Every law Congress has passed

729 laws of the 94th Congress, 1975–1977

1. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, in order to permit cargo vessels to carry more than sixteen passengers when emergency situations arise.

   Public Law 94-85 · 89 Stat. 426 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

2. National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1976

   An Act Authorizing appropriations to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1976.

   Public Law 94-86 · 89 Stat. 427 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize appropriations for carrying out the provisions of the International Economic Policy Act of 1972, as amended, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 94-87 · 89 Stat. 432 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty free treatment to watches and watch movements manufactured in any Insular possession of the United States if foreign materials do not exceed 70 percent of the total value of such watches and movements, to amend child support provisions of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 94-88 · 89 Stat. 433 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on certain forms of zinc until the close of June 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 94-89 · 89 Stat. 438 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to war risk insurance.

   Public Law 94-90 · 89 Stat. 439 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

7. Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1976

   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, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 94-91 · 89 Stat. 441 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to Increase unemployment and sickness benefits, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 94-92 · 89 Stat. 461 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

9. An Act To provide that certain unemployment compensation funds may be used for repayable loans to the Virgin Islands.

   Public Law 94-93 · 89 Stat. 466 · August 9, 1975 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Victor Henrique Carlos Gibson.

    Private Law 94-17 · 89 Stat. 1179 · August 9, 1975 · Private law · Original text

11. Education Division and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1976

    An Act Making appropriations for the Education Division and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-94 · 89 Stat. 468 · September 10, 1975 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating Sunday, September 14, 1975, as “National Saint Elizabeth Seton Day”.

    Public Law 94-95 · 89 Stat. 477 · September 11, 1975 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Asking the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of September 1975 as “National Hunting and Fishing Day”.

    Public Law 94-96 · 89 Stat. 478 · September 18, 1975 · Original text

14. An Act To redesignate November 11 of each year as Veterans Day and to make such day a legal public holiday.

    Public Law 94-97 · 89 Stat. 479 · September 18, 1975 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Smithsonian Institution to plan museum support facilities.

    Public Law 94-98 · 89 Stat. 480 · September 19, 1975 · Original text

16. An Act To extend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.

    Public Law 94-99 · 89 Stat. 481 · September 29, 1975 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To extend by two months the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of I960 and to extend the funding of the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality for two months.

    Public Law 94-100 · 89 Stat. 483 · October 1, 1975 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize an increase in the monetary authorization for certain comprehensive river basin plans previously approved by the Congress, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-101 · 89 Stat. 484 · October 2, 1975 · Original text

19. An Act To expand coverage of the Rehabilitation and Betterment Act (Act of October 7, 1819, 63 Stat. 724).

    Public Law 94-102 · 89 Stat. 485 · October 3, 1975 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Robert M. Johnston.

    Private Law 94-18 · 89 Stat. 1180 · October 3, 1975 · Private law · Original text

21. Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

    An Act To amend the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act to revise and extend the programs authorized by that Act.

    Public Law 94-103 · 89 Stat. 486 · October 4, 1975 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Board for International Broadcasting for fiscal year 1970; and to promote improved relations between the United States, Greece, and Turkey, to assist in the solution of the refugee problem on Cyprus, and to otherwise strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance.

    Public Law 94-104 · 89 Stat. 508 · October 6, 1975 · Original text

23. National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act of 1966 Amendments of 1975

    An Act To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 In order to extend and revise the special food service program for children and the school breakfast program, and for other purposes related to strengthening the school lunch and child nutrition programs.

    Public Law 94-105 · 89 Stat. 511 · October 7, 1975 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1973, and the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, for procurement of aircraft, missiles, numb 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 94-106 · 89 Stat. 531 · October 7, 1975 · Original text

25. Military Construction Authorization Act, 1976

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

    Public Law 94-107 · 89 Stat. 546 · October 7, 1975 · Original text

26. An Act To extend until the close of June 30, 1978, the period during which certain dyeing mid tanning materials may be imported free of duty.

    Public Law 94-108 · 89 Stat. 570 · October 8, 1975 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Plotemia Mabanag Bareng and Bastiana Lilian Mabanag Bareng.

    Private Law 94-19 · 89 Stat. 1181 · October 8, 1975 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To extend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, for forty-five days.

    Public Law 94-109 · 89 Stat. 571 · October 10, 1975 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To implement the United States proposal for the early-warning system la Sinai.

    Public Law 94-110 · 89 Stat. 572 · October 13, 1975 · Original text

30. An Act To rescind certain budget authority recommended in the message of the President of July 26, 1975 (H. Doc. 94–225), transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

    Public Law 94-111 · 89 Stat. 574 · October 13, 1975 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Water Resources Planning Act (79 Stat. 244), as amended.

    Public Law 94-112 · 89 Stat. 575 · October 16, 1975 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-113 · 89 Stat. 576 · October 16, 1975 · Original text

33. An Act To declare that certain submarginal land of the United States shall be held tn trust for certain Indian tribes and be made a part of the reservations of said Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-114 · 89 Stat. 577 · October 17, 1975 · Original text

34. An Act To declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States in trust for the pueblo of Laguna.

    Public Law 94-115 · 89 Stat. 580 · October 17, 1975 · Original text

35. Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1976

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry Independent executive agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-116 · 89 Stat. 581 · October 17, 1975 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the bicentennials of the United States Army, the United States Navy, and the United States Marine Corps.

