[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[January 1, 1992]
[Pages 1277-1281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]




Appendix D--Acts Approved by the President

            Appendix D / Administration of George Bush, 1992

Appendix D--Acts Approved by the President

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Approved February 7

H.R. 4095 / Public Law 102-244

To increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable under the 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, and for other purposes

Approved February 14

H.R. 1989 / Public Law 102-245

American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991

Approved February 18

S. 1415 / Public Law 102-246

To provide for additional membership on the Library of Congress Trust 
Fund Board, and for other purposes

Approved February 24

H.R. 2927 / Public Law 102-247

Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1992

Approved March 3

H.R. 543 / Public Law 102-248

To establish the Manzanar National Historic Site in the State of 
California, and for other purposes

H.R. 476 / Public Law 102-249

Michigan Scenic Rivers Act of 1991

Approved March 5

H.R. 355 / Public Law 102-250

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991

Approved March 9

H.R. 3866 / Public Law 102-251

To provide for the designation of the Flower Garden Banks National 
Marine Sanctuary

Approved March 10

H.J. Res. 395 / Public Law 102-252

Designating February 6, 1992, as ``National Women and Girls in Sports 
Day''

H.J. Res. 350 / Public Law 102-253

Designating March 1992 as ``Irish-American Heritage Month''

Approved March 11

H.J. Res. 343 / Public Law 102-254

To designate March 12, 1992, as ``Girl Scouts of the United States of 
America 80th Anniversary Day''

Approved March 12

H.R. 4113 / Public Law 102-255

To permit the transfer before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 
60-day congressional review period of the obsolete training aircraft 
carrier U.S.S. Lexington to the Corpus Christi Area Convention and 
Visitors Bureau, Corpus Christi, Texas, for use as a naval museum and 
memorial

H.R. 2092 / Public Law 102-256

Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991

Approved March 17

S.J. Res. 176 / Public Law 102-257

To designate March 19, 1992, as ``National Women in Agriculture Day''

Approved March 19

S. 996 / Public Law 102-258

To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to terminate a 
reservation of use and occupancy at the Buffalo National River; and for 
other purposes

S. 2184 / Public Law 102-259

Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and 
Native American Public Policy Act of 1992

Approved March 20

H.J. Res. 446 / Public Law 102-260

Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to H.R. 4210 of the 
102d Congress

S. 1467 / Public Law 102-261

To designate the Federal Building and the United States Courthouse 
located at 15 Lee Street in Montgomery, Alabama, as the ``Frank M. 
Johnson, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse''

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S. 1889 / Public Law 102-262

To designate the Federal Building and the United States Courthouse 
located at 111 South Wolcott Street in Casper, Wyoming, as the ``Ewing 
T. Kerr Federal Building and United States Courthouse''

S.J. Res. 240 / Public Law 102-263

Designating March 25, 1992, as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day 
of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''

Approved March 26

H.J. Res. 284 / Public Law 102-264

To designate the week beginning April 12, 1992, as ``National Public 
Safety Telecommunicators Week''

S. 2324 / Public Law 102-265

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make a technical correction 
relating to exclusions from income under the food stamp program, and for 
other purposes

Approved April 1

H.J. Res. 456 / Public Law 102-266

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and 
for other purposes

Approved April 2

H.J. Res. 272 / Public Law 102-267

To proclaim March 20, 1992, as ``National Agriculture Day''

Approved April 13

H.J. Res. 410 / Public Law 102-268

Designating April 14, 1992, as ``Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.''

Approved April 15

S.J. Res. 246 / Public Law 102-269

To designate April 15, 1992 as ``National Recycling Day''

Approved April 16

S.J. Res. 271 / Public Law 102-270

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the peace process in 
Liberia and authorizing limited assistance to support this process

Approved April 20

S. 606 / Public Law 102-271

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating certain segments 
of the Allegheny River in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a 
component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes

Approved April 21

H.R. 3686 / Public Law 102-272

To amend title 28, United States Code, to make changes in the places of 
holding court in the Eastern District of North Carolina

H.R. 4449 / Public Law 102-273

To authorize jurisdictions receiving funds for fiscal year 1992 under 
the HOME Investment Partnerships Act that are allocated for new 
construction to use the funds, at the discretion of the jurisdiction, 
for other eligible activities under such Act and to amend the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to authorize local 
governments that have financed housing projects that have been provided 
a section 8 financial adjustment factor to use recaptured amounts 
available from refinancing of the projects for housing activities

S. 985 / Public Law 102-274

Horn of Africa Recovery and Food Security Act

Approved April 22

S. 1743 / Public Law 102-275

Arkansas Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1992

Approved April 28

H.R. 4572 / Public Law 102-276

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant a waiver 
of the requirement limiting the maximum number of individuals enrolled 
with a health maintenance organization who may be beneficiaries under 
the medicare or medicaid programs in order to enable the Dayton Area 
Health Plan, Inc., to continue to provide services through January 1994 
to individuals residing in Montgomery County, Ohio, who are enrolled 
under a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social 
Security Act

H.J. Res. 402 / Public Law 102-277

Approving the location of a memorial to George Mason

Approved May 9

S.J. Res. 174 / Public Law 102-278

Designating the month of May 1992, as ``National Amyotrophic Lateral 
Sclerosis Awareness Month''

S.J. Res. 222 / Public Law 102-279

To designate 1992 as the ``Year of Reconciliation Between American 
Indians and non-Indians''

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Approved May 11

H.J. Res. 430 / Public Law 102-280

To designate May 4, 1992, through May 10, 1992, as ``Public Service 
Recognition Week''

Approved May 13

H.R. 3337 / Public Law 102-281

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the 200th anniversary of the White House, and for other purposes

