Every law Congress has passed

942 laws of the 91st Congress, 1969–1971

1. Veterans Education and Training Amendments Act of 1970

   An Act To amend chapters 31, 34, and 35 of title 38, United States Code, in order to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and special training allowance paid to eligible veterans and persons under such chapters; to amend chapters 34, 35, and 36 of such title to make certain improvements in the educational programs for eligible veterans and dependents; and for other purposes.

   Public Law 91-219 · 84 Stat. 76 · March 26, 1970 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to wheat.

   Public Law 91-220 · 84 Stat. 86 · March 31, 1970 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize appropriations for the saline water conversion program for fiscal year 1971, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 91-221 · 84 Stat. 87 · March 31, 1970 · Original text

4. Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969

   An Act To extend public health protection with respect to cigarette smoking, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 91-222 · 84 Stat. 87 · April 1, 1970 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the appropriation of additional funds necessary for acquisition of land at the Point Reyes National Seashore in California.

   Public Law 91-223 · 84 Stat. 90 · April 3, 1970 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 91-224 · 84 Stat. 91 · April 3, 1970 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the entry of certain nonimmigrants into the United States, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 91-225 · 84 Stat. 116 · April 7, 1970 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To provide fur the settlement of the labor dispute between certain carriers by mil road and certain of their employees.

   Public Law 91-226 · 84 Stat. 118 · April 9, 1970 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the exchange, upon terms fully protecting the public interest, of the lauds and buildings now constituting the United States Public Health Service Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana for lands upon which a new United States Public Health Service Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana may be located.

   Public Law 91-227 · 84 Stat. 119 · April 10, 1970 · Original text

10. An Act To permit El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas, to be placed in the mountain standard time zone.

    Public Law 91-228 · 84 Stat. 119 · April 10, 1970 · Original text

11. An Act To provide for loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-229 · 84 Stat. 120 · April 11, 1970 · Original text

12. An Act To extend programs of assistance for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-230 · 84 Stat. 121 · April 13, 1970 · Original text

13. Federal Employees Salary Act of 1970

    An Act To increase the pay of Federal employees.

    Public Law 91-231 · 84 Stat. 195 · April 15, 1970 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Bail Agency Act to provide additional funds for the District of Columbia Bail Agency for fiscal year 1970.

    Public Law 91-232 · 84 Stat. 199 · April 15, 1970 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to the use of dairy products, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-233 · 84 Stat. 199 · April 17, 1970 · Original text

16. An Act To confer United States citizenship posthumously upon Lance Corporal Andre L. Knoppert.

    Private Law 91-83 · 84 Stat. 2100 · April 17, 1970 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Railway Labor Act in order to change the number of carrier representatives and labor organization representatives on the National Railroad Adjustment Board, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-234 · 84 Stat. 199 · April 23, 1970 · Original text

18. An Act To provide that, for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, individuals who were illegally detained during 1988 by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea shall be treated as serving in a combat zone.

    Public Law 91-235 · 84 Stat. 200 · April 24, 1970 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim the lust Friday of April 1970 as “National Arbor Day”.

    Public Law 91-236 · 84 Stat. 200 · April 27, 1970 · Original text

20. An Act To provide that the Federal office Building and United States Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois, shall be named the “Everett McKinley Dirksen Building”.

    Public Law 91-237 · 84 Stat. 201 · May 1, 1970 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Secretary of The Interior to permit the removal of the Francis Asbury statue, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-238 · 84 Stat. 201 · May 4, 1970 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the establishment of an international quarantine station and to permit tile entry therein of animals from any country and the subsequent movement of such animals into other parts of the United States for purposes of improving livestock breeds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-239 · 84 Stat. 202 · May 6, 1970 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Wu Hip.

    Private Law 91-84 · 84 Stat. 2100 · May 6, 1970 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To provide for disposition of estates of intestate members of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma dying without heirs.

    Public Law 91-240 · 84 Stat. 203 · May 7, 1970 · Original text

25. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to liberalize the conditions under which the administrator of Veterans’ Affairs is required to effect recoupment from disability compensation otherwise payable to certain disabled veterans.

    Public Law 91-241 · 84 Stat. 203 · May 7, 1970 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize tile documentation of the vessel West Wind as a vessel of the United States with coastwise privileges.

    Private Law 91-85 · 84 Stat. 2100 · May 7, 1970 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Barbara Rogerson Marmor.

    Private Law 91-86 · 84 Stat. 2101 · May 7, 1970 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Cora S. Villaruel.

    Private Law 91-87 · 84 Stat. 2101 · May 7, 1970 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To extend for four years the period of time during which certain requirements shall continue to apply with respect to applications for a license for an activity which may affect the resources of the Hudson Riverway, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-242 · 84 Stat. 203 · May 9, 1970 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915), establishing a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-243 · 84 Stat. 204 · May 9, 1970 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the many contributions to tile founding and early development of the State of Texas and the city of San Antonio by Jose Antonio Navarro.

    Public Law 91-244 · 84 Stat. 205 · May 9, 1970 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the heirs at law of Touiosuke Uyemura and Chiyo Uyemura, his wife.

