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NEW PUBLIC LAWS LISTED BY TOPIC 110TH CONGRESS (Alphabetical below)
{NEW PUBLIC LAWS BY TOPIC-FOR PREVIOUS YEARS}
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A. AGRICULTURE; C. COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSUMER D. DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY E. EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES; F. FOOD; FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN POLICY; I. IMMIGRATION
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M. MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICALS, HEALTH AND DRUGS; N. NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND; NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES (INCLUDES NATIVE ALASKANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS P. POST OFFICE AND FEDERAL BUILDING R. RECOGNITION; T. TAXES;
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80. To amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to strike a requirement relating to forage producers. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 734; 1 page)
APPOINTMENTS
5. Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. (Feb. 15, 2007; 121 Stat. 8; 53 pages)
H.J. Res. 20 / Public Law 110-5
4. To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through July 31, 2007, and for other purposes. (Feb. 15, 2007; 121 Stat. 7; 1 page)
91. Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 988; 1 page)
H.J. Res. 43 / Public Law 110-91
92. Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 989; 10 pages)
H.J. Res. 52 / Public Law 110-92
91. Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 988; 1 page)
H.J. Res. 43 / Public Law 110-91
59. To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through December 15, 2007, and for other purposes. (Aug. 8, 2007; 121 Stat. 560; 1 page)
COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS;
54. Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Aug. 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 266; 285 pages)
24. Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act (May 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 100; 2 pages)
34. Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 (June 14, 2007; 121 Stat. 224; 1 page)
57. Protect America Act of 2007 (Aug. 5, 2007; 121 Stat. 552; 6 pages)
22. Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 (May 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 88; 2 pages)
DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY SPENDING
58. To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes. (Aug. 6, 2007; 121 Stat. 558; 2 pages)
28.U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (May 25, 2007; 121 Stat. 112; 107 pages)
79. Granting the consent and approval of the Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 730; 4 pages)
80. To amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to strike a requirement relating to forage producers. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 734; 1 page)
93. To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency. (Sept. 30, 2007; 121 Stat. 999; 1 page)
DEFICIT REDUCTION
91. Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 988; 1 page)
H.J. Res. 43 / Public Law 110-91
33. To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to conform the District charter to revisions made by the Council of the District of Columbia relating to public education. (June 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 223; 1 page
44. First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 (July 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 238; 1 page)
S. 1704 / Public Law 110-44
52. Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 (July 31, 2007; 121 Stat. 263; 1 page). Extends current year spending until new authorities are set in forthcoming legislation.
S. 1868 / Public Law 110-51
America COMPETES Act (Aug. 9, 2007; 121 Stat. 572; 147 pages)
77. To improve the use of a grant of a parcel of land to the State of Idaho for use as an agricultural college, and for other purposes. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 726; 1 page)
84. College Cost Reduction and Access Act (Sept. 27, 2007; 121 Stat. 784; 39 pages)
83. United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007 (Sept. 20, 2007; 121 Stat. 781; 3 pages)
90. TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 984; 4 pages)
93. To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency. (Sept. 30, 2007; 121 Stat. 999; 1 page)
ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES;
79. Granting the consent and approval of the Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 730; 4 pages)
85. Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (Sept. 27, 2007; 121 Stat. 823; 156 pages)
H.R. 3580 / Public Law 110-85
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN POLICY
21. To amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. (May 2, 2007; 121 Stat. 87; 1 page)
50. Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (July 26, 2007; 121 Stat. 246; 15 pages)
53. Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes. (Aug. 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 264; 2 pages)
H.J. Res. 44 / Public Law 110-52
57. Protect America Act of 2007 (Aug. 5, 2007; 121 Stat. 552; 6 pages)
86. To provide authority to the Peace Corps to provide separation pay for host country resident personal services contractors of the Peace Corps. (Sept. 27, 2007; 121 Stat. 979; 1 page)
83. United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007 (Sept. 20, 2007; 121 Stat. 781; 3 pages)
36. To increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the United States as special immigrants, and for other purposes. (June 15, 2007; 121 Stat. 227; 2 pages)
17. NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007 (Apr. 9, 2007; 121 Stat. 73; 7 pages)
S. 494 / Public Law 11017
