[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 121, 110th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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SUBJECT INDEX

A

Abstinence

Education program, extension.........................................244
TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007
984

Afghanistan

Afghani translators and interpreters, increase.......................227

Aged

Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act.............84

Agriculture

Agricultural college land grant, ID, usage...........................726
Crop disaster assistance.............................................211
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007..................823
Forage producers contract waiver requirement, amendment..............734
Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act......................1000

Aircraft and Aviation

See Transportation

Aliens and Nationality

Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters, increase.............227

Animals

Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007...................88
Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007.............1362
Chimp Haven is Home Act.............................................2465
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of
2007............................................................1360

Appropriations

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
related agencies, 2008..........................................1846
Authorizations
America Competes Act.................................................572
Commerce Department, 2008...........................................1884
Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies, 2008..............1884
Consolidated, 2008..................................................1844
Continuing
Fiscal year 2007.......................................................8
Fiscal year 2008...................................989, 1341, 1454, 1819
District of Columbia, 2008..........................................1990
Defense Department, 2008............................................1295
Education Department, 2008..........................................2190
Emergency supplemental
Fiscal year 2007.....................................................112
Fiscal year 2008....................................................2446
Energy and water development, 2008..................................1937
Executive office, 2008..............................................1979
Financial services and general government, 2008.....................1972
Health and Human Services Department, 2008..........................2169
Homeland Security Department, 2008..................................2042
Interior, environment, and related agencies, 2008...................2097
Judiciary, 2008.....................................................1986
Justice Department, 2008............................................1897
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related
agencies, 2008..................................................2155
Legislative Branch, 2008............................................2218
Military construction and Veterans Affairs and related agencies,
2008............................................................2253
Science, 2008.......................................................1917
State, foreign operations, and related programs, 2008...............2277
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related
agencies, 2008..................................................2375
Treasury Department, 2008...........................................1972

Arizona

Water, statement of findings requirements, modification.............1818

Arkansas

George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse,
designation.....................................................1838
Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building, designation.....................64

Armed Forces

See also Veterans
Active duty personnel; student financial assistance, permanent
waiver authority.................................................999
Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of
2007.............................................................233
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008......................1295
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 2008.........2446
Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements, exception..................551
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008........................................2253
Navy SEALs national museum, FL; recognition.........................1293
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq
Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007..........................112

Aviation

See Transportation

Awards, Decorations, Medals, Etc.

See also Money and Finance
Michael Ellis DeBakey Congressional Gold Medal......................1008

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B

Banks and Banking

Inter-American Foundation Board of Directors, appointment
authority........................................................230

Biofuels

See Energy

Boards, Commissions, Committees, Etc.

Advisory board to monitor United States-Israel energy cooperation
grants, establishment...........................................1732
Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency Finance, establishment......1654
Advisory committee on high-performance computing, establishment......688
Advisory Committee on Risk Communication, establishment..............960
Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act of 2007..............61
Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes Technical Review Committee,
establishment...................................................1702
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Proliferation and Terrorism, establishment.......................501
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.................252
Committee on Levee Safety, establishment............................1288
Drug Safety Oversight Board, establishment...........................938
Energy Storage Advisory Council, establishment......................1689
House Page Board Revision Act of 2007..................................4
Interagency committee for overseeing the implementation of trade
enforcement relating to timber products of Peru, establishment
1486
Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group,
establishment....................................................328
Interagency Working Group on the Export of Clean and Efficient
Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728
Inter-American Foundation Board of Directors, appointments...........230
Internal Committee for Review of Pediatric Plans, Assessments,
Deferrals, and Waivers, establishment............................875
International Clean Energy Foundation, establishment................1732
Joint Advisory Committee on Communications Capabilities of
Emergency Medical and Public Health Care Facilities..............540
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board, establishment
588
Middle East Foundation, establishment................................513
National Biosurveillance Integration Center Interagency Working
Group, establishment.............................................378
National Commission on Children and Disasters, establishment........2213
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,
implementing recommendations.....................................266
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, establishment.............386
National Drug Control Policy, Office of; office structure,
preservation......................................................55
National Panel on Promising Practices in K-12 STEM Teaching and
Learning, establishment..........................................640
9/11 Commission International Implementation Act of 2007.............508
Peer review panels for State educational agency applications,
establishment....................................................662
President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness................578
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, establishment...........352
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration,
establishment....................................................891
Review panel for proposed methodology on carbon sequestration and
methane and nitrous oxide emissions from ecosystems,
establishment...................................................1714
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission employees;
Federal health insurance, eligibility............................723
Rural Policing Institute, establishment..............................327
Short Sea Transportation Board, establishment.......................1761
Smart Grid Advisory Committee, establishment........................1784
Smart Grid Task Force, establishment................................1784
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, reappointments......1347, 1829
Task Force on International Cooperation for Clean and Efficient
Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728


