Every law Congress has passed

774 laws of the 93rd Congress, 1973–1975

1. Joint Resolution To extend by thirty days the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.

   Public Law 93-323 · 88 Stat. 280 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-324 · 88 Stat. 281 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

   Public Law 93-325 · 88 Stat. 285 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

4. National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments of 1974

   An Act To amend the National School Lunch Act, to authorize the use of certain funds to purchase agricultural commodities for distribution to schools, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-326 · 88 Stat. 286 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To extend by thirty days the expiration date of the Export Administration Act of 1969.

   Public Law 93-327 · 88 Stat. 287 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

6. An Act To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to certain rates of postage, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-328 · 88 Stat. 287 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

7. An Act To extend the Renegotiation Act of 1951 for eighteen months.

   Public Law 93-329 · 88 Stat. 288 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the foreign sale of the passenger vessel steamship Independence.

   Public Law 93-330 · 88 Stat. 288 · June 30, 1974 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To extend by thirty days the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

   Public Law 93-331 · 88 Stat. 289 · July 4, 1974 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as amended, in order to extend the authorization for appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-332 · 88 Stat. 289 · July 8, 1974 · Original text

11. Foreign Disaster Assistance Act of 1974

    An Act To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations to provide disaster and other relief to Pakistan, Nicaragua, and the drought-stricken nations of Africa, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-333 · 88 Stat. 290 · July 8, 1974 · Original text

12. An Act To repeal section 274 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, requiring compulsory vaccination against smallpox for public school students.

    Public Law 93-334 · 88 Stat. 290 · July 8, 1974 · Original text

13. An Act To amend Public Law 93–233 to extend for an additional twelve months (until July 1, 1975) the eligibility of supplemental security income recipients for food stamps.

    Public Law 93-335 · 88 Stat. 291 · July 8, 1974 · Original text

14. An Act To amend sections 2733 and 2734 of title 10, United States Code, and section 715 of title 32, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of a claim against the United States that may be paid administratively under those sections and to allow increased delegation of authority to settle and pay certain of those claims.

    Public Law 93-336 · 88 Stat. 291 · July 8, 1974 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of J. B. Riddle.

    Private Law 93-77 · 88 Stat. 2373 · July 8, 1974 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For tile relief of James A. Wentz.

    Private Law 93-78 · 88 Stat. 2374 · July 8, 1974 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Ursula E. Moore.

    Private Law 93-79 · 88 Stat. 2374 · July 9, 1974 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a ten-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans, wives, and widows.

    Public Law 93-337 · 88 Stat. 292 · July 10, 1974 · Original text

19. An Act Providing that funds apportioned for forest highways under section 202(a) title 23, United States Code, remain available until expended.

    Public Law 93-338 · 88 Stat. 293 · July 10, 1974 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950 to permit United States participation in international enforcement of fish conservation in additional geographic areas, pursuant to the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-339 · 88 Stat. 293 · July 10, 1974 · Original text

21. An Act To amend title 5 of the United States Code (relating to Government organization and employees) to assist Federal employees in meeting their tax obligations under city ordinances.

    Public Law 93-340 · 88 Stat. 294 · July 10, 1974 · Original text

22. An Act To establish in the State of Florida the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 93-341 · 88 Stat. 295 · July 10, 1974 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-342 · 88 Stat. 295 · July 10, 1974 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program to assist persons from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake training for the legal profession.

    Public Law 93-343 · 88 Stat. 296 · July 10, 1974 · Original text

25. Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

    An Act To establish a new congressional budget process; to establish Committees on the Budget in each House; to establish a Congressional Budget Office; to establish a procedure providing congressional control over the impoundment of funds by the executive branch; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-344 · 88 Stat. 297 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 953, 20 U.S.C. 65a), relating to the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, so as to authorize additional appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution for carrying out the purposes of said Act.

    Public Law 93-345 · 88 Stat. 339 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Designating the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations.

    Public Law 93-346 · 88 Stat. 340 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

28. An Act To continue domestic food assistance programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-347 · 88 Stat. 340 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

29. National Research Act

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of National Research Service Awards to assure the continued excellence of biomedical and behavioral research and to provide for the protection of human subjects involved in biomedical and behavioral research and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-348 · 88 Stat. 342 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

30. An Act To provide for payments by the Postal Service to the Civil Service Retirement Fund for increases in the unfunded liability of the Fund due to increases in benefits for Postal Service employees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-349 · 88 Stat. 354 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

31. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the retirement of certain law enforcement and firefighter personnel, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-350 · 88 Stat. 355 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

32. An Act To amend title VII of the Older Americans Act relating to the nutrition program for the elderly to provide authorization of appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-351 · 88 Stat. 357 · July 12, 1974 · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Lester H. Kroll.

