Every law Congress has passed

736 laws of the 96th Congress, 1979–1981

1. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, track combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons and for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces and for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense, to authorize the military training student loads, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for civil defense, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-342 · 94 Stat. 1077 · September 8, 1980 · Original text

2. Military Personnel and Compensation Amendments of 1980

   An Act To extend certain expiring provisions of law relating to personnel management of the Armed Forces, to provide a variable housing allowance for members of the uniformed services to reflect housing costs in different areas of the United States, to improve certain special and incentive pays for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-343 · 94 Stat. 1123 · September 8, 1980 · Original text

3. An Act To improve the administration of the Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 666).

   Public Law 96-344 · 94 Stat. 1133 · September 8, 1980 · Original text

4. An Act To provide for an accelerated program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration, to be carried out by the Department of Energy with the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-345 · 94 Stat. 1139 · September 8, 1980 · Original text

5. An Act To amend sections 5702 and 5704 of title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum rates for per diem and actual subsistence expenses and mileage allowances of Government employees on official travel, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-346 · 94 Stat. 1148 · September 10, 1980 · Original text

6. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian air traffic controllers of the Department of Defense shall be treated the same as air traffic controllers of the Department of Transportation for purposes of retirement, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-347 · 94 Stat. 1150 · September 12, 1980 · Original text

7. An Act To modify the boundary of the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado.

   Public Law 96-348 · 94 Stat. 1152 · September 12, 1980 · Original text

8. Antitrust Procedural Improvements Act of 1980

   An Act To expedite and reduce the cost of antitrust litigation, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-349 · 94 Stat. 1154 · September 12, 1980 · Original text

9. An Act To facilitate increased enforcement by the Coast Guard of laws relating to the importation of controlled substances, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-350 · 94 Stat. 1159 · September 15, 1980 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the enlistment of citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

    Public Law 96-351 · 94 Stat. 1161 · September 15, 1980 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Veterans Administration for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980.

    Public Law 96-352 · 94 Stat. 1162 · September 17, 1980 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating September 18, 1980, as “Constantino Brumidi Day”.

    Public Law 96-353 · 94 Stat. 1163 · September 19, 1980 · Original text

13. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to improve Federal rulemaking by creating procedures to analyze the availability of more flexible regulatory approaches for small entities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-354 · 94 Stat. 1164 · September 19, 1980 · Original text

14. Rural Development Policy Act of 1980

    An Act To provide for the establishment and coordination of rural development policy, to extend until September 30, 1981, the authorizations for appropriations for title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-355 · 94 Stat. 1171 · September 24, 1980 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Act of December 20, 1944, as amended.

    Public Law 96-356 · 94 Stat. 1177 · September 24, 1980 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize additional Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarships for the Army, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarded such scholarships may serve their obligated period of service in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States, to authorize the Secretary concerned to require an individual furnished post-secondary education by an Armed Force to reimburse the United States for the cost of such education in the event such individual fails to comply with such individual’s active-duty obligation, to provide that certain full-time training duty of members of the National Guard shall be considered as active duty for training in Federal service for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-357 · 94 Stat. 1178 · September 24, 1980 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the development of State plans for the construction and improvement of subterminal storage and transportation facilities for certain types of agricultural commodities within the State or within a group of States acting together on a regional basis, and to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize loans for the construction and improvement of such facilities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-358 · 94 Stat. 1184 · September 25, 1980 · Original text

18. Infant Formula Act of 1980

    An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen the authority under that Act to assure the safety and nutrition of infant formulas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-359 · 94 Stat. 1190 · September 26, 1980 · Original text

19. An Act To terminate the authority to make grants to the Las Vegas Valley Water District under the Act of August 27, 1954.

    Public Law 96-360 · 94 Stat. 1196 · September 26, 1980 · Original text

20. An Act To designate the building known as the Federal Building in Morgantown, West Virginia, as the “Harley O. Staggers Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-361 · 94 Stat. 1197 · September 26, 1980 · Original text

21. National Aquaculture Act of 1980

    An Act To provide for the development of aquaculture in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-362 · 94 Stat. 1198 · September 26, 1980 · Original text

22. An Act To permit any Indian to transfer by will restricted lands of such Indian to his or her heirs or lineal descendants, and other Indian persons.

