Every law Congress has passed

666 laws of the 101st Congress, 1989–1991

1. Joint Resolution Disapproving the increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries recommended by the President under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967.

   Public Law 101-1 · 103 Stat. 3 · February 7, 1989 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning March 6, 1989, as “Federal Employees Recognition Week”.

   Public Law 101-2 · 103 Stat. 4 · March 15, 1989 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To designate March 25, 1989, as “Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy”.

   Public Law 101-3 · 103 Stat. 5 · March 21, 1989 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To proclaim March 20, 1989, as “National Agriculture Day”

   Public Law 101-4 · 103 Stat. 6 · March 23, 1989 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To designate March 16, 1989, as “Freedom of Information Day”

   Public Law 101-5 · 103 Stat. 7 · March 23, 1989 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution Designating the month of March in the both 1989 and 1990 as “Women’s History Month”

   Public Law 101-6 · 103 Stat. 8 · March 24, 1989 · Original text

7. An Act To provide for more balance in the stocks of dairy products purchased by the Commodity Credit Corporation

   Public Law 101-7 · 103 Stat. 9 · March 29, 1989 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To commend the Governments of Israel and Egypt on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Treaty of Peace between Israel and Egypt

   Public Law 101-8 · 103 Stat. 10 · March 29, 1989 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the Agency for International Development to pay the expenses of an election observer mission for the 1989 presidential elections in Panama.

   Public Law 101-9 · 103 Stat. 12 · March 31, 1989 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning April 2, 1989, as “National Child Care Awareness Week”

    Public Law 101-10 · 103 Stat. 13 · April 2, 1989 · Original text

11. Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act

    An Act To make permanent the authority provided under the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act.

    Public Law 101-11 · 103 Stat. 15 · April 7, 1989 · Original text

12. Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to strengthen the protections available to Federal employees against prohibited personnel practices, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-12 · 103 Stat. 16 · April 10, 1989 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Designating April 9, 1989, as “National Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day”

    Public Law 101-13 · 103 Stat. 36 · April 13, 1989 · Original text

14. An Act To implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America of March 24, 1989

    Public Law 101-14 · 103 Stat. 37 · April 18, 1989 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To designate April 16, 1989, and April 6, 1990, as “Education Day, U.S.A.”.

    Public Law 101-15 · 103 Stat. 41 · April 18, 1989 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To designate April 1989 as “National Recycling Month”.

    Public Law 101-16 · 103 Stat. 43 · April 19, 1989 · Original text

17. An Act To allow an obsolete Navy drydock to be transferred to the city of JacksonvilJe, Florida, before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period.

    Public Law 101-17 · 103 Stat. 45 · April 20, 1989 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Designating April 23, 1989, through April 29, 1989, and April 23, 1990, through April 29, 1990, as “National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week”

    Public Law 101-18 · 103 Stat. 46 · April 20, 1989 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution Designating May 1989 as “Older Americans Month”.

    Public Law 101-19 · 103 Stat. 47 · May 1, 1989 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To invite the houses of worship of this Nation to celebrate the bicentennial of the inauguration of George Washington, the first President of the United States, by ringing bells at 12 noon on Sunday, April 30, 1989.

    Public Law 101-20 · 103 Stat. 48 · May 1, 1989 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing on May 1, 1989, and ending on May 7, 1989, as “National Drinking Water Week”.

    Public Law 101-21 · 103 Stat. 49 · May 2, 1989 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution To designate April 30, 1989, as “National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day”

    Public Law 101-22 · 103 Stat. 50 · May 2, 1989 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To express gratitude for law enforcement personnel

    Public Law 101-23 · 103 Stat. 51 · May 2, 1989 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To recognize the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Smith-Lever Art of May 8, 1914, and its role in establishing our Nation’s system of State Cooperative Extension Services.

    Public Law 101-24 · 103 Stat. 52 · May 3, 1989 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To designate the week of May 7, 1989, through May 14, 1989, as “Jewish Heritage Week”.

