Biden Signs 50 Bills Into Law on Christmas Eve

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Measure confirming Haliaeetus leucocephalus as nationโ€™s symbol was among 50 bills Biden signed into law on his last Christmas Eve in the Oval Office.

President Joe Biden, on his last Christmas Eve in the Oval Office, signed 50 bills into law, including measures that make the bald eagle the countryโ€™s official bird, preclude members of Congress from collecting pensions if convicted of crimes, establish the first federal anti-hazing college campus standard, and restrain federal agencies from issuing โ€œuseless reports.โ€

Among other legislation enacted by the president on Dec. 24 were resolutions naming federal buildings and post offices, as well as a law designed to hold youth treatment and care centers more accountable.

SB 4610 designates the bald eagle as the national bird, clearing up what has been assumed but not codified for nearly 250 years.

The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Markwayne Mullen (R-Okla.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), was passed by the Senate in July and by the House Dec. 16.

It states โ€œbald eagles are a historical symbol of the United States representing independence, strength, and freedom; the bald eagle is unique to North America; the bald eagle image remains the leading insignia for all branches of the United States military.โ€

It notes that on June 20, 1782, the bald eagle was adopted as the Coat of Arms for the United States Great Seal but there was never any formal language encoded to designate it as the national bird.

The new law remedies that by amending Chapter 3 of Title 36, United States Code to state, โ€œThe bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is the national bird.โ€

Senate Bill 1351, the โ€œStop Institutional Child Abuse Act,โ€ creates a federal work group on youth residential programs to oversee the health, safety, care, treatment, and placement of minors in rehab and other programs.

The bill had 24 bipartisan cosponsors and was adopted in the House, 373-33, on Dec. 18, after the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent.

The bill was notable for the personal involvement of socialite and activist Paris Hilton, who testified before the House Ways & Means Committee in July about mistreatment and abuse she claims to have experienced in treatment centers.

Byย John Haughey

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