Laws of the 107th Congress

To authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and to authorize military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries.

To amend the National Housing Act to simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers.

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon.

To require the display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of North Carolina.

To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the statutory license for webcasting, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel of land to Chatham County, Georgia.

To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act.

To provide for the improvement of the safety of child restraints in passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

To facilitate the creation of a new, second-level Internet domain within the United States country code domain that will be a haven for material that promotes positive experiences for children and families using the Internet, provides a safe online environment for children, and helps to prevent children from being exposed to harmful material on the Internet, and for other purposes.

To provide a grant for the construction of a new community center in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of the late Senator Paul Wellstone and his beloved wife, Sheila.

Approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring former President John Adams.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to extend the mental health benefits parity provisions for an additional year.

To reduce preexisting PAYGO balances, and for other purposes.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the enforcement and effectiveness of civilian orders of protection on military installations.

To reauthorize the national dam safety program, and for other purposes.

To amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American Legion.

To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, and for other purposes.

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to consumer product protection.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

To authorize funding for computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs, and for other purposes.

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain catch-up contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan to be made by participants age 50 or over; to reauthorize the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel; and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out projects and conduct research for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern in the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to provide for the interstate supervision of offenders on parole, probation, and supervised release.

To facilitate the use of a portion of the former O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, by the local Boys and Girls Club through the release of the reversionary interest and other interests retained by the United States in 1955 when the land was conveyed to the State of Missouri.

To provide for estimates and reports of improper payments by Federal agencies.

To reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit States from requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service, and for other purposes.

To ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.

To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to establish a program to ensure greater security for United States seaports, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

To reaffirm the reference to one Nation under God in the Pledge of Allegiance.

To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 South Main Street in Glennville, Georgia, as the “Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office”.

To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to use estimated amounts in determining the service longevity component of the Federal benefit payment required to be paid under such Act to certain retirees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.

To amend title 31, United States Code, to expand the types of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise and improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance emergency preparedness of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5805 White Oak Avenue in Encino, California, as the “Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 380 Main Street in Farmingdale, New York, as the “Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post Office Building”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4 East Central Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, as the “Joseph D. Early Post Office Building”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 South Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the “Barney Apodaca Post Office”.

To establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality development in Clark County, Nevada, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the development of products for rare diseases.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Rare Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.

To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to provide for the applicability of that Act to the European Central Bank.