    Public Law 96-363 · 94 Stat. 1207 · September 26, 1980 · Original text

23. Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980

    An Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to improve retirement income security under private multiemployer pension plans by strengthening the funding requirements for those plans, to authorize plan preservation measures for financially troubled multiemployer pension plans, and to revise the manner in which the pension plan termination insurance provisions apply to multiemployer plans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-364 · 94 Stat. 1208 · September 26, 1980 · Original text

24. Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980

    An Act To improve and expand the Federal crop insurance program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-365 · 94 Stat. 1312 · September 26, 1980 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Renuka Pavla.

    Private Law 96-60 · 94 Stat. 3598 · September 26, 1980 · Private law · Original text

26. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980

    An Act To assist the States in developing fish and wildlife conservation plans and actions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-366 · 94 Stat. 1322 · September 29, 1980 · Original text

27. Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981

    An Act Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-367 · 94 Stat. 1331 · October 1, 1980 · Original text

28. West Valley Demonstration Project Act

    An Act To authorize the Department of Energy to carry out a high-level liquid nuclear waste management demonstration project at the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York.

    Public Law 96-368 · 94 Stat. 1347 · October 1, 1980 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-369 · 94 Stat. 1351 · October 1, 1980 · Original text

30. An Act To establish the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-370 · 94 Stat. 1360 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days beginning October 5, 1980, as “National Port Week”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-371 · 94 Stat. 1361 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution Providing for temporary extension of certain Federal Housing Administration authorities and for rural housing authorities.

    Public Law 96-372 · 94 Stat. 1363 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to modify certain postemployment restrictions applicable to officers and employees of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

    Public Law 96-373 · 94 Stat. 1366 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

34. An Act To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-374 · 94 Stat. 1367 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain water resource developments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-375 · 94 Stat. 1505 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1980, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-376 · 94 Stat. 1509 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

37. An Act To facilitate the management of the public debt by permitting an increase in the investment yield on United States savings bonds above the existing 7 per centum ceiling, and by increasing the amount of the bonds paying interest in excess of 4¼ per centum which may be outstanding.

    Public Law 96-377 · 94 Stat. 1512 · October 3, 1980 · Original text

38. An Act To amend certain inspection and manning laws applicable to small vessels carrying passengers or freight for hire, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-378 · 94 Stat. 1513 · October 6, 1980 · Original text

39. An Act To change the name of the Los Esteros Dam (New Mexico) to the Santa Rosa Dam and Lake, and to designate Clark Hill Dam and Lake on the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, as “Clarks Hill Dam and Lake”.

    Public Law 96-379 · 94 Stat. 1520 · October 6, 1980 · Original text

40. An Act To establish a Towing Safety Advisory Committee in the Department of Transportation.

    Public Law 96-380 · 94 Stat. 1521 · October 6, 1980 · Original text

41. An Act To amend section 204 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for title II of such Act for fiscal year 1980.

    Public Law 96-381 · 94 Stat. 1523 · October 6, 1980 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for a uniform national three-year statute of limitations in actions to recover damages for personal injury or death, arising out of a maritime tort, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-382 · 94 Stat. 1525 · October 6, 1980 · Original text

43. An Act To rename a reservoir and dam in the Little Miami River Basin, Ohio, as the “William H. Harsha Lake” and the “William H. Harsha Dam”.

    Public Law 96-383 · 94 Stat. 1526 · October 6, 1980 · Original text

44. An Act To change the name of Aubrey Lake, Texas, to Ray Roberts Lake.

    Public Law 96-384 · 94 Stat. 1527 · October 6, 1980 · Original text

45. Veterans’ Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide cost-of-living increases in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children of veterans, to provide for limited grants for special home adaptations for certain severely disabled veterans, to provide for Veterans’ Administration guaranties for loans to refinance certain existing veterans’ home loans and to increase the maximum loan guaranties for home loans made to veterans, and to provide for the confidentiality of certain Veterans’ Administration medical quality assurance records; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-385 · 94 Stat. 1528 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

46. An Act To provide for an accelerated program of research and development of magnetic fusion energy technologies leading to the construction and successful operation of a magnetic fusion demonstration plant in the United States before the end of the twentieth century to be carried out by the Department of Energy.

