Every law Congress has passed

805 laws of the 95th Congress, 1977–1979

1. Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978

   An Act To promote the healthy development of children who would benefit from adoption by facilitating their placement In adoptive homes, to extend and Improve the provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-266 · 92 Stat. 205 · April 24, 1978 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim the third week of May of 1978 and 1979 as “National Architectural Barrier Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 95-267 · 92 Stat. 212 · April 24, 1978 · Original text

3. Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1978

   An Act To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to the activities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

   Public Law 95-268 · 92 Stat. 213 · April 24, 1978 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Acts of August 11, 1888, and March 2, 1919, pertaining to carrying out projects for improvements of rivers and harbors by contract or otherwise, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-269 · 92 Stat. 218 · April 26, 1978 · Original text

5. Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act

   An Act To authorize funds for the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and for the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center.

   Public Law 95-270 · 92 Stat. 220 · April 27, 1978 · Original text

6. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to move the place for holding court for the district court of the Eastern District of New York to Brooklyn and Hempstead, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-271 · 92 Stat. 221 · April 28, 1978 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to call a White House Conference on the Arts, and to authorize the President to call a White House Conference on the Humanities.

   Public Law 95-272 · 92 Stat. 222 · May 3, 1978 · Original text

8. National Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning Act of 1978

   An Act To establish a program of ocean pollution research, development, and monitoring, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 95-273 · 92 Stat. 228 · May 8, 1978 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of A. Leon Higginbotham, Junior, as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Public Law 95-274 · 92 Stat. 233 · May 10, 1978 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of John Paul Austin as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 95-275 · 92 Stat. 234 · May 10, 1978 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To provide for the appointment of Anne Legendre Armstrong as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 95-276 · 92 Stat. 235 · May 10, 1978 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to designate an Assistant Secretary to serve in his place us a member of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board.

    Public Law 95-277 · 92 Stat. 236 · May 12, 1978 · Original text

13. An Act To provide for conveyance of certain lands adjacent to the Gund Ranch, Grass Valley, Nevada, to the University of Nevada.

    Public Law 95-278 · 92 Stat. 237 · May 12, 1978 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Ernesto F. Garcia, Junior.

    Private Law 95-36 · 92 Stat. 3806 · May 12, 1978 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To provide emergency assistance to producers of wheat, feed grains, and upland cotton, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-279 · 92 Stat. 240 · May 15, 1978 · Original text

16. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to purchase and hold certain lands In trust for the Zuni Indian Tribe of New Mexico, and to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims with respect to land claims of such tribe.

    Public Law 95-280 · 92 Stat. 244 · May 15, 1978 · Original text

17. An Act To reinstate the Modoc, Wyandotte, Peoria, and Ottawa Indian Tribes of Oklahoma as federally supervised and recognized Indian tribes.

    Public Law 95-281 · 92 Stat. 246 · May 15, 1978 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Oh Soon Yi.

    Private Law 95-37 · 92 Stat. 3806 · May 15, 1978 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of the First Baptist Church of Paducah, Kentucky.

    Private Law 95-38 · 92 Stat. 3807 · May 16, 1978 · Private law · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Making supplemental appropriations for the United States Railway Association for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-282 · 92 Stat. 248 · May 19, 1978 · Original text

21. Securities Investor Protection Act Amendments of 1978

    An Act To amend the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970.

    Public Law 95-283 · 92 Stat. 249 · May 21, 1978 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplement al appropriation for the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-284 · 92 Stat. 276 · May 21, 1978 · Original text

23. An Act To name the lake located behind Lower Monumental Lock and Dam, Washington, “Lake Herbert G. West”.

    Public Law 95-285 · 92 Stat. 277 · May 25, 1978 · Original text

24. An Act To establish a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution and to establish a trust fund to provide a stipend for such fellowship.

    Public Law 95-286 · 92 Stat. 278 · May 26, 1978 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Reaffirming the unity of the North Atlantic Alliance commitment.

