Every law Congress has passed

761 laws of the 100th Congress, 1987–1989

1. Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987

   An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the reimportation of drugs produced in the United States, to place restrictions on the distribution of drug samples, to ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other health care entities, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 100-293 · 102 Stat. 95 · April 22, 1988 · Original text

2. Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption, and Family Services Act of 1988

   An Act To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to extend through fiscal year 1991 the authorities established in such Acts.

   Public Law 100-294 · 102 Stat. 102 · April 25, 1988 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Recognizing the identical plaques initiated by Sami Bandak, created by Margareta Hennix and Ginvanni Bizzini, and depicting the Galmare Nyckel, the ship that brought the first Swedish settlers to North America, as significant symbols of the “Year of New Sweden”; and providing for the placement of one of such plaques at Fort Christina in the State of Delaware.

   Public Law 100-295 · 102 Stat. 127 · April 25, 1988 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To designate May 1988 as “National Trauma Awareness Month”.

   Public Law 100-296 · 102 Stat. 129 · April 26, 1988 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of James P. Purvis.

   Private Law 100-9 · 102 Stat. 4843 · April 27, 1988 · Private law · Original text

6. Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988

   An Act To improve elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 100-297 · 102 Stat. 130 · April 28, 1988 · Original text

7. Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987

   An Act To establish the title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 100-298 · 102 Stat. 432 · April 28, 1988 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To designate the month of April 1988, as “National Child Abuse Prevention Month”.

   Public Law 100-299 · 102 Stat. 435 · April 28, 1988 · Original text

9. International Child Abduction Remedies Act

   An Act To establish procedures to implement the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on October 25, 1980, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 100-300 · 102 Stat. 437 · April 29, 1988 · Original text

10. Big Cypress National Preserve Addition Act

    An Act To establish the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-301 · 102 Stat. 443 · April 29, 1988 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To express gratitude for law enforcement personnel.

    Public Law 100-302 · 102 Stat. 449 · April 29, 1988 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim the last Friday of April 1988 as “National Arbor Day”.

    Public Law 100-303 · 102 Stat. 450 · April 29, 1988 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Making emergency mandatory veterans supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988.

    Public Law 100-304 · 102 Stat. 451 · April 29, 1988 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Deploring the Soviet Government’s active persecution of religious believers in Ukraine.

    Public Law 100-305 · 102 Stat. 452 · May 2, 1988 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution Designating May 1988 as “National Digestive Disease Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 100-306 · 102 Stat. 454 · May 3, 1988 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for setting aside the first Thursday in May as the date on which the National Day of Prayer is celebrated.

    Public Law 100-307 · 102 Stat. 456 · May 5, 1988 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing on May 1, 1988, and ending on May 7, 1988, as “National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week”.

    Public Law 100-308 · 102 Stat. 457 · May 5, 1988 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Designating the period commencing May 2, 1988, and ending on May 8, 1988, as “Public Service Recognition Week”.

    Public Law 100-309 · 102 Stat. 458 · May 5, 1988 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of John H. Teele.

    Private Law 100-10 · 102 Stat. 4844 · May 5, 1988 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Marisela, Felix, and William Marrero.

    Private Law 100-11 · 102 Stat. 4844 · May 5, 1988 · Private law · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Designating May 1988 as “Older Americans Month”.

    Public Law 100-310 · 102 Stat. 459 · May 6, 1988 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Commending the State of Israel and its people on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the reestablishment of the independent State of Israel.

    Public Law 100-311 · 102 Stat. 460 · May 6, 1988 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating June 6–12, 1988, as “National Fishing Week”.

    Public Law 100-312 · 102 Stat. 462 · May 6, 1988 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution Designating May 8–14, 1988, as “Just Say No Week”.

    Public Law 100-313 · 102 Stat. 463 · May 10, 1988 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To designate the month of May, 1988 as “National Foster Care Month”.

    Public Law 100-314 · 102 Stat. 464 · May 10, 1988 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Designating the week of May 8, 1988, through May 14, 1988, as “National Osteoporosis Prevention Week of 1988”.

    Public Law 100-315 · 102 Stat. 465 · May 10, 1988 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing May 8, 1988, and ending on May 14, 1988, as “National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 100-316 · 102 Stat. 467 · May 12, 1988 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing on May 16, 1988 and ending on May 22, 1988, as “National Safe Kids Week”.

    Public Law 100-317 · 102 Stat. 468 · May 13, 1988 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the transfer of certain funds to the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of certain members of the Crow Tribe.

    Public Law 100-318 · 102 Stat. 469 · May 13, 1988 · Original text

30. Appalachian States Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact Consent Act

    An Act To grant the consent of the Congress to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.

    Public Law 100-319 · 102 Stat. 471 · May 19, 1988 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing on May 15, 1988, and ending on May 21, 1988, as “National Rural Health Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 100-320 · 102 Stat. 483 · May 19, 1988 · Original text

32. Radiation-Exposed Veterans Compensation Act of 1988

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a presumption of service connection to veterans (and survivors of such veterans) who participated in atmospheric or underwater nuclear tests as part of the United States nuclear weapons testing program or in the American occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, and who suffer from certain diseases that may be attributable to exposure to ionizing radiation, and other purposes.

