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Volume 126

2012–2013 · 112th Congress · session 2 · 192 public laws.

  1. Public Law 112–92Public Law 112–92: To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage of the Act.Feb 1, 2012
  2. Public Law 112–93Public Law 112–93: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the definition of aircraft and the offenses penalized under the aviation smuggling provisions under that Act, and for other purposes.Feb 10, 2012
  3. Public Law 112–94Public Law 112–94: To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.Feb 14, 2012
  4. Public Law 112–95Public Law 112–95: To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.Feb 14, 2012
  5. Public Law 112–96Public Law 112–96: To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.Feb 22, 2012
  6. Public Law 112–97Public Law 112–97: To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.Feb 27, 2012
  7. Public Law 112–98Public Law 112–98: To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code.Mar 8, 2012
  8. Public Law 112–99Public Law 112–99: To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.Mar 13, 2012
  9. Public Law 112–100Public Law 112–100: To authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values.Mar 14, 2012
  10. Public Law 112–101Public Law 112–101: To designate the United States courthouse located at 222 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, as the James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse.Mar 14, 2012
  11. Public Law 112–102Public Law 112–102: To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs.Mar 30, 2012
  12. Public Law 112–103Public Law 112–103: To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.Apr 2, 2012
  13. Public Law 112–104Public Law 112–104: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation’s first Federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.Apr 2, 2012
  14. Public Law 112–105Public Law 112–105: To prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.Apr 4, 2012
  15. Public Law 112–106Public Law 112–106: To increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.Apr 5, 2012
  16. Public Law 112–107Public Law 112–107: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the “Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building”.May 15, 2012
  17. Public Law 112–108Public Law 112–108: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the “Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office”.May 15, 2012
  18. Public Law 112–109Public Law 112–109: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East Rockaway, New York, as the “John J. Cook Post Office”.May 15, 2012
  19. Public Law 112–110Public Law 112–110: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the “Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office”.May 15, 2012
  20. Public Law 112–111Public Law 112–111: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the “Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office”.May 15, 2012
  21. Public Law 112–112Public Law 112–112: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the “Tomball Veterans Post Office”.May 15, 2012
  22. Public Law 112–113Public Law 112–113: To designate the station of the United States Border Patrol located at 2136 South Naco Highway in Bisbee, Arizona, as the “Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station”.May 15, 2012
  23. Public Law 112–114Public Law 112–114: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the “William T. Trant Post Office Building”.May 15, 2012
  24. Public Law 112–115Public Law 112–115: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 260 California Drive in Yountville, California, as the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building”.May 15, 2012
  25. Public Law 112–116Public Law 112–116: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the “Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building”.May 15, 2012
  26. Public Law 112–117Public Law 112–117: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building”.May 15, 2012
  27. Public Law 112–118Public Law 112–118: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building”.May 15, 2012
  28. Public Law 112–119Public Law 112–119: To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Tracy, California, to the City of Tracy.May 15, 2012
  29. Public Law 112–120Public Law 112–120: To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date.May 25, 2012
  30. Public Law 112–121Public Law 112–121: To prevent the termination of the temporary office of bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts.May 25, 2012
  31. Public Law 112–122Public Law 112–122: To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.May 30, 2012
  32. Public Law 112–123Public Law 112–123: To extend the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.May 31, 2012
  33. Public Law 112–124Public Law 112–124: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11 Dock Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania, as the “Trooper Joshua D. Miller Post Office Building”.Jun 5, 2012
  34. Public Law 112–125Public Law 112–125: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as the “Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office”.Jun 5, 2012
  35. Public Law 112–126Public Law 112–126: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the “Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office”.Jun 5, 2012
  36. Public Law 112–127Public Law 112–127: To reduce the trafficking of drugs and to prevent human smuggling across the Southwest Border by deterring the construction and use of border tunnels.Jun 5, 2012
  37. Public Law 112–128Public Law 112–128: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, and for other purposes.Jun 5, 2012
  38. Public Law 112–129Public Law 112–129: To provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed by the United States in 1950 for the establishment of an airport in Cook County, Minnesota.Jun 8, 2012
  39. Public Law 112–130Public Law 112–130: To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E–2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel.Jun 8, 2012
  40. Public Law 112–131Public Law 112–131: To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.Jun 8, 2012