    Private Law 91-88 · 84 Stat. 2101 · May 9, 1970 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to prevent terminations of oil and gas Leases in cases where there is a nominal deficiency in the rental payment, and to authorize him to reinstate under some conditions oil and gas leases terminated by operation of law for failure to pay rental timely.

    Public Law 91-245 · 84 Stat. 206 · May 12, 1970 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order to extend the authorization for appropriations.

    Public Law 91-246 · 84 Stat. 207 · May 12, 1970 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 91-247 · 84 Stat. 207 · May 13, 1970 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to clarity responsibilities related to providing free and reduced-price meals and preventing discrimination against children, to revise program matching requirements, to strengthen the nutrition training and education benefits of the programs, and otherwise to strengthen the food service programs for children in schools and service institutions.

    Public Law 91-248 · 84 Stat. 207 · May 14, 1970 · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act of October 30, 1965, relating to the conservation and enhancement of the Nation’s anadromous fishing resources, to encourage certain joint research and development projects, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-249 · 84 Stat. 214 · May 14, 1970 · Original text

38. An Act To amend section 613 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

    Public Law 91-250 · 84 Stat. 215 · May 14, 1970 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the transfer of the Brown unit of the Fort Belknap Indian irrigation project on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana, to the land-owners within the unit.

    Public Law 91-251 · 84 Stat. 216 · May 14, 1970 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act of August 7, 1961, providing for the establishment of Cape Cod National Seashore.

    Public Law 91-252 · 84 Stat. 216 · May 14, 1970 · Original text

41. An Act To amend section 211 of the Public Health Service Act to equalize the retirement benefits for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service with retirement benefits provided for other officers in the uniformed services.

    Public Law 91-253 · 84 Stat. 216 · May 14, 1970 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the completion of the carvings on Stone Mountain, Georgia, depicting heroes of the Confederacy.

    Public Law 91-254 · 84 Stat. 217 · May 14, 1970 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain mineral rights in and under lands in Pike County, Georgia.

    Private Law 91-89 · 84 Stat. 2102 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To confer United States citizenship posthumously upon Specialist Four Aaron Tawil.

    Private Law 91-90 · 84 Stat. 2103 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Delilah Aurora Gamatero.

    Private Law 91-91 · 84 Stat. 2103 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Placido Viterbo.

    Private Law 91-92 · 84 Stat. 2103 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Kong Wan Nor.

    Private Law 91-93 · 84 Stat. 2103 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Anne Reale Pietrandrea.

    Private Law 91-94 · 84 Stat. 2104 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of William Patrick Magee.

    Private Law 91-95 · 84 Stat. 2104 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Patricia Hiro Williams.

    Private Law 91-96 · 84 Stat. 2104 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of All Somay.

    Private Law 91-97 · 84 Stat. 2105 · May 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To provide for the appointment of James Edwin Webb as Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 91-255 · 84 Stat. 217 · May 18, 1970 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the transfer by licensed blood banks in the District of Columbia of blood components within the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 91-256 · 84 Stat. 218 · May 18, 1970 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1870, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-257 · 84 Stat. 218 · May 19, 1970 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the expansion and improvement of the Nation’s airport and airway system, for the imposition of airport and airway user charges, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-258 · 84 Stat. 219 · May 21, 1970 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the disposition of judgment funds of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 91-259 · 84 Stat. 254 · May 21, 1970 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To further amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

    Public Law 91-260 · 84 Stat. 254 · May 21, 1970 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard.

    Public Law 91-261 · 84 Stat. 255 · May 21, 1970 · Original text

59. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the definition of the term “child” to recognize an adopted child of a veteran as a dependent from the date of issuance of an interlocutory decree, to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to dependent children of deceased veterans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-262 · 84 Stat. 256 · May 21, 1970 · Original text

60. District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Amendments of l970

    An Act To make certain revisions in the retirement benefits of District of Columbia public school teachers and other educational employees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-263 · 84 Stat. 257 · May 22, 1970 · Original text

61. An Act To further the economic advancement and general welfare of the Hopi Indian Tribe of the State of Arizona.

    Public Law 91-264 · 84 Stat. 260 · May 22, 1970 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1870, 1971, and 1972, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-265 · 84 Stat. 262 · May 22, 1970 · Original text

63. An Act To prohibit the business of debt adjusting in the District of Columbia except as an incident to the lawful practice of law or as an activity engaged in by a nonprofit corporation or association.

    Public Law 91-266 · 84 Stat. 264 · May 22, 1970 · Original text

64. An Act To change the name of the Kay singer Bluff Dam and Reservoir, Osage River Basin, Missouri, to the Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir, Missouri.

    Public Law 91-267 · 84 Stat. 264 · May 26, 1970 · Original text

65. District of Columbia Anatomical Gift Act

    An Act To authorize, in the District of Columbia, the gift of all or part of a hitman body after death for specified purposes.

