Every law Congress has passed

529 laws of the 97th Congress, 1981–1983

1. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy for national security programs for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-90 · 95 Stat. 1163 · December 4, 1981 · Original text

2. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1982

   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, 1982, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-91 · 95 Stat. 1173 · December 4, 1981 · Original text

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

   Public Law 97-92 · 95 Stat. 1183 · December 15, 1981 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To approve the President’s recommendation for a waiver of law pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976.

   Public Law 97-93 · 95 Stat. 1204 · December 15, 1981 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the mineral leasing laws of the United States to provide for uniform treatment of certain receipts under such laws, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-94 · 95 Stat. 1205 · December 17, 1981 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To validate the effectiveness of a plan for the use or distribution of funds appropriated to pay a judgment awarded to the San Carlos Tribe of Arizona.

   Public Law 97-95 · 95 Stat. 1206 · December 17, 1981 · Original text

7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1982

   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 97-96 · 95 Stat. 1207 · December 21, 1981 · Original text

8. An Act To designate the building known as the Lincoln Federal Building and Courthouse in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the “Robert V. Denney Federal Building and Courthouse”.

   Public Law 97-97 · 95 Stat. 1212 · December 21, 1981 · Original text

9. Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

   An Act To provide price and income protection for farmers, assure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, continue food assistance to low-income households, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-98 · 95 Stat. 1213 · December 22, 1981 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-99 · 95 Stat. 1359 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

11. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-100 · 95 Stat. 1391 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

12. Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-101 · 95 Stat. 1417 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

13. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-102 · 95 Stat. 1442 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

14. An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-103 · 95 Stat. 1467 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

15. George Washington Commemorative Coin Act

    An Act To provide for the minting of half dollars with a design emblematic of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of George Washington.

    Public Law 97-104 · 95 Stat. 1491 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act and the charter of the District of Columbia with respect to the provisions allowing the District of Columbia to issue general obligation bonds and notes and revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations.

    Public Law 97-105 · 95 Stat. 1493 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

17. Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1982

    An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-106 · 95 Stat. 1503 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

18. An Act To allow the George Washington University Higher Education Facilities Revenue Bond Act of 1981 of the District of Columbia to take effect immediately.

    Public Law 97-107 · 95 Stat. 1509 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

19. State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1981

    An Act To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office, for every significant bill or resolution reported in the House or the Senate, to prepare and submit an estimate of the cost which would be incurred by State and local governments in carrying out or complying with such bill or resolution.

    Public Law 97-108 · 95 Stat. 1510 · December 23, 1981 · Original text

20. 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 1982 and 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-109 · 95 Stat. 1512 · December 26, 1981 · Original text

21. An Act To clarify the treatment of international banking facility deposits for purposes of deposit insurance assessments and to remove certain limitations on the mortgage loan purchase authority of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

    Public Law 97-110 · 95 Stat. 1513 · December 26, 1981 · Original text

22. An Act To permit to become effective certain Farm Credit Administration regulations which expand the authority of financing institutions, other than farm credit system institutions, to borrow from and discount with Federal intermediate credit banks.

    Public Law 97-111 · 95 Stat. 1517 · December 26, 1981 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to disburse certain trust funds of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-112 · 95 Stat. 1518 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

24. International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981

    An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for international security and development assistance and for the Peace Corps, to establish the Peace Corps as an autonomous agency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-113 · 95 Stat. 1519 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

25. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-114 · 95 Stat. 1565 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

26. Older Americans Act Amendments of 1981

    An Act To extend and revise the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-115 · 95 Stat. 1595 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

27. Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-116 · 95 Stat. 1611 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

28. Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grant Amendments of 1981

    An Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize funds for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-117 · 95 Stat. 1623 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

29. An Act To name the lock and dam authorized to replace locks and dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois, as “Melvin Price Lock and Dam”.

    Public Law 97-118 · 95 Stat. 1634 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a temporary increase in the tax imposed on producers of coal, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-119 · 95 Stat. 1635 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

31. An Act To designate the Department of Commerce Building in Washington, the District of Columbia, as the “Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building”.

    Public Law 97-120 · 95 Stat. 1646 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

32. Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1982

    An Act Making appropriations for foreign assistance and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-121 · 95 Stat. 1647 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the designation of the E. Michael Roll Post Office.

    Public Law 97-122 · 95 Stat. 1658 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 to restore minimum benefits under the Social Security Act.

    Public Law 97-123 · 95 Stat. 1659 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

35. An Act To extend the Federal tort claims provisions of title 28, United States Code, to acts or omissions of members of the National Guard, and to provide that the remedy under those provisions shall be exclusive in medical malpractice actions involving members of the National Guard.