  41. Public Law 112–132Public Law 112–132: To allow the Chief of the Forest Service to award certain contracts for large air tankers.Jun 13, 2012
  42. Public Law 112–133Public Law 112–133: To resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.Jun 15, 2012
  43. Public Law 112–134Public Law 112–134: To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey property of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and for other purposes.Jun 15, 2012
  44. Public Law 112–135Public Law 112–135: To make a technical correction in Public Law 112–108.Jun 21, 2012
  45. Public Law 112–136Public Law 112–136: To correct a technical error in Public Law 112–122.Jun 21, 2012
  46. Public Law 112–137Public Law 112–137: To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.Jun 27, 2012
  47. Public Law 112–138Public Law 112–138: To provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah.Jun 27, 2012
  48. Public Law 112–139Public Law 112–139: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend a water contract between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District.Jun 27, 2012
  49. Public Law 112–140Public Law 112–140: To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs.Jun 29, 2012
  50. Public Law 112–141Public Law 112–141: To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.Jul 6, 2012
  51. Public Law 112–142Public Law 112–142: To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to specify when certain securities issued in connection with church plans are treated as exempted securities for purposes of that Act.Jul 9, 2012
  52. Public Law 112–143Public Law 112–143: To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.Jul 9, 2012
  53. Public Law 112–144Public Law 112–144: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes.Jul 9, 2012
  54. Public Law 112–145Public Law 112–145: To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to revise the timing of special elections for local office in the District of Columbia.Jul 18, 2012
  55. Public Law 112–146Public Law 112–146: To provide for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority.Jul 18, 2012
  56. Public Law 112–147Public Law 112–147: To direct the head of each Federal department and agency to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses.Jul 23, 2012
  57. Public Law 112–148Public Law 112–148: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.Jul 26, 2012
  58. Public Law 112–149Public Law 112–149: To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, and for other purposes.Jul 26, 2012
  59. Public Law 112–150Public Law 112–150: To enhance strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, and for other purposes.Jul 27, 2012
  60. Public Law 112–151Public Law 112–151: To amend the Act titled “An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases”, approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval from the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.Jul 30, 2012
  61. Public Law 112–152Public Law 112–152: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.Aug 3, 2012
  62. Public Law 112–153Public Law 112–153: To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide rights for pilots, and for other purposes.Aug 3, 2012
  63. Public Law 112–154Public Law 112–154: To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, to improve the provision of housing assistance to veterans and their families, and for other purposes.Aug 6, 2012
  64. Public Law 112–155Public Law 112–155: To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013.Aug 7, 2012
  65. Public Law 112–156Public Law 112–156: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the “Warren Lindley Post Office”.Aug 10, 2012
  66. Public Law 112–157Public Law 112–157: To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.Aug 10, 2012
  67. Public Law 112–158Public Law 112–158: To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes.Aug 10, 2012
  68. Public Law 112–159Public Law 112–159: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the “Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building”.Aug 10, 2012
  69. Public Law 112–160Public Law 112–160: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the “Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building”.Aug 10, 2012
  70. Public Law 112–161Public Law 112–161: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the “SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office”.Aug 10, 2012
  71. Public Law 112–162Public Law 112–162: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the “First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building”.Aug 10, 2012
  72. Public Law 112–163Public Law 112–163: To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric program and to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, to make technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating to the textile and apparel rules of origin for the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.Aug 10, 2012
  73. Public Law 112–164Public Law 112–164: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon.Aug 10, 2012
  74. Public Law 112–165Public Law 112–165: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and for other purposes.Aug 10, 2012
  75. Public Law 112–166Public Law 112–166: To reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation.Aug 10, 2012
  76. Public Law 112–167Public Law 112–167: To authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Senate at no net cost to the Federal Government.Aug 10, 2012
  77. Public Law 112–168Public Law 112–168: To require a report on the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organization and for other purposes.Aug 10, 2012
  78. Public Law 112–169Public Law 112–169: To provide for the use of National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin surcharges, and for other purposes.Aug 10, 2012
  79. Public Law 112–170Public Law 112–170: To authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives at no net cost to the Federal Government.Aug 16, 2012
  80. Public Law 112–171Public Law 112–171: To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.Aug 16, 2012
  81. Public Law 112–172Public Law 112–172: To reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.Aug 16, 2012
