Laws of the 105th Congress

To amend the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of the Bear Creek Hydroelectric Project in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in New York, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

To permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease.

To establish felony violations for the failure to pay legal child support obligations, and for other purposes.

To establish a commission to examine issues pertaining to the disposition of Holocaust-era assets in the United States before, during, and after World War II, and to make recommendations to the President on further action, and for other purposes.

To ensure that federally funded agricultural research, extension, and education address high-priority concerns with national or multistate significance, to reform, extend, and eliminate certain agricultural research programs, and for other purposes.

To improve the criminal law relating to fraud against consumers.

To amend title 11, United States Code, to protect certain charitable contributions, and for other purposes.

To extend the legislative authority for the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall to establish a memorial to honor George Mason.

To establish a matching grant program to help State and local jurisdictions purchase armor vests for use by law enforcement departments.

To amend Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

To redesignate the Federal building located at 717 Madison Place, NW., in the District of Columbia, as the “Howard T. Markey National Courts Building”.

To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.

To extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

To amend chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of the Treasury greater discretion with regard to the placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program.

Expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel.

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify and extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to scanning receivers and similar devices.

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands and improvements in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to reevaluate the equipment in medical kits carried on, and to make a decision regarding requiring automatic external defibrillators to be carried on, aircraft operated by air carriers, and for other purposes.

To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District and the Fabens Independent School District.

To provide surveillance, research, and services aimed at prevention of birth defects, and for other purposes.

To consolidate certain mineral interests in the National Grasslands in Billings County, North Dakota, through the exchange of Federal and private mineral interests to enhance land management capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection, and for other purposes.

To make certain technical corrections to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

To designate the Federal building located at 61 Forsyth Street SW., in Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center”.

To address the Year 2000 computer problems with regard to financial institutions, to extend examination parity to the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration, and for other purposes.

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the “William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

To designate the post office located at 194 Ward Street in Paterson, New Jersey, as the “Larry Doby Post Office”.

To designate the United States Post Office building located at 750 Highway 28 East in Taylorsville, Mississippi, as the “Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building”.

To reauthorize the Sea Grant Program.

Disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45.

To provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the United States Government during World War II which belonged to victims of the Holocaust, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel PRINCE NOVA, and for other purposes.

To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to establish the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution to conduct environmental conflict resolution and training, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Federal Aviation Administration's research, engineering, and development programs for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.

To rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport”.

To amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to clarify public disclosure requirements that are applicable to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration.

To authorize the reimbursement of members of the Army deployed to Europe in support of operations in Bosnia for certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the members during the period beginning on October 1, 1996, and ending on May 31, 1997.

Granting the consent and approval of Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.

To amend section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, relating to customs user fees, to allow the use of such fees to provide for customs inspectional personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers in Florida, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal charter for Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., and for other purposes.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National Transportation Safety Board and individual foreign air carriers to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents involving foreign air carriers.

To amend the provisions of titles 17 and 18, United States Code, to provide greater copyright protection by amending criminal copyright infringement provisions, and for other purposes.

To reauthorize and amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act and related laws.

Granting the consent of Congress to the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact.