[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 17 (Monday, January 28, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D85-D90]
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. D1317)
   H.R. 1162, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance 
therapy to veterans. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-339)
   H.R. 1210, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the 
``Pleasanton Veterans Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-340)
   H.R. 1211, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the ``Encinal 
Veterans Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2018. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-341)
   H.R. 1222, to amend the Public Health Service Act to coordinate 
Federal congenital heart disease research efforts and to improve public 
education and awareness of congenital heart disease. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-342)

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   H.R. 1235, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
recognition of the 60th Anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball 
Hall of Fame. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-343)
   H.R. 1318, to support States in their work to save and sustain the 
health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum 
period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for 
pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify 
solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for 
mothers. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-344)
   H.R. 1733, to direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a 
report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of 
used lubricating oil. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-345)
   H.R. 1850, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 907 Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa, Michigan, as the 
``Donna Sauers Besko Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-346)
   H.R. 3184, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 180 McCormick Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, as 
the ``Captain Humayun Khan Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-347)
   H.R. 3342, to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that 
are responsible for using civilians as human shields. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-348)
   H.R. 3383, to designate the flood control project in Sedgwick 
County, Kansas, commonly known as the Wichita-Valley Center Flood 
Control Project, as the ``M.S. `Mitch' Mitchell Floodway''. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-349)
   H.R. 4032, to confirm undocumented Federal rights-of-way or 
easements on the Gila River Indian Reservation, clarify the northern 
boundary of the Gila River Indian Community's Reservation, to take 
certain land located in Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona, into 
trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-350)
   H.R. 4326, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 200 West North Street in Normal, Illinois, as the 
``Sgt. Josh Rodgers Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public 
Law 115-351)
   H.R. 4431, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
interest payments by agencies in the case of administrative error in 
processing certain annuity deposits for prior military service or 
certain volunteer service. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 
115-352)
   H.R. 4819, to promote inclusive economic growth through conservation 
and biodiversity programs that facilitate transboundary cooperation, 
improve natural resource management, and build local capacity to 
protect and preserve threatened wildlife species in the greater 
Okavango River Basin of southern Africa. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-353)
   H.R. 5205, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 701 6th Street in Hawthorne, Nevada, as the 
``Sergeant Kenneth Eric Bostic Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-354)
   H.R. 5395, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 116 Main Street in Dansville, New York, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Alexandria Gleason-Morrow Post Office Building''. 
Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-355)
   H.R. 5412, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, as the ``Army 
Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-356)
   H.R. 5475, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, as the 
``SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-357)
   H.R. 5787, to amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to give effect 
to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units. 
Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-358)
   H.R. 5791, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 9609 South University Boulevard in Highlands Ranch, 
Colorado, as the ``Deputy Sheriff Zackari Spurlock Parrish, III, Post 
Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-359)
   H.R. 5792, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 90 North 4th Avenue in Brighton, Colorado, as the 
``Detective Heath McDonald Gumm Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-360)
   H.R. 5923, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange 
certain public lands in Ouachita National Forest. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-361)
   H.R. 6020, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 325 South Michigan Avenue in Howell, Michigan, as 
the ``Sergeant Donald Burgett Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-362)
   H.R. 6059, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 51 Willow Street in

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Lynn, Massachusetts, as the ``Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office 
Building''. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-363)
   H.R. 6160, to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the 
sources of the authority to issue regulations regarding certifications 
and other criteria applicable to legislative branch employees under 
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-364)
   H.R. 6167, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5707 South Cass Avenue in Westmont, Illinois, as the 
``James William Robinson Jr. Memorial Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-365)
   H.R. 6216, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3025 Woodgate Road in Montrose, Colorado, as the 
``Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-366)
   H.R. 6217, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 241 N 4th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, as the 
``Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-367)
   H.R. 6227, to provide for a coordinated Federal program to 
accelerate quantum research and development for the economic and 
national security of the United States. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-368)
   H.R. 6335, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 322 Main Street in Oakville, Connecticut, as the 
``Oakville Veterans Memorial Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-369)
   H.R. 6347, to adjust the real estate appraisal thresholds under the 
7(a) program to bring them into line with the thresholds used by the 
Federal banking regulators. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 
115-370)
   H.R. 6348, to adjust the real estate appraisal thresholds under the 
section 504 program to bring them into line with the thresholds used by 
the Federal banking regulators. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public 
Law 115-371)
   H.R. 6400, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct 
a threat and operational analysis of ports of entry. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-372)
   H.R. 6405, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2801 Mitchell Road in Ceres, California, as the 
``Lance Corporal Juana Navarro Arellano Post Office Building''. Signed 
on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-373)
   H.R. 6428, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 332 Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland, New Jersey, as 
the ``Frank Leone Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public 
Law 115-374)
   H.R. 6513, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1110 West Market Street in Athens, Alabama, as the 
``Judge James E. Horton, Jr. Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-375)
   H.R. 6591, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 501 South Kirkman Road in Orlando, Florida, as the 
``Napoleon `Nap' Ford Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-376)
   H.R. 6615, to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program. Signed 
on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-377)
   H.R. 6621, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 530 East Main Street in Johnson City, Tennessee, as 
the ``Major Homer L. Pease Post Office''. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-378)
   H.R. 6628, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4301 Northeast 4th Street in Renton, Washington, as 
the ``James Marshall `Jimi' Hendrix Post Office Building''. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-379)
   H.R. 6655, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 44160 State Highway 299 East Suite 1 in McArthur, 
California, as the ``Janet Lucille Oilar Post Office''. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-380)
   H.R. 6780, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the ``Major 
Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-381)
   H.R. 6831, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 35 West Main Street in Frisco, Colorado, as the 
``Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., Post Office Building''. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-382)
   H.R. 6893, to amend the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 
2016 to extend the Secret Service overtime pay exception through 2020. 
Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-383)
   H.R. 6930, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10 Miller Street in Plattsburgh, New York, as the 
``Ross Bouyea Post Office Building''. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-384)
   H.R. 6964, to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Signed on December 21, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-385)

