[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17788-17790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

  The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the 
following titles:

           February 18, 2000:
       H.R. 2130. An act to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     direct the emergency scheduling of gamma hydroxybutyric acid,

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     to provide for a national awareness campaign, and for other 
     purposes.
           February 25, 2000:
       H.R. 1451. An act to establish the Abraham Lincoln 
     Bicentennial Commission.
           March 5, 2000:
       H.R. 3557. An act to authorize the President to award a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to John Cardinal 
     O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, in recognition of his 
     accomplishments as a priest, a chaplain, and a humanitarian.
           March 10, 2000:
       H.R. 149. A act to make technical corrections to the 
     Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 and to 
     other laws related to parks and public lands.
       H.R. 764. An act to reduce the incidence of child abuse and 
     neglect, and for other purposes.
           March 14, 2000:
       H.R. 1883. An act to provide for the application of 
     measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran certain 
     goods, services, or technology, and for other purposes.
           April 5, 2000:
       H.R. 1000. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     and for other purposes.
           April 7, 2000:
       H.R. 5. An act to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have 
     attained retirement age.
           April 13, 2000:
       H.R. 1374. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office building located at 680 U.S. Highway 130 in Hamilton, 
     New Jersey, as the ``John K. Rafferty Hamilton Post Office 
     Building.''
           April 14, 2000:
       H.R. 3189. An act to designate the United States post 
     office located at 14071 Peyton Drive in Chino Hills, 
     California, as the ``Joseph Ileto Post Office.''
           April 25, 2000:
       H.R. 1658. An act to provide a more just and uniform 
     procedure for Federal civil forfeitures, and for other 
     purposes.
           April 28, 2000:
       H.R. 1231. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey certain National Forest lands to Elko County, Nevada, 
     for continued use as a cemetery.
       H.R. 2368. An act to assist in the resettlement and 
     relocation of the people of Bikini Atoll by amending the 
     terms of the trust fund established during the United States 
     Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
       H.R. 2862. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to release reversionary interests held by the United States 
     in certain parcels of land in Washington County, Utah, to 
     facilitate an anticipated land exchange.
       H.R. 2863. An act to clarify the legal effect on the United 
     States of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the Red 
     Cliffs Desert Reserve in the State of Utah.
       H.R. 3063. An act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for sodium 
     that may be held by an entity in any one state, and for other 
     purposes.
           May 2, 2000:
       H.J. Res. 86. Joint resolution recognizing the 50th 
     anniversary of the Korean War and the service by members of 
     the Armed Force during such war, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1615. An act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     to extend the designation of a portion of the Lamprey River 
     in New Hampshire as a recreational river to include an 
     additional river segment.
       H.R. 1753. An act to promote the research, identification, 
     assessment, exploration, and development of gas hydrate 
     resources, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3090. An act to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act to restore certain lands to the Elim Native 
     Corporation, and for other purposes.
           May 18, 2000:
       H.R. 434. An act to authorize a new trade and investment 
     policy for sub-Saharan Africa, expand trade benefits to the 
     countries in the Caribbean Basin, renew the generalized 
     system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade adjustment 
     assistance programs.
           May 22, 2000:
       H.R. 2412. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 1300 South Harrison 
     Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the ``E. Ross Adair Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse.''
           May 25, 2000:
       H.R. 154. An act to allow the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a fee system for 
     commercial filming activities on Federal land, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 371. An act to facilitate the naturalization of aliens 
     who served with special guerrilla units or irregular forces 
     in Laos.
       H.R. 834. An act to extend the authorization for the 
     Historic Preservation Fund and the Advisory Council on 
     Historic Preservation, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1377. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 9308 South Chicago Avenue, 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``John J. Buchanan Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 1832. An act to reform unfair and anticompetitive 
     practices in the professional boxing industry.
       H.R. 3629. An act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to improve the program for American Indian Tribal Colleges 
     and Universities under part A of title III.
       H.R. 3707. An act to authorize funds for the construction 
     of a facility in Taipei, Taiwan suitable for the mission of 
     the American Institute in Taiwan.
           June 15, 2000:
       H.R. 3293. An act to amend the law that authorized the 
     Vietnam Veterans Memorial to authorize the placement within 
     the site of the memorial of a plaque to honor those Vietnam 
     veterans who died after their service in the Vietnam war, but 
     as a direct result of that service.
       H.R. 4489. An act to amend section 110 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 
     and for other purposes.
           June 20, 2000:
       H.R. 1953. An act to authorize leases for terms not exceed 
     99 years on land held in trust for the Torres Martinex Desert 
     Cahuilla Indians and the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of 
     the Guidiville Indian Rancheria.
       H.R. 2484. An act to provide that land which is owned by 
     the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota 
     but which is not held in trust by the United States for the 
     Community may be leased or transferred by the Community 
     without further approval by the United States.
       H.R. 2559. An act to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers by 
     providing greater access to more affordable risk management 
     tools and improved protection from production and income 
     loss, to improve the efficiency and integrity of the Federal 
     crop insurance program.
       H.R. 3639. An act to designate the Federal building located 
     at 2201 C Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, 
     currently headquarters for the Department of State, as the 
     ``Harry S Truman Federal Building.''
       H.R. 3642. An act to authorize the President to award 
     posthumously a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to 
     Charles M. Schulz in recognition of his lasting artistic 
     contribution to the Nation and the world, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4542. An act to designate the Washington Opera in 
     Washington, D.C., as the National Opera.
           June 27, 2000:
       H.R. 4387. An act to provide that the School Governance 
     Charter Amendment Act of 2000 shall take effect upon the date 
     such Act is ratified by the voters of the District of 
     Columbia.
           June 28, 2000:
       H.J. Res. 101. Joint resolution recognizing the 225th 
     birthday of the United States Army.
           July 1, 2000:
       H.R. 4762. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require 527 organizations to disclose their political 
     activities.
           July 6, 2000:
       H.R. 642. An act to redesignate the Federal building 
     located at 701 South Santa Fe Avenue in Compton, California, 
     and known as the Compton Main Post Office, as the ``Mervyn 
     Malcolm Dymally Post Office Building.''
       H.R. 643. An act to redesignate the Federal building 
     located at 10301 South Compton Avenue, in Los Angeles, 
     California, and know as the Watts Finance Office, as the 
     ``Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building.''
       H.R. 1666. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service at 200 East Pinckney Street in Madison, 
     Florida, as the ``Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. Post Office.''
       H.R. 2307. An act to designate the building of the United 
     States Postal Services located at 5 Cedar Street in 
     Hopkinton, Massachusetts, as the ``Thomas J. Brown Post 
     Office Building.''
       H.R. 2357. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 3675 Warrensville Center Road in Shaker 
     Heights, Ohio, as the ``Louise Stokes Post Office.''
       H.R. 2460. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 125 Border Avenue West in Wiggins, 
     Mississippi, as the ``Jay Hanna `Dizzy' Dean Post Office.''
       H.R. 2591. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 713 Elm Street in Wakefield, Kansas, as the 
     ``William H. Avery Post Office.''
       H.R. 2952. An act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Orchard Park Drive in 
     Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Keith D. Oglesby 
     Station.''
       H.R. 3018. An act to designate certain facilities of the 
     United States Postal Service in South Carolina.
       H.R. 3699. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8409 Lee Highway in 
     Merrifield, Virginia, as the ``Joel T. Broyhill Postal 
     Building.''
       H.R. 3701. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3118 Washington Boulevard in 
     Arlington, Virginia, as the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office 
     Building.''
       H.R. 3903. An act to deem the vessel M/V MIST COVE to be 
     less than 100 gross tons, as measured under chapter 145 of 
     title 46, United States Code.
       H.R. 4241. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located

