[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 186 (Thursday, December 31, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H10715-H10716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO 
                          SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

  The President, prior to sine die adjournment of the First Session of 
the 114th 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:

           October 7, 2015:
       H.R. 1020. An Act to define STEM education to include 
     computer science, and to support existing STEM education 
     programs at the National Science Foundation.
       H.R. 1624. An Act to amend title I of the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the 
     Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small 
     employer.
       H.R. 2617. An Act to amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 
     2007 to postpone a scheduled increase in the minimum wage 
     applicable to American Samoa.
           October 16, 2015:
       H.R. 2835. An Act to actively recruit members of the Armed 
     Forces who are separating from military service to serve as 
     Customs and Border Protection Officers.
           October 22, 2015:
       H.R. 3116. An Act to extend by 15 years the authority of 
     the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial 
     report program.
           October 29, 2015:
       H.R. 3819. An Act to provide an extension of Federal-aid 
     highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and 
     other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for 
     other purposes.
           November 2, 2015:
       H.R. 1314. An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal 
     relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of 
     certain organizations.
           November 5, 2015:
       H.R. 313. An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide leave to any new Federal employee who is a veteran 
     with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or 
     more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such 
     disability, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 322. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in 
     Chesterfield, Missouri, as the ``Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 323. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, as the ``Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 324. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, as the ``Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 558. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 55 South Pioneer Boulevard 
     in Springboro, Ohio, as the ``Richard `Dick' Chenault Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 623. An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to establish 
     a social media working group, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 774. An Act to strengthen enforcement mechanisms to 
     stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend 
     the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua 
     Convention, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1442. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 90 Cornell Street in 
     Kingston, New York, as the ``Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 1884. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street 
     in East Roch- ester, New York, as the ``Officer Daryl R. 
     Pierson Memorial Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3059. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4500 SE 28th Street, Del 
     City, Oklahoma, as the James Robert Kalsu Post Office 
     Building.
           November 20, 2015:
       H.R. 3996. An Act to provide an extension of Federal-aid 
     highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and 
     other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for 
     other purposes.
           November 25, 2015:
       H.R. 208. An Act to improve the disaster assistance 
     programs of the Small Business Administration.
       H.R. 639. An Act to amend the Controlled Substances Act 
     with respect to drug scheduling recommendations by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, and with respect to 
     registration of manufacturers and distributors seeking to 
     conduct clinical testing.
       H.R. 2262. An Act to facilitate a pro-growth environment 
     for the developing commercial space industry by encouraging 
     private sector investment and creating more stable and 
     predictable regulatory conditions, and for other purposes.
           December 4, 2015:
       H.R. 22. An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
     highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and 
     for other purposes.
           December 11, 2015:
       H.R. 2250. An Act Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
     2016.
           December 16, 2015:
       H.J. Res. 78. A joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
           December 18, 2015:
       H.J. Res. 76. A joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the second session of the One Hundred Fourteenth 
     Congress.
       H.R. 2029. An Act making appropriations for military 
     construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2270. An Act to redesignate the Nisqually National 
     Wildlife Refuge, located

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     in the State of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually 
     National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the Medicine Creek 
     Treaty National Memorial within the wildlife refuge, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2297. An Act to prevent Hizballah and associated 
     entities from gaining access to international financial and 
     other institutions, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2693. An Act to designate the arbo-retum at the Hunter 
     Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as 
     the ``Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum''.
       H.R. 2820. An Act to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic 
     and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3594. An Act to extend temporarily the Federal Perkins 
     Loan program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3831. An Act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to extend the annual comment period for payment 
     rates under Medicare Advantage.
       H.R. 4246. An Act to exempt for an additional 4-year 
     period, from the application of the means-test presumption of 
     abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve 
     components of the Armed Forces and members of the National 
     Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active 
     duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less 
     than 90 days.

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