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Oct. 3, 2008 sees Congressional Record publish “SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT”

Volume 154, No. 161 covering the 2nd Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H10822 on Oct. 3, 2008.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

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:

July 17, 2008:

S. 2967. An act to provide for certain Federal employee benefits to be continued for certain employees of the Senate Restaurants after operations of the Senate Restaurants are contracted to be performed by a private business concern, and for other purposes.

July 23, 2008:

S. 3145. An act to designate a portion of United States Route 20A, located in Orchard Park, New York. as the

``Timothy J. Russert Highway'' .

July 29, 2008:

S. 2766. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel.

July 30, 2008:

S. 231. An act to authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012.

S. 2607. An act to make a technical correction to section 3009 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

S. 3218. An act to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.

July 31, 2008:

S. 2565. An act to establish an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers.

S. 3298. An act to clarify the circumstances during which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable States may require permits for discharges from certain vessels, and to require the Administrator to conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels.

S. 3352. An act to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

August 12, 2008:

S. 3294. An act to provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

S. 3295. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, shall appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges, and for other purposes.

September 17, 2008:

S. 2837. An act to designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the

``Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse''.

September 18, 2008:

S. 2403. An act to designate the United States courthouse located in the 700 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, as the ``Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr., United States Courthouse''.

September 19, 2008:

S. 2450. An act to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.

September 24, 2008:

S. 2617. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify increases in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans that were effective as of December 1, 2007, to provide for an increase in the rates of such compensation effective December 1, 2008, and for other purposes.

September 25, 2008:

S. 3406. An act to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

September 30, 2008:

S. 171. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 Commerce Street in Commerce. Oklahoma, as the ``Mickey Mantle Post Office Bnilding''.

S. 2339. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Alpena, Michigan, as the ``Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''.

S. 3241. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the ``CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building''.

October 1, 2008:

S. 3009. An act to designate the Federal Bureau of Investigation building under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``J. James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation Building''.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 154, No. 161