Every law Congress has passed

736 laws of the 96th Congress, 1979–1981

1. An Act To amend the Act of November 8, 1978 (92 Stat 3095), to designate certain Cibola National Forest lands as additions to the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, New Mexico.

   Public Law 96-248 · 94 Stat. 355 · May 23, 1980 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to improve food stamp program fiscal accountability through reductions in inaccurate eligibility and benefit determinations; to improve the system of deductions; to increase the specific dollar limitations on appropriations for the fiscal years 1980 and 1981 food stamp programs; and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-249 · 94 Stat. 357 · May 26, 1980 · Original text

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

   Public Law 96-250 · 94 Stat. 371 · May 26, 1980 · Original text

4. An Act To permit the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indiana to file with the United States Court of Claims any claim such band could have Tiled with the Indian Claims Commission under the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1049).

   Public Law 96-251 · 94 Stat. 372 · May 26, 1980 · Original text

5. Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980

   An Act To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to extend the authorization of appropriations contained in such Act, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-252 · 94 Stat. 374 · May 28, 1980 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for fiscal year 1981.

   Public Law 96-253 · 94 Stat. 398 · May 29, 1980 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to authorize additional appropriations for the Northeast Corridor improvement project and to require the Secretary of Transportation to begin development of energy efficient rail passenger corridors, to provide for the protection of the employees of the Rock Island Railroad, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-254 · 94 Stat. 399 · May 30, 1980 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the National Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act for fiscal years 1981 and 1982, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-255 · 94 Stat. 420 · May 30, 1980 · Original text

9. An Act To extend the present public debt limit through June 5, 1980.

   Public Law 96-256 · 94 Stat. 421 · May 30, 1980 · Original text

10. Special Central American Assistance Act of 1979

    An Act To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize assistance in support of peaceful and democratic processes of development in Central America.

    Public Law 96-257 · 94 Stat. 422 · May 31, 1980 · Original text

11. An Act To amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, to codify recent law and improve the Code without substantive change.

    Public Law 96-258 · 94 Stat. 425 · June 3, 1980 · Original text

12. An Act To provide for increased participation by the United States in the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Fund.

    Public Law 96-259 · 94 Stat. 429 · June 3, 1980 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell two obsolete vessels to Coast Line Company and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-260 · 94 Stat. 435 · June 3, 1980 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the Federal Trade Commission for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980.

    Public Law 96-261 · 94 Stat. 436 · June 4, 1980 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983.

    Public Law 96-262 · 94 Stat. 437 · June 5, 1980 · Original text

16. An Act To amend section 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, providing for a Great Plains conservation program.

    Public Law 96-263 · 94 Stat. 438 · June 6, 1980 · Original text

17. An Act To extend the present public debt limit through June 30, 1980.

    Public Law 96-264 · 94 Stat. 439 · June 6, 1980 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Social Security Act to provide better work incentives and improved accountability in the disability programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-265 · 94 Stat. 441 · June 9, 1980 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To provide for designation of the week of September 21–27, 1980, as “National Cystic Fibrosis Week”.

    Public Law 96-266 · 94 Stat. 482 · June 9, 1980 · Original text

20. An Act To establish the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 96-267 · 94 Stat. 483 · June 9, 1980 · Original text

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

    Public Law 96-268 · 94 Stat. 485 · June 13, 1980 · Original text

22. An Act To rename certain buildings of the Library of Congress.

    Public Law 96-269 · 94 Stat. 486 · June 13, 1980 · Original text

23. Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1980

    An Act To establish a program for the inspection of schools to detect the presence of hazardous asbestos materials, to provide loans to States or local educational agencies to contain or remove hazardous asbestos materials from schools and to replace such materials with other suitable building materials, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-270 · 94 Stat. 487 · June 14, 1980 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize appropriations for the International Natural Rubber Agreement for fiscal year 1981.

