[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 19, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D40-D43]
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. D24)
  H.R. 6395, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. Signed 
on January 1, 2021. (Public Law 116-283)
  S. 3418, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to allow the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to provide capitalization grants to States 
to establish revolving funds to provide hazard mitigation assistance to 
reduce risks from disasters and natural hazards, and other related 
environmental harm. Signed on January 1, 2021. (Public Law 116-284)
  H.R. 4356, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow 
certain individuals to terminate contracts for telephone, multichannel 
video programming, or internet access service. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-285)
  H.R. 6192, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to honor the 
100th anniversary of completion of coinage of the ``Morgan Dollar'' and 
the 100th anniversary of commencement of coinage of the ``Peace 
Dollar''. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-286)
  H.R. 6435, to direct the Federal Trade Commission to develop and 
disseminate information to the public about scams related to COVID-19. 
Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-287)
  H.R. 8354, to establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative 
within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Signed 
on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-288)
  H.R. 1240, to establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative 
within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Signed 
on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-289)
  H.R. 1503, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
regarding the list under section 505(j)(7) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-290)
  H.R. 1966, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
complete a study on barriers to participation in federally funded 
cancer clinical trials by populations that have been traditionally 
underrepresented in such trials. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 
116-291)
  H.R. 2468, to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the 
preference given, in awarding certain allergies and asthma-related 
grants, to States that require certain public schools to have allergies 
and asthma management programs. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 
116-292)
  H.R. 3976, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 12711 East Jefferson

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Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Aretha Franklin Post Office 
Building''. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-293)
  H.R. 4031, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Signed on January 
5, 2021. (Public Law 116-294)
  H.R. 4983, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-
based outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the ``Staff Sergeant 
Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic''. Signed on 
January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-295)
  H.R. 4988, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14 Walnut Street in Bordentown, New Jersey, as the 
``Clara Barton Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 2021. 
(Public Law 116-296)
  H.R. 5023, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Carl Nunziato VA 
Clinic''. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-297)
  H.R. 5123, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 476 East Main Street in Galesburg, Illinois, as the 
``Senior Airman Daniel Miller Post Office Building''. Signed on January 
5, 2021. (Public Law 116-298)
  H.R. 5273, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a 
plan to increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning of commercial and 
passenger vehicles and freight rail entering the United States at land 
ports of entry along the border using large-scale, nonintrusive 
inspection systems to enhance border security. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-299)
  H.R. 5451, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, 
as the ``George H. Bacel Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-300)
  H.R. 5458, to modify the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National 
Park. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-301)
  H.R. 5459, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a 
land ownership error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National 
Park. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-302)
  H.R. 5597, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 
as the ``Clara Luper Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 2021. 
(Public Law 116-303)
  H.R. 5663, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give 
authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to destroy counterfeit devices. 
Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-304)
  H.R. 5852, to redesignate the Weir Farm National Historic Site in the 
State of Connecticut as the ``Weir Farm National Historical Park''. 
Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-305)
  H.R. 5972, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wilmington, 
Delaware, as the ``Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office''. Signed on January 
5, 2021. (Public Law 116-306)
  H.R. 5983, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the 
``Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-307)
  H.R. 6016, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14955 West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona, as the 
``Marc Lee Memorial Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 2021. 
(Public Law 116-308)
  H.R. 6100, to amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the 
criminalization of female genital mutilation. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-309)
  H.R. 6161, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, 
as the ``J. Howard Coble Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-310)
  H.R. 6237, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to clarify 
the requirement of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the 
Department of Defense to reimburse the Indian Health Service for 
certain health care services. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 
116-311)
  H.R. 6418, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 509 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama, as the 
``William `Jack' Jackson Edwards III Post Office Building''. Signed on 
January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-312)
  H.R. 6535, to deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof 
to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain 
claims for personal injury. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-
313)
  H.R. 7088, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the 
``Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 2021. 
(Public Law 116-314)
  H.R. 7105, to provide flexibility for the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a covered public health 
emergency, to direct

