Every law Congress has passed

677 laws of the 98th Congress, 1983–1985

1. An Act To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make an earlier announcement of the 1984 crop feed grain program and of the 1985 crop wheat and feed grain programs.

   Public Law 98-100 · 97 Stat. 718 · September 29, 1983 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution.

   Public Law 98-101 · 97 Stat. 719 · September 29, 1983 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Designating November 1983 as “National Alzheimer’s Disease Month”.

   Public Law 98-102 · 97 Stat. 724 · September 30, 1983 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To designate the week of December 11, 1983, through December 17, 1983, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 98-103 · 97 Stat. 725 · September 30, 1983 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act.

   Public Law 98-104 · 97 Stat. 727 · September 30, 1983 · Original text

6. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend for one year the authority of the Veterans’ Administration to provide certain contract medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

   Public Law 98-105 · 97 Stat. 730 · September 30, 1983 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Commemorating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

   Public Law 98-106 · 97 Stat. 731 · October 1, 1983 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 98-107 · 97 Stat. 733 · October 1, 1983 · Original text

9. An Act To extend the authorities under the Export Administration Act of 1979 until October 14, 1983.

   Public Law 98-108 · 97 Stat. 744 · October 1, 1983 · Original text

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

    Public Law 98-109 · 97 Stat. 745 · October 1, 1983 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate October 16, 1983, as “World Food Day”.

    Public Law 98-110 · 97 Stat. 747 · October 3, 1983 · Original text

12. Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act

    An Act To provide for the broadcasting of accurate information to the people of Cuba, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-111 · 97 Stat. 749 · October 4, 1983 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Designating the week of October 3 through October 9, 1983, as “National Productivity Improvement Week”.

    Public Law 98-112 · 97 Stat. 754 · October 4, 1983 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the week of October 2 through October 8, 1983, as “Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-113 · 97 Stat. 755 · October 5, 1983 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from October 2, 1983, through October 8, 1983, as “National Schoolbus Safety Week of 1983”.

    Public Law 98-114 · 97 Stat. 756 · October 7, 1983 · Original text

16. Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984

    An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-115 · 97 Stat. 757 · October 11, 1983 · Original text

17. Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1984

    An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-116 · 97 Stat. 795 · October 11, 1983 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 to provide that the figure used in determining hourly rates of pay for Federal employees not be changed before the comparability adjustment in the rates of pay for such employees has been made for fiscal year 1984.

    Public Law 98-117 · 97 Stat. 802 · October 11, 1983 · Original text

19. An Act To extend the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-118 · 97 Stat. 7803 · October 11, 1983 · Original text

20. Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution

    Joint Resolution Providing statutory authorization under the War Powers Resolution for continued United States participation in the multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon in order to obtain withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon.

    Public Law 98-119 · 97 Stat. 805 · October 12, 1983 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the International Coffee Agreement Act of 1980.

    Public Law 98-120 · 97 Stat. 809 · October 12, 1983 · Original text

22. An Act To designate the Federal Building at Fourth and Ferry Streets, Lafayette, Indiana, as the “Charles A. Halleck Federal Building”.

    Public Law 98-121 · 97 Stat. 813 · October 12, 1983 · Original text

23. An Act To designate the Federal Building in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the “Harold L. Runnels Federal Building”.

    Public Law 98-122 · 97 Stat. 814 · October 12, 1983 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in docket numbered 15–72 of the United States Court of Claims.

    Public Law 98-123 · 97 Stat. 815 · October 13, 1983 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Montana, and the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, in docket numbered 10–81L by the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-124 · 97 Stat. 817 · October 13, 1983 · Original text

26. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1984

    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, 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-125 · 97 Stat. 819 · October 13, 1983 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 16, 1983, through October 22, 1983, as “Lupus Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-126 · 97 Stat. 830 · October 13, 1983 · Original text

28. Federal Anti-Tampering Act

    An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit certain tampering with consumer products, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-127 · 97 Stat. 831 · October 13, 1983 · Original text

29. An Act To name a United States Post Office Building in the vicinity of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the “Edwin D. Eshleman Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 98-128 · 97 Stat. 834 · October 14, 1983 · Original text

30. Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983

    An Act To provide for the orderly termination of Federal management of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska.

    Public Law 98-129 · 97 Stat. 835 · October 14, 1983 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To designate the day of October 22, 1983 as “Metropolitan Opera Day”.

    Public Law 98-130 · 97 Stat. 847 · October 14, 1983 · Original text

32. An Act To designate the United States Post Office Building in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as the “William A. Steiger Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 98-131 · 97 Stat. 848 · October 17, 1983 · Original text

33. An Act To designate the Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine as the “Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-132 · 97 Stat. 849 · October 17, 1983 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the conveyance of the Liberty ship John W. Brown.

    Public Law 98-133 · 97 Stat. 850 · October 18, 1983 · Original text

35. Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims Settlement Act

    An Act To settle certain claims of the Mashantucket Pequot Indians.

