Every law Congress has passed

529 laws of the 97th Congress, 1981–1983

1. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with development of the WEB pipeline, to provide for the study of South Dakota water projects to be developed in lieu of the Oahe and Pollock-Herreid irrigation projects, and to make available Missouri basin pumping power to projects authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 to receive such power.

   Public Law 97-273 · 96 Stat. 1181 · September 30, 1982 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate community action agencies for certain community action programs administered by the Secretary for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-274 · 96 Stat. 1183 · September 30, 1982 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Emergency Fund Act (Act of June 26, 1948, 62 Stat. 1052).

   Public Law 97-275 · 96 Stat. 1185 · October 1, 1982 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Lourie Ann Eder.

   Private Law 97-29 · 96 Stat. 2624 · October 1, 1982 · Private law · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-276 · 96 Stat. 1186 · October 2, 1982 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the week beginning on November 21, 1982, as “National Alzheimer’s Disease Week”.

   Public Law 97-277 · 96 Stat. 1206 · October 4, 1982 · Original text

7. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the compact between the States of New Hampshire and Vermont concerning solid waste.

   Public Law 97-278 · 96 Stat. 1207 · October 4, 1982 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution Designating the week of November 7 through November 13, 1982, as “National Respiratory Therapy Week”.

   Public Law 97-279 · 96 Stat. 1210 · October 4, 1982 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim 1983 as the “Year of the Bible”.

   Public Law 97-280 · 96 Stat. 1211 · October 4, 1982 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of October 5, 1982 as “Dr. Robert H. Goddard Day”.

    Public Law 97-281 · 96 Stat. 1212 · October 5, 1982 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate October 16, 1982 as “World Food Day”.

    Public Law 97-282 · 96 Stat. 1213 · October 5, 1982 · Original text

12. An Act To further amend the boundary of the Cibola National Forest to allow an exchange of lands with the city of Albuquerque. New Mexico.

    Public Law 97-283 · 96 Stat. 1215 · October 5, 1982 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from October 3, 1982, through October 9, 1982, as “National Schoolbus Safety Week of 1982”.

    Public Law 97-284 · 96 Stat. 1218 · October 5, 1982 · Original text

14. An Act To amend sections 351 and 1751 of title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for crimes against Cabinet officers. Supreme Court Justices, and Presidential staff members, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-285 · 96 Stat. 1219 · October 6, 1982 · Original text

15. National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983

    An Act To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-286 · 96 Stat. 1222 · October 6, 1982 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain land held by the Navajo Tribe and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-287 · 96 Stat. 1225 · October 6, 1982 · Original text

17. An Act To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and to transfer certain other lands to the administration of the United States Forest Service.

    Public Law 97-288 · 96 Stat. 1227 · October 6, 1982 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-289 · 96 Stat. 1230 · October 6, 1982 · Original text

19. An Act To encourage exports by facilitating the formation and operation of export trading companies, export trade associations, and the expansion of export trade services generally.

    Public Law 97-290 · 96 Stat. 1233 · October 8, 1982 · Original text

20. Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982

    An Act To provide additional protections and assistance to victims and witnesses in Federal cases.

    Public Law 97-291 · 96 Stat. 1248 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

21. Missing Children Act

    An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General to acquire and exchange information to assist Federal, State, and local officials in the identification of certain deceased individuals and in the location of missing persons (including unemancipated persons).

    Public Law 97-292 · 96 Stat. 1259 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain modifications of the existing Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone project, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-293 · 96 Stat. 1261 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution Designating October 16, 1982, as “National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day”.

    Public Law 97-294 · 96 Stat. 1286 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

24. An Act To amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code.

    Public Law 97-295 · 96 Stat. 1287 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the Lanham Trademark Act to prohibit any State from requiring that a registered trademark be altered for use within such State, and to encourage private enterprise with special emphasis on the preservation of small business.

    Public Law 97-296 · 96 Stat. 1316 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

26. An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a criminal penalty for threats against former Presidents, major Presidential candidates, and certain other persons protected by the Secret Service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-297 · 96 Stat. 1317 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

27. Anti-Arson Act of 1982

    An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the applicability of offenses involving explosives and fire.

    Public Law 97-298 · 96 Stat. 1319 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To require the Secretary of the Interior to place a plaque at the United States Marine Corps War Memorial honoring Joseph Rosenthal, photographer of the scene depicted by the memorial.

    Public Law 97-299 · 96 Stat. 1320 · October 12, 1982 · Original text

29. Job Training Partnership Act

    An Act To provide for a job training program and for other purpose.