    Public Law 96-271 · 94 Stat. 499 · June 16, 1980 · Original text

25. Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

    An Act To establish a program of adoption assistance, to strengthen the program of foster care assistance for needy and dependent children, to improve the child welfare, social services, and aid to families with dependent children programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-272 · 94 Stat. 500 · June 17, 1980 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act to extend to June 30, 1981, the ban on actions by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare respecting saccharin.

    Public Law 96-273 · 94 Stat. 536 · June 17, 1980 · Original text

27. An Act Pertaining to the inheritance of trust or restricted land on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota.

    Public Law 96-274 · 94 Stat. 537 · June 17, 1980 · Original text

28. An Act To protect the confidentiality of Shippers’ Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements.

    Public Law 96-275 · 94 Stat. 539 · June 17, 1980 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act and to establish an intergovernmental study group to analyze recent events in the silver cash and futures markets.

    Public Law 96-276 · 94 Stat. 541 · June 17, 1980 · Original text

30. An Act To repeal and amend certain laws regulating trade between Indians and certain Federal employees.

    Public Law 96-277 · 94 Stat. 544 · June 17, 1980 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to proclaim June 27, 1980, as “Helen Keller Day”

    Public Law 96-278 · 94 Stat. 547 · June 17, 1980 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning June 22, 1980, as “National Athletic Boosters Week”.

    Public Law 96-279 · 94 Stat. 549 · June 18, 1980 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Permitting the supply of additional low enriched uranium fuel under international agreements for cooperation in the civil uses of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-280 · 94 Stat. 550 · June 18, 1980 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution Congratulating the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their seventy-fifth anniversary and wishing the Order of the Sons of Italy in America success in future years and proclaiming June 22, 1980, as “National Italian-American Day”.

    Public Law 96-281 · 94 Stat. 551 · June 19, 1980 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Making additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, for the Selective Service System.

    Public Law 96-282 · 94 Stat. 552 · June 27, 1980 · Original text

36. Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act

    An Act To establish an interim procedure for the orderly development of hard mineral resources in the deep seabed, pending adoption of an international regime relating thereto, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-283 · 94 Stat. 553 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

37. Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980

    An Act To amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay provisions for medical officers in the uniformed services and to extend the special pay provisions for other health professionals in the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-284 · 94 Stat. 587 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

38. An Act To establish the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 96-285 · 94 Stat. 595 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

    Public Law 96-286 · 94 Stat. 598 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

40. An Act To establish the Biscayne National Park, to improve the administration of the Fort Jefferson National Monument, to enlarge the Valley Forge National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-287 · 94 Stat. 599 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

41. An Act To establish the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 96-288 · 94 Stat. 603 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the national sea grant program for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-289 · 94 Stat. 605 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize appropriations for the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-290 · 94 Stat. 607 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

44. An Act To extend the authorization period for the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 96-291 · 94 Stat. 608 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

45. An Act To name a certain Federal building in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the “Joseph M. Montoya Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse”.

    Public Law 96-292 · 94 Stat. 609 · June 28, 1980 · Original text

46. An Act To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to postpone for one month the date on which the corporation must pay benefits under terminated multiemployer plans.

    Public Law 96-293 · 94 Stat. 610 · June 30, 1980 · Original text

47. An Act To extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-294 · 94 Stat. 611 · June 30, 1980 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-295 · 94 Stat. 780 · June 30, 1980 · Original text

49. Motor Carrier Act of 1980

    An Act To amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, to provide for more effective regulation of motor carriers of property, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-296 · 94 Stat. 793 · July 1, 1980 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To authorize the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to establish a memorial.

    Public Law 96-297 · 94 Stat. 827 · July 1, 1980 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a three-month extension of the taxes which are transferred to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

    Public Law 96-298 · 94 Stat. 829 · July 1, 1980 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Designating July 1980 as “National Porcelain Art Month”.

