Every law Congress has passed

529 laws of the 97th Congress, 1981–1983

1. Surplus Agricultural Commodities Disposal Act of 1982

   An Act To authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to process its accumulated stocks of agricultural commodities into liquid fuels and agricultural commodity byproducts, and for the disposition thereof, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-358 · 96 Stat. 1714 · October 21, 1982 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.

   Public Law 97-359 · 96 Stat. 1716 · October 22, 1982 · Original text

3. An Act To set aside certain surplus vessels for use in the provision of health and other humanitarian services to developing countries.

   Public Law 97-360 · 96 Stat. 1718 · October 22, 1982 · Original text

4. An Act To amend sections 10 and 11 of the Act of October 21, 1970 (Public Law 91–479; 16 U.S.C. 460x), entitled “An Act to establish in the State of Michigan the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes”.

   Public Law 97-361 · 96 Stat. 1720 · October 22, 1982 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of George G. Barrios, doctor of medicine, his wife Olga T. Cruz, and their children Kurt F. Barrios, and Karl S. Barrios, and Katrina Adelaida Theresa.

   Private Law 97-44 · 96 Stat. 2631 · October 22, 1982 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Maria Cecilia Gabella-Ossa.

   Private Law 97-45 · 96 Stat. 2632 · October 22, 1982 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Uili Tuifua, Talameafoou Tuifua, Heta Tuifua, Sateki Tuifua, Ilaisaane Tuifua, and Ofa Hemooni Tuifua.

   Private Law 97-46 · 96 Stat. 2632 · October 22, 1982 · Private law · Original text

8. Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982

   An Act To reduce the amount of LIFO recapture in the case of certain plans of liquidation adopted during 1982, to make adjustments in the net operating loss carryback and carryforward rules for the Federal National Mortgage Association, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-362 · 96 Stat. 1726 · October 25, 1982 · Original text

9. Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1982

   An Act To amend chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for one year the authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-363 · 96 Stat. 1734 · October 25, 1982 · Original text

10. An Act To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage the establishment by States of effective alcohol traffic safety programs and to require the Secretary of Transportation to administer a national driver register to assist State driver licensing officials in electronically exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of certain individuals.

    Public Law 97-364 · 96 Stat. 1738 · October 25, 1982 · Original text

11. Debt Collection Act of 1982

    An Act To increase the efficiency of Government-wide efforts to collect debts owed the United States and to provide additional procedures for the collection of debts owed the United States.

    Public Law 97-365 · 96 Stat. 1749 · October 25, 1982 · Original text

12. An Act To emend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to the fees of the Copyright Office, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-366 · 96 Stat. 1759 · October 25, 1982 · Original text

13. White House Conference on Productivity Act

    An Act To establish a White House Conference on Productivity.

    Public Law 97-367 · 96 Stat. 1761 · October 25, 1982 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Designating December 11, 1982, as “Fiorello H. La Guardia Memorial Day”.

    Public Law 97-368 · 96 Stat. 1764 · December 17, 1982 · Original text

15. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-369 · 96 Stat. 1765 · December 18, 1982 · Original text

16. An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-370 · 96 Stat. 1787 · December 18, 1982 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the use and distribution of funds to the Wyandot Tribe of Indians in docket 139 before the Indian Claims Commission and docket 141 before the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-371 · 96 Stat. 1813 · December 20, 1982 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Shawnee Tribe of Indians in dockets 64, 335, and 338 by the Indian Claims Commission and docket 64–A by the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-372 · 96 Stat. 1815 · December 20, 1982 · Original text

19. An Act To amend title HI of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Public Law 90–537 (82 Stat. 885), as amended by Public Law 95–578 (92 Stat 2471), and Public Law 96–375 (94 Stat. 1505).

    Public Law 97-373 · 96 Stat. 1817 · December 20, 1982 · Original text

20. An Act To provide for protection of the John Sack cabin, Targhee National Forest in the State of Idaho.

    Public Law 97-374 · 96 Stat. 18187 · December 20, 1982 · Original text

21. Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982

    An Act To discontinue or amend certain requirements for agency reports to Congress.

