[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 186 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1159-D1163]
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. D1127)
  H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and water development and 
related agencies for the fiscal

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year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Signed on 
December 10, 2016. (Public Law 114-254)
  H.R. 34, to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, 
warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
13, 2016. (Public Law 114-255)
  H.R. 3471, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements in the provision of automobiles and adaptive equipment by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. Signed on December 14, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-256)
  H.R. 4419, to update the financial disclosure requirements for judges 
of the District of Columbia courts and to make other improvements to 
the District of Columbia courts. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-257)
  H.R. 5111, to prohibit the use of certain clauses in form contracts 
that restrict the ability of a consumer to communicate regarding the 
goods or services offered in interstate commerce that were the subject 
of the contract, and for other purposes. Signed on December 14, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-258)
  H.R. 5509, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs temporary 
lodging facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Dr. Otis Bowen 
Veteran House''. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-259)
  H.R. 5995, to strike the sunset on certain provisions relating to the 
authorized protest of a task or delivery order under section 4106 of 
title 41, United States Code. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 
114-260)
  S. 795, to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and 
grantee employees. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-261)
  S. 817, to provide for the addition of certain real property to the 
reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon. Signed on 
December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-262)
  S. 818, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical 
corrections, and for other purposes. Signed on December 14, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-263)
  S. 1550, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish entities 
tasked with improving program and project management in certain Federal 
agencies, and for other purposes. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-264)
  S. 1555, to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 
Filipino veterans of World War II, in recognition of the dedicated 
service of the veterans during World War II. Signed on December 14, 
2016. (Public Law 114-265)
  S. 1632, to require a regional strategy to address the threat posed 
by Boko Haram. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-266)
  S. 1808, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a 
Northern Border threat analysis, and for other purposes. Signed on 
December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-267)
  S. 1915, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax 
vaccines available to emergency response providers, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-268)
  S. 2234, to award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 
members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in recognition of 
their superior service and major contributions during World War II. 
Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-269)
  S. 2873, to require studies and reports examining the use of, and 
opportunities to use, technology-enabled collaborative learning and 
capacity building models to improve programs of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
14, 2016. (Public Law 114-270)
  S. 2974, to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking 
Hotline, and for other purposes. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-271)
  S. 3028, to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the Daniel J. Evans 
Wilderness. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-272)
  S. 3076, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish caskets and urns for burial in 
cemeteries of States and tribal organizations of veterans without next 
of kin or sufficient resources to provide for caskets or urns, and for 
other purposes. Signed on December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-273)
  S. 3183, to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by 
Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable consumer access to tickets 
for any given event, and for other purposes. Signed on December 14, 
2016. (Public Law 114-274)
  S. 3395, to require limitations on prescribed burns. Signed on 
December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-275)
  S. 3492, to designate the Traverse City VA Community-Based Outpatient 
Clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, 
Michigan, as the ``Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic''. Signed on 
December 14, 2016. (Public Law 114-276)
  H.R. 6297, to reauthorize the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. Signed on 
December 15, 2016. (Public Law 114-277)

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  H.R. 710, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a 
comprehensive security assessment of the transportation security card 
program, and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-278)
  H.R. 875, to provide for alternative financing arrangements for the 
provision of certain services and the construction and maintenance of 
infrastructure at land border ports of entry, and for other purposes. 
Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-279)
  H.R. 960, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-
based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the Daniel L. Kinnard VA 
Clinic. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-280)
  H.R. 1150, to amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
to improve the ability of the United States to advance religious 
freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, 
counterterrorism, and foreign assistance efforts, and through stronger 
and more flexible political responses to religious freedom violations 
and violent extremism worldwide, and for other purposes. Signed on 
December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-281)
  H.R. 2726, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
commemorative coins in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first 
manned landing on the moon. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 
114-282)
  H.R. 3218, designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1221 State Street, Suite 12, Santa Barbara, California, as 
the ``Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis 
`Lou' J. Langlais Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-283)
  H.R. 3784, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish 
an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and a 
Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-284)
  H.R. 3842, to improve homeland security, including domestic 
preparedness and response to terrorism, by reforming Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders, 
and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-
285)
  H.R. 4352, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a 
pilot program establishing a patient self-scheduling appointment 
system, and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-286)
  H.R. 4465, to decrease the deficit by consolidating and selling 
Federal buildings and other civilian real property, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-287)
  H.R. 4618, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as 
the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-288)
  H.R. 4680, to prepare the National Park Service for its Centennial in 
2016 and for a second century of promoting and protecting the natural, 
historic, and cultural resources of our National Parks for the 
enjoyment of present and future generations, and for other purposes. 
Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-289)
  H.R. 4887, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 23323 Shelby Road in Shelby, Indiana, as the 
``Richard Allen Cable Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-290)
  H.R. 4939, to increase engagement with the governments of the 
Caribbean region, the Caribbean diaspora community in the United 
States, and the private sector and civil society in both the United 
States and the Caribbean, and for other purposes. Signed on December 
16, 2016. (Public Law 114-291)
  H.R. 5015, to restore amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes 
from severance payments to individuals who retired or separated from 
service in the Armed Forces for combat-related injuries, and for other 
purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-292)
  H.R. 5065, to direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration to notify air carriers and security screening personnel 
of the Transportation Security Administration of such Administration's 
guidelines regarding permitting baby formula, breast milk, purified 
deionized water, and juice on airplanes, and for other purposes. Signed 
on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-293)
  H.R. 5099, to establish a pilot program on partnership agreements to 
construct new facilities for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Signed 
on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-294)
  H.R. 5150, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, 
as the ``Leonard Montalto Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
16, 2016. (Public Law 114-295)
  H.R. 5309, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 401 McElroy Drive in Oxford, Mississippi, as the 
``Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post Office Building''. 
Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-296)

