Every law Congress has passed

774 laws of the 93rd Congress, 1973–1975

1. An Act To extend for an additional temporary period the existing suspension of duties on certain classifications of yarns of silk, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-499 · 88 Stat. 1549 · October 29, 1974 · Original text

2. Export Administration Amendments of 1974

   An Act To amend and extend the Export Administration Act of 1969.

   Public Law 93-500 · 88 Stat. 1552 · October 29, 1974 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the regulation of interest rates payable on obligations issued by affiliates of certain depository institutions, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 93-501 · 88 Stat. 1557 · October 29, 1974 · Original text

4. An Act To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, known as the Freedom of Information Act.

   Public Law 93-502 · 88 Stat. 1561 · November 21, 1974 · Original text

5. An Act To extend the authorizations of appropriations in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for one year, to transfer the Rehabilitation Services Administration to the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to make certain technical and clarifying amendments, and for other purposes; to amend the Randolph-Sheppard Act for the blind; to strengthen the program authorized thereunder; and to provide for the convening of a White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals.

   Public Law 93-651 · 89 Stat. 2–3 · November 21, 1974 · Original text

6. National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974

   An Act To amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to provide increased assistance for mass transportation systems.

   Public Law 93-503 · 88 Stat. 1565 · November 26, 1974 · Original text

7. An Act To eliminate discrimination based on sex in the youth programs offered by the Naval Sea Cadet Corps.

   Public Law 93-504 · 88 Stat. 1575 · November 29, 1974 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to permit the Federal Communications Commission to grant radio station licenses in the safety and special and experimental radio services directly to aliens, representatives of aliens, foreign corporations, or domestic corporations with alien officers, directors, or stockholders; and to permit aliens holding such radio station licenses to be licensed as operators.

   Public Law 93-505 · 88 Stat. 1576 · November 30, 1974 · Original text

9. An Act To amend subsection (b) of section 214 and subsection (c)(1) of section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in order to designate the Secretary of Defense (rather than the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy) as the person entitled to receive official notice of the filing of certain applications in the common carrier service and to provide notice to the Secretary of State where under section 214 applications involve service to foreign points.

   Public Law 93-506 · 88 Stat. 1577 · November 30, 1974 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section 415 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to provide for a two-year period of limitations in proceedings against carriers for the recovery of overcharges or damages not based on overcharges.

    Public Law 93-507 · 88 Stat. 1577 · November 30, 1974 · Original text

11. Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowances, educational and training assistance allowances, and special allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons under chapters 31, 34, and 35 of such title; to improve and expand the special programs for educationally disadvantaged veterans and servicemen under chapter 34 of such title; to improve and expand the veteran-student services program; to establish an education loan program for veterans and persons eligible for benefits under chapter 34 or 35 of such title; to make other improvements in the educational assistance program and in the administration of educational benefits; to promote the employment of veterans and the wives and widows of certain veterans by improving and expanding the provisions governing the operation of the Veterans Employment Service, by increasing the employment of veterans by Federal contractors and subcontractors, and by providing for an action plan for the employment of disabled and Vietnam era veterans within the Federal Government; to codify and expand veterans reemployment rights; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-508 · 88 Stat. 1578 · December 3, 1974 · Original text

12. National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act Amendments of 1974

    An Act To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to require payment of the fair market value of rights-of-way or other interests granted in such areas in connection with such uses, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-509 · 88 Stat. 1603 · December 3, 1974 · Original text

13. Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974

    An Act To provide authority to expedite procedures for consideration and approval of projects drawing upon more than one Federal assistance program, to simplify requirements for operation of those projects, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-510 · 88 Stat. 1604 · December 5, 1974 · Original text

14. An Act To extend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 until August 31, 1975.

    Public Law 93-511 · 88 Stat. 1608 · December 5, 1974 · Original text

15. An Act To improve judicial machinery by amending title 28, United States Code, to broaden and clarify the grounds for judicial disqualification.

    Public Law 93-512 · 88 Stat. 1609 · December 5, 1974 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution Assuring compensation for damages caused by nuclear incidents involving the nuclear reactor of a United States warship.

    Public Law 93-513 · 88 Stat. 1610 · December 6, 1974 · Original text

17. An Act To provide available nuclear information to committees and Members of Congress.

    Public Law 93-514 · 88 Stat. 1611 · December 6, 1974 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the District of Columbia to enter into the Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel, and to amend the Practice of Psychology Act and the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act.