    Public Law 101-25 · 103 Stat. 53 · May 5, 1989 · Original text

26. An Act To make a correction in the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of 1988.

    Public Law 101-26 · 103 Stat. 54 · May 11, 1989 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Designating May 1989 as “National Stroke Awareness Month”

    Public Law 101-27 · 103 Stat. 56 · May 11, 1989 · Original text

28. An Act To delay the effective date of section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act

    Public Law 101-28 · 103 Stat. 57 · May 15, 1989 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning May 14, 1989, as “National Osteoporosis Prevention Week of 1989”

    Public Law 101-29 · 103 Stat. 58 · May 17, 1989 · Original text

30. Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission Extension Act

    An Act To make permanent the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission.

    Public Law 101-30 · 103 Stat. 60 · May 17, 1989 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning May 7, 1989, as “National Correctional Officers Week”

    Public Law 101-31 · 103 Stat. 63 · May 22, 1989 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To designate May 17, 1989, as “High School Reserve Officer Training Corps Recognition Day”

    Public Law 101-32 · 103 Stat. 64 · May 22, 1989 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution To designate the month of May 1989, as “Trauma Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 101-33 · 103 Stat. 65 · May 23, 1989 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution Designating May 1989, as “National Digestive Disease Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 101-34 · 103 Stat. 66 · May 25, 1989 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Designating May 29, 1989, as the “National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the USS IOWA”.

    Public Law 101-35 · 103 Stat. 68 · May 25, 1989 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Authorizing a first strike ceremony at the United States Capitol for the Bicentennial of the Congress Commemorative Coin.

    Public Law 101-36 · 103 Stat. 69 · June 9, 1989 · Original text

37. Business Opportunity Development Reform Act Technical Corrections Act

    An Act To make technical corrections to the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988.

    Public Law 101-37 · 103 Stat. 70 · June 15, 1989 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning June 11, 1989, as “National Scleroderma Awareness Week”

    Public Law 101-38 · 103 Stat. 78 · June 19, 1989 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution Designating June 14, 1989, as “Baltic Freedom Day”, and for other purposes

    Public Law 101-39 · 103 Stat. 79 · June 19, 1989 · Original text

40. An Act To correct an error in Private Law 100–29 (relating to certain lands in Lamar County, Alabama) and to make technical corrections in certain other provisions of law.

    Public Law 101-40 · 103 Stat. 81 · June 20, 1989 · Original text

41. Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989

    An Act To provide for the settlement of land claims, and the resolution of certain issues of governmental jurisdiction, of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-41 · 103 Stat. 83 · June 21, 1989 · Original text

42. Coquille Restoration Act

    An Act To provide for restoration of the Federal trust relationship with, and assistance to, the Coquille Tribe of Indiana and the individual members consisting of the Coquille Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-42 · 103 Stat. 91 · June 28, 1989 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Designating June 23, 1989, as “United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Day”.

    Public Law 101-43 · 103 Stat. 95 · June 28, 1989 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the transfer to the Republic of the Philippines of two excess naval vessels.

    Public Law 101-44 · 103 Stat. 96 · June 30, 1989 · Original text

45. Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers, Urgent Supplementals, and Correcting Enrollment Errors Act of 1989

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

    Public Law 101-45 · 103 Stat. 97 · June 30, 1989 · Original text

46. An Act To extend title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

    Public Law 101-46 · 103 Stat. 132 · June 30, 1989 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Admiral James B. Busey to the Office of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

    Public Law 101-47 · 103 Stat. 134 · June 30, 1989 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Rear Admiral Richard Harrison Truly to the Office of Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Public Law 101-48 · 103 Stat. 136 · June 30, 1989 · Original text

49. An Act To allow the obsolete destroyer U.S.S. Edson (DD 946) to be transferred to the Intrepid Sea-Air Space Museum in New York before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period

    Public Law 101-49 · 103 Stat. 138 · June 30, 1989 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution Designating July 2, 1989, as “National Literacy Day”

    Public Law 101-50 · 103 Stat. 139 · June 30, 1989 · Original text

51. An Act To redesignate the Federal hydropower generating facilities located at Dam B on the Neches River at Town Bluff, Texas, as the “Robert Douglas Willis Hydropower Project”

    Public Law 101-51 · 103 Stat. 141 · July 6, 1989 · Original text

52. An Act To designate the second Sunday in October of 1989 as “National Children's Day”.

    Public Law 101-52 · 103 Stat. 142 · July 6, 1989 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain Federal public land in Madison County, Illinois

    Public Law 101-53 · 103 Stat. 144 · July 6, 1989 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Designating September 14, 1989, as “National D.A.R.E. Day”.

