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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.

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666 laws of the 101st Congress, 1989–1991

  1. 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

  2. An Act For the relief of Izzydor Shever.

    Private Law 101-14 · 104 Stat. 5147 · November 15, 1990 · Private law · Original text

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. An Act For the relief of Benjamin H. Fonorow.

    Private Law 101-16 · 104 Stat. 5148 · November 16, 1990 · Private law · Original text

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. An Act To extend the authorization of appropriations for the Taft Institute.

    Public Law 101-638 · 104 Stat. 4599 · November 28, 1990 · Original text

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. 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

  60. 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

  61. 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

  62. 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

  63. Crime Control Act of 1990

    An Act To control crime.

    Public Law 101-647 · 104 Stat. 4789 · November 29, 1990 · Original text

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. 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

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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.