[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18661-18663]
[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 23, 2004:
       H.R. 2673. An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and 
     for other purposes.
           February 13, 2004:
       H.R. 2264. An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2004 to carry out the Congo Basin Forest Partnership 
     program, and for other purposes.
           February 29, 2004:
       H.R. 3850. An Act to provide an extension of highway, 
     highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
     programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century.
           March 2, 2004:
       H.R. 743. An Act to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional 
     safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security 
     Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance 
     program protections, and for other purposes.
           March 15, 2004:
       H.R. 3915. An Act to provide an additional temporary 
     extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through April 2, 2004.
           March 19, 2004:
       H.R. 506. An Act to provide for the protection of 
     archaeological sites in the Galisteo Basin in New Mexico, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2059. An Act to designate Fort Bayard Historic 
     District in the State of New Mexico as a National Historic 
     Landmark, and for other purposes.
           April 1, 2004:
       H.R. 1997. An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn 
     children from assault and murder, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3724. An Act to amend section 220 of the National 
     Housing Act to make a technical correction to restore 
     allowable increases in the maximum mortgage limits for FHA-
     insured mortgages for multifamily housing projects to cover 
     increased costs of installing a solar energy system or 
     residential energy conservation measures.
           April 5, 2004:
       H.R. 254. An Act to authorize the President of the United 
     States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement 
     between the Government of the United States of America and 
     the Government of the United Mexican States concerning the 
     establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission 
     and a North American Development Bank, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3926. An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     promote organ donation, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4062. An Act to provide for an additional temporary 
     extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through June 4, 2004, 
     and for other purposes.
           April 10, 2004:
       H.R. 3108. An Act to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     temporarily replace the 30-year Treasury rate with a rate 
     based on long-term corporate bonds for certain pension plan 
     funding requirements and other provisions, and for other 
     purposes.
           April 13, 2004:
       H.R. 2584. An Act to provide for the conveyance to the 
     Utrok Atoll local government of a decommissioned National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, and for other 
     purposes.
           April 30, 2004:
       H.R. 1274. An Act to direct the Administrator of General 
     Services to convey to Fresno County, California, the existing 
     Federal courthouse in that county.
       H.R. 2489. An Act to provide for the distribution of 
     judgment funds to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
       H.R. 3118. An Act to designate the Orville Wright Federal 
     Building and the Wilbur Wright Federal Building in 
     Washington, District of Columbia.
       H.R. 4219. An Act to provide an extension of highway, 
     highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
     programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century.
           May 28, 2004:
       H.R. 408. An Act to provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear 
     Dunes National Lakeshore.
       H.R. 708. An Act to require the conveyance of certain 
     National Forest System lands in Mendocino National Forest, 
     California, to provide for the use of the proceeds from such 
     conveyance for National Forest purposes, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 856. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County 
     Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo 
     project, Texas, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 923. An Act to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 to allow certain premier certified lenders to elect 
     to maintain an alternative loss reserve.
       H.R. 1598. An Act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in projects within 
     the San Diego Creek Watershed, California, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3104. An Act to provide for the establishment of 
     separate campaign medals to be awarded to members of the 
     uniformed services who participate in Operation Enduring 
     Freedom and to members of the uniformed services who 
     participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
           June 22, 2004:
       H.R. 1086. An Act to encourage the development and 
     promulgation of voluntary consensus standards by providing 
     relief under

