Every law Congress has passed

805 laws of the 95th Congress, 1977–1979

1. Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Act, 1978

   An Act Making appropriations for public works for water and power development and energy research tor the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-96 · 91 Stat. 797 · August 7, 1977 · Original text

2. An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-97 · 91 Stat. 810 · August 12, 1977 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the corporate name of AMVETS (American Veterans of World War II), and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-98 · 91 Stat. 830 · August 15, 1977 · Original text

4. National Science Foundation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978

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

   Public Law 95-99 · 91 Stat. 831 · August 15, 1977 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on November 20, 1977, as “National Family Week”.

   Public Law 95-100 · 91 Stat. 836 · August 15, 1977 · Original text

6. Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1978

   An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-101 · 91 Stat. 837 · August 15, 1977 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Peace Corps for fiscal year 1978.

   Public Law 95-102 · 91 Stat. 841 · August 15, 1977 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the statute of limitations provisions in section 2415 of title 28, United States Code, relating to claims by the United States on behalf of Indians.

   Public Law 95-103 · 91 Stat. 842 · August 15, 1977 · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing additional appropriations for prosecution of projects in certain comprehensive river basin plans for flood control, water conservation, recreation, hydroelectric power and other purposes.

   Public Law 95-104 · 91 Stat. 843 · August 15, 1977 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the Federal Life and Casualty Company of Battle Creek, Michigan.

    Private Law 95-6 · 91 Stat. 1649 · August 15, 1977 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Velzora Carr.

    Private Law 95-7 · 91 Stat. 1649 · August 15, 1977 · Private law · Original text

12. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978

    An Act To authorize fiscal year 1978 appropriations for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-105 · 91 Stat. 844 · August 17, 1977 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize appropriations to the United States International Trade Commission, to provide for greater efficiency in the administration of the Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-106 · 91 Stat. 867 · August 17, 1977 · Original text

14. An Act To amend Public Law 95–18, providing for emergency drought relief measures.

    Public Law 95-107 · 91 Stat. 870 · August 17, 1977 · Original text

15. Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments of 1977

    An Act To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-108 · 91 Stat. 871 · August 17, 1977 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit abusive practices by debt collectors.

    Public Law 95-109 · 91 Stat. 874 · September 20, 1977 · Original text

17. An Act To abolish the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and to reassign certain functions and authorities thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-110 · 91 Stat. 884 · September 20, 1977 · Original text

18. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1978

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-111 · 91 Stat. 886 · September 21, 1977 · Original text

19. Education Amendments of 1977

    An Act To extend certain programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for one year, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-112 · 91 Stat. 911 · September 24, 1977 · Original text

20. Food and Agriculture Act of 1977

    An Act To provide price and income protection for farmers and assure consumers of an abundance of food and filter at reasonable prices, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-113 · 91 Stat. 913 · September 29, 1977 · Original text

21. An Act Extending the special pay provisions for physicians and dentists in the uniformed services and reinstating the special pay provisions for optometrists and veterinarians in the uniformed services.

    Public Law 95-114 · 91 Stat. 1046 · September 30, 1977 · Original text

22. Juvenile Justice Amendments of 1977

    An Act To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-115 · 91 Stat. 1048 · October 3, 1977 · Original text

23. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide an automobile assistance allowance and to provide automotive adaptive equipment to veterans of World War I.

    Public Law 95-116 · 91 Stat. 1062 · October 3, 1977 · Original text

24. Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of 1977

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans; to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for their survivors; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-117 · 91 Stat. 1063 · October 3, 1977 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for increased participation by the United States in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Fund, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-118 · 91 Stat. 1067 · October 3, 1977 · Original text

26. Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1978

    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 September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-119 · 91 Stat. 1073 · October 4, 1977 · Original text

27. An Act To increase the temporary debt limit, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-120 · 91 Stat. 1090 · October 4, 1977 · Original text

28. An Act To amend the Council on Wage and Price Stability Act to extend Its termination date, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-121 · 91 Stat. 1091 · October 6, 1977 · Original text

29. An Act To revise the basis for estimating the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia for water and water services and sanitary sewer services furnished to the United States.

    Public Law 95-122 · 91 Stat. 1093 · October 6, 1977 · Original text

30. Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1977

    An Act To extend and revise the Library Services and Construction Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-123 · 91 Stat. 1095 · October 7, 1977 · Original text

31. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

    An Act To reduce the hazards of earthquakes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-124 · 91 Stat. 1098 · October 7, 1977 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 to provide for the audit, by the Comptroller General, of the Internal Revenue Service and of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

    Public Law 95-125 · 91 Stat. 1104 · October 7, 1977 · Original text

33. An Act To deny entitlement to veterans’ benefits to certain persons who would otherwise become so entitled solely by virtue of the administrative upgrading under temporarily revised standards of other than honorable discharges from service during the Vietnam era; to require case-by-case review’ under uniform, historically consistent, generally applicable standards and procedures prior to the award of veterans’ benefits to persons administratively discharged under other than honorable conditions from active military, naval, or air service; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-126 · 91 Stat. 1106 · October 8, 1977 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the authorization of appropriations contained in such Act.