H.R. 2454 / Public Law 102-282

Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992

Approved May 14

H.J. Res. 425 / Public Law 102-283

Designating May 10, 1992, as ``Infant Mortality Awareness Day''

S.J. Res. 251 / Public Law 102-284

To designate the month of May 1992 as ``National Huntington's Disease 
Awareness Month''

Approved May 18

H.R. 2763 / Public Law 102-285

National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992

H.R. 4184 / Public Law 102-286

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center located 
in Northampton, Massachusetts, as the ``Edward P. Boland Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center''

H.J. Res. 466 / Public Law 102-287

Designating April 26, 1992, through May 2, 1992, as ``National Crime 
Victims' Rights Week''

Approved May 19

H.J. Res. 388 / Public Law 102-288

Designating the month of May 1992, as ``National Foster Care Month''

Approved May 20

H.R. 4774 / Public Law 102-289

To provide flexibility to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out food 
assistance programs in certain countries

H.J. Res. 371 / Public Law 102-290

Designating May 31, 1992, through June 6, 1992, as a ``Week for the 
National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II''

S. 2378 / Public Law 102-291

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain authorities 
relating to the administration of veterans laws, and for other purposes

Approved May 26

S. 1182 / Public Law 102-292

Fishlake National Forest Enlargement Act

Approved May 27

S. 452 / Public Law 102-293

To authorize a transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain land 
to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes

S. 749 / Public Law 102-294

To rename and expand the boundaries of the Mound City Group National 
Monument in Ohio

Approved May 28

S. 838 / Public Law 102-295

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992

S.J. Res. 254 / Public Law 102-296

Commending the New York Stock Exchange on the occasion of its 
bicentennial

Approved June 2

S. 2569 / Public Law 102-297

To provide for the temporary continuation in office of the current 
Deputy Security Advisor in a flag officer grade in the Navy

Approved June 4

H.R. 4990 / Public Law 102-298

Rescinding certain budget authority

Approved June 9

S. 870 / Public Law 102-299

Golden Gate National Recreation Area Addition Act of 1992

Approved June 15

H.R.  1917 / Private Law 102-3

For the relief of Michael Wu

Approved June 16

S.  2783 / Public Law 102-300

Medical Device Amendments of 1992

Approved June 19

H.R.  2556 / Public Law 102-301

Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act

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Approved June 22

H.R. 5132 / Public Law 102-302

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster 
Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such as Those 
Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago

Approved June 23

H.J. Res. 445 / Public Law 102-303

Designating June 1992 as ``National Scleroderma Awareness Month''

H.R. 1642 / Public Law 102-304

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991

H.J. Res. 442 / Public Law 102-305

To designate July 5, 1992, through July 11, 1992, as ``National 
Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques''

Approved June 26

H.J. Res. 517 / Public Law 102-306

To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes 
between certain railroads and certain of their employees

S. 756 / Public Law 102-307

Copyright Amendments Act of 1992

S. 2703 / Public Law 102-308

To authorize the President to appoint General Thomas C. Richards to the 
Office of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration

Approved June 30

H.J. Res. 470 / Public Law 102-309

To designate the month of September 1992 as ``National Spina Bifida 
Awareness Month''

Approved July 1

S. 2905 / Public Law 102-310

To provide a 4-month extension of the transition rule for separate 
capitalization of savings associations' subsidiaries

Approved July 2

H.R. 4548 / Public Law 102-311

International Peacekeeping Act of 1992

H.R. 3041 / Public Law 102-312

To designate the Federal building located at 1520 Market Street, St. 
Louis, Missouri, as the ``L. Douglas Abram Federal Building''

H.R. 2818 / Public Law 102-313

To designate the Federal building located at 78 Center Street in 
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as the ``Silvio O. Conte Federal Building'', 
and for other purposes

H.R. 3711 / Public Law 102-314

WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Act of 1992

H.J. Res. 499 / Public Law 102-315

Designating July 2, 1992, as ``National Literacy Day''

H.J. Res. 509 / Public 102-316

To extend through September 30, 1992, the period in which there remains 
available for obligation certain amounts appropriated for the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs for the school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools

S. 2901 / Public Law 102-317

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the 
waiver granted to the Tennessee Primary Care Network of the enrollment 
mix requirement under the medicaid program

Approved July 3

H.R. 5260 / Public Law 102-318

Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992

Approved July 8

H.J. Res. 459 / Public Law 102-319

Designating the week beginning July 26, 1992 as ``Lyme Disease Awareness 
Week''

Approved July 10

S. 1254 / Public Law 102-320

To increase the authorized acreage limit for the Assateague Island 
National Seashore on the Maryland mainland, and for other purposes

S. 1306 / Public Law 102-321

ADAMHA Reorganization Act

Approved July 19

H.R. 5412 / Public Law 102-322

To authorize the transfer of certain naval vessels to Greece and Taiwan

Approved July 20

S.J. Res. 324 / Public Law 102-323

To commend the NASA Langley Research Center on the celebration of its 
75th anniversary on July 17, 1992

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Approved July 22

S. 2780 / Public Law 102-324

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to remove certain easement 
requirements under the conservation reserve program, and for other 
purposes

Approved July 23

S. 1150 / Public Law 102-325

Higher Education Amendments of 1992

H.R. 158 / Public Law 102-326

To designate the building in Hiddenite, North Carolina, which houses the 
primary operations of the United States Postal Service as the ``Zora 
Leah S. Thomas Post Office Building''

H.R. 4505 / Public Law 102-327

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
20 South Montgomery Street in Trenton, New Jersey, as the ``Arthur J. 
Holland United States Post Office Building''