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107-230. To provide a temporary waiver from certain transpor- Oct. 1, 2002
tation conformity requirements and metropolitan trans-
portation planning requirements under the Clean Air
Act and under other laws for certain areas in New York
where the planning offices and resources have been de-
stroyed by acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.
National Construction Safety Team Act

107-231
107-232 To amend section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to
allow transit systems in urbanized areas that, for the
first time, exceeded 200,000 in population according to
the 2000 census to retain flexibility in the use of Fed-
eral transit formula grants in fiscal year 2003, and for
other purposes.

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1478

To amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to ex- Oct. 1, 2002 .........
tend the deadline for the INTELSAT initial public offer-
ing.

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107-234 To extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Oct. 4, 2002 Program.

107-235.... Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal Oct. 4, 2002 year 2003, and for other purposes.

107-236... Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Oct. 9, 2002 Boundary Adjustment Act.

107-237... Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River Basin Water Oct. 11, 2002 ...... 1485 Optimization Feasibility Study Act of 2002.

107-238

Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Oct. 11, 2002 ...... 1486
Act of 2002.

107-239 .... To ratify an agreement between The Aleut Corporation Oct. 11, 2002...... 1488
and the United States of America to exchange land
rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act for certain land interests on Adak Island, and
for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal Oct. 11, 2002 ...... 1492 year 2003, and for other purposes.

107-241 To amend the charter of the AMVETS organization 107-242... To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make members of the armed forces who receive special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for membership in the organization, and for other purposes.

107-243... Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Reso- Oct. 16, 2002 1498 lution of 2002.

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107-244 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal Oct. 18, 2002...... 1503 year 2003, and for other purposes.

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustmet Act of Oct. 23, 2002
2002.

1517

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 Oct. 26, 2002
Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002

1588

Oct. 26, 2002

1621

Oct. 29, 2002

1666

Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act of Oct. 29, 2002
2002.

1731

107-254

To authorize the duration of the base contract of the Oct. 29, 2002...... 1733
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to be more than
five years but not more than seven years.

107-255

Recognizing the contributions of Patsy Takemoto Mink ..... Oct. 29, 2002 ...... 1734
Oct. 29, 2002 ...... 1735

107-256 Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Study Act

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107-257. To designate the United States courthouse to be con- Oct. 29, 2002. 1737 structed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, Oregon, as the "Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse".

107-258 .... Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2002.... 107-259... To identify certain routes in the States of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico as part of the Portsto-Plains Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.

107–260. Benign Brain Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act ... 107-261.... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 Social Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, as the "Alphonse F. Auclair Post Office Building".

Oct. 29, 2002...... 1738
Oct. 29, 2002...... 1741

Oct. 29, 2002...... 1743
Oct. 30, 2002...... 1745

107-262 ... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002 ...... 1746 ice located at 7 Commercial Street in Newport, Rhode Island, as the "Bruce F. Cotta Post Office Building".

107-263. To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Oct. 30, 2002...... 1747 Service located at 89 River Street in Hoboken, New Jer

sey, as the "Frank Sinatra Post Office Building".

107-264.... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002...... 1748 ice located at 1299 North 7th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Herbert Arlene Post Office Building".

107-265.... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002...... 1749 ice located at 6150 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Rev. Leon Sullivan Post Office Building".

107-266. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002. 1750 ice located at 925 Dickinson Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "William A. Cibotti Post Office

107-267

Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002...... 1751 ice located at 120 North Maine Street in Fallon, Ne

vada, as the "Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building".

107-268... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002...... 1752 ice located at 1199 Pasadena Boulevard in Pasadena,

Texas, as the "Jim Fonteno Post Office Building".

107-269... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002...... 1753 ice located at 204 South Broad Street in Lancaster,

Ohio, as the "Clarence Miller Post Office Building".

107-270... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Oct. 30, 2002...... 1754 ice located at 1895 Avenida Del Oro in Oceanside, Cali

fornia, as the “Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building".

107-271. To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Oct. 30, 2002 ...... 1755 Service located at 265 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California, as the "Nat King Cole Post Office".

107-272. To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Oct. 30, 2002...... 1757 Service located at 6910 South Yorktown Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the "Robert Wayne Jenkins Station".

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107-273 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Au- Nov. 2, 2002 ....... 1758 thorization Act.

107-274... Border Commuter Student Act of 2002

Nov. 2, 2002 ....... 1923

107-275 .... Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Nov. 2, 2002 ....... 1925 Act.

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107-276. To amend section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of Nov. 2, 2002
1986 to eliminate notification and return requirements
for State and local party committees and candidate com-
mittees and avoid duplicate reporting by certain State
and local political committees of information required to
be reported and made publicly available under State
law, and for other purposes.

107-277... Enterprise Integration Act of 2002

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107-278

To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act
to provide for the applicability of that Act to the Euro-
pean Central Bank.

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107-279... To provide for improvement of Federal education research, Nov. 5, 2002
statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination,
and for other purposes.

1940

107-281 Rare Diseases Orphan Product Development Act of 2002 107-282... Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002.

2020

107-283. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Nov. 6, 2002

ice located at 301 South Howes Street in Fort Collins,
Colorado, as the "Barney Apodaca Post Office".

