[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 204 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1284-D1287]
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. D1270)
H.R. 7776, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 December 23, 2022. (Public Law 117-263)
H.R. 4373, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2023. Signed on December 23, 2022. (Public
Law 117-264)
H.R. 203, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the
``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27,
2022. (Public Law 117-265)
H.R. 441, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the
Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, the conveyance of
certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
located in Sitka, Alaska, and the conveyance of certain property to the
Alaskan Native Tribal Health Consortium located in Anchorage, Alaska.
Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-266)
H.R. 478, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain
land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of
the Gila River Indian Community. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-267)
H.R. 1095, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California,
as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building''. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-268)
H.R. 2472, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, Ohio, as the
``John Armor Bingham Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-269)
H.R. 2473, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the ``Howard
Arthur Tibbs Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law
117-270)
H.R. 2724, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists
for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-271)
H.R. 3285, to amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the
President and the President's spouse. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-272)
H.R. 4250, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain
foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-273)
H.R. 4622, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, Ohio, as the
``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-274)
H.R. 4881, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust
for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County,
Arizona. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-275)
H.R. 4899, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, Minnesota, as
the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-276)
H.R. 5271, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee,
as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27,
2022. (Public Law 117-277)
H.R. 5349, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1550 State Road
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S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post
Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-278)
H.R. 5650, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain
Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building''. Signed
on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-279)
H.R. 5659, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as the
``John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27,
2022. (Public Law 117-280)
H.R. 5794, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as
the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. Post Office Building''.
Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-281)
H.R. 5865, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the
``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27,
2022. (Public Law 117-282)
H.R. 5900, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as
the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office''. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-283)
H.R. 5943, to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of
Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Lance Corporal
Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-284)
H.R. 5952, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, Minnesota, as the
``Jon Glawe Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law
117-285)
H.R. 5961, to make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as
necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments
to improve the United States Code. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-286)
H.R. 5973, to reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Restoration Act of 1990. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
287)
H.R. 6042, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton Head Island,
South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building''.
Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-288)
H.R. 6064, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to
enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by
the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for
compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for
mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma. Signed
on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-289)
H.R. 6080, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, Arkansas,
as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-290)
H.R. 6218, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the
``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. Signed on December 27,
2022. (Public Law 117-291)
H.R. 6220, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as
the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-292)
H.R. 6221, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the
``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-293)
H.R. 6267, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New York, as the
``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' Donnellan Post Office''. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-294)
H.R. 6386, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as
the ``Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building''.
Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-295)
H.R. 6427, to amend the Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act to
modify the boundary of the Red River National Wildlife Refuge. Signed
on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-296)
H.R. 6604, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the
method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines the
effects of a closure or disapproval of an educational institution on
individuals who do not transfer credits from such institution. Signed
on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-297)
H.R. 6630, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as
the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27,
2022. (Public Law 117-298)
H.R. 6917, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, Illinois,
as the ``Ryan J.
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Cummings Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-299)
H.R. 6961, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings
before the Board of Veterans' Appeals regarding claims involving
military sexual trauma. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
300)
H.R. 7181, to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to
direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the
posting of contact information of the national human trafficking
hotline in the restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus,
bus station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating
within the United States. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
301)
H.R. 7299, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain an
independent cybersecurity assessment of information systems of the
Department of Veterans Affairs. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-302)
H.R. 7335, to improve coordination between the Veterans Health
Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration with respect to
claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-303)
H.R. 7514, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, Pennsylvania, as
the ``Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building''. Signed on December
27, 2022. (Public Law 117-304)
H.R. 7518, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, as the
``Roy E. Dickens Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-305)
H.R. 7519, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield Township,
Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office Building''. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-306)
H.R. 7638, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as
the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office''. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-307)
H.R. 7735, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the
appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department
of Veterans Affairs. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-308)
H.R. 8025, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as
the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-309)
H.R. 8026, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as
the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-310)
H.R. 8203, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420
in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ``Bob Krueger Post Office''. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-311)
H.R. 8226, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul,
Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building''. Signed
on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-312)
H.R. 8260, to amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the
timeframe for designation of benefits under Department of Veterans
Affairs life insurance programs, to improve the treatment of
undisbursed life insurance benefits by the Department of Veterans
Affairs. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-313)
H.R. 9308, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California, as
the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-314)
S. 7, to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act
of 1994. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-315)
S. 558, to establish a national integrated flood information system
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-316)
S. 789, to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians. Signed
on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-317)
S. 1466, to authorize the Director of the United States Geological
Survey to establish a regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit
the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory
birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-318)
S. 1687, to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require
cyber certification for small business development center counselors.
Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-319)
S. 2607, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the former hostages
of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981, highlighting their resilience
throughout the unprecedented ordeal that they lived through
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and the national unity it produced, marking 4 decades since their 444
days in captivity, and recognizing their sacrifice to the United
States. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-320)
S. 2899, to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address
deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and
radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety
of employees and inmates. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
321)
S. 2991, to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for
Countering Human Trafficking. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law
117-322)
S. 3846, to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Program. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-323)
S. 3905, to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal
acquisition. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-324)
S. 4003, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-
escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises.
Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-325)
S. 5229, to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to
remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber
of the Capitol and to obtain a bust of Thurgood Marshall for
installation in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds. Signed on
December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-326)
S. 5230, to increase accessibility to the National Missing and
Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such
system and the National Crime Information Center database of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public
Law 117-327)
H.R. 2617, making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for
the situation in Ukraine. Signed on December 29, 2022. (Public Law 117-
328)