Laws of the 109th Congress

To assist individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita through vocational rehabilitation services.

To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes.

To extend by 10 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program.

To extend the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency.

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.

To extend the existence of the Parole Commission, and for other purposes.

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to extend the date after which surplus funds in the wildlife restoration fund become available for apportionment.

To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.

To provide emergency tax relief for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina.

To provide special rules for disaster relief employment under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

To revise the boundary of the Wind Cave National Park in the State of South Dakota.

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize certain projects in the State of Hawaii.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land in Washoe County, Nevada, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada.

To provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina, through the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance who are adversely affected by a major disaster.

To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students who are eligible for Pell Grants who are adversely affected by a natural disaster.

To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the national flood insurance program.

To exclude from consideration as income certain payments under the national flood insurance program.

To allow United States courts to conduct business during emergency conditions, and for other purposes.

Making further emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

To provide for the establishment of a controlled substance monitoring program in each State.

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

To ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy.

To amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to provide authority for the Attorney General to authorize the export of controlled substances from the United States to another country for subsequent export from that country to a second country, if certain conditions and safeguards are satisfied.

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

To implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1560 Union Valley Road in West Milford, New Jersey, as the “Brian P. Parrello Post Office Building”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 W. 7th Street in Holdenville, Oklahoma, as the “Boone Pickens Post Office”.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1915 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York, as the “Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm Post Office Building”.

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the United States.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming.

To correct the south boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.

To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000.

To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to medical device user fees.

To provide an extension of administrative expenses for highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety.

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.

To permit the individuals currently serving as Executive Director, Deputy Executive Directors, and General Counsel of the Office of Compliance to serve one additional term.

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 South Heatherwilde Boulevard in Pflugerville, Texas, as the “Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building”.

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

To amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to strike the privatization criteria for INTELSAT separated entities, remove certain restrictions on separated and successor entities to INTELSAT, and for other purposes.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 614 West Old County Road in Belhaven, North Carolina, as the “Floyd Lupton Post Office”.