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Volume 112

1998 · 105th Congress · session 2 · 247 public laws.

  1. Public Law 105–154Public Law 105–154: To rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport”.Feb 6, 1998
  2. Public Law 105–155Public Law 105–155: To authorize the Federal Aviation Administration’s research, engineering, and development programs for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.Feb 11, 1998
  3. Public Law 105–156Public Law 105–156: To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to establish the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution to conduct environmental conflict resolution and training, and for other purposes.Feb 11, 1998
  4. Public Law 105–157Public Law 105–157: To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel PRINCE NOVA, and for other purposes.Feb 11, 1998
  5. Public Law 105–158Public Law 105–158: To provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the United States Government during World War II which belonged to victims of the Holocaust, and for other purposes.Feb 13, 1998
  6. Public Law 105–159Public Law 105–159: Disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105–45.Feb 25, 1998
  7. Public Law 105–160Public Law 105–160: To reauthorize the Sea Grant Program.Mar 6, 1998
  8. Public Law 105–161Public Law 105–161: To designate the United States Post Office building located at 750 Highway 28 East in Taylorsville, Mississippi, as the “Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building”.Mar 9, 1998
  9. Public Law 105–162Public Law 105–162: To designate the post office located at 194 Ward Street in Paterson, New Jersey, as the “Larry Doby Post Office”.Mar 9, 1998
  10. Public Law 105–163Public Law 105–163: To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the “William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.Mar 20, 1998
  11. Public Law 105–164Public Law 105–164: To address the Year 2000 computer problems with regard to financial institutions, to extend examination parity to the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration, and for other purposes.Mar 20, 1998
  12. Public Law 105–165Public Law 105–165: To designate the Federal building located at 61 Forsyth Street SW., in Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center”.Mar 20, 1998
  13. Public Law 105–166Public Law 105–166: To make certain technical corrections to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.Apr 6, 1998
  14. Public Law 105–167Public Law 105–167: To consolidate certain mineral interests in the National Grasslands in Billings County, North Dakota, through the exchange of Federal and private mineral interests to enhance land management capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection, and for other purposes.Apr 13, 1998
  15. Public Law 105–168Public Law 105–168: To provide surveillance, research, and services aimed at prevention of birth defects, and for other purposes.Apr 21, 1998
  16. Public Law 105–169Public Law 105–169: To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District and the Fabens Independent School District.Apr 24, 1998
  17. Public Law 105–170Public Law 105–170: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to reevaluate the equipment in medical kits carried on, and to make a decision regarding requiring automatic external defibrillators to be carried on, aircraft operated by air carriers, and for other purposes.Apr 24, 1998
  18. Public Law 105–171Public Law 105–171: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands and improvements in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.Apr 24, 1998
  19. Public Law 105–172Public Law 105–172: To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to scanning receivers and similar devices.Apr 24, 1998
  20. Public Law 105–173Public Law 105–173: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify and extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.Apr 27, 1998
  21. Public Law 105–174Public Law 105–174: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.May 1, 1998
  22. Public Law 105–175Public Law 105–175: Expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the modem State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel.May 11, 1998
  23. Public Law 105–176Public Law 105–176: To amend chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of the Treasury greater discretion with regard to the placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program.May 29, 1998
  24. Public Law 105–177Public Law 105–177: To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.Jun 1, 1998
  25. Public Law 105–178Public Law 105–178: To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.Jun 9, 1998
  26. Public Law 105–179Public Law 105–179: To redesignate the Federal building located at 717 Madison Place, NW., in the District of Columbia, as the “Howard T. Markey National Courts Building”.Jun 16, 1998
  27. Public Law 105–180Public Law 105–180: To amend Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.Jun 16, 1998
  28. Public Law 105–181Public Law 105–181: To establish a matching grant program to help State and local jurisdictions purchase armor vests for use by law enforcement departments.Jun 16, 1998
  29. Public Law 105–182Public Law 105–182: To extend the legislative authority for the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall to establish a memorial to honor George Mason.Jun 19, 1998
  30. Public Law 105–183Public Law 105–183: To amend title 11, United States Code, to protect certain charitable contributions, and for other purposes.Jun 19, 1998
  31. Public Law 105–184Public Law 105–184: To improve the criminal law relating to fraud against consumers.Jun 23, 1998
