Every law Congress has passed

761 laws of the 100th Congress, 1987–1989

1. An Act To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make technical corrections in the Family Independence Demonstration Project.

   Public Law 100-481 · 102 Stat. 2336 · October 11, 1988 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Commemorating the bicentennial of the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

   Public Law 100-482 · 102 Stat. 2337 · October 11, 1988 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act for fiscal years 1990 through 1993.

   Public Law 100-483 · 102 Stat. 2339 · October 12, 1988 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 2 through October 8, 1988, as “National Paralysis Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 100-484 · 102 Stat. 2342 · October 13, 1988 · Original text

5. Family Support Act of 1988

   An Act To revise the AFDC program to emphasize work, child support, and family benefits, to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to encourage and assist needy children and parents under the new program to obtain the education, training, and employment needed to avoid long-term welfare dependence, and to make other necessary improvements to assure that the new program will be more effective in achieving its objectives.

   Public Law 100-485 · 102 Stat. 2343 · October 13, 1988 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the development and operation of a visitor and environmental education center in the Pinelands National Reserve, in the State of New Jersey.

   Public Law 100-486 · 102 Stat. 2429 · October 13, 1988 · Original text

7. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to create two divisions in the Judicial District of Maryland.

   Public Law 100-487 · 102 Stat. 2431 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain National Forest System lands in the Targhee National Forest.

   Public Law 100-488 · 102 Stat. 2432 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

9. An Act To designate the United States courthouse located at 445 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the “James T. Foley United States Courthouse”.

   Public Law 100-489 · 102 Stat. 2434 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize additional appropriations for the WEB Rural Water Development Project, South Dakota, authorize the use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin electric power by the Lower Brule Sioux Indian Tribe, and to rename certain facilities of the Central Valley Project, California.

    Public Law 100-490 · 102 Stat. 2435 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

11. An Act To designate the United States Post Office Building located at 1105 Moss Street in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the “James Domengeaux Post Office Building”

    Public Law 100-491 · 102 Stat. 2437 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

12. An Act To designate the United States Poet Office Building in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, as the “John Dent Poet Office Building”.

    Public Law 100-492 · 102 Stat. 2438 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Designating February 19 through 25, 1989, as “National Visiting Nurse Associations Week”.

    Public Law 100-493 · 102 Stat. 2439 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

14. Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Coat Savings Act to provide for the appropriate treatment of methanol and ethanol, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-494 · 102 Stat. 2441 · October 14, 1988 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to make a technical change.

    Public Law 100-495 · 102 Stat. 2454 · October 17, 1988 · Original text

16. Prompt Payment Act Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend chapter 39 of title 31, United States Code, to require the Federal Government to pay interest on overdue payments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-496 · 102 Stat. 2455 · October 17, 1988 · Original text

17. Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

    An Act To regulate gaining on Indian lands.

    Public Law 100-497 · 102 Stat. 2467 · October 17, 1988 · Original text

18. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain restrictions on a parcel of land located in Henderson, Tennessee.

    Public Law 100-498 · 102 Stat. 2489 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

19. Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act

    An Act To designate certain National Forest System lands in the State of Oklahoma for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, create the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-499 · 102 Stat. 2491 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

20. An Act To designate the Sunderland National Salmon Station located in Sunderland, Massachusetts, as the “Richard Cronin National Salmon Station”.

    Public Law 100-500 · 102 Stat. 2501 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

21. An Act To provide the Secretary of the Air Force with authority to convey certain land.

    Public Law 100-501 · 102 Stat. 2502 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution In support of the restoration of a free and independent Cambodia, the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces, and the protection of the Cambodian people from a return to power by the genocidal Khmer Rouge.

    Public Law 100-502 · 102 Stat. 2504 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

23. Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988

    An Act To amend title 5 of the United States Code, to ensure privacy, integrity, and verification of data disclosed for computer matching, to establish Data Integrity Boards within Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-503 · 102 Stat. 2507 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish offices of inspector general in certain departments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-504 · 102 Stat. 2515 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

25. Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for demonstration projects for foster care and residential care of infants and young children abandoned in hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-505 · 102 Stat. 2533 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

26. An Act To keep secure the rights of intellectual property licensors and licensees which come under the protection of title 11 of the United States Code, the bankruptcy code.

    Public Law 100-506 · 102 Stat. 2538 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 with respect to the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator and the Monitored Retrievable Storage Commission.

    Public Law 100-507 · 102 Stat. 2541 · October 18, 1988 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the conveyance of the vessel, Lane Victory.

    Private Law 100-21 · 102 Stat. 4850 · October 18, 1988 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 109 South Highland, Jackson, Tennessee, as the “Ed Jones Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 100-508 · 102 Stat. 2542 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

30. Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Amendments Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 to reauthorize such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-509 · 102 Stat. 2543 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

31. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 850 Newark Turnpike in Kearny, New Jersey, as the “Dominick V. Daniels Postal Facility”.