  82. Public Law 112–173Public Law 112–173: To prevent harm to the national security or endangering the military officers and civilian employees to whom internet publication of certain information applies, and for other purposes.Aug 16, 2012
  83. Public Law 112–174Public Law 112–174: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol.Sep 20, 2012
  84. Public Law 112–175Public Law 112–175: Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.Sep 28, 2012
  85. Public Law 112–176Public Law 112–176: To extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E–Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program.Sep 28, 2012
  86. Public Law 112–177Public Law 112–177: To reauthorize the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.Sep 28, 2012
  87. Public Law 112–178Public Law 112–178: To change the effective date for the internet publication of certain information to prevent harm to the national security or endangering the military officers and civilian employees to whom the publication requirement applies, and for other purposes.Sep 28, 2012
  88. Public Law 112–180Public Law 112–180: To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the “Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse”.Oct 5, 2012
  89. Public Law 112–181Public Law 112–181: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.Oct 5, 2012
  90. Public Law 112–182Public Law 112–182: To authorize the exchange of land or interest in land between Lowell National Historical Park and the city of Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.Oct 5, 2012
  91. Public Law 112–183Public Law 112–183: To prohibit the sale of billfish.Oct 5, 2012
  92. Public Law 112–184Public Law 112–184: To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the “Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse”.Oct 5, 2012
  93. Public Law 112–185Public Law 112–185: To confirm full ownership rights for certain United States astronauts to artifacts from the astronauts’ space missions.Oct 5, 2012
  94. Public Law 112–186Public Law 112–186: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit theft of medical products, and for other purposes.Oct 5, 2012
  95. Public Law 112–187Public Law 112–187: To designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the “Robert Boochever United States Courthouse”.Oct 5, 2012
  96. Public Law 112–188Public Law 112–188: To amend title 28, United States Code, to realign divisions within two judicial districts.Oct 5, 2012
  97. Public Law 112–189Public Law 112–189: To eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements for unfunded programs under the Office of Justice Programs.Oct 5, 2012
  98. Public Law 112–190Public Law 112–190: To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution.Oct 5, 2012
  99. Public Law 112–191Public Law 112–191: To authorize certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.Oct 5, 2012
  100. Public Law 112–192Public Law 112–192: To provide flexibility with respect to United States support for assistance provided by international financial institutions for Burma, and for other purposes.Oct 5, 2012
  101. Public Law 112–193Public Law 112–193: To make corrections with respect to Food and Drug Administration user fees.Oct 5, 2012
  102. Public Law 112–194Public Law 112–194: To prevent abuse of Government charge cards.Oct 5, 2012
  103. Public Law 112–195Public Law 112–195: To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system.Oct 5, 2012
  104. Public Law 112–196Public Law 112–196: To amend section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, to permit States to issue commercial driver’s licenses to members of the Armed Forces whose duty station is located in the State.Oct 19, 2012
  105. Public Law 112–197Public Law 112–197: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in the Gateway National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.Nov 27, 2012
  106. Public Law 112–198Public Law 112–198: To increase, effective as of December 1, 2012, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.Nov 27, 2012
  107. Public Law 112–199Public Law 112–199: To amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in non-disclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes.Nov 27, 2012
  108. Public Law 112–200Public Law 112–200: To prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the United States from participating in the European Union’s emissions trading scheme, and for other purposes.Nov 27, 2012
  109. Public Law 112–201Public Law 112–201: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain.Dec 4, 2012
  110. Public Law 112–202Public Law 112–202: To amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification.Dec 4, 2012
  111. Public Law 112–203Public Law 112–203: To extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes.Dec 4, 2012
  112. Public Law 112–204Public Law 112–204: To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to consolidate certain CBO reporting requirements.Dec 4, 2012
  113. Public Law 112–205Public Law 112–205: To establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force program to enhance border security by fostering coordinated efforts among Federal, State, and local border and law enforcement officials to protect United States border cities and communities from trans-national crime, including violence associated with drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, and for other purposes.Dec 7, 2012
  114. Public Law 112–206Public Law 112–206: To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and child exploitation offenses.Dec 7, 2012
  115. Public Law 112–207Public Law 112–207: To change the effective date for the Internet publication of certain financial disclosure forms.Dec 7, 2012
  116. Public Law 112–208Public Law 112–208: To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation and Moldova and to require reports on the compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.Dec 14, 2012
  117. Public Law 112–209Public Law 112–209: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the March of Dimes Foundation.Dec 18, 2012
  118. Public Law 112–210Public Law 112–210: To allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals, and to make technical corrections to existing Federal energy efficiency laws to allow American manufacturers to remain competitive.Dec 18, 2012
