Every law Congress has passed

769 laws of the 92nd Congress, 1971–1973

1. An Act To provide for the disposition of funds to pay a judgment in favor of the Yankton Sioux Tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 332–A, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 92-468 · 86 Stat. 782 · October 6, 1972 · Original text

2. An Act To increase the size and weight limits on military mail and for other purposes.

   Public Law 92-469 · 86 Stat. 782 · October 6, 1972 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the acquisition of a village site for the Payson Bawl of Yavapai-Apache Indians, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 92-470 · 86 Stat. 783 · October 6, 1972 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Harold J. Seaborg.

   Private Law 92-134 · 86 Stat. 1555 · October 6, 1972 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Jerry L. Chancellor.

   Private Law 92-135 · 86 Stat. 1556 · October 6, 1972 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of David J. Foster.

   Private Law 92-136 · 86 Stat. 1557 · October 6, 1972 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Herbert Improte.

   Private Law 92-137 · 86 Stat. 1557 · October 6, 1972 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Sara B. Garner.

   Private Law 92-138 · 86 Stat. 1557 · October 6, 1972 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Anne M. Sack.

   Private Law 92-139 · 86 Stat. 1558 · October 6, 1972 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To amend the North Pacific Fisheries Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-471 · 86 Stat. 784 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the sale and exchange of certain lauds on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-472 · 86 Stat. 788 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Service Contract Act of 1965 to revise the method of computing wage rates under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-473 · 86 Stat. 789 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain national forest lands Within the Garson and Sauta Fe National Forests in the State of New Mexico for certain private lands within the Piedra Lamb re Grant, in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-474 · 86 Stat. 790 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-475 · 86 Stat. 791 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

15. An Act To designate the Stratified Primitive Area as a part of the Washakie Wilderness, heretofore known as the South Absaroka Wilderness, Shoshone National Forest, in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-476 · 86 Stat. 792 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

16. An Act To amend chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize at Government expense, the transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings, in place of household and personal effects, of members in a missing status, and the additional movement of dependents and effects, or trailers, of those members in such a status for more than one year.

    Public Law 92-477 · 86 Stat. 793 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of protecting and preserving the Great Dismal Swamp and the Dismal Swamp Canal.

    Public Law 92-478 · 86 Stat. 793 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

18. An Act To amend title 14, united States Code, to authorize involuntary active duty for Count Guard reservists for emergency augmentation of regular forces.

    Public Law 92-479 · 86 Stat. 795 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

19. An Act To declare that certain federally owned lands shall be held by the United States in trust for the Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community, Wisconsin.

    Public Law 92-480 · 86 Stat. 795 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 703(b) of title 10, United Stales Code, to extend the authority to grant a special thirty-day leave for members of the uniformed services who voluntarily extend their tours of duty in hostile fire areas.

    Public Law 92-481 · 86 Stat. 795 · October 9, 1972 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 552(a) of title 37, United States Code, to provide continuance of incentive pay to members of the uniformed services for the period required for hospitalization and rehabilitation after termination of missing status.

    Public Law 92-482 · 86 Stat. 796 · October 12, 1972 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the restoration, reconstruction, and exhibition of the gunboat “Cairo”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-483 · 86 Stat. 796 · October 12, 1972 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Donald W. Wotring.

    Private Law 92-140 · 86 Stat. 1558 · October 12, 1972 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Corporal Bobby R. Mullins.

    Private Law 92-141 · 86 Stat. 1558 · October 12, 1972 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To establish an Office of Technology Assessment for the Congress as an aid in the identification and consideration of existing and probable impacts of technological application; to amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-484 · 86 Stat. 797 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

26. An Act To extend the time for commencing actions on behalf of an Indian tribe, band, or group.

    Public Law 92-485 · 86 Stat. 803 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim October 30, 1972, as “National Sokol Day”.

