[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D34-D36]
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. D8)
  H.R. 4310, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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. Signed 
on January 2, 2013. (Public Law 112-239)
  H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Signed on January 2, 
2013. (Public Law 112-240)
  H.R. 1339, to designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the 
Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States. Signed on 
January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-241)
  H.R. 1845, to provide a demonstration project providing Medicare 
coverage for in-home administration of intravenous immune globulin 
(IVIG) and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect 
to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain 
claims. Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-242)
  H.R. 2338, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the ``Harry 
T. and Harriette Moore Post Office''. Signed on January 10, 2013. 
(Public Law 112-243)
  H.R. 3263, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the 
storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in 
Oklahoma. Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-244)
  H.R. 3641, to establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of 
California as a unit of the National Park System. Signed on January 10, 
2013. (Public Law 112-245)
  H.R. 3869, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 600 East Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as 
the ``Sidney `Sid' Sanders McMath Post Office Building''. Signed on 
January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-246)
  H.R. 3892, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 8771 Auburn Folsom Road in Roseville, California, as 
the ``Lance Corporal Victor A. Dew Post Office''. Signed on January 10, 
2013. (Public Law 112-247)
  H.R. 4053, to intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover 
payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending. Signed 
on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-248)
  H.R. 4057, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive policy to 
improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces through the provision of information on institutions of higher 
learning. Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-249)

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  H.R. 4073, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the 
quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way 
within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, 
Colorado, originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline 
Railway Company pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875. Signed on January 
10, 2013. (Public Law 112-250)
  H.R. 4389, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the 
``Cecil E. Bolt Post Office''. Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 
112-251)
  H.R. 5859, to repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States 
Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting. Signed on 
January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-252)
  H.R. 6014, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants for 
States to implement DNA arrestee collection processes. Signed on 
January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-253)
  H.R. 6260, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the 
``Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office''. Signed on 
January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-254)
  H.R. 6379, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as 
the ``Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office''. Signed on 
January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-255)
  H.R. 6587, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, 
as the ``Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building''. Signed 
on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-256)
  H.R. 6620, to amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate 
certain limitations on the length of Secret Service Protection for 
former Presidents and for the children of former Presidents. Signed on 
January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-257)
  H.R. 6671, to amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to 
clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer's 
informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be 
obtained through the Internet. Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 
112-258)
  S. 925, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence. Signed on January 10, 2013. 
(Public Law 112-259)
  S. 3202, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that 
deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified 
burial. Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-260)
  S. 3666, to amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify the definition of 
``exhibitor''. Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-261)
  S. J. Res. 49, providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a 
citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Signed on January 10, 2013. (Public Law 112-262)
  H.R. 443, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the 
United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska. 
Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-263)
  H.R. 1464, to express the sense of Congress regarding North Korean 
children and children of one North Korean parent and to require the 
Department of State regularly to brief appropriate congressional 
committees on efforts to advocate for and develop a strategy to provide 
assistance in the best interest of these children. Signed on January 
14, 2013. (Public Law 112-264)
  H.R. 2076, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the 
statutory authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of 
Justice of providing investigatory assistance on request of State and 
local authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes. 
Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-265)
  H.R. 4212, to prevent the introduction into commerce of unsafe 
drywall, to ensure the manufacturer of drywall is readily identifiable, 
to ensure that problematic drywall removed from homes is not reused. 
Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-266)
  H.R. 4365, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that 
accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax 
levies. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-267)
  H.R. 4606, to authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for 
natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park. Signed on January 14, 
2013. (Public Law 112-268)
  H.R. 6029, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for 
increased penalties for foreign and economic espionage. Signed on 
January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-269)
  H.R. 6060, to amend Public Law 106-392 to maintain annual base 
funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs 
through fiscal year 2019. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-
270)
  H.R. 6328, to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration) to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport 
security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other local 
charitable organizations. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-
271)
  H.R. 6364, to establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance 
of the centennial of World War I, to provide for the designation of 
memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed

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Forces in World War I. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-272)
  H.R. 6586, to extend the application of certain space launch 
liability provisions through 2014. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public 
Law 112-273)
  H.R. 6621, to correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-
Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code. Signed on 
January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-274)
  H.R. 6655, to establish a commission to develop a national strategy 
and recommendations for reducing fatalities resulting from child abuse 
and neglect. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-275)
  S. 3331, to provide for universal intercountry adoption accreditation 
standards. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-276)
  S. 3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. Signed on 
January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-277)
  S. 3472, to amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 
1974 to provide improvements to such Act. Signed on January 14, 2013. 
(Public Law 112-278)
  S. 3630, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, 
as the ``Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office''. Signed on January 14, 
2013. (Public Law 112-279)
  S. 3662, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6 Nichols Street in Westminster, Massachusetts, as 
the ``Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office Building''. Signed on 
January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-280)
  S. 3677, to make a technical correction to the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973. Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-
281)
  S. J. Res. 44, granting the consent of Congress to the State and 
Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 
Signed on January 14, 2013. (Public Law 112-282)
  S. 2318, to authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to 
combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning 
foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunal. Signed on 
January 15, 2013. (Public Law 112-283)
  H.R. 41, to temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood 
Insurance Program. Signed on January 6, 2013. (Public Law 113-1)