Every law Congress has passed

529 laws of the 97th Congress, 1981–1983

1. Joint Resolution To grant official recognition to the international ballet competition.

   Public Law 97-181 · 96 Stat. 94 · May 24, 1982 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as “National Hospice Week”.

   Public Law 97-182 · 96 Stat. 95 · May 24, 1982 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim “National Orchestra Week”.

   Public Law 97-183 · 96 Stat. 97 · May 24, 1982 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the preservation of historic Camden in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-184 · 96 Stat. 99 · May 24, 1982 · Original text

5. An Act To amend section 235 of the National Housing Act.

   Public Law 97-185 · 96 Stat. 100 · May 24, 1982 · Original text

6. An Act To amend Public Law 90–553, to authorize the transfer, conveyance, lease and improvement of, and construction on, certain property in the District of Columbia, for use as a headquarters site for an international organization, as sites for governments of foreign countries, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-186 · 96 Stat. 101 · May 25, 1982 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of September 5, 1982, as “Working Mothers’ Day”.

   Public Law 97-187 · 96 Stat. 103 · June 1, 1982 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution Designating the square dance as the national folk dance of the United States.

   Public Law 97-188 · 96 Stat. 104 · June 1, 1982 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of July 9, 1982, and April 9, 1983, as “National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day”.

   Public Law 97-189 · 96 Stat. 105 · June 1, 1982 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-190 · 96 Stat. 106 · June 1, 1982 · Original text

11. An Act To regulate the operation of foreign fish processing vessels within State waters.

    Public Law 97-191 · 96 Stat. 107 · June 1, 1982 · Original text

12. An Act To recognize the organization known as the American Council of Learned Societies.

    Public Law 97-192 · 96 Stat. 109 · June 1, 1982 · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the Washington Post, the Washington Star, the Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina), the Brooklyn Times, Equity Advertising Agency, Incorporated, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the News Tribune.

    Private Law 97-21 · 96 Stat. 2620 · June 1, 1982 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To confirm a conveyance of certain real property by the Central Pacific Railway Company and Southern Pacific Company to A. C. Taber and his wife, Mary Taber.

    Private Law 97-22 · 96 Stat. 2621 · June 1, 1982 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Frieda Simonson.

    Private Law 97-23 · 96 Stat. 2622 · June 1, 1982 · Private law · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To designate the week of June 6, 1982, through June 12, 1982, as “National Child Abuse Prevention Week”.

    Public Law 97-193 · 96 Stat. 112 · June 15, 1982 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution Designating “National Theatre Week”.

    Public Law 97-194 · 96 Stat. 114 · June 16, 1982 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize an Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.

    Public Law 97-195 · 96 Stat. 115 · June 16, 1982 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution Designating “Baltic Freedom Day”.

    Public Law 97-196 · 96 Stat. 117 · June 18, 1982 · Original text

20. An Act To designate the control tower at Memphis International Airport the Omlie Tower.

    Public Law 97-197 · 96 Stat. 119 · June 21, 1982 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Designating February 11, 1983, “National Inventors’ Day”.

    Public Law 97-198 · 96 Stat. 120 · June 21, 1982 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 5590 of the Revised Statutes to provide for adjusting the rate of interest paid on funds of the Smithsonian Institution deposited with the Treasury of the United States as a permanent loan.

    Public Law 97-199 · 96 Stat. 121 · June 22, 1982 · Original text

23. Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982

    An Act To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of information identifying certain United States intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources.

    Public Law 97-200 · 96 Stat. 122 · June 23, 1982 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the presentation on behalf of the Congress of a specially struck gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover.

    Public Law 97-201 · 96 Stat. 126 · June 23, 1982 · Original text

25. 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 97-202 · 96 Stat. 128 · June 24, 1982 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Smithsonian Institution to construct a building for the National Museum of African Art and a center for Eastern art together with structures for related educational activities in the area south of the original Smithsonian Institution Building adjacent to Independence Avenue at Tenth Street Southwest, in the city of Washington.

    Public Law 97-203 · 96 Stat. 129 · June 24, 1982 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-204 · 96 Stat. 130 · June 28, 1982 · Original text

28. Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982

    An Act To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend the effect of certain provisions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-205 · 96 Stat. 131 · June 29, 1982 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to increase the number of turkeys which may be slaughtered and processed without inspection under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-206 · 96 Stat. 136 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

30. An Act To designate the United States Post Office Building in Hartford, Connecticut, as the “William R. Cotter Federal Building”.

    Public Law 97-207 · 96 Stat. 137 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize humanitarian assistance for the people of Lebanon.

    Public Law 97-208 · 96 Stat. 138 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution Imploring the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to allow Doctor Semyon Gluzman and his family to emigrate to Israel.

    Public Law 97-209 · 96 Stat. 139 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution To designate the week commencing with the fourth Monday in June 1982 as “National NCO/Petty Officer Week”.