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the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a retraining assistance 
program for unemployed veterans. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 
116-315)
  H.R. 7259, to allow acceleration certificates awarded under the 
Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-316)
  H.R. 7347, to designate the medical center of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the ``Lieutenant Colonel 
Charles S. Kettles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''. 
Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-317)
  H.R. 7460, to extend the authority for the establishment by the Peace 
Corps Commemorative Foundation of a commemorative work to commemorate 
the mission of the Peace Corps and the ideals on which the Peace Corps 
was founded. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-318)
  H.R. 7502, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as the 
``Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office Building. Signed on January 5, 
2021. (Public Law 116-319)
  H.R. 7810, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, as the 
``Tom Reid Post Office Building''. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public 
Law 116-320)
  H.R. 7898, to amend the Health Information Technology for Economic 
and Clinical Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to consider certain recognized security practices of covered 
entities and business associates when making certain determinations. 
Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-321)
  H.R. 8611, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4755 Southeast Dixie Highway in Port Salerno, 
Florida, as the ``Joseph Bullock Post Office Building''. Signed on 
January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-322)
  H.R. 8810, to establish a national program to identify and reduce 
losses from landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D Elevation 
Program. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-323)
  H.R. 8906, to amend title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize the program under such title relating to lifespan respite 
care. Signed on January 5, 2021. (Public Law 116-324)
  S. 4996, to ensure funding of the United States trustees, extend 
temporary bankruptcy judgeships. Signed on January 12, 2021. (Public 
Law 116-325)
  H.R. 221, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally. Signed on January 13, 
2021. (Public Law 116-326)
  H.R. 1418, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws 
to the business of health insurance to protect competition and 
consumers. Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-327)
  H.R. 1472, to rename the Homestead National Monument of America near 
Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park. Signed 
on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-328)
  H.R. 1492, to update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage 
available for inclusion in, the Yucca House National Monument. Signed 
on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-329)
  H.R. 1923, to amend title 31, United States Code, to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue certain circulating 
collectible coins. Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-330)
  H.R. 1925, to designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor 
Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the 
``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System''. Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-331)
  H.R. 2444, to authorize the Secretary of State to make direct loans 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act. Signed on January 13, 
2021. (Public Law 116-332)
  H.R. 2502, to amend title 40, United States Code, to require certain 
prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly available. Signed 
on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-333)
  H.R. 2744, to authorize the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development to prescribe the manner in which programs 
of the agency are identified overseas. Signed on January 13, 2021. 
(Public Law 116-334)
  H.R. 3153, to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation 
to support research on opioid addiction. Signed on January 13, 2021. 
(Public Law 116-335)
  H.R. 3250, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study of the sites associated with the life and legacy 
of the noted American philanthropist and business executive Julius 
Rosenwald, with a special focus on the Rosenwald Schools. Signed on 
January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-336)
  H.R. 4044, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the National Estuary Program. Signed on January 13, 2021. 
(Public Law 116-337)
  H.R. 4508, to expand the number of scholarships available to 
Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program. 
Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-338)

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  H.R. 4704, to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation 
to support multidisciplinary research on the science of suicide, and to 
advance the knowledge and understanding of issues that may be 
associated with several aspects of suicide including intrinsic and 
extrinsic factors related to areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and 
vulnerability. Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-339)
  H.R. 5126, to require individuals fishing for Gulf reef fish to use 
certain descending devices. Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 
116-340)
  H.R. 5472, to redesignate the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site as 
the ``Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Signed on January 13, 
2021. (Public Law 116-341)
  S. 371, to provide regulatory relief to charitable organizations that 
provide housing assistance. Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 
116-342)
  S. 1310, to strengthen the participation of elected national 
legislators in the activities of the Organization of American States 
and reaffirm United States support for Organization of American States 
human rights and anti-corruption initiatives. Signed on January 13, 
2021. (Public Law 116-343)
  S. 5076, to authorize the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate to delegate authority to approve payroll and personnel actions. 
Signed on January 13, 2021. (Public Law 116-344)


                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            JANUARY 20, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  No meetings/hearings scheduled.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.