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Task force on railroad carriers security risk assessment,
establishment....................................................426
Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board, establishment..........595
United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy,
reauthorization...................................................87

Bridges

Interstate I-35 bridge, MN, repair and reconstruction................558

Bulgaria

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Burma

Import restrictions, renewal.........................................264

Business and Industry

See Commerce and Trade

C

California

Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office, designation.........................221
Beatrice E. Watson Post Office Building, designation................2458
Buck Owens Post Office, designation..................................563
Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office, designation................111
Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse, designation................240

Canada

International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467

Cancer

See Health and Health Care
Carson, Julia.......................................................1819

Children and Youth

Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007........................876
Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007...............1363
Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007........2213
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.................2492
National Commission on Children and Disasters, establishment........2213
State Children's Health Insurance Program shortfall, elimination
186
United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of
2007.............................................................781

Coins

See Money and Finance

Colorado

Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building, designation.................721
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building, designation.................62
The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730

Commemorations and Observances

See Patriotic Commemorations and Observances

Commerce and Trade

Andean trade preference authorities, extension.......................235
Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act of 2007..............61
Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007.....................1024
$1 coin; vending machine requirements, exception...................1817
Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007.....................2516
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007........1839
Trade adjustment assistance program, extension.......................982
United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455

Communications and Telecommunications

Improving Emergency Communications Act of 2007.......................543
Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments of 2007.........................1024

Concurrent Resolutions

Adjournment.........2575, 2576, 2581, 2634, 2636, 2638, 2641, 2644, 2647
Armed Forces death gratuity payments, child distribution benefits
2638
Capitol buildings and grounds
Dalai Lama, Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony; authorization
2639
Days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust commemoration
ceremony, authorization.....................................2581
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, authorization............2584
Norman E. Borlaug, Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony;
authorization...............................................2635
Soap box derby races, authorization.................................2589
Tuskegee Airmen, Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony;
authorization...............................................2577
2007 District of Columbia Special Olympics law enforcement torch
run, authorization..........................................2590
Commemorations
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, 85th
anniversary.................................................2586


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City of Chicago, bid to host 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic
Games; congratulations and support..........................2583
Hunters' Commitment to Safety, recognition..........................2641
International Geophysical Year, 50th anniversary....................2635
Music education, support............................................2587
NASA Langley Research Center, 90th anniversary......................2643
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 98th
anniversary.................................................2579
National Children and Families Day, support.........................2588
National Courage Month, support.....................................2640
National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, recognition
and support.................................................2642
National Medal of Honor Day, support................................2576
University of Hawaii, 100th anniversary.............................2645
Enrolled bills, corrections, etc.
Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 660)...................2648
Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R. 1429)
2644
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R.
1585).......................................................2645
Ernest Gallo, honoring..............................................2581
Federal Budget, Fiscal Year 2008....................................2590
Gian Carlo Menotti and the Spoleto Festival, honoring and
recognition.....................................................2585
Joint Session.......................................................2575
Patrick Finucane, murder; condolences and support for public
judicial inquiry................................................2578
Percy Lavon Julian, honoring........................................2575
Publications, printing
House and Senate prints.......................................2634, 2637

