[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D946]
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. D922)
  H.R. 876, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require 
hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by 
such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as 
inpatients of such hospitals. Signed on August 6, 2015. (Public Law 
114-42)
  H.R. 1626, to reduce duplication of information technology at the 
Department of Homeland Security. Signed on August 6, 2015. (Public Law 
114-43)
  S. 1482, to improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the 
application of the antitrust laws to the award of need-based 
educational aid. Signed on August 6, 2015. (Public Law 114-44)
  H.R. 212, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the 
assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking 
water. Signed on August 7, 2015. (Public Law 114-45)
  H.R. 1138, to establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and 
to authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System 
land and Bureau of Land Management land in central Idaho. Signed on 
August 7, 2015. (Public Law 114-46)
  H.R. 1531, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide a pathway 
for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to 
compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion 
procedures. Signed on August 7, 2015. (Public Law 114-47)
  H.R. 2131, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 83 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, 
as the ``J. Waties Waring Judicial Center''. Signed on August 7, 2015. 
(Public Law 114-48)
  H.R. 2559, to designate the ``PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor 
Memorial Highway'' in the State of Texas. Signed on August 7, 2015. 
(Public Law 114-49)