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   H.R. 7120, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
extend through 2023 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to 
impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties 
established and published by the Commission. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-386)
   H.R. 7213, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-387)
   H.R. 7230, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 226 West Main Street in Lake City, South Carolina, 
as the ``Postmaster Frazier B. Baker Post Office''. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-388)
   H.R. 7243, to amend Public Law 115-217 to change the address of the 
postal facility designated by such Public Law in honor of Sergeant 
First Class Alwyn Crendall Cashe. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public 
Law 115-389)
   H.R. 7327, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
establish a security vulnerability disclosure policy, to establish a 
bug bounty program for the Department of Homeland Security, to amend 
title 41, United States Code, to provide for Federal acquisition supply 
chain security. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-390)
   S. 756, to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote 
international action to reduce marine debris. Signed on December 21, 
2018. (Public Law 115-391)
   S. 1311, to provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in 
the United States. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-392)
   S. 1312, to prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the 
United States. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-393)
   S. 2511, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere to carry out a program on coordinating the assessment and 
acquisition by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of 
unmanned maritime systems, to make available to the public data 
collected by the Administration using such systems. Signed on December 
21, 2018. (Public Law 115-394)
   S. 3170, to amend title 18, United States Code, to make certain 
changes to the reporting requirement of certain service providers 
regarding child sexual exploitation visual depictions. Signed on 
December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-395)
   S. 3628, to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program. Signed 
on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-396)
   S. 3749, to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to 
reform the procedures provided under such Act for the initiation, 
review, and resolution of claims alleging that employing offices of the 
legislative branch have violated the rights and protections provided to 
their employees under such Act, including protections against sexual 
harassment. Signed on December 21, 2018. (Public Law 115-397)
   H.R. 767, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 180 West Main Street in Abingdon, Virginia, as 
the ``H. Emory Widener, Jr., Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''. Signed on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 115-398)
   H.R. 2606, to amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the 
Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the 
Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. Signed on December 31, 2018. (Public 
Law 115-399)
   H.R. 4227, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to examine 
what actions the Department of Homeland Security is undertaking to 
combat the threat of vehicular terrorism. Signed on December 31, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-400)
   H.R. 5075, to encourage, enhance, and integrate Ashanti Alert plans 
throughout the United States. Signed on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 
115-401)
   H.R. 5509, to direct the National Science Foundation to provide 
grants for research about STEM education approaches and the STEM-
related workforce. Signed on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 115-402)
   S. 7, to amend title 51, United States Code, to extend the authority 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into 
leases of non-excess property of the Administration. Signed on December 
31, 2018. (Public Law 115-403)
   S. 943, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an 
accurate comprehensive student count for the purposes of calculating 
formula allocations for programs under the Johnson-O'Malley Act. Signed 
on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 115-404)
   S. 1520, to expand recreational fishing opportunities through 
enhanced marine fishery conservation and management. Signed on December 
31, 2018. (Public Law 115-405)
   S. 2076, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
expansion of activities related to Alzheimer's disease, cognitive 
decline, and brain health under the Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy 
Aging Program. Signed on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 115-406)
   S. 2248, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for 
spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries.