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     the antitrust laws to standards development organizations 
     with respect to conduct engaged in for the purpose of 
     developing voluntary consensus standards, and for other 
     purposes.
           June 25, 2004:
       H.R. 1822. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3751 West 6th Street in Los 
     Angeles, California, as the ``Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 2130. An Act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 121 Kinderkamack Road in 
     River Edge, New Jersey, as the ``New Bridge Landing Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 2438. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 115 West Pine Street in 
     Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as the ``Major Henry A. Commiskey, 
     Sr. Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 3029. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 225 North Main Street in 
     Jonesboro, Georgia, as the ``S. Truett Cathy Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3059. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 304 West Michigan Street in 
     Stuttgart, Arkansas, as the ``Lloyd L. Burke Post Office''.
       H.R. 3068. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2055 Siesta Drive in 
     Sarasota, Florida, as the ``Brigadier General (AUS-Ret.) John 
     H. McLain Post Office''.
       H.R. 3234. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14 Chestnut Street in 
     Liberty, New York, as the ``Ben R. Gerow Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3300. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 15500 Pearl Road in 
     Strongsville, Ohio, as the ``Water F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 3353. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 525 Main Street in Tarboro, 
     North Carolina, as the ``George Henry White Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3536. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 210 Main Street in Malden, 
     Illinois, as the ``Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln Hollinsaid Malden 
     Post Office''.
       H.R. 3537. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 185 State Street in 
     Manhattan, Illinois, as the ``Army Pvt. Shawn Pahnke 
     Manhattan Post Office''.
       H.R. 3538. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 201 South Chicago Avenue in 
     Saint Anne, Illinois, as the ``Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre 
     Saint Anne Post Office''.
       H.R. 3690. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2 West Main Street in 
     Batavia, New York, as the ``Barber Conable Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3733. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 410 Huston Street in 
     Altamont, Kansas, as the ``Myron V. George Post Office''.
       H.R. 3740. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 223 South Main Street in 
     Roxboro, North Carolina, as the ``Oscar Scott Woody Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 3769. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 137 East Young High Pike in 
     Knoxville, Tennessee, as the ``Ben Atchley Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3855. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 607 Pershing Drive in 
     Laclede, Missouri, as the ``General John J. Pershing Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 3917. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 695 Marconi Boulevard in 
     Copiague, New York, as the ``Maxine S. Postal United States 
     Post Office''.
       H.R. 3939. An Act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14-24 Abbott Road in Fair 
     Lawn, New Jersey, as the ``Mary Ann Collura Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3942. An Act to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7 Commercial Boulevard in 
     Middletown, Rhode Island, as the ``Rhode Island Veterans Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 4037. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 475 Kell Farm Drive in Cape 
     Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Richard G. Wilson Processing 
     and Distribution Facility''.
       H.R. 4176. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal service located at 122 West Elwood Avenue in 
     Raeford, North Carolina, as the ``Bobby Marshall Gentry Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 4299. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 410 South Jackson Road in 
     Edinburg, Texas, as the ``Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office 
     Building''.
           June 30, 2004:
       H.R. 4589. An Act to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance 
     for Needy Families block grant program through September 30, 
     2004, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4635. An Act to provide an extension of highway, 
     highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
     programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century.
           July 2, 2004:
       H.R. 3378. An Act to assist in the conservation of marine 
     turtles and the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign 
     countries.
       H.R. 3504. An Act to amend the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act to redesignate the American 
     Indian Education Foundation as the National Fund for 
     Excellence in American Indian Education.
       H.R. 4322. An Act to provide for the transfer of the 
     Nebraska Avenue Naval Complex in the District of Columbia to 
     facilitate the establishment of the headquarters for the 
     Department of Homeland Security, to provide for the 
     acquisition by the Department of the Navy of suitable 
     replacement facilities.
           July 7, 2004:
       H.J. Res. 97. A joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003.
       H.R. 884. An Act to provide for the use and distribution of 
     the funds awarded to the Western Shoshone identifiable group 
     under Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-
     3, and 326-K, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2751. An Act to provide new human capital 
     flexibilities with respect to the GAO, and for other 
     purposes.
           July 13, 2004:
       H.R. 4103. An Act to extend and modify the trade benefits 
     under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
           July 15, 2004:
       H.R. 1731. An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, and for 
     other purposes.
           July 22, 2004:
       H.R. 218. An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers 
     from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed 
     handguns.
       H.R. 3846. An Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement 
     or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to 
     carry out projects to protect Indian forest land.
           July 30, 2004:
       H.R. 4916. An Act to provide an extension of highway, 
     highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
     programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century.
           August 2, 2004:
       H.R. 1303. An Act to amend the E-Government Act of 2002 
     with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial 
     Conference.
       H.R. 4363. An Act to facilitate self-help housing 
     homeownership opportunities.
           August 3, 2004:
       H.R. 4759. An Act to implement the United States-Australia 
     Free Trade Agreement.
           August 5, 2004:
       H.R. 4613. An Act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and 
     for other purposes.
           August 6, 2004:
       H.R. 1572. An Act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as 
     the ``Winston E. Arnow United States Courthouse''.
       H.R. 1914. An Act to provide for the issuance of a coin to 
     commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown 
     settlement.
       H.R. 2768. An Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of Chief Justice John 
     Marshall.
       H.R. 3277. An Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of 
     the United States Marine Corps, and to support construction 
     of the Marine Corps Heritage Center.
       H.R. 4380. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4737 Mile Stretch Drive in 
     Holiday, Florida, as the ``Sergeant First Class Paul Ray 
     Smith Post Office Building''.
           August 9, 2004:
       H.R. 2443. An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 2004 and 2005 for the United States Coast Guard, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 3340. An Act to redesignate the facilities of the 
     United States Postal Service located at 7715 and 7748 S. 
     Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``James E. 
     Worsham Post Office'' and the ``James E. Worsham Carrier 
     Annex Building'', respectively, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3463. An Act to amend titles III and IV of the Social 
     Security Act to improve the administration of unemployment 
     taxes and benefits.
       H.R. 4222. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 550 Nebraska Avenue in 
     Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Newell George Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4226. An Act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     make certain conforming changes to provisions governing the 
     registration of aircraft and the recordation of instruments 
     in order to implement the Convention on International 
     Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the 
     Convention on

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     International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters 
     Specific to Aircraft Equipment, known as the ``Cape Town 
     Treaty''.
       H.R. 4327. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7450 Natural Bridge Road in 
     St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Vitilas `Veto' Reid Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4417. An Act to modify certain dead-lines pertaining 
     to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit 
     documents.
       H.R. 4427. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 73 South Euclid Avenue in 
     Montauk, New York, as the ``Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Post 
     Office''.
           August 17, 2004:
       H.R. 4842. An Act to implement the United States-Morocco 
     Free Trade Agreement.
           September 8, 2004:
       H.R. 5005. An Act making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
     for additional disaster assistance.

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