Friday, May 22, 2015

Politics in Action: H.R. 606, H.R. 651, H.R. 1075, H.R. 1191 and S. 1124

 Statement by the Press Secretary

On Friday, May 22, 2015, the President signed into law:

H.R. 606, the “Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act,”which excludes from gross income for Federal income tax purposes certain compensation from Federal or State programs received when a public safety officer has died or become permanently and totally disabled as a result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty;

H.R. 651, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, as the Sister Ann Keefe Post Office;

H.R. 1075, which designates the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry;

H.R. 1191, the “Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015,” which  amends the Atomic Energy Act to provide for congressional review and oversight of a potential comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran; and

S. 1124, the “WIOA Technical Amendments Act,” which makes technical corrections to several drafting errors in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that prevented aspects of that law from applying as intended.

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