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2003 · 108th Congress · session 1 · 196 public laws.

  1. Public Law 108–1Public Law 108–1: To provide for a 5-month extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 and for a transition period for individuals receiving compensation when the program under such Act ends.Jan 8, 2003
  2. Public Law 108–2Public Law 108–2: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.Jan 10, 2003
  3. Public Law 108–3Public Law 108–3: To extend the national flood insurance program.Jan 13, 2003
  4. Public Law 108–4Public Law 108–4: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.Jan 31, 2003
  5. Public Law 108–5Public Law 108–5: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.Feb 7, 2003
  6. Public Law 108–6Public Law 108–6: To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2003.Feb 13, 2003
  7. Public Law 108–7Public Law 108–7: Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.Feb 20, 2003
  8. Public Law 108–8Public Law 108–8: To improve the calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, and for other purposes.Feb 25, 2003
  9. Public Law 108–9Public Law 108–9: Recognizing the 92d birthday of Ronald Reagan.Mar 6, 2003
  10. Public Law 108–10Public Law 108–10: To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees for the implementation and enforcement of a “do-not-call” registry, and for other purposes.Mar 11, 2003
  11. Public Law 108–11Public Law 108–11: Making emergency wartime supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.Apr 16, 2003
  12. Public Law 108–12Public Law 108–12: To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois.Apr 22, 2003
  13. Public Law 108–13Public Law 108–13: To rename the Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Department of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor of Navy Commander William “Willie” McCool, who was the pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia when it was tragically lost on February 1, 2003.Apr 22, 2003
  14. Public Law 108–14Public Law 108–14: To designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the “Ted Weiss Federal Building”.Apr 23, 2003
  15. Public Law 108–15Public Law 108–15: To ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin, establish the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.Apr 23, 2003
  16. Public Law 108–16Public Law 108–16: To provide for the eradication and control of nutria in Maryland and Louisiana.Apr 23, 2003
  17. Public Law 108–17Public Law 108–17: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2127 Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the “Jim Richardson Post Office”.Apr 23, 2003
  18. Public Law 108–18Public Law 108–18: To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to reform the funding of benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for employees of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.Apr 23, 2003
  19. Public Law 108–19Public Law 108–19: To implement effective measures to stop trade in conflict diamonds, and for other purposes.Apr 25, 2003
  20. Public Law 108–20Public Law 108–20: To provide benefits and other compensation for certain individuals with injuries resulting from administration of smallpox countermeasures, and for other purposes.Apr 30, 2003
  21. Public Law 108–21Public Law 108–21: To prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes.Apr 30, 2003
  22. Public Law 108–22Public Law 108–22: To provide for the use and distribution of certain funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and for other purposes.May 14, 2003
  23. Public Law 108–23Public Law 108–23: To expand the boundaries of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.May 19, 2003
  24. Public Law 108–24Public Law 108–24: Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.May 27, 2003
  25. Public Law 108–25Public Law 108–25: To provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.May 27, 2003
  26. Public Law 108–26Public Law 108–26: To extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.May 28, 2003
  27. Public Law 108–27Public Law 108–27: To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.May 28, 2003
  28. Public Law 108–28Public Law 108–28: Concerning participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.May 29, 2003
  29. Public Law 108–29Public Law 108–29: To further the protection and recognition of veterans’ memorials, and for other purposes.May 29, 2003
  30. Public Law 108–30Public Law 108–30: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to extend the availability of funds to carry out the fruit and vegetable pilot program.May 29, 2003
  31. Public Law 108–31Public Law 108–31: To amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts, and for other purposes.Jun 17, 2003
  32. Public Law 108–32Public Law 108–32: To provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of land owned by the State of Wyoming within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park, and for other purposes.Jun 17, 2003
  33. Public Law 108–33Public Law 108–33: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1114 Main Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey, as the “Robert P. Hammer Post Office Building”.Jun 23, 2003
  34. Public Law 108–34Public Law 108–34: To approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona, and for other purposes.Jun 23, 2003
  35. Public Law 108–35Public Law 108–35: To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the “Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.Jun 23, 2003
  36. Public Law 108–36Public Law 108–36: To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act, and for other purposes.Jun 25, 2003
