The purpose for this post is to inform you of the new laws enacted by President Bush. It’s good to know what’s going on because some of them may benefit us as a people. It’s important for us to watch every step our government takes. We elect them, so we need to make sure they are doing their job. The laws I list are posted at whitehouse.gov. For a more unbiased version, I’d recommend doing additional research at govtrack.us. As always feel free to leave any additional comments on the enacted laws.

On Monday, November 5, 2007, the President signed into law:
H.R. 327, the “Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act,” which requires VA to develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans; and
H.R. 1284, the “Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2007,” which provides a cost-of-living increase for the beneficiaries of veterans’ disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation.

On Thursday, November 8, 2007, the President signed into law:
H.R. 1808, which designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and
S. 2106, the “Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007,” which provides for nationwide service of subpoenaes in litigation arising out of the hijacking and subsequent crashes of the terrorist-related flights of September 11, 2001.

On Tuesday, November 13, 2007, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2779, which recognizes the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the official national museum of Navy SEALs and their predecessors; and
H.R. 3222, which provides FY 2008 appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) military programs; and provides FY 2008 appropriations for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government through Friday, December 14, 2007.

On Thursday, November 15, 2007, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2546, which designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina, as the “Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.”

On Friday, November 16, 2007, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2602, which designates the Department of Veterans medical facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility; and
S.J.Res. 7, which reappoints Roger W. Sant as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

On Monday, November 19, 2007, the President signed into law:
S. 2206, which extends until December 1, 2009, the deadline for the congressional Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks to be placed in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall; and allows the Joint Committee to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement on its behalf.