    Public Law 97-210 · 96 Stat. 140 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

34. An Act To designate certain national wildlife refuge lands.

    Public Law 97-211 · 96 Stat. 141 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

35. An Act To improve the operation of the Fishermen’s Contingency Fund established to compensate commercial fishermen for damages resulting from oil and gas exploration, development, and production in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.

    Public Law 97-212 · 96 Stat. 143 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

36. An Act Granting the consent of the Congress to an interstate compact between the States of Mississippi and Louisiana establishing a commission to study the feasibility of rapid rail transit service between the two States.

    Public Law 97-213 · 96 Stat. 150 · June 30, 1982 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Christina Boltz Sidders.

    Private Law 97-24 · 96 Stat. 2622 · June 30, 1982 · Private law · Original text

38. Military Construction Codification Act

    An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and codify the permanent provisions of law relating to military construction and military family housing.

    Public Law 97-214 · 96 Stat. 153 · July 12, 1982 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Staff Sergeant Anne M. Fisher, United States Army Reserve.

    Private Law 97-25 · 96 Stat. 2622 · July 12, 1982 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To amend the manufacturing clause of the copyright law.

    Public Law 97-215 · 96 Stat. 178 · July 13, 1982 · Original text

41. Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982

    An Act Making urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-216 · 96 Stat. 180 · July 18, 1982 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-217 · 96 Stat. 196 · July 19, 1982 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the operation of the tobacco price support and production adjustment program in such a manner as to result in no net cost to taxpayers, to limit increases in the support price for tobacco, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-218 · 96 Stat. 197 · July 20, 1982 · Original text

44. Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982

    An Act To amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the role of the small, innovative firms in federally funded research and development, and to utilize Federal research and development as a base for technological innovation to meet agency needs and to contribute to the growth and strength of the Nation’s economy.

    Public Law 97-219 · 96 Stat. 217 · July 22, 1982 · Original text

45. Olympic Commemorative Coin Act

    An Act To provide for the minting of commemorative coins to support the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

    Public Law 97-220 · 96 Stat. 222 · July 22, 1982 · Original text

46. Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide permanent authorization for Federal agencies to use flexible and compressed employee work schedules.

    Public Law 97-221 · 96 Stat. 227 · July 23, 1982 · Original text

47. An Act To amend title 11, United States Code, to correct technical errors, and to clarify and make substantive changes, with respect to securities and commodities.

    Public Law 97-222 · 96 Stat. 235 · July 27, 1982 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning June 5, 1983, and ending June 11, 1983, as “Management Week in America”.

    Public Law 97-223 · 96 Stat. 242 · July 27, 1982 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the supervision and approval of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, to proceed with the construction of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-224 · 96 Stat. 243 · July 28, 1982 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate August 14, 1982, as “National Navaho Code Talkers Day”.

    Public Law 97-225 · 96 Stat. 244 · July 28, 1982 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act of 1964 to increase from $15,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount the United States may pay in settlement of a claim under section 3 of that Act.

    Public Law 97-226 · 96 Stat. 245 · July 28, 1982 · Original text

52. An Act To delay the effective date of proposed amendments to rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

    Public Law 97-227 · 96 Stat. 246 · August 2, 1982 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the week of August 1, 1982, through August 7, 1982, as “National Purple Heart Week”.

    Public Law 97-228 · 96 Stat. 247 · August 2, 1982 · Original text

54. Energy Emergency Preparedness Act of 1982

    An Act To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend certain authorities relating to the International Energy Program, to provide for the Nation’s energy emergency preparedness, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-229 · 96 Stat. 248 · August 3, 1982 · Original text

55. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the bar membership requirements for United States magistrates.

    Public Law 97-230 · 96 Stat. 255 · August 6, 1982 · Original text

56. An Act To recognize the organization known as the National Federation of Music Clubs.

    Public Law 97-231 · 96 Stat. 256 · August 9, 1982 · Original text

57. An Act To provide for the development and improvement of the recreation facilities and programs of Gateway National Recreation Area through the use of funds obtained from the development of methane gas resources within the Fountain Avenue Landfill site by the city of New York.

    Public Law 97-232 · 96 Stat. 259 · August 9, 1982 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution With regard to Presidential certifications on conditions in El Salvador.

    Public Law 97-233 · 96 Stat. 260 · August 10, 1982 · Original text

59. An Act To recognize the organization known as American Ex-Prisoners of War.

    Public Law 97-234 · 96 Stat. 261 · August 10, 1982 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate “National Family Week”.

    Public Law 97-235 · 96 Stat. 265 · August 16, 1982 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating October 17 through October 23, 1982, as “Lupus Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 97-236 · 96 Stat. 266 · August 17, 1982 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution Concerning the successful completion of the test flight phase of the Space Shuttle program.

    Public Law 97-237 · 96 Stat. 267 · August 20, 1982 · Original text

63. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest held by the United States in certain lands located in Christian County, Kentucky, so that such lands may be used for cemetery purposes.

    Public Law 97-238 · 96 Stat. 269 · August 20, 1982 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of April 17 to April 23, 1983, as “National Coin Week”.