  37. Public Law 108–37Public Law 108–37: To designate the regional headquarters building for the National Park Service under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “Carl T. Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building”.Jun 26, 2003
  38. Public Law 108–38Public Law 108–38: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising awareness and encouraging prevention of sexual assault in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.Jun 26, 2003
  39. Public Law 108–39Public Law 108–39: To amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to provide for the orderly dilution of the ownership interest in Inmarsat by former signatories to the Inmarsat Operating Agreement.Jun 30, 2003
  40. Public Law 108–40Public Law 108–40: To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.Jun 30, 2003
  41. Public Law 108–41Public Law 108–41: To authorize the use of certain grant funds to establish an information clearinghouse that provides information to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.Jul 1, 2003
  42. Public Law 108–42Public Law 108–42: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, and for other purposes.Jul 1, 2003
  43. Public Law 108–43Public Law 108–43: To revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona.Jul 1, 2003
  44. Public Law 108–44Public Law 108–44: To provide for the protection of investors, increase confidence in the capital markets system, and fully implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by streamlining the hiring process for certain employment positions in the Securities and Exchange Commission.Jul 3, 2003
  45. Public Law 108–45Public Law 108–45: To improve the manner in which the Corporation for National and Community Service approves, and records obligations relating to, national service positions.Jul 3, 2003
  46. Public Law 108–46Public Law 108–46: To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7401 West 100th Place in Bridgeview, Illinois, as the “Michael J. Healy Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  47. Public Law 108–47Public Law 108–47: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, as the “Floyd Spence Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  48. Public Law 108–48Public Law 108–48: To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1859 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the “Cesar Chavez Post Office”.Jul 14, 2003
  49. Public Law 108–49Public Law 108–49: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania, as the “James R. Merry Post Office”.Jul 14, 2003
  50. Public Law 108–50Public Law 108–50: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 West Washington Street in Bowling Green, Ohio, as the “Delbert L. Latta Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  51. Public Law 108–51Public Law 108–51: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1901 West Evans Street in Florence, South Carolina, as the “Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  52. Public Law 108–52Public Law 108–52: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7554 Pacific Avenue in Stockton, California, as the “Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  53. Public Law 108–53Public Law 108–53: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4832 East Highway 27 in Iron Station, North Carolina, as the “General Charles Gabriel Post Office”.Jul 14, 2003
  54. Public Law 108–54Public Law 108–54: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2318 Woodson Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the “Timothy Michael Gaffney Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  55. Public Law 108–55Public Law 108–55: To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Boston Street in Brookfield, Missouri, as the “Admiral Donald Davis Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  56. Public Law 108–56Public Law 108–56: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1502 East Kiest Boulevard in Dallas, Texas, as the “Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  57. Public Law 108–57Public Law 108–57: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 Baldwin Avenue in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, as the “Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building”.Jul 14, 2003
  58. Public Law 108–58Public Law 108–58: To authorize the Congressional Hunger Center to award Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.Jul 14, 2003
  59. Public Law 108–59Public Law 108–59: To extend the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.Jul 14, 2003
  60. Public Law 108–60Public Law 108–60: To award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.Jul 17, 2003
  61. Public Law 108–61Public Law 108–61: To sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen Burma’s democratic forces and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the Burmese people, and for other purposes.Jul 28, 2003
  62. Public Law 108–62Public Law 108–62: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska.Jul 29, 2003
  63. Public Law 108–63Public Law 108–63: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House in Oregon City, Oregon, for inclusion in Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, and for other purposes.Jul 29, 2003
  64. Public Law 108–64Public Law 108–64: To designate the visitor center in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona as the “Kris Eggle Visitor Center”, and for other purposes.Jul 29, 2003
  65. Public Law 108–65Public Law 108–65: To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Vine Street in Glenwood, Iowa, as the “William J. Scherle Post Office Building”.Jul 29, 2003