    Public Law 97-375 · 96 Stat. 1819 · December 21, 1982 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the use and disposition of Miami Indians judgment funds in dockets 124–B and 254 before the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-376 · 96 Stat. 1828 · December 21, 1982 · Original text

23. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983

    Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations and providing for productive employment for the fiscal year 1983, and tor other purposes.

    Public Law 97-377 · 96 Stat. 1830 · December 21, 1982 · Original text

24. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1983

    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, 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-378 · 96 Stat. 1925 · December 22, 1982 · Original text

25. An Act To amend Public Law 96–432 relating to the United States Capitol Grounds.

    Public Law 97-379 · 96 Stat. 1935 · December 22, 1982 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Administrator of General Services to donate to State and local governments certain Federal personal property loaned to them for civil defense use, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-380 · 96 Stat. 1936 · December 22, 1982 · Original text

27. An Act To designate the southern Nevada water project the “Robert B. Griffith Water Project’.

    Public Law 97-381 · 96 Stat. 1937 · December 22, 1982 · Original text

28. Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982

    An Act To permit Indian tribes to enter into certain agreements for the disposition of tribal mineral resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-382 · 96 Stat. 1938 · December 22, 1982 · Original text

29. An Act To designate the lock and dam known as the Jones Bluff Lock and Dam, located on the Alabama River, as the “Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam”.

    Public Law 97-383 · 96 Stat. 1941 · December 22, 1982 · Original text

30. An Act To establish the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in the Hoosier National Forest, Indiana.

    Public Law 97-384 · 96 Stat. 1942 · December 22, 1982 · Original text

31. An Act Conferring jurisdiction on certain courts of the United States to hear and render judgment in connection with certain claims of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 97-385 · 96 Stat. 1944 · December 23, 1982 · Original text

32. An Act To declare that the United States holds in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona.

    Public Law 97-386 · 96 Stat. 1946 · December 23, 1982 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Peace Corps Act.

    Public Law 97-387 · 96 Stat. 1947 · December 23, 1982 · Original text

34. An Act To provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled “Dumas Malone: A Journey With Mr. Jefferson”.

    Public Law 97-388 · 96 Stat. 1948 · December 23, 1982 · Original text

35. Fisheries Amendments of 1982

    An Act To amend the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964.

    Public Law 97-389 · 96 Stat. 1949 · December 29, 1982 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for appointment and authority of the Supreme Court Police, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-390 · 96 Stat. 1957 · December 29, 1982 · Original text

37. Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act

    An Act To provide for Federal recognition of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, to institute for such tribe those Federal services provided to Indians who are recognized by the Federal Government and who receive such services because of the Federal trust responsibility, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-391 · 96 Stat. 1960 · December 29, 1982 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the sale of defense articles to United States companies for incorporation into end items to be sold to friendly foreign countries.

    Public Law 97-392 · 96 Stat. 1962 · December 29, 1982 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Clayton Act to modify the amount of damages payable to foreign states and instrumentalities of foreign states which sue for violations of the antitrust laws.

    Public Law 97-393 · 96 Stat. 1964 · December 29, 1982 · Original text

40. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-394 · 96 Stat. 1966 · December 30, 1982 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the payment of losses incurred as a result of the ban on the use of the chemical Tris in apparel, fabric, yarn, or fiber, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-395 · 96 Stat. 2001 · December 30, 1982 · Original text

42. An Act Authorizing appropriations to carry out conservation programs on military reservations and public lands during fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-396 · 96 Stat. 2005 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to accept certain lands for the benefit of the Sycuan Band of Mission Indians.

    Public Law 97-397 · 96 Stat. 2008 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

44. False Identification Crime Control Act of 1982

    An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for certain false identification related crimes.

    Public Law 97-398 · 96 Stat. 2009 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

45. Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1982

    An Act To settle certain Indian land claims within the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-399 · 96 Stat. 2012 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

46. An Act To designate the Lakeview Lake project. Mountain Creek, Texas, as the “Joe Pool Lake”.

    Public Law 97-400 · 96 Stat. 2017 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands near Miles City, Montana, and to remove certain reservations from prior conveyances.

