Every law Congress has passed

774 laws of the 93rd Congress, 1973–1975

1. Joint Resolution Extending the time within which the President may transmit the Budget Message and the Economic Report to the Congress and extending the time within which the Joint Economic Committee shall file its report.

   Public Law 93-1 · 87 Stat. 3 · January 19, 1973 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Designating the week commencing January 28, 1973, as “International Clergy Week in the United States”, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-2 · 87 Stat. 4 · January 26, 1973 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Providing for a moment of Prayer and Thanksgiving and a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving.

   Public Law 93-3 · 87 Stat. 4 · February 1, 1973 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To amend section 1319 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to increase the limitation on the face amount of flood insurance coverage authorized to be outstanding.

   Public Law 93-4 · February 2, 1973

5. Joint Resolution To extend the provisions of the Railway Labor Act and for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-5 · 87 Stat. 5 · February 9, 1973 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To extend the life of the Commission on Highway Beautification established under section 123 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970.

   Public Law 93-6 · 87 Stat. 6 · February 16, 1973 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Relating to the date for the submission of the report of the Joint Economic Committee on the President’s Economic Report.

   Public Law 93-7 · 87 Stat. 6 · February 16, 1973 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To designate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, as the “Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center” in honor of the late President.

   Public Law 93-8 · 87 Stat. 7 · February 17, 1973 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1973, anti for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-9 · 87 Stat. 7 · March 8, 1973 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To provide for Die designation of the second full calendar week in March 1973 as “National Employ the Older Worker Week”.

    Public Law 93-10 · 87 Stat. 8 · March 15, 1973 · Original text

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

    Public Law 93-11 · 87 Stat. 9 · March 15, 1973 · Original text

12. An Act To promote the separation of constitutional powers by suspending the effectiveness of the Rules of Evidence for United States Courts and Magistrates, the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure transmitted to the Congress by the Chief Justice on February 5, 1973, until approved by Act of Congress.

    Public Law 93-12 · 87 Stat. 9 · March 30, 1973 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the National School Lunch Act to assure that Federal financial assistance to the child nutrition programs is maintained at the level budgeted for fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.

    Public Law 93-13 · 87 Stat. 9 · March 30, 1973 · Original text

14. An Act To extend the Solid. Waste Disposal Act, as amended, for one year.

    Public Law 93-14 · 87 Stat. 11 · April 9, 1973 · Original text

15. An Act To extend the Clean Air Act, as amended, for one year.

    Public Law 93-15 · 87 Stat. 11 · April 9, 1973 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the week of April 23, 1973, as “Nicolaus Copernicus Week” marking the quinquecentennial of his birth.

    Public Law 93-16 · 87 Stat. 12 · April 9, 1973 · Original text

17. Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1973

    An Act To provide an extension of the interest equalization tax, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-17 · 87 Stat. 12 · April 10, 1973 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to designate the period beginning April 15, 1973, as “National Clean Water Week”.

    Public Law 93-18 · 87 Stat. 22 · April 14, 1973 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim April 16, 1973, as “Jim Thorpe Day”.

    Public Law 93-19 · 87 Stat. 23 · April 16, 1973 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to proclaim April 29, 1973, as a day of observance of the thirtieth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.

    Public Law 93-20 · 87 Stat. 21 · April 20, 1973 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to Issue a proclamation designating the month of May, 1973, as “National Arthritis Month”.

    Public Law 93-21 · 87 Stat. 23 · April 20, 1973 · Original text

22. An Act To extend diplomatic privileges and immunities to the Liaison Office of the People’s Republic of China and to members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-22 · 87 Stat. 24 · April 20, 1973 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution Asking the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of September, 1973, “National Hunting and Fishing Day”.

    Public Law 93-23 · 87 Stat. 24 · April 20, 1973 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the emergency loan program under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-24 · 87 Stat. 24 · April 20, 1973 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Veterans Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-25 · 87 Stat. 25 · April 26, 1973 · Original text

26. An Act To amend title 37. United States Code, relating to promotion of members of the uniformed services who are in a missing status.

    Public Law 93-26 · 87 Stat. 26 · April 27, 1973 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to rice.

    Public Law 93-27 · 87 Stat. 27 · April 27, 1973 · Original text

28. An Act To extend and amend the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970.

    Public Law 93-28 · 87 Stat. 27 · April 30, 1973 · Original text

29. Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973

    An Act To strengthen and improve the Older Americans Act of 1935, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-29 · 87 Stat. 30 · May 3, 1973 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution To authorize anti request the President to issue a proclamation designating the calendar week beginning May 6, 1973, as “National Historic Preservation Week”.

    Public Law 93-30 · 87 Stat. 65 · May 5, 1973 · Original text

31. An Act To amend section 236 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1064 for Certain Employees to limit the number of employees that may be retired under such Act during specified periods.

    Public Law 93-31 · 87 Stat. 65 · May 8, 1973 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1036, as amended, to establish a Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund to provide adequate funds for rural electric and telephone systems through insured and guaranteed loans at interest rates which will allow them to achieve the objectives of the Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-32 · 87 Stat. 65 · May 11, 1973 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of Roberto Walker Clemente.

