Every law Congress has passed

677 laws of the 98th Congress, 1983–1985

1. Irish Wilderness Act of 1984

   An Act To establish the Irish Wilderness in Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri.

   Public Law 98-289 · 98 Stat. 199 · May 21, 1984 · Original text

2. An Act To confirm the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the State of Colorado and to define jurisdiction within such reservation.

   Public Law 98-290 · 98 Stat. 201 · May 21, 1984 · Original text

3. An Act To relieve the General Accounting Office of duplicative audit requirements with respect to the Disabled American Veterans.

   Public Law 98-291 · 98 Stat. 203 · May 21, 1984 · Original text

4. Child Protection Act of 1984

   An Act To amend chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation of children) of title 18 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 98-292 · 98 Stat. 204 · May 21, 1984 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Designating the Brigantine and Barnegat units of the National Wildlife Refuge System as the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.

   Public Law 98-293 · 98 Stat. 207 · May 22, 1984 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution Designating April 26, 1985, as “National Nursing Home Residents Day”.

   Public Law 98-294 · 98 Stat. 208 · May 22, 1984 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To designate the week of May 20, 1984, through May 26, 1984. as “National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 98-295 · 98 Stat. 209 · May 22, 1984 · Original text

8. An Act To designate the Federal building in Salisbury, Maryland, as the “Maude R. Toulson Federal Building”.

   Public Law 98-296 · 98 Stat. 211 · May 24, 1984 · Original text

9. An Act To designate certain land and improvements of the National Institutes of Health as the “Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education”.

   Public Law 98-297 · 98 Stat. 212 · May 24, 1984 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To designate May 25, 1984, as “Missing Children Day”.

    Public Law 98-298 · 98 Stat. 213 · May 24, 1984 · Original text

11. An Act To extend the transition period under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.

    Public Law 98-299 · 98 Stat. 214 · May 25, 1984 · Original text

12. An Act To exempt electric and telephone facilities assisted under the Rural Electrification Act from certain right-of-way rental payments under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

    Public Law 98-300 · 98 Stat. 215 · May 25, 1984 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era and who has been selected to be buried in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.

    Public Law 98-301 · 98 Stat. 216 · May 25, 1984 · Original text

14. An Act To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-302 · 98 Stat. 217 · May 25, 1984 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution Designating the week of May 27, 1984, through June 2, 1984, as “National Animal Health Week”.

    Public Law 98-303 · 98 Stat. 219 · May 25, 1984 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the charter of AMVETS by extending eligibility for membership to individuals who qualify on or after May 8, 1975.

    Public Law 98-304 · 98 Stat. 220 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

17. Controlled Substance Registrant Protection Act of 1984

    An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide a criminal penalty for robbery of a controlled substance.

    Public Law 98-305 · 98 Stat. 221 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

18. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act Amendments of 1983

    An Act To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-306 · 98 Stat. 223 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate May 13, 1984, to June 17, 1984, as “Family Reunion Month”.

    Public Law 98-307 · 98 Stat. 228 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Designating the week of November 18, 1984, through November 24, 1984, as “National Family Week”.

    Public Law 98-308 · 98 Stat. 229 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Designating the week of October 21, 1984, through October 27, 1984, as “Lupus Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-309 · 98 Stat. 230 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Designating the month of November 1984 as “National Alzheimer’s Disease Month”.

    Public Law 98-310 · 98 Stat. 231 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To designate June 6, 1984, as “D-day National Remembrance”.

    Public Law 98-311 · 98 Stat. 232 · May 31, 1984 · Original text

24. An Act To amend title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit additional funds to be used to continue awards under certain multi-year grants.

    Public Law 98-312 · 98 Stat. 233 · June 12, 1984 · Original text

25. Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1984

    An Act To establish a program of grants administered by the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of aiding State and local programs of pollution abatement and control.

    Public Law 98-313 · 98 Stat. 235 · June 12, 1984 · Original text

26. An Act To recognize the organization known as the American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated.

    Public Law 98-314 · 98 Stat. 237 · June 12, 1984 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to extend the authority of the Mayor to accept certain interim loans from the United States and to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to make such loans.

    Public Law 98-315 · 98 Stat. 241 · June 12, 1984 · Original text

28. 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 98-316 · 98 Stat. 242 · June 12, 1984 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To designate June 13, 1984, as “Harmon Killebrew Day”.

    Public Law 98-317 · 98 Stat. 243 · June 15, 1984 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution To designate June 14, 1984, as “Baltic Freedom Day”.

    Public Law 98-318 · 98 Stat. 244 · June 15, 1984 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To designate June 18, 1984, as “National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day”.

    Public Law 98-319 · 98 Stat. 246 · June 18, 1984 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the last week in June 1984 as “Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-320 · 98 Stat. 248 · June 18, 1984 · Original text

33. Wisconsin Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To establish wilderness areas in Wisconsin.

    Public Law 98-321 · 98 Stat. 250 · June 19, 1984 · Original text

34. Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain National Forest System lands in the State of Vermont for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and to designate a national recreation area.