38. To provide that the Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank or the Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank may serve on the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation. (June 21, 2007; 121 Stat. 230; 1 page)
S. 676 / Public Law 110-38
50. Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (July 26, 2007; 121 Stat. 246; 15 pages)
53. Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes. (Aug. 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 264; 2 pages)
H.J. Res. 44 / Public Law 110-52
57. Protect America Act of 2007 (Aug. 5, 2007; 121 Stat. 552; 6 pages)
89. To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months. (Sept. 28, 2007; 121 Stat. 982; 2 pages)
86. To provide authority to the Peace Corps to provide separation pay for host country resident personal services contractors of the Peace Corps. (Sept. 27, 2007; 121 Stat. 979; 1 page)
83. United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007 (Sept. 20, 2007; 121 Stat. 781; 3 pages)
22. Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 (May 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 88; 2 pages)
MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICALS, HEALTH AND DRUGS;
26. The American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007 (May 11, 2007; 121 Stat. 103; 8 pages)
18. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (Apr. 20, 2007; 121 Stat. 80; 4 pages)
49. To provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. (July 18, 2007; 121 Stat. 244; 2 pages)
55. To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces. (Aug. 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 551; 1 page)
85. Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (Sept. 27, 2007; 121 Stat. 823; 156 pages)
H.R. 3580 / Public Law 110-85
90. TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 984; 4 pages)
23. Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007 (May 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 90; 10 pages)
28.U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (May 25, 2007; 121 Stat. 112; 107 pages)
H.R. 2206 / Public Law 110-28
55. To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces. (Aug. 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 551; 1 page)
81.honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Sept. 14, 2007; 121 Stat. 735; 42 pages)
S. 1 / Public Law 110-81
93. To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency. (Sept. 30, 2007; 121 Stat. 999; 1 page)
3. To provide a new effective date for the applicability of certain provisions of law to Public Law 105-331. (Feb. 8, 2007; 121 Stat. 6; 1 page)
2. House Page Board Revision Act of 2007 (Feb. 2, 2007; 121 Stat. 4; 2 pages)
39. To authorize the transfer of certain funds from the Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund to the Senate Employee Child Care Center. (June 21, 2007; 121 Stat. 231; 1 page)
41. Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 (June 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 233; 2 pages)
H.R. 692 / Public Law 110-41
51. Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007 (July 30, 2007; 121 Stat. 261; 2 pages
91. Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 988; 1 page)
H.J. Res. 43 / Public Law 110-91
MORAL AND ETHICAL MATTERS
90. TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 (Sept. 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 984; 4 pages)
NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND;
1. To redesignate the White Rocks National Recreation Area in the State of Vermont as the ``Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area''. (Jan. 17, 2007; 121 Stat. 3; 1 page)
35. Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007 (June 15, 2007; 121 Stat. 225; 2 pages)
48. Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007 (July 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 241; 3 pages)
NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES
37. Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007 (June 18, 2007; 121 Stat. 229; 1 page)
75. To authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 724; 1 page)
76. To authorize the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests in lands owned by the Tribe. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 725; 1 page)
78. To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian tribes in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 727; 3 pages)
82. Native American $1 Coin Act (Sept. 20, 2007; 121 Stat. 777; 4 pages)
POST OFFICE AND FEDERAL BUILDING NAMING
7. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 North Frontage Road West in Vail, Colorado, as the ``Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building''. (Mar. 7, 2007; 121 Stat. 62; 1 page)
H.R. 49 / Public Law 110-7
8. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the ``Gale W. McGee Post Office''. (Mar. 7, 2007; 121 Stat. 63; 1 page)
H.R. 335 / Public Law 110-8
9. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building''. (Mar. 7, 2007; 121 Stat. 64; 1 page)
H.R. 433 / Public Law 110-9
10. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16150 Aviation Loop Drive in Brooksville, Florida, as the ``Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office''. (Mar. 7, 2007; 121 Stat. 65; 1 page)
H.R. 514 / Public Law 110-10
11. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, as the ``Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building''. (Mar. 7, 2007; 121 Stat. 66; 1 page)
H.R. 577 / Public Law 110-11
12. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the ``Lane Evans Post Office Building''. (Mar. 15, 2007; 121 Stat. 67; 1 page)
H.R. 521 / Public Law 110-12
H.R. 342 / Public Law 110-13
To designate the United States courthouse located at 555 Independence Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse''. (Mar. 21, 2007; 121 Stat. 68; 1 page)
13. To designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse''. (Mar. 21, 2007; 121 Stat. 69; 1 page)
H.R. 544 / Public Law 110-14