  32. Public Law 105–185Public Law 105–185: To ensure that federally funded agricultural research, extension, and education address high-priority concerns with national or multistate significance, to reform, extend, and eliminate certain agricultural research programs, and for other purposes.Jun 23, 1998
  33. Public Law 105–186Public Law 105–186: To establish a commission to examine issues pertaining to the disposition of Holocaust-era assets in the United States before, during, and after World War II, and to make recommendations to the President on farther action, and for other purposes.Jun 23, 1998
  34. Public Law 105–187Public Law 105–187: To establish felony violations for the failure to pay legal child support obligations, and for other purposes.Jun 24, 1998
  35. Public Law 105–188Public Law 105–188: To permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease.Jul 7, 1998
  36. Public Law 105–189Public Law 105–189: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.Jul 14, 1998
  37. Public Law 105–190Public Law 105–190: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.Jul 14, 1998
  38. Public Law 105–191Public Law 105–191: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in New York, and for other purposes.Jul 14, 1998
  39. Public Law 105–192Public Law 105–192: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of the Bear Creek Hydroelectric Project in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.Jul 14, 1998
  40. Public Law 105–193Public Law 105–193: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.Jul 14, 1998
  41. Public Law 105–194Public Law 105–194: To amend the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.Jul 14, 1998
  42. Public Law 105–195Public Law 105–195: To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County, California, and for other purposes.Jul 16, 1998
  43. Public Law 105–196Public Law 105–196: To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the bone marrow donor program, and for other purposes.Jul 16, 1998
  44. Public Law 105–197Public Law 105–197: To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program under which employers may consult with State officials respecting compliance with occupational safety and health requirements.Jul 16, 1998
  45. Public Law 105–198Public Law 105–198: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.Jul 16, 1998
  46. Public Law 105–199Public Law 105–199: To establish an advisory commission to provide advice and recommendations on the creation of an integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies.Jul 16, 1998
  47. Public Law 105–200Public Law 105–200: To provide for an alternative penalty procedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support data processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive payments for effective child support performance, to provide for a more flexible penalty procedure for States that violate interjurisdictional adoption requirements, and for other purposes.Jul 16, 1998
  48. Public Law 105–201Public Law 105–201: Approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in the Nation’s Capital.Jul 16, 1998
  49. Public Law 105–202Public Law 105–202: To extend the legislative authority for construction of the National Peace Garden memorial, and for other purposes.Jul 16, 1998
  50. Public Law 105–203Public Law 105–203: To establish within the United States National Park Service the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program, and for other purposes.Jul 21, 1998
  51. Public Law 105–204Public Law 105–204: 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 hexafluoride will be used to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride.Jul 21, 1998
  52. Public Law 105–205Public Law 105–205: To amend chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to the order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life insurance benefits.Jul 22, 1998
  53. Public Law 105–206Public Law 105–206: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.Jul 22, 1998
  54. Public Law 105–207Public Law 105–207: To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.Jul 29, 1998
  55. Public Law 105–208Public Law 105–208: To facilitate the sale of certain land in Tahoe National Forest in the State of California to Placer County, California.Jul 29, 1998
  56. Public Law 105–209Public Law 105–209: To allow for election of the Delegate from Guam by other than separate ballot, and for other purposes.Jul 29, 1998
  57. Public Law 105–210Public Law 105–210: To make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small parcel of land containing improvements.Jul 29, 1998
  58. Public Law 105–211Public Law 105–211: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of FERC Project Number 3862 in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes.Jul 29, 1998
  59. Public Law 105–212Public Law 105–212: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of FERC Project Number 9248 in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.Jul 29, 1998
  60. Public Law 105–213Public Law 105–213: To extend the time required for the construction of a hydroelectric project.Jul 29, 1998
  61. Public Law 105–214Public Law 105–214: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical forests.Jul 29, 1998
  62. Public Law 105–215Public Law 105–215: To present a congressional gold medal to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.Jul 29, 1998
  63. Public Law 105–216Public Law 105–216: To require automatic cancellation and notice of 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.Jul 29, 1998
  64. Public Law 105–217Public Law 105–217: To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act.Aug 5, 1998
  65. Public Law 105–218Public Law 105–218: To designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the “Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse”.Aug 7, 1998