    Public Law 96-386 · 94 Stat. 1539 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the documentation of certain vessels as vessels of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-387 · 94 Stat. 1545 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

48. An Act To establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

    Public Law 96-388 · 94 Stat. 1547 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize consent to an increase in the United States quota in the International Monetary Fund, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-389 · 94 Stat. 1551 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

50. An Act To name a certain Federal building in Houston, Texas, the Bob Casey Federal Building—U.S. Courthouse.

    Public Law 96-390 · 94 Stat. 1556 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

51. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to require any Federal employee who elects at the time of retirement not to provide survivorship benefits for the employee’s spouse to notify (or take all reasonable steps to notify) the spouse of that election.

    Public Law 96-391 · 94 Stat. 1557 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

52. An Act To designate the Federal Building located at 33 West Twohig, San Angelo. Texas, as the “O. C. Fisher Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-392 · 94 Stat. 1558 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

53. An Act To name a certain Federal building in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Minton-Capehart Federal Building.

    Public Law 96-393 · 94 Stat. 1559 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

54. An Act To designate the building known as the Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the “J. Marvin Jones Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-394 · 94 Stat. 1560 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

55. An Act To designate the United States Court House and the United States Post Office Federal Building in Waterbury, Connecticut, as the “John S. Monagan Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-395 · 94 Stat. 1561 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 to provide for the same adjustments in the basic compensation of officers and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division as are given to Federal employees under the General Schedule.

    Public Law 96-396 · 94 Stat. 1562 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

57. An Act To continue in effect any authority provided under the Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980, for a certain period.

    Public Law 96-397 · 94 Stat. 1563 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

58. Mental Health Systems Act

    An Act To improve the provision of mental health services and otherwise promote mental health throughout the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-398 · 94 Stat. 1564 · October 7, 1980 · Original text

59. Housing and Community Development Act of 1980

    An Act To amend and extend certain Federal laws relating to housing, community and neighborhood development and preservation, and related programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-399 · 94 Stat. 1614 · October 8, 1980 · Original text

60. An Act To extend the provisions of the General Exchange Act, as amended, to certain lands in order that they may become parts of the Umatilla and Wallowa National Forests, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-406 · October 9, 1980

61. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-400 · 94 Stat. 1681 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

62. An Act Relating to certain leases involving the Secretary of the Interior and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 96-401 · 94 Stat. 1701 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

63. An Act To amend title 10. United States Code, to remove certain inequities in the Survivor Benefit Plan provided for under chapter 78 of such title, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-402 · 94 Stat. 1705 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

64. An Act To amend title II of the Social Security Act to make necessary adjustments in the allocation of social security tax receipts between the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

    Public Law 96-403 · 94 Stat. 1709 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation to file in the Court of Claims any claims against the United States for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the United States Constitution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-404 · 94 Stat. 1711 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes to file in the Court of Claims any claims against the United States for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the United States Constitution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-405 · 94 Stat. 1713 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

67. An Act Granting the consent of the Congress to Hewson A. Ryan to accept the office and title of Honorary Consul of Honduras.

    Public Law 96-407 · 94 Stat. 1717 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

68. An Act To designate the building known as United States Court House and Federal Building in Syracuse, New York, as the “James M. Hanley Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-408 · 94 Stat. 1718 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

69. An Act To designate the Federal building in Portland, Oregon the “Edith Green Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-409 · 94 Stat. 1719 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

70. An Act To designate the United States Federal Building in New Haven, Connecticut, as the “Robert N. Giaimo Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-410 · 94 Stat. 1720 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

71. An Act To redesignate the United States Post Office and Courthouse Building in Concord, New Hampshire, as the “James C. Cleveland Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-411 · 94 Stat. 1721 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

72. An Act To name the Environmental Research Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, the “Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center”.