Congress

Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007..............2240
Emancipation Hall, DC, designation..................................1491
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007....................735
House Page Board Revision Act of 2007..................................4
Interstate Compacts
International emergency management assistance, consent..............2467
The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730
Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund, transfer authorization..............231
U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger
Implementation Act of 2007................................2227, 2546

Connecticut

Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office, designation.................1354
International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467

Conservation

See also Historic Preservation
Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007.............1362
Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact........................730
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of
2007............................................................1360
Water Resources Development Act of 2007.............................1041

Courts

Court Security Improvement Act of 2007..............................2534
Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act...............................100
Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007...........224
Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007............1039

Crime and Crime Prevention

See Law Enforcement and Crime

Czech Republic

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

D

Data Mining

Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007.....................362

Defense and National Security

Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007......2094
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 2008.........2446
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492
Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007.................246
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007......266
Improving Emergency Communications Act of 2007.......................543
International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act.............1011
National Asset Database, establishment...............................372

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National Biosurveillance Integration Center, establishment...........375
National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007........................400
Protect America Act of 2007..........................................552
Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007...........338
Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007.....................2516

Disaster Assistance

Crop disaster assistance.............................................211
Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of
2007............................................................2556
Forage producers contract waiver requirement, amendment..............734
Hurricane Katrina recovery...........................................112
International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467
Minneapolis, MN; Interstate I-35 bridge, repair and reconstruction
558
St. Louis County arterial road, MO, construction and maintenance
71
The American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of
2007.............................................................103

Diseases

See Health and Health Care

District of Columbia

Public education charter revisions, conforming amendments............223
Disabled veterans memorial, authority extension.....................1022
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building,
designation.......................................................70
Tuition assistance programs authorization, extension................1013

Drugs and Drug Abuse

Drug Safety Oversight Board, establishment...........................938
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007..................823
Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007....................1809
Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007........................825

E

Education

Agricultural college land grant, ID, usage...........................726
America COMPETES Act.................................................572
College Cost Reduction and Access Act................................784
District of Columbia
Public education charter revisions, conforming amendments............223
Tuition assistance programs authorization, extension................1013
ED 1.0 Act..........................................................1932
First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007.........................238
Higher education amendments, technical corrections..................1824
Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007...............1363
Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007........................263
Student financial assistance; active duty military personnel,
permanent waiver authority.......................................999
Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow, assistance......................626
Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2007........................1028

Electronic Surveillance

Protect America Act of 2007..........................................552

Employment and Labor

Green Jobs Act of 2007..............................................1748

Energy

Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007.....1678
Advisory board to monitor United States-Israel energy cooperation
grants, establishment...........................................1732
Bioenergy Reseach Centers, establishment............................1537
Biofuels and Biorefinery Information Center, establishment..........1535
Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research,
Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007......................1704
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492
Green Jobs Act of 2007..............................................1748
Interagency Center on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy
Technologies, establishment.....................................1729
Interagency Working Group on the Export of Clean and Efficient
Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728
Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research and Development
Act.............................................................1686
Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act.............600
Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007...................1674
Task Force on International Cooperation for Clean and Efficient
Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728
Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act.........................................1498
United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007............1688

Estonia

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73



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Exports and Imports

Burma import restrictions, renewal...................................264
United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455

