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“NEW PUBLIC LAWS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D1284-D1287 on Jan. 3.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D1270)
H.R. 7776, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. Signed on December 23, 2022. (Public Law 117-263)
H.R. 4373, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. Signed on December 23, 2022. (Public Law 117-264)
H.R. 203, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the
``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-265)
H.R. 441, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and the conveyance of certain property to the Alaskan Native Tribal Health Consortium located in Anchorage, Alaska. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-266)
H.R. 478, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-267)
H.R. 1095, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-268)
H.R. 2472, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, Ohio, as the
``John Armor Bingham Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-269)
H.R. 2473, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the ``Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-270)
H.R. 2724, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-271)
H.R. 3285, to amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-272)
H.R. 4250, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-273)
H.R. 4622, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, Ohio, as the
``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-274)
H.R. 4881, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-275)
H.R. 4899, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-276)
H.R. 5271, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-277)
H.R. 5349, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-278)
H.R. 5650, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-279)
H.R. 5659, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as the
``John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-280)
H.R. 5794, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-281)
H.R. 5865, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the
``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-282)
H.R. 5900, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-283)
H.R. 5943, to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-284)
H.R. 5952, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, Minnesota, as the
``Jon Glawe Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-285)
H.R. 5961, to make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-286)
H.R. 5973, to reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
287)
H.R. 6042, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-288)
H.R. 6064, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-289)
H.R. 6080, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-290)
H.R. 6218, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the
``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-291)
H.R. 6220, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-292)
H.R. 6221, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the
``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-293)
H.R. 6267, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New York, as the
``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' Donnellan Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-294)
H.R. 6386, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-295)
H.R. 6427, to amend the Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act to modify the boundary of the Red River National Wildlife Refuge. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-296)
H.R. 6604, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an educational institution on individuals who do not transfer credits from such institution. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-297)
H.R. 6630, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-298)
H.R. 6917, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-299)
H.R. 6961, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
300)
H.R. 7181, to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the United States. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
301)
H.R. 7299, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-302)
H.R. 7335, to improve coordination between the Veterans Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration with respect to claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-303)
H.R. 7514, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, Pennsylvania, as the ``Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-304)
H.R. 7518, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, as the
``Roy E. Dickens Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-305)
H.R. 7519, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-306)
H.R. 7638, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-307)
H.R. 7735, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-308)
H.R. 8025, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-309)
H.R. 8026, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-310)
H.R. 8203, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ``Bob Krueger Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-311)
H.R. 8226, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building''. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-312)
H.R. 8260, to amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-313)
H.R. 9308, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California, as the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office''. Signed on December 27, 2022.
(Public Law 117-314)
S. 7, to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-315)
S. 558, to establish a national integrated flood information system within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-316)
S. 789, to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-317)
S. 1466, to authorize the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-318)
S. 1687, to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-319)
S. 2607, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the former hostages of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981, highlighting their resilience throughout the unprecedented ordeal that they lived through and the national unity it produced, marking 4 decades since their 444 days in captivity, and recognizing their sacrifice to the United States. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-320)
S. 2899, to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-
321)
S. 2991, to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-322)
S. 3846, to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-323)
S. 3905, to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-324)
S. 4003, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-
escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-325)
S. 5229, to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to obtain a bust of Thurgood Marshall for installation in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-326)
S. 5230, to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Signed on December 27, 2022. (Public Law 117-327)
H.R. 2617, making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine. Signed on December 29, 2022. (Public Law 117-
328)