    Public Law 93-515 · 88 Stat. 1612 · December 7, 1974 · Original text

19. An Act To extend the authorizations of appropriations in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for one year, to transfer the Rehabilitation Services Administration to the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to make certain technical and clarifying amendments, and for other purposes; to amend the Randolph-Sheppard Act for the blind; to strengthen the program authorized thereunder; and to provide for the convening of a White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals.

    Public Law 93-516 · 88 Stat. 1617 · December 7, 1974 · Original text

20. Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1975

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-517 · 88 Stat. 1634 · December 7, 1974 · Original text

21. Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1974

    An Act To amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to provide for the extension of coverage and to further effectuate the enforcement of such Act.

    Public Law 93-518 · 88 Stat. 1652 · December 7, 1974 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 2 of title 14, United States Code, to authorize icebreaking operations in foreign waters pursuant to international agreements, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-519 · 88 Stat. 1659 · December 13, 1974 · Original text

23. An Act To extend for one year the time for entering into a contract under section 106 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974.

    Public Law 93-520 · 88 Stat. 1659 · December 13, 1974 · Original text

24. An Act To provide that Mansfield Lake, Indiana, shall be known as “Cecil M. Harden Lake”.

    Public Law 93-521 · 88 Stat. 1659 · December 14, 1974 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To authorize the continued use of certain lands within the Sequoia National Park by portions of an existing hydroelectric project.

    Public Law 93-522 · 88 Stat. 1660 · December 14, 1974 · Original text

26. Safe Drinking Water Act

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to assure that the public is provided with safe drinking water, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-523 · 88 Stat. 1660 · December 16, 1974 · Original text

27. An Act To deduct from gross tonnage in determining net tonnage those spaces on board vessels used for waste materials.

    Public Law 93-524 · 88 Stat. 1694 · December 18, 1974 · Original text

28. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, by repealing the requirement that only certain officers with aeronautical ratings may command flying units of the Air Force.

    Public Law 93-525 · 88 Stat. 1695 · December 18, 1974 · Original text

29. An Act To protect and preserve tape recordings of conversations involving former President Richard M. Nixon and made during his tenure as President, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-526 · 88 Stat. 1695 · December 19, 1974 · Original text

30. Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act of 1974

    An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to liberalize the provisions relating to payment of disability and death pension and dependency and indemnity compensation, to increase income limitations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-527 · 88 Stat. 1702 · December 21, 1974 · Original text

31. Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act

    An Act To reform consent decree procedures, to increase penalties for violation of the Sherman Act, and to revise the Expediting Act as it pertains to Appellate Review.

    Public Law 93-528 · 88 Stat. 1706 · December 21, 1974 · Original text

32. An Act To rescind certain budget authority recommended in the messages of the President of September 20, 1974 (H. Doc. 93–301), October 4, 1974 (H. Doc. 93–365) and November 13, 1974 (H. Doc. 93–387), transmitted pursuant to section 1012 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

    Public Law 93-529 · 88 Stat. 1710 · December 21, 1974 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase property located within the San Carlos Mineral Strip.

    Public Law 93-530 · 88 Stat. 1711 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

34. An Act To provide for final settlement of the conflicting rights and interests of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes to and in lands lying within the joint use area of the reservation established by the Executive order of December 16, 1882, and lands lying within the reservation created by the Act of June 14, 1934, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-531 · 88 Stat. 1712 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

35. An Act Relating to former Speakers of the House of Representatives.

    Public Law 93-532 · 88 Stat. 1723 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

36. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974

    An Act To further the national housing goal of encouraging homeownership by regulating certain lending practices and closing and settlement procedures in federally related mortgage transactions to the end that unnecessary costs and difficulties of purchasing housing are minimized, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-533 · 88 Stat. 1724 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

37. An Act To allow advance payment of subscription charges for publication for official use prepared for auditory as well as visual usage.

    Public Law 93-534 · 88 Stat. 1731 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

38. An Act To establish the Cascade Head Scenic-Research Area in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-535 · 88 Stat. 1732 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

39. An Act To amend title 44, United States Code, to redesignate the National Historical Publications Commission as the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, to increase the membership of such Commission, and to increase the authorization of appropriations for such Commission.

    Public Law 93-536 · 88 Stat. 1734 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for increased participation by the United States in the Asian Development Bank.

    Public Law 93-537 · 88 Stat. 1735 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

41. An Act To amend chapter 39 of title 38, United States Code, relating to automobiles and adaptive equipment for certain disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces.