    Public Law 97-124 · 95 Stat. 1666 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 to provide for the rehabilitation and completion of Union Station in Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-125 · 95 Stat. 1667 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

37. An Act To designate the John Archibald Campbell United States Courthouse.

    Public Law 97-126 · 95 Stat. 1674 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

38. Czechosiovakian Claims Settlement Act of 1981

    An Act To provide for the final settlement of certain claims against Czechoslovakia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-127 · 95 Stat. 1675 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

39. An Act To deauthorize several projects within the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers.

    Public Law 97-128 · 95 Stat. 1681 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983.

    Public Law 97-129 · 95 Stat. 1686 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

41. Record Carrier Competition Act of 1981

    An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to eliminate certain provisions relating to consolidations or mergers of telegraph and record carriers and to create a fully competitive marketplace in record carriage, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-130 · 95 Stat. 1687 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the designation of the week commencing with the third Monday in February 1982 as “National Patriotism Week”.

    Public Law 97-131 · 95 Stat. 1692 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

43. Multinational Force and Observers Participation Resolution

    Joint Resolution To authorize the participation of the United States in a multinational force and observers to implement the Treaty of Peace between Egypt and Israel.

    Public Law 97-132 · 95 Stat. 1693 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Providing for the convening of the second session of the Ninety-seventh Congress.

    Public Law 97-133 · 95 Stat. 1698 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

45. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981

    An Act To amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, to establish obligation limitations for fiscal year 1982, and for related purposes.

    Public Law 97-134 · 95 Stat. 1699 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of February 7 through 13, 1982, as “National Scleroderma Week”.

    Public Law 97-135 · 95 Stat. 1704 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-136 · 95 Stat. 1705 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Coos County, State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-137 · 95 Stat. 1709 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To proclaim March 19, 1982, “National Energy Education Day”.

    Public Law 97-138 · 95 Stat. 1713 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the year 1982 as the “Bicentennial Year of the American Bald Eagle” and the designation of June 20, 1982, as “National Bald Eagle Day”.

    Public Law 97-139 · 95 Stat. 1715 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to contract with the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1 and the city of Weatherford, Texas, for the use of water supply storage in Benbrook Lake, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-140 · 95 Stat. 1717 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

52. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-141 · 95 Stat. 1719 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, such interests in oil, gas, coal, and other minerals owned or controlled by the Osage Tribe of Indians as are needed for Skiatook Lake, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-142 · 95 Stat. 1721 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act of July 31, 1946, as amended (40 U.S.C. 93a).

    Public Law 97-143 · 95 Stat. 1723 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate the week of January 17, 1982, through January 23, 1982, as “National Jaycee Week”.

    Public Law 97-144 · 95 Stat. 1725 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1982 and 1988 to carry out the purposes of the Export Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-145 · 95 Stat. 1727 · December 29, 1981 · Original text

57. An Act To direct the Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating to cause the vessel Capt Tom to be documented as a vessel of the United States so as to be entitled to engage in the coastwise trade.

    Private Law 97-12 · 95 Stat. 1737 · December 29, 1981 · Private law · Original text

58. Joint Resolution To permit the broadcasting in the United States of the International Communication Agency film “Let Poland Be Poland: A Day of Solidarity With the People of Poland”.

    Public Law 97-146 · 96 Stat. 3 · January 30, 1982 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, for the Department of Agriculture.

    Public Law 97-147 · 96 Stat. 4 · February 15, 1982 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.

    Public Law 97-148 · 96 Stat. 5 · February 22, 1982 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To designate 1982 as the “National Year of Disabled Persons”.

    Public Law 97-149 · 96 Stat. 6 · February 26, 1982 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate the week of February 28, 1982, through March 6, 1982, as “National Construction Industry Week”.

    Public Law 97-150 · 96 Stat. 8 · March 1, 1982 · Original text

63. An Act To revitalize the pleasure cruise industry by clarifying and waiving certain restrictions in the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the Merchant Manne Act, 1920, to permit the entry of the steamship vessel Oceanic Constitution into the trade.

    Private Law 97-13 · 96 Stat. 2617 · March 2, 1982 · Private law · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day, a day to commemorate the struggle of the people of Afghanistan against the occupation of their country by Soviet forces.

    Public Law 97-151 · 96 Stat. 9 · March 10, 1982 · Original text

65. An Act To extend the date for the submission to the Congress of the report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

    Public Law 97-152 · 96 Stat. 11 · March 16, 1982 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To designate July 1982 as “National Peach Month”.

    Public Law 97-153 · 96 Stat. 12 · March 16, 1982 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution To designate October 1982 as “National P.T.A. Membership Month”.

    Public Law 97-154 · 96 Stat. 13 · March 16, 1982 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to return to the Federal Republic of Germany certain works of art seized by the United States Army at the end of World Warn.

    Public Law 97-155 · 96 Stat. 14 · March 17, 1982 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To proclaim March 18, 1982, as “National Agriculture Day”.

