[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 121, 110th Congress, 1st Session] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] B1 SUBJECT INDEX A Abstinence Education program, extension.........................................244 TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 984 Afghanistan Afghani translators and interpreters, increase.......................227 Aged Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act.............84 Agriculture Agricultural college land grant, ID, usage...........................726 Crop disaster assistance.............................................211 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007..................823 Forage producers contract waiver requirement, amendment..............734 Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act......................1000 Aircraft and Aviation See Transportation Aliens and Nationality Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters, increase.............227 Animals Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007...................88 Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007.............1362 Chimp Haven is Home Act.............................................2465 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2007............................................................1360 Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies, 2008..........................................1846 Authorizations America Competes Act.................................................572 Commerce Department, 2008...........................................1884 Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies, 2008..............1884 Consolidated, 2008..................................................1844 Continuing Fiscal year 2007.......................................................8 Fiscal year 2008...................................989, 1341, 1454, 1819 District of Columbia, 2008..........................................1990 Defense Department, 2008............................................1295 Education Department, 2008..........................................2190 Emergency supplemental Fiscal year 2007.....................................................112 Fiscal year 2008....................................................2446 Energy and water development, 2008..................................1937 Executive office, 2008..............................................1979 Financial services and general government, 2008.....................1972 Health and Human Services Department, 2008..........................2169 Homeland Security Department, 2008..................................2042 Interior, environment, and related agencies, 2008...................2097 Judiciary, 2008.....................................................1986 Justice Department, 2008............................................1897 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, 2008..................................................2155 Legislative Branch, 2008............................................2218 Military construction and Veterans Affairs and related agencies, 2008............................................................2253 Science, 2008.......................................................1917 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 2008...............2277 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies, 2008..................................................2375 Treasury Department, 2008...........................................1972 Arizona Water, statement of findings requirements, modification.............1818 Arkansas George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse, designation.....................................................1838 Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building, designation.....................64 Armed Forces See also Veterans Active duty personnel; student financial assistance, permanent waiver authority.................................................999 Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007.............................................................233 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008......................1295 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 2008.........2446 Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements, exception..................551 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008........................................2253 Navy SEALs national museum, FL; recognition.........................1293 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007..........................112 Aviation See Transportation Awards, Decorations, Medals, Etc. See also Money and Finance Michael Ellis DeBakey Congressional Gold Medal......................1008 [[Page 2824]] B2 B Banks and Banking Inter-American Foundation Board of Directors, appointment authority........................................................230 Biofuels See Energy Boards, Commissions, Committees, Etc. Advisory board to monitor United States-Israel energy cooperation grants, establishment...........................................1732 Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency Finance, establishment......1654 Advisory committee on high-performance computing, establishment......688 Advisory Committee on Risk Communication, establishment..............960 Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act of 2007..............61 Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes Technical Review Committee, establishment...................................................1702 Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, establishment.......................501 Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.................252 Committee on Levee Safety, establishment............................1288 Drug Safety Oversight Board, establishment...........................938 Energy Storage Advisory Council, establishment......................1689 House Page Board Revision Act of 2007..................................4 Interagency committee for overseeing the implementation of trade enforcement relating to timber products of Peru, establishment 1486 Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group, establishment....................................................328 Interagency Working Group on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728 Inter-American Foundation Board of Directors, appointments...........230 Internal Committee for Review of Pediatric Plans, Assessments, Deferrals, and Waivers, establishment............................875 International Clean Energy Foundation, establishment................1732 Joint Advisory Committee on Communications Capabilities of Emergency Medical and Public Health Care Facilities..............540 Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board, establishment 588 Middle East Foundation, establishment................................513 National Biosurveillance Integration Center Interagency Working Group, establishment.............................................378 National Commission on Children and Disasters, establishment........2213 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, implementing recommendations.....................................266 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, establishment.............386 National Drug Control Policy, Office of; office structure, preservation......................................................55 National Panel on Promising Practices in K-12 STEM Teaching and Learning, establishment..........................................640 9/11 Commission International Implementation Act of 2007.............508 Peer review panels for State educational agency applications, establishment....................................................662 President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness................578 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, establishment...........352 Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration, establishment....................................................891 Review panel for proposed methodology on carbon sequestration and methane and nitrous oxide emissions from ecosystems, establishment...................................................1714 Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission employees; Federal health insurance, eligibility............................723 Rural Policing Institute, establishment..............................327 Short Sea Transportation Board, establishment.......................1761 Smart Grid Advisory Committee, establishment........................1784 Smart Grid Task Force, establishment................................1784 Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, reappointments......1347, 1829 Task Force on International Cooperation for Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728 [[Page 2825]] B3 Task force on railroad carriers security risk assessment, establishment....................................................426 Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board, establishment..........595 United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, reauthorization...................................................87 Bridges Interstate I-35 bridge, MN, repair and reconstruction................558 Bulgaria NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Burma Import restrictions, renewal.........................................264 Business and Industry See Commerce and Trade C California Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office, designation.........................221 Beatrice E. Watson Post Office Building, designation................2458 Buck Owens Post Office, designation..................................563 Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office, designation................111 Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse, designation................240 Canada International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Cancer See Health and Health Care Carson, Julia.......................................................1819 Children and Youth Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007........................876 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007...............1363 Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007........2213 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.................2492 National Commission on Children and Disasters, establishment........2213 State Children's Health Insurance Program shortfall, elimination 186 United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007.............................................................781 Coins See Money and Finance Colorado Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building, designation.................721 Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building, designation.................62 The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730 Commemorations and Observances See Patriotic Commemorations and Observances Commerce and Trade Andean trade preference authorities, extension.......................235 Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act of 2007..............61 Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007.....................1024 $1 coin; vending machine requirements, exception...................1817 Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007.....................2516 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007........1839 Trade adjustment assistance program, extension.......................982 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455 Communications and Telecommunications Improving Emergency Communications Act of 2007.......................543 Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments of 2007.........................1024 Concurrent Resolutions Adjournment.........2575, 2576, 2581, 2634, 2636, 2638, 2641, 2644, 2647 Armed Forces death gratuity payments, child distribution benefits 2638 Capitol buildings and grounds Dalai Lama, Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony; authorization 2639 Days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust commemoration ceremony, authorization.....................................2581 National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, authorization............2584 Norman E. Borlaug, Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony; authorization...............................................2635 Soap box derby races, authorization.................................2589 Tuskegee Airmen, Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony; authorization...............................................2577 2007 District of Columbia Special Olympics law enforcement torch run, authorization..........................................2590 Commemorations American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, 85th anniversary.................................................2586 [[Page 2826]] B4 City of Chicago, bid to host 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games; congratulations and support..........................2583 Hunters' Commitment to Safety, recognition..........................2641 International Geophysical Year, 50th anniversary....................2635 Music education, support............................................2587 NASA Langley Research Center, 90th anniversary......................2643 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 98th anniversary.................................................2579 National Children and Families Day, support.........................2588 National Courage Month, support.....................................2640 National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, recognition and support.................................................2642 National Medal of Honor Day, support................................2576 University of Hawaii, 100th anniversary.............................2645 Enrolled bills, corrections, etc. Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 660)...................2648 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R. 1429) 2644 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 1585).......................................................2645 Ernest Gallo, honoring..............................................2581 Federal Budget, Fiscal Year 2008....................................2590 Gian Carlo Menotti and the Spoleto Festival, honoring and recognition.....................................................2585 Joint Session.......................................................2575 Patrick Finucane, murder; condolences and support for public judicial inquiry................................................2578 Percy Lavon Julian, honoring........................................2575 Publications, printing House and Senate prints.......................................2634, 2637 Congress Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007..............2240 Emancipation Hall, DC, designation..................................1491 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007....................735 House Page Board Revision Act of 2007..................................4 Interstate Compacts International emergency management assistance, consent..............2467 The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730 Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund, transfer authorization..............231 U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger Implementation Act of 2007................................2227, 2546 Connecticut Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office, designation.................1354 International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Conservation See also Historic Preservation Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007.............1362 Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact........................730 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2007............................................................1360 Water Resources Development Act of 2007.............................1041 Courts Court Security Improvement Act of 2007..............................2534 Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act...............................100 Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007...........224 Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007............1039 Crime and Crime Prevention See Law Enforcement and Crime Czech Republic NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 D Data Mining Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007.....................362 Defense and National Security Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007......2094 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 2008.........2446 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492 Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007.................246 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007......266 Improving Emergency Communications Act of 2007.......................543 International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act.............1011 National Asset Database, establishment...............................372 [[Page 2827]] B5 National Biosurveillance Integration Center, establishment...........375 National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007........................400 Protect America Act of 2007..........................................552 Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007...........338 Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007.....................2516 Disaster Assistance Crop disaster assistance.............................................211 Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2007............................................................2556 Forage producers contract waiver requirement, amendment..............734 Hurricane Katrina recovery...........................................112 International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Minneapolis, MN; Interstate