Laws of the 106th Congress

To designate a building proposed to be located within the boundaries of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, as the “Herbert H. Bateman Education and Administrative Center”.

To authorize the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass.

To designate the United States courthouse located at 1010 Fifth Avenue in Seattle, Washington, as the “William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse”.

To designate the United States courthouse located at 3470 12th Street in Riverside, California, as the “George E. Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse”.

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reaffirm and clarify the duty of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

To establish the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress to maintain and preserve sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of the Interior to complete a resource study of the 600 mile route through Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia, used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolutionary War.

To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees to cover the cost of services performed under that Act, extend the authorization of appropriations for that Act, and improve the administration of that Act, to reenact the United States Warehouse Act to require the licensing and inspection of warehouses used to store agricultural products and provide for the issuance of receipts, including electronic receipts, for agricultural products stored or handled in licensed warehouses, and for other purposes.

To designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing an Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

To extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through fiscal year 2003.

To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for organizations to find missing adults.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with the Solano County Water Agency, California, to use Solano Project facilities for impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain irrigation facilities to the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in the State of Colorado.

To provide for business development and trade promotion for Native Americans, and for other purposes.

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for coal that may be held by an entity in any 1 State.

To reduce the fractionated ownership of Indian lands, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue to the Landusky School District, without consideration, a patent for the surface and mineral estates of certain lots, and for other purposes.

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner.

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain administrative sites in national forests in the State of Arizona, to convey certain land to the City of Sedona, Arizona for a wastewater treatment facility, and for other purposes.

To encourage the restoration of estuary habitat through more efficient project financing and enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal restoration programs, and for other purposes.

Designating certain land in the San Isabel National Forest in the State of Colorado as the “Spanish Peaks Wilderness”.

To address resource management issues in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 219 South Church Street in Odum, Georgia, as the “Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office Building”.

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1568 South Green Road in South Euclid, Ohio, as the “Arnold C. D'Amico Station”.

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2339 North California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the “Roberto Clemente Post Office”.

To provide for the preparation of a Government report detailing injustices suffered by Italian Americans during World War II, and a formal acknowledgment of such injustices by the President.

To amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to extend the period during which reimbursement may be provided to owners of United States fishing vessels for costs incurred when such a vessel is seized and detained by a foreign country, and for other purposes.

To modify the date on which the Mayor of the District of Columbia submits a performance accountability plan to Congress, and for other purposes.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a waiver of the oath of renunciation and allegiance for naturalization of aliens having certain disabilities.

To provide for regulatory reform in order to encourage investment, business, and economic development with respect to activities conducted on Indian lands.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate the adoption of retired military working dogs by law enforcement agencies, former handlers of these dogs, and other persons capable of caring for these dogs.

To clarify the intention of the Congress with regard to the authority of the United States Mint to produce numismatic coins, and for other purposes.

To amend title 44, United States Code, to ensure preservation of the records of the Freedmen's Bureau.

To extend the authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District to use certain park lands in the City of South Gate, California, which were acquired with amounts provided from the land and water conservation fund, for elementary school purposes.

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the legislative authority for the Black Patriots Foundation to establish a commemorative work.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as the “Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2108 East 38th Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, as the “Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1001 Frederick Road in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr. Post Office Building”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 900 East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building”.

To permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by the United States Park Police in the performance of duty to be made directly by the National Park Service, to allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and a State or political subdivision when required by State law, and for other purposes.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3695 Green Road in Beachwood, Ohio, as the “Larry Small Post Office Building”.

To provide for the minting of commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and the programs of the United States Olympic Committee.

To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land in the San Bernardino National Forest in the State of California, and for other purposes.

To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the appearance of Social Security account numbers on or through unopened mailings of checks or other drafts issued on public money in the Treasury.

To provide for the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon, of a county park and certain adjacent land.

To establish the Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area.