    Public Law 101-54 · 103 Stat. 146 · July 7, 1989 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Designating July 14, 1989, as “National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial”.

    Public Law 101-55 · 103 Stat. 148 · July 7, 1989 · Original text

56. Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act Amendments of 1989

    An Act To amend the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 to delay the effective date of the Act for existing agency matching programs.

    Public Law 101-56 · 103 Stat. 149 · July 19, 1989 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To designate the week of September 10, 1989, through September 16, 1989, as “National Check-Up Week”.

    Public Law 101-57 · 103 Stat. 151 · July 21, 1989 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution To designate the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the “Decade of the Brain”.

    Public Law 101-58 · 103 Stat. 152 · July 25, 1989 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Designating January 7, 1990, through January 13, 1990, as “National Law Enforcement Training Week”.

    Public Law 101-59 · 103 Stat. 155 · July 25, 1989 · Original text

60. An Act To amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to eliminate wellhead price and nonprice controls on the first sale of natural gas, and to make technical and conforming amendments to such Act.

    Public Law 101-60 · 103 Stat. 157 · July 26, 1989 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To designate the week of July 24–30, 1989, as the “National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War”

    Public Law 101-61 · 103 Stat. 160 · July 26, 1989 · Original text

62. An Act To ratify certain agreements relating to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

    Public Law 101-62 · 103 Stat. 162 · July 26, 1989 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Designating October 5, 1989, as “Raoul Wallenberg Day”

    Public Law 101-63 · 103 Stat. 163 · July 27, 1989 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To designate October 1989 as “Polish American Heritage Month”

    Public Law 101-64 · 103 Stat. 165 · July 27, 1989 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of September 15, 1989, as “National POW/MIA Recognition Day”

    Public Law 101-65 · 103 Stat. 166 · July 28, 1989 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning July 23, 1989, as “Lyme Disease Awareness Week”

    Public Law 101-66 · 103 Stat. 167 · July 28, 1989 · Original text

67. Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989

    An Act To direct the sale of certain lands in Clark County, Nevada, to meet national defense and other needs; to authorize the sale of certain other lands in Clark County, Nevada; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-67 · 103 Stat. 168 · July 31, 1989 · Original text

68. An Act To remove a restriction from a parcel of land in Roanoke, Virginia, in order for that land to be conveyed to the State of Virginia for use as a veterans nursing home.

    Public Law 101-68 · 103 Stat. 175 · August 1, 1989 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To designate August 1, 1989, as “Helsinki Human Rights Day”.

    Public Law 101-69 · 103 Stat. 176 · August 2, 1989 · Original text

70. An Act To reauthorize the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

    Public Law 101-70 · 103 Stat. 180 · August 3, 1989 · Original text

71. Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989

    An Act To provide for the Federal reimbursement of local noise abatement funds.

    Public Law 101-71 · 103 Stat. 181 · August 4, 1989 · Original text

72. An Act To increase the statutory limit on the public debt, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-72 · 103 Stat. 182 · August 7, 1989 · Original text

73. Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989

    An Act To reform, recapitalize, and consolidate the Federal deposit insurance system, to enhance the regulatory and enforcement powers of Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-73 · 103 Stat. 183 · August 9, 1989 · Original text

74. An Act To approve the designation of the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, to disapprove a term of that designation, and to prohibit the exploration for, or the development or production of, oil, gas, or minerals in any area of that sanctuary, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-74 · 103 Stat. 554 · August 9, 1989 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Designating August 8, 1989, as “National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day”.

