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“SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H11709 on Nov. 12, 1998.
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SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO
SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT
The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates he had approved and signed bills and a joint resolution of the Senate of the following titles:
On July 16, 1998:
S. 731. An act to extend the legislative authority for construction of the National Peace Garden memorial, and for other purposes.
On July 21, 1998:
S. 2316, An act to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation for the disposition of depleted uranium hexaflouride will be used to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexaflouride.
On July 29, 1998:
S. 318, An act to require automatic cancellation rights with respect to private mortgage insurance which is required as a condition for entering into a residential mortgage transaction, to abolish the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, and for other purposes.
On August 12, 1998:
S. 2344, An act to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide for the advance payment, in full, of the fiscal year 1999 payments otherwise required under production flexibility contracts.
On August 13, 1998:
S. 1759, An act grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States.
S. 1800, An act to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 85 Marconi Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio, as the ``Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse''.
S. 2143, An act to amend chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, to authorize the administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice to accept voluntary services, and for other purposes.
On August 14, 1998:
S.J. Res. 54, Joint resolution finding the Government of Iraq in unacceptable and material breach of its international obligations.
On September 23, 1998:
S. 1683, An act to transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the lake Chelan National Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National Forest.
S. 1883, An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion National Fish Hatchery and the Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center to the State of Alabama, and for other purposes.
On September 28, 1998:
S. 2112, An act to make the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 applicable to the United States Postal Service in the same manner as any other employer.
On October 6, 1998:
S. 1695. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in the State of Colorado as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
On October 8, 1998:
S. 1379. An act to amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and the national Security Act of 1947 to require disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act regarding certain persons, disclose Nazi war criminal records without impairing any investigation or prosecution conducted by the Department of Justice or certain intelligence matters, and for other purposes.
On October 9, 1998:
S. 1355. An act to designate the United States courthouse located at 141 Church Street in New Haven, Connecticut, as the ``Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse''.
S. 2022. An act to provide for the improvement of interstate criminal justice identification, information, communications, and forensics.
S. 2071. An act to extend a quarterly financial report program administered by the Secretary of Commerce.
On October 14, 1998:
S. 414. An act to amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to encourage competition in international shipping and growth of United States exports, and for other purposes.
On October 19, 1998:
S. 314. An act to provide a process for identifying the functions of the Federal Government that are not inherently governmental functions, and for other purposes.
S. 2392. An act to encourage the disclosure and exchange of information about computer processing problems, solutions, test practices and test results, and related matters in connection with the transition to the year 2000.
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