F

Federal Buildings and Facilities

Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office, CA, designation.....................221
Beatrice E. Watson Post Office Building, CA, designation............2458
Bioenergy Reseach Centers, establishment............................1537
Biofuels and Biorefinery Information Center, establishment..........1535
Buck Owens Post Office, CA, designation..............................563
C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse, FL, designation...........1816
Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC,
designation.....................................................1345
Charles H. Hendrix Post Office Building, FL, designation............1357
Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, GA,
designation.....................................................1037
Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post Office Building, FL,
designation.....................................................1358
Claude Ramsey Post Office, TN, designation...........................561
Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building, OK, designation..........571
Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building, TN,
redesignation.....................................................86
Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building, MI,
designation.....................................................1350
Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office, CT, designation.............1354
Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building, NJ, designation.............1352
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility project, GA,
authorization...................................................2463
Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building, TX, designation.............722
Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building, IL, designation...........237
Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building, CO, designation.............721
Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building, SD, designation..............1016
Emancipation Hall, DC, designation..................................1491
Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic,
OK, designation.................................................1830
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development, MD, designation..............................1826
Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office Building, GA, designation..........719
Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building, NJ, designation..............1014
Gale W. McGee Post Office, WY, designation............................63
George B. Lewis Post Office Building, OH, designation................569
George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse,
AR, designation.................................................1838
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building, CO, designation.............62
Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and
Customhouse, MN, designation.....................................102
Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, MO, designation..............566
Interagency Center on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy
Technologies, establishment.....................................1729
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office Building, OH, designation......1020
John Sidney `Sid' Flowers Post Office Building, GA, designation.....2457
Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building, TN, designation........1015
Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office, IN, designation........1353
Lane Evans Post Office Building, IL, designation......................67
Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building, MS,
designation.....................................................1023
Leonard W. Herman Post Office, FL, designation.......................567
Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office, CA, designation............111
Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office, TX, designation.........................220
Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office, LA, designation......1349
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, DC,
designation.......................................................70
Major Scott Nisely Post Office, IA, designation......................720
Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building, TX,
designation.....................................................2460
Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office Building, PA,
designation.....................................................1017
Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building, MI, designation............1356
Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building, PR, designation
219

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Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic, WI, designation.........................................1815
Nate DeTample Post Office Building, PA, designation.................1351
National Biosurveillance Integration Center, establishment...........375
National Transportation Security Center of Excellence,
establishment....................................................387
Neal Smith Federal Building, IA, designation........................1837
Officer Jeremy Todd Charron Post Office, NH, designation............2464
Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility,
MI, designation.................................................1346
Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building, IL, designation........1019
Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building, OH, designation...............1823
Percy Sutton Post Office Building, NY, designation...................980
Philip A. Baddour, Sr. Post Office, NC, designation.................1355
Rachel Carson Post Office Building, PA, designation..................565
Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
NM, designation..................................................239
Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse, CA, designation............240
Robert Merrill Postal Station, NY, designation......................1018
Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse, MO,
designation.......................................................68
S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building, SC, designation.........562
Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse, NM, designation..........69
Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building, AR, designation.................64
Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building, FL,
designation......................................................222
Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building, TX, designation.......66
Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office,
FL, designation...................................................65
Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office, IN, designation...........1021
Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young Post Office Building, TX,
designation......................................................564
Staff Sergeant Omer `O.T.' Hawkins Post Office, OH, designation......570
Turrill Post Office Building, MI, designation.......................2462
Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building, MO, designation.........1359
Willye B. White Post Office Building, IL, designation................568

Federal Departments, Agencies, Etc.

See Government Organization

Financial Institutions

See Banks and Banking

Fires and Fire Fighting

The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730

Flag, U.S.

Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of
2007.............................................................233

Florida

C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse, designation...............1816
Charles H. Hendrix Post Office Building, designation................1357
Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post Office Building,
designation.....................................................1358
Leonard W. Herman Post Office, designation...........................567
Navy SEALs national museum, recognition.............................1293
Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building,
designation......................................................222
Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office,
designation.......................................................65

Foreign Relations

Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and
Enhance Democracy Act of 2007....................................526
Andean trade preference authorities, extension.......................235
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2008........................................2277
Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007.................246
Inter-American Development Bank Board of Directors, appointment
authority........................................................230
International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467
Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters, increase.............227
Middle East Foundation, establishment................................513
NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73
9/11 Commission International Implementation Act of 2007.............508
Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007...............................261
Peace Corps, separation pay, authorization...........................979