I-35 bridge, repair and reconstruction 558 St. Louis County arterial road, MO, construction and maintenance 71 The American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007.............................................................103 Diseases See Health and Health Care District of Columbia Public education charter revisions, conforming amendments............223 Disabled veterans memorial, authority extension.....................1022 Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, designation.......................................................70 Tuition assistance programs authorization, extension................1013 Drugs and Drug Abuse Drug Safety Oversight Board, establishment...........................938 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007..................823 Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007....................1809 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007........................825 E Education Agricultural college land grant, ID, usage...........................726 America COMPETES Act.................................................572 College Cost Reduction and Access Act................................784 District of Columbia Public education charter revisions, conforming amendments............223 Tuition assistance programs authorization, extension................1013 ED 1.0 Act..........................................................1932 First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007.........................238 Higher education amendments, technical corrections..................1824 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007...............1363 Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007........................263 Student financial assistance; active duty military personnel, permanent waiver authority.......................................999 Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow, assistance......................626 Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2007........................1028 Electronic Surveillance Protect America Act of 2007..........................................552 Employment and Labor Green Jobs Act of 2007..............................................1748 Energy Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007.....1678 Advisory board to monitor United States-Israel energy cooperation grants, establishment...........................................1732 Bioenergy Reseach Centers, establishment............................1537 Biofuels and Biorefinery Information Center, establishment..........1535 Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007......................1704 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492 Green Jobs Act of 2007..............................................1748 Interagency Center on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies, establishment.....................................1729 Interagency Working Group on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728 Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research and Development Act.............................................................1686 Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act.............600 Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007...................1674 Task Force on International Cooperation for Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies, establishment..............................1728 Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act.........................................1498 United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007............1688 Estonia NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 [[Page 2828]] B6 Exports and Imports Burma import restrictions, renewal...................................264 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455 F Federal Buildings and Facilities Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office, CA, designation.....................221 Beatrice E. Watson Post Office Building, CA, designation............2458 Bioenergy Reseach Centers, establishment............................1537 Biofuels and Biorefinery Information Center, establishment..........1535 Buck Owens Post Office, CA, designation..............................563 C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse, FL, designation...........1816 Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC, designation.....................................................1345 Charles H. Hendrix Post Office Building, FL, designation............1357 Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, GA, designation.....................................................1037 Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post Office Building, FL, designation.....................................................1358 Claude Ramsey Post Office, TN, designation...........................561 Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building, OK, designation..........571 Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building, TN, redesignation.....................................................86 Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building, MI, designation.....................................................1350 Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office, CT, designation.............1354 Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building, NJ, designation.............1352 Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility project, GA, authorization...................................................2463 Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building, TX, designation.............722 Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building, IL, designation...........237 Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building, CO, designation.............721 Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building, SD, designation..............1016 Emancipation Hall, DC, designation..................................1491 Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, OK, designation.................................................1830 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, MD, designation..............................1826 Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office Building, GA, designation..........719 Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building, NJ, designation..............1014 Gale W. McGee Post Office, WY, designation............................63 George B. Lewis Post Office Building, OH, designation................569 George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse, AR, designation.................................................1838 Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building, CO, designation.............62 Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse, MN, designation.....................................102 Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, MO, designation..............566 Interagency Center on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies, establishment.....................................1729 John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office Building, OH, designation......1020 John Sidney `Sid' Flowers Post Office Building, GA, designation.....2457 Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building, TN, designation........1015 Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office, IN, designation........1353 Lane Evans Post Office Building, IL, designation......................67 Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building, MS, designation.....................................................1023 Leonard W. Herman Post Office, FL, designation.......................567 Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office, CA, designation............111 Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office, TX, designation.........................220 Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office, LA, designation......1349 Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, DC, designation.......................................................70 Major Scott Nisely Post Office, IA, designation......................720 Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building, TX, designation.....................................................2460 Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office Building, PA, designation.....................................................1017 Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building, MI, designation............1356 Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building, PR, designation 219 [[Page 2829]] B7 Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, WI, designation.........................................1815 Nate DeTample Post Office Building, PA, designation.................1351 National Biosurveillance Integration Center, establishment...........375 National Transportation Security Center of