    Public Law 97-401 · 96 Stat. 2018 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for the use and distribution of Clallam judgment funds in docket numbered 134 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-402 · 96 Stat. 2020 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Pembina Chippewa Indians in dockets numbered 113, 191, 221, and 246 of the Court of Claims.

    Public Law 97-403 · 96 Stat. 2022 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

50. An Act To make certain minor and technical amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act.

    Public Law 97-404 · 96 Stat. 2026 · December 31, 1982 · Original text

51. An Act To revise the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-405 · 96 Stat. 2028 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

52. An Act Entitled the “Educational Mining Act of 1982”.

    Public Law 97-406 · 96 Stat. 2031 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

53. An Act To designate certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri, which comprise approximately six thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight acres, and which are generally depicted on a map entitled “Paddy Creek Wilderness Area”, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

    Public Law 97-407 · 96 Stat. 2033 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded to the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes of Indians and the Assiniboine Tribe of Fort Belknap Indian Community, in certain dockets of the United States Court of Claims and of funds awarded to the Papago Tribe of Arizona in dockets numbered 345 and 102 of the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-408 · 96 Stat. 2035 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

55. Ethics in Government Act Amendments of 1982

    An Act To change the coverage of officials and the standards for the appointment of a special prosecutor in the special prosecutor provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-409 · 96 Stat. 2039 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

56. Telecommunications for the Disabled Act of 1982

    An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide reasonable access to telephone service for persons with impaired hearing and to enable telephone companies to accommodate persons with other physical disabilities.

    Public Law 97-410 · 96 Stat. 2043 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

57. Cheaha Wilderness Act

    An Act To establish the Cheaha Wilderness in Talladega National Forest, Alabama.

    Public Law 97-411 · 96 Stat. 2046 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 1304(e) of title 5, United States Code.

    Public Law 97-412 · 96 Stat. 2047 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To designate 1983 as the “Bicentennial of Air and Space Flight”.

    Public Law 97-413 · 96 Stat. 2048 · January 3, 1983 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Emanuel F. Lenkersdorf.

    Private Law 97-47 · 96 Stat. 2632 · January 3, 1983 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Carole Joy Maxfield-Raynor and Bruce Sherlock Maxfield-Raynor, wife and husband, and their children Charlton Bruce Maxfield-Raynor and Maxine Anne Maxfield-Raynor.

    Private Law 97-48 · 96 Stat. 2633 · January 3, 1983 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Jerry L. Crow and Ralph D. and Connie V. Hubbell.

    Private Law 97-49 · 96 Stat. 2633 · January 3, 1983 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Jose Ramon Beltron Aivenda Ostler.

    Private Law 97-50 · 96 Stat. 2634 · January 3, 1983 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Cesar Noel Jump.

    Private Law 97-51 · 96 Stat. 2634 · January 3, 1983 · Private law · Original text

65. Orphan Drug Act

    An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to facilitate the development of drugs for rare diseases and conditions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-414 · 96 Stat. 2049 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-415 · 96 Stat. 2067 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

67. An Act To reauthorize the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act for fiscal years 1983 and 1984.

    Public Law 97-416 · 96 Stat. 2084 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

68. An Act To provide subsistence allowances for members of the Coast Guard officer candidate program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-417 · 96 Stat. 2085 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

69. An Act To amend title 3, United States Code, to clarify the function of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division with respect to certain foreign diplomatic missions in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-418 · 96 Stat. 2089 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate the month of December 1982 as “National Closed-Captioned Television Month”.

    Public Law 97-419 · 96 Stat. 2091 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Designating January 17, 1983, as “Public Employees’ Appreciation Day”.

    Public Law 97-420 · 96 Stat. 2093 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution To conunemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Greene County, Missouri.

    Public Law 97-421 · 96 Stat. 2094 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

73. An Act To name the fish hatchery at the Warm Springs Dam component of the Russian River, Dry Creek, California project as the Don H. Clausen Fish Hatchery.