    Public Law 101-75 · 103 Stat. 555 · August 10, 1989 · Original text

76. An Act Relating to the method by which Government contributions to the Federal employees health benefits program shall be computed for 1990 or 1991 if no Government-wide indemnity benefit plan participates in that year.

    Public Law 101-76 · 103 Stat. 556 · August 11, 1989 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution To designate 1989 as “United States Customs Service 200th Anniversary Year”

    Public Law 101-77 · 103 Stat. 558 · August 11, 1989 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To designate the month of November 1989 and 1990 as “National Hospice Month”.

    Public Law 101-78 · 103 Stat. 559 · August 11, 1989 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Commemorating the bicentennial of the United States Coast Guard.

    Public Law 101-79 · 103 Stat. 560 · August 11, 1989 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Designating Labor Day Weekend, September 2 through 4, 1989, as “National Drive for Life Weekend”

    Public Law 101-80 · 103 Stat. 561 · August 11, 1989 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the 1990 crops to allow the planting of alternative crops on permitted acreage and to amend the provisions regarding the designation of farm acreage base as acreage base established for oats.

    Public Law 101-81 · 103 Stat. 563 · August 14, 1989 · Original text

82. Disaster Assistance Act of 1989

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

    Public Law 101-82 · 103 Stat. 564 · August 14, 1989 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning September 1, 1989, as “World War II Remembrance Week”

    Public Law 101-83 · 103 Stat. 589 · August 14, 1989 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 1, 1989, through October 7, 1989, as “Mental Illness Awareness Week”

    Public Law 101-84 · 103 Stat. 590 · August 14, 1989 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Wilderness Act of 1964 which established the National Wilderness Preservation System.

    Public Law 101-85 · 103 Stat. 592 · August 14, 1989 · Original text

86. An Act To provide that a Federal annuitant or former member of a uniformed service who returns to Government service, under a temporary appointment, to assist in carrying out the 1990 decennial census of population shall be exempt from certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to offsets from pay and other benefits.

    Public Law 101-86 · 103 Stat. 593 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

87. An Act To extend by 1 year a program under which the Government is allowed to accept the voluntary services of private-sector executives.

    Public Law 101-87 · 103 Stat. 595 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the third Sunday of August of 1989 as “National Senior Citizens Day”

    Public Law 101-88 · 103 Stat. 596 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Designating September 1989 as “National Library Card Sign-Up Month”.

    Public Law 101-89 · 103 Stat. 597 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Designating September 8, 1989, as “National Pledge of Allegiance Day”

    Public Law 101-90 · 103 Stat. 598 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Commending the citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area for their heroism and spirit of volunteerism in selflessly providing assistance and life-saving services to the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232.

    Public Law 101-91 · 103 Stat. 599 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990 for the Federal Maritime Commission

    Public Law 101-92 · 103 Stat. 601 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

93. Drug Abuse Treatment Technical Corrections Act of 1989

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to make technical corrections relating to subtitles A and G of title II of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-93 · 103 Stat. 603 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

94. Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a retirement and survivor benefit program for judges of the new United States Court of Veterans Appeals, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-94 · 103 Stat. 617 · August 16, 1989 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing September 11, 1989, and ending on September 15, 1989, as “National Historically Black Colleges Week”

    Public Law 101-95 · 103 Stat. 630 · September 13, 1989 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution Designating September 1 through 30, 1989, as “National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month”

    Public Law 101-96 · 103 Stat. 631 · September 15, 1989 · Original text

97. District of Columbia Civil Contempt Imprisonment Limitation Act of 1989

    An Act To amend the District of Columbia Code to limit the length of time for which an individual may be incarcerated for civil contempt in the course of a child custody case in the courts of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 101-97 · 103 Stat. 633 · September 23, 1989 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning September 17, 1989, as “Emergency Medical Services Week”.

    Public Law 101-98 · 103 Stat. 636 · September 26, 1989 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992.

    Public Law 101-99 · 103 Stat. 637 · September 26, 1989 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1990, and for other purposes

     Public Law 101-100 · 103 Stat. 638 · September 29, 1989 · Original text