Excellence, establishment....................................................387 Neal Smith Federal Building, IA, designation........................1837 Officer Jeremy Todd Charron Post Office, NH, designation............2464 Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, MI, designation.................................................1346 Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building, IL, designation........1019 Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building, OH, designation...............1823 Percy Sutton Post Office Building, NY, designation...................980 Philip A. Baddour, Sr. Post Office, NC, designation.................1355 Rachel Carson Post Office Building, PA, designation..................565 Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NM, designation..................................................239 Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse, CA, designation............240 Robert Merrill Postal Station, NY, designation......................1018 Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse, MO, designation.......................................................68 S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building, SC, designation.........562 Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse, NM, designation..........69 Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building, AR, designation.................64 Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building, FL, designation......................................................222 Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building, TX, designation.......66 Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office, FL, designation...................................................65 Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office, IN, designation...........1021 Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young Post Office Building, TX, designation......................................................564 Staff Sergeant Omer `O.T.' Hawkins Post Office, OH, designation......570 Turrill Post Office Building, MI, designation.......................2462 Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building, MO, designation.........1359 Willye B. White Post Office Building, IL, designation................568 Federal Departments, Agencies, Etc. See Government Organization Financial Institutions See Banks and Banking Fires and Fire Fighting The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730 Flag, U.S. Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007.............................................................233 Florida C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse, designation...............1816 Charles H. Hendrix Post Office Building, designation................1357 Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post Office Building, designation.....................................................1358 Leonard W. Herman Post Office, designation...........................567 Navy SEALs national museum, recognition.............................1293 Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building, designation......................................................222 Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office, designation.......................................................65 Foreign Relations Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007....................................526 Andean trade preference authorities, extension.......................235 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008........................................2277 Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007.................246 Inter-American Development Bank Board of Directors, appointment authority........................................................230 International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters, increase.............227 Middle East Foundation, establishment................................513 NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 9/11 Commission International Implementation Act of 2007.............508 Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007...............................261 Peace Corps, separation pay, authorization...........................979 [[Page 2830]] B8 United-States Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455 United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007.............................................................781 Forests and Forest Products The Great Plains Wildfire Protection Compact.........................730 Timber products of Peru, trade enforcement..........................1486 Fraud Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2007............................................................2556 Fuel See Energy G Genocide See Human Rights Georgia Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, designation.....................................................1037 Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility project, authorization...................................................2463 Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office Building, designation..............719 John Sidney `Sid' Flowers Post Office Building, designation.........2457 NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Gillmor, Karen L.....................................................995 Government Employees Office of Compliance, appointed positions and additional terms......2459 Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007...........224 Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission employees, health insurance.................................................723 Government Organization Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007.....................362 General Services Administration Director and Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, establishment...............................................1616 Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, existence and operation.................................................56 Office of Government Policy, existence and operation..................56 Homeland Security Department Director of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, establishment................................................346 Office of Appeals and Redress, establishment.........................482 Office of Infrastructure Protection, establishment...................332 Office of Intelligence and Analysis, establishment...................332 Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office, establishment...............................506 Transportation Security Administration Surface Transportation Security Inspectors, establishment............393 Interagency Center on the Export of Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies, establishment.....................................1729 Office of National Drug Control Policy, structure and preservation 55 Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, establishment....................................................498 Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007............................................................2524 State Department Democracy Liaison Officers, establishment............................529 Transportation Department Office of Climate and Environment, establishment....................1756 Treasury Department Assistant Secretary, establishment...................................252 Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, term clarification...........2532 Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers, establishment..................360 Grants College Cost Reduction and Access Act................................784 National Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007.......................................80 Greenhouse Gas See Energy H Head Start See Education Health and Health Care Breast cancer research postage stamp authorization, extension.......1820 Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act........................1813 Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007...................1831 [[Page 2831]] B9 Federal health insurance; Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission employees, eligibility................................723 Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007........2213 Medicaid and Medicare Advantage program enrollment provision, amendment....................244 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.................2492 Reciprocal billing arrangements, active duty reserves, exception 551 TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 984 Medical Devices Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2007...........................842 Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007..........859 National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007.......................................80 Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act.............84 