    Private Law 93-80 · 88 Stat. 2375 · July 12, 1974 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Rita Petermann Brown

    Private Law 93-81 · 88 Stat. 2375 · July 12, 1974 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Viola Burroughs.

    Private Law 93-82 · 88 Stat. 2376 · July 12, 1974 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Michael A. Korhonen.

    Private Law 93-83 · 88 Stat. 2376 · July 12, 1974 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the national cancer program and to authorize appropriations for such program for the next three fiscal years.

    Public Law 93-352 · 88 Stat. 358 · July 23, 1974 · Original text

38. Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Medical Libraries Act of 1974

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the programs of health services research and to extend the program of assistance for medical libraries.

    Public Law 93-353 · 88 Stat. 362 · July 23, 1974 · Original text

39. National Diabetes Mellitus Research and Education Act

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for greater and more effective efforts in research and public education with regard to diabetes mellitus.

    Public Law 93-354 · 88 Stat. 373 · July 23, 1974 · Original text

40. Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974

    An Act To amend the Economic Opportunity Act of 1984 to provide for the transfer of the legal services program from the Office of Economic Opportunity to a Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-355 · 88 Stat. 378 · July 25, 1974 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the use of simplified procedures in the procurement of property and services by the Government where the amount involved does not exceed $10,000.

    Public Law 93-356 · 88 Stat. 390 · July 25, 1974 · Original text

42. Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974

    An Act To provide temporary emergency livestock financing through the establishment of a guaranteed loan program.

    Public Law 93-357 · 88 Stat. 391 · July 25, 1974 · Original text

43. An Act To provide the authorization for fiscal year 1975 and succeeding fiscal years for the Committee for Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-358 · 88 Stat. 392 · July 25, 1974 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the waiver of claims of the United States arising out of erroneous payments of pay and allowances to certain officers and employees of the legislative branch.

    Public Law 93-359 · 88 Stat. 393 · July 25, 1974 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Marcos Rojos Rodriguez.

    Private Law 93-84 · 88 Stat. 2377 · July 25, 1974 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To amend the National Labor Relations Act to extend its coverage and protection to employees of nonprofit hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-360 · 88 Stat. 395 · July 26, 1974 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Viorica Anna Ghitescu, Alexander Ghitescu, and Serban George Ghitescu.

    Private Law 93-85 · 88 Stat. 2377 · July 26, 1974 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To secure to the Congress additional time in which to consider the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure which the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court transmitted to the Congress on April 22, 1974.

    Public Law 93-361 · 88 Stat. 397 · July 30, 1974 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act in order to extend the authorization for appropriations: to carry out such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-362 · 88 Stat. 398 · July 30, 1974 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for access to all duly licensed clinical psychologists and optometrists without prior referral in the Federal employee health benefits program.

    Public Law 93-363 · 88 Stat. 398 · July 30, 1974 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Emmett A. and Agnes J. Rathbun.

    Private Law 93-86 · 88 Stat. 2378 · July 30, 1974 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain rights in the State of Florida.

    Public Law 93-364 · 88 Stat. 399 · August 2, 1974 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Robert J. Beas.

    Private Law 93-87 · 88 Stat. 2378 · August 2, 1974 · Private law · Original text

54. Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1975

    An Act To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1975 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons, and research, development, test and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces and of civilian personnel of the Department of Defense, and to authorize the military training student loads and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-365 · 88 Stat. 399 · August 5, 1974 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to implement the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft; to provide a more effective program to prevent aircraft piracy; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-366 · 88 Stat. 409 · August 5, 1974 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.

    Public Law 93-367 · 88 Stat. 419 · August 7, 1974 · Original text

57. An Act To exempt from duty certain equipment and repairs for vessels operated by or for any agency of the United States where the entries were made in connection with vessels arriving before January 5, 1971, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-368 · 88 Stat. 420 · August 7, 1974 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, relating to practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities.

    Public Law 93-369 · 88 Stat. 423 · August 10, 1974 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Act of June 13, 1933 (Public Law 73–40), concerning safety standards for boilers and pressure vessels, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-370 · 88 Stat. 423 · August 10, 1974 · Original text

60. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-371 · 88 Stat. 424 · August 13, 1974 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To extend by sixty-two days the expiration date of the Export Administration Act of 1969.

    Public Law 93-372 · 88 Stat. 444 · August 14, 1974 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for increased participation by the United States in the International Development Association and to permit United States citizens to purchase, hold, sell, or otherwise deal with gold in the United States or abroad.