    Public Law 98-134 · 97 Stat. 851 · October 18, 1983 · Original text

36. Federal Supplemental Compensation Amendments of 1983

    An Act To extend the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-135 · 97 Stat. 857 · October 24, 1983 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for the striking of medals to commemorate the Louisiana World Exposition.

    Public Law 98-136 · 97 Stat. 863 · October 24, 1983 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, certain lands in Lane County, Oregon.

    Public Law 98-137 · 97 Stat. 864 · October 25, 1983 · Original text

39. An Act To grant the consent of the Congress to an interstate agreement or compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic Salmon in the Connecticut River Basin, and to allow the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to participate as members in a Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission.

    Public Law 98-138 · 97 Stat. 866 · October 28, 1983 · Original text

40. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-139 · 97 Stat. 871 · October 31, 1983 · Original text

41. Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983

    An Act To establish the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Area in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-140 · 97 Stat. 901 · October 31, 1983 · Original text

42. Public Lands and National Parks Act of 1983

    An Act To amend certain provisions of law relating to units of the national park system and other public lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-141 · 97 Stat. 909 · October 31, 1983 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 2, 1983 through November 9, 1983, as “National Drug Abuse Education Week”.

    Public Law 98-142 · 97 Stat. 915 · November 1, 1983 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Extending the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

    Public Law 98-143 · 97 Stat. 916 · November 1, 1983 · Original text

45. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday.

    Public Law 98-144 · 97 Stat. 917 · November 2, 1983 · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Ronald Goldstock and Augustus M. Statham.

    Private Law 98-2 · 97 Stat. 1483 · November 2, 1983 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Gregory B. Dymond, Samuel K. Gibbons, Jack C. Kean, James D. Nichols, and Roy A. Redmond.

    Private Law 98-3 · 97 Stat. 1484 · November 2, 1983 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Stephen C. Ruks.

    Private Law 98-4 · 97 Stat. 1485 · November 2, 1983 · Private law · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To designate November 1983 as National Diabetes Month.

    Public Law 98-145 · 97 Stat. 918 · November 3, 1983 · Original text

50. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-146 · 97 Stat. 919 · November 4, 1983 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Designating the week of November 20, 1983, through November 26, 1983, as “National Family Week”.

    Public Law 98-147 · 97 Stat. 956 · November 4, 1983 · Original text

52. An Act To designate the Federal Building in Fort Myere, Florida, as the “George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 98-148 · 97 Stat. 957 · November 7, 1983 · Original text

53. An Act To allow the obsolete submarine United States ship Albacore to be transferred to the Portsmouth Submarine Memorial Association, Incorporated, before the expiration of the otherwise applicable sixty-day congressional review period.

    Public Law 98-149 · 97 Stat. 958 · November 7, 1983 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to make certain changes in the authority of the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-150 · 97 Stat. 959 · November 11, 1983 · Original text

55. Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1984

    Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984.

    Public Law 98-151 · 97 Stat. 964 · November 14, 1983 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning November 6, 1983, as “National Disabled Veterans Week”.

    Public Law 98-152 · 97 Stat. 983 · November 15, 1983 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 27, 1983, through December 3, 1983, as “National Home Care Week”.

    Public Law 98-153 · 97 Stat. 984 · November 15, 1983 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution To designate the month of November 1983 as “National Christmas Seal Month”.

    Public Law 98-154 · 97 Stat. 985 · November 16, 1983 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Designating November 12, 1983, as “Anti-Defamation League Day” in honor of the league’s seventieth anniversary.

    Public Law 98-155 · 97 Stat. 987 · November 16, 1983 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning November 6, 1983, as “Florence Crittenton Mission Week”.

    Public Law 98-156 · 97 Stat. 988 · November 17, 1983 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize rehabilitation of the Belle Fourche irrigation project, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-157 · 97 Stat. 989 · November 17, 1983 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning May 13, 1984, as “Municipal Clerk’s Week”.

    Public Law 98-158 · 97 Stat. 991 · November 17, 1983 · Original text

63. An Act To honor Congressman Leo J. Ryan and to award a special congressional gold medal to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. Ryan.

    Public Law 98-159 · 97 Stat. 992 · November 18, 1983 · Original text

64. Veterans’ Health Care Amendments of 1983

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and improve various health-care and other programs of the Veterans’ Administration; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-160 · 97 Stat. 993 · November 21, 1983 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.

    Public Law 98-161 · 97 Stat. 1012 · November 21, 1983 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To commemorate the centennial of Eleanor Roosevelt’s birth.