    Public Law 97-422 · 96 Stat. 2095 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

74. An Act To designate a certain Federal building in Springfield, Illinois the “Paul Findley Building”.

    Public Law 97-423 · 96 Stat. 2096 · January 4, 1983 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Cynthia Gambon Rabena.

    Private Law 97-52 · 96 Stat. 2635 · January 4, 1983 · Private law · Original text

76. Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982

    An Act To authorize appropriations for construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23, United States Code, for highway safety, for mass transportation in urban and rural areas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-414 · 96 Stat. 2097 · January 6, 1983 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Kin Chi Eng Sims.

    Private Law 97-53 · 96 Stat. 2635 · January 6, 1983 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Dana Braford Baretto.

    Private Law 97-54 · 96 Stat. 2635 · January 6, 1983 · Private law · Original text

79. Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

    An Act To provide for the development of repositories for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, to establish a program of research, development, and demonstration regarding the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-425 · 96 Stat. 2201 · January 7, 1983 · Original text

80. An Act To modify a withdrawal of certain lands in Mono County, California, to facilitate an exchange for certain other lands in Mono County, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-426 · 96 Stat. 2264 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

81. An Act To recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress.

    Public Law 97-427 · 96 Stat. 2265 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain land held in trust by the United States for the Navajo Tribe, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-428 · 96 Stat. 2268 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

83. Texas Band of Kickapoo Act

    An Act To grant Federal recognition to the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians; to clarify the status of the members of the band; to provide trust lands to the band, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-429 · 96 Stat. 2269 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

84. An Act To designate the building known as the United States Poet Office and Courthouse in Norfolk, Virginia, as the “Waiter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 97-430 · 96 Stat. 2272 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

85. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release on behalf of the United States certain restrictions contained in a previous conveyance of land to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-431 · 96 Stat. 2273 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to eliminate certain unnecessary regulatory requirements.

    Public Law 97-432 · 96 Stat. 2276 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

87. National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund Act

    An Act To establish the National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-433 · 96 Stat. 2277 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

88. An Act To declare certain Federal lands acquired for the benefit of Indians to be held in trust for the Tribes of such Indians.

    Public Law 97-434 · 96 Stat. 2280 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

89. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University.

    Public Law 97-435 · 96 Stat. 2281 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the distribution of Warm Springe judgment funds awarded in docket numbered 198 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-436 · 96 Stat. 2283 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

91. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow student interns of the Internal Revenue Service to have access to certain information required by such students in the performance of their official duties.

    Public Law 97-437 · 96 Stat. 2285 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend for an additional year the Agricultural and Productive Credit and Self-Help Community Development Programs.

    Public Law 97-438 · 96 Stat. 2286 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

93. Federal Seed Act Amendments of 1982

    An Act To amend the Federal Seed Act with respect to prohibitions relating to interstate commerce in seed mixtures intended for lawn and turf purposes and prohibitions relating to importation of certain seeds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-439 · 96 Stat. 2287 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow modifications of certain effluent limitations relating to biochemical oxygen demand and pH.

    Public Law 97-440 · 96 Stat. 2289 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Designating “National High School Activities Week”.

    Public Law 97-441 · 96 Stat. 2291 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate the week of January 16, 1983, through January 22, 1983, as “National Jaycee Week”.

    Public Law 97-442 · 96 Stat. 2292 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To designate the week of March 13, 1983. through March 19, 1983, as “National Children and Television Week”.

    Public Law 97-443 · 96 Stat. 2293 · January 8, 1983 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the reinstatement and validation of United States oil and gas lease numbered W–24153.

    Private Law 97-55 · 96 Stat. 2636 · January 8, 1983 · Private law · Original text

99. Futures Trading Act of 1982

    An Act To extend the Commodity Exchange Act, and for other purposes. s

    Public Law 97-444 · 96 Stat. 2294 · January 11, 1983 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim May 13, 1983, as “American Indian Day”.

     Public Law 97-445 · 96 Stat. 2328 · January 12, 1983 · Original text