Every law Congress has passed

736 laws of the 96th Congress, 1979–1981

1. District of Columbia Appropriation Act

   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, 1981, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-530 · 94 Stat. 3121 · December 15, 1980 · Original text

2. An Act To provide that the park referred to as the East Lake Park located within the West Point Lake project on the Chattahoochee River, Georgia, shall hereafter be known and designated as the “R. Shaefer Heard Park”.

   Public Law 96-531 · 94 Stat. 3129 · December 15, 1980 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the acquisition of certain property in square 758 in the District of Columbia as an addition to the grounds of the United States Supreme Court Building.

   Public Law 96-532 · 94 Stat. 3130 · December 15, 1980 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Doctor Ka Chun Wong, and his wife, Marilyn Wong.

   Private Law 96-72 · 94 Stat. 3616 · December 15, 1980 · Private law · Original text

5. International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980

   An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1981 for international security and development assistance, the Peace Corps, and refugee assistance, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 96-533 · 94 Stat. 3131 · December 16, 1980 · Original text

6. An Act To extend the Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974.

   Public Law 96-534 · 94 Stat. 3164 · December 16, 1980 · Original text

7. An Act To amend title 32, United States Code, to allow Federal recognition as officers of the National Guard of members of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands in grades above the grade of colonel.

   Public Law 96-535 · 94 Stat. 3165 · December 16, 1980 · Original text

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

   Public Law 96-536 · 94 Stat. 3166 · December 16, 1980 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Larry Grathwohl.

   Private Law 96-73 · 94 Stat. 3616 · December 16, 1980 · Private law · Original text

10. Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980

    An Act To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and the Public Health Service Act with respect to Indian health care, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-537 · 94 Stat. 3173 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

11. Health Programs Extension Act of 1980

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the authorities under that Act relating to national research institutes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-538 · 94 Stat. 3183 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

12. An Act To extend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act until September 30, 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-539 · 94 Stat. 3194 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy for national defense programs for fiscal year 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-540 · 94 Stat. 3197 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

14. An Act To extend certain temporary tax provisions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-541 · 94 Stat. 3204 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

15. An Act To clarify certain effective date provisions of the Customs Courts Act of 1980.

    Public Law 96-542 · 94 Stat. 3209 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain land and facilities used by the Bureau of Mines, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-543 · 94 Stat. 3211 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the International Monetary Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981.

    Public Law 96-544 · 94 Stat. 3213 · December 17, 1980 · Original text

18. An Act To designate the United States Post Office and Federal Building in Huntington, West Virginia, as the “Sidney L. Christie Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-545 · 94 Stat. 3215 · December 18, 1980 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for distribution in the United States of certain International Communication Agency films relating to President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

    Public Law 96-546 · 94 Stat. 3216 · December 18, 1980 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 9 of the National Climate Program Act to extend the authorization for appropriations for fiscal years 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-547 · 94 Stat. 3217 · December 18, 1980 · Original text

21. An Act To designate the Federal Building-United States Courthouse in Sacramento, California, the “John E. Moss Federal Building-United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 96-548 · 94 Stat. 3218 · December 18, 1980 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse certain purchasers of subleases from, and creditors of, the Sangre de Cristo Development Company, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-549 · 94 Stat. 3219 · December 18, 1980 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the Jewish Employment Vocational Service, Saint Louis, Missouri.

    Private Law 96-74 · 94 Stat. 3617 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Joe L. Frazier of Elko, Nevada.

    Private Law 96-75 · 94 Stat. 3617 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Gerald W. Frye.

    Private Law 96-76 · 94 Stat. 3618 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of James R. Thornwell.

    Private Law 96-77 · 94 Stat. 3618 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Annette Jutta Wohrle.

    Private Law 96-78 · 94 Stat. 3619 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Michael O. Macdonald.

    Private Law 96-79 · 94 Stat. 3620 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Jun Ae Hee.

    Private Law 96-80 · 94 Stat. 3620 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Roy P. Benavidez.