    Public Law 93-33 · 87 Stat. 71 · May 14, 1973 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To provide a temporary extension of the authorization for the President’s National Commission on Productivity.

    Public Law 93-34 · 87 Stat. 72 · May 14, 1973 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to extend the authorization of the National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education and the period within which it must make its final report.

    Public Law 93-35 · 87 Stat. 72 · May 16, 1973 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize further appropriations for the Office of Environmental Quality, anti for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-36 · 87 Stat. 72 · May 18, 1973 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Indian Claims Commission for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-37 · 87 Stat. 73 · May 24, 1973 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution To amend section 1319 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to increase the limitation on the face amount of flood insurance coverage authorized to be outstanding.

    Public Law 93-38 · 87 Stat. 73 · June 5, 1973 · Original text

39. An Act To permit immediate retirement of certain Federal employees.

    Public Law 93-39 · 87 Stat. 73 · June 12, 1973 · Original text

40. An Act To intend Public Law 90–553 authorizing an additional appropriation for gin International Outer for Foreign Chanceries.

    Public Law 93-40 · 87 Stat. 74 · June 12, 1973 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim June 17, 1973, as a day of commemoration of the opening of the upper Mississippi River by Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673.

    Public Law 93-41 · 87 Stat. 74 · June 14, 1973 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim the last week of June 1973, as “National Autistic Children’s Week”.

    Public Law 93-42 · 87 Stat. 74 · June 15, 1973 · Original text

43. National Cemeteries Act of 1973

    An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to establish a National Cemetery System within the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-43 · 87 Stat. 75 · June 18, 1973 · Original text

44. Airport Development Acceleration Act of 1973

    An Act To amend the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, as amended, to increase the United States share of allowable project costs under such Act, to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, to prohibit certain State taxation of persons in air commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-44 · 87 Stat. 88 · June 18, 1973 · Original text

45. Health Programs Extension Act of 1973

    An Act To extend through fiscal year 1974 certain expiring appropriation authorizations in the Public Health Service Act, the Community Mental Health Centers Act, and the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-45 · 87 Stat. 91 · June 18, 1973 · Original text

46. An Act To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for a one-year period.

    Public Law 93-46 · 87 Stat. 96 · June 18, 1973 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of certain former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Private Law 93-1 · 87 Stat. 1097 · June 19, 1973 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Ronald K. Downie.

    Private Law 93-2 · 87 Stat. 1098 · June 21, 1973 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 19211, to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-47 · 87 Stat. 98 · June 22, 1973 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the immediate disposal of certain abaca and sisal cordage fiber now held in the national stockpile.

    Public Law 93-48 · 87 Stat. 99 · June 22, 1973 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize additional appropriations to carry out the Peace Corps Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-49 · 87 Stat. 99 · June 25, 1973 · Original text

52. Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and tor other purposes.

    Public Law 93-50 · 87 Stat. 99 · July 1, 1973 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1974, and far other purposes.

    Public Law 93-51 · 87 Stat. 129 · July 1, 1973 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1914, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-52 · 87 Stat. 129 · July 1, 1973 · Original text

55. An Act To continue the existing temporary increase in the public debt limit through November 30, 1973, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-53 · 87 Stat. 134 · July 1, 1973 · Original text

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

    Public Law 93-54 · 87 Stat. 139 · July 1, 1973 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Water Resources Planning Act to provide for continuing authorization for appropriations.

    Public Law 93-55 · 87 Stat. 140 · July 1, 1973 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution Providing for an extension of the term of the Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of tile United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-56 · 87 Stat. 140 · July 1, 1973 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Service Contract Act of 1965 to extend its geographical coverage to contracts performed on Canton Island.

    Public Law 93-57 · 87 Stat. 140 · July 6, 1973 · Original text

60. An Act To amend sections 3(e) and 5(1) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1887 to simplify administration of the Act; and to amend section 226(e) of the Social Security Act to extend kidney disease medicare coverage to railroad employees, their spouses, and their dependent children; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-58 · 87 Stat. 141 · July 6, 1973 · Original text

61. An Act To further amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948.

    Public Law 93-59 · 87 Stat. 141 · July 6, 1973 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-60 · 87 Stat. 143 · July 6, 1973 · Original text

63. An Act To apportion funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense High-ways and to authorize funds in accordance with title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-61 · 87 Stat. 145 · July 6, 1973 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-62 · 87 Stat. 146 · July 6, 1973 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To provide for an extension of certain laws relating to the payment of interest on time and savings deposits.

    Public Law 93-63 · 87 Stat. 147 · July 6, 1973 · Original text

66. An Act To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to make permanent certain provisions of the Dependents Assistance Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-64 · 87 Stat. 147 · July 9, 1973 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for the procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments, to authorize for bridge alterations, to authorize for the Coast Guard an end-year strength for active duty personnel, to authorize for the Coast Guard average military student loads, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-65 · 87 Stat. 150 · July 9, 1973 · Original text

68. An Act To extend the Renegotiation Act of 1951 for one year, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-66 · 87 Stat. 152 · July 9, 1973 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing further appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for services necessary to the nonperforming arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-67 · 87 Stat. 161 · July 10, 1973 · Original text

70. An Act To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing Quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1974.