    Public Law 100-321 · 102 Stat. 485 · May 20, 1988 · Original text

33. Veterans

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise, improve, and extend various veterans’ programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-322 · 102 Stat. 487 · May 20, 1988 · Original text

34. Veterans’ Employment, Training, and Counseling Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Veterans’ Job Training Art to improve veterans’ employment, counseling, and job-training services and programs; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-323 · 102 Stat. 556 · May 20, 1988 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Frances Silver.

    Private Law 100-12 · 102 Stat. 4844 · May 20, 1988 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Brenda W. Gay.

    Private Law 100-13 · 102 Stat. 4845 · May 20, 1988 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Emilie Santos.

    Private Law 100-14 · 102 Stat. 4846 · May 20, 1988 · Private law · Original text

38. Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act

    An Act To authorize decorations, medals, and other recognition for service in the United States merchant marine, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-324 · 102 Stat. 576 · May 30, 1988 · Original text

39. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-325 · 102 Stat. 579 · May 30, 1988 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Marsha D. Christopher.

    Private Law 100-15 · 102 Stat. 4847 · May 30, 1988 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To designate certain national forest system lands in the States of Virginia and West Virginia as wilderness areas.

    Public Law 100-326 · 102 Stat. 584 · June 7, 1988 · Original text

42. An Act To designate the United States Post Office Building located at 500 West Chestnut Expressway in Springfield, Missouri, as the “Gene Taylor Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 100-327 · 102 Stat. 586 · June 7, 1988 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Designating May 1988 as “Take Pride in America Month”.

    Public Law 100-328 · 102 Stat. 587 · June 7, 1988 · Original text

44. An Act To emend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-329 · 102 Stat. 588 · June 7, 1988 · Original text

45. South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988

    An Act To implement the Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America.

    Public Law 100-330 · 102 Stat. 591 · June 7, 1988 · Original text

46. An Act To amend the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 relating to certain cross compliance requirements under the extra long staple cotton program.

    Public Law 100-331 · 102 Stat. 602 · June 14, 1988 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To designate June 1988 as “National Recycling Month”.

    Public Law 100-332 · 102 Stat. 603 · June 14, 1988 · Original text

48. Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1988

    An Act To prohibit the use of certain antifouling paints containing organotin and the use of organotin compounds, purchased at retail, used to make such paints.

    Public Law 100-333 · 102 Stat. 605 · June 16, 1988 · Original text

49. Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act of 1988

    An Act To amend chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code to improve the treatment of claims for certain retiree benefits of former employees.

    Public Law 100-334 · 102 Stat. 610 · June 16, 1988 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning June 12, 1988, as “National Scleroderma Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 100-335 · 102 Stat. 616 · June 16, 1988 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to Wildlife Prairie Park, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-336 · 102 Stat. 617 · June 17, 1988 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act providing for the establishment of the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Alabama, to authorize an exchange of properties between the United States and Tuskegee University, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-337 · 102 Stat. 618 · June 17, 1988 · Original text

53. An Act To extend the withdrawal of certain public lands in Lincoln County, Nevada.

    Public Law 100-338 · 102 Stat. 619 · June 17, 1988 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the establishment by the Secretary of Agriculture of a plant stress and water conservation research laboratory and program at Lubbock, Texas.

    Public Law 100-339 · 102 Stat. 620 · June 17, 1988 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986, to extend the life of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine.

    Public Law 100-340 · 102 Stat. 621 · June 17, 1988 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To designate the third week in June 1988 as “National Dairy Goat Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 100-341 · 102 Stat. 623 · June 22, 1988 · Original text

57. Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-342 · 102 Stat. 624 · June 22, 1988 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution Designating June 14, 1988, as “Baltic Freedom Day”.

    Public Law 100-343 · 102 Stat. 640 · June 22, 1988 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning on the third Sunday of September in 1988 as “National Adult Day Care Center Week”.

    Public Law 100-344 · 102 Stat. 642 · June 23, 1988 · Original text

60. An Act To designate the Cleveland Ohio General Mail Facility and Main Office in Cleveland, Ohio, as the “John O. Holly Building of the United States Postal Service”.

    Public Law 100-345 · 102 Stat. 643 · June 24, 1988 · Original text

61. An Act To amend chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, to impose criminal penalties for damage to religious property and for obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs.

    Public Law 100-346 · 102 Stat. 644 · June 24, 1988 · Original text

62. Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988

    An Act To prevent the denial of employment opportunities by prohibiting the use of lie detectors by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce.

    Public Law 100-347 · 102 Stat. 646 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

63. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Act of 1988

    An Act To establish the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-348 · 102 Stat. 654 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

64. An Act To revise the boundaries of Salem Maritime National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-349 · 102 Stat. 659 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

65. An Act To provide Congressional approval of the Governing International Fishery Agreement between the United States and the Government of the German Democratic Republic.

    Public Law 100-350 · 102 Stat. 660 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the effective date provision of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988.