  66. Public Law 105–219Public Law 105–219: To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to clarify existing law with regard to the field of membership of Federal credit unions, to preserve the integrity and purpose of Federal credit unions, to enhance supervisory oversight of insured credit unions, and for other purposes.Aug 7, 1998
  67. Public Law 105–220Public Law 105–220: To consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes.Aug 7, 1998
  68. Public Law 105–221Public Law 105–221: To provide that certain volunteers at private non-profit food banks are not employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.Aug 7, 1998
  69. Public Law 105–222Public Law 105–222: To designate the auditorium located within the Sandia Technology Transfer Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the “Steve Schiff Auditorium”.Aug 7, 1998
  70. Public Law 105–223Public Law 105–223: To establish the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund on behalf of the families of Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol Police.Aug 7, 1998
  71. Public Law 105–224Public Law 105–224: To provide for the conveyance of small parcels of land in the Carson National Forest and the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, to the village of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs, New Mexico.Aug 12, 1998
  72. Public Law 105–225Public Law 105–225: To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States Code, “Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations”.Aug 12, 1998
  73. Public Law 105–226Public Law 105–226: To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and to further define the criteria for capital repair and operation and maintenance.Aug 12, 1998
  74. Public Law 105–227Public Law 105–227: To amend the District of Columbia Convention Center and Sports Arena Authorization Act of 1995 to revise the revenues and activities covered under such Act, and for other purposes.Aug 12, 1998
  75. Public Law 105–228Public Law 105–228: 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.Aug 12, 1998
  76. Public Law 105–229Public Law 105–229: To ensure maintenance of a herd of wild horses in Cape Lookout National Seashore.Aug 13, 1998
  77. Public Law 105–230Public Law 105–230: To establish rules governing product liability actions against raw materials and bulk component suppliers to medical device manufacturers, and for other purposes.Aug 13, 1998
  78. Public Law 105–231Public Law 105–231: To grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States.Aug 13, 1998
  79. Public Law 105–232Public Law 105–232: 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”.Aug 13, 1998
  80. Public Law 105–233Public Law 105–233: 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.Aug 13, 1998
  81. Public Law 105–234Public Law 105–234: Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft.Aug 14, 1998
  82. Public Law 105–235Public Law 105–235: Finding the Government of Iraq in unacceptable and material breach of its international obligations.Aug 14, 1998
  83. Public Law 105–236Public Law 105–236: To grant the consent of the Congress to the Texas Low–Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.Sep 20, 1998
  84. Public Law 105–237Public Law 105–237: Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.Sep 20, 1998
  85. Public Law 105–238Public Law 105–238: 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.Sep 23, 1998
  86. Public Law 105–239Public Law 105–239: 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.Sep 23, 1998
  87. Public Law 105–240Public Law 105–240: Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.Sep 25, 1998
  88. Public Law 105–241Public Law 105–241: 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.Sep 28, 1998
  89. Public Law 105–242Public Law 105–242: To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to promote volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes.Oct 5, 1998
  90. Public Law 105–243Public Law 105–243: 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.Oct 6, 1998
  91. Public Law 105–244Public Law 105–244: To extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.Oct 7, 1998
  92. Public Law 105–245Public Law 105–245: Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 7, 1998
  93. Public Law 105–246Public Law 105–246: 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.Oct 8, 1998
  94. Public Law 105–247Public Law 105–247: To correct a provision relating to termination of benefits for convicted persons.Oct 9, 1998
  95. Public Law 105–248Public Law 105–248: To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program formammography quality standards.Oct 9, 1998
  96. Public Law 105–249Public Law 105–249: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 9, 1998
  97. Public Law 105–250Public Law 105–250: To designate the United States courthouse located at 141 Church Street in New Haven, Connecticut, as the “Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse”.Oct 9, 1998
  98. Public Law 105–251Public Law 105–251: To provide for the improvement of interstate criminal justice identification, information, communications, and forensics.Oct 9, 1998
  99. Public Law 105–252Public Law 105–252: To extend a quarterly financial report program administered by the Secretary of Commerce.Oct 9, 1998
  100. Public Law 105–253Public Law 105–253: Waiving certain enrollment requirements for the remainder of the One Hundred Fifth Congress with respect to any bill or joint resolution making general or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1999.Oct 12, 1998
  101. Public Law 105–254Public Law 105–254: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 12, 1998
  102. Public Law 105–255Public Law 105–255: To establish the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development.Oct 14, 1998