  119. Public Law 112–211Public Law 112–211: To implement the provisions of the Hague Agreement and the Patent Law Treaty.Dec 18, 2012
  120. Public Law 112–212Public Law 112–212: To take certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony.Dec 20, 2012
  121. Public Law 112–213Public Law 112–213: To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2013 through 2014, and for other purposes.Dec 20, 2012
  122. Public Law 112–214Public Law 112–214: To allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to determine the requirements for membership in that tribe.Dec 20, 2012
  123. Public Law 112–215Public Law 112–215: To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.Dec 20, 2012
  124. Public Law 112–216Public Law 112–216: To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine.Dec 20, 2012
  125. Public Law 112–217Public Law 112–217: To obtain an unqualified audit opinion, and improve financial accountability and management at the Department of Homeland Security.Dec 20, 2012
  126. Public Law 112–218Public Law 112–218: To authorize the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports, and for other purposes.Dec 20, 2012
  127. Public Law 112–219Public Law 112–219: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.Dec 28, 2012
  128. Public Law 112–220Public Law 112–220: To provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran’s growing hostile presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.Dec 28, 2012
  129. Public Law 112–221Public Law 112–221: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the “Nicky ‘Nick’ Daniel Bacon Post Office”.Dec 28, 2012
  130. Public Law 112–222Public Law 112–222: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the “Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building”.Dec 28, 2012
  131. Public Law 112–223Public Law 112–223: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15285 Samohin Drive in Macomb, Michigan, as the “Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex”.Dec 28, 2012
  132. Public Law 112–224Public Law 112–224: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 26 East Genesee Street in Baldwinsville, New York, as the “Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building”.Dec 28, 2012
  133. Public Law 112–225Public Law 112–225: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, as the “Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building”.Dec 28, 2012
  134. Public Law 112–226Public Law 112–226: To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.Dec 28, 2012
  135. Public Law 112–227Public Law 112–227: To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization, and for other purposes.Dec 28, 2012
  136. Public Law 112–228Public Law 112–228: Establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2012.Dec 28, 2012
  137. Public Law 112–229Public Law 112–229: To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise certain administrative authorities of the District of Columbia courts, and to authorize the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to provide professional liability insurance for officers and employees of the Service for claims relating to services furnished within the scope of employment with the Service.Dec 28, 2012
  138. Public Law 112–230Public Law 112–230: To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, which are commonly referred to as the “Hatch Act”, to scale back the provision forbidding certain State and local employees from seeking elective office, clarify the application of certain provisions to the District of Columbia, and modify the penalties which may be imposed for certain violations under subchapter III of chapter 73 of that title.Dec 28, 2012
  139. Public Law 112–231Public Law 112–231: To strike the word “lunatic” from Federal law, and for other purposes.Dec 28, 2012
  140. Public Law 112–232Public Law 112–232: To make technical corrections to the legal description of certain land to be held in trust for the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.Dec 28, 2012
  141. Public Law 112–233Public Law 112–233: To designate the United States courthouse located at 2601 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Montana, as the “James F. Battin United States Courthouse”.Dec 28, 2012
  142. Public Law 112–234Public Law 112–234: To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office.Dec 28, 2012
  143. Public Law 112–235Public Law 112–235: To extend the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 until 2014 and for other purposes.Dec 28, 2012
  144. Public Law 112–236Public Law 112–236: To clarify the scope of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996.Dec 28, 2012
  145. Public Law 112–237Public Law 112–237: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal buildings, and for other purposes.Dec 28, 2012
  146. Public Law 112–238Public Law 112–238: To extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.Dec 30, 2012
  147. Public Law 112–239Public Law 112–239: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.Jan 2, 2013
  148. Public Law 112–240Public Law 112–240: Entitled the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012”.Jan 2, 2013
  149. Public Law 112–241Public Law 112–241: To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.Jan 10, 2013
  150. Public Law 112–242Public Law 112–242: To provide a demonstration project providing Medicare coverage for in-home administration of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims.Jan 10, 2013
  151. Public Law 112–243Public Law 112–243: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the “Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office”.Jan 10, 2013
  152. Public Law 112–244Public Law 112–244: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in Oklahoma, and for other purposes.Jan 10, 2013
  153. Public Law 112–245Public Law 112–245: To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.Jan 10, 2013
  154. Public Law 112–246Public Law 112–246: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 East Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the “Sidney ‘Sid’ Sanders McMath Post Office Building”.Jan 10, 2013