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United-States Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455
United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of
2007.............................................................781

Forests and Forest Products

The Great Plains Wildfire Protection Compact.........................730
Timber products of Peru, trade enforcement..........................1486

Fraud

Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of
2007............................................................2556

Fuel

See Energy

G

Genocide

See Human Rights

Georgia

Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
designation.....................................................1037
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility project,
authorization...................................................2463
Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office Building, designation..............719
John Sidney `Sid' Flowers Post Office Building, designation.........2457
NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73
Gillmor, Karen L.....................................................995

Government Employees

Office of Compliance, appointed positions and additional terms......2459
Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007...........224
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission employees,
health insurance.................................................723

Government Organization

Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007.....................362
General Services Administration
Director and Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings,
establishment...............................................1616
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, existence
and operation.................................................56
Office of Government Policy, existence and operation..................56
Homeland Security Department
Director of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center,
establishment................................................346
Office of Appeals and Redress, establishment.........................482
Office of Infrastructure Protection, establishment...................332
Office of Intelligence and Analysis, establishment...................332
Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative
Programs Office, establishment...............................506
Transportation Security Administration
Surface Transportation Security Inspectors, establishment............393
Interagency Center on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy
Technologies, establishment.....................................1729
Office of National Drug Control Policy, structure and preservation
55
Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism,
establishment....................................................498
Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of
2007............................................................2524
State Department
Democracy Liaison Officers, establishment............................529
Transportation Department
Office of Climate and Environment, establishment....................1756
Treasury Department
Assistant Secretary, establishment...................................252
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, term clarification...........2532
Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers, establishment..................360

Grants

College Cost Reduction and Access Act................................784
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection Program
Reauthorization Act of 2007.......................................80

Greenhouse Gas

See Energy

H

Head Start

See Education

Health and Health Care

Breast cancer research postage stamp authorization, extension.......1820
Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act........................1813
Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007...................1831

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Federal health insurance; Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Commission employees, eligibility................................723
Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007........2213
Medicaid and Medicare
Advantage program enrollment provision, amendment....................244
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.................2492
Reciprocal billing arrangements, active duty reserves, exception
551
TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007
984
Medical Devices
Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2007...........................842
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007..........859
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
Reauthorization Act of 2007.......................................80
Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act.............84
Pediatrics
Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007........................876
Internal Committee for Review of Pediatric Plans, Assessments,
Deferrals, and Waivers, establishment........................875
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007..........859
Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2007................................866
Transitional Medical Assistance and Abstinence Education Program,
extension........................................................244

Highways and Roads

Cal Ripkin Way, MD, designation......................................981
St. Louis County arterial road, MO, construction and maintenance
71

Historic Preservation

See also Conservation
Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007......................241
Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, VT,
designation........................................................3

Housing

Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
2008............................................................2410
Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007........................1803
Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007...............229
Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007................225
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008...............................2375

Human Rights

Genocide Accountability Act of 2007.................................1821

Hungary

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Hurricanes

See Disaster Assistance

I

Idaho

Agricultural college land grant, usage...............................726

Illinois

Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building, designation...............237
Lane Evans Post Office Building, designation..........................67
Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building, designation............1019
Willye B. White Post Office Building, designation....................568

Immigration

See Aliens and Nationality

Indiana

Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office, designation............1353
Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office, designation...............1021

Information Technology

Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007.....................1024

Intelligence Information

See Defense and National Security

Internet

See Information Technology

Interstate Compacts

See Congress

Investments

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007.................246

Iowa

Major Scott Nisely Post Office, designation..........................720
Neal Smith Federal Building, designation............................1837

Iraq

Iraqi translators and interpreters, increase.........................227
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq
Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007..........................112

J

Judiciary and Judicial Procedures

See Courts

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L

Land Conveyances

See also Public Lands
Coquille Indian Tribe, OR, land and interests........................724
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, MI, land and interests.......................725