Pediatrics Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007........................876 Internal Committee for Review of Pediatric Plans, Assessments, Deferrals, and Waivers, establishment........................875 Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007..........859 Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2007................................866 Transitional Medical Assistance and Abstinence Education Program, extension........................................................244 Highways and Roads Cal Ripkin Way, MD, designation......................................981 St. Louis County arterial road, MO, construction and maintenance 71 Historic Preservation See also Conservation Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007......................241 Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, VT, designation........................................................3 Housing Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008............................................................2410 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007........................1803 Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007...............229 Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007................225 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008...............................2375 Human Rights Genocide Accountability Act of 2007.................................1821 Hungary NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Hurricanes See Disaster Assistance I Idaho Agricultural college land grant, usage...............................726 Illinois Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building, designation...............237 Lane Evans Post Office Building, designation..........................67 Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building, designation............1019 Willye B. White Post Office Building, designation....................568 Immigration See Aliens and Nationality Indiana Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office, designation............1353 Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office, designation...............1021 Information Technology Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007.....................1024 Intelligence Information See Defense and National Security Internet See Information Technology Interstate Compacts See Congress Investments Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007.................246 Iowa Major Scott Nisely Post Office, designation..........................720 Neal Smith Federal Building, designation............................1837 Iraq Iraqi translators and interpreters, increase.........................227 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007..........................112 J Judiciary and Judicial Procedures See Courts [[Page 2832]] B10 L Land Conveyances See also Public Lands Coquille Indian Tribe, OR, land and interests........................724 Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, MI, land and interests.......................725 Latvia NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Law Enforcement and Crime Court Security Improvement Act of 2007..............................2534 Genocide Accountability Act of 2007.................................1821 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.............................2559 U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger Implementation Act of 2007................................2227, 2546 Levees See Water and Waterways Lithuania NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Loans College Cost Reduction and Access Act................................784 Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007...............229 Lobbying Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007....................735 Louisiana Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office, designation..........1349 M Maine International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Maryland Cal Ripkin Way, designation..........................................981 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, designation..................................1826 Massachusetts International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Medical Devices See Health and Health Care Medicine See Health and Health Care Michigan Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building, designation.....................................................1350 Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building, designation................1356 Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, designation.....................................................1346 Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, land conveyance..............................725 Turrill Post Office Building, designation...........................2462 Minimum Wage See Wages Minnesota Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse, designation.........................................102 Interstate I-35 bridge, repair and reconstruction....................558 Mississippi Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building, designation 1023 Missouri Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building, designation..................566 Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse, designation.......68 St. Louis County arterial road, construction and maintenance..........71 Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building, designation.............1359 Moldova NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Money and Finance Coins $1 coin; vending machine requirements, exception....................1817 Native American $1 Coin Act..........................................777 Thomas Alva Edison commemorative coin provisions, extension............6 Public debt limit, statutory increase................................988 Motor Vehicles Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492 Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act.........................................1498 MoveOn.org...........................................................997 Museums Navy SEALs museum, FL, recognition..................................1293 N National Parks, Memorials, Monuments, Etc. Disabled veterans memorial, DC, authority extension.................1022 Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007......................241 [[Page 2833]] B11 Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, VT, designation........................................................3 Rosa Parks statue authorization, extension..........................1348 Native Americans Coquille Indian Tribe, OR, land conveyance...........................724 Native American $1 Coin Act..........................................777 Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007...............229 Real property transfer, OR, application waiver.......................727 Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, MI, land conveyance..........................725 New Hampshire International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Officer Jeremy Todd Charron Post Office, designation................2464 New Jersey Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building, designation.................1352 Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building, designation..................1014 Thomas Alva Edison commemorative coin provisions, extension............6 New Mexico Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, redesignation.........239 Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, designation......................................................239 Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse, designation..............69 New York Percy Sutton Post Office Building, designation.......................980 Robert Merrill Postal Station, designation..........................1018 North Carolina Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, designation.....................................................1345 Philip A. Baddour, Sr. Post Office, designation.....................1355 North Dakota The Great Plains Wildlife Fire Protection Compact....................730 Nutrition See Health and Health Care O Ohio George B. Lewis Post Office Building, designation....................569 John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office Building, designation..........1020 Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building, designation...................1823 Staff Sergeant Omer `O.T.' Hawkins Post Office, designation..........570 Oklahoma Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building, designation..............571 Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, designation.....................................................1830 Oregon Coquille Indian Tribe, land conveyance...............................724 Indian tribes; real property transfer, application waiver............727 P Passports and Visas Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007...............................261 