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“SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the House section section on pages H7632-H7633 on Dec. 30, 2016.
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SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates, he had approved and signed bills of the Senate of the following titles:
October 7, 2016:
S. 1004. An Act to amend title 36, United States Code, to encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence each Veterans Day.
S. 1698. An Act to exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of Federal public benefits.
S. 2683. An Act to include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration.
S. 3283. An Act to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the ``PFC James Dunn VA Clinic''.
October 14, 2016:
S. 246. An Act to establish the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.
December 8, 2016:
S. 2754. An Act to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ``Tom Stagg United States Court House''.
December 14, 2016:
S. 795. An Act to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and grantee employees.
S. 817. An Act to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
S. 818. An Act to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
S. 1550. An Act to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish entities tasked with improving program and project management in certain Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
S. 1555. An Act to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Filipino veterans of World War II, in recognition of the dedicated service of the veterans during World War II.
S. 1632. An Act to require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.
S. 1808. An Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a Northern Border threat analysis, and for other purposes.
S. 1915. An Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines available to emergency response providers, and for other purposes.
S. 2234. An Act to award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II.
S. 2873. An Act to require studies and reports examining the use of, and opportunities to use, technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models to improve programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
S. 2974. An Act to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes.
S. 3028. An Act to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness.
S. 3076. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish caskets and urns for burial in cemeteries of States and tribal organizations of veterans without next of kin or sufficient resources to provide for caskets or urns, and for other purposes.
S. 3183. An Act to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable consumer access to tickets for any given event, and for other purposes.
S. 3395. An Act to require limitations on prescribed burns.
S. 3492. An Act to designate the Traverse City VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, as the ``Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic''.
December 16, 2016:
S. 8. An Act to provide for the approval of the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
S. 546. An Act to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation
(RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council to provide recommendations on emergency responder training and resources relating to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, and for other purposes.
S. 612. An Act to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.
S. 1635, An Act to authorize the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
S. 2577. An Act to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.
S. 2854. An Act to reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007.
S. 2971, An Act to authorize the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
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