    Public Law 95-127 · 91 Stat. 1110 · October 12, 1977 · Original text

35. Housing and Community Development Act of 1977

    An Act To amend certain Federal laws pertaining to community development, housing, and related programs.

    Public Law 95-128 · 91 Stat. 1111 · October 12, 1977 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-129 · 91 Stat. 1151 · October 13, 1977 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1878, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-130 · 91 Stat. 1153 · October 13, 1977 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act with respect to the borrowing authority of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-131 · 91 Stat. 1155 · October 13, 1977 · Original text

39. Civil Rights Commission Authorization Act of 1977

    An Act To raise the limitation on appropriations for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

    Public Law 95-132 · 91 Stat. 1157 · October 13, 1977 · Original text

40. An Act To declare certain federally owned land held in trust by the United States for the Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians.

    Public Law 95-133 · 91 Stat. 1158 · October 15, 1977 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-134 · 91 Stat. 1159 · October 15, 1977 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To amend an Act entitled “To authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes” (enrolled bill H.R. 6550, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session).

    Public Law 95-135 · 91 Stat. 1166 · October 15, 1977 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.

    Public Law 95-136 · 91 Stat. 1167 · October 18, 1977 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Controlled Substances Act to extend for three fiscal years the authorization of appropriations under that Act for the expenses of the Department of Justice in carrying out that Act.

    Public Law 95-137 · 91 Stat. 1169 · October 18, 1977 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Act of August 25, 1958, with respect to staff allowances for former Presidents.

    Public Law 95-138 · 91 Stat. 1170 · October 18, 1977 · Original text

46. The George Washington University Charter Restatement Act

    An Act To amend the Act of February 9, 1821, to restate the charter of The George Washington University.

    Private Law 95-8 · 91 Stat. 1650 · October 18, 1977 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To establish within the Department of Justice the position of Associate Attorney General.

    Public Law 95-139 · 91 Stat. 1171 · October 19, 1977 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Doctor Lawrence C. B. Chan.

    Private Law 95-9 · 91 Stat. 1652 · October 20, 1977 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to abolish one of the two positions of Deputy Secretary of Defense and establish the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and to change the title of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.

    Public Law 95-140 · 91 Stat. 1172 · October 21, 1977 · Original text

50. An Act To name a certain Federal building in Washington, District of Columbia, the “Hubert H. Humphrey Building”.

    Public Law 95-141 · 91 Stat. 1174 · October 23, 1977 · Original text

51. Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments

    An Act To strengthen the capability of the Government to detect, prosecute, and punish fraudulent activities under the medicare and medicaid programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-142 · 91 Stat. 1175 · October 25, 1977 · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of certain postmasters charged with postal deficiencies.

    Private Law 95-10 · 91 Stat. 1652 · October 25, 1977 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To extend and amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

    Public Law 95-143 · 91 Stat. 1210 · October 26, 1977 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for the implementation of treaties for the transfer of offenders to or from foreign countries.

    Public Law 95-144 · 91 Stat. 1212 · October 28, 1977 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the creation of a record of admission for permanent residence in the cases of certain refugees from Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia, and to amend the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 to extend the period during which refugee assistance may be provided, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-145 · 91 Stat. 1223 · October 28, 1977 · Original text

56. An Act To extend by seven months the term of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works.

    Public Law 95-146 · 91 Stat. 1226 · October 28, 1977 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to invest public moneys, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-147 · 91 Stat. 1227 · October 28, 1977 · Original text

58. Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1978

    An Act Making appropriations for Foreign Assistance and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-148 · 91 Stat. 1230 · October 31, 1977 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Commemorating General Thaddeus Kosciuszko by presenting a memorial plaque in his memory to the people of Poland on behalf of the American people.

    Public Law 95-149 · 91 Stat. 1242 · November 1, 1977 · Original text

60. Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977

    An Act To provide for the study of certain lands to determine their suitability for designation as wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-150 · 91 Stat. 1243 · November 1, 1977 · Original text

61. Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977

    An Act To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage rate under that Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-151 · 91 Stat. 1245 · November 1, 1977 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for certain additions to the Tinicum National Environmental Center.

    Public Law 95-152 · 91 Stat. 1254 · November 4, 1977 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act for fiscal year 1978

    Public Law 95-153 · 91 Stat. 1255 · November 4, 1977 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To extend the authority of the Federal Reserve banks to buy and sell certain obligations.

    Public Law 95-154 · 91 Stat. 1256 · November 7, 1977 · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Ermelinda Rossi.