107-284. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Nov. 6, 2002 ....... 2021
ice located at 4 East Central Street in Worcester, Mas-
sachusetts, as the "Joseph D. Early Post Office Build-
ing".

107-285. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Nov. 6, 2002 ....... 2022 ice located at 380 Main Street in Farmingdale, New York, as the "Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post Office Building".

107-286 ... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Nov. 6, 2002 ....... 2023 ice located at 5805 White Oak Avenue in Encino, California, as the "Francis Dayle 'Chick' Hearn Post Office".

107-287... Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Nov. 7, 2002 ....... 2024 Act of 2002.

107-290. To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to use estimated amounts in determining the service longevity component of the Federal benefit payment required to be paid under such Act to certain retirees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.

107-291... To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv- Nov. 7, 2002 ....... 2052 ice located at 206 South Main Street in Glennville,

Georgia, as the "Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office".

107-292... Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina- Nov. 13, 2002 ..... 2053 tion Reauthorization Act of 2002.

107-293

To reaffirm the reference to one Nation under God in the Nov. 13, 2002..... 2057
Pledge of Allegiance.

107-294 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal Nov. 23, 2002 ..... 2062

107-295

year 2003, and for other purposes.

Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 .. 107-296 Homeland Security Act of 2002........

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National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of Nov. 26, 2002..... 2345 2002.

107-300... Improper Payments Information Act of 2002

Nov. 26, 2002 ..... 2350

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107-301.... To facilitate the use of a portion of the former O'Reilly Nov. 26, 2002 ..... 2352 General Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, by the local Boys and Girls Club through the release of the reversionary interest and other interests retained by the United States in 1955 when the land was conveyed to the State of Missouri.

107-302.... Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Inter- Nov. 26, 2002..... 2353 state Supervision Act of 2002.

107-303... Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002....... ..........
107-304. To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain
catch-up contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan to be
made by participants age 50 or over of Special Counsel.

107-305.... Cyber Security Research and Development Act
107-306 .... Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003
107-307 Product Packaging Protection Act of 2002 ......
107-308 ... North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization
Act.

Nov. 27, 2002 ..... 2355
Nov. 27, 2002..... 2363

107-309. To amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the re- Dec. 2, 2002 quirements for eligibility in the American Legion.

Nov. 27, 2002 ..... 2367
Nov. 27, 2002 ..... 2383

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Dec. 2, 2002

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107-315

107-313... Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002 .............
107-314 Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2003.
Approving the location of the commemorative work in the Dec. 2, 2002
District of Columbia honoring former President John
Adams.

Dec. 2, 2002

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107-310.... Dam Safety and Security Act of 2002
107-311 .... Armed Forces Domestic Security Act
107-312. To reduce the preexisting PAYGO balances, and for other Dec. 2, 2002
purposes.

107-316... Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Build- Dec. 2, 2002 ...... 2764 ing Act. 107-317. Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 ..... 107-318 107-319. To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act.

2778

107-320. To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel of Dec. 4, 2002
land to Chatham County, Georgia.

107-321 .... Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002
107-322.... To extend the deadline for commencement of construction
of a hydroelectric project in the State of North Carolina.

Dec. 4, 2002 ....... 2780
Dec. 4, 2002 ..... 2786

107-323 .... POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 ......
107-324. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Dec. 4, 2002

107-328... Relative to the convening of the first session of the One Dec. 4, 2002

107-329. To provide for the acquisition of land and construction of Dec. 6, 2002 ....... 2815

an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the
entrance to American Fork Canyon, Utah, and for other
purposes.

107-332

107-333

Homestead National Monument of America Additions Act Dec. 16, 2002
Guam War Claims Review Commission Act

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107-336... To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make adjust- Dec. 16, 2002
ments to the boundary of the National Park of Amer-
ican Samoa to include certain portions of the islands of
Ofu and Olosega within the park, and for other pur-

107-337 107-338

poses.

Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Study Act

Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail Study Act of Dec. 16, 2002

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107-341.... To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suit- Dec. 16, 2002 ..... 2890 ability and feasibility of designating the Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

107-342.... To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage- Dec. 17, 2002 ..... 2891

107-344

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Dec. 17, 2002 2893
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of
the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and
construction of a project to reclaim and reuse waste-
water within and outside of the service area of the
Lakehaven Utility District, Washington.

107-345. To amend title 10, United States Code, to make receipts Dec. 17, 2002..... 2894

collected from mineral leasing activities on certain
naval oil shale reserves available to cover environ-
mental restoration, waste management, and environ-
mental compliance costs incurred by the United States
with respect to the reserves.

107-346
107-347
107-348 Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Study Act of 2002
107-349 Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and Maintenance
Refund Act of 2002.

Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act
E-Government Act of 2002

107-350. To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Dec. 17, 2002 Clark County, Nevada, for use as a shooting range.

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation Dec. 17, 2002
and Improvement Act of 2002.

To consent to certain amendments to the New Hampshire- Dec. 17, 2002 ..... 2981
Vermont Interstate School Compact.

107-353 .... California Five Mile Regional Learning Center Transfer Dec. 17, 2002
Act.

2982

107–354 .... To revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birth- Dec. 17, 2002 ..... 2984 place National Monument, and for other purposes. Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002