Petraeus, David H....................................................997 Patriotic Commemorations, Observances, and Organizations Native American $1 Coin Act..........................................777 The American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007.............................................................103 Pediatrics See Health and Health Care Pennsylvania Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office Building, designation.....................................................1017 Nate DeTample Post Office Building, designation.....................1351 Rachel Carson Post Office Building, designation......................565 Peru United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.....1455 Pesticides See Agriculture Pilots Fair Treatment For Experienced Pilots Act...........................1450 Poland NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007.............................................................781 Postal Service Breast cancer research postage stamp authorization, extension.......1820 Proclamations Deaths Ford, Gerald R......................................................2653 Johnson, Lady Bird..................................................2773 Executive clemency..................................................2770 Lebanon, suspension of entry of persons threatening democracy.......2769 [[Page 2834]] B12 National Monuments Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, designation.............2702 Special Observances Adoption Month......................................................2804 African American History Month......................................2690 Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month...........................2777 Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month.................................2808 America Recycles Day................................................2811 American Heart Month................................................2691 American Indian Heritage Month......................................2805 American Red Cross Month............................................2695 Americans With Disabilities Act, 17th anniversary...................2773 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month...............................2735 Black Music Month...................................................2751 Breast Cancer Awareness Month.......................................2792 Cancer Control Month................................................2722 Captive Nations Week................................................2771 Caribbean-American Heritage Month...................................2753 Character Counts Week...............................................2801 Charter Schools Week................................................2735 Child Abuse Prevention Month........................................2720 Child Health Day....................................................2795 Child's Day.........................................................2752 Columbus Day........................................................2796 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week.............2778 Consumer Protection Week............................................2692 Crime Victims' Rights Week..........................................2732 D.A.R.E. Day........................................................2726 Day of Prayer.......................................................2731 Days of Prayer and Remembrance......................................2783 Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week.........2742 Diabetes Month......................................................2809 Disability Employment Awareness Month...............................2793 Domestic Violence Awareness Month...................................2794 Donate Life Month...................................................2721 Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month..........................2815 Dutch-American Friendship Day.......................................2730 Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A....................................2719 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week......................2781 Family Caregivers Month.............................................2806 Family Day..........................................................2787 Family Week.........................................................2813 Farm-City Week......................................................2813 Farm Safety and Health Week.........................................2785 Father's Day........................................................2756 Fire Prevention Week................................................2798 Flag Day and National Flag Week.....................................2755 Forest Products Week................................................2802 Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day..............................2724 General Pulaski Memorial Day........................................2799 George Washington, 275th birthday anniversary.......................2693 Gerald R. Ford, national mourning day...............................2654 German-American Day.................................................2796 Gold Star Mother's Day..............................................2788 Great Outdoors Month................................................2749 Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy..........................................2719 Hispanic Heritage Month.............................................2784 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week...................2782 Homeownership Month.................................................2754 Hospice Month.......................................................2806 Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week.........2817 Hurricane Preparedness Week.........................................2746 Irish-American Heritage Month.......................................2694 Jamestown, 400th anniversary........................................2725 Jewish American Heritage Month......................................2737 Law Day, U.S.A......................................................2736 Leif Erikson Day....................................................2797 Loyalty Day.........................................................2738 Malaria Awareness Day...............................................2734 Maritime Day........................................................2748 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday............................2687 Mentoring Month...............................................2652, 2819 Military Spouse Day.................................................2742 Minority Enterprise Development Week................................2779 Mother's Day........................................................2741 Oceans Month........................................................2750 Older Americans Month...............................................2740 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month......................................2775 Pan American Day and Pan American Week..............................2723 Parents' Day........................................................2772 Park Week...........................................................2733 Patriot Day.........................................................2783 Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week.........................2744 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day........................................2816 Physical Fitness and Sports Month...................................2739 [[Page 2835]] B13 Poison Prevention Week..............................................2702 POW/MIA Recognition Day.............................................2786 Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day......................................2745 Preparedness Month..................................................2780 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.....................................2776 Religious Freedom Day...............................................2688 Safe Boating Week...................................................2743 Sanctity of Human Life Day..........................................2688 Save Your Vision Week...............................................2697 School Lunch Week...................................................2799 Small Business Week.................................................2729 Thanksgiving Day....................................................2812 Thomas Jefferson Day................................................2727 United Nations Day..................................................2803 USA Freedom Corps, fifth anniversary................................2689 Veterans Day........................................................2807 Virginia Tech tragedy victims, honoring.............................2729 Volunteer Week......................................................2728 White Cane Safety