    Public Law 92-486 · 86 Stat. 803 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

28. An Act To amend the Act of July 4, 1955, as amended, relating to the construction of irrigation distribution systems.

    Public Law 92-487 · 86 Stat. 804 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

29. An Act To declare that certain federally owned lands shall be held by the United States in trust for the Burns Indian Colony, Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-488 · 86 Stat. 806 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

30. An Act To Create a Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System of the United States.

    Public Law 92-489 · 86 Stat. 807 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the South Pacific Commission.

    Public Law 92-490 · 86 Stat. 808 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

32. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property in the District of Columbia to the National Firefighting Museum and Center for Fire Prevention, Incorporated.

    Public Law 92-491 · 86 Stat. 809 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

33. An Act To amend titles 10, 32, and 37, United States Code, to authorize the establishment of a National Guard for the Virgin Islands.

    Public Law 92-492 · 86 Stat. 810 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

34. An Act To designate certain lands in the Lava Beds National Monument in California, as wilderness.

    Public Law 92-493 · 86 Stat. 811 · October 13, 1972 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation for the annual contribution a by the United States for the support of the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

    Public Law 92-494 · 86 Stat. 811 · October 14, 1972 · Original text

36. District of Columbia Public Utilities Reimbursement Act of 1972

    An Act To amend the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945 to provide for the reimbursement of public utilities In the District of Columbia for certain costs resulting from urban renewal; to provide for reimbursement of public utilities in the District of Columbia for certain costs resulting from Federal-aid system programs; and to amend section 5 of the Act approved June 11, 1878 (providing a permanent government of the District of Columbia), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-495 · 86 Stat. 812 · October 14, 1972 · Original text

37. An Act To extend the life of the Commission on Civil Rights, to expand the jurisdiction of the Commission to include discrimination because of sex, to authorize appropriations for the Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-496 · 86 Stat. 813 · October 14, 1972 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the joint resolution authorizing appropriations far participation by the United States tn the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the international (Rome) Institute for the Unification of Private Law.

    Public Law 92-497 · 86 Stat. 814 · October 17, 1972 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain lands of the United States to the State of Tennessee for the use of the University of Tennessee.

    Public Law 92-498 · 86 Stat. 814 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

40. An Act To extend diplomatic privileges and immunities to the Mission to the United States of America of the Commission of the European Communities and to members thereof.

    Public Law 92-499 · 86 Stat. 814 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

41. Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972

    An Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

    Public Law 92-500 · 86 Stat. 816 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize certain additions to the Sitka National Monument in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-501 · 86 Stat. 904 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 in order to provide for the effective enforcement of the provisions therein prohibiting the shooting at birds, fish, and other animals from aircraft.

    Public Law 92-502 · 86 Stat. 905 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To extend the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to the insurance of loans and mortgages under the National Housing Act.

    Public Law 92-503 · 86 Stat. 906 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Sockeye Salmon or Pink Salmon Fishery Act of 1947 to authorize the restoration and extension of the sockeye and pink salmon stocks of the Fraser Elver system, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-504 · 86 Stat. 907 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution To recognize Thomas Jefferson University. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first university in the United States to bear the full name of the third President of the United States.

    Public Law 92-505 · 86 Stat. 907 · October 18, 1972 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of the estate of Amos E. Norby.

    Private Law 92-142 · 86 Stat. 1559 · October 18, 1972 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey certain property in Canandaigua, New York, to Sonnenberg Gardens, a nonprofit, educational corporation.

    Private Law 92-143 · 86 Stat. 1559 · October 18, 1972 · Private law · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To provide grants for Allen J. Ellender fellowships to disadvantaged secondary school students and their teachers to participate in a Washington public affairs program.

    Public Law 92-506 · 86 Stat. 907 · October 19, 1972 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

    Public Law 92-507 · 86 Stat. 909 · October 19, 1972 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to proclaim the week beginning October 15, 1972, as “National Drug Abuse Prevention Week”.