    Public Law 95-287 · 92 Stat. 280 · May 30, 1978 · Original text

26. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1978

    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 September 30, 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-288 · 92 Stat. 281 · June 5, 1978 · Original text

27. An Act To remove the limitation on the amount authorised to be appropriated under the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972.

    Public Law 95-289 · 92 Stat. 289 · June 5, 1978 · Original text

28. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Lowell National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-290 · 92 Stat. 290 · June 5, 1978 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Charles I. Abbott.

    Private Law 95-39 · 92 Stat. 3807 · June 10, 1978 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To authorize an appropriation to reimburse certain expenditures for social services provided by the States prior to October 1, 1975, under titles I, IV-A, VI, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act.

    Public Law 95-291 · 92 Stat. 304 · June 12, 1978 · Original text

31. An Act To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in the end stage renal disease program presently authorized under section 226 of that Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-292 · 92 Stat. 307 · June 13, 1978 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Administrative Conference Act.

    Public Law 95-293 · 92 Stat. 317 · June 13, 1978 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to proclaim June 11, 1978, as “American University Press Day” to commemorate the centennial of university press publishing in America.

    Public Law 95-294 · 92 Stat. 318 · June 14, 1978 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Central, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act to increase the appropriation authorization through fiscal year 1982, to expand the United States fisheries development effort, and to cooperate in the formation and research of the South Pacific regional fishery agency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-295 · 92 Stat. 319 · June 16, 1978 · Original text

35. An Act To designate the Mike Monroney Aeronautical (tenter.

    Public Law 95-296 · 92 Stat. 321 · June 19, 1978 · Original text

36. Petroleum Marketing Practices Act

    An Act To provide for the protection of franchised distributors and retailers of motor fuel and to encourage conservation of automotive gasoline and competition in the marketing of such gasoline by requiring that information regarding the octane rating of automotive gasoline be disclosed to consumers.

    Public Law 95-297 · 92 Stat. 322 · June 19, 1978 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Young Hee Kim Kang and her children, Hee Jae Kang, Hee Jin Kang, and Hee Soo Kang.

    Private Law 95-40 · 92 Stat. 3807 · June 19, 1978 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1079 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-298 · 92 Stat. 339 · June 26, 1978 · Original text

39. An Act To extend until October 1, 1980, the appropriation authorizations for the Great Dismal Swamp and San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuges.

    Public Law 95-299 · 92 Stat. 341 · June 26, 1978 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Council on Environmental Quality for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981.

    Public Law 95-300 · 92 Stat. 342 · June 26, 1978 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution Making urgent grain inspection supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Federal Grain Inspection Service, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.

    Public Law 95-301 · 92 Stat. 343 · June 26, 1978 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Intervention on the High Seas Act to implement the protocol relating to Intervention on the high seas in cases of marine pollution by substances other than oil, 1973.

    Public Law 95-302 · 92 Stat. 344 · June 26, 1978 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of William H. Klusmeier, publisher of the Austiu Citizen, of Austin, Texas.

    Private Law 95-41 · 92 Stat. 3808 · June 26, 1978 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To lower the duty on levulose until the close of June 30, 1980.

    Public Law 95-303 · 92 Stat. 346 · June 29, 1978 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act for fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-304 · 92 Stat. 347 · June 29, 1978 · Original text

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

    Public Law 95-305 · 92 Stat. 348 · June 29, 1978 · Original text

47. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978

    An Act To provide for an expanded and comprehensive extension program for forest and rangeland renewable resources.

    Public Law 95-306 · 92 Stat. 349 · June 30, 1978 · Original text

48. Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978

    An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out forest and rangeland renewable resources research, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-307 · 92 Stat. 353 · June 30, 1978 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize appropriations for the United States Coast Guard for fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-308 · 92 Stat. 358 · June 30, 1978 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To designate Sunday, June 25, 1978, as “National Brotherhood Day”.

    Public Law 95-309 · 92 Stat. 361 · June 30, 1978 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for conveyance of certain lands in the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, by the Secretary of Agriculture.

