[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1094-1095]
[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:

           January 24, 2002:
       H.R. 3392. An act to name the national cemetery in 
     Saratoga, New York, as the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga 
     National Cemetery, and for other purposes.
           January 23, 2002:
       H.R. 2884. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax relief for victims of the terrorist 
     attacks against the United States, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3447. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     recruit and retain qualified nurses for the Veterans Health 
     Administration, to provide an additional basis for 
     establishing the inability of veterans to defray expenses of 
     necessary medical care, to enhance certain health care 
     programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes.
           January 17, 2002:
       H.R. 2873. An act to extend and amend the program entitled 
     Promoting Safe and Stable Families under title IV-B, subpart 
     2 of the Social Security Act, and to provide new authority to 
     support programs for mentoring children of incarcerated 
     parents; to amend the Foster Care Independent Living program 
     under title IV-E of that Act to provide for educational and 
     training vouchers for youths aging out of foster care, and 
     for other purposes.
           January 16, 2002:
       H.R. 1088. An act to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 to reduce fees collected by the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2277. An act to provide for work authorization of 
     nonimmigrant spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors.
       H.R. 2278. An act to provide for work authorization for 
     nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to 
     reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany 
     transferees have to be continuously employed before applying 
     for admission to the United States.
       H.R. 2336. An act to extend for 4 years, through December 
     31, 2005, the authority to redact financial disclosure 
     statements of judicial employees and judicial officers.
       H.R. 2751. An act to authorize the President to award a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to General Henry H. 
     Shelton and to provide for the production of bronze 
     duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.
           January 16, 2002:
       H.R. 3030. An act to extend the basic pilot program for 
     employment eligibility verification, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3248. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 65 North Main Street in 
     Cranbury, New Jersey, as the ``Todd Beamer Post Office 
     Building''.

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       H.R. 3334. An act to designate the Richard J. Guadagno 
     Headquarters and Visitors Center at Humboldt Bay National 
     Wildlife Refuge, California.
       H.R. 3346. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to 
     higher education tuition and related expenses.
       H.R. 3348. An act to designate the National Foreign Affairs 
     Training Center as the George P. Shultz National Foreign 
     Affairs Training Center.
           January 11, 2002:
       H.R. 2869. An act to provide certain relief for small 
     businesses from liability under the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980, and to amend such act to promote the cleanup and reuse 
     of brownfields, to provide financial assistance for 
     brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response 
     programs, and for other purposes.
           January 10, 2002:
       H.R. 2506. An act making appropriations for foreign 
     operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3061. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
     related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3338. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and 
     for other purposes.
           January 8, 2002:
       H.R. 1. An act to close the achievement gap with 
     accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is 
     left behind.
       H.R. 643. An act to reauthorize the African Elephant 
     Conservation Act.
       H.R. 645. An act to reauthorize the Rhinoceros and Tiger 
     Conservation Act of 1994.
       H.R. 2199. An act to amend the National Capital 
     Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to 
     permit any Federal law enforcement agency to enter into a 
     cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department 
     of the District of Columbia to assist the Department in 
     carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities 
     in the District of Columbia if deemed appropriate by the 
     Chief of the Department and the United States Attorney for 
     the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2657. An act to amend title 11, District of Columbia 
     Code, to redesignate the Family Division of the Superior 
     Court of the District of Columbia as the Family Court of the 
     Superior Court, to recruit and retain trained and experienced 
     judges to serve in the Family Court, to promote consistency 
     and efficiency in the assignment of judges to the Family 
     Court and in the consideration of actions and proceedings in 
     the Family Court, and for other purposes.
           December 28, 2001:
       H.R. 2883. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3442. An act to establish the National Museum of 
     African American History and Culture Plan for Action 
     Presidential Commission to develop a plan of action for the 
     establishment and maintenance of the National Museum of 
     African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, and 
     for other purposes.
           December 27, 2001:
       H.R. 483. An Act regarding the use of the trust land and 
     resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
     Reservation of Oregon.
       H.R. 1291. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     modify and improve authorities relating to education 
     benefits, compensation and pension benefits, housing 
     benefits, burial benefits, and vocational rehabilitation 
     benefits for veterans, to modify certain authorities relating 
     to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2559. An Act to amend chapter 90 of title 5, United 
     States Code, relating to Federal long-term care insurance.
       H.R. 3323. An Act to ensure that covered entities comply 
     with the standards for electronic health care transactions 
     and code sets adopted under part C of title XI of the Social 
     Security Act, and for other purposes.
           December 21, 2001:
       H.R. 10. An Act to modernize the financing of the railroad 
     retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to 
     employees and beneficiaries.
       H.R. 1230. An Act to provide for the establishment of the 
     Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the State of 
     Michigan, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1761. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8588 Richmond Highway in 
     Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Herb Harris Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2061. An Act to amend the charter of Southeastern 
     University of the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 2540. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of 
     disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
     compensation for survivors of such veterans.
       H.R. 2716. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise, improve, and consolidate provisions of law providing 
     benefits and services for homeless veterans.
       H.R. 2944. An Act making appropriations for the government 
     of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
     in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.J. Res. 79. Joint Resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.J. Res. 80. Joint Resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the second session of the One Hundred Seventh 
     Congress.
           December 18, 2001:
       H.J. Res. 71. Joint Resolution amending title 36, United 
     States Code, to designate September 11 as Patriot Day.
       H.R. 717. An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for research with respect to various forms of 
     muscular dystrophy, including Duchenne, Becker, limb girdle, 
     congenital, facioscapulohumeral, myotonic, oculopharyngeal, 
     distal, and Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies.
       H.R. 1766. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4270 John Marr Drive in 
     Annandale, Virginia, as the ``Stan Parris Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 2261. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2853 Candler Road in 
     Decatur, Georgia, as the ``Earl T. Shinhoster Post Office''.
       H.R. 2299. An Act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2454. An Act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 5472 Crewshaw Boulevard in 
     Los Angeles, California, as the ``Congressman Julian C. Dixon 
     Post Office''.
           December 15, 2001:
       H.J. Res. 78. Joint Resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, and for other 
     purposes.
           December 14, 2001:
       H.R. 2291. An Act to extend the authorization of the Drug-
     Free Communities Support Program for an additional 5 years, 
     to authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition 
     Institute, and for other purposes.
           December 7, 2001:
       H.J. Res. 76. Joint Resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, and for other 
     purposes.
           November 28, 2001:
       H.R. 1042. An Act to prevent the elimination of certain 
     reports.
       H.R. 1552. An Act to extend the moratorium enacted by the 
     Internet Tax Freedom Act through November 1, 2003, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 2330. An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2500. An Act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2924. An Act to provide authority to the Federal Power 
     Marketing Administration to reduce vandalism and destruction 
     of property, and for other purposes.
           November 26, 2001:
       H.R. 2620. An Act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
           November 20, 2001:
       H.R. 768. An Act to amend the Improving America's Schools 
     Act of 1994 to extend the favorable treatment of need-based 
     educational aid under the antitrust laws, and for other 
     purposes.
           November 17, 2001:
       H.J. Res. 74. Joint Resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, and for other 
     purposes.

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