  155. Public Law 112–247Public Law 112–247: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8771 Auburn Folsom Road in Roseville, California, as the “Lance Corporal Victor A. Dew Post Office”.Jan 10, 2013
  156. Public Law 112–248Public Law 112–248: To intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending.Jan 10, 2013
  157. Public Law 112–249Public Law 112–249: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of the Armed Forces through the provision of information on institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes.Jan 10, 2013
  158. Public Law 112–250Public Law 112–250: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.Jan 10, 2013
  159. Public Law 112–251Public Law 112–251: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the “Cecil E. Bolt Post Office”.Jan 10, 2013
  160. Public Law 112–252Public Law 112–252: To repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting.Jan 10, 2013
  161. Public Law 112–253Public Law 112–253: To authorize the Attorney General to award grants for States to implement DNA arrestee collection processes.Jan 10, 2013
  162. Public Law 112–254Public Law 112–254: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the “Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office”.Jan 10, 2013
  163. Public Law 112–255Public Law 112–255: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as the “Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office”.Jan 10, 2013
  164. Public Law 112–256Public Law 112–256: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, as the “Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building”.Jan 10, 2013
  165. Public Law 112–257Public Law 112–257: To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate certain limitations on the length of Secret Service Protection for former Presidents and for the children of former Presidents.Jan 10, 2013
  166. Public Law 112–258Public Law 112–258: To amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet.Jan 10, 2013
  167. Public Law 112–259Public Law 112–259: To designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence.Jan 10, 2013
  168. Public Law 112–260Public Law 112–260: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified burial, and for other purposes.Jan 10, 2013
  169. Public Law 112–261Public Law 112–261: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify the definition of “exhibitor”.Jan 10, 2013
  170. Public Law 112–262Public Law 112–262: Providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.Jan 10, 2013
  171. Public Law 112–263Public Law 112–263: To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 14, 2013
  172. Public Law 112–264Public Law 112–264: To express the sense of Congress regarding North Korean children and children of one North Korean parent and to require the Department of State regularly to brief appropriate congressional committees on efforts to advocate for and develop a strategy to provide assistance in the best interest of these children.Jan 14, 2013
  173. Public Law 112–265Public Law 112–265: To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of providing investigatory assistance on request of State and local authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  174. Public Law 112–266Public Law 112–266: To prevent the introduction into commerce of unsafe drywall, to ensure the manufacturer of drywall is readily identifiable, to ensure that problematic drywall removed from homes is not reused, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  175. Public Law 112–267Public Law 112–267: To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.Jan 14, 2013
  176. Public Law 112–268Public Law 112–268: To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  177. Public Law 112–269Public Law 112–269: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for increased penalties for foreign and economic espionage, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  178. Public Law 112–270Public Law 112–270: To amend Public Law 106–392 to maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal year 2019.Jan 14, 2013
  179. Public Law 112–271Public Law 112–271: To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other local charitable organizations, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  180. Public Law 112–272Public Law 112–272: To establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I, to provide for the designation of memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  181. Public Law 112–273Public Law 112–273: To extend the application of certain space launch liability provisions through 2014.Jan 14, 2013
  182. Public Law 112–274Public Law 112–274: To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code.Jan 14, 2013
  183. Public Law 112–275Public Law 112–275: To establish a commission to develop a national strategy and recommendations for reducing fatalities resulting from child abuse and neglect.Jan 14, 2013
  184. Public Law 112–276Public Law 112–276: To provide for universal intercountry adoption accreditation standards, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  185. Public Law 112–277Public Law 112–277: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 2013
  186. Public Law 112–278Public Law 112–278: To amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements to such Act.Jan 14, 2013
  187. Public Law 112–279Public Law 112–279: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the “Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office”.Jan 14, 2013
  188. Public Law 112–280Public Law 112–280: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Nichols Street in Westminster, Massachusetts, as the “Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office Building”.Jan 14, 2013
  189. Public Law 112–281Public Law 112–281: To make a technical correction to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973.Jan 14, 2013
  190. Public Law 112–282Public Law 112–282: Granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.Jan 14, 2013
  191. Public Law 112–283Public Law 112–283: To authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals, and for other purposes.Jan 15, 2013
  192. Private Law 112–1Private Law 112–1: For the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke.Dec 28, 2012