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Every law Congress has passed
97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.
666 laws of the 101st Congress, 1989–1991
An Act For the relief of Jocelyne Carayannis and Marie Carayannis.
Private Law 101-13 · 104 Stat. 5146 · November 15, 1990 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Izzydor Shever.
Private Law 101-14 · 104 Stat. 5147 · November 15, 1990 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leroy W. Shebal of North Pole, Alaska.
Private Law 101-15 · 104 Stat. 5147 · November 15, 1990 · Private law · Original text
Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education Act of 1990
An Act To promote excellence in American mathematics, science and engineering education; enhance the scientific and technical literacy of the American public; stimulate the professional development of scientists and engineers; increase the participation of women and minorities in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering; and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-589 · 104 Stat. 2881 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve emergency medical services and trauma care, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-590 · 104 Stat. 2915 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990
An Act To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-591 · 104 Stat. 2931 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Fastener Quality Act
An Act To require that certain fasteners sold in commerce conform to the specifications to which they are represented to be manufactured, to provide for accreditation of laboratories engaged in fastener testing, to require inspection, testing, and certification, in accordance with standardized methods, of fasteners used in critical applications to increase fastener quality and reduce the danger of fastener failure, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-592 · 104 Stat. 2943 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey all interest of the United States in a fish hatchery to the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-593 · 104 Stat. 2954 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Antarctic Protection Act of 1990
An Act To protect and conserve the continent of Antarctica, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-594 · 104 Stat. 2975 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1990
An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for the Federal Maritime Commission, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-595 · 104 Stat. 2979 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to water quality in the Great Lakes.
Public Law 101-596 · 104 Stat. 3000 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990
An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for the National Health Service Corps, and to establish certain programs of grants to the States for improving health services in the States.
Public Law 101-597 · 104 Stat. 3013 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
An Act To designate the Federal building located at 340 North Pleasant Valley Road in Winchester, Virginia, as the “J. Kenneth Robinson Postal Building”.
Public Law 101-598 · 104 Stat. 3037 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
An Act To improve navigational safety and to reduce the hazards to navigation resulting from vessel collisions with pipelines in the marine environment, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-599 · 104 Stat. 3038 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
School Dropout Prevention and Basic Skills Improvement Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-600 · 104 Stat. 3042 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
An Act To provide for the protection of Native American graves, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-601 · 104 Stat. 3048 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990
An Act To approve the Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Settlement, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-602 · 104 Stat. 3059 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands to be added to the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in North Carolina.
Public Law 101-603 · 104 Stat. 3065 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990
An Act To promote and strengthen aviation security, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-604 · 104 Stat. 3066 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
An Act To establish the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-605 · 104 Stat. 3089 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Global Change Research Act of 1990
An Act To require the establishment of a United States Global Change Research Program aimed at understanding and responding to global change, including the cumulative effects of human activities and natural processes on the environment, to promote discussions toward international protocols in global change research, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-606 · 104 Stat. 3096 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
De Soto Expedition Trail Commission Act of 1990
An Act To establish in the Department of the Interior the De Soto Expedition Trail Commission, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-607 · 104 Stat. 3105 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990
An Act To authorize appropriations for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-608 · 104 Stat. 3110 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
An Act To amend the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 to improve and clarify its provisions.
Public Law 101-609 · 104 Stat. 3125 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
National and Community Service Act of 1990
An Act To enhance national and community service, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-610 · 104 Stat. 3127 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991
An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-611 · 104 Stat. 3188 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Smith River National Recreation Area Act
An Act To establish the Smith River National Recreation Area, to redesignate the Sunset Crater National Monument, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-612 · 104 Stat. 3209 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
National Institutes of Health Amendments of 1990
An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to certain programs for the National Institutes of Health.
Public Law 101-613 · 104 Stat. 3224 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act
An Act To authorize appropriations for the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-614 · 104 Stat. 3231 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Hazardous Mate-rials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-615 · 104 Stat. 3244 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Transplant Amendments Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program establishing the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-616 · 104 Stat. 3279 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Environmental Research Geo-graphic Location Information Act
An Act To provide a method of locating private and Government research on environmental issues by geographic location.
Public Law 101-617 · 104 Stat. 3287 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990
An Act To provide for the settlement of water rights claims of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-618 · 104 Stat. 3289 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
National Environmental Education Act
An Act To promote environmental education, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-619 · 104 Stat. 3325 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Joint Resolution Calling for the United States to encourage immediate negotiations toward a new agreement among Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties, for the full protection of Antarctica as a global ecological commons.
Public Law 101-620 · 104 Stat. 3340 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990
An Act To establish the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Public Law 101-621 · 104 Stat. 3342 · November 16, 1990 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Benjamin H. Fonorow.
Private Law 101-16 · 104 Stat. 5148 · November 16, 1990 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize modification of the boundaries of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
Public Law 101-622 · 104 Stat. 3347 · November 21, 1990 · Original text
International Narcotics Control Act of 1990
An Act To authorize international narcotics control activities for fiscal year 1991, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-623 · 104 Stat. 3350 · November 21, 1990 · Original text
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
An Act To extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs, to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, to ensure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-624 · 104 Stat. 3359 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
An Act To authorize a new HOME Investment Partnerships program, a National Homeownership Trust program, and HOPE programs, to amend and extend certain laws relating to housing, community and neighborhood preservation, and related programs, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-625 · 104 Stat. 4079 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Tongass Timber Reform Act
An Act To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, to protect certain lands in the Tongass National Forest in perpetuity, to modify certain long-term timber contracts, to provide for protection of riparian habitat, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-626 · 104 Stat. 4426 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act through fiscal year 1993, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-627 · 104 Stat. 4436 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990
An Act To provide for the designation of certain public lands as wilderness in the State of Arizona.
