Every law Congress has passed

761 laws of the 100th Congress, 1987–1989

1. Community and Migrant Health Centers Amendments of 1988

   An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs establishing migrant health centers and community health centers.

   Public Law 100-386 · 102 Stat. 919 · August 10, 1988 · Original text

2. Disaster Assistance Act of 1988

   An Act To provide drought assistance to agricultural producers, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 100-387 · 102 Stat. 924 · August 11, 1988 · Original text

3. An Act To designate the United States Post Office Building located at 700 Main Street in Danville, Virginia, as the “Dan Daniel Post Office Building”.

   Public Law 100-388 · 102 Stat. 962 · August 11, 1988 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To give special recognition to the birth and achievements of Aldo Leopold.

   Public Law 100-389 · 102 Stat. 963 · August 11, 1988 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 2, 1988, through October 8, 1988, as “Mental Illness Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 100-390 · 102 Stat. 964 · August 11, 1988 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing November 13, 1988, and ending November 19, 1988, as “Geography Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 100-391 · 102 Stat. 966 · August 11, 1988 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Designating October 6, 1988, as “German-American Day”.

   Public Law 100-392 · 102 Stat. 968 · August 11, 1988 · Original text

8. Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1988

   An Act Making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 100-393 · 102 Stat. 969 · August 14, 1988 · Original text

9. Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988

   An Act To require certain telephones to be hearing aid compatible.

   Public Law 100-394 · 102 Stat. 976 · August 16, 1988 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to clarify the conveyance and ownership of submerged lands by Alaska Natives, Native Corporations and the State of Alaska.

    Public Law 100-395 · 102 Stat. 979 · August 16, 1988 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Designating August 9, 1988, as “National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day”.

    Public Law 100-396 · 102 Stat. 982 · August 16, 1988 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Designating Labor Day Weekend, September 3–5, 1988, as “National Drive for Life Weekend”.

    Public Law 100-397 · 102 Stat. 983 · August 16, 1988 · Original text

13. Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act

    An Act To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide for a more orderly transfer of executive power in connection with the expiration of the term of office of a President.

    Public Law 100-398 · 102 Stat. 985 · August 17, 1988 · Original text

14. Agricultural Credit Technical Corrections Act of 1988

    An Act To make technical corrections to the agricultural credit laws.

    Public Law 100-399 · 102 Stat. 989 · August 17, 1988 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the third Sunday of August 1988 as “National Senior Citizens Day”.

    Public Law 100-400 · 102 Stat. 1010 · August 17, 1988 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution Designating August 12, 1988, as “National Civil Rights Day”.

    Public Law 100-401 · 102 Stat. 1011 · August 17, 1988 · Original text

17. An Act To amend Public Law 90–498 to provide for the designation of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

    Public Law 100-402 · 102 Stat. 1012 · August 17, 1988 · Original text

18. An Act To remove the right of reversion to the United States in lands owned by the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children on lands formerly owned by the United States in Salt Lake County, Utah.

    Private Law 100-16 · 102 Stat. 4847 · August 17, 1988 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986 to extend through the fiscal year 1989 the authorities contained in such Act.

    Public Law 100-403 · 102 Stat. 1013 · August 19, 1988 · Original text

20. Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-404 · 102 Stat. 1014 · August 19, 1988 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To designate the month of November 1988 as “National Hospice Month”.

    Public Law 100-405 · 102 Stat. 1040 · August 19, 1988 · Original text

22. An Act To establish the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 100-406 · 102 Stat. 1041 · August 19, 1988 · Original text

23. Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988

    An Act To establish a program of grants to States to promote the provision of technology-related assistance to individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-407 · 102 Stat. 1044 · August 19, 1988 · Original text

24. Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend and improve the procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents.

    Public Law 100-408 · 102 Stat. 1066 · August 20, 1988 · Original text

25. Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988

    An Act Entitled the “Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988”.

    Public Law 100-409 · 102 Stat. 1086 · August 20, 1988 · Original text

26. An Act To release a reversionary interest of the United States in a certain parcel of land located in Bay County, Florida.

    Public Law 100-410 · 102 Stat. 1095 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

27. An Act To settle certain land claims of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana against the United States, to authorize the use and distribution of the settlement funds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-411 · 102 Stat. 1097 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

28. An Act To extend the authorization of the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council for an additional ten years.

    Public Law 100-412 · 102 Stat. 1100 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

29. Parimutuel Licensing Simplification Act of 1988

    An Act To simplify the process of obtaining licensing by States for participation in pari-mutuel wagering by allowing consolidated requests to be made to the Federal Government for identification and criminal history records relating to the applicant for such licensing.

    Public Law 100-413 · 102 Stat. 1101 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act to increase the statutory ceilings on license fees.