Latvia

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Law Enforcement and Crime

Court Security Improvement Act of 2007..............................2534
Genocide Accountability Act of 2007.................................1821
NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.............................2559
U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger
Implementation Act of 2007................................2227, 2546

Levees

See Water and Waterways

Lithuania

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Loans

College Cost Reduction and Access Act................................784
Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007...............229

Lobbying

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007....................735

Louisiana

Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office, designation..........1349

M

Maine

International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467

Maryland

Cal Ripkin Way, designation..........................................981
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development, designation..................................1826

Massachusetts

International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467

Medical Devices

See Health and Health Care

Medicine

See Health and Health Care

Michigan

Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building,
designation.....................................................1350
Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building, designation................1356
Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility,
designation.....................................................1346
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, land conveyance..............................725
Turrill Post Office Building, designation...........................2462

Minimum Wage

See Wages

Minnesota

Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and
Customhouse, designation.........................................102
Interstate I-35 bridge, repair and reconstruction....................558

Mississippi

Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building, designation
1023

Missouri

Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, designation..................566
Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse, designation.......68
St. Louis County arterial road, construction and maintenance..........71
Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building, designation.............1359

Moldova

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Money and Finance

Coins
$1 coin; vending machine requirements, exception....................1817
Native American $1 Coin Act..........................................777
Thomas Alva Edison commemorative coin provisions, extension............6
Public debt limit, statutory increase................................988

Motor Vehicles

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492
Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act.........................................1498
MoveOn.org...........................................................997

Museums

Navy SEALs museum, FL, recognition..................................1293

N

National Parks, Memorials, Monuments, Etc.

Disabled veterans memorial, DC, authority extension.................1022
Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007......................241

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Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, VT,
designation........................................................3
Rosa Parks statue authorization, extension..........................1348

Native Americans

Coquille Indian Tribe, OR, land conveyance...........................724
Native American $1 Coin Act..........................................777
Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007...............229
Real property transfer, OR, application waiver.......................727
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, MI, land conveyance..........................725

New Hampshire

International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467
Officer Jeremy Todd Charron Post Office, designation................2464

New Jersey

Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building, designation.................1352
Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building, designation..................1014
Thomas Alva Edison commemorative coin provisions, extension............6

New Mexico

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, redesignation.........239
Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
designation......................................................239
Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse, designation..............69

New York

Percy Sutton Post Office Building, designation.......................980
Robert Merrill Postal Station, designation..........................1018

North Carolina

Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
designation.....................................................1345
Philip A. Baddour, Sr. Post Office, designation.....................1355

North Dakota

The Great Plains Wildlife Fire Protection Compact....................730

Nutrition

See Health and Health Care

O

Ohio

George B. Lewis Post Office Building, designation....................569
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office Building, designation..........1020
Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building, designation...................1823
Staff Sergeant Omer `O.T.' Hawkins Post Office, designation..........570

Oklahoma

Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building, designation..............571
Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic,
designation.....................................................1830

Oregon

Coquille Indian Tribe, land conveyance...............................724
Indian tribes; real property transfer, application waiver............727

P

Passports and Visas

Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007...............................261
Petraeus, David H....................................................997

Patriotic Commemorations, Observances, and Organizations

Native American $1 Coin Act..........................................777
The American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of
2007.............................................................103

Pediatrics

See Health and Health Care

Pennsylvania

Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office Building,
designation.....................................................1017
Nate DeTample Post Office Building, designation.....................1351
Rachel Carson Post Office Building, designation......................565

Peru

United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455

Pesticides

See Agriculture

Pilots

Fair Treatment For Experienced Pilots Act...........................1450

Poland

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73
United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of
2007.............................................................781

Postal Service

Breast cancer research postage stamp authorization, extension.......1820

Proclamations

Deaths
Ford, Gerald R......................................................2653
Johnson, Lady Bird..................................................2773
Executive clemency..................................................2770
Lebanon, suspension of entry of persons threatening democracy.......2769