  103. Public Law 105–256Public Law 105–256: To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.Oct 14, 1998
  104. Public Law 105–257Public Law 105–257: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 14, 1998
  105. Public Law 105–258Public Law 105–258: To amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to encourage competition in international shipping and growth of United States exports, and for other purposes.Oct 14, 1998
  106. Public Law 105–259Public Law 105–259: To extend the date by which an automated entry–exit control system must be developed.Oct 15, 1998
  107. Public Law 105–260Public Law 105–260: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 16, 1998
  108. Public Law 105–261Public Law 105–261: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.Oct 17, 1998
  109. Public Law 105–262Public Law 105–262: Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 17, 1998
  110. Public Law 105–263Public Law 105–263: To provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, and to provide for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands in the State of Nevada.Oct 19, 1998
  111. Public Law 105–264Public Law 105–264: To require Federal employees to use Federal travel charge cards for all payments of expenses of official Government travel, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish requirements for prepayment audits of Federal agency transportation expenses, to authorize reimbursement of Federal agency employees for taxes incurred on travel or transportation reimbursements, and to authorize test programs for the payment of Federal employee travel expenses and relocation expenses.Oct 19, 1998
  112. Public Law 105–265Public Law 105–265: To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study.Oct 19, 1998
  113. Public Law 105–266Public Law 105–266: To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to improve administration of sanctions against unfit health care providers under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and for other purposes.Oct 19, 1998
  114. Public Law 105–267Public Law 105–267: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to exchange land and other assets with Big Sky Lumber Co. and other entities.Oct 19, 1998
  115. Public Law 105–268Public Law 105–268: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the Library of Congress.Oct 19, 1998
  116. Public Law 105–269Public Law 105–269: To authorize the use of receipts from the sale of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to promote additional stamp purchases.Oct 19, 1998
  117. Public Law 105–270Public Law 105–270: To provide a process for identifying the functions of the Federal Government that are not inherently governmental functions, and for other purposes.Oct 19, 1998
  118. Public Law 105–271Public Law 105–271: 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.Oct 19, 1998
  119. Public Law 105–272Public Law 105–272: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.Oct 20, 1998
  120. Public Law 105–273Public Law 105–273: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 20, 1998
  121. Public Law 105–274Public Law 105–274: To make technical corrections to the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 with respect to the courts and court system of the District of Columbia.Oct 21, 1998
  122. Public Law 105–275Public Law 105–275: Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 21, 1998
  123. Public Law 105–276Public Law 105–276: Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 21, 1998
  124. Public Law 105–277Public Law 105–277: Making omnibus consolidated and emergency appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 21, 1998
  125. Public Law 105–278Public Law 105–278: To amend title VI and X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand charter schools.Oct 22, 1998
  126. Public Law 105–279Public Law 105–279: To provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of private mineral interests within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument mandated by the 1982 Act that established the Monument, and for other purposes.Oct 23, 1998
  127. Public Law 105–280Public Law 105–280: To provide for a land exchange involving the Cape Cod National Seashore and to extend the authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission.Oct 26, 1998
  128. Public Law 105–281Public Law 105–281: To provide for a demonstration project in the Stanislaus National Forest, California, under which a private contractor will perform multiple resource management activities for that unit of the National Forest System.Oct 26, 1998
  129. Public Law 105–282Public Law 105–282: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the administrative site for the Rogue River National Forest and use the proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and support buildings for the Rogue River National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management.Oct 26, 1998
  130. Public Law 105–283Public Law 105–283: To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Arkansas.Oct 26, 1998
  131. Public Law 105–284Public Law 105–284: To authorize the Government of India to establish a memorial to honor Mahatma Gandhi in the District of Columbia.Oct 26, 1998
  132. Public Law 105–285Public Law 105–285: To amend the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and make improvements to those Acts, to establish demonstration projects that provide an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets, and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  133. Public Law 105–286Public Law 105–286: To amend the Clean Air Act to deny entry into the United States of certain foreign motor vehicles that do not comply with State laws governing motor vehicle emissions, and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  134. Public Law 105–287Public Law 105–287: To amend the Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act of 1993 to clarify certain requirements and to improve the flow of interstate commerce.Oct 27, 1998
