (Public Law 111-282)
  S. 3196, to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide 
that certain transition services shall be available to eligible 
candidates before the general election. Signed on October 15, 2010. 
(Public Law 111-283)
  S. 3802, to designate a mountain and icefield in the State of Alaska 
as the ``Mount Stevens'' and ``Ted Stevens Icefield'', respectively. 
Signed on October 18, 2010. (Public Law 111-284)