[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 29, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H303-H306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

       Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, reported that on 
     December 30, 2012, she presented to the President of the 
     United States, for his approval, the following bills:
       H.R. 5949. To extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for 
     five years.
       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, and for other purposes.

 BILLS AND A JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE 
                            DIE ADJOURNMENT

  The President, prior to sine die adjournment of the 2d Session, 112th 
Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates, 
he had approved and signed bills and a joint resolution of the 
following titles:

           December 7, 2012:

       H.R. 6634. An Act to change the effective date for the 
     Internet publication of certain financial disclosure forms.
       H.R. 915. An Act to establish a Border Enforcement Security 
     Task Force program to enhance border security by fostering 
     coordinated efforts among Federal, State, and local border 
     and law enforcement officials to protect United States border 
     cities and communities from trans-national crime, including 
     violence associated with drug trafficking, arms smuggling, 
     illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and 
     kidnapping along and across the international borders of the 
     United States, and for other purposes.

           December 14, 2012:

       H.R. 6156. An Act to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to products of the Russian Federation and Moldova 
     and to require reports on the compliance of the Russian 
     Federation with its obligations as a member of the World 
     Trade Organization, and for other purposes.

           December 18, 2012:

       H.R. 3187. An Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th 
     anniversary of the establishment of the March of Dimes 
     Foundation.
       H.R. 6582. An Act to allow for innovations and alternative 
     technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency 
     goals, and to make technical corrections to existing Federal 
     energy efficiency laws to allow American manufacturers to 
     remain competitive.

           December 20, 2012:

       H.R. 2467. An Act to take certain Federal lands in Mono 
     County, California, into trust for the benefit of the 
     Bridgeport Indian Colony.
       H.R. 2838. An Act to authorize appropriations for the Coast 
     Guard for fiscal years 2013 through 2014, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3319. An Act to allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to 
     determine the requirements for membership in that tribe.
       H.R. 4014. An Act to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection.
       H.R. 4367. An Act to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 
     to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic 
     teller machine to the screen of that machine.

           December 28, 2012:

       H.J. Res. 122. A joint resolution establishing the date for 
     the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice 
     President cast by the electors in December 2012.
       H.R. 3477. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, 
     Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office 
     Building.
       H.R. 3783. An Act to provide for a comprehensive strategy 
     to counter Iran's growing hostile presence and activity in 
     the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3870. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 3912. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 5738. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 5837. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 5954. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 6116. An Act 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, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6223. An Act 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, and for other purposes.

           December 30, 2012:

       H.R. 5949. An Act to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 
     for five years.

           January 2, 2013:

       H.R. 8. An Act entitled the ``American Taxpayer Relief Act 
     of 2012''.
       H.R. 4310. An Act 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, and for other 
     purposes.

  SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

  The President, prior to sine die adjournment of the 2nd Session, 
112th Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates, he had approved and signed bills of the Senate of the following 
titles:

           December 18, 2012:

       S. 3486. An Act to implement the provisions of the Hague 
     Agreement and the Patent Law Treaty.

           December 20, 2012:

       S. 1998. An Act to obtain an unqualified audit opinion, and 
     improve financial accountability and management at the 
     Department of Homeland Security.
       S. 3542. An Act to authorize the Assistant Secretary of 
     Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to 
     modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving 
     from preclearance airports, and for other purposes.

           December 28, 2012:

       S. 285. An Act for the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke.
       S. 1379. An Act 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.
       S. 2170. An Act 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.
       S. 2367. An Act to strike the word ``lunatic'' from Federal 
     law, and for other purposes.
       S. 3193. An Act to make technical corrections to the legal 
     description of certain land to be held in trust for the 
     Barona Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
       S. 3311. An Act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 2601 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Montana, as the 
     ``James F. Battin United States Courthouse''.

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       S. 3315. An Act to repeal or modify certain mandates of the 
     Government Accountability Office.
       S. 3564. An Act to extend the Public Interest 
     Declassification Act of 2000 until 2014 and for other 
     purposes.
       S. 3642. An Act to clarify the scope of the Economic 
     Espionage Act of 1996.
       S. 3687. An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin 
     Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal buildings, 
     and for other purposes.

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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT 
                    OF THE 112TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION

    HOUSE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

  The President, after sine die adjournment of the 2d Session, 112th 
Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates, 
he had approved and signed bills of the following titles:

           January 10, 2013:

       H.R. 1339. An Act to designate the City of Salem, 
     Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the 
     United States.
       H.R. 1845. An Act 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.
       H.R. 2338. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 3263. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to allow the storage and conveyance of nonproject 
     water at the Norman project in Oklahoma, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3641. An Act to establish Pinnacles National Park in 
     the State of California as a unit of the National Park 
     System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3869. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 3892. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 4053. An Act to intensify efforts to identify, 
     prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse 
     within Federal spending.
       H.R. 4057. An Act 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, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4073. An Act 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.
       H.R. 4389. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 5859. An Act to repeal an obsolete provision in title 
     49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance 
     cost reporting.
       H.R. 6014. An Act to authorize the Attorney General to 
     award grants for States to implement DNA arrestee collection 
     processes.
       H.R. 6260. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 6379. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 6587. An Act 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''.
       H.R. 6620. An Act 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.
       H.R. 6671. An Act 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.

           January 14, 2013:

       H.R. 443. An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association 
     located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
       H.R. 1464. An Act 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.
       H.R. 2076. An Act 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, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4212. An Act 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, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4365. An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are 
     subject to certain Federal tax levies.
       H.R. 4606. An Act to authorize the issuance of right-of-way 
     permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6029. An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide for increased penalties for foreign and economic 
     espionage, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6060. An Act 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.
       H.R. 6328. An Act 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, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6364. An Act 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 Forces in World War I, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 6586. An Act to extend the application of certain 
     space launch liability provisions through 2014.
       H.R. 6621. An Act to correct and improve certain provisions 
     of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United 
     States Code.
       H.R. 6655. An Act to establish a commission to develop a 
     national strategy and recommendations for reducing fatalities 
     resulting from child abuse and neglect.

SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER SINE 
                            DIE ADJOURNMENT

  The President, after sine die adjournment of the 2d Session, 112th 
Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates, 
he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the following 
titles:

           January 10, 2013:

       S. 925. An Act to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence.
       S. 3202. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     ensure that deceased veterans with no known next of kin can 
     receive a dignified burial, and for other purposes.
       S. 3666. An Act to amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify 
     the definition of ``exhibitor''.
       S.J. Res. 49. A joint resolution providing for the 
     appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

           January 14, 2013:

       S. 3331. An Act to provide for universal intercountry 
     adoption accreditation standards, and for other purposes.
       S. 3454. An Act 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, and for other purposes.
       S. 3472. An Act to amend the Family Educational Rights and 
     Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements to such Act.
       S. 3630. An Act 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''.
       S. 3662. An Act 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''.

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       S. 3677. An Act to make a technical correction to the Flood 
     Disaster Protection Act of 1973.
       S.J. Res. 44. A joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management 
     Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.

           January 15, 2013:

       S. 2318. An Act 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 tribunals, and for other purposes.