Every law Congress has passed

529 laws of the 97th Congress, 1981–1983

1. Joint Resolution To approve a Constitution for the United States Virgin Islands.

   Public Law 97-21 · 95 Stat. 105 · July 9, 1979 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Designating January 29, 1981, as “A Day of Thanksgiving To Honor Our Safely Returned Hostages”.

   Public Law 97-1 · 95 Stat. 3 · January 26, 1981 · Original text

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

   Public Law 97-2 · 95 Stat. 4 · February 7, 1981 · Original text

4. An Act To increase the number of members of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

   Public Law 97-3 · 95 Stat. 5 · February 10, 1981 · Original text

5. An Act To increase the membership of the Joint Committee on Printing.

   Public Law 97-4 · 95 Stat. 6 · February 17, 1981 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend certain authorities relating to the international energy program.

   Public Law 97-5 · 95 Stat. 7 · March 13, 1981 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, to delete the requirement that the support price of milk be adjusted semiannually.

   Public Law 97-6 · 95 Stat. 8 · March 31, 1981 · Original text

8. 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 97-7 · 95 Stat. 9 · April 9, 1981 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 9, 1981, as “African Refugee Relief Day”.

   Public Law 97-8 · 95 Stat. 10 · April 9, 1981 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To designate April 26, 1981, as “National Recognition Day for Veterans of the Vietnam Era”.

    Public Law 97-9 · 95 Stat. 11 · April 14, 1981 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating May 3 through May 10, 1981, as “Jewish Heritage Week”.

    Public Law 97-10 · 95 Stat. 12 · May 1, 1981 · Original text

12. An Act To ensure necessary funds for the implementation of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980.

    Public Law 97-11 · 95 Stat. 13 · May 22, 1981 · Original text

13. Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1981

    An Act Making supplemental and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-12 · 95 Stat. 14 · June 5, 1981 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Designating July 17, 1981, as “National P.O.W.—M.I.A. Recognition Day”.

    Public Law 97-13 · 95 Stat. 97 · June 12, 1981 · Original text

15. Youth Employment Demonstration Amendments of 1981

    An Act To extend the authorization for youth employment and demonstration programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-14 · 95 Stat. 98 · June 16, 1981 · Original text

16. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend by twelve months the period during which funds appropriated for grants by the Veterans Administration for the establishment and support of new State medical schools may be expended.

    Public Law 97-15 · 95 Stat. 99 · June 17, 1981 · Original text

17. An Act To amend title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, as amended.

    Public Law 97-16 · 95 Stat. 100 · June 23, 1981 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To correct Public Law 97–12 due to an error in the enrollment of H.R. 3512.

    Public Law 97-17 · 95 Stat. 101 · June 29, 1981 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 1981, and to amend Public Law 93–233 to continue, through August 1, 1981, the cash-out of food stamp program benefits of certain recipients of Supplemental Security Income.

    Public Law 97-18 · 95 Stat. 102 · June 30, 1981 · Original text

20. An Act To permit certain funds allocated for official expenses of Senators to be utilized to procure additional office equipment.

    Public Law 97-19 · 95 Stat. 103 · July 6, 1981 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration, to enter into contracts which provide for the making of advance payments for computer programing services.

    Public Law 97-20 · 95 Stat. 104 · July 6, 1981 · Original text

22. Defense Officer Personnel Management Act Technical Corrections Act “. (b) Whenever in this Act a reference is made to a section of title 10, United States Code, as added or amended by “ the Act

    An Act To make technical corrections in the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act.

    Public Law 97-22 · 95 Stat. 124 · July 10, 1981 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Clean Air Act to provide compliance date extensions for steelmaking facilities on a case-by-case basis to facilitate modernization.

    Public Law 97-23 · 95 Stat. 139 · July 17, 1981 · Original text

24. An Act To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning June 1, 1982, and to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture waive interest on loans made on 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains placed in the farmer-held grain reserve.