    Public Law 98-162 · 97 Stat. 1013 · November 21, 1983 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act of November 2, 1966, regarding leases and contracts affecting land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 98-163 · 97 Stat. 1016 · November 22, 1983 · Original text

68. Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-164 · 97 Stat. 1017 · November 22, 1983 · Original text

69. Grand Ronde Restoration Act

    An Act To provide for the restoration of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-165 · 97 Stat. 1064 · November 22, 1983 · Original text

70. Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1984

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-166 · 97 Stat. 1071 · November 28, 1983 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Debt Collection Act of 1982 to eliminate the requirement that contracts for collection services to recover indebtedness owed the United States be effective only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance appropriation Acts.

    Public Law 98-167 · 97 Stat. 1104 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

72. 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 98-168 · 97 Stat. 1105 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

73. An Act To transfer from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Administrator of General Services the responsibility for publication of the catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-169 · 97 Stat. 1113 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the boundaries of the Cumberland Island National Seashore.

    Public Law 98-170 · 97 Stat. 1116 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize marketing research and promotion projects, including paid advertising, for filberts, and to amend the Potato Research and Promotion Act.

    Public Law 98-171 · 97 Stat. 1117 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To provide for the awarding of a special gold medal to Danny Thomas in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding work as an American.

    Public Law 98-172 · 97 Stat. 1119 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

77. An Act To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Kaw Tribe of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 98-173 · 97 Stat. 1121 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

78. An Act To designate the Federal Building in Seattle, Washington, as the “Henry M. Jackson Federal Building”.

    Public Law 98-174 · 97 Stat. 1122 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

79. An Act To make certain land owned by the United States in the State of New York part or the Green Mountain National Forest.

    Public Law 98-175 · 97 Stat. 1123 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of June 5, 1920, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to settle claims for damages of less than $2,500 arising by reason of acts for which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible.

    Public Law 98-176 · 97 Stat. 1124 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

81. An Act To extend the Small Business Development Center program administered by the Small Business Administration until January 1, 1985.

    Public Law 98-177 · 97 Stat. 1125 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning May 27, 1984, as “National Tourism Week”.

    Public Law 98-178 · 97 Stat. 1126 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Providing for the convening of the second session of the Ninety-eighth Congress, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-179 · 97 Stat. 1127 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

84. Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 . TITLE I— DAIRY short title Sec. 101. This title may be cited as the “ Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983

    An Act To stabilize the supply and demand for dairy products, to make modifications in the tobacco production adjustment program, to provide emergency livestock feed assistance, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-180 · 97 Stat. 1128 · November 29, 1983 · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of James A. Ferguson.

    Private Law 98-5 · 97 Stat. 1486 · November 29, 1983 · Private law · Original text

86. Domestic Housing and International Recovery and Financial Stability Act

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-181 · 97 Stat. 1153 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on March 11, 1984, as “National Surveyors Week.”

    Public Law 98-182 · 97 Stat. 1300 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

88. United States Commission on Civil Rights Act of 1983

    An Act To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to extend the life of the Civil Rights Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-183 · 97 Stat. 1301 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

89. An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1869, incorporating the Masonic Relief Association of the District of Columbia, now known as Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company.

    Public Law 98-184 · 97 Stat. 1308 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

90. Local Government Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1983

    An Act To extend and amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to the general revenue sharing program.

    Public Law 98-185 · 97 Stat. 1309 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

91. Mail Order Consumer Protection Amendments of 1983

    An Act To amend title 39, United States Code, to strengthen the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Postal Service by authorizing certain inspection authority and by providing for civil penalties for violations of orders under section 3005 of such title (pertaining to schemes for obtaining money by false representations or lotteries), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-186 · 97 Stat. 1315 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To designate the week of December 4, 1983, through December 10, 1983, as “Carrier Alert Week”.

    Public Law 98-187 · 97 Stat. 1319 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning January 15, 1984, as “National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-188 · 97 Stat. 1321 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

94. An Act To extend the authorization of appropriations of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for five years.

    Public Law 98-189 · 97 Stat. 1323 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

95. An Act To name the Veterans’ Administration Medical Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the “James E. Van Zandt Veterans’ Administration Medical Center”, and to name the Veterans’ Administration Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia, the “Carl Vinson Veterans’ Administration Medical Center”.

    Public Law 98-190 · 97 Stat. 1324 · November 30, 1983 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Carlos Mebrano Gatson.

    Private Law 98-6 · 97 Stat. 1486 · November 30, 1983 · Private law · Original text

97. Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act Amendments of 1983

    An Act To revise the authority and responsibility of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, to authorize appropriations for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy for an additional four fiscal years, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-191 · 97 Stat. 1325 · December 1, 1983 · Original text

98. An Act To amend and extend the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-192 · 97 Stat. 1335 · December 1, 1983 · Original text

99. An Act To clarify the applicability of a provision of law regarding risk retention.

    Public Law 98-193 · 97 Stat. 1344 · December 1, 1983 · Original text

100. Rural Health Clinics Act of 1983

     An Act To provide revised reimbursement criteria for small rural health clinics utilizing National Health Service Corps personnel.

     Public Law 98-194 · 97 Stat. 1345 · December 1, 1983 · Original text