    Public Law 93-538 · 88 Stat. 1736 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

42. An Act To grant relief to payees and special indorsees of fraudulently negotiated checks drawn on designated depositaries of the United States by extending the availability of the check forgery insurance fund, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-539 · 88 Stat. 1738 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain lands between the Pueblo of Acoma and the Forest Service.

    Public Law 93-540 · 88 Stat. 1738 · December 22, 1974 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Amending the National Housing Act to clarify the authority of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation with respect to the insurance of public deposits, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-541 · 88 Stat. 1739 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution Transferring to the State of Alaska certain archives and records in the custody of the National Archives of the United States.

    Public Law 93-542 · 88 Stat. 1740 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey, by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain lands in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in order to eliminate a cloud on the title to such lands.

    Public Law 93-543 · 88 Stat. 1740 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Act of October 27, 1972, establishing the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco and Marin Counties, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-544 · 88 Stat. 1741 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for crediting service as an aviation midshipman for purposes of retirement for nonregular service under chapter 67 of title 10, United States Code, and for pay purposes under title 37, United States Code.

    Public Law 93-545 · 88 Stat. 1741 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

49. An Act To donate certain surplus railway equipment to the Hawaii Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Incorporated.

    Public Law 93-546 · 88 Stat. 1742 · December 26, 1974 · H. R. 1355 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 3031 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of authorized Deputy Chiefs of Staff for the Army Staff.

    Public Law 93-547 · 88 Stat. 1742 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

51. An Act To amend section 2634 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the shipment at Government expense of motor vehicles owned by members of the armed forces, and to amend chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize certain travel and transportation allowances to members of the uniformed services incapacitated by illness.

    Public Law 93-548 · 88 Stat. 1743 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

52. An Act To prevent reductions in pay for any officer or employee who would be adversely affected as a result of implementing Executive Order 11777.

    Public Law 93-549 · 88 Stat. 1743 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

53. An Act To designate certain lands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California, as wilderness; to add certain lands to the Point Reyes National Seashore; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-550 · 88 Stat. 1744 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act to incorporate Little League Baseball to provide that the league shall be open to girls as well as to boys.

    Public Law 93-551 · 88 Stat. 1744 · December 26, 1974 · Original text

55. Military Construction Authorization Act, 1975

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

    Public Law 93-552 · 88 Stat. 1745 · December 27, 1974 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution Relative to the convening of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress.

    Public Law 93-553 · 88 Stat. 1770 · December 27, 1974 · Original text

57. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975

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

    Public Law 93-554 · 88 Stat. 1771 · December 27, 1974 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area.

    Public Law 93-555 · 88 Stat. 1784 · December 27, 1974 · Original text

59. An Act To establish a Commission on Federal Paperwork.

    Public Law 93-556 · 88 Stat. 1789 · December 27, 1974 · Original text

60. An Act To amend the Act incorporating the American Legion so as to redefine eligibility for membership therein.

    Public Law 93-557 · 88 Stat. 1792 · December 27, 1974 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Jose Ismarnardo Reyes-Morelos.

    Private Law 93-101 · 88 Stat. 2383 · December 27, 1974 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Anita Tomasi.

    Private Law 93-102 · 88 Stat. 2384 · December 27, 1974 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that commissioned officers of the Army in regular grades below major may be involuntarily discharged whenever there is a reduction in force.

    Public Law 93-558 · 88 Stat. 1793 · December 30, 1974 · Original text

64. Foreign Assistance Act of 1974

    An Act To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-559 · 88 Stat. 1795 · December 30, 1974 · Original text

65. An Act To declare that certain federally owned lands shall be held by the United States in trust for the Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Reservation, Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-560 · 88 Stat. 1820 · December 30, 1974 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating January, 1975, as “March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month”.

    Public Law 93-561 · 88 Stat. 1821 · December 30, 1974 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Admission Act for the State of Idaho to permit that State to exchange public lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-562 · 88 Stat. 1821 · December 30, 1974 · Original text

68. Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriation Act, 1975

    An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-563 · 88 Stat. 1822 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize exchange of lands adjacent to the Teton National Forest in Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-564 · 88 Stat. 1843 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

70. An Act To remove the cloud on title with respect to certain lands in the State of Nevada.

    Public Law 93-565 · 88 Stat. 1843 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, interests of the United States in certain lands.