    Public Law 97-24 · 95 Stat. 143 · July 23, 1981 · Original text

25. Cash Discount Act

    An Act To amend the Truth in Lending Act to encourage cash discounts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-25 · 95 Stat. 144 · July 27, 1981 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981.

    Public Law 97-26 · 95 Stat. 146 · July 29, 1981 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Designating the week of October 4 through October 10, 1981, as “National Diabetes Week”.

    Public Law 97-27 · 95 Stat. 147 · August 4, 1981 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning March 7, 1982, as “Women’s History Week”.

    Public Law 97-28 · 95 Stat. 148 · August 4, 1981 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Designating August 8, 1982, as “National Children’s Day”.

    Public Law 97-29 · 95 Stat. 149 · August 6, 1981 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 97-30 · 95 Stat. 150 · August 6, 1981 · Original text

31. An Act To revise the laws pertaining to the Maritime Administration.

    Public Law 97-31 · 95 Stat. 151 · August 6, 1981 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution Designating August 13, 1981, as “National Blinded Veterans Recognition Day”.

    Public Law 97-32 · 95 Stat. 169 · August 6, 1981 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the International Investment Survey Act of 1976 to provide an authorization for further appropriations, to avoid unnecessary duplication of certain surveys, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-33 · 95 Stat. 170 · August 7, 1981 · Original text

34. Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

    An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage economic growth through reduction of the tax rates for individual taxpayers, acceleration of capital cost recovery of investment in plant, equipment, and real property, and incentives for savings, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-34 · 95 Stat. 175 · August 13, 1981 · Original text

35. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

    An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 301 of the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 1982.

    Public Law 97-35 · 95 Stat. 357 · August 13, 1981 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from October 4, 1981, through October 10, 1981, as “National Schoolbus Safety Week”.

    Public Law 97-36 · 95 Stat. 934 · August 14, 1981 · Original text

37. Former Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 1981

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve certain benefit programs of the Veterans’ Administration for veterans who are former prisoners of war, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-37 · 95 Stat. 935 · August 14, 1981 · Original text

38. An Act To enable the Secretary of the Interior to erect permanent improvements on land acquired for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.

    Public Law 97-38 · 95 Stat. 938 · August 14, 1981 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Armed Forces for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles and for research, development, test, and evaluation, to increase the authorized personnel end strengths for military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for such fiscal year, to authorize supplemental appropriations for such fiscal year for construction at certain military installations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-39 · 95 Stat. 939 · August 14, 1981 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to extend the authority of the Mayor to accept certain interim loans from the United States and to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to make such loans.

    Public Law 97-40 · 95 Stat. 944 · August 14, 1981 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the generation of electrical power at Palo Verde Irrigation District Diversion Dam, California.

    Public Law 97-41 · 95 Stat. 945 · August 14, 1981 · Original text

42. Saccharin Study and Labeling Act Amendment of 1981

    An Act Entitled the “Saccharin Study and Labeling Act Amendment of 1981”.

    Public Law 97-42 · 95 Stat. 946 · August 14, 1981 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate September 13, 1981, as “Commodore John Barry Day”.

    Public Law 97-43 · 95 Stat. 947 · August 20, 1981 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate the week of September 20 through 26, 1981, as “National Cystic Fibrosis Week”.

    Public Law 97-44 · 95 Stat. 948 · September 17, 1981 · Original text

45. Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981

    An Act To facilitate the ability of product sellers to establish product liability risk retention groups, to facilitate the ability of such sellers to purchase product liability insurance on a group basis, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-45 · 95 Stat. 949 · September 25, 1981 · Original text

46. An Act To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to assist, on an emergency basis, in the eradication of plant pests and contagious or infectious animal and poultry diseases.