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National Monuments
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, designation.............2702
Special Observances
Adoption Month......................................................2804
African American History Month......................................2690
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month...........................2777
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month.................................2808
America Recycles Day................................................2811
American Heart Month................................................2691
American Indian Heritage Month......................................2805
American Red Cross Month............................................2695
Americans With Disabilities Act, 17th anniversary...................2773
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month...............................2735
Black Music Month...................................................2751
Breast Cancer Awareness Month.......................................2792
Cancer Control Month................................................2722
Captive Nations Week................................................2771
Caribbean-American Heritage Month...................................2753
Character Counts Week...............................................2801
Charter Schools Week................................................2735
Child Abuse Prevention Month........................................2720
Child Health Day....................................................2795
Child's Day.........................................................2752
Columbus Day........................................................2796
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week.............2778
Consumer Protection Week............................................2692
Crime Victims' Rights Week..........................................2732
D.A.R.E. Day........................................................2726
Day of Prayer.......................................................2731
Days of Prayer and Remembrance......................................2783
Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week.........2742
Diabetes Month......................................................2809
Disability Employment Awareness Month...............................2793
Domestic Violence Awareness Month...................................2794
Donate Life Month...................................................2721
Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month..........................2815
Dutch-American Friendship Day.......................................2730
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A....................................2719
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week......................2781
Family Caregivers Month.............................................2806
Family Day..........................................................2787
Family Week.........................................................2813
Farm-City Week......................................................2813
Farm Safety and Health Week.........................................2785
Father's Day........................................................2756
Fire Prevention Week................................................2798
Flag Day and National Flag Week.....................................2755
Forest Products Week................................................2802
Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day..............................2724
General Pulaski Memorial Day........................................2799
George Washington, 275th birthday anniversary.......................2693
Gerald R. Ford, national mourning day...............................2654
German-American Day.................................................2796
Gold Star Mother's Day..............................................2788
Great Outdoors Month................................................2749
Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy..........................................2719
Hispanic Heritage Month.............................................2784
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week...................2782
Homeownership Month.................................................2754
Hospice Month.......................................................2806
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week.........2817
Hurricane Preparedness Week.........................................2746
Irish-American Heritage Month.......................................2694
Jamestown, 400th anniversary........................................2725
Jewish American Heritage Month......................................2737
Law Day, U.S.A......................................................2736
Leif Erikson Day....................................................2797
Loyalty Day.........................................................2738
Malaria Awareness Day...............................................2734
Maritime Day........................................................2748
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday............................2687
Mentoring Month...............................................2652, 2819
Military Spouse Day.................................................2742
Minority Enterprise Development Week................................2779
Mother's Day........................................................2741
Oceans Month........................................................2750
Older Americans Month...............................................2740
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month......................................2775
Pan American Day and Pan American Week..............................2723
Parents' Day........................................................2772
Park Week...........................................................2733
Patriot Day.........................................................2783
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week.........................2744
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day........................................2816
Physical Fitness and Sports Month...................................2739


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Poison Prevention Week..............................................2702
POW/MIA Recognition Day.............................................2786
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day......................................2745
Preparedness Month..................................................2780
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.....................................2776
Religious Freedom Day...............................................2688
Safe Boating Week...................................................2743
Sanctity of Human Life Day..........................................2688
Save Your Vision Week...............................................2697
School Lunch Week...................................................2799
Small Business Week.................................................2729
Thanksgiving Day....................................................2812
Thomas Jefferson Day................................................2727
United Nations Day..................................................2803
USA Freedom Corps, fifth anniversary................................2689
Veterans Day........................................................2807
Virginia Tech tragedy victims, honoring.............................2729
Volunteer Week......................................................2728
White Cane Safety Day...............................................2800
Women's Equality Day................................................2774
Women's History Month...............................................2696
World AIDS Day......................................................2814
World Freedom Day...................................................2810
World Trade Week....................................................2747
Wright Brothers Day...........................................2651, 2818
Tariffs
African Growth and Development Act, modifications.......2684, 2703, 2757
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, modification.................2703
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade
Agreement, implementation...................................2698
Generalized System of Preferences, duty-free treatment;
modifications.........................................2684, 2757
Harmonized Tariff Schedule, modifications...........................2677
Mexico; duty elimination for certain goods under North American
Free Trade Agreement........................................2789
Pharmaceuticals and chemical intermediates, elimination.............2654
United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, rules of origin;
modification................................................2677
Vietnam, normal trade relations treatment; extension................2677