  135. Public Law 105–288Public Law 105–288: To provide for a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands within the Routt National Forest in the State of Colorado.Oct 27, 1998
  136. Public Law 105–289Public Law 105–289: To amend title 35, United States Code, to protect patent owners against the unauthorized sale of plant parts taken from plants illegally reproduced, and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  137. Public Law 105–290Public Law 105–290: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming.Oct 27, 1998
  138. Public Law 105–291Public Law 105–291: To amend the Organic Act of Guam to clarify local executive and legislative provisions in such Act, and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  139. Public Law 105–292Public Law 105–292: To express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted in foreign countries on account of religion; to authorize United States actions in response to violations of religious freedom in foreign countries; to establish an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom within the Department of State, a Commission on International Religious Freedom, and a Special Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the National Security Council; and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  140. Public Law 105–293Public Law 105–293: To extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation water contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water from Glendo Reservoir.Oct 27, 1998
  141. Public Law 105–294Public Law 105–294: To extend the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy to allow the Advisory Council to advise Congress on the implementation of the proposals and recommendations of the Advisory Council.Oct 27, 1998
  142. Public Law 105–295Public Law 105–295: To authorize the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California.Oct 27, 1998
  143. Public Law 105–296Public Law 105–296: To amend the Idaho Admission Act regarding the sale or lease of school land.Oct 27, 1998
  144. Public Law 105–297Public Law 105–297: To require the general application of the antitrust laws to major league baseball, and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  145. Public Law 105–298Public Law 105–298: To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  146. Public Law 105–299Public Law 105–299: To designate a Federal building located in Florence, Alabama, as the “Justice John McKinley Federal Building”.Oct 27, 1998
  147. Public Law 105–300Public Law 105–300: To provide that a person closely related to a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) may not be appointed as a judge of the same court, and for other purposes.Oct 27, 1998
  148. Public Law 105–301Public Law 105–301: To increase public awareness of the plight of victims of crime with developmental disabilities, to collect data to measure the magnitude of the problem, and to develop strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims of crime with developmental disabilities.Oct 27, 1998
  149. Public Law 105–302Public Law 105–302: To amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to encourage the use of school resource officers.Oct 27, 1998
  150. Public Law 105–303Public Law 105–303: To encourage the development of a commercial space industry in the United States, and for other purposes.Oct 28, 1998
  151. Public Law 105–304Public Law 105–304: To amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and for other purposes.Oct 28, 1998
  152. Public Law 105–305Public Law 105–305: To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 for the Next Generation Internet program, to require the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee to monitor and give advice concerning the development and implementation of the Next Generation Internet program and report to the President and the Congress on its activities, and for other purposes.Oct 28, 1998
  153. Public Law 105–306Public Law 105–306: To make technical amendments to clarify the provision of benefits for noncitizens, and to improve the provision of unemployment insurance, child support, and supplemental security income benefits.Oct 28, 1998
  154. Public Law 105–307Public Law 105–307: To designate the Biscayne National Park Visitor Center as the Dante Fascell Visitor Center.Oct 29, 1998
  155. Public Law 105–308Public Law 105–308: To remove the restriction on the distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.Oct 30, 1998
  156. Public Law 105–309Public Law 105–309: To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  157. Public Law 105–310Public Law 105–310: To amend chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, to require the development and implementation by the Secretary of the Treasury of a national money laundering and related financial crimes strategy to combat money laundering and related financial crimes, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  158. Public Law 105–311Public Law 105–311: To provide for the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress on the provision of certain options for universal life insurance coverage and additional death and dismemberment insurance under chapter 87of title 5, United States Code, to improve the administration of such chapter, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  159. Public Law 105–312Public Law 105–312: To clarify restrictions under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act on baiting and to facilitate acquisition of migratory bird habitat, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  160. Public Law 105–313Public Law 105–313: To deem the activities of the Miccosukee Tribe on the Miccosukee Reserved Area to be consistent with the purposes of the Everglades National Park, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  161. Public Law 105–314Public Law 105–314: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  162. Public Law 105–315Public Law 105–315: To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the use of alternative dispute resolution processes in United States district courts, and for other purposesOct 30, 1998
