Swarm II: The Lawmaking Continues
The “swarm” of new laws featured earlier this week has grown. Below are the latest new laws to go on the books, hurried through Congress at the end of the regular session.
Most of them have received a cost estimate, and they add up to about $40 in spending per U.S. family. They cover all kinds of interesting topics.
Take a look:
P.L. 110-383
The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2007
P.L. 110-384
The Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2007
Costs $0.00 per family
P.L. 110-385
The Broadband Data Improvement Act
Costs $1.94 per family
P.L. 110-386
The Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2007
Costs $7.64 per family
P.L. 110-387
The Mental Health Improvements Act of 2007
Costs $8.06 per family
P.L. 110-388
A bill to provide for the appointment of the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security by the Secretary of Homeland Security
Costs $0.00 per family
P.L. 110-389
The Veterans’ Notice Clarification Act of 2008
Costs $1.24 per family
P.L. 110-390
The White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act
P.L. 110-391
The Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act
P.L. 110-392
The Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007
Costs $11.98 per family
P.L. 110-393
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes
Costs $0.00 per family
P.L. 110-394
The National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008
Costs $2.81 per family
P.L. 110-398
To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes
Costs $0.01 per family
P.L. 110-400
The Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007
Costs $0.00 per family
P.L. 110-401
The Combating Child Exploitation Act of 2007
Costs $5.15 per family
P.L. 110-402
A bill to extend the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice
Costs $0.00 per family
P.L. 110-403
The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008
Costs $3.84 per family
P.L. 110-404
The Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008
P.L. 110-405
The Air Carriage of International Mail Act
P.L. 110-406
The Judicial Administration and Technical Amendments Act of 2008
P.L. 110-407
The Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
P.L. 110-408
The Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008