25. To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse and customhouse located at 515 West First Street in Duluth, Minnesota, as the ``Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse''. (May 8, 2007; 121 Stat. 102; 1 page)
S. 521 / Public Law 110-25
20. To redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street in
Memphis, Tennessee, as the ``Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal
Building''. (May 2, 2007; 121 Stat. 86; 1 page)
H.R. 753 / Public Law 110-20
14.To designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse''. (Mar. 21, 2007; 121 Stat. 69; 1 page)
H.R. 544 / Public Law 110-14
15. To designate the Federal building located at 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as the ``Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building''. (Mar. 23, 2007; 121 Stat. 70; 1 page)
H.R. 584 / Public Law 110-15
27. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, California, as the ``Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office''. (May 25, 2007; 121 Stat. 111; 1 page)
H.R. 988 / Public Law 110-27
29. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 60 Calle McKinley, West in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as the ``Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building''. (June 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 219; 1 page)
H.R. 414 / Public Law 110-29
30. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Eisenhower Street in Rio Grande City, Texas, as the ``Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office''. (June 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 220; 1 page)
H.R. 437 / Public Law 110-30
31. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4230 Maine Avenue in Baldwin Park, California, as the ``Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office''. (June 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 221; 1 page)
H.R. 625 / Public Law 110-31
32. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 South Lecanto Highway in Lecanto, Florida, as the ``Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building''. (June 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 222; 1 page)
H.R. 1402 / Public Law 110-32
43. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the ``Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building''. (July 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 237; 1 page)
S. 1352 / Public Law 110-43
43. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the ``Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building''. (July 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 237; 1 page)
S. 1352 / Public Law 110-43
45. To redesignate a Federal building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the ``Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''. (July 5, 2007; 121 Stat. 239; 1 page)
S. 2
47. To designate a United States courthouse located in Fresno, California, as the ``Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse''. (July 5, 2007; 121 Stat. 240; 1 page)
S. 801 / Public Law 110-46
88. To designate a portion of Interstate Route 395 located in Baltimore, Maryland, as ``Cal Ripken Way''. (Sept. 28, 2007; 121 Stat. 981; 1 page)
H.R. 3218 / Public Law 110-88
87. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 365 West 125th Street in New York, New York, as the ``Percy Sutton Post Office Building''. (Sept. 28, 2007; 121 Stat. 980; 1 page)
H.R. 954 / Public Law 110-87
19.Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act (Apr. 23, 2007; 121 Stat. 84; 2 pages)
S. 1002 / Public Law 110-19
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
49. To provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. (July 18, 2007; 121 Stat. 244; 2 pages)
SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING
40.To repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands. (June 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 232; 1 page)
42. To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. (June 30, 2007; 121 Stat. 235; 2 pages)
50. Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (July 26, 2007; 121 Stat. 246; 15 pages)
53. Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes. (Aug. 1, 2007; 121 Stat. 264; 2 pages)
H.J. Res. 44 / Public Law 110-52
89. To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months. (Sept. 28, 2007; 121 Stat. 982; 2 pages)
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
16. To provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an arterial road in St. Louis County, Missouri. (Mar. 28, 2007; 121 Stat. 71; 2 pages)
58. To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes. (Aug. 6, 2007; 121 Stat. 558; 2 pages)
VETERANS ISSUES
23. Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007 (May 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 90; 10 pages)
41. Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 (June 29, 2007; 121 Stat. 233; 2 pages)
H.R. 692 / Public Law 110-41
55. To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces. (Aug. 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 551; 1 page)
93. To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency. (Sept. 30, 2007; 121 Stat. 999; 1 page)
WAR ON TERRORISM
28.U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (May 25, 2007; 121 Stat. 112; 107 pages)
36. To increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the United States as special immigrants, and for other purposes. (June 15, 2007; 121 Stat. 227; 2 pages)
54. Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Aug. 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 266; 285 pages)
57. Protect America Act of 2007 (Aug. 5, 2007; 121 Stat. 552; 6 pages)
80. To amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to strike a requirement relating to forage producers. (Aug. 13, 2007; 121 Stat. 734; 1 page)
93. To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency. (Sept. 30, 2007; 121 Stat. 999; 1 page)
18. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (Apr. 20, 2007; 121 Stat. 80; 4 pages)
WORLD WAR II