    Public Law 97-46 · 95 Stat. 953 · September 25, 1981 · Original text

47. An Act To extend by one year the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.

    Public Law 97-47 · 95 Stat. 954 · September 30, 1981 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-48 · 95 Stat. 955 · September 30, 1981 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-49 · 95 Stat. 956 · September 30, 1981 · Original text

50. An Act To extend the expiration date of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

    Public Law 97-50 · 95 Stat. 957 · September 30, 1981 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-51 · 95 Stat. 958 · October 1, 1981 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of October 2, 1981, as “American Enterprise Day”.

    Public Law 97-52 · 95 Stat. 969 · October 2, 1981 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days beginning October 4, 1981, as “National Port Week”.

    Public Law 97-53 · 95 Stat. 970 · October 2, 1981 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Proclaiming Raoul Wallenberg to be an honorary citizen of the United States, and requesting the President to ascertain from the Soviet Union the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and to secure his return to freedom.

    Public Law 97-54 · 95 Stat. 971 · October 5, 1981 · Original text

55. An Act To convey certain interests in public lands to the city of Angels, California.

    Public Law 97-55 · 95 Stat. 973 · October 6, 1981 · Original text

56. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-56 · 95 Stat. 976 · October 6, 1981 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To designate May 6, 1982, as “National Recognition Day for Nurses”.

    Public Law 97-57 · 95 Stat. 978 · October 9, 1981 · Original text

58. An Act To improve the operation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-58 · 95 Stat. 979 · October 9, 1981 · Original text

59. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the agreement between the States of North Carolina and South Carolina establishing their lateral seaward boundary.

    Public Law 97-59 · 95 Stat. 988 · October 9, 1981 · Original text

60. An Act To increase the pay and allowances of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-60 · 95 Stat. 989 · October 14, 1981 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating October 16, 1981, as “World Food Day”.

    Public Law 97-61 · 95 Stat. 1009 · October 14, 1981 · Original text

62. An Act To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning June 1, 1982.

    Public Law 97-62 · 95 Stat. 1010 · October 14, 1981 · Original text

63. National Tourism Policy Act

    An Act To amend the International Travel Act of 1961 to establish a national tourism policy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-63 · 95 Stat. 1011 · October 16, 1981 · Original text

64. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the agreement between the States of Kansas and Missouri establishing their mutual boundary in the vicinity of the French Bottoms near Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Elwood, Kansas.

    Public Law 97-64 · 95 Stat. 1019 · October 16, 1981 · Original text

65. Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1981

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

    Public Law 97-65 · 95 Stat. 1021 · October 16, 1981 · Original text

66. Veterans’ Disability Compensation, Housing, and Memorial Benefits Amendments of 1981

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouses and children of disabled veterans, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to guarantee home loans with provisions for graduated-payment plans, to increase the maximum amount payable under the Veterans’ Administration automobile assistance and specially adapted housing assistance programs, to expand eligibility for memorial markers, to require advance notification to Congress regarding certain Veterans’ Administration reorganizations, and to limit expenditures of medical appropriations in connection with contracting-out studies; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-66 · 95 Stat. 1026 · October 17, 1981 · Original text

67. An Act To temporarily delay the October 1, 1981, increase in the price support level for milk and to extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning June 1, 1982.

    Public Law 97-67 · 95 Stat. 1039 · October 20, 1981 · Original text

68. An Act To extend for three additional years the provisions of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 relating to the reimbursement of United States commercial fishermen for certain losses incurred incident to the seizure of their vessels by foreign nations; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-68 · 95 Stat. 1040 · October 26, 1981 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the provisions of title 39, United States Code, relating to the use of the frank, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-69 · 95 Stat. 1041 · October 26, 1981 · Original text

70. An Act To make a technical amendment to the International Investment Survey Act of 1976.

    Public Law 97-70 · 95 Stat. 1045 · October 26, 1981 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To designate October 23, 1981, as “Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day”.