    Public Law 91-268 · 84 Stat. 266 · May 26, 1970 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for Federal Government recognition of and participation in international expositions proposed to lie held in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-269 · 84 Stat. 271 · May 27, 1970 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Merlin division, Bogue River Basin project. Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-270 · 84 Stat. 273 · May 28, 1970 · Original text

68. An Act To reimburse certain persons for amounts contributed to the Department of the Interior.

    Private Law 91-98 · 84 Stat. 2105 · May 28, 1970 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Michel M. Goutmann.

    Private Law 91-99 · 84 Stat. 2106 · May 28, 1970 · Private law · Original text

70. The Customs Administrative Act of 1970

    An Act To improve the judicial machinery in customs courts by amending the statutory provisions relating to judicial actions and administrative proceedings in customs matters, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-271 · 84 Stat. 273 · June 2, 1970 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional district judges, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-272 · 84 Stat. 294 · June 2, 1970 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1934, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-273 · 84 Stat. 299 · June 2, 1970 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the partition or sale of inherited interests in allotted lands in the Tulalip Reservation, Washington, and for other purposes”, approved June 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 290).

    Public Law 91-274 · 84 Stat. 303 · June 2, 1970 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize longer term leases of Indian lauds at the YavapaiPrescott Community Reservation in Arizona.

    Public Law 91-275 · 84 Stat. 303 · June 2, 1970 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Beverly Medlock and Ruth Lee Medlock.

    Private Law 91-100 · 84 Stat. 2106 · June 5, 1970 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To Provide Relief for Commander Edwin J. Sabec, United States Navy.

    Private Law 91-101 · 84 Stat. 2106 · June 5, 1970 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of the Sanborn Lumber Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 91-102 · 84 Stat. 2107 · June 5, 1970 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Captain John T. Lawlor (retired).

    Private Law 91-103 · 84 Stat. 2107 · June 5, 1970 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Hannibal B. Taylor.

    Private Law 91-104 · 84 Stat. 2108 · June 5, 1970 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the Public Printer to fix the subscription price of the daily Congressional Record.

    Public Law 91-276 · 84 Stat. 303 · June 12, 1970 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Extending for four years the existing authority for the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune.

    Public Law 91-277 · 84 Stat. 303 · June 12, 1970 · Original text

82. An Act To improve and clarify certain laws affecting the Coast Guard.

    Public Law 91-278 · 84 Stat. 304 · June 12, 1970 · Original text

83. An Act To extend the provisions of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-279 · 84 Stat. 307 · June 12, 1970 · Original text

84. An Act To transfer from the Architect of tile Capitol to the Librarian of Congress the authority to purchase office equipment and furniture for the Library of Congress.

    Public Law 91-280 · 84 Stat. 309 · June 12, 1970 · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Franz Charles Feldmeier.

    Private Law 91-105 · 84 Stat. 2108 · June 15, 1970 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of James Harry Martin.

    Private Law 91-106 · 84 Stat. 2108 · June 15, 1970 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act To amend section H of an Act approved August 4, 1950 entitled “An Act relating to the policing of the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress”.

    Public Law 91-281 · 84 Stat. 309 · June 17, 1970 · Original text

88. River Basin Monetary Authorization and Miscellaneous Civil Works Amendments Act of 1970

    An Act Authorizing additional appropriations for prosecution of projects in certain comprehensive river basin plans for flood control, navigation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-282 · 84 Stat. 310 · June 19, 1970 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the disposition of judgment funds of the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Public Law 91-283 · 84 Stat. 310 · June 19, 1970 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the tobacco marketing provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 91-284 · 84 Stat. 310 · June 19, 1970 · Original text

91. Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970

    An Act To extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the discriminatory use of tests, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-285 · 84 Stat. 314 · June 22, 1970 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the Secretary of tile Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the East Greenacres unit, Rathdrum Prairie project, Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-286 · 84 Stat. 319 · June 23, 1970 · Original text

93. An Act To amend title 44, United States Code, to facilitate the disposal of Government records without sufficient value to warrant their continued preservation, to abolish the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-287 · 84 Stat. 319 · June 23, 1970 · Original text

94. An Act To establish the Ford’s Theatre National Historical Site, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-288 · 84 Stat. 322 · June 23, 1970 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the Act of October 25, 1949 (63 Stat. 1205), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey a Tract of Land to Lillian I. Anderson.

    Private Law 91-107 · 84 Stat. 2109 · June 23, 1970 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 6 of the War Claims Act of 1948 to include prisoners of war captured during the Vietnam conflict, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-289 · 84 Stat. 323 · June 24, 1970 · Original text

97. An Act To further extend the period of restrictions on lands of the Quapaw Indians, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-290 · 84 Stat. 325 · June 25, 1970 · Original text

98. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize a maximum of $15,000 coverage under Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance, to enlarge the classes eligible for such insurance, to improve the administration of the programs of life insurance provided for servicemen and veterans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 91-291 · 84 Stat. 326 · June 25, 1970 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 2(3) and section 8c(i)(I) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and subsequent legislation, so as to authorize production research under marketing agreement and order programs.

    Public Law 91-292 · 84 Stat. 333 · June 25, 1970 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Act of June 28, 1948, as amended, relating to the acquisition of property for the Independence National Historical Park.

     Public Law 91-293 · 84 Stat. 333 · June 25, 1970 · Original text