President Biden signed 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve, bringing the year and his time in office to an end.
Bills signed by Mr Biden include socialites and activists paris hilton bill a bill to protect teenagers living in residential treatment facilities, a bill to establish anti-hazing standards on college campuses, and a bill to prevent members of Congress from collecting pensions if convicted of certain crimes.
Hilton is the driving force behind it Stop Institutional Child Abuse ActWhich was passed by the House and Senate last week. The law creates a federal working group on youth residential programs to oversee the health, safety, care, treatment, and placement of minors in rehabilitation and other facilities. The new law is personal for Hilton, who has testified before Congress that she suffered abuse in such facilities as a teenager.
Another measure signed by the President, S. 932Prevents members of Congress convicted of crimes related to public corruption from receiving their retirement payments. The previous law allowed members to continue receiving checks only after all appeals were exhausted. The new bipartisan legislation comes after New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez pleaded guilty This year he used his political influence to gain favors from businessmen and foreign governments in exchange for bribes.
Stop Campus Hazing Act Institutions of higher education are required to disclose incidents of harassment reported to campus or local police authorities in their annual security reports. The new law also requires schools to teach students about the dangers of hazing, among other things.
Another new law, S. 4610What makes the bald eagle the official bird of the United States was never designated an official bird by the federal government.
On Monday the President… granted amnesty Of the 40 federal inmates facing death row, 37 had their sentences commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The move caused both consternation and admiration. Mr. Biden also vetoed a bill While it said Monday it would create 66 new federal judgeships, the House hastily passed it without resolving key issues about how it would be implemented.