    Public Law 93-566 · 88 Stat. 1844 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

72. Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974

    An Act To provide assistance for unemployed persons.

    Public Law 93-567 · 88 Stat. 1845 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services not later than 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-568 · 88 Stat. 1855 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

74. An Act To amend chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, to improve the basic provisions of the veterans home loan programs and to eliminate those provisions pertaining to the dormant farm and business loans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-569 · 88 Stat. 1863 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

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

    Public Law 93-570 · 88 Stat. 1867 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize military band recordings in support of the American Revolution Bicentennial

    Public Law 93-571 · 88 Stat. 1868 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

77. Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974

    An Act To provide a program of emergency unemployment compensation.

    Public Law 93-572 · 88 Stat. 1869 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

78. An Act To amend title 17 of the United States Code to remove the expiration date for a limited copyright in sound recordings, to increase the criminal penalties for piracy and counterfeiting of sound recordings, to extend the duration of copyright protection in certain cases, to establish a National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-573 · 88 Stat. 1873 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Act of June 9, 1906, entitled “An Act granting land to the city of Albuquerque for public purposes” (34 Stat. 227), as amended.

    Public Law 93-574 · 88 Stat. 1875 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain lands in the State of Colorado to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado.

    Public Law 93-575 · 88 Stat. 1878 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

81. An Act To amend Public Law 93–276 to increase the authorization for 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 93-576 · 88 Stat. 1878 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

82. Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974

    An Act To establish a national program for research and development in nonnuclear energy sources.

    Public Law 93-577 · 88 Stat. 1878 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

83. An Act To relinquish and disclaim any title to certain lands and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands situated in Yuma County, Arizona.

    Public Law 93-578 · 88 Stat. 1895 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

84. Privacy Act of 1974

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, by adding a section 552a to safeguard individual privacy from the misuse of Federal records, to provide that individuals be granted access to records concerning them which are maintained by Federal agencies, to establish a Privacy Protection Study Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-579 · 88 Stat. 1896 · December 31, 1974 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell interests of the United States in certain lauds located in the State of Alaska to the Gospel Missionary Union.

    Private Law 93-103 · 88 Stat. 2384 · December 31, 1974 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Mary Red Head.

    Private Law 93-104 · 88 Stat. 2385 · December 31, 1974 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Jan Sejna.

    Private Law 93-104 · 88 Stat. 2385 · December 31, 1974 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Michael D. Manemann.

    Private Law 93-106 · 88 Stat. 2386 · December 31, 1974 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Selmer Amundson.

    Private Law 93-107 · 88 Stat. 2386 · December 31, 1974 · Private law · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To provide for the establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission.

    Public Law 93-580 · 88 Stat. 1910 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Architect of the Capitol to permit certain temporary and permanent construction work on the Capitol Grounds in connection with the erection of an addition to a building on privately owned property adjacent to the Capitol Grounds.

    Public Law 93-581 · 88 Stat. 1914 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

92. An Act To declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States in trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 93-582 · 88 Stat. 1915 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

93. An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to permit the transportation, mailing, and broadcasting of advertising, information, and materials concerning lotteries authorized by law and conducted by a State, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-583 · 88 Stat. 1916 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

94. An Act To improve judicial machinery by amending title 28, United States Code, with respect to judicial review of decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-584 · 88 Stat. 1917 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

95. An Act To recognize the fifty years of extraordinary and selfless public service of Herbert Hoover, including his many great humanitarian endeavors, his chairmanship of two Commissions of the Organization of the Executive Branch, and his service as thirty-first President of the United States, and in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of his birth on August 10, 1974, by providing grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace.

    Public Law 93-585 · 88 Stat. 1918 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

96. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide certain benefits to members of the Coast Guard Reserve, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-586 · 88 Stat. 1920 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

97. An Act To name the Federal building, United States post office, United States courthouse, in Brunswick, Georgia, as the “Frank M. Scarlett Federal Building”.

    Public Law 93-587 · 88 Stat. 1920 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

98. An Act To convey certain land of the United States to the Inter-Tribal Council, Incorporated, Miami, Oklahoma.

    Public Law 93-588 · 88 Stat. 1920 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Act of August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1347), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 93-589 · 88 Stat. 1921 · January 2, 1975 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain lands to the United States in trust for the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

     Public Law 93-590 · 88 Stat. 1922 · January 2, 1975 · Original text