[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D7-D9]
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. D1066)
  H.R. 3477, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 133 Hare Road in

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Crosby, Texas, as the ``Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office 
Building''. Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-219)
  H.R. 3783, to provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's 
growing hostile presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere. Signed 
on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-220)
  H.R. 3870, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the 
``Nicky `Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office''. Signed on December 28, 2012. 
(Public Law 112-221)
  H.R. 3912, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the 
``Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building''. Signed 
on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-222)
  H.R. 5738, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 15285 Samohin Drive in Macomb, Michigan, as the 
``Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex''. Signed 
on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-223)
  H.R. 5837, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 26 East Genesee Street in Baldwinsville, New York, 
as the ``Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-224)
  H.R. 5954, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-225)
  H.R. 6116, to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to 
provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of 
decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court. Signed on December 28, 
2012. (Public Law 112-226)
  H.R. 6223, to amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of 
employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces 
as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an 
executive or managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of 
residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of 
qualifying for naturalization. Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 
112-227)
  H.J. Res. 122, establishing the date for the counting of the 
electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors 
in December 2012. Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-228)
  S. 1379, to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to 
revise certain administrative authorities of the District of Columbia 
courts, and to authorize the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service to provide professional liability insurance for officers and 
employees of the Service for claims relating to services furnished 
within the scope of employment with the Service. Signed on December 28, 
2012. (Public Law 112-229)
  S. 2170, to amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
which are commonly referred to as the `Hatch Act', to scale back the 
provision forbidding certain State and local employees from seeking 
elective office, clarify the application of certain provisions to the 
District of Columbia, and modify the penalties which may be imposed for 
certain violations under subchapter III of chapter 73 of that title. 
Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-230)
  S. 2367, to strike the word ``lunatic'' from Federal law. Signed on 
December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-231)
  S. 3193, to make technical corrections to the legal description of 
certain land to be held in trust for the Barona Band of Mission 
Indians. Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-232)
  S. 3311, to designate the United States courthouse located at 2601 
2nd Avenue North, Billings, Montana, as the ``James F. Battin United 
States Courthouse''. Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-233)
  S. 3315, to repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government 
Accountability Office. Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-
234)
  S. 3564, to extend the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 
until 2014. Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-235)
  S. 3642, to clarify the scope of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996. 
Signed on December 28, 2012. (Public Law 112-236)
  S. 3687, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, to 
designate certain Federal buildings. Signed on December 28, 2012. 
(Public Law 112-237)
  H.R. 5949, to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years. 
Signed on December 30, 2012. (Public Law 112-238)

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