Public Law 101-628 · 104 Stat. 4469 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of medical devices, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-629 · 104 Stat. 4469 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Rumsey Indian Rancheria to convey a certain parcel of land.
Public Law 101-630 · 104 Stat. 4531 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
An Act To authorize an exchange of lands in South Dakota and Colorado.
Public Law 101-631 · 104 Stat. 4569 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
An Act To provide for a visitor center at Salem Maritime National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Public Law 101-632 · 104 Stat. 4575 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Illinois Wilderness Act of 1990
An Act To designate certain public lands in the State of Illinois as wilderness, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-633 · 104 Stat. 4577 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Salt Lake City Watershed Improvement Act of 1990
An Act To effect an exchange of lands between the United States Forest Service and the Salt Lake City Corporation within the State of Utah, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-634 · 104 Stat. 4580 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act
An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revitalize the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-635 · 104 Stat. 4583 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
An Act To restructure repayment terms and conditions for loans made by the Secretary of the Interior to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts for the reconstruction of the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-636 · 104 Stat. 4586 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1990
An Act To reauthorize the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984.
Public Law 101-637 · 104 Stat. 4589 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
An Act To extend the authorization of appropriations for the Taft Institute.
Public Law 101-638 · 104 Stat. 4599 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Mental Health Amendments of 1990
An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain National Institute of Mental Health grants and to improve provisions concerning the State comprehensive mental health services plan, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-639 · 104 Stat. 4600 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Water Resources Development Act of 1990
An Act To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers civil works program to construct various projects for improvements to the Nation’s infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-640 · 104 Stat. 4604 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1990
An Act To amend the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-641 · 104 Stat. 4654 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 3, 1990, to November 10, 1990, as “National Week to Commemorate the Victims of the Famine in the Ukraine. 1932–1933”. and to commemorate the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933 and the policies of Russification to suppress Ukrainian identity.
Public Law 101-642 · 104 Stat. 4659 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
Joint Resolution To designate the third week of February 1991 as “National Parents and Teachers Association Week”.
Public Law 101-643 · 104 Stat. 4661 · November 28, 1990 · Original text
An Act To expand the powers of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-644 · 104 Stat. 4662 · November 29, 1990 · Original text
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-645 · 104 Stat. 4673 · November 29, 1990 · Original text
An Act To prevent and control infestations of the coastal inland waters of the United States by the zebra mussel and other nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species, to reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-646 · 104 Stat. 4761 · November 29, 1990 · Original text
Crime Control Act of 1990
An Act To control crime.
Public Law 101-647 · 104 Stat. 4789 · November 29, 1990 · Original text
Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990
An Act To establish a framework for the conduct of negotiated rulemaking by Federal agencies.
Public Law 101-648 · 104 Stat. 4969 · November 29, 1990 · Original text
Immigration Act of 1990
An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-649 · 104 Stat. 4978 · November 29, 1990 · Original text
Judicial Improvements Act of 1990
An Act To provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-650 · 104 Stat. 5089 · December 1, 1990 · Original text
By Congress
- 119th 2025 · 136
- 118th 2023 · 274
- 117th 2021 · 365
- 116th 2019 · 344
- 115th 2017 · 443
- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
- 106th 1999 · 604
- 105th 1997 · 404
- 104th 1995 · 337
- 103rd 1993 · 473
- 102nd 1991 · 610
- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 87th 1961 · 1,573
- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
- 84th 1955 · 1,909
- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
- 79th 1945 · 1,626
- 78th 1943 · 1,157
- 77th 1941 · 1,489
- 76th 1939 · 1,659
- 75th 1937 · 1,760
- 74th 1935 · 1,724
- 73rd 1933 · 975
- 72nd 1931 · 861
- 71st 1929 · 1,506
- 70th 1927 · 1,722
- 69th 1925 · 1,423
- 68th 1923 · 996
- 67th 1921 · 930
- 66th 1919 · 594
- 65th 1917 · 453
- 64th 1915 · 684
- 63rd 1913 · 700
- 62nd 1911 · 717
- 61st 1909 · 881
- 60th 1907 · 621
- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
- 56th 1899 · 1,959
- 55th 1897 · 1,438
- 54th 1895 · 947
- 53rd 1893 · 712
- 52nd 1891 · 721
- 51st 1889 · 2,188
- 50th 1887 · 1,824
- 49th 1885 · 1,452
- 48th 1883 · 970
- 47th 1881 · 761
- 46th 1879 · 650
- 45th 1877 · 746
- 44th 1875 · 578
- 43rd 1873 · 859
- 42nd 1871 · 1,014
- 41st 1869 · 771
- 40th 1867 · 769
- 39th 1865 · 715
- 38th 1863 · 516
- 37th 1861 · 526
- 36th 1859 · 382
- 35th 1857 · 314
- 34th 1855 · 435
- 33rd 1853 · 540
- 32nd 1851 · 308
- 31st 1849 · 171
- 30th 1847 · 456
- 29th 1845 · 356
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
- 13th 1813 · 271
- 12th 1811 · 208
- 11th 1809 · 119
- 10th 1807 · 106
- 9th 1805 · 110
- 8th 1803 · 112
- 7th 1801 · 96
- 6th 1799 · 115
- 5th 1797 · 157
- 4th 1795 · 86
- 3rd 1793 · 133
- 2nd 1791 · 80
- 1st 1789 · 119
From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.