    Public Law 97-239 · 96 Stat. 271 · August 20, 1982 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim “National Disabled Veterans Week”.

    Public Law 97-240 · 96 Stat. 272 · August 20, 1982 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-241 · 96 Stat. 273 · August 24, 1982 · Original text

67. An Act To repeal outdated size and weight limitations now imposed on the United States Postal Service.

    Public Law 97-242 · 96 Stat. 300 · August 24, 1982 · Original text

68. An Act To designate the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-243 · 96 Stat. 301 · August 26, 1982 · Original text

69. Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1982

    An Act To amend the Potato Research and Promotion Act.

    Public Law 97-244 · 96 Stat. 310 · August 26, 1982 · Original text

70. An Act Relating to the preservation of the historic Congressional Cemetery in the District of Columbia for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States.

    Public Law 97-245 · 96 Stat. 313 · August 26, 1982 · Original text

71. An Act To award special congressional gold medals to Fred Waring, the widow of Joe Louis, and Louis L’Amour.

    Public Law 97-246 · 96 Stat. 315 · August 26, 1982 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Juan Esteban Ramirez.

    Private Law 97-26 · 96 Stat. 2623 · August 26, 1982 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-247 · 96 Stat. 317 · August 27, 1982 · Original text

74. Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982

    An Act To provide for tax equity and fiscal responsibility, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-248 · 96 Stat. 324 · September 3, 1982 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the International Safe Container Act.

    Public Law 97-249 · 96 Stat. 708 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-250 · 96 Stat. 709 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

77. Veterans’ Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement and Extension Act of 1982

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance recruitment and retention by the Veterans’ Administration of nurses and certain other health-care personnel, to improve the Veterans’ Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program and certain aspects of other Veterans’ Administration health-care programs, and to extend certain expiring Veterans’ Administration health-care programs; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-251 · 96 Stat. 711 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

78. Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1983 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, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-252 · 96 Stat. 718 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

79. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982

    An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1983 (S. Con. Res. 92, Ninety-seventh Congress).

    Public Law 97-258 · 96 Stat. 763 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the participation of the United States in the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-254 · 96 Stat. 808 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

81. Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982

    An Act To amend the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 to require ongoing evaluations and report on the adequacy of the systems of internal accounting and administrative control of each executive agency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-255 · 96 Stat. 814 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

82. An Act To make technical and conforming changes in the patent and trademark laws and in the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.

    Public Law 97-256 · 96 Stat. 816 · September 8, 1982 · Original text

83. An Act To direct the Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating to cause the vessel Sky Lark to be documented as a vessel of the United States so as to be entitled to engage in the coastwise trade, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 97-27 · 96 Stat. 2623 · September 8, 1982 · Private law · Original text

84. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982

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

    Public Law 97-257 · 96 Stat. 818 · September 10, 1982 · Original text

85. An Act To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, es title 31, United States Code, “Money and Finance”.

    Public Law 97-258 · 96 Stat. 877 · September 13, 1982 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-259 · 96 Stat. 1087 · September 13, 1982 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution To provide for the appointment of Nancy Hanks as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 97-260 · 96 Stat. 1101 · September 18, 1982 · Original text

88. Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982

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

    Public Law 97-261 · 96 Stat. 1102 · September 20, 1982 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution To provide for resolution of the single outstanding issue in the current railway labor-management dispute, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-262 · 96 Stat. 1130 · September 22, 1982 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the use of the frank for official mail sent by the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.

    Public Law 97-263 · 96 Stat. 1132 · September 24, 1982 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Act to establish a Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-264 · 96 Stat. 1133 · September 24, 1982 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate the week of September 19 through 25, 1982, as "National Cystic Fibrosis Week”.

    Public Law 97-265 · 96 Stat. 1134 · September 24, 1982 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution To designate September 1982 as “National Sewing Month”.

    Public Law 97-266 · 96 Stat. 1135 · September 24, 1982 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Rutherford K. Clarke and his wife Ida T. Clarke.

    Private Law 97-28 · 96 Stat. 2624 · September 24, 1982 · Private law · Original text

95. Pretrial Services Act of 1982

    An Act To amend chapter 207 of title 18, United States Code, relating to pretrial services.

    Public Law 97-267 · 96 Stat. 1136 · September 27, 1982 · Original text

96. An Act Transferring certain Federal property to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey.

    Public Law 97-268 · 96 Stat. 1140 · September 27, 1982 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1983 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, for the Intelligence Community Staff, for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-269 · 96 Stat. 1142 · September 27, 1982 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To provide for a temporary in crease in the public debt limit.

    Public Law 97-270 · 96 Stat. 1156 · September 30, 1982 · Original text

99. Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1982

    An Act To authorize the granting of permanent residence status to certain nonimmigrant aliens residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-271 · 96 Stat. 1157 · September 30, 1982 · Original text

100. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983

     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, 1983, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 97-272 · 96 Stat. 1160 · September 30, 1982 · Original text