  66. Public Law 108–66Public Law 108–66: To provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico.Jul 30, 2003
  67. Public Law 108–67Public Law 108–67: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California.Aug 1, 2003
  68. Public Law 108–68Public Law 108–68: To amend the PROTECT Act to clarify certain volunteer liability.Aug 1, 2003
  69. Public Law 108–69Public Law 108–69: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.Aug 8, 2003
  70. Public Law 108–70Public Law 108–70: To designate the building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New York, New York, as the “James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade Building”.Aug 14, 2003
  71. Public Law 108–71Public Law 108–71: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9350 East Corporate Hill Drive in Wichita, Kansas, as the “Garner E. Shriver Post Office Building”.Aug 14, 2003
  72. Public Law 108–72Public Law 108–72: To provide for additional space and resources for national collections held by the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.Aug 15, 2003
  73. Public Law 108–73Public Law 108–73: To extend for six months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.Aug 15, 2003
  74. Public Law 108–74Public Law 108–74: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.Aug 15, 2003
  75. Public Law 108–75Public Law 108–75: To authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases, and for other purposes.Aug 15, 2003
  76. Public Law 108–76Public Law 108–76: To provide the Secretary of Education with specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency.Aug 18, 2003
  77. Public Law 108–77Public Law 108–77: To implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement.Sep 3, 2003
  78. Public Law 108–78Public Law 108–78: To implement the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.Sep 3, 2003
  79. Public Law 108–79Public Law 108–79: To provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in Federal, State, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape.Sep 4, 2003
  80. Public Law 108–80Public Law 108–80: To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 North Fifth Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the “Ed Edmondson United States Courthouse”.Sep 17, 2003
  81. Public Law 108–81Public Law 108–81: To reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, and for other purposes.Sep 25, 2003
  82. Public Law 108–82Public Law 108–82: To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a do-not-call registry.Sep 29, 2003
  83. Public Law 108–83Public Law 108–83: Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Sep 30, 2003
  84. Public Law 108–84Public Law 108–84: Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.Sep 30, 2003
  85. Public Law 108–86Public Law 108–86: To amend chapter 10 of title 39, United States Code, to include postmasters and postmasters’ organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs, and for other purposes.Sep 30, 2003
  86. Public Law 108–87Public Law 108–87: Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Sep 30, 2003
  87. Public Law 108–88Public Law 108–88: To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.Sep 30, 2003
  88. Public Law 108–89Public Law 108–89: To extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program, and certain tax and trade programs, and for other purposes.Oct 1, 2003
  89. Public Law 108–90Public Law 108–90: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Oct 1, 2003
  90. Public Law 108–91Public Law 108–91: To amend section 242 of the National Housing Act regarding the requirements for mortgage insurance under such Act for hospitals.Oct 3, 2003
  91. Public Law 108–92Public Law 108–92: To amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain Federal annuity computations are adjusted by 1 percentage point relating to periods of receiving disability payments, and for other purposes.Oct 3, 2003
  92. Public Law 108–93Public Law 108–93: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the State of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National Park, and for other purposes.Oct 3, 2003
  93. Public Law 108–94Public Law 108–94: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of Coltsville in the State of Connecticut for potential inclusion in the National Park System.Oct 3, 2003
  94. Public Law 108–95Public Law 108–95: To make certain adjustments to the boundaries of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, and for other purposes.Oct 3, 2003
  95. Public Law 108–96Public Law 108–96: To reauthorize programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, and for other purposes.Oct 10, 2003
  96. Public Law 108–97Public Law 108–97: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio in Carolina, Puerto Rico, as the “Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building”.Oct 10, 2003
  97. Public Law 108–98Public Law 108–98: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the qualifications of foreign schools.Oct 10, 2003
  98. Public Law 108–99Public Law 108–99: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 5 years the special immigrant religious worker program.Oct 15, 2003
  99. Public Law 108–100Public Law 108–100: To facilitate check truncation by authorizing substitute checks, to foster innovation in the check collection system without mandating receipt of checks in electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of the Nation’s payments system, and for other purposes.Oct 28, 2003