    Public Law 95-310 · 92 Stat. 362 · June 30, 1978 · Original text

52. An Act To designate the proposed new Veterans’ Administration hospital in Little Rock. Arkansas, as the “John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans’ Hospital”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-311 · 92 Stat. 363 · June 30, 1978 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Designating July 1, 1978, as “Free Enterprise Day”.

    Public Law 95-312 · 92 Stat. 364 · June 30, 1978 · Original text

54. Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cooperative forestry assistance to States and others, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-313 · 92 Stat. 365 · July 1, 1978 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Fishery Conservation Zone Transition Act in order to give effect to the Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement for 1978 between the United States and Canada.

    Public Law 95-314 · 92 Stat. 376 · July 1, 1978 · Original text

56. An Act To create a solar energy and energy conservation loan program within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-315 · 92 Stat. 377 · July 4, 1978 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 during fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981.

    Public Law 95-316 · 92 Stat. 380 · July 10, 1978 · Original text

58. An Act To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to grant an annuitant the right to elect within one year after remarriage whether such annuitant’s new spouse shall be entitled, if otherwise qualified, to a survivor annuity, and to eliminate the annuity reduction made by an unmarried annuitant to provide a survivor annuity to an individual having an insurable interest in cases where such individual predeceases the annuitant.

    Public Law 95-317 · 92 Stat. 382 · July 10, 1978 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the reinstatement of civil service retirement survivor annuities for certain widows and widowers whose remarriages occurred before July 18, 1966, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-318 · 92 Stat. 384 · July 10, 1978 · Original text

60. Emergency Interim Consumer Product Safety Standard Act of 1978

    An Act To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to establish an interim consumer product safety rule relating to the standards for dame resistance and corrosiveness of certain insulation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-319 · 92 Stat. 386 · July 11, 1978 · Original text

61. Federal Banking Agency Audit Act

    An Act To amend the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 to provide for the audit, by the Comptroller General of the United States, of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-320 · 92 Stat. 391 · July 21, 1978 · Original text

62. An Act To impose a moratorium on any increase in the public lands grazing fee for the 1978 grazing year, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-321 · 92 Stat. 394 · July 21, 1978 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the Standard Reference Data Act, and to authorize appropriations for the National Bureau of Standards.

    Public Law 95-322 · 92 Stat. 395 · July 21, 1978 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 216(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to entitle the Delegates in Congress from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands to make nominations for appointments to the Merchant Marine Academy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-323 · 92 Stat. 396 · July 28, 1978 · Original text

65. An Act To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, the “Federico Degetau Federal Building”.

    Public Law 95-324 · 92 Stat. 397 · July 28, 1978 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the first Sunday of September after Labor Day in 1978 as “National Grandparents Day”.

    Public Law 95-325 · 92 Stat. 398 · July 28, 1978 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the North Pacific Fisheries Act of 1954.

    Public Law 95-326 · 92 Stat. 399 · July 28, 1978 · Original text

68. An Act To declare that certain lands of the United States situated in the State of Oklahoma are held by the United States in trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept conveyance from the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma of certain other lands in Oklahoma to be held in trust by the United States for such tribes.

    Public Law 95-327 · 92 Stat. 407 · July 28, 1978 · Original text

69. An Act Relating to the settlement between the United States and the Ak-Chin Indian community of certain water right claims of such community against the United States.

    Public Law 95-328 · 92 Stat. 409 · July 28, 1978 · Original text

70. An Act To declare certain federally owned land known as the Yardeka School land to be held in trust for the Creek Nation of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 95-329 · 92 Stat. 412 · July 28, 1978 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and for other purposes for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.

    Public Law 95-330 · 92 Stat. 413 · July 31, 1978 · Original text

72. Peace Corps Act Amendments of 1978

    An Act To authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1978, and to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979, for the Peace Corps, and to make certain changes in the Peace Corps Act.

