[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 156 (Friday, January 2, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1156-D1160]
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. D1139)
  H.R. 43, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, 
as the ``Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office''. Signed on 
December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-204)
  H.R. 78, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``George 
Thomas `Mickey' Leland Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 
2014. (Public Law 113-205)
  H.R. 451, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 500 North Brevard Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Florida, as 
the ``Richard K. Salick Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2014. 
(Public Law 113-206)
  H.R. 1391, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the ``London 
Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2014. 
(Public Law 113-207)
  H.R. 1707, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the 
``James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 
2014. (Public Law 113-208)
  H.R. 2112, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the 
``National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS 
Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office''. Signed on December 
16, 2014. (Public Law 113-209)
  H.R. 2203, to provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of 
Congress to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation 
in promoting excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy. Signed 
on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-210)
  H.R. 2223, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as the 
``Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 
2014. (Public Law 113-211)
  H.R. 2366, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the centennial of World War I. Signed on December 16, 
2014. (Public Law 113-212)
  H.R. 2678, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10360 Southwest 186th Street in Miami, Florida, as 
the ``Larcenia J. Bullard Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
16, 2014. (Public Law 113-213)
  H.R. 3085, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3349 West 111th Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the 
``Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-214)
  H.R. 3375, to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to be constructed at 3141 Centennial 
Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the ``PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom 
Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''. Signed on December 16, 2014. 
(Public Law 113-215)
  H.R. 3534, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, Michigan, as 
the ``Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office''. Signed on December 
16, 2014. (Public Law 113-216)
  H.R. 3682, to designate the community based outpatient clinic of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs located at 1961 Premier Drive in 
Mankato, Minnesota, as the ``Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient 
Clinic''. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-217)
  H.R. 3957, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 218-10 Merrick Boulevard in Springfield Gardens, New 
York, as the ``Cynthia Jenkins Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-218)
  H.R. 4189, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the ``Master 
Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans 
Memorial Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-219)
  H.R. 4443, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 90 Vermilyea Avenue, in New York, New York, as the 
``Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-220)
  H.R. 4812, to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to 
establish a process for providing expedited and dignified passenger 
screening services for veterans traveling to visit war memorials built 
and dedicated to honor their service,

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and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-
221)
  H.R. 4919, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the 
``Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski 
Memorial Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-
222)
  H.R. 4924, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the 
Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the 
Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, 
to provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on 
the Bill Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit the Lower 
Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for 
the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams 
River watershed in the State of Arizona. Signed on December 16, 2014. 
(Public Law 113-223)
  H.R. 4939, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, California, as 
the ``Neil Havens Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-224)
  H.R. 5030, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, as the 
``Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-225)
  H.R. 5106, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, California, 
as the ``Philmore Graham Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 
2014. (Public Law 113-226)
  H.R. 5108, to establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program 
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-227)
  H.R. 5681, to provide for the approval of the Amendment to the 
Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense 
Purposes. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-228)
  H.J. Res. 105, conferring honorary citizenship of the United States 
on Bernardo de Galvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of 
Galvez. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-229)
  S. 229, to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center''. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-230)
  S. 1434, to designate the Junction City Community-Based Outpatient 
Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, Kansas, as the 
Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic. 
Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-231)
  S. 2040, to exchange trust and fee land to resolve land disputes 
created by the realignment of the Blackfoot River along the boundary of 
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. Signed on 
December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-232)
  S. 2917, to expand the program of priority review to encourage 
treatments for tropical diseases. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-233)
  S. 2921, to designate the community based outpatient clinic of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs located at 310 Home Boulevard in 
Galesburg, Illinois, as the ``Lane A. Evans VA Community Based 
Outpatient Clinic''. Signed on December 16, 2014. (Public Law 113-234)
  H.R. 83, making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
16, 2014. (Public Law 113-235)
  H.R. 669, to improve the health of children and help better 
understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early 
life. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-236)
  H.R. 1067, to make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as 
necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and 
improvements. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-237)
  H.R. 1204, to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration) to establish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, 
and for other purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-
238)
  H.R. 1206, to grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority 
to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-239)
  H.R. 1281, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
programs under part A of title XI of such Act. Signed on December 18, 
2014. (Public Law 113-240)
  H.R. 1378, to designate the United States Federal Judicial Center 
located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, as the ``John 
Rhoades Federal Judicial Center'' and to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 333 West Broadway in San

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Diego, California, as the ``James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United 
States Courthouse''. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-241)
  H.R. 1447, to encourage States to report to the Attorney General 
certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody 
of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
18, 2014. (Public Law 113-242)
  H.R. 2591, to amend certain provisions of the FAA Modernization and 
Reform Act of 2012. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-243)
  H.R. 2640, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the 
Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for the City of 
Prineville, Oregon, and for other purposes. Signed on December 18, 
2014. (Public Law 113-244)
  H.R. 2719, to require the Transportation Security Administration to 
implement best practices and improve transparency with regard to 
technology acquisition programs, and for other purposes. Signed on 
December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-245)
  H.R. 2952, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess 
the cybersecurity workforce of the Department of Homeland Security and 
develop a comprehensive workforce strategy, and for other purposes. 
Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-246)
  H.R. 3027, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 442 Miller Valley Road in Prescott, Arizona, as the 
``Barry M. Goldwater Post Office''. Signed on December 18, 2014. 
(Public Law 113-247)
  H.R. 3044, to approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in 
Iuka, Mississippi. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-248)
  H.R. 3096, to designate the building occupied by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation located at 801 Follin Lane, Vienna, Virginia, as the 
``Michael D. Resnick Terrorist Screening Center''. Signed on December 
18, 2014. (Public Law 113-249)
  H.R. 3329, to enhance the ability of community financial institutions 
to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small 
businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes. Signed 
on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-250)
  H.R. 3374, to provide for the use of savings promotion raffle 
products by financial institutions to encourage savings, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-251)
  H.R. 3468, to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to extend insurance 
coverage to amounts held in a member account on behalf of another 
person, and for other purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-252)
  H.R. 3572, to revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal 
Barrier Resources System units. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-253)
  H.R. 4007, to recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards Program. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 
113-254)
  H.R. 4193, to amend title 5, United States Code, to change the 
default investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-255)
  H.R. 4199, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center 
in Waco, Texas, as the ``Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center''. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-256)
  H.R. 4276, to extend and modify a pilot program on assisted living 
services for veterans with traumatic brain injury. Signed on December 
18, 2014. (Public Law 113-257)
  H.R. 4416, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 161 Live Oak Street in Miami, Arizona, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Manuel V. Mendoza Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-258)
  H.R. 4651, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 601 West Baker Road in Baytown, Texas, as the 
``Specialist Keith Erin Grace, Jr. Memorial Post Office''. Signed on 
December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-259)
  H.R. 4771, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to more effectively 
regulate anabolic steroids. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 
113-260)
  H.R. 4926, to designate a segment of Interstate Route 35 in the State 
of Minnesota as the ``James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway''. Signed on 
December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-261)
  H.R. 5050, to repeal the Act of May 31, 1918, and for other purposes. 
Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-262)
  H.R. 5057, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit 
exemptions for external power supplies from certain efficiency 
standards, and for other purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-263)
  H.R. 5069, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp 
Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory 
birds, and for other purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 
113-264)
  H.R. 5185, to reauthorize the Young Women's Breast Health Education 
and Awareness Requires

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Learning Young Act of 2009. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 
113-265)
  H.R. 5331, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 73839 Gorgonio Drive in Twentynine Palms, 
California, as the ``Colonel M.J. `Mac' Dube, USMC Post Office 
Building''. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-266)
  H.R. 5562, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 801 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, California, as the 
``Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office 
Building''. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-267)
  H.R. 5687, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 101 East Market Street in Long Beach, California, as 
the ``Juanita Millender-McDonald Post Office''. Signed on December 18, 
2014. (Public Law 113-268)
  H.R. 5705, to modify certain provisions relating to the Propane 
Education and Research Council. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-269)
  H.R. 5739, to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the 
termination of social security benefits for individuals who 
participated in Nazi persecution, and for other purposes. Signed on 
December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-270)
  H.R. 5816, to extend the authorization for the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom. Signed on December 18, 
2014. (Public Law 113-271)
  H.R. 5859, to impose sanctions with respect to the Russian 
Federation, to provide additional assistance to Ukraine, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-272)
  S. 1000, to require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
18, 2014. (Public Law 113-273)
  S. 1353, to provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private 
partnership to improve cybersecurity, and to strengthen cybersecurity 
research and development, workforce development and education, and 
public awareness and preparedness, and for other purposes. Signed on 
December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-274)
  S. 1474, to amend the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2013 to repeal a special rule for the State of Alaska, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-275)
  S. 1683, to provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain 
foreign recipients, and for other purposes. Signed on December 18, 
2014. (Public Law 113-276)
  S. 1691, to amend title 5, United States Code, to improve the 
security of the United States border and to provide for reforms and 
rates of pay for border patrol agents. Signed on December 18, 2014. 
(Public Law 113-277)
  S. 2142, to impose targeted sanctions on persons responsible for 
violations of human rights of antigovernment protesters in Venezuela, 
to strengthen civil society in Venezuela, and for other purposes. 
Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-278)
  S. 2270, to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-
based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-279)
  S. 2338, to reauthorize the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and for 
other purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-280)
  S. 2444, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
year 2015, and for other purposes. Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public 
Law 113-281)
  S. 2519, to codify an existing operations center for cybersecurity. 
Signed on December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-282)
  S. 2521, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to 
provide for reform to Federal information security. Signed on December 
18, 2014. (Public Law 113-283)
  S. 2651, to repeal certain mandates of the Department of Homeland 
Security Office of Inspector General. Signed on December 18, 2014. 
(Public Law 113-284)
  S. 2759, to release the City of St. Clair, Missouri, from all 
restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use, encumbrance, 
conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair Regional Airport. Signed on 
December 18, 2014. (Public Law 113-285)
  S. 3008, to extend temporarily the extended period of protection for 
members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage 
foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
18, 2014. (Public Law 113-286)
  H.R. 1068, to enact title 54, United States Code, ``National Park 
Service and Related Programs'', as positive law. Signed on December 19, 
2014. (Public Law 113-287)
  H.R. 2754, to amend the Hobby Protection Act to make unlawful the 
provision of assistance or support in violation of that Act, and for 
other purposes. Signed on December 19, 2014. (Public Law 113-288)

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  H.R. 2901, to strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005 by improving the capacity of the United 
States Government to implement, leverage, and monitor and evaluate 
programs to provide first-time or improved access to safe drinking 
water, sanitation, and hygiene to the world's poorest on an equitable 
and sustainable basis, and for other purposes. Signed on December 19, 
2014. (Public Law 113-289)
  H.R. 3608, to amend the Act of October 19, 1973, concerning taxable 
income to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians. Signed on December 19, 2014. (Public Law 113-290)
  H.R. 3979, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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. Signed on December 19, 2014. (Public Law 113-291)
  H.R. 4030, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 18640 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the 
``Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 19, 2014. (Public Law 113-292)
  H.R. 4681, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 
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 December 19, 2014. (Public Law 113-293)
  H.R. 5462, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
limitations on the fees charged to passengers of air carriers. Signed 
on December 19, 2014. (Public Law 113-294)
  H.R. 5771, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of 
ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family 
members with disabilities, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
19, 2014. (Public Law 113-295)
  S. 2673, to enhance the strategic partnership between the United 
States and Israel. Signed on December 19, 2014. (Public Law 113-296)