  163. Public Law 105–316Public Law 105–316: To authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project, Texas.Oct 30, 1998
  164. Public Law 105–317Public Law 105–317: To provide for an exchange of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  165. Public Law 105–318Public Law 105–318: To amend chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, relating to identity fraud, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  166. Public Law 105–319Public Law 105–319: To establish a cultural training program for disadvantaged individuals to assist the Irish peace process.Oct 30, 1998
  167. Public Law 105–320Public Law 105–320: To provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture.Oct 30, 1998
  168. Public Law 105–321Public Law 105–321: To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal lands located within or adjacent to the Rogue River National Forest and to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Land Management to sell and exchange other Federal lands in Oregon.Oct 30, 1998
  169. Public Law 105–322Public Law 105–322: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the State of Maryland for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria.Oct 30, 1998
  170. Public Law 105–323Public Law 105–323: To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any individual for the commission of an act, or conspiracy to act, of international terrorism, narcotics related offenses, or for serious violations of international humanitarian law relating to the Former Yugoslavia, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  171. Public Law 105–324Public Law 105–324: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the circumstances in which a substance is considered to be a pesticide chemical for purposes of such Act, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  172. Public Law 105–325Public Law 105–325: To establish the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  173. Public Law 105–326Public Law 105–326: To dispose of certain Federal properties located in Dutch John, Utah, to assist the local government in the interim delivery of basic services to the Dutch John community, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  174. Public Law 105–327Public Law 105–327: To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow national park units that cannot charge an entrance or admission fee to retain other fees and charges.Oct 30, 1998
  175. Public Law 105–328Public Law 105–328: To amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to more effectively use the proceeds of sales of certain items.Oct 30, 1998
  176. Public Law 105–329Public Law 105–329: To expand the boundaries of Arches National Park, Utah, to include portions of certain drainages that are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and to include a portion of Fish Seep Draw owned by the State of Utah, and for other purposes.Oct 30, 1998
  177. Public Law 105–330Public Law 105–330: To implement the provisions of the Trademark Law Treaty.Oct 30, 1998
  178. Public Law 105–331Public Law 105–331: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Thomas Alva Edison and the 125th anniversary of Edison’s invention of the light bulb, and for other purposes.Oct 31, 1998
  179. Public Law 105–332Public Law 105–332: To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act.Oct 31, 1998
  180. Public Law 105–333Public Law 105–333: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to the land bank protection provisions, and for other purposes.Oct 31, 1998
  181. Public Law 105–334Public Law 105–334: To provide for a change in the exemption from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors who are 17 years of age and who engage in the operation of automobiles and trucks.Oct 31, 1998
  182. Public Law 105–335Public Law 105–335: To provide for the exchange of certain lands within the State of Utah.Oct 31, 1998
  183. Public Law 105–336Public Law 105–336: To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations and improve program management, to extend certain authorities contained in those Acts through fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.Oct 31, 1998
  184. Public Law 105–337Public Law 105–337: To allow Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute each to conduct a demonstration project to test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures, and for other purposes.Oct 31, 1998
  185. Public Law 105–338Public Law 105–338: To establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq.Oct 31, 1998
  186. Public Law 105–339Public Law 105–339: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that consideration may not be denied to preference eligibles applying for certain positions in the competitive service, and for other purposes.Oct 31, 1998
  187. Public Law 105–340Public Law 105–340: To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend certain programs with respect to women’s health research and prevention activities at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Oct 31, 1998
  188. Public Law 105–341Public Law 105–341: To establish a commission, in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, to further protect sites of importance in the historic efforts to secure equal rights for women.Oct 31, 1998