    Public Law 96-299 · 94 Stat. 830 · July 2, 1980 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Extending the reporting date of the National Commission on Air Quality.

    Public Law 96-300 · 94 Stat. 831 · July 2, 1980 · Original text

54. An Act To more adequately protect archeological resources in southwestern Colorado.

    Public Law 96-301 · 94 Stat. 832 · July 2, 1980 · Original text

55. An Act To provide authorizations for the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-302 · 94 Stat. 833 · July 2, 1980 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Isaac David Cosson.

    Private Law 96-54 · 94 Stat. 3594 · July 2, 1980 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Clarence S. Lyons.

    Private Law 96-55 · 94 Stat. 3594 · July 2, 1980 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of certain employees of the Naval Ordnance Systems Command.

    Private Law 96-56 · 94 Stat. 3596 · July 2, 1980 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the display of the Code of Ethics for Government Service.

    Public Law 96-303 · 94 Stat. 855 · July 3, 1980 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Colonel (doctor) Paul A. Kelly.

    Private Law 96-57 · 94 Stat. 3596 · July 3, 1980 · Private law · Original text

61. Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-304 · 94 Stat. 857 · July 8, 1980 · Original text

62. An Act Relating to the relocation of the Navajo Indians and the Hopi Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-305 · 94 Stat. 929 · July 8, 1980 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of Congress a specially struck gold-plated medal to the United States Summer Olympic Team of 1980.

    Public Law 96-306 · 94 Stat. 937 · July 8, 1980 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Designating July 18, 1980, as “National POW-MIA Recognition Day”.

    Public Law 96-307 · 94 Stat. 938 · July 8, 1980 · Original text

65. Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act

    An Act To clarify the circumstances under which territorial provisions in licenses to manufacture, distribute, and sell trademarked soft drink products are lawful under the antitrust laws.

    Public Law 96-308 · 94 Stat. 939 · July 9, 1980 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to design and construct a gunite lining on certain reaches of the Bessemer Ditch in the vicinity of Pueblo, Colorado, to prevent or reduce seepage damage on adjacent properties, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-309 · 94 Stat. 940 · July 9, 1980 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for a research, development, and demonstration program to achieve early technology applications for ocean thermal energy conversion systems, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-310 · 94 Stat. 941 · July 17, 1980 · Original text

68. An Act To provide an extension of the time frame for nomination of a selection pool under the Cook Inlet land exchange.

    Public Law 96-311 · 94 Stat. 947 · July 17, 1980 · Original text

69. Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980

    An Act To designate certain public lands in central Idaho as the River of No Return Wilderness, to designate a segment of the Salmon River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-312 · 94 Stat. 948 · July 23, 1980 · Original text

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

    Public Law 96-313 · 94 Stat. 955 · July 25, 1980 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Murray Gell-Mann as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 96-314 · 94 Stat. 956 · July 25, 1980 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for additional authorization for appropriations for the Tinicum National Environmental Center.

    Public Law 96-315 · 94 Stat. 957 · July 25, 1980 · Original text

73. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1981

    An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-316 · 94 Stat. 960 · July 30, 1980 · Original text

74. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act

    An Act To establish a Commission to gather facts to determine whether any wrong was committed against those American citizens and permanent resident aliens affected by Executive Order Numbered 9066, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-317 · 94 Stat. 964 · July 31, 1980 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the distribution of certain funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the absentee Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma in Indian Claims Commission dockets 27–A and 241, 289, and 27–B and 338, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-318 · 94 Stat. 968 · August 1, 1980 · Original text

76. An Act To provide for the disposition of the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community judgment funds awarded in dockets 236–A, 236–B, and 236–E before the Indian Claims Commission and the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-319 · 94 Stat. 972 · August 1, 1980 · Original text

77. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980

    An Act To regulate commerce, promote energy self-sufficiency, and protect the environment, by establishing procedures for the location, construction, and operation of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships to produce electricity and energy-intensive products off the coasts of the United States; to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to make available certain financial assistance for construction and operation of such facilities and plantships; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-320 · 94 Stat. 974 · August 3, 1980 · Original text