    Public Law 95-331 · 92 Stat. 414 · August 2, 1978 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution Making an urgent appropriation for the black lung program of the Department of Labor, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.

    Public Law 95-332 · 92 Stat. 417 · August 2, 1978 · Original text

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

    Public Law 95-333 · 92 Stat. 419 · August 3, 1978 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Lucy Davao Jara Graham.

    Private Law 95-42 · 92 Stat. 3808 · August 3, 1978 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Michelle Lagrosa Sese.

    Private Law 95-43 · 92 Stat. 3809 · August 3, 1978 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Amelia Doria Nicholson.

    Private Law 95-44 · 92 Stat. 3809 · August 3, 1978 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Habib Haddad.

    Private Law 95-45 · 92 Stat. 3810 · August 3, 1978 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of William Mok.

    Private Law 95-46 · 92 Stat. 3810 · August 3, 1978 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Miss Coralla Raposo.

    Private Law 95-47 · 92 Stat. 3810 · August 3, 1978 · Private law · Original text

81. Agricultural Credit Act of 1978

    An Act To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, provide an economic emergency loan program for farmers and ranchers, extend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-334 · 92 Stat. 420 · August 4, 1978 · Original text

82. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1979

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-335 · 92 Stat. 435 · August 4, 1978 · Original text

83. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Amendments of 1978

    An Act To amend the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act to extend the authorizations and appropriations for carrying out the provisions of such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-336 · 92 Stat. 451 · August 4, 1978 · Original text

84. An Act To declare that all right, title, and interest of the United States in two thousand seven hundred acres, more or less, are hereby held in trust for the Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fallon Indian Reservation and Colony, Fallon, Nevada, to promote the economic self-sufficiency of the Paiute and Shoshone Tribes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-337 · 92 Stat. 455 · August 4, 1978 · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Umberto Ruffolo.

    Private Law 95-48 · 92 Stat. 3811 · August 4, 1978 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To authorize appropriations under the Arms Control and Disarmament Act for the fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-338 · 92 Stat. 458 · August 8, 1978 · Original text

87. New York City Loan Guarantee Act of 1978

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide financial assistance for the city of New York.

    Public Law 95-339 · 92 Stat. 460 · August 8, 1978 · Original text

88. An Act To name a certain Federal building in Laguna Niguel, California, the “Chet Holifield Building”.

    Public Law 95-340 · 92 Stat. 468 · August 11, 1978 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution American Indian Religious Freedom Act.

    Public Law 95-341 · 92 Stat. 469 · August 11, 1978 · Original text

90. An Act Relating to the disposition of certain recreational demonstration project lands by the State of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 95-342 · 92 Stat. 471 · August 11, 1978 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–87) to raise certain authorized funding levels contained therein, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-343 · 92 Stat. 473 · August 11, 1978 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-344 · 92 Stat. 474 · August 15, 1978 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of mutual or cooperative telephone company income from nonmember telephone companies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-345 · 92 Stat. 481 · August 15, 1978 · Original text

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

    Public Law 95-346 · 92 Stat. 485 · August 17, 1978 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To designate October 7, 1978, as “National Guard Day”.

    Public Law 95-347 · 92 Stat. 486 · August 18, 1978 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-348 · 92 Stat. 487 · August 18, 1978 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution Designating July 18, 1979, as “National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day”.

    Public Law 95-349 · 92 Stat. 497 · August 18, 1978 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of a week as “National Lupus Week”.

    Public Law 95-350 · 92 Stat. 498 · August 18, 1978 · Original text

99. National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act

    An Act To provide for consumers a further means of minimizing the impact of inflation and economic depression by narrowing the price spread between costs to the producer and the consumer of needed goods, services, facilities, and commodities through the development and funding of specialized credit sources for, and technical assistance to, self-help, not-for-profit cooperatives, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 95-351 · 92 Stat. 499 · August 20, 1978 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize appropriations for activities and programs carried out by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management.

     Public Law 95-352 · 92 Stat. 515 · August 20, 1978 · Original text