Every law Congress has passed

529 laws of the 97th Congress, 1981–1983

1. An Act To reduce certain duties, to suspend temporarily certain duties, to extend certain existing suspensions of duties, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-446 · 96 Stat. 2329 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

2. An Act To exempt the United States Capitol Historical Society from certain taxes.

   Public Law 97-447 · 96 Stat. 2364 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

3. Technical Corrections Act of 1982

   An Act To make technical corrections in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 and certain other recent tax legislation.

   Public Law 97-448 · 96 Stat. 2365 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

4. An Act To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws related to transportation as subtitle I and chapter 31 of subtitle II of title 49, United States Code, “Transportation”.

   Public Law 97-449 · 96 Stat. 2413 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

5. An Act To designate the Federal Building in Fresno, California, as the “B. F. Sisk Federal Building”.

   Public Law 97-450 · 96 Stat. 2446 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

6. Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982

   An Act To ensure that all oil and gas originated on the public lands and on the Outer Continental Shelf are properly accounted for under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-451 · 96 Stat. 2447 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

7. An Act To codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and to improve the United States Code.

   Public Law 97-452 · 96 Stat. 2467 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

8. An Act To improve fishery conservation and management.

   Public Law 97-453 · 96 Stat. 2481 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

9. An Act To amend title 13, United States Code, to transfer responsibility for the quarterly financial report from the Federal Trade Commission to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 97-454 · 96 Stat. 2494 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to reduce the rate of certain taxes paid to the Virgin Islands on Virgin Islands source income, to amend the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary period that payment of disability benefits may continue through the hearing stage of the appeals process, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-455 · 96 Stat. 2497 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize appropriations for the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Customs Service, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-456 · 96 Stat. 2503 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution To make technical corrections in certain banking and related statutes.

    Public Law 97-457 · 96 Stat. 2507 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Act of October 19, 1973 (87 Stat. 466), relating to the use or distribution of certain judgment funds awarded by the Indian Claims Commission or the Court of Claims.

    Public Law 97-458 · 96 Stat. 2512 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of lands by Indian tribes and by the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation of North Dakota specifically, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-459 · 96 Stat. 2515 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

15. An Act To revise the boundaries of the Saratoga National Historical Park in the State of New York, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-460 · 96 Stat. 2520 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties with respect to violations of certain Acts relating to the prevention of the introduction and dissemination into the United States of plant pests, plant diseases, and livestock and poultry diseases, to increase the amount of criminal fines which may be imposed with respect to violations of such Acts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-461 · 96 Stat. 2523 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

17. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments Act of 1982

    An Act To amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with respect to certain service of process by mail, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-462 · 96 Stat. 2527 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

18. An Act To amend title 28 to provide protection to all jurors in Federal cases to clarify the compensation of attorneys for jurors in protecting their employment rights, and authorizing the service of jury summonses by ordinary mail.

    Public Law 97-463 · 96 Stat. 2531 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to extend authorizations of appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-464 · 96 Stat. 2533 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

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

    Public Law 97-465 · 96 Stat. 2535 · January 12, 1983 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Arthur J. Grauf.

    Private Law 97-56 · 96 Stat. 2636 · January 12, 1983 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as wilderness; and to designate management of certain lands for uses other than wilderness.

    Public Law 97-466 · 96 Stat. 2538 · January 13, 1983 · Original text

23. An Act To designate the Federal Building in Lima, Ohio, as the “Tennyson Guyer Federal Building”.

    Public Law 97-467 · 96 Stat. 2542 · January 14, 1983 · Original text

24. Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982

    An Act Making technical corrections to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-468 · 96 Stat. 2543 · January 14, 1983 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Establishing the dates for submission of the Budget and Economic Report.

    Public Law 97-469 · 96 Stat. 2582 · January 14, 1983 · Original text

26. Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

    An Act To provide for the protection of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and for the registration of contractors of migrant and seasonal agricultural labor and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-470 · 96 Stat. 2583 · January 14, 1983 · Original text

27. An Act To modify the judicial districts of West Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-471 · 96 Stat. 2601 · January 14, 1983 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the “Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America”.

    Public Law 97-472 · 96 Stat. 2603 · January 14, 1983 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the tax treatment of periodic payments for damages received on account of personal injury or sickness, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 97-473 · 96 Stat. 2605 · January 14, 1983 · Original text