  100. Public Law 108–101Public Law 108–101: To award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the sense of the Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of Jackie Robinson.Oct 29, 2003
  101. Public Law 108–102Public Law 108–102: To amend title 44, United States Code, to transfer to the Public Printer the authority over the individuals responsible for preparing indexes of the Congressional Record, and for other purposes.Oct 29, 2003
  102. Public Law 108–103Public Law 108–103: To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 48 South Broadway, Nyack, New York, as the “Edward O’Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building”.Oct 29, 2003
  103. Public Law 108–104Public Law 108–104: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.Oct 31, 2003
  104. Public Law 108–105Public Law 108–105: To prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.Nov 5, 2003
  105. Public Law 108–106Public Law 108–106: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Nov 6, 2003
  106. Public Law 108–107Public Law 108–107: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.Nov 7, 2003
  107. Public Law 108–108Public Law 108–108: Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 2003
  108. Public Law 108–109Public Law 108–109: To provide for the establishment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of additional cemeteries in the National Cemetery Administration.Nov 11, 2003
  109. Public Law 108–110Public Law 108–110: To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in Marceline, Missouri, as the “Walt Disney Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  110. Public Law 108–111Public Law 108–111: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, Florida, as the “Arthur ‘Pappy’ Kennedy Post Office”.Nov 11, 2003
  111. Public Law 108–112Public Law 108–112: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1905 West Blue Heron Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the “Judge Edward Rodgers Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  112. Public Law 108–113Public Law 108–113: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Colorado Street in Boulder City, Nevada, as the “Bruce Woodbury Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  113. Public Law 108–114Public Law 108–114: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2300 Redondo Avenue in Long Beach, California, as the “Stephen Horn Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  114. Public Law 108–115Public Law 108–115: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the “Robert A. Borski Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  115. Public Law 108–116Public Law 108–116: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 Highland Avenue in Duarte, California, as the “Francisco A. Martinez Flores Post Office”.Nov 11, 2003
  116. Public Law 108–117Public Law 108–117: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 339 Hicksville Road in Bethpage, New York, as the “Brian C. Hickey Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  117. Public Law 108–118Public Law 108–118: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10701 Abercorn Street in Savannah, Georgia, as the “J.C. Lewis, Jr. Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  118. Public Law 108–119Public Law 108–119: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Weston Street in Hartford, Connecticut, as the “Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  119. Public Law 108–120Public Law 108–120: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 East Olive Avenue in Burbank, California, as the “Bob Hope Post Office Building”.Nov 11, 2003
  120. Public Law 108–121Public Law 108–121: To amend title 10, United States Code, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the death gratuity payable with respect to deceased members of the Armed Forces and to exclude such gratuity from gross income, to provide additional tax relief for members of the Armed Forces and their families, and for other purposes.Nov 11, 2003
  121. Public Law 108–122Public Law 108–122: Recognizing the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Baltimore, Maryland, as the official national museum of dentistry in the United States.Nov 11, 2003
  122. Public Law 108–123Public Law 108–123: To amend section 5379 of title 5, United States Code, to increase the annual and aggregate limits on student loan repayments by Federal agencies.Nov 11, 2003
  123. Public Law 108–124Public Law 108–124: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1601–1 Main Street in Jacksonville, Florida, as the “Eddie Mae Steward Post Office”.Nov 11, 2003
  124. Public Law 108–125Public Law 108–125: To extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.Nov 11, 2003
  125. Public Law 108–126Public Law 108–126: To authorize the design and construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.Nov 17, 2003
  126. Public Law 108–127Public Law 108–127: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make technical corrections with respect to the definition of qualifying State.Nov 17, 2003
  127. Public Law 108–128Public Law 108–128: To revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.Nov 17, 2003
  128. Public Law 108–129Public Law 108–129: To authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.Nov 17, 2003
  129. Public Law 108–130Public Law 108–130: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a program of fees relating to animal drugs.Nov 18, 2003
  130. Public Law 108–131Public Law 108–131: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the property in Cecil County, Maryland, known as Garrett Island for inclusion in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.Nov 22, 2003
