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[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 194 (Saturday, January 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H10981-H10982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

  The President notified the Clerk of the (Senate) that on the 
following dates he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions 
of the Senate of the following titles:

           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''.

           October 2, 2008:

       S. 996. An Act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     expand passenger facility fee eligibility for certain noise 
     compatibility projects.

           October 3, 2008:

       S. 1760. An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.

       S. 2135. An Act to prohibit the recruitment or use of child 
     soldiers, to designate persons who recruit or use child 
     soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to allow the deportation of 
     persons who recruit or use child soldiers, and for other 
     purposes.

       S.J. Res. 35. A joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-
     331 to provide for the construction and related activities in 
     support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope 
     Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.

       S.J. Res. 45. A joint resolution expressing the consent and 
     approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water 
     resources in the Great Lakes--St. Lawrence River Basin.

           October 7, 2008:

       S. 3015. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 18 S. G Street, Lakeview, 
     Oregon, as the ``Dr. Bernard Daly Post Office Building''.

       S. 3082. An Act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in 
     Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``Reverend Earl Abel Post 
     Office Building''.

           October 8, 2008:

       S. 496. An Act to reauthorize and improve the program 
     authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
     1965.

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       S. 1046. An Act to modify pay provisions relating to 
     certain senior-level positions in the Federal Government, and 
     for other purposes.

       S. 1382. An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral 
     Sclerosis Registry.

       S. 1810. An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     increase the provision of scientifically sound information 
     and support services to patients receiving a positive test 
     diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and 
     postnatally diagnosed conditions.

       S. 2482. An Act to repeal the provision of title 46, United 
     States Code, requiring a license for employment in the 
     business of salvaging on the coast of Florida.

       S. 2606. An Act to reauthorize the United States Fire 
     Administration, and for other purposes.

       S. 2932. An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, 
     national media campaign, and grant program to provide 
     assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of 
     poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of 
     the United States.

       S. 2982. An Act to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 
     to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes.

       S. 3560. An Act to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual 
     (QI) program, and for other purposes.

       S. 3597. An Act to provide that funds allocated for 
     community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2009.

           October 9, 2008:

       S. 2840. An Act to establish a liaison with the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship and 
     Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications 
     filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a 
     deadline for processing such applications.

           October 10, 2008:

       S. 1492. An Act to improve the quality of Federal and State 
     data regarding the availability and quality of broadband 
     services and to promote the deployment of affordable 
     broadband services to all parts of the Nation.

       S. 1582. An Act to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic 
     Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes.

       S. 2162. An Act to improve the treatment and services 
     provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans 
     with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use 
     disorders, and for other purposes.

       S. 2816. An Act to provide for the appointment of the Chief 
     Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security 
     by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

       S. 3023. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve and enhance compensation and pension, housing, labor 
     and education, and insurance benefits for veterans, and for 
     other purposes.

       S. 3128. An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in 
     planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system 
     project.

       S. 3606. An Act to extend the special immigrant nonminister 
     religious worker program and for other purposes.

           October 13, 2008:

       S. 431. An Act to require convicted sex offenders to 
     register online identifiers, and for other purposes.

       S. 1738. An Act to require the Department of Justice to 
     develop and implement a National Strategy Child Exploitation 
     Prevention and Interdiction, to improve the Internet Crimes 
     Against Children TaskForce, to increase resources for 
     regional computer forensic labs, and to make other 
     improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement 
     agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.

       S. 3296. An Act to extend the authority of the United 
     States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off 
     the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the 
     Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.

       S. 3325. An Act to enhance remedies for violations of 
     intellectual property laws, and for other purposes.

       S. 3477. An Act to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical 
     Excellence.

       S. 3536. An Act to amend section 5402 of title 39, United 
     States Code, to modify the authority relating to United 
     States Postal Service air transportation contracts, and for 
     other purposes.

       S. 3569. An Act to make improvements in the operation and 
     administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

       S. 3598. An Act to amend titles 46 and 18, United States 
     Code, with respect to the operation of submersible vessels 
     and semi-submersible vessels without nationality.

       S. 3605. An Act to extend the pilot program for volunteer 
     groups to obtain criminal history background checks.

           October 14, 2008:

       S. 906. An Act to prohibit the sale, distribution, 
     transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other 
     purposes.

       S. 1276. An Act to facilitate the creation of 
     methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and for 
     other purposes.

       S. 2304. An Act to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for 
     the improved mental health treatment and services provided to 
     offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.

       S. 3001. An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
     for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

       S. 3550. An Act to designate a portion of the Rappahannock 
     River in the Commonwealth of Virginia as the ``John W. Warner 
     Rapids''.

           October 15, 2008:

       S. 3641. An Act to authorize funding for the National Crime 
     Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime 
     under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of 
     the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

           October 20, 2008:

       S. 3197. An Act to amend title 11, United States Code, to 
     exempt for a limited period, from the application of the 
     means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying 
     members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members 
     of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are 
     called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense 
     activity for not less than 90 days.

           December 2, 2008:

       S. 602. An Act to develop the next generation of parental 
     control technology.

       S. 1193. An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of 
     certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for 
     other purposes.

           December 19, 2008:

       S.J. Res. 46. A joint resolution ensuring that the 
     compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of 
     Secretary of State are those which were in effect on January 
     1, 2007.

           December 23, 2008:

       S. 3663. An Act to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to provide for a short-term extension of the 
     analog television broadcasting authority so that essential 
     public safety announcements and digital television transition 
     information may be provided for a short time during the 
     transition to digital television broadcasting.

       S. 3712. An Act to make a technical correction in the Paul 
     Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and 
     Addiction Equity Act of 2008.

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