  189. Public Law 105–342Public Law 105–342: To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.Nov 2, 1998
  190. Public Law 105–343Public Law 105–343: To amend the Act which established the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by modifying the boundary, and for other purposes.Nov 2, 1998
  191. Public Law 105–344Public Law 105–344: Prohibiting the conveyance of Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona unless the conveyance is made to the town of Pinetop-Lakeside or is authorized by Act of Congress.Nov 2, 1998
  192. Public Law 105–345Public Law 105–345: To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the legislative authority for the Black Patriots Foundation to establish a commemorative work.Nov 2, 1998
  193. Public Law 105–346Public Law 105–346: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to the Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station in Gooding County, Idaho, to the University of Idaho.Nov 2, 1998
  194. Public Law 105–347Public Law 105–347: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to furnishing and using consumer reports for employment purposes.Nov 2, 1998
  195. Public Law 105–348Public Law 105–348: Granting the consent of Congress to the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority Compact entered into between the States of Maryland and West Virginia.Nov 2, 1998
  196. Public Law 105–349Public Law 105–349: Recognizing the accomplishments of Inspectors General since their creation in 1978 in preventing and detecting waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and in promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government.Nov 2, 1998
  197. Public Law 105–350Public Law 105–350: Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress.Nov 3, 1998
  198. Public Law 105–351Public Law 105–351: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities of the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation District, and for other purposes.Nov 3, 1998
  199. Public Law 105–352Public Law 105–352: To authorize the construction of the Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System and authorize financial assistance to the Fall River Water Users District, a nonprofit corporation, in the planning and construction of the water supply system, and for other purposes.Nov 3, 1998
  200. Public Law 105–353Public Law 105–353:To amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law, and for other purposes.Nov 3, 1998
  201. Public Law 105–354Public Law 105–354: To codify without substantive change laws related to Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations and to improve the United States Code.Nov 3, 1998
  202. Public Law 105–355Public Law 105–355: To authorize the Automobile National Heritage Area in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes.Nov 6, 1998
  203. Public Law 105–356Public Law 105–356: To establish the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site in the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes.Nov 6, 1998
  204. Public Law 105–357Public Law 105–357: To amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to place limitations on controlled substances brought into the United States.Nov 10, 1998
  205. Public Law 105–358Public Law 105–358: To authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 1998
  206. Public Law 105–359Public Law 105–359: To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to improve the access for persons with disabilities to outdoor recreational opportunities made available to the public.Nov 10, 1998
  207. Public Law 105–360Public Law 105–360: To extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa processing period for diversity applicants whose visa processing was suspended during fiscal year 1998 due to embassy bombings.Nov 10, 1998
  208. Public Law 105–361Public Law 105–361: To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to extend certain authorizations, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 1998
  209. Public Law 105–362Public Law 105–362: To eliminate unnecessary and wasteful Federal reports.Nov 10, 1998
  210. Public Law 105–363Public Law 105–363: To amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to authorize the acquisition of additional acreage for the historic site to permit the development of visitor and administrative facilities and to authorize the appropriation of additional amounts for the acquisition of real and personal property, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 1998
  211. Public Law 105–364Public Law 105–364: To provide for the acquisition of lands formerly occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt family at Hyde Park, New York, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 1998
  212. Public Law 105–365Public Law 105–365: To amend the boundaries of Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in the State of Montana.Nov 10, 1998
  213. Public Law 105–366Public Law 105–366: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 to improve the competitiveness of American business and promote foreign commerce, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 1998
  214. Public Law 105–367Public Law 105–367: To protect the sanctity of contracts and leases entered into by surface patent holders with respect to coalbed methane gas.Nov 10, 1998
  215. Public Law 105–368Public Law 105–368: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services provided to Persian Gulf War veterans, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities, to enhance programs providing health care, compensation, education, insurance, and other benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.Nov 11, 1998