    Public Law 93-373 · 88 Stat. 445 · August 14, 1974 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

    Public Law 93-374 · 88 Stat. 445 · August 14, 1974 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, relating to school fare subsidy for transportation of schoolchildren within the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 93-375 · 88 Stat. 446 · August 14, 1974 · Original text

65. District of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act. definitions Sec . 102. When used in this Act, unless otherwise provided— (a) The term “election

    An Act To regulate certain political campaign finance practices in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-376 · 88 Stat. 446 · August 14, 1974 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-377 · 88 Stat. 472 · August 17, 1974 · Original text

67. Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974

    An Act To provide for the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, to protect, develop, and enhance the productivity and other values of certain of the Nation’s lands and resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-378 · 88 Stat. 476 · August 17, 1974 · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Lidia Myslinska Bukosky.

    Private Law 93-88 · 88 Stat. 2379 · August 17, 1974 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Melissa Catambay Gutierrez and Milagros Catambay Gutierrez.

    Private Law 93-89 · 88 Stat. 2379 · August 17, 1974 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Linda Julie Dickson (nee Waters}.

    Private Law 93-90 · 88 Stat. 2379 · August 17, 1974 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To confer United States citizenship posthumously upon Lance Corporal Federico Silva.

    Private Law 93-91 · 88 Stat. 2380 · August 20, 1974 · Private law · Original text

72. Education Amendments of 1974

    An Act To extend and amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-380 · August 21, 1974

73. Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1975

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-381 · August 21, 1974

74. the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission Act

    An Act To create a Law Revision Commission for the District of Columbia, and to establish a municipal code for the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 93-379 · 88 Stat. 480 · August 21, 1974 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Designating August 26, 1974, as “Women’s Equality Day”

    Public Law 93-382 · August 22, 1974

76. Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

    An Act To establish a program of community development block grants, to amend and extend laws relating to housing and urban development, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-383 · August 22, 1974

77. Joint Resolution To authorize the erection of a monument to the dead of the First Infantry Division, United States Forces in Vietnam.

    Public Law 93-384 · August 23, 1974

78. An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend through fiscal year 1975 the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students.

    Public Law 93-385 · August 23, 1974

79. Small Business Amendments of 1974

    An Act To clarify the authority of the Small Business Administration, to increase the authority of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-386 · 88 Stat. 742 · August 23, 1974 · Original text

80. Council on Wage and Price Stability Act

    An Act To authorize the establishment of a Council on Wage and Price Stability.

    Public Law 93-387 · August 24, 1974

81. An Act To extend for three years the District of Columbia Medical and Dental Manpower Act of 1970.

    Public Law 93-389 · August 24, 1974

82. Holding Company System Regulatory Act

    An Act To improve the laws relating to the regulation of insurance companies in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 93-388 · 88 Stat. 752 · August 24, 1974 · Original text

83. Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1974

    An Act To amend the title of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to extend the authority for the Corporation, to authorize the Corporation to issue reinsurance, to terminate certain activities of the Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-390 · August 27, 1974

84. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1975

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-391 · August 28, 1974

85. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1975 for carrying out the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973.

    Public Law 93-392 · August 28, 1974

86. Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act, 1975

    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, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-393 · 88 Stat. 782 · August 28, 1974 · Original text

87. An Act To amend chapter 5, title 37, United States Code, to provide for continuation pay for physicians of the uniformed services in initial residency.

    Public Law 93-394 · August 29, 1974

88. An Act To increase the amount authorized to be expended to provide facilities along the border for the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws.

    Public Law 93-396 · August 29, 1974

89. An Act To amend section 204(g) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-395 · 88 Stat. 793 · August 29, 1974 · Original text

90. An Act To amend section 8202(a) of title 10, United States Code, to extend for two years the period during which the authorized number for the grades of lieutenant colonel and colonel in the Air Force are increased.

    Public Law 93-397 · 88 Stat. 795 · August 29, 1974 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor William A. M. Burden as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 93-398 · August 30, 1974

92. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Caryl P. Haskins as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 93-399 · August 30, 1974

93. Joint Resolution To provide for the appointment of Doctor Murray Gell-Mann as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

    Public Law 93-401 · August 30, 1974

94. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act Amendments of 1974

    An Act To amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended, to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-403 · August 30, 1974

95. Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act

    An Act To establish an Office of Federal Procurement Policy within the Office of Management and Budget, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-400 · 88 Stat. 796 · August 30, 1974 · Original text

96. An Act To establish the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 93-402 · 88 Stat. 801 · August 30, 1974 · Original text

97. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1975

    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, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-405 · August 31, 1974

98. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1975

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-404 · 88 Stat. 803 · August 31, 1974 · Original text

99. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

    An Act To provide for pension reform.

    Public Law 93-406 · 88 Stat. 829 · September 2, 1974 · Original text

100. An Act To Increase compensation for District of Columbia policemen, firemen, and teachers; to increase annuities payable to retired teachers in the District of Columbia; to establish an equitable tax on real property in the District of Columbia; to provide for additional revenue for the District of Columbia; and for other purposes.

     Public Law 93-407 · September 3, 1974