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  H.R. 5356, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14231 TX-150 in Coldspring, Texas, as the ``E. Marie 
Youngblood Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-
297)
  H.R. 5591, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 810 N US Highway 83 in Zapata, Texas, as the 
``Zapata Veterans Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-298)
  H.R. 5612, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2886 Sandy Plains Road in Marietta, Georgia, as the 
``Marine Lance Corporal Squire `Skip' Wells Post Office Building''. 
Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-299)
  H.R. 5676, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6300 N. Northwest Highway in Chicago, Illinois, as 
the ``Officer Joseph P. Cali Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
16, 2016. (Public Law 114-300)
  H.R. 5687, to eliminate or modify certain mandates of the Government 
Accountability Office. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-
301)
  H.R. 5790, to provide adequate protections for whistleblowers at the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-302)
  H.R. 5798, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the 
``Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-303)
  H.R. 5877, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the United 
States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 to promote cooperative 
homeland security research and antiterrorism programs relating to 
cybersecurity, and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-304)
  H.R. 5889, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1 Chalan Kanoa VLG in Saipan, Northern Mariana 
Islands, as the ``Segundo T. Sablan and CNMI Fallen Military Heroes 
Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-
305)
  H.R. 5948, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 830 Kuhn Drive in Chula Vista, California, as the 
``Jonathan `J.D.' De Guzman Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
16, 2016. (Public Law 114-306)
  H.R. 6014, to allow the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for certain 
airport projects. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-307)
  H.R. 6130, to provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and 
their heirs a fair opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or 
misappropriated by the Nazis. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 
114-308)
  H.R. 6138, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 560 East Pleasant Valley Road, Port Hueneme, 
California, as the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion ``Seabees'' Fallen 
Heroes Post Office Building. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 
114-309)
  H.R. 6282, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, as the ``Dr. 
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building''. Signed on December 16, 
2016. (Public Law 114-310)
  H.R. 6302, to provide an increase in premium pay for protective 
services during 2016, and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 
2016. (Public Law 114-311)
  H.R. 6304, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 501 North Main Street in Florence, Arizona, as the 
``Adolfo `Harpo' Celaya Post Office''. Signed on December 16, 2016. 
(Public Law 114-312)
  H.R. 6323, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs health care 
system in Long Beach, California, the ``Tibor Rubin VA Medical 
Center''. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-313)
  H.R. 6400, to revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal 
Barrier Resources System units in New Jersey. Signed on December 16, 
2016. (Public Law 114-314)
  H.R. 6416, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-315)
  H.R. 6431, to ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses 
committed by United States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance 
of border security initiatives. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public 
Law 114-316)
  H.R. 6450, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen 
the independence of the Inspectors General, and for other purposes. 
Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-317)
  H.R. 6451, to improve the Government-wide management of Federal 
property. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-318)
  H.R. 6477, to amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to 
clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in 
section

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1605(a)(3) of such title. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-
319)
  S. 8, to provide for the approval of the Agreement for Cooperation 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Kingdom of Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
Energy. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-320)
  S. 546, to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, 
Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council to 
provide recommendations on emergency responder training and resources 
relating to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, and for 
other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-321)
  S. 612, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the 
``George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse''. 
Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-322)
  S. 1635, to authorize the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, 
and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-
323)
  S. 2577, to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the 
substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence samples to 
improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of Federal, 
State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and 
development of new testing technologies, to develop new training 
programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to 
provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the 
innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science 
laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and 
equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital 
cases, and for other purposes. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 
114-324)
  S. 2854, to reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime 
Act of 2007. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-325)
  S. 2971, to authorize the National Urban Search and Rescue Response 
System. Signed on December 16, 2016. (Public Law 114-326)