    Public Law 92-508 · 86 Stat. 917 · October 19, 1972 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To designate the week which begins on the first Sunday in March 1973 as “National Beta Club Week”.

    Public Law 92-509 · 86 Stat. 917 · October 19, 1972 · Original text

53. Lassen Volcanic Wilderness

    An Act To designate certain lands in the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, as wilderness.

    Public Law 92-510 · 86 Stat. 918 · October 19, 1972 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution providing for United States participation in the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property.

    Public Law 92-511 · 86 Stat. 918 · October 20, 1972 · Original text

55. An Act To provide fiscal assistance to State and local governments, to authorize Federal collection of State individual income taxes, and for other purchases.

    Public Law 92-512 · 86 Stat. 919 · October 20, 1972 · Original text

56. Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act

    An Act To promote competition among motor vehicle manufacturers in the design and production of safe motor vehicles having greater resistance to damage, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-513 · 86 Stat. 947 · October 20, 1972 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize tile Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain various Federal reclamation projects, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-514 · 86 Stat. 964 · October 20, 1972 · Original text

58. An Act To enable the blind and the otherwise physically disabled to participate fully in the social and economic life of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 92-515 · 86 Stat. 970 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

59. Federal Environ mental Pesticide Control Act of 1972

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

    Public Law 92-516 · 86 Stat. 973 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

60. National Capital Area Transit Act of 1972

    An Act To provide for acquisition by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority of the mass transit bus systems engaged in scheduled regular route operations in the National Capital area, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-517 · 86 Stat. 999 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955 to increase salaries, to provide certain revisions in the retirement benefits of public school teachers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-518 · 86 Stat. 1005 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

62. District of Columbia Implied Consent Act

    An Act To provide that any person operating a motor vehicle within the District of Columbia shall be deemed to have given ids consent to a chemical test of his blood, breath, or urine, for the purpose of determining the blood alcohol content.

    Public Law 92-519 · 86 Stat. 1016 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

63. Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act

    An Act To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1950, as amended, to provide for the construction of a civic center In the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-520 · 86 Stat. 1019 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to classify as a wilderness area the national forest lands adjacent to the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, known as the Minam River Canyon and adjoining area, in Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-521 · 86 Stat. 1026 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

65. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972

    An Act To protect marine mammals; to establish a Marine Mammal Commission; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-522 · 86 Stat. 1027 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1973 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 92-523 · 86 Stat. 1046 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Home National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-524 · 86 Stat. 1046 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Hohokam Pima National Monument In tile vicinity of the Snaketown archeological site, Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-525 · 86 Stat. 1047 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

69. An Act To amend provisions of law relating to the Administrative Conference of the United States.

    Public Law 92-526 · 86 Stat. 1048 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for the administration of the Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site, in Palm Beach, Florida.

    Public Law 92-527 · 86 Stat. 1049 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to review as to its suitability for preservation as wilderness the area commonly known as the Indian Peaks Area in the State of Colorado.

    Public Law 92-528 · 86 Stat. 1050 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

72. An Act To amend chapter 87 of title a. United States Code, to waive employee deductions for Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance purposes during a period of erroneous removal or suspension.

    Public Law 92-529 · 86 Stat. 1050 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Cass County, North Dakota.

    Public Law 92-530 · 86 Stat. 1051 · October 21, 1972 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved mineral interests of the United States in certain land in Georgia to Thomas A. Buiso, the record owner of the surface thereof.

    Private Law 92-144 · 86 Stat. 1560 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of John P. Woodson, his heirs, successors in interest or assigns.

    Private Law 92-145 · 86 Stat. 1562 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Jorge Ortuzar-Varas and Maria Fabia de Ortuzar.

    Private Law 92-146 · 86 Stat. 1562 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of certain postal employees at the Elmhurst, Illinois, Post Office.

    Private Law 92-147 · 86 Stat. 1562 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Wolfgang Kutter.