    Public Law 100-510 · 102 Stat. 2547 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

32. An Act To designate the new Post Office Building in Gretna, Louisiana, as the “William W. Pares, Jr., Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 100-511 · 102 Stat. 2548 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

33. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988

    An Act To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Maricopa County, Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-512 · 102 Stat. 2549 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

34. An Act Extending permission for the President’s Commission on White House Fellows to accept certain donations.

    Public Law 100-513 · 102 Stat. 2561 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Designating November 6–12, 1988, as “National Women Veterans Recognition Week”.

    Public Law 100-514 · 102 Stat. 2562 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-515 · 102 Stat. 2563 · October 20, 1988 · Original text

37. Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988

    An Act To authorize construction of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-516 · 102 Stat. 2566 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

38. Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the program of assistance for health maintenance organizations.

    Public Law 100-517 · 102 Stat. 2578 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

39. United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend through September 30, 1993, the authority contained in section 155 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 and Public Law 98–469 to charge and collect inspection and weighing fees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-518 · 102 Stat. 2584 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-519 · 102 Stat. 2589 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

41. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

    Public Law 100-520 · 102 Stat. 2599 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

42. Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1988

    An Act To provide for study and research on the decline in United States forest productivity and to determine the effects of atmospheric pollutants on forest environments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-521 · 102 Stat. 2601 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize continued storage of water at Abiquiu Dam in New Mexico.

    Public Law 100-522 · 102 Stat. 2604 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

44. Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act of 1988

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow all forest fire fighting employees to be paid overtime without limitation while serving on forest fire emergencies.

    Public Law 100-523 · 102 Stat. 2605 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

45. Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act

    An Act To expand the boundaries of the Congaree Swamp National Monument, to designate wilderness therein, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-524 · 102 Stat. 2606 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

46. Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make technical corrections in immigration-related laws.

    Public Law 100-525 · 102 Stat. 2609 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

47. Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act

    An Act To provide certain additional fiscal year 1989 defense authorization policies, to provide procedures to facilitate the closure and realignment of obsolete or unnecessary military installations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-526 · 102 Stat. 2623 · October 24, 1988 · Original text

48. Department of Veterans Affairs Act

    An Act To establish the Veterans’ Administration as an executive department, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-527 · 102 Stat. 2635 · October 25, 1988 · Original text

49. An Act To remove certain restrictions on land acquisitions for Antietam National Battlefield.

    Public Law 100-528 · 102 Stat. 2649 · October 25, 1988 · Original text

50. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to a certain private land claim in Sumter County, Alabama.

    Public Law 100-529 · 102 Stat. 2650 · October 25, 1988 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To encourage increased international cooperation to protect biological diversity.

    Public Law 100-530 · 102 Stat. 2651 · October 25, 1988 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize protective force personnel who guard the strategic petroleum reserve or its storage and related facilities to carry firearms while discharging their official duties and in certain instances to make arrests without warrant; to establish the offense of trespass on property of the strategic petroleum reserve, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-531 · 102 Stat. 2652 · October 25, 1988 · Original text

53. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1988

    An Act To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-532 · 102 Stat. 2654 · October 25, 1988 · Original text

54. Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Small Business Act to establish programs and initiate efforts to assist the development of small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-533 · 102 Stat. 2689 · October 25, 1988 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Helen Lannier.

    Private Law 100-22 · 102 Stat. 4851 · October 25, 1988 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Hyong Cha Kim Kay.

    Private Law 100-23 · 102 Stat. 4851 · October 25, 1988 · Private law · Original text

57. West Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act of 1987

    An Act To protect and enhance the natural, scenic, cultural, and recreational values of certain segments of the New, Gauley. Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers in West Virginia for the benefit of present and future generations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-534 · 102 Stat. 2699 · October 26, 1988 · Original text

58. Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act of 1988

    An Act To improve the management of certain public lands in the State of Michigan.

    Public Law 100-537 · 102 Stat. 271 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

59. Imperial Valley College Barker Museum Land Transfer Act of 1988

    An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a certain parcel of land located near Ocotillo. California.

    Public Law 100-535 · 102 Stat. 2709 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 during fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991.

    Public Law 100-536 · 102 Stat. 2710 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

61. An Act To designate the Federal Building at Spring and High Streets in Columbus, Ohio, as the “John W. Bricker Federal Building”.

    Public Law 100-538 · 102 Stat. 2717 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

62. An Act To change the name of the Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, a federally chartered organization, to the National Tropical Botanical Garden, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-539 · 102 Stat. 2718 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

63. An Act To amend title 46, United States Code, to require alerting and locating equipment on manned uninspected vessels, to provide for exemption of uninspected vessels from certain requirements of that title, and to increase penalties for violations of certain uninspected vessel requirements.

    Public Law 100-540 · 102 Stat. 2719 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

64. An Act To modify the boundary of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-541 · 102 Stat. 2720 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

65. Telecommunications Accessibility Enhancement Act of 1988

    An Act To expand our national telecommunications system for the benefit of the hearing-impaired and speech-impaired populations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-542 · 102 Stat. 2721 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

66. An Act To designate the United States Courthouse at 620 Southwest Main Street, Portland, Oregon, as the “Gus J. Solomon United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 100-543 · 102 Stat. 2723 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

67. An Act To add additional land to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-544 · 102 Stat. 2724 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

68. An Act To amend title 31 of the United States Code to provide for a transfer of control of the General Accounting Office Building and to improve the administration of the General Accounting Office.