    Public Law 100-414 · 102 Stat. 1102 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for implementation of the development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-415 · 102 Stat. 1104 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

32. An Act To delay temporarily certain regulations relating to sea turtle conservation.

    Public Law 100-416 · 102 Stat. 1105 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Designating May 1989 as “Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 100-417 · 102 Stat. 1106 · August 22, 1988 · Original text

34. Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988

    An Act To enhance the competitiveness of American industry, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-418 · 102 Stat. 1107 · August 23, 1988 · Original text

35. Economic Development Plan for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation Act

    An Act To provide for the establishment of an economic development plan for, and Federal services and assistance to, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni Nation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-419 · 102 Stat. 1575 · September 8, 1988 · Original text

36. Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Act

    An Act To clarify the Federal relationship to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians as a distinct Indian tribe, to clarify the status of members of the band, to transfer title to trust lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-420 · 102 Stat. 1577 · September 8, 1988 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-421 · 102 Stat. 1581 · September 8, 1988 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning September 18, 1988, as “Emergency Medical Services Week”.

    Public Law 100-422 · 102 Stat. 1583 · September 8, 1988 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning September 11, 1988, as “National Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Week”.

    Public Law 100-423 · 102 Stat. 1584 · September 8, 1988 · Original text

40. Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Act of 1988

    An Act To provide for the establishment of additional safety requirements for fishing industry vessels, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-424 · 102 Stat. 1585 · September 9, 1988 · Original text

41. An Act To establish a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-425 · 102 Stat. 1594 · September 9, 1988 · Original text

42. General Accounting Office Personnel Amendments Act of 1988

    An Act To improve the administration of the personnel systems of the General Accounting Office.

    Public Law 100-426 · 102 Stat. 1598 · September 9, 1988 · Original text

43. An Act To make clarifying, corrective, and conforming amendments to laws relating to Indian education, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-427 · 102 Stat. 1603 · September 9, 1988 · Original text

44. Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and other agency heads to enter into agreements with foreign fire organizations for assistance in wildfire protection.

    Public Law 100-428 · 102 Stat. 1615 · September 9, 1988 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To provide for a settlement of the labor-management dispute between the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company and the United Transportation Union.

    Public Law 100-429 · 102 Stat. 1617 · September 9, 1988 · Original text

46. Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988

    An Act To amend title VIII of the Act commonly called the Civil Rights Act of 1968, to revise the procedures for the enforcement of fair housing, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-430 · 102 Stat. 1619 · September 13, 1988 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution Designating September 16, 1988, as “National POW/MIA Recognition Day”.

    Public Law 100-431 · 102 Stat. 1637 · September 15, 1988 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of September 15, 1988, as “National D.A.R.E. Day”.

    Public Law 100-432 · 102 Stat. 1638 · September 15, 1988 · Original text

49. Constitution Heritage Act of 1988

    An Act To provide for continuing interpretation of the Constitution in appropriate units of the National Park System by the Secretary of the Interior, and to establish a National center for the United States Constitution within the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Public Law 100-433 · 102 Stat. 1640 · September 16, 1988 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To designate the day of September 14. 1988, as “National Medical Research Day”.

    Public Law 100-434 · 102 Stat. 1643 · September 16, 1988 · Original text

51. Hunger Prevention Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make available additional types of commodities, to improve child nutrition and food stamp programs, to provide other hunger relief, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-435 · 102 Stat. 1645 · September 19, 1988 · Original text

52. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-436 · 102 Stat. 1680 · September 20, 1988 · Original text

53. An Act To award a congressional medal to Mrs. Jesse Owens, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-437 · 102 Stat. 1717 · September 20, 1988 · Original text

54. District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1988

    An Act To waive the period of congressional review for certain District of Columbia acts authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.

    Public Law 100-438 · 102 Stat. 1718 · September 20, 1988 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to remove certain contract duration and right of first refusal requirements.

    Public Law 100-439 · 102 Stat. 1720 · September 22, 1988 · Original text

56. Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-440 · 102 Stat. 1721 · September 22, 1988 · Original text

57. Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act

    An Act To direct the cooperation of certain Federal entities in the implementation of the Continental Scientific Drilling Program.

    Public Law 100-441 · 102 Stat. 1760 · September 22, 1988 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-442 · 102 Stat. 1763 · September 22, 1988 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 with respect to requirements relating to leases, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-443 · 102 Stat. 1766 · September 22, 1988 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Designating the week of September 26, 1988, as “Religious Freedom Week”.

    Public Law 100-444 · 102 Stat. 1772 · September 26, 1988 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing September 25, 1988, and ending on October 1, 1988, as “National Historically Black Colleges Week”.

    Public Law 100-445 · 102 Stat. 1773 · September 26, 1988 · Original text

62. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-446 · 102 Stat. 1774 · September 27, 1988 · Original text

63. An Act Making appropriations Tor military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-447 · 102 Stat. 1829 · September 27, 1988 · Original text

64. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1988

    An Act To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-448 · 102 Stat. 1836 · September 28, 1988 · Original text

65. United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988

    An Act To implement the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement.

    Public Law 100-449 · 102 Stat. 1851 · September 28, 1988 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To designate the week of September 23–30, 1988, as “National American Indian Heritage Week”.

    Public Law 100-450 · 102 Stat. 1899 · September 28, 1988 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Designating October 16, 1988, as “World Food Day”.