Public Debt

See Money and Finance

Public Lands

The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730

Puerto Rico

Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building, designation.........219

R

Real Property

Indian tribes, OR, application waiver................................727
Virgin Islands, tax amendments.......................................232

Recreation and Recreation Areas

See National Parks, Memorials, Monuments, Etc.

Republic of Albania

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Republic of Croatia

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Republic of Macedonia

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Research and Development

Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007.....1678
America COMPETES Act.................................................572
Bioenergy Research Centers, establishment...........................1537
Breast cancer research postage stamp authorization, extension.......1820
Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research,
Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007......................1704
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492
Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research and Development
Act.............................................................1686
Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007....................1809
Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2007................................866
President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness................578
Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act.............600
Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007...................1674

Rhode Island

International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467

Rivers and Harbors

Water Resources Development Act of 2007.............................1041

Roads

See Highways and Roads

Romania

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

S

Safety

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National Levee Safety Act of 2007...................................1288
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.......................1794

Schools

See Education

Science and Technology

America COMPETES Act.................................................572
Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board, establishment..........595

Slovakia

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Slovenia

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Small Business

Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007.............190, 204
Small business programs, temporary extension................7, 560, 1453

South Carolina

S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building, designation.............562

South Dakota

Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building, designation..................1016
The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730

Sudan

Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007.....................2516

Suicide

Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act........................1031

T

Taxes

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007........................................188
Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund payments, tax exclusion..................1802
Internal Revenue Commissioner, term clarification...................2532
Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007.....................1024
Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007........................1803
Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007..................190
Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007.................................2461
Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007...............................2473
Virgin Islands, real property amendments.............................232

Tennessee

Claude Ramsey Post Office, designation...............................561
Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building, redesignation.......86
Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building, designation............1015

Terrorism

Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007......266
Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007...........338
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007........1839

Texas

Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building, designation.................722
Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office, designation.............................220
Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building,
designation.....................................................2460
Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building, designation...........66
Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young Post Office Building,
designation......................................................564
Thomas, Susan........................................................995

Timber

See Forests and Forest Products

Trade

See Commerce and Trade

Transportation

Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008...............2375
Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act...........................1450
National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007........................400
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008...............................2375

Trauma Care

See Health and Health Care

Troops

See Armed Forces

U

Ukraine

NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73

Urban and Rural Areas

Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
2008............................................................2410
Rural Policing Institute, establishment..............................327
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008...............................2375

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V

Vermont

International emergency management assistance, congressional
consent.........................................................2467
Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area,
designation........................................................3

Veterans

Disabled veterans memorial, DC, authority extension.................1022
Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007...................1831
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act........................1031
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008........................................2253
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq
Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007..........................112
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2007........1035

Virginia

Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund payments, tax exclusion..................1802

Virgin Islands

Real property tax, amendments........................................232

Visas

Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007...........338

W

Wages

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007........................................188

Water and Waterways

Arizona water, statement of findings requirement, modification......1818
National Levee Safety Act of 2007...................................1288
Water Resources Development Act of 2007.............................1041

Wildlands

See Public Lands

Wisconsin

Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic, designation.............................................1815

Women

National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
Reauthorization Act of 2007.......................................80

Wyoming

Gale W. McGee Post Office, designation................................63
The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730