    Public Law 100-351 · 102 Stat. 661 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

67. An Act To improve the administration of justice by providing greater discretion to the Supreme Court in selecting the cases it will review, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-352 · 102 Stat. 662 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

68. An Act To designate the Federal Building Located at 600 Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the “Alan Bible Federal Building”.

    Public Law 100-353 · 102 Stat. 665 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

69. An Act To designate the Federal Building located at 215 North 17th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “Edward Zorinsky Federal Building“.

    Public Law 100-354 · 102 Stat. 666 · June 27, 1988 · Original text

70. An Act To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated with respect to the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site.

    Public Law 100-355 · 102 Stat. 667 · June 28, 1988 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the National School Lunch Act to require eligibility for free lunches to be baaed on the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget.

    Public Law 100-356 · 102 Stat. 669 · June 28, 1988 · Original text

72. National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for Federal energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts.

    Public Law 100-357 · 102 Stat. 671 · June 28, 1988 · Original text

73. Indian Housing Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish a separate program to provide housing assistance for Indians and Alaska Natives.

    Public Law 100-358 · 102 Stat. 676 · June 29, 1988 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Designating June 26 through July 2, 1988, as “National Safety Belt Use Week”.

    Public Law 100-359 · 102 Stat. 682 · June 30, 1988 · Original text

75. Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988

    An Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protection against catastrophic medical expenses under the medicare program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-360 · 102 Stat. 683 · July 1, 1988 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Designating July 2 and 3, 1988, as “United States-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship”.

    Public Law 100-361 · 102 Stat. 818 · July 1, 1988 · Original text

77. An Act To make the International Organizations Immunities Act applicable to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.

    Public Law 100-362 · 102 Stat. 819 · July 6, 1988 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Designating July 2, 1988, as “National Literacy Day”.

    Public Law 100-363 · 102 Stat. 820 · July 7, 1988 · Original text

79. WIN Demonstration Program Extension Act of 1988

    An Act To extend the authority for the Work Incentive Demonstration Program.

    Public Law 100-364 · 102 Stat. 822 · July 11, 1988 · Original text

80. National Historical Publications and Records Commission Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend chapter 25 of title 44, United States Code, to provide an authorization for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-365 · 102 Stat. 823 · July 13, 1988 · Original text

81. An Act To amend section 307 of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of 1986.

    Public Law 100-366 · 102 Stat. 826 · July 13, 1988 · Original text

82. An Act To designate the Federal Building located at the corner of Locust Street and West Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the “John J. Duncan Federal Building”.

    Public Law 100-367 · 102 Stat. 828 · July 15, 1988 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act relating to asbestos in the Nation’s schools by providing adequate time for local educational agencies to submit asbestos management plans to State Governors and to begin implementation of those plans.

    Public Law 100-368 · 102 Stat. 829 · July 18, 1988 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent abuses in the Supplemental Loans for Students program under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-369 · 102 Stat. 835 · July 18, 1988 · Original text

85. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify in that title certain defense-related permanent free-standing provisions of law.

    Public Law 100-370 · 102 Stat. 840 · July 19, 1988 · Original text

86. Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-371 · 102 Stat. 857 · July 19, 1988 · Original text

87. Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-372 · 102 Stat. 876 · July 19, 1988 · Original text

88. An Act To extend the expiration date of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

    Public Law 100-373 · 102 Stat. 878 · July 19, 1988 · Original text

89. An Act To designate the United States Courthouse located at 156 Federal Street in Portland, Maine, as the “Edward Thaxter Gignoux United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 100-374 · 102 Stat. 879 · July 19, 1988 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To designate the week of July 25–31, 1988, as the “National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War”.

    Public Law 100-375 · 102 Stat. 880 · July 26, 1988 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Designating July 24 through 30, 1988, as “Lyme Disease Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 100-376 · 102 Stat. 882 · August 1, 1988 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To designate August 1, 1988, as “Helsinki Human Rights Day”.

    Public Law 100-377 · 102 Stat. 883 · August 1, 1988 · Original text

93. Bicentennial of the United States Congress Commemorative Coin Act

    An Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States Congress.

    Public Law 100-378 · 102 Stat. 887 · August 1, 1988 · Original text

94. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

    An Act To require advance notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-379 · 102 Stat. 890 · August 4, 1988 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To provide for the extension of a temporary prohibition of strikes or lockout with respect to the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company labor-management dispute.

    Public Law 100-380 · 102 Stat. 896 · August 4, 1988 · Original text

96. An Act To provide that certain lands shall be in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California.

    Public Law 100-381 · 102 Stat. 897 · August 8, 1988 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to call and conduct a White House Conference on Library and Information Services to be held not earlier than September 1, 1989, and not later than September 30, 1991, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-382 · 102 Stat. 898 · August 8, 1988 · Original text

98. An Act To implement recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

    Public Law 100-383 · 102 Stat. 903 · August 10, 1988 · Original text

99. An Act To designate the Federal building located at 50 Spring Street, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building”.

    Public Law 100-384 · 102 Stat. 917 · August 10, 1988 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To designate October 1988 as “Polish American Heritage Month”.

     Public Law 100-385 · 102 Stat. 918 · August 10, 1988 · Original text