    Public Law 97-71 · 95 Stat. 1046 · October 26, 1981 · Original text

72. Veterans’ Health Care, Training, and Small Business Loan Act of 1981

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period for Vietnam-era veterans to request counseling under the veterans’ readjustment counseling program, to provide medical care eligibility for veterans exposed to herbicides or defoliants (including Agent Orange), or to nuclear radiation, to establish a minimum total number of operating beds in Veterans’ Administration hospital and nursing home facilities, to extend for certain Vietnam-era veterans the period of time in which GI Bill educational assistance benefits may be used for the pursuit of certain training, to provide a small business loan program for Vietnam era and disabled veterans, and to extend the authority for veterans readjustment appointments in the civil service; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-72 · 95 Stat. 1047 · November 3, 1981 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-73 · 95 Stat. 1064 · November 3, 1981 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-74 · 95 Stat. 1065 · November 3, 1981 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning November 22, 1981, as “National Family Week”.

    Public Law 97-75 · 95 Stat. 1067 · November 3, 1981 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-76 · 95 Stat. 1068 · November 5, 1981 · Original text

77. An Act To designate the United States Department of Agriculture Boll Weevil Research Laboratory building, located adjacent to the campus of Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, as the “Robey Wentworth Harned Laboratory”; to extend the delay in making any adjustment in the price support level for milk; and to extend the time for conducting the referenda with respect to the national marketing quotas for wheat and upland cotton.

    Public Law 97-77 · 95 Stat. 1069 · November 13, 1981 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Blanca Rosa Luna de Frei.

    Private Law 97-1 · 95 Stat. 1733 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Junior Edmund Moncrieffe.

    Private Law 97-2 · 95 Stat. 1733 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Roland Karl Heinz Vogel.

    Private Law 97-3 · 95 Stat. 1733 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Madeleine Mesnager.

    Private Law 97-4 · 95 Stat. 1734 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Omar Marachi.

    Private Law 97-5 · 95 Stat. 1734 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Aurora Isidra Rullan Diaz.

    Private Law 97-6 · 95 Stat. 1734 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Gladys Belleville Schultz.

    Private Law 97-7 · 95 Stat. 1735 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Kai-Mee Chen.

    Private Law 97-8 · 95 Stat. 1735 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Hanife Frantz.

    Private Law 97-9 · 95 Stat. 1736 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Moses Bank.

    Private Law 97-10 · 95 Stat. 1736 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Yuk Yee Li.

    Private Law 97-11 · 95 Stat. 1736 · November 13, 1981 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To facilitate and encourage the production of oil from tar sand and other hydrocarbon deposits.

    Public Law 97-78 · 95 Stat. 1070 · November 16, 1981 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the control of illegally taken fish and wildlife.

    Public Law 97-79 · 95 Stat. 1073 · November 16, 1981 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 and the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out the earthquake hazards reduction programs and the fire prevention and control program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-80 · 95 Stat. 1081 · November 20, 1981 · Original text

92. Military Justice Amendments of 1981

    An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the military justice system.

    Public Law 97-81 · 95 Stat. 1085 · November 20, 1981 · Original text

93. An Act To recognize the organization known as the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.

    Public Law 97-82 · 95 Stat. 1091 · November 20, 1981 · Original text

94. An Act To recognize the organization known as the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II.

    Public Law 97-83 · 95 Stat. 1094 · November 20, 1981 · Original text

95. An Act To expand the membership of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council from sixty to sixty-five and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-84 · 95 Stat. 1097 · November 20, 1981 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982.

    Public Law 97-85 · 95 Stat. 1098 · November 23, 1981 · Original text

97. Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Armed Forces for procurement, for research, development, test, and evaluation, and for operation and maintenance, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces and for civilian employees of the Department of Defense, to authorize appropriations for such fiscal year for civil defense, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-86 · 95 Stat. 1099 · December 1, 1981 · Original text

98. 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 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-87 · 95 Stat. 1134 · December 1, 1981 · Original text

99. Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1982

    An Act Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-88 · 95 Stat. 1135 · December 4, 1981 · Original text

100. Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1982

     An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, for the Intelligence Community Staff, and for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 97-89 · 95 Stat. 1150 · December 4, 1981 · Original text