    Private Law 96-81 · 94 Stat. 3621 · December 18, 1980 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To designate certain National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-550 · 94 Stat. 3221 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

32. An Act To grant the consent of the Congress to the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and others to cooperate with the planning agency thereby created.

    Public Law 96-551 · 94 Stat. 3233 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

33. An Act To amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize dependents of members of the uniformed services serving on active duty to use CHAMPUS inpatient cost-sharing rates for certain surgery performed on an outpatient basis.

    Public Law 96-552 · 94 Stat. 3254 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

34. An Act To revise the boundary of Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-553 · 94 Stat. 3255 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize a pilot program to encourage the efficient utilization of wood residues, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-554 · 94 Stat. 3257 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to change the termination date of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission from the date ten years after the effective date of such Act to the date twenty years after such effective date.

    Public Law 96-555 · 94 Stat. 3260 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

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

    Public Law 96-556 · 94 Stat. 3261 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

38. An Act To provide that certain land of the United States shall be held by the United States in trust for certain communities of the Mdewakanton Sioux in Minnesota.

    Public Law 96-557 · 94 Stat. 3262 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the Architect of the Capitol to contract for personal services with individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, and other legal entities.

    Public Law 96-558 · 94 Stat. 3263 · December 19, 1980 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Kuo-Yao Cheng.

    Private Law 96-82 · 94 Stat. 3621 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Eileen Angella Crosdale.

    Private Law 96-83 · 94 Stat. 3621 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Feeronaih Abbosh.

    Private Law 96-84 · 94 Stat. 3622 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Sada Kim.

    Private Law 96-85 · 94 Stat. 3622 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Doctor Toomas Eisler and Carmen Elizabeth Eisler.

    Private Law 96-86 · 94 Stat. 3623 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Lilia Ester Cantu.

    Private Law 96-87 · 94 Stat. 3623 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Jaramporn Sermsri and Akharata Sermsri.

    Private Law 96-88 · 94 Stat. 3623 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Fred W. Sloat of Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Private Law 96-89 · 94 Stat. 3624 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Jesse Kuo Tang and Sharon Kuo Tang.

    Private Law 96-90 · 94 Stat. 3624 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Kit Tung.

    Private Law 96-91 · 94 Stat. 3625 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Zora Singh Sunga.

    Private Law 96-92 · 94 Stat. 3625 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Olivia Manaois Abrasaldo.

    Private Law 96-93 · 94 Stat. 3625 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Raymond M. Gee.

    Private Law 96-94 · 94 Stat. 3626 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Surip Karmowiredjo.

    Private Law 96-95 · 94 Stat. 3626 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Joy Marsia Dehaney.

    Private Law 96-96 · 94 Stat. 3626 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Michael Chinwen Ke.

    Private Law 96-97 · 94 Stat. 3627 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Elena Patricia Mattos.

    Private Law 96-98 · 94 Stat. 3627 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Min-Zen Lin.

    Private Law 96-99 · 94 Stat. 3628 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Charles Jeffrey Greene.

    Private Law 96-100 · 94 Stat. 3628 · December 19, 1980 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of legal expenses incurred by the city of Fairfax with respect to a 1971 entry and search by employees of the Federal Government.

    Public Law 96-559 · 94 Stat. 3264 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

60. An Act To designate certain National Forest System lands in the States of Colorado, South Dakota, Missouri, South Carolina, and Louisiana for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-560 · 94 Stat. 3265 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

61. An Act To provide for the conservation and enhancement of the salmon and steelhead resources of the United States, assistance to treaty and nontreaty harvesters of those resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-561 · 94 Stat. 3275 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

62. An Act To designate the “John D. Larkins, Jr., Federal Building”.

    Public Law 96-562 · 94 Stat. 3303 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Providing for appointment of David C. Acheson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 96-563 · 94 Stat. 3304 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

64. An Act To grant the consent of the United States to the Red River Compact among the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

    Public Law 96-564 · 94 Stat. 3305 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

65. An Act To establish the Kalaupapa National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-565 · 94 Stat. 3321 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution Providing for convening of the first regular session of the Ninety-seventh Congress on January 5, 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-566 · 94 Stat. 3328 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for an accelerated and coordinated program of light water nuclear reactor safety research, development, and demonstration, to be carried out by the Department of Energy.