  131. Public Law 108–132Public Law 108–132: Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Nov 22, 2003
  132. Public Law 108–133Public Law 108–133: To amend the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act to permit military service previously performed by members and former members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police, and the United States Secret Service to count as creditable service for purposes of calculating retirement annuities payable to such members upon payment of a contribution by such members, and for other purposes.Nov 22, 2003
  133. Public Law 108–134Public Law 108–134: To reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs through March 31, 2004.Nov 22, 2003
  134. Public Law 108–135Public Law 108–135: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.Nov 22, 2003
  135. Public Law 108–136Public Law 108–136: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 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.Nov 24, 2003
  136. Public Law 108–137Public Law 108–137: Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Dec 1, 2003
  137. Public Law 108–138Public Law 108–138: To correct a technical error from Unit T–07 of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.Dec 1, 2003
  138. Public Law 108–139Public Law 108–139: Commending the Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government during the past 25 years.Dec 1, 2003
  139. Public Law 108–140Public Law 108–140: Recognizing the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture for 50 years of outstanding service to the Nation through agricultural research.Dec 1, 2003
  140. Public Law 108–141Public Law 108–141: To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service, located at 315 Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, as the “James E. Davis Post Office Building”.Dec 1, 2003
  141. Public Law 108–142Public Law 108–142: To revise the boundary of the Kaloko-Honoko̅hau National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.Dec 2, 2003
  142. Public Law 108–143Public Law 108–143: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 710 Wicks Lane in Billings, Montana, as the “Ronald Reagan Post Office Building”.Dec 2, 2003
  143. Public Law 108–144Public Law 108–144: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3710 West 73rd Terrace in Prairie Village, Kansas, as the “Senator James B. Pearson Post Office”.Dec 2, 2003
  144. Public Law 108–145Public Law 108–145: To reauthorize the adoption incentive payments program under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.Dec 2, 2003
  145. Public Law 108–146Public Law 108–146: To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize communities to use community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks.Dec 3, 2003
  146. Public Law 108–147Public Law 108–147: To increase, effective as of December 1, 2003, the rates of disablity compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 2003
  147. Public Law 108–148Public Law 108–148: To improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 2003
  148. Public Law 108–149Public Law 108–149: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 514 17th Street in Moline, Illinois, as the “David Bybee Post Office Building”.Dec 3, 2003
  149. Public Law 108–150Public Law 108–150: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Cleveland Avenue, NW in Canton, Ohio, as the “Richard D. Watkins Post Office Building”.Dec 3, 2003
  150. Public Law 108–151Public Law 108–151: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3210 East 10th Street in Bloomington, Indiana, as the “Francis X. McCloskey Post Office Building”.Dec 3, 2003
  151. Public Law 108–152Public Law 108–152: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain land in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 2003
  152. Public Law 108–153Public Law 108–153: To authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 2003
  153. Public Law 108–154Public Law 108–154: To revise and extend the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998.Dec 3, 2003
  154. Public Law 108–155Public Law 108–155: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients.Dec 3, 2003
  155. Public Law 108–156Public Law 108–156: To extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 2003
  156. Public Law 108–157Public Law 108–157: To provide for Federal court proceedings in Plano, Texas.Dec 3, 2003
  157. Public Law 108–158Public Law 108–158: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to reauthorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 2003
  158. Public Law 108–159Public Law 108–159: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes.Dec 4, 2003
  159. Public Law 108–160Public Law 108–160: To reauthorize the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, and for other purposes.Dec 6, 2003
  160. Public Law 108–161Public Law 108–161: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations, and for other purposes.Dec 6, 2003
  161. Public Law 108–162Public Law 108–162: To award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Dorothy Height in recognition of her many contributions to the Nation.Dec 6, 2003
  162. Public Law 108–163Public Law 108–163: To make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.Dec 6, 2003
  163. Public Law 108–164Public Law 108–164: To provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients, and for other purposes.Dec 6, 2003
  164. Public Law 108–165Public Law 108–165: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 57 Old Tappan Road in Tappan, New York, as the “John G. Dow Post Office Building”.Dec 6, 2003