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Signed on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 115-407)
   S. 2278, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to 
improve health care in rural areas. Signed on December 31, 2018. 
(Public Law 115-408)
   S. 2736, to develop a long-term strategic vision and a 
comprehensive, multifaceted, and principled United States policy for 
the Indo-Pacific region. Signed on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 115-
409)
   S. 3530, to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act. Signed 
on December 31, 2018. (Public Law 115-410)
   H.R. 1660, to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development to submit to Congress a report on the 
development and use of global health innovations in the programs, 
projects, and activities of the Agency. Signed on January 3, 2019. 
(Public Law 115-411)
   H.R. 3460, to designate the United States courthouse located at 323 
East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, as the ``John Hervey 
Wheeler United States Courthouse''. Signed on January 3, 2019. (Public 
Law 115-412)
   H.R. 6287, to provide competitive grants for the operation, 
security, and maintenance of certain memorials to victims of the 
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Signed on January 3, 2019. 
(Public Law 115-413)
   S. 2276, to require agencies to submit reports on outstanding 
recommendations in the annual budget justification submitted to 
Congress. Signed on January 3, 2019. (Public Law 115-414)
   S. 2652, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Stephen Michael 
Gleason. Signed on January 3, 2019. (Public Law 115-415)
   S. 2679, to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess 
or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses. Signed on 
January 3, 2019. (Public Law 115-416)
   S. 2765, to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to exempt 
investment advisers who solely advise certain rural business investment 
companies. Signed on January 3, 2019. (Public Law 115-417)
   S. 2896, to require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for 
bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, 
fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or 
money laundering. Signed on January 3, 2019. (Public Law 115-418)
   S. 3031, to amend chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, to 
improve the management of Federal personal property. Signed on January 
3, 2019. (Public Law 115-419)
   S. 3367, to amend certain transportation-related reporting 
requirements to improve congressional oversight, reduce reporting 
burdens, and promote transparency. Signed on January 3, 2019. (Public 
Law 115-420)
   S. 3444, to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the 
``Douglas Fournet Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''. Signed on 
January 3, 2019. (Public Law 115-421)
   S. 3777, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
tiger team dedicated to addressing the difficulties encountered by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in carrying out section 3313 of title 
38, United States Code, after the enactment of sections 107 and 501 of 
the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017. 
Signed on January 3, 2019. (Public Law 115-422)
   S. 2200, to reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information 
System. Signed on January 7, 2019. (Public Law 115-423)
   S. 2961, to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act 
of 1990. Signed on January 7, 2019. (Public Law 115-424)
   H.R. 2200, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000. Signed on January 8, 2019. (Public Law 115-425)
   S. 3191, to provide for the expeditious disclosure of records 
related to civil rights cold cases. Signed on January 8, 2019. (Public 
Law 115-426)
   S. 1862, to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to 
modify the criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the 
minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking. Signed on 
January 9, 2019. (Public Law 115-427)
   S. 3247, to improve programs and activities relating to women's 
entrepreneurship and economic empowerment that are carried out by the 
United States Agency for International Development. Signed on January 
9, 2019. (Public Law 115-428)
   H.R. 4689, to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau 
of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of 
Nebraska. Signed on January 10, 2019. (Public Law 115-429)
   H.R. 5636, to designate additions to the Flatside Wilderness on the 
Ouachita National Forest. Signed on January 10, 2019. (Public Law 115-
430)
   H.R. 6602, to reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail 
Route. Signed on January 10, 2019. (Public Law 115-431)
   S. 3456, to redesignate Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge as the 
Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge. Signed on 
January 10, 2019. (Public Law 115-432)

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   S. 3661, to provide for a program of the Department of Defense to 
commemorate the 75th anniversary of World War II. Signed on January 10, 
2019. (Public Law 115-433)
   H.R. 672, to require continued and enhanced annual reporting to 
Congress in the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom on 
anti-Semitic incidents in Europe, the safety and security of European 
Jewish communities, and the efforts of the United States to partner 
with European governments, the European Union, and civil society 
groups, to combat anti-Semitism. Signed on January 14, 2019. (Public 
Law 115-434)
   H.R. 4174, to amend titles 5 and 44, United States Code, to require 
Federal evaluation activities, improve Federal data management. Signed 
on January 14, 2019. (Public Law 115-435)
   H.R. 7279, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
provide for an integrated planning process, to promote green 
infrastructure. Signed on January 14, 2019. (Public Law 115-436)
   H.R. 7318, to amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 
to ensure that the Public Buildings Reform Board has adequate time to 
carry out the responsibilities of the Board. Signed on January 14, 
2019. (Public Law 115-437)
   H.R. 7319, to amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 
to provide flexibility with respect to the leaseback of certain Federal 
real property. Signed on January 14, 2019. (Public Law 115-438)
   S. 512, to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy. Signed on 
January 14, 2019. (Public Law 115-439)
   S. 1023, to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 
through fiscal year 2021. Signed on January 14, 2019. (Public Law 115-
440)
   S. 1158, to help prevent acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, 
which threaten national and international security, by enhancing United 
States Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such 
crises. Signed on January 14, 2019. (Public Law 115-441)
   S. 1580, to enhance the transparency, improve the coordination, and 
intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and 
secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women 
and girls. Signed on January 14, 2019. (Public Law 115-442)