    Private Law 95-11 · 91 Stat. 1653 · November 7, 1977 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Lee Young Soo.

    Private Law 95-12 · 91 Stat. 1653 · November 7, 1977 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Chin Ah Park and Chin Suk Park.

    Private Law 95-13 · 91 Stat. 1654 · November 7, 1977 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Me Young Lee.

    Private Law 95-14 · 91 Stat. 1654 · November 7, 1977 · Private law · Original text

69. Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978

    An Act To authorize appropriations for activities of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-155 · 91 Stat. 1257 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

70. An Act To exempt disaster payments made in connection with the 1077 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice from the payment limitations contained In the Agricultural Act of 1970 and the Agricultural Act of 1949.

    Public Law 95-156 · 91 Stat. 1264 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

71. An Act To create the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, implementing article IV of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America.

    Public Law 95-157 · 91 Stat. 1265 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution Approving the Presidential decision on an Alaska natural gas transportation system, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-158 · 91 Stat. 1268 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

73. An Act To continue to suspend for a temporary period the import duty on certain horses, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-159 · 91 Stat. 1269 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

74. An Act To suspend until the close of June 30, 1978, the duty on certain latex sheets, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-160 · 91 Stat. 1271 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

75. An Act To suspend until the close of June 30, 1980, the duty on synthetic tantalum/columbium concentrate, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-161 · 91 Stat. 1273 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

76. An Act To provide duty-free treatment for certain copying lathes used for making rough or finished shoe lasts and for parts of such lathes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-162 · 91 Stat. 1275 · November 8, 1977 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Young Shin Joo.

    Private Law 95-15 · 91 Stat. 1654 · November 8, 1977 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of In Hea Kim and Myung Sung Kwon.

    Private Law 95-16 · 91 Stat. 1655 · November 8, 1977 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Chin-Ho An.

    Private Law 95-17 · 91 Stat. 1655 · November 8, 1977 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To amend title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to expand the types of risks which the Secretary of Transportation may insure or reinsure, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-163 · 91 Stat. 1278 · November 9, 1977 · Original text

81. Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977

    An Act To promote safety and health in the mining industry, to prevent recurring disasters in the mining industry, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-164 · 91 Stat. 1290 · November 9, 1977 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-165 · 91 Stat. 1323 · November 9, 1977 · Original text

83. National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1977

    An Act To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 in order to revise and extend the summer food program, to revise the special milk program, to revise the school breakfast program, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program of nutrition information and education as part of food service programs for children conducted under such Acts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-166 · 91 Stat. 1325 · November 10, 1977 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Federal charter of the Big Brothers of America to include Big Sisters International, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-167 · 91 Stat. 1347 · November 11, 1977 · Original text

85. An Act Granting an extension of patent to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

    Public Law 95-168 · 91 Stat. 1349 · November 11, 1977 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the Sierra National Forest, California, to the Madera Cemetery District.

    Public Law 95-169 · 91 Stat. 1350 · November 12, 1977 · Original text

87. An Act To suspend until July 1, 1978, the rate of duty on mattress blanks of latex rubber, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-170 · 91 Stat. 1351 · November 12, 1977 · Original text

88. An Act To extend certain Social Security Act provisions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-171 · 91 Stat. 1353 · November 12, 1977 · Original text

89. 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 95-172 · 91 Stat. 1358 · November 12, 1977 · Original text

90. Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1978

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-173 · 91 Stat. 1359 · November 12, 1977 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain homesites within the Chugach and Tongass National Forests, Alaska.

    Public Law 95-174 · 91 Stat. 1361 · November 12, 1977 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the interest of the United States in certain lands in Adams County, Mississippi, notwithstanding a limitation in the Color-of-Title Act (45 Stat. 1069, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1068).

    Private Law 95-18 · 91 Stat. 1656 · November 12, 1977 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To extend the supervision of the United States Capitol Police to certain facilities leased by the Office of Technology Assessment.

    Public Law 95-175 · 91 Stat. 1362 · November 14, 1977 · Original text

94. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to distilled spirits, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-176 · 91 Stat. 1363 · November 14, 1977 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Kam Lin Cheung.

    Private Law 95-19 · 91 Stat. 1656 · November 14, 1977 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 10 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.

    Public Law 95-177 · 91 Stat. 1368 · November 15, 1977 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

    Public Law 95-178 · 91 Stat. 1369 · November 15, 1977 · Original text

98. An Act To amend title 3 of the United States Code to change the name of the Executive Protective Service.

    Public Law 95-179 · 91 Stat. 1371 · November 15, 1977 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Higher Education Act of 1865 to include the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in the definition of the term “State” for the purpose of participation in programs authorized by that Act.

    Public Law 95-180 · 91 Stat. 1372 · November 15, 1977 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 95-181 · 91 Stat. 1373 · November 15, 1977 · Original text