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     at 1818 Milton Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, as the ``Les 
     Aspin Post Office Building.''
           July 10, 2000:
       H.R. 3051. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, 
     the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on 
     the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in the State of New Mexico, 
     and for other purposes.
           July 13, 2000:
       H.R. 4425. An act making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
           July 27, 2000:
       H.R. 3544. An act to authorize a gold medal to be presented 
     on behalf of the Congress to Pope John Paul II in recognition 
     of his many and enduring contributions to peace and religious 
     understanding, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3591. An act to provide for the award of a gold medal 
     on behalf of the Congress to former President Ronald Reagan 
     and his wife Nancy Reagan in recognition of their service to 
     the Nation.
           July 28, 2000:
       H.R. 4391. An act to amend title 4 of the United States 
     Code to establish sourcing requirements for State and local 
     taxation of mobile telecommunication services.
       H.R. 4437. An act to grant to the United States Postal 
     Service the authority to issue semipostals, and for other 
     purposes.
           August 2, 2000:
       H.R. 1791. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide penalties for harming animals used in Federal Law 
     enforcement.
       H.R. 4249. An act to foster cross-border cooperation and 
     environmental cleanup in Northern Europe.
           August 9, 2000:
       H.R. 4576. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and 
     for other purposes.
           August 18, 2000:
       H.R. 1167. An act to amend the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act to provide for further self-
     governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1749. An act to designate Wilson Creek in Avery and 
     Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a component of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
       H.R. 1982. An act to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic in Rome, New York, as the ``Donald 
     J. Mitchell Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient 
     Clinic.''
       H.R. 3291. An act to provide for the settlement of the 
     water rights claims of the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian 
     Tribal of Utah, and for other purposes.
           August 19, 2000:
       H.R. 3519. An act to provide for negotiations for the 
     creation of a trust fund to be administered by the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the 
     International Development Association to combat the AIDS 
     epidemic.

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