    Public Law 97-156 · 96 Stat. 15 · March 18, 1982 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the thirty-eighth meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982.

    Public Law 97-157 · 96 Stat. 16 · March 22, 1982 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To provide for the awarding of a special gold medal to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix in recognition of the 1982 bicentennial anniversary of diplomatic and trade relations between the Netherlands and the United States.

    Public Law 97-158 · 96 Stat. 18 · March 22, 1982 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the distribution within the United States of the International Communication Agency slide show entitled “Montana: The People Speak”.

    Public Law 97-159 · 96 Stat. 20 · March 24, 1982 · Original text

73. An Act To temporarily extend the authority to conduct experiments in flexible schedules and compressed schedules under the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1978.

    Public Law 97-160 · 96 Stat. 21 · March 26, 1982 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Dolly Akers, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Private Law 97-14 · 96 Stat. 2617 · March 30, 1982 · Private law · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-161 · 96 Stat. 22 · March 31, 1982 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act.

    Public Law 97-162 · 96 Stat. 23 · April 1, 1982 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-163 · 96 Stat. 24 · April 1, 1982 · Original text

78. Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982

    An Act To establish a United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to establish a United States Claims Court, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-164 · 96 Stat. 25 · April 2, 1982 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 4 through 10, 1982, “National Medic Alert Week”.

    Public Law 97-165 · 96 Stat. 59 · April 3, 1982 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 4, 1982, as the “National Day of Reflection”.

    Public Law 97-166 · 96 Stat. 60 · April 3, 1982 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Providing for the designation of April 12, 1982, as “American Salute to Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Memorial Day”.

    Public Law 97-167 · 96 Stat. 61 · April 6, 1982 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain lands in Idaho and Wyoming.

    Public Law 97-168 · 96 Stat. 63 · April 6, 1982 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate the month of April 1982 as “Parliamentary Emphasis Month”.

    Public Law 97-169 · 96 Stat. 65 · April 6, 1982 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution To designate April 19, 1982, as “Dutch-American Friendship Day”.

    Public Law 97-170 · 96 Stat. 66 · April 12, 1982 · Original text

85. An Act To amend section 209 of title 18, United States Code, to permit an officer or employee of the United States Government, injured during an assassination attempt, to receive contributions from charitable organizations.

    Public Law 97-171 · 96 Stat. 67 · April 13, 1982 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution To establish National Nurse-Midwifery Week.

    Public Law 97-172 · 96 Stat. 68 · April 16, 1982 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 25 through May 4 1982, as “Jewish Heritage Week”.

    Public Law 97-173 · 96 Stat. 69 · April 28, 1982 · Original text

88. Veterans’ Administration and Department of Defense Health Resources Sharing and Emergency Operations Act

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote greater sharing of health-care resources between the Veterans’ Administration and the Department of Defense and to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to plan for the provision of health care by the Veterans’ Administration during periods of war or national emergency to members of the Armed Forces on active duty; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-174 · 96 Stat. 70 · May 4, 1982 · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Sandra Reyes Pellecer.

    Private Law 97-15 · 96 Stat. 2618 · May 4, 1982 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To change the name of the landing strip at White Sands Missile Range in the State of New Mexico, to “white Sands Space Harbor”.

    Public Law 97-175 · 96 Stat. 77 · May 11, 1982 · Original text

91. Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982

    An Act To give effect to the Protocol Amending the Convention for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed at Washington, March 29, 1979.

    Public Law 97-176 · 96 Stat. 78 · May 17, 1982 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Theresa Macam Alcalen.

    Private Law 97-16 · 96 Stat. 2618 · May 17, 1982 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Andre Bartholo Eubanks.

    Private Law 97-17 · 96 Stat. 2619 · May 17, 1982 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Jacobo Cosio-Franco.

    Private Law 97-18 · 96 Stat. 2619 · May 17, 1982 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Maria Gloria (Joy) C. Villa.

    Private Law 97-19 · 96 Stat. 2619 · May 17, 1982 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Haruko Kubota Smith.

    Private Law 97-20 · 96 Stat. 2620 · May 17, 1982 · Private law · Original text

97. Prompt Payment Act

    An Act To require the Federal Government to pay interest on overdue payments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-177 · 96 Stat. 85 · May 21, 1982 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate May 20, 1982, as “Amelia Earhart Day”.

    Public Law 97-178 · 96 Stat. 89 · May 21, 1982 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the portion of the Tahoe National Forest known as Blyth Arena.

    Public Law 97-179 · 96 Stat. 90 · May 24, 1982 · Original text

100. Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act of 1982

     An Act To amend titles 18 and 17 of the United States Code to strengthen the laws against record, tape, and film piracy and counterfeiting, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 97-180 · 96 Stat. 91 · May 24, 1982 · Original text