    Public Law 96-412 · 94 Stat. 1722 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

73. An Act To designate the United States Federal Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the “William S. Moorhead Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-413 · 94 Stat. 1723 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Designating October 19, 1981, as a “Day of National Observance of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia.”

    Public Law 96-414 · 94 Stat. 1724 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

75. An Act To designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma, the “Carl Albert Indian Health Facility”.

    Public Law 96-415 · 94 Stat. 1725 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To proclaim March 19, 1981, as “National Agriculture Day”.

    Public Law 96-416 · 94 Stat. 1726 · October 9, 1980 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate oil and gas lease New Mexico 33955.

    Private Law 96-61 · 94 Stat. 3598 · October 9, 1980 · Private law · Original text

78. Customs Courts Act of 1980

    An Act To improve the Federal judicial machinery by clarifying and revising certain provisions of title 28, United States Code, relating to the judiciary and judicial review of international trade matters, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-417 · 94 Stat. 1727 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-418 · 94 Stat. 1749 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

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

    Public Law 96-419 · 94 Stat. 1784 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

81. Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980

    An Act To provide for the settlement of land claims of Indians, Indian nations and tribes and bands of Indians in the State of Maine, including the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-420 · 94 Stat. 1785 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution To designate the week commencing with the third Monday in February of 1981 as “National Patriotism Week”.

    Public Law 96-421 · 94 Stat. 1798 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

83. Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980

    An Act To provide general assistance to local educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee children, to provide special impact aid to such agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee children and Indochinese refugee children, and to provide assistance to State educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee adults.

    Public Law 96-422 · 94 Stat. 1799 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

84. Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1980

    An Act To amend the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-423 · 94 Stat. 1811 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

85. An Act To repeal a provision of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.

    Public Law 96-424 · 94 Stat. 1820 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

86. An Act To amend title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to reduce administrative burdens on low volume automobile manufacturers, to encourage an increase of the domestic value added content in labor and materials of foreign automobiles sold in the United States, to extend the time available to all manufacturers for carryforward or carryback of credits earned under the Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-425 · 94 Stat. 1821 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

87. An Act To name the Federal Building located at 444 Southeast Quincy, Topeka, Kansas, the “Frank Carlson Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-426 · 94 Stat. 1830 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

88. Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1980

    An Act To amend chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, to increase the amounts of regular and optional group life insurance available to Federal employees and provide optional life insurance on family members, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-427 · 94 Stat. 1831 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

89. An Act To establish the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-428 · 94 Stat. 1839 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

90. An Act To designate the United States Federal Building in Hartford, Connecticut, as the “Abraham A Ribicoff Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-429 · 94 Stat. 1844 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Boston African American National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-430 · 94 Stat. 1845 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

92. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that military leave be made available for Federal employees on a fiscal year rather than a calendar year basis, to allow certain unused leave to accumulate for subsequent use, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-431 · 94 Stat. 1850 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Act of July 31, 1946, as amended, relating to the United States Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-432 · 94 Stat. 1850 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Securities Investor Protection Act to increase the amount of protection available under such Act to customers of brokers and dealers, and to provide for the applicability of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Public Law 96-433 · 94 Stat. 1855 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Assiniboine Tribe to file in the Court of Claims any claims against the United States for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the United States Constitution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-434 · 94 Stat. 1859 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

96. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, and authorizing the Secretary to administer the United First Parish Church as a national historic site, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-435 · 94 Stat. 1861 · October 10, 1980 · Original text

97. Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1981

    An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-436 · 94 Stat. 1863 · October 13, 1980 · Original text

98. An Act To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to permit grain delivered to export elevators by any means of conveyance other than barge to be transferred into such export elevators without official weighing, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-437 · 94 Stat. 1870 · October 13, 1980 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

    Public Law 96-438 · 94 Stat. 1871 · October 13, 1980 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to authorize three additional judges for the Tax Court and to remove the age limitation on appointments to the Tax Court.

     Public Law 96-439 · 94 Stat. 1878 · October 13, 1980 · Original text