  216. Public Law 105–369Public Law 105–369: To provide for compassionate payments with regard to individuals with blood-clotting disorders, such as hemophilia, who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated antihemophilic factor, and for other purposes.Nov 12, 1998
  217. Public Law 105–370Public Law 105–370: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the testing of certain persons who are incarcerated or ordered detained before trial, for the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus, and for other purposes.Nov 12, 1998
  218. Public Law 105–371Public Law 105–371: To authorize and request the President to award the congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt for his gallant and heroic actions in the attack on San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.Nov 12, 1998
  219. Public Law 105–372Public Law 105–372: To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study and construct a project to reclaim the Salton Sea, and for other purposes.Nov 12, 1998
  220. Public Law 105–373Public Law 105–373: To make available to the Ukrainian Museum and Archives the USIA television program “Window on America”.Nov 12, 1998
  221. Public Law 105–374Public Law 105–374: To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the enforcement of child custody and visitation orders.Nov 12, 1998
  222. Public Law 105–375Public Law 105–375: To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress concerning diplomatic immunity.Nov 12, 1998
  223. Public Law 105–376Public Law 105–376: To modify the boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument to include the lands within the headwaters of the Upper Alamo Watershed which drain into the Monument and which are not currently within the jurisdiction of a Federal land management agency, to authorize purchase or donation of those lands, and for other purposes.Nov 12, 1998
  224. Public Law 105–377Public Law 105–377: Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact.Nov 12, 1998
  225. Public Law 105–378Public Law 105–378: To establish the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, and for other purposes.Nov 12, 1998
  226. Public Law 105–379Public Law 105–379: To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require food stamp State agencies to take certain actions to ensure that food stamp coupons are not issued for deceased individuals, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of options for the design, development, implementation, and operation of a national database to track participation in Federal means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.Nov 12, 1998
  227. Public Law 105–380Public Law 105–380: To eliminate restrictions on the acquisition of certain land contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.Nov 12, 1998
  228. Public Law 105–381Public Law 105–381: Granting the consent of Congress to the Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement.Nov 12, 1998
  229. Public Law 105–382Public Law 105–382: To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that the annuities of certain special agents and security personnel of the Department of State be computed in the same way as applies generally with respect to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  230. Public Law 105–383Public Law 105–383: To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  231. Public Law 105–384Public Law 105–384: To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Poland, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  232. Public Law 105–385Public Law 105–385: To support sustainable and broad-based agricultural and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  233. Public Law 105–386Public Law 105–386: To throttle criminal use of guns.Nov 13, 1998
  234. Public Law 105–387Public Law 105–387: To provide for the disposition of certain funds appropriated to pay judgment in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  235. Public Law 105–388Public Law 105–388: To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and the Energy Conservation and Production Act, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  236. Public Law 105–389Public Law 105–389: To establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright brothers.Nov 13, 1998
  237. Public Law 105–390Public Law 105–390: To provide financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of Federal, State, and local public safety officers who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty.Nov 13, 1998
  238. Public Law 105–391Public Law 105–391: To provide for improved management and increased accountability for certain National Park Service programs, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  239. Public Law 105–392Public Law 105–392: To amend the Public Health Service Act to consolidate and reauthorize health professions and minority and disadvantaged health education programs, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  240. Public Law 105–393Public Law 105–393: To reauthorize and make reforms to programs authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.Nov 13, 1998
  241. Public Law 105–394Public Law 105–394: To support programs of grants to States to address the assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.Nov 13, 1998
  242. Private Law 105–5Private Law 105–5: For the relief of Heraclio Tolley.Nov 10, 1998
  243. Private Law 105–6Private Law 105–6: For the relief of Larry Errol Pieterse.Nov 10, 1998
  244. Private Law 105–7Private Law 105–7: For the relief of Mai Hoa “Jasmin” Salehi.Nov 10, 1998
  245. Private Law 105–8Private Law 105–8: For the relief of Mercedes Del Carmen Quiroz Martinez Cruz.Nov 10, 1998
  246. Private Law 105–9Private Law 105–9: For the relief of Nuratu Olarewaju Abeke Kadiri.Nov 10, 1998
  247. Private Law 105–10Private Law 105–10: For the relief of Chong Ho Kwak.Nov 10, 1998