    Public Law 100-545 · 102 Stat. 2727 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

69. Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988

    An Act To establish a commission to review and make recommendations for the improvement of the Federal crop insurance program.

    Public Law 100-546 · 102 Stat. 2730 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

70. Sipsey Wild and Scenic River and Alabama Addition Act of 1988

    An Act To designate the Sipsey River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to designate certain areas as additions to the Sipsey Wilderness, to designate certain areas as conditions to the Cheaha Wilderness, and to preserve over thirty thousand acres of pristine natural treasures in the Bankhead National Forest for the aesthetic and recreational benefit of future generations of Alabamians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-547 · 102 Stat. 2736 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Designating October 22, 1988, as “National Chester F. Carlson Recognition Day”.

    Public Law 100-548 · 102 Stat. 2740 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the compact entered into between the State of North Carolina and the State of South Carolina establishing the Lake Wylie Marine Commission.

    Public Law 100-549 · 102 Stat. 2742 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

73. National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988

    An Act Entitled the “National Forest and Public Lands Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988”.

    Public Law 100-550 · 102 Stat. 2749 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon.

    Public Law 100-551 · 102 Stat. 2755 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-552 · 102 Stat. 2766 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

76. National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish within the National Institutes of Health a National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

    Public Law 100-553 · 102 Stat. 2769 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

77. An Act To designate a segment of the Wildcat River in the State of New Hampshire as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-554 · 102 Stat. 2776 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

78. An Act To improve the protection and management of archeological resources on Federal land.

    Public Law 100-555 · 102 Stat. 2778 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

79. An Act To require that plastic ring carrier devices be degradable, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-556 · 102 Stat. 2779 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

80. An Act To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-557 · 102 Stat. 2782 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

81. An Act To reauthorize the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission.

    Public Law 100-558 · 102 Stat. 2796 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

82. An Act To redesignate Salinas National Monument in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-559 · 102 Stat. 2797 · October 28, 1988 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Allen H. Platnick.

    Private Law 100-24 · 102 Stat. 4852 · October 28, 1988 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Joyce G. McFarland.

    Private Law 100-25 · 102 Stat. 4852 · October 28, 1988 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Travis D. Jackson.

    Private Law 100-26 · 102 Stat. 4854 · October 28, 1988 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Natasha Susan Middelmann, Samantha Abigail Middelmann, Naomi Katrina Orloff Middelmann, and Hannah Emily Middelmann.

    Private Law 100-27 · 102 Stat. 4854 · October 28, 1988 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Bibianne Cyr.

    Private Law 100-28 · 102 Stat. 4855 · October 28, 1988 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To provide for the reinstatement of the canceled entry of William A. Wright to certain lands in Lamar County, Alabama.

    Private Law 100-29 · 102 Stat. 4855 · October 28, 1988 · Private law · Original text

89. Asbestos Information Act of 1988

    An Act To provide the Environmental Protection Agency and the public with additional information about asbestos products.

    Public Law 100-577 · 102 Stat. 290 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Poverty Point National Monument, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-560 · 102 Stat. 2803 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

91. Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-561 · 102 Stat. 2805 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

92. Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988

    An Act To amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 respecting the importation of motor vehicles in anticipation of compliance with safety standards under such Act.

    Public Law 100-562 · 102 Stat. 2818 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize additional appropriations for the Central Utah Project, to implement a settlement with the Strawberry Water Users, to expand the John Muir Historic Site, to prohibit the expansion of any reservoir within the boundaries of Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-563 · 102 Stat. 2826 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize and direct the acquisition of lands for Canaveral National Seashore, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-564 · 102 Stat. 2831 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

95. An Act To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase from $25,000 to $40,000 the maximum amount that the United States may pay in settlement of a claim against the United States made by a member of the uniformed services or by an officer or employee of the Government.

    Public Law 100-565 · 102 Stat. 2833 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

96. Federal Employees Leave Sharing Act of 1988

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit voluntary transfers of leave by Federal employees where needed because of a medical or other emergency situation.

    Public Law 100-566 · 102 Stat. 2834 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

97. Zuni-Cibola National Historical Park Establishment Act of 1988

    An Act To authorize the establishment of the Zuni-Cibola National Historical Park in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-567 · 102 Stat. 2847 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

98. Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988

    An Act To amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as revised at Paris on July 24, 1971, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 100-568 · 102 Stat. 2853 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

99. An Act To extend the authorization of appropriations for titles V and VI of the Library Services and Construction Act through fiscal year 1989.

    Public Law 100-569 · 102 Stat. 2862 · October 31, 1988 · Original text

100. National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988

     An Act To authorize appropriations for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 100-570 · 102 Stat. 2865 · October 31, 1988 · Original text