    Public Law 94-117 · 89 Stat. 602 · October 17, 1975 · Original text

37. Japan-United States Friendship Act

    An Act To provide for the use of certain funds to promote scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-118 · 89 Stat. 603 · October 20, 1975 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize appropriations for services necessary to nonperforming arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center.

    Public Law 94-119 · 89 Stat. 608 · October 21, 1975 · Original text

39. An Act To suspend the duty on natural graphite until the close of June 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-120 · 89 Stat. 609 · October 21, 1975 · Original text

40. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1976

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-121 · 89 Stat. 611 · October 21, 1975 · Original text

41. Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1976

    An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1970, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-122 · 89 Stat. 641 · October 21, 1975 · Original text

42. Veterans’ Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide special pay and incentive pay for certain physicians and dentists employed by the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans’ Administration in order to enhance the recruitment and retention of such personnel, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-123 · 89 Stat. 669 · October 22, 1975 · Original text

43. An Act To amend sections 6, 306, and 308 of the Hural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended.

    Public Law 94-124 · 89 Stat. 677 · November 4, 1975 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To extend the authority for the direct purchase of United States obligations by Federal Reserve banks.

    Public Law 94-125 · 89 Stat. 678 · November 12, 1975 · Original text

45. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to correct certain inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service in connection with civil service retirement and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-126 · 89 Stat. 679 · November 12, 1975 · Original text

46. Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act of 1975

    An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1976 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-127 · 89 Stat. 680 · November 13, 1975 · Original text

47. An Act To increase the appropriation authorization relating to the volunteers in the parks program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-128 · 89 Stat. 682 · November 13, 1975 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Act of March 4, 1927, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept and administer on behalf of the United States gifts or devises of real and personal property for the benefit of the National Arboretum.

    Public Law 94-129 · 89 Stat. 683 · November 13, 1975 · Original text

49. An Act To amend further the Peace Corps Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-130 · 89 Stat. 684 · November 14, 1975 · Original text

50. An Act To carry into effect certain provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-131 · 89 Stat. 685 · November 14, 1975 · Original text

51. An Act To increase the temporary debt limitation until March 15, 1976.

    Public Law 94-132 · 89 Stat. 693 · November 14, 1975 · Original text

52. An Act An Acttend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.

    Public Law 94-133 · 89 Stat. 694 · November 14, 1975 · Original text

53. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act. 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-134 · 89 Stat. 695 · November 24, 1975 · Original text

54. Older Americans Amendments of 1975

    An Act To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish certain social services programs for older Americans and to extend the authorizations of appropriations contained in such Act, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-135 · 89 Stat. 713 · November 28, 1975 · Original text

55. National Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act of 1975

    An Act To establish a National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life; to provide for a review of the activities of all Federal agencies including implementation of all Federal laws, regulations, and policies which impede the productive performance and efficiency of the American economy; to encourage joint labor, industry, and Government efforts to improve national productivity and the character of working conditions: to establish a Federal policy with respect to continued productivity growth and improved utilization of human resources in the United States; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-136 · 89 Stat. 733 · November 28, 1975 · Original text

56. An Act To designate the new Forest Service laboratory at Auburn, Alabama, as the “George W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Laboratory”.

    Public Law 94-137 · 89 Stat. 744 · November 28, 1975 · Original text

57. Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1976

    An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-138 · 89 Stat. 745 · November 28, 1975 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 15d of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to increase the amount of bonds which may be issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-139 · 89 Stat. 750 · November 28, 1975 · Original text

59. An Act To extend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-140 · 89 Stat. 751 · November 28, 1975 · Original text

60. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976

    An Act To authorize appropriations for the administration of foreign affairs; international organizations, conferences, and commissions; information and cultural exchange; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-141 · 89 Stat. 756 · November 29, 1975 · Original text

61. Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

    An Act To amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide educational assistance to all handicapped children, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-142 · 89 Stat. 773 · November 29, 1975 · Original text

62. New York City Seasonal Financing Act of 1975

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide seasonal financing for the city of New York.

    Public Law 94-143 · 89 Stat. 797 · December 9, 1975 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize appropriations for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976.

    Public Law 94-144 · 89 Stat. 800 · December 9, 1975 · Original text

64. Consumer Goods Pricing Act of 1975

    An Act To amend the Sherman Antitrust Act to provide lower prices for consumers.

    Public Law 94-145 · 89 Stat. 801 · December 12, 1975 · Original text

65. An Act To designate the Flat Tops Wilderness, Routt and White River National Forests, in the State of Colorado.

    Public Law 94-146 · 89 Stat. 802 · December 12, 1975 · Original text

66. An Act To amend section 218 of title 23, United States Code.

    Public Law 94-147 · 89 Stat. 803 · December 12, 1975 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements which benefit certain Forest Service programs and to advance or reimburse funds to cooperators for work performed, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-148 · 89 Stat. 804 · December 12, 1975 · Original text

68. An Act To make technical amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and to related provisions of titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code.