    Private Law 92-148 · 86 Stat. 1563 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Kenneth J. Wolff.

    Private Law 92-149 · 86 Stat. 1563 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Alberto Rodriguez.

    Private Law 92-150 · 86 Stat. 1563 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Maurice Marchbanks.

    Private Law 92-151 · 86 Stat. 1564 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Gerald Vincent Bull.

    Private Law 92-152 · 86 Stat. 1564 · October 21, 1972 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Relating to compensation of members of the National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education.

    Public Law 92-531 · 86 Stat. 1051 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

84. Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972

    An Act To regulate the transportation for dumping, and the dumping, of material into ocean waters, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-532 · 86 Stat. 1052 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize additional funds for acquisition of interests in land within the area known as Piscataway Park In the State of Maryland.

    Public Law 92-533 · 86 Stat. 1063 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

86. An Act To release certain restrictions on the acquisition of lands for recreational development and for the protection of natural resources at fish and wildlife areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior.

    Public Law 92-534 · 86 Stat. 1063 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

87. An Act To strengthen the penalties imposed for violations of the Bald Eagle Protection Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-535 · 86 Stat. 1064 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

88. An Act To establish the Cumberland Island National Seashore in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-536 · 86 Stat. 1066 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

89. An Act To establish the Fossil Butte National Monument in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-537 · 86 Stat. 1069 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the joint resolution establishing the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, as amended.

    Public Law 92-538 · 86 Stat. 1070 · October 23, 1972 · Original text

91. Act for the Protection of Foreign Officials and Official Guests of the United States

    An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for expanded protection of foreign officials, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-539 · 86 Stat. 1070 · October 24, 1972 · Original text

92. Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1972

    An Act To amend title 38, Tutted States Code, to increase the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and special training allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons; to provide for advance educational assistance payments to certain veterans; to make improvements in the educational assistance programs; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-540 · 86 Stat. 1074 · October 24, 1972 · Original text

93. Veterans’ Administration Medical School Assistance and Health Manpower Training Act of 1972

    Joint Resolution Amending Title 38 of the United States Code to authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to provide certain assistance in the establishment of new State medical schools and the improvement of existing medical schools affiliated with the Veterans’ Administration; to develop cooperative arrangements between institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit health service institutions affiliated with tile Veterans’ Administration to coordinate, improve, and expand the training of professional and allied health and para-medical personnel; to develop and evaluate new health careers, interdisciplinary approaches and career advancement opportunities; to improve and expand allied and other health manpower utilization; to afford continuing education for health manpower of the Veterans’ Administration and other such manpower at Regional Medical Education Centers established at Veterans’ Administration hospitals throughout the United States; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-541 · 86 Stat. 1100 · October 24, 1972 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1973 to carry out the Flammable Fabries Act.

    Public Law 92-542 · 86 Stat. 1108 · October 25, 1972 · Original text

95. An Act To amend section 389 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia to exclude the personnel records, home addresses, and telephone numbers of the officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from the records open to public inspection.

    Public Law 92-543 · 86 Stat. 1108 · October 25, 1972 · Original text

96. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1973

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-544 · 86 Stat. 1109 · October 25, 1972 · Original text

97. Military Construction Authorization Act, 1973

    An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-545 · 86 Stat. 1109 · October 25, 1972 · Original text

98. An Act To amend chapter 2u, title 44. United States Code, to provide for two additional members of the National Historical Publications Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-546 · 86 Stat. 1155 · October 25, 1972 · Original text

99. Military Construction Appropriation

    An Act To amend chapter 2u, title 44. United States Code, to provide for two additional members of the National Historical Publications Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 92-547 · 86 Stat. 1155 · October 25, 1972 · Original text

100. National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act Amendments of 1972

     An Act To amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1973.

     Public Law 92-548 · 86 Stat. 1159 · October 25, 1972 · Original text