    Public Law 96-567 · 94 Stat. 3329 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

68. Disaster Relief Act Amendments of 1980

    An Act To extend authorization for the Disaster Relief Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-568 · 94 Stat. 3334 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

69. Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1981

    An Act To authorize appropriations for environmental research, development, and demonstrations for the fiscal year 1981, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-569 · 94 Stat. 3335 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

70. An Act To extend the service area for the Sacramento Valley Canals, Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-570 · 94 Stat. 3339 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

71. Alaska Federal-Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act of 1980

    An Act To provide certain authority for the purchase and sale of electric energy by Federal departments in Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-571 · 94 Stat. 3341 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

72. An Act To reauthorize title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-572 · 94 Stat. 3344 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

73. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act

    An Act To set forth a Federal policy for the disposal of low-level radioactive wastes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-573 · 94 Stat. 3347 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) to clarify its provisions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 96-574 · 94 Stat. 3350 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

75. An Act To name a dam and reservoir on the San Gabriel River, Texas, as the “North San Gabriel Dam” and “Lake Georgetown”, respectively.

    Public Law 96-575 · 94 Stat. 3353 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

76. An Act To name the United States Customs House in Ogdensburg. New York, the “Robert C. McEwen United States Customs House”.

    Public Law 96-576 · 94 Stat. 3355 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Designating February 11, 1981, “National Inventors’ Day”.

    Public Law 96-577 · 94 Stat. 3357 · December 22, 1980 · Original text

78. An Act To confer United States citizenship posthumously upon Leopoldine Marie Schmid.

    Private Law 96-101 · 94 Stat. 3628 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Welita F. Sebastian.

    Private Law 96-102 · 94 Stat. 3629 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Florette Ivoree Gayle and Keisha Dajaran Karr.

    Private Law 96-103 · 94 Stat. 3629 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Ronald Regespi Doliente.

    Private Law 96-104 · 94 Stat. 3630 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Kerry Ann Wilson.

    Private Law 96-105 · 94 Stat. 3630 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of George David Maxwell, doctor of medicine.

    Private Law 96-106 · 94 Stat. 3630 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Mahmud Ali Khan alias Fazal Dad.

    Private Law 96-107 · 94 Stat. 3631 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Simon Ifergan Meara.

    Private Law 96-108 · 94 Stat. 3631 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the estate of Philip H. Ward.

    Private Law 96-109 · 94 Stat. 3632 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of David Roland Weaver.

    Private Law 96-110 · 94 Stat. 3632 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Campanella Construction Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 96-111 · 94 Stat. 3632 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of William H. Koss.

    Private Law 96-112 · 94 Stat. 3633 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Woo Jung He.

    Private Law 96-113 · 94 Stat. 3633 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of I Wen Wang Chen.

    Private Law 96-114 · 94 Stat. 3634 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of James A. Schultz.

    Private Law 96-115 · 94 Stat. 3634 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the Woodstock Daily Sentinel.

    Private Law 96-116 · 94 Stat. 3635 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Maria Elena Foley and Caritina Ann Foley.

    Private Law 96-117 · 94 Stat. 3635 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Shavji Purshottam Dusara, his wife, Vasanti Shavji Dusara, and their child, Shreedhar Dusara.

    Private Law 96-118 · 94 Stat. 3636 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Munir P. Benjenk.

    Private Law 96-119 · 94 Stat. 3636 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Lynn Rufus Pereira.

    Private Law 96-120 · 94 Stat. 3637 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Francisco Pang.

    Private Law 96-121 · 94 Stat. 3637 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Ana Marlene Orantes.

    Private Law 96-122 · 94 Stat. 3637 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of James Daniel Bronson.

     Private Law 96-123 · 94 Stat. 3638 · December 22, 1980 · Private law · Original text