I know! I’ve haven’t been good at posting this every month, but I have a good reason. The purpose for this post is to inform you of the new laws and acts 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.

I fell off from doing this the past couple of months, so I grouped March and April together.

On Thursday, March 06, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 2571, which makes a technical correction to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, with regard to registration service fees for certain “minor use” pesticide.

On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 2478, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, as the Captain Jonathan D. Grassbaugh Post Office.

On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 2272, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the John “Marty” Thiels Southpark Station.

On Friday, March 14, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 2745, which extends authorities provided under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 through April 18, 2008; and
S.J.Res. 25, which provides for the appointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

On Monday, March 24, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 2733, the “Higher Education Extension Act of 2008,” which temporarily extends programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through April 30, 2008.

On Friday, April 9, 2008, the President signed into law:
President Bush Signs H.R. 1593, the Second Chance Act of 2007
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On Friday, April 18, 2008, the President signed into law:
H.R. 5813, which extends many authorities provided under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 for one week, through April 25, 2008; and
S. 550, which increases from 58 to 61 the statutory limit on the number of associate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

On Wednesday, April 23, 2008, the President signed into law:
H.J.Res.70 - Army Reserve Centennial Commemoration, which congratulates the Army Reserve on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.

On Thursday, April 24, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 1858, the “Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007,” which authorizes through fiscal year 2012 new and existing programs at the Department of Health and Human Services concerning newborn screening.

On Friday, April 25, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 2903, Extends authorities provided under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 for one week, through May 2, 2008.

On Monday, April 28, 2008, the President signed into law:
S. 793, the “Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008,” which authorizes appropriations and makes changes to the Department of Health and Human Services programs that provide grants for State programs for: tracking and reporting of brain injuries; and brain injury rehabilitation.