    Public Law 97-300 · 96 Stat. 1322 · October 13, 1982 · Original text

30. Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments Act of 1982

    An Act To require a separate family contribution schedule for Pell Grants for academic years 1983–1984 and 1984–1985, to establish restrictions upon the contents of such schedule, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-301 · 96 Stat. 1400 · October 13, 1982 · Original text

31. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain lands conveyed to the Arkansas Forestry Commission, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States in such lands to such Commission.

    Public Law 97-302 · 96 Stat. 1407 · October 13, 1982 · Original text

32. An Act To clarify the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the definition of security, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-303 · 96 Stat. 1409 · October 13, 1982 · Original text

33. Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982

    An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-304 · 96 Stat. 1411 · October 13, 1982 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-305 · 96 Stat. 1428 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

35. Veterans’ Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982

    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 surviving spouses and children, and to modify and improve the educational assistance programs administered by the Veterans’ Administration and the veterans’ employment programs administered by the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-306 · 96 Stat. 1429 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Act of March 16, 1934, as amended, to credit entrance fees for the migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamp contest to the account which pays for the administration of the contest.

    Public Law 97-307 · 96 Stat. 1450 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

37. An Act To amend chapter 84, section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to establish zones of protection for certain persons protected by the United States Secret Service.

    Public Law 97-308 · 96 Stat. 1451 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

38. An Act To extend the aviation insurance program for five years.

    Public Law 97-309 · 96 Stat. 1453 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

39. An Act To provide financial assistance to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts for reconstruction of the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-310 · 96 Stat. 1455 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

40. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain land previously conveyed to the State of Connecticut.

    Public Law 97-311 · 96 Stat. 1459 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize certain employees of the United States Department of Agriculture charged with the enforcement of animal quarantine laws to carry firearms for self-protection and to improve the quality of table grapes for marketing in the United States.

    Public Law 97-312 · 96 Stat. 1461 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize the use of education block grant funds to teach the principles of citizenship.

    Public Law 97-313 · 96 Stat. 1462 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

43. An Act To designate the building known as the Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Greenville, South Carolina, as the “Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Federal Building”, the building known as the Quincy Poet Office in Quincy, Massachusetts, as the “James A. Burke Post Office”, and the United States Post Office Building in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the “William H. Harsha United States Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 97-314 · 96 Stat. 1463 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the month of October 1982, as “Head Start Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 97-315 · 96 Stat. 1464 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning November 28 through December 4, 1982, as “National Home Health Care Week”.

    Public Law 97-316 · 96 Stat. 1465 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the week of October 17 through October 23, 1982, as “Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 97-317 · 96 Stat. 1466 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To proclaim March 21, 1983, as “National Agriculture Day”.

    Public Law 97-318 · 96 Stat. 1467 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the month of October 1982, as “National Spinal Cord Injury Month”.

    Public Law 97-319 · 96 Stat. 1468 · October 14, 1982 · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Yick Bong Au Yeung.

    Private Law 97-30 · 96 Stat. 2625 · October 14, 1982 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Felipe B. Manalo and Maria Monita A. Manalo.

    Private Law 97-31 · 96 Stat. 2625 · October 14, 1982 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Isabelita Clima Portilla.

    Private Law 97-32 · 96 Stat. 2625 · October 14, 1982 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Lehi L. Pitchforth, Junior.

    Private Law 97-33 · 96 Stat. 2626 · October 14, 1982 · Private law · Original text

53. Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982

    An Act To revitalize the housing industry by strengthening the financial stability of home mortgage lending institutions and ensuring the availability of home mortgage loans.

    Public Law 97-320 · 96 Stat. 1469 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

54. Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983

    An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-321 · 96 Stat. 1549 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 1983 and 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-322 · 96 Stat. 1581 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

56. Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1983

    An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-323 · 96 Stat. 1591 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

57. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1983

    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 97-324 · 96 Stat. 1597 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

58. International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-325 · 96 Stat. 1603 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

59. Consolidated Federal Funds Report Act of 1982

    An Act To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an annual report consolidating the available data on the geographic distribution of Federal funds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-326 · 96 Stat. 1607 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

60. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982

    An Act To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-327 · 96 Stat. 1611 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to allow the issuance of revenue bonds to finance college and university programs which provide student educational loans.

    Public Law 97-328 · 96 Stat. 1614 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

62. An Act To designate the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington. District of Columbia, as a national historic site, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-329 · 96 Stat. 1615 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Administrative Conference Act, by authorizing appropriations therefor.