78. An Act To allow the transfer of certain funds to fund the heat crisis program.

    Public Law 96-321 · 94 Stat. 1001 · August 4, 1980 · Original text

79. An Act To revise the laws relating to the Coast Guard Reserve.

    Public Law 96-322 · 94 Stat. 1002 · August 4, 1980 · Original text

80. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mutual Support Act of 1979

    An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into certain agreements to further the readiness of the military forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

    Public Law 96-323 · 94 Stat. 1016 · August 4, 1980 · Original text

81. An Act To clarify the authority to establish lines of demarcation dividing the high seas and inland waters.

    Public Law 96-324 · 94 Stat. 1020 · August 8, 1980 · Original text

82. Maritime Labor Agreements Act of 1980

    An Act To amend the Shipping Act, 1916, to exempt collective bargaining and related agreements from regulation by the Federal Maritime Commission.

    Public Law 96-325 · 94 Stat. 1021 · August 8, 1980 · Original text

83. An Act To establish dispute resolution procedures to settle disputes between supervisors and the United States Postal Service.

    Public Law 96-326 · 94 Stat. 1023 · August 8, 1980 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize operations by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in the People’s Republic of China.

    Public Law 96-327 · 94 Stat. 1026 · August 8, 1980 · Original text

85. An Act To amend title 32, United States Code, to modify the system of accountability and responsibility for property of the United States issued to the National Guard.

    Public Law 96-328 · 94 Stat. 1027 · August 8, 1980 · Original text

86. An Act To amend Public Law 90–331 to provide for personal protection of the spouses of major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates during the 120-day period before a general Presidential election.

    Public Law 96-329 · 94 Stat. 1029 · August 11, 1980 · Original text

87. Veterans’ Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1980

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote the recruitment and retention of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health-care personnel in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-330 · 94 Stat. 1030 · August 26, 1980 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to charter the nuclear ship Savannah to Patriots Point Development Authority, an agency of the State of South Carolina.

    Public Law 96-331 · 94 Stat. 1055 · August 28, 1980 · Original text

89. An Act To amend title III of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended, to authorize appropriations for such title for fiscal years 1980 and 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-332 · 94 Stat. 1057 · August 29, 1980 · Original text

90. An Act To declare that title to certain lands in the State of New Mexico are held in trust by the United States for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe.

    Public Law 96-333 · 94 Stat. 1060 · August 29, 1980 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank.

    Public Law 96-334 · 94 Stat. 1061 · August 29, 1980 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the Black Hills Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

    Private Law 96-58 · 94 Stat. 3597 · August 29, 1980 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of H. F. Mulholland and the estate of John Oakason.

    Private Law 96-59 · 94 Stat. 3597 · August 29, 1980 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To authorize Federal participation in stream rectification, Trinity River Division, Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-335 · 94 Stat. 1062 · September 4, 1980 · Original text

95. An Act To increase the appropriations ceiling for title I of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (the Act of June 24, 1974; 88 Stat. 266), to increase the appropriations authorization for the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1044), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-336 · 94 Stat. 1063 · September 4, 1980 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To authorize the Camp Fire Girls of Cundys Harbor, Maine, to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 96-337 · 94 Stat. 1066 · September 4, 1980 · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the United States to hold in trust for the Tule River Indian Tribe certain public domain lands formerly removed from the Tule River Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 96-338 · 94 Stat. 1067 · September 4, 1980 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983 for the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-339 · 94 Stat. 1069 · September 4, 1980 · Original text

99. An Act To establish a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.

    Public Law 96-340 · 94 Stat. 1072 · September 4, 1980 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to designate a Job Corps Center as the “Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center”.

     Public Law 96-341 · 94 Stat. 1076 · September 8, 1980 · Original text