Bill Announcement

October 31, 2020
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2020

On Friday, October 30, 2020, the President signed into law:
 
H.R. 561, the “Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2019,” which clarifies the performance expectations for certain businesses receiving contracts under the Veterans First Contracting Program (“Veterans First”) authorities; 
 
H.R. 1952, the “Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2019,” which directs the Department of State to include additional information in its annual report to the Congress on intercountry adoptions;
 
H.R. 2359, the “Whole Veteran Act,” which requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Congress a report on the Department’s advancement of whole health transformation;
 
H.R. 3399, which amends the Nutria Eradication and Control Act program to include additional States and authorize appropriations of $12 million for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025;
 
H.R. 4183, the “Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act,” which requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of disability compensation and pension benefits for certain individuals; and
 
S. 3051, the “America’s Conservation Enhancement Act,” which reauthorizes certain existing conservation and fish and wildlife programs and establishes new authorities.


On Friday, October 30, 2020, the President signed into law:
 
S. 2330, the “Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020,” which provides increased oversight of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s board of directors and governing bodies; and establishes safeguards to protect amateur athletes from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse;
 
S. 2638, the “Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act,” which requires applicable small hub airports to maintain a lactation area and a baby changing table in at least one men’s and one women’s restroom in each passenger terminal building in the airport;
 
S. 3758, which makes technical corrections to the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 and clarifies the status of the Kinsey and Sidney Projects in Montana;
 
S. 4075, the “Reinvigorating Lending for the Future Act or the RLF Act,” which provides for the release of certain Federal interests in connection with certain grants provided under the Economic Development Administration’s Revolving Loan Fund Program; and
 
S. 4762, which designates the airport traffic control tower located at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the Senator Kay Hagan Airport Traffic Control Tower.