    Public Law 97-330 · 96 Stat. 1618 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

64. Motor Vehicle Safety and Cost Savings Authorization Act of 1982

    An Act To amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-331 · 96 Stat. 1619 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Economy Act to provide that all departments and agencies may obtain materials or services from other agencies by contract, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-332 · 96 Stat. 1622 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

66. Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge Act

    An Act To establish the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge, Jefferson County, State of Washington.

    Public Law 97-333 · 96 Stat. 1623 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

67. 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 97-334 · 96 Stat. 1626 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

68. An Act Relating to the establishment of a permanent boundary for that portion of the Acadia National Park as lies within the town of Isle au Haut, Maine.

    Public Law 97-335 · 96 Stat. 1627 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.

    Public Law 97-336 · 96 Stat. 1630 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

70. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide additional standards for determining the amount of space to be programed for military retirees and their dependents in medical facilities of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-337 · 96 Stat. 1631 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate with the State of Nebraska in studies of Platte River water resource use and development, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-338 · 96 Stat. 1633 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

72. Arms Control and Disarmament Amendments Act of 1982

    An Act To authorize appropriations under the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-339 · 96 Stat. 1635 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain lands in Alaska comprising trade and trade manufacturing site A–056802 without regard to the eighty-rod limitation provided by existing law.

    Public Law 97-340 · 96 Stat. 1637 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for a study of grazing phaseout at Capitol Reef National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-341 · 96 Stat. 1639 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the transfer of nine naval vessels to certain foreign governments.

    Public Law 97-342 · 96 Stat. 1641 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the week of December 12, 1982, through December 18, 1982, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 97-343 · 96 Stat. 1643 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

77. An Act To provide for the partitioning of certain restricted Indian land in the State of Kansas.

    Public Law 97-344 · 96 Stat. 1645 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

78. An Act To exempt the Lake Oswego, Oregon, hydroelectric facility from part I of the Federal Power Act (Act of June 10, 1920) as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-345 · 96 Stat. 1646 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

79. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide training opportunities for employees under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-346 · 96 Stat. 1647 · October 15, 1982 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Ok-Boon Kang.

    Private Law 97-34 · 96 Stat. 2627 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of George Herbert Weston.

    Private Law 97-35 · 96 Stat. 2627 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Shinji Oniki.

    Private Law 97-36 · 96 Stat. 2627 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Berendina Antonia Marta van Kleeff.

    Private Law 97-37 · 96 Stat. 2628 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Theodore Anthony Dominguez.

    Private Law 97-38 · 96 Stat. 2628 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Doctor David Pass.

    Private Law 97-39 · 96 Stat. 2628 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Danuta Gwozdz.

    Private Law 97-40 · 96 Stat. 2629 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Eun Ok Han.

    Private Law 97-41 · 96 Stat. 2629 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Alejo White and Sonia White.

    Private Law 97-42 · 96 Stat. 2630 · October 15, 1982 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To extend until October 1, 1983, the authority and authorization of appropriations for certain programs under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956.

    Public Law 97-347 · 96 Stat. 1652 · October 18, 1982 · Original text

90. Coastal Barrier Resources Act

    An Act To protect and conserve fish and wildlife resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-348 · 96 Stat. 1653 · October 18, 1982 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution To designate “National Housing Week”.

    Public Law 97-349 · 96 Stat. 1660 · October 18, 1982 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize appropriations for the operations of the Office of Environmental Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality during fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984, and withdraw certain lands within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest from leasing under mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

    Public Law 97-350 · 96 Stat. 1661 · October 18, 1982 · Original text

93. Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Implementation Act of 1982

    An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to implement the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-351 · 96 Stat. 1663 · October 18, 1982 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the payment of monetary penalties for certain admitted and infrequent violations involving misrepresentation under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-352 · 96 Stat. 1667 · October 18, 1982 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To designate the month of November 1982, as “National Diabetes Month”.

    Public Law 97-353 · 96 Stat. 1668 · October 19, 1982 · Original text

96. Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982

    An Act To revise subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to small business corporations).

    Public Law 97-354 · 96 Stat. 1669 · October 19, 1982 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To designate the month of November 1982 as “National Christmas Seal Month”.

    Public Law 97-355 · 96 Stat. 1701 · October 19, 1982 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by exchange certain lands within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Indiana.

    Public Law 97-356 · 96 Stat. 1703 · October 19, 1982 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-357 · 96 Stat. 1705 · October 19, 1982 · Original text

100. An Act To extend the lease terms of Federal oil and gas leases, W66245, W66246, W66247, and W66250.

     Private Law 97-43 · 96 Stat. 2630 · October 19, 1982 · Private law · Original text