Day...............................................2800 Women's Equality Day................................................2774 Women's History Month...............................................2696 World AIDS Day......................................................2814 World Freedom Day...................................................2810 World Trade Week....................................................2747 Wright Brothers Day...........................................2651, 2818 Tariffs African Growth and Development Act, modifications.......2684, 2703, 2757 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, modification.................2703 Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, implementation...................................2698 Generalized System of Preferences, duty-free treatment; modifications.........................................2684, 2757 Harmonized Tariff Schedule, modifications...........................2677 Mexico; duty elimination for certain goods under North American Free Trade Agreement........................................2789 Pharmaceuticals and chemical intermediates, elimination.............2654 United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, rules of origin; modification................................................2677 Vietnam, normal trade relations treatment; extension................2677 Public Debt See Money and Finance Public Lands The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730 Puerto Rico Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building, designation.........219 R Real Property Indian tribes, OR, application waiver................................727 Virgin Islands, tax amendments.......................................232 Recreation and Recreation Areas See National Parks, Memorials, Monuments, Etc. Republic of Albania NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Republic of Croatia NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Republic of Macedonia NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Research and Development Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007.....1678 America COMPETES Act.................................................572 Bioenergy Research Centers, establishment...........................1537 Breast cancer research postage stamp authorization, extension.......1820 Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007......................1704 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007........................1492 Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research and Development Act.............................................................1686 Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007....................1809 Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2007................................866 President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness................578 Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act.............600 Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007...................1674 Rhode Island International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Rivers and Harbors Water Resources Development Act of 2007.............................1041 Roads See Highways and Roads Romania NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 S Safety Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007........2213 [[Page 2836]] B14 National Levee Safety Act of 2007...................................1288 Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.......................1794 Schools See Education Science and Technology America COMPETES Act.................................................572 Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board, establishment..........595 Slovakia NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Slovenia NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Small Business Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007.............190, 204 Small business programs, temporary extension................7, 560, 1453 South Carolina S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building, designation.............562 South Dakota Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building, designation..................1016 The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730 Sudan Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007.....................2516 Suicide Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act........................1031 T Taxes Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007........................................188 Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund payments, tax exclusion..................1802 Internal Revenue Commissioner, term clarification...................2532 Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007.....................1024 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007........................1803 Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007..................190 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007.................................2461 Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007...............................2473 Virgin Islands, real property amendments.............................232 Tennessee Claude Ramsey Post Office, designation...............................561 Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building, redesignation.......86 Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building, designation............1015 Terrorism Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007......266 Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007...........338 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007........1839 Texas Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building, designation.................722 Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office, designation.............................220 Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building, designation.....................................................2460 Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building, designation...........66 Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young Post Office Building, designation......................................................564 Thomas, Susan........................................................995 Timber See Forests and Forest Products Trade See Commerce and Trade Transportation Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008...............2375 Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act...........................1450 National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007........................400 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008...............................2375 Trauma Care See Health and Health Care Troops See Armed Forces U Ukraine NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007................................73 Urban and Rural Areas Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008............................................................2410 Rural Policing Institute, establishment..............................327 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008...............................2375 [[Page 2837]] B15 V Vermont International emergency management assistance, congressional consent.........................................................2467 Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, designation........................................................3 Veterans Disabled veterans memorial, DC, authority extension.................1022 Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007...................1831 Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act........................1031 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008........................................2253 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007..........................112 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2007........1035 Virginia Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund payments, tax exclusion..................1802 Virgin Islands Real property tax, amendments........................................232 Visas Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007...........338 W Wages Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007........................................188 Water and Waterways Arizona water, statement of findings requirement, modification......1818 National Levee Safety Act of 2007...................................1288 Water Resources Development Act of 2007.............................1041 Wildlands See Public Lands Wisconsin Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, designation.............................................1815 Women National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007.......................................80 Wyoming Gale W. McGee Post Office, designation................................63 The Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact....................730