    Public Law 94-149 · 89 Stat. 805 · December 12, 1975 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the employment of certain foreign citizens on the vessel Seafreeze Atlantic, Official Number 517242.

    Public Law 94-150 · 89 Stat. 807 · December 15, 1975 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting a charter to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs”.

    Public Law 94-151 · 89 Stat. 809 · December 15, 1975 · Original text

71. Defense Production Act Amendments of 1975

    An Act To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.

    Public Law 94-152 · 89 Stat. 810 · December 16, 1975 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the effective date of the Defense Production Act Amendments of 1975.

    Public Law 94-153 · 89 Stat. 822 · December 16, 1975 · Original text

73. An Act Relating to certain Forest Service timber sale contracts involving road construction.

    Public Law 94-154 · 89 Stat. 823 · December 16, 1975 · Original text

74. An Act To grant an alien child adopted by an unmarried United States citizen the same immigrant status as an alien child adopted by a United States citizen and his spouse.

    Public Law 94-155 · 89 Stat. 824 · December 16, 1975 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments.

    Public Law 94-156 · 89 Stat. 825 · December 16, 1975 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of North Central Educational Television, Incorporated.

    Private Law 94-20 · 89 Stat. 1182 · December 16, 1975 · Private law · Original text

77. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1976

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-157 · 89 Stat. 826 · December 18, 1975 · Original text

78. Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act

    An Act To provide indemnities for exhibitions of artistic and humanistic endeavors, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-158 · 89 Stat. 844 · December 20, 1975 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-159 · 89 Stat. 847 · December 20, 1975 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for establishment of the Father Marquette National Memorial near Saint Ignace, Michigan, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-160 · 89 Stat. 848 · December 20, 1975 · Original text

81. International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975

    An Act To authorize assistance for disaster relief and rehabilitation, to provide for overseas distribution and production of agricultural commodities, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-161 · 89 Stat. 849 · December 20, 1975 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Joint Resolution approved December 28, 1973, providing for the establishment of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-162 · 89 Stat. 870 · December 20, 1975 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Dino Mendoza Pascua.

    Private Law 94-21 · 89 Stat. 1183 · December 20, 1975 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Heung Soon Kim.

    Private Law 94-22 · 89 Stat. 1184 · December 20, 1975 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Sun Yang Kim and Sun Mi Kim.

    Private Law 94-23 · 89 Stat. 1185 · December 20, 1975 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To increase domestic energy supplies and availability; to restrain energy demand; to prepare for energy emergencies; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-163 · 89 Stat. 871 · December 22, 1975 · Original text

87. Revenue Adjustment Act of 1975

    An Act To change certain income tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-164 · 89 Stat. 970 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

88. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-165 · 89 Stat. 977 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for allotment or assignment of payments from civil service annuities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-166 · 89 Stat. 1002 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

90. An Act To direct the National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year, 1975, to organize and convene a National Women's Conference, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-167 · 89 Stat. 1003 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

91. Metric Conversion Act of 1975

    An Act To declare a national policy of coordinating the increasing use of the metric system in the United States, and to establish a United States Metric Board to coordinate the voluntary conversion to the metric system.

    Public Law 94-168 · 89 Stat. 1007 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

92. Veterans and Survivors Pension Interim Adjustment Act of 1975

    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 94-169 · 89 Stat. 1013 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

93. An Act To increase the amount of benefits payable to widows of certain former employees of the Lighthouse Service.

    Public Law 94-170 · 89 Stat. 1022 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

94. An Act To amend section 141 of title 13. United States Code, to provide for the transmittal to each of the several States of the tabulation of population of that State obtained in each decennial census and desired for the apportionment or districting of the legislative body or bodies of that State, in accordance with, and subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, a plan and form suggested by that officer or public body having responsibility for legislative apportionment or districting of the State being tabulated, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-171 · 89 Stat. 1023 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

95. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that annual leave lost by a Federal employee because of an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action shall be restored to the employee, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-172 · 89 Stat. 1025 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 2 of the National Housing Act to increase the maximum loan amounts for the purchase of mobile homes.

    Public Law 94-173 · 89 Stat. 1027 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands for an entrance road at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 94-174 · 89 Stat. 1029 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

98. An Act To amend the Act of July 7, 1970 (84 Stat. 409) to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior without reference to the agencies involved.

    Public Law 94-175 · 89 Stat. 1030 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

99. An Act To extend until April 30, 1976, the authority of the National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance.

    Public Law 94-176 · 89 Stat. 1031 · December 23, 1975 · Original text

100. An Act To amend title 39, United States Code, to prohibit certain franked mailings by Members of the Congress and certain officers of the United States, other than mailings related to the closing of their official business, after such Members or officers have left office.

     Public Law 94-177 · 89 Stat. 1032 · December 23, 1975 · Original text