  165. Public Law 108–166Public Law 108–166: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the “Hugh Gregg Post Office Building”.Dec 6, 2003
  166. Public Law 108–167Public Law 108–167: To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2004.Dec 6, 2003
  167. Public Law 108–168Public Law 108–168: To reauthorize the National Transportation Safety Board, and for other purposes.Dec 6, 2003
  168. Public Law 108–169Public Law 108–169: To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes.Dec 6, 2003
  169. Public Law 108–170Public Law 108–170: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and enhance provision of health care for veterans, to authorize major construction projects and other facilities matters for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to enhance and improve authorities relating to the administration of personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.Dec 6, 2003
  170. Public Law 108–171Public Law 108–171: To extend the national flood insurance program.Dec 6, 2003
  171. Public Law 108–173Public Law 108–173: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the Medicare Program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings security accounts and health savings accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and for other purposes.Dec 8, 2003
  172. Public Law 108–174Public Law 108–174: To reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms.Dec 9, 2003
  173. Public Law 108–175Public Law 108–175: To halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, and stop its development of weapons of mass destruction, and by so doing hold Syria accountable for the serious international security problems it has caused in the Middle East, and for other purposes.Dec 12, 2003
  174. Public Law 108–176Public Law 108–176: To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.Dec 12, 2003
  175. Public Law 108–177Public Law 108–177: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 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.Dec 13, 2003
  176. Public Law 108–178Public Law 108–178: To improve the United States Code.Dec 15, 2003
  177. Public Law 108–179Public Law 108–179: To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other purposes.Dec 15, 2003
  178. Public Law 108–180Public Law 108–180: To award congressional gold medals posthumously on behalf of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson in recognition of their contributions to the Nation as pioneers in the effort to desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark desegregation case of Brown et al. v. the Board of Education of Topeka et al.Dec 15, 2003
  179. Public Law 108–181Public Law 108–181: Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress.Dec 15, 2003
  180. Public Law 108–182Public Law 108–182: To ensure that a public safety officer who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of public safety officer survivor benefits.Dec 15, 2003
  181. Public Law 108–183Public Law 108–183: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.Dec 16, 2003
  182. Public Law 108–184Public Law 108–184: To establish within the Smithsonian Institution the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and for other purposes.Dec 16, 2003
  183. Public Law 108–185Public Law 108–185: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.Dec 16, 2003
  184. Public Law 108–186Public Law 108–186: To support certain housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 budget for the Federal Government, including the downpayment assistance initiative under the HOME Investment Partnership Act, and for other purposes.Dec 16, 2003
  185. Public Law 108–187Public Law 108–187: To regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the Internet.Dec 16, 2003
  186. Public Law 108–188Public Law 108–188: To approve the Compact of Free Association, as amended, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Compact of Free Association, as amended, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and to appropriate funds to carry out the amended Compacts.Dec 17, 2003
  187. Public Law 108–189Public Law 108–189: To restate, clarify, and revise the Soliders’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940.Dec 19, 2003
  188. Public Law 108–190Public Law 108–190: To provide for the exchange of certain lands in the Coconino and Tonto National Forests in Arizona, and for other purposes.Dec 19, 2003
  189. Public Law 108–191Public Law 108–191: To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further the conservation of certain wildlife species.Dec 19, 2003
  190. Public Law 108–192Public Law 108–192: To establish the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.Dec 19, 2003
  191. Public Law 108–193Public Law 108–193: To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.Dec 19, 2003
  192. Public Law 108–194Public Law 108–194: To provide assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control centers.Dec 19, 2003
  193. Public Law 108–195Public Law 108–195: To reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.Dec 19, 2003
  194. Public Law 108–196Public Law 108–196: To provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange program between Federal law enforcement employees and State and local law enforcement employees.Dec 19, 2003
  195. Public Law 108–197Public Law 108–197: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to extend the mental health benefits parity provisions for an additional year.Dec 19, 2003
  196. Public Law 108–198Public Law 108–198: To prohibit the offer of credit by a financial institution to a financial institution examiner, and for other purposes.Dec 19, 2003