[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24017]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

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

           July 17, 2008:
       S. 2967. An act to provide for certain Federal employee 
     benefits to be continued for certain employees of the Senate 
     Restaurants after operations of the Senate Restaurants are 
     contracted to be performed by a private business concern, and 
     for other purposes.
           July 23, 2008:
       S. 3145. An act to designate a portion of United States 
     Route 20A, located in Orchard Park, New York. as the 
     ``Timothy J. Russert Highway'' .
           July 29, 2008:
       S. 2766. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to address certain discharges incidental to the 
     normal operation of a recreational vessel.
           July 30, 2008:
       S. 231. An act to authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial 
     Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels 
     through 2012.
       S. 2607. An act to make a technical correction to section 
     3009 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
       S. 3218. An act to extend the pilot program for volunteer 
     groups to obtain criminal history background checks.
           July 31, 2008:
       S. 2565. An act to establish an awards mechanism to honor 
     exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal, 
     State, and local law enforcement officers.
       S. 3298. An act to clarify the circumstances during which 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     applicable States may require permits for discharges from 
     certain vessels, and to require the Administrator to conduct 
     a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of 
     vessels.
       S. 3352. An act to temporarily extend the programs under 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965.
           August 12, 2008:
       S. 3294. An act to provide for the continued performance of 
     the functions of the United States Parole Commission.
       S. 3295. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, and 
     the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that the Secretary of 
     Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the United 
     States Patent and Trademark Office, shall appoint 
     administrative patent judges and administrative trademark 
     judges, and for other purposes.
           September 17, 2008:
       S. 2837. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the 
     ``Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse''.
           September 18, 2008:
       S. 2403. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located in the 700 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, 
     Virginia, as the ``Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. 
     Merhige, Jr., United States Courthouse''.
           September 19, 2008:
       S. 2450. An act to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to 
     address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the 
     work product doctrine.
           September 24, 2008:
       S. 2617. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     codify increases in the rates of compensation for veterans 
     with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
     dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
     certain disabled veterans that were effective as of December 
     1, 2007, to provide for an increase in the rates of such 
     compensation effective December 1, 2008, and for other 
     purposes.
           September 25, 2008:
       S. 3406. An act to restore the intent and protections of 
     the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
           September 30, 2008:
       S. 171. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 301 Commerce Street in 
     Commerce. Oklahoma, as the ``Mickey Mantle Post Office 
     Bnilding''.
       S. 2339. An act to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs clinic in Alpena, Michigan, as the ``Lieutenant 
     Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Department of Veterans Affairs 
     Clinic''.
       S. 3241. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort 
     Pierce, Florida, as the ``CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office 
     Building''.
           October 1, 2008:
       S. 3009. An act to designate the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation building under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, 
     as the ``J. James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     Building''.

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