    Public Law 100-451 · 102 Stat. 1900 · September 28, 1988 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

    Public Law 100-452 · 102 Stat. 1902 · September 29, 1988 · Original text

69. Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, for the Intelligence Community Staff, for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-453 · 102 Stat. 1904 · September 29, 1988 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution Authorizing the hand enrollment of appropriations bills for fiscal year 1989 and authorizing the subsequent, post enactment preparation of printed enrollments of those bills.

    Public Law 100-454 · 102 Stat. 1914 · September 29, 1988 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To designate October 24 through October 30, 1988, as “Drug Free America Week”.

    Public Law 100-455 · 102 Stat. 1916 · September 29, 1988 · Original text

72. National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-456 · 102 Stat. 1918 · September 29, 1988 · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Thomas Wilson.

    Private Law 100-17 · 102 Stat. 4848 · September 29, 1988 · Private law · Original text

74. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-457 · 102 Stat. 2125 · September 30, 1988 · Original text

75. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-458 · 102 Stat. 2158 · October 1, 1988 · Original text

76. Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-459 · 102 Stat. 2186 · October 1, 1988 · Original text

77. Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-460 · 102 Stat. 2229 · October 1, 1988 · Original text

78. Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-461 · 102 Stat. 2268 · October 1, 1988 · Original text

79. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-462 · 102 Stat. 2269 · October 1, 1988 · Original text

80. Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-463 · 102 Stat. 2270 · October 1, 1988 · Original text

81. An Act To designate Soldier Creek Diversion Unit in Topeka, Kansas, as the “Lewis M. Paramore Diversion Unit”.

    Public Law 100-464 · 102 Stat. 2271 · October 3, 1988 · Original text

82. Rio Grande Pollution Correction Act of 1987

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of State to conclude agreements with the appropriate representative of the Government of Mexico to correct pollution of the Rio Grande.

    Public Law 100-465 · 102 Stat. 2272 · October 3, 1988 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To designate the month of September 1988 as “National Sewing Month”.

    Public Law 100-466 · 102 Stat. 2274 · October 3, 1988 · Original text

84. Dwight David Eisenhower Commemorative Coin Act of 1988

    An Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one-dollar coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.

    Public Law 100-467 · 102 Stat. 2275 · October 3, 1988 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Designating October 2, 1988, as a national day of recognition for Mohandas K. Gandhi.

    Public Law 100-468 · 102 Stat. 2278 · October 3, 1988 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 9, 1988, through October 15, 1988, as “National Job Skills Week”.

    Public Law 100-469 · 102 Stat. 2280 · October 3, 1988 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Sukhjit Kuldip Singh Saund.

    Private Law 100-18 · 102 Stat. 4848 · October 3, 1988 · Private law · Original text

88. National Trails System Improvements Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for cooperation with State and local governments for the improved management of certain Federal lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-470 · 102 Stat. 2281 · October 4, 1988 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the awarding of grants for the purchase of drugs used in the treatment of AIDS.

    Public Law 100-471 · 102 Stat. 2284 · October 4, 1988 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Maria Antonieta Heird.

    Private Law 100-19 · 102 Stat. 4849 · October 4, 1988 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Irma Purisch and Daniel Purisch.

    Private Law 100-20 · 102 Stat. 4849 · October 4, 1988 · Private law · Original text

92. Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Amendments of 1988

    An Act Entitled the “Indian Self-Determination Amendments of 1987”.

    Public Law 100-472 · 102 Stat. 2285 · October 5, 1988 · Original text

93. Regulatory Fairness Act

    An Act To provide for refunds pursuant to rate decreases under the Federal Power Act.

    Public Law 100-473 · 102 Stat. 2299 · October 6, 1988 · Original text

94. Uniform Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of 1988

    An Act To assure uniformity in the exercise of regulatory jurisdiction pertaining to the transportation of natural gas and to clarify that the local transportation of natural gas by a distribution company is a matter within State jurisdiction and subject to regulation by State commissions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-474 · 102 Stat. 2302 · October 6, 1988 · Original text

95. An Act To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for acquisition at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park.

    Public Law 100-475 · 102 Stat. 2303 · October 6, 1988 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize appropriations for activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.

    Public Law 100-476 · 102 Stat. 2304 · October 6, 1988 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961, relating to the lease of certain lands from the Isleta Indian Tribe for a seismological laboratory.

    Public Law 100-477 · 102 Stat. 2305 · October 6, 1988 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the Endangered Species Act of 1973 during fiscal years 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-478 · 102 Stat. 2306 · October 7, 1988 · Original text

99. An Act To create a national park at Natchez, Mississippi.

    Public Law 100-479 · 102 Stat. 2324 · October 7, 1988 · Original text

100. Judiciary Office Building Development Act

     An Act Pursuant to the report ordered by Public Law 99–229 which directed the Architect of the Capitol and the Secretary of Transportation to undertake a study of the needs of the Federal judiciary for additional Federal office space, to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to contract for the design and construction of a building adjacent to Union Station in the District of Columbia to house agencies offices in the judicial branch of the United States, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 100-480 · 102 Stat. 2328 · October 7, 1988 · Original text