    Public Law 93-68 · 87 Stat. 161 · July 10, 1973 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 and the Railroad Retirement Tax Act to revise certain eligibility conditions for annuities; to change the railroad retirement tax rates; and to amend the Interstate Commerce Act in order to improve the procedures pertaining to certain rate adjustments for carriers subject to part I of the Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-69 · 87 Stat. 162 · July 10, 1973 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1974 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 93-70 · 87 Stat. 168 · July 10, 1973 · Original text

73. An Act To amend section 502(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.

    Public Law 93-71 · 87 Stat. 169 · July 10, 1973 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 8 of the Public Buildings Act of 1059, relating to the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 93-72 · 87 Stat. 169 · July 10, 1973 · Original text

75. An Act To extend and make technical corrections to the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966, as amended.

    Public Law 93-73 · 87 Stat. 170 · July 10, 1973 · Original text

76. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1974

    An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-74 · 87 Stat. 171 · July 23, 1973 · Original text

77. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code relating to basic provisions of the loan guaranty program for veterans.

    Public Law 93-75 · 87 Stat. 176 · July 26, 1973 · Original text

78. An Act To increase the authorization for fiscal year 1974 for the Committee for Pure base of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped.

    Public Law 93-76 · 87 Stat. 176 · July 30, 1973 · Original text

79. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1974, the suspension of duties on certain forms of copper.

    Public Law 93-77 · 87 Stat. 176 · July 30, 1973 · Original text

80. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1975, the existing suspension of tin ties for metal scrap.

    Public Law 93-78 · 87 Stat. 177 · July 30, 1973 · Original text

81. An Act To suspend the duty on caprolactam monomer in water solution until the close of December 31, 1973.

    Public Law 93-79 · 87 Stat. 177 · July 30, 1973 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for emergency allotment lease and transfer of tobacco allotments or quotas for 1973 in certain disaster areas in Georgia and South Carolina.

    Public Law 93-80 · 87 Stat. 178 · August 1, 1973 · Original text

83. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 relating to the collection of fees in connection with the use of Federal areas for outdoor recreation purposes.

    Public Law 93-81 · 87 Stat. 178 · August 1, 1973 · Original text

84. Veterans Health Care Expansion Act of 1973

    An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide improved and expanded medical and nursing home care to veterans; to provide hospital and medical care to certain dependents and survivors of veterans; to provide for improved structural safety of Veterans’ Administration facilities; to improve recruitment and retention of career personnel in the Department of Medicine and Surgery; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-82 · 87 Stat. 179 · August 2, 1973 · Original text

85. Crime Control Act, of 1973

    An Act To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve law enforcement and criminal justice, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-83 · 87 Stat. 197 · August 6, 1973 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934, to extend certain authorizations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and for certain construction grants for noncommercial educational television and radio broadcasting facilities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-84 · 87 Stat. 219 · August 6, 1973 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution To provide for a temporary extension of the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to the insurance of loans and mortgages, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-85 · 87 Stat. 220 · August 10, 1973 · Original text

88. An Act To extend and amend the Agricultural Act of 1970 for the purpose of assuring consumers of plentiful supplies of food and fiber at reasonable prices.

    Public Law 93-86 · 87 Stat. 221 · August 10, 1973 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-87 · 87 Stat. 250 · August 13, 1973 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended.

    Public Law 93-88 · 87 Stat. 296 · August 14, 1973 · Original text

91. District of Columbia, Insurance Act

    An Act To improve the laws relating to the regulation of insurance in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes;

    Public Law 93-89 · 87 Stat. 297 · August 14, 1973 · Original text

92. Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1973

    An Act To amend the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 11170 and other related Acts to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-90 · 87 Stat. 305 · August 14, 1973 · Original text

93. District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1974

    An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-91 · 87 Stat. 306 · August 14, 1973 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Election Act regarding the times for filing certain petitions, regulating the primary election for Delegate from the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-92 · 87 Stat. 311 · August 14, 1973 · Original text

95. An Act To amend section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, to extend for three months the authority of Federal Reserve banks to purchase United States obligations directly from the Treasury.

    Public Law 93-93 · 87 Stat. 314 · August 14, 1973 · Original text

96. An Act To provide for the appointment of alternates for the governors of the International Monetary Fund and of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

    Public Law 93-94 · 87 Stat. 314 · August 15, 1973 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, to permit employer contributions to jointly administered trust funds established by labor organizations to defray costs of legal services.

    Public Law 93-95 · 87 Stat. 314 · August 15, 1973 · Original text

98. National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1974

    An Act To authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-96 · 87 Stat. 315 · August 16, 1973 · Original text

99. Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act, 1974

    An Act Making appropriations for public works for water and power development, including the Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and other power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related independent agencies and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-97 · 87 Stat. 318 · August 16, 1973 · Original text

100. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1974

     An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 93-98 · 87 Stat. 329 · August 16, 1973 · Original text