    Public Law 98-322 · 98 Stat. 253 · June 19, 1984 · Original text

35. New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To establish wilderness areas in New Hampshire, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-323 · 98 Stat. 259 · June 19, 1984 · Original text

36. North Carolina Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain public lands in North Carolina as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

    Public Law 98-324 · 98 Stat. 263 · June 19, 1984 · Original text

37. An Act To continue the transition provisions of the Bankruptcy Act until June 27, 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-325 · 98 Stat. 268 · June 20, 1984 · Original text

38. An Act To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for certain additional experts and consultants for the General Accounting Office, to provide for certain additional positions within the General Accounting Office Senior Executive Service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-326 · 98 Stat. 269 · June 22, 1984 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1986 for the Great Dismal Swamp, Minnesota Valley, and San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuges.

    Public Law 98-327 · 98 Stat. 270 · June 25, 1984 · Original text

40. Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain national forest system and other lands in the State of Oregon for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-328 · 98 Stat. 272 · June 26, 1984 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the rescheduling of methaqualone into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-329 · 98 Stat. 280 · June 29, 1984 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Marina Kunyavsky.

    Private Law 98-13 · 98 Stat. 3420 · June 29, 1984 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Harvey E. Ward.

    Private Law 98-14 · 98 Stat. 3420 · June 29, 1984 · Private law · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To designate the month of June 1984 as “Veterans’ Preference Month”.

    Public Law 98-330 · 98 Stat. 281 · June 30, 1984 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To designate the period July 1, 1984, through July 1, 1985, as the “Year of the Ocean”.

    Public Law 98-331 · 98 Stat. 282 · July 2, 1984 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, for the Department of Agriculture.

    Public Law 98-332 · 98 Stat. 283 · July 2, 1984 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To proclaim the month of July 1984 as “National Ice Cream Month” and July 15, 1984, as “National Ice Cream Day”.

    Public Law 98-333 · 98 Stat. 290 · July 2, 1984 · Original text

48. An Act To consent to the Goose Lake Basin Compact between the States of California and Oregon.

    Public Law 98-334 · 98 Stat. 291 · July 2, 1984 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate February 27, 1986, as “Hugo LaFayette Black Day”.

    Public Law 98-335 · 98 Stat. 294 · July 3, 1984 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To designate August 4, 1984, as “Coast Guard Day”.

    Public Law 98-336 · 98 Stat. 295 · July 3, 1984 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984 as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week”.

    Public Law 98-337 · 98 Stat. 296 · July 3, 1984 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-338 · 98 Stat. 297 · July 3, 1984 · Original text

53. Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain National Forest System lends in the State of Washington for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-339 · 98 Stat. 299 · July 3, 1984 · Original text

54. An Act To direct the Architect of the Capitol and the District of Columbia to enter into an agreement for the conveyance of certain real property, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to permit the District of Columbia and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to construct, maintain, and operate certain transportation improvements on Federal property, and to direct the Architect of the Capitol to provide the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority access to certain real property.

    Public Law 98-340 · 98 Stat. 308 · July 3, 1984 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Designating the week of July 1 through July 8, 1984, as “National Duck Stamp Week” and 1984 as the “Golden Anniversary Year of the Duck Stamp”.

    Public Law 98-341 · 98 Stat. 311 · July 3, 1984 · Original text

56. An Act To increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

    Public Law 98-342 · 98 Stat. 313 · July 6, 1984 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning November 19, 1984, as “National Adoption Week”.

    Public Law 98-343 · 98 Stat. 314 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

58. An Act To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Pueblo de Cochiti.

    Public Law 98-344 · 98 Stat. 315 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To designate July 20, 1984, as “Space Exploration Day”.

    Public Law 98-345 · 98 Stat. 318 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning September 2, 1984, as “National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-346 · 98 Stat. 319 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

61. An Act To provide for the selection of additional lands for inclusion within the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-347 · 98 Stat. 321 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Public Law 98-348 · 98 Stat. 323 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To proclaim July 10, 1984, as “Food for Peace Day”.

    Public Law 98-349 · 98 Stat. 325 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as “National Neighborhood Housing Services Week”.

    Public Law 98-350 · 98 Stat. 326 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To designate July 9, 1984, as “African Refugees Relief Day”.

    Public Law 98-351 · 98 Stat. 327 · July 9, 1984 · Original text

66. Small Business Secondary Market Improvements Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Small Business Act to improve the operation of the secondary market for loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.

    Public Law 98-352 · 98 Stat. 329 · July 10, 1984 · Original text

67. Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984

    An Act To amend title 28 of the United States Code regarding jurisdiction of bankruptcy proceedings, to establish new Federal judicial positions, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-353 · 98 Stat. 333 · July 10, 1984 · Original text

68. An Act Allowing William R Gianelli to continue to serve as a member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission after his retirement as an officer of the Department of Defense.

    Public Law 98-354 · 98 Stat. 393 · July 10, 1984 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Jean Willhelm Willrich.

    Private Law 98-15 · 98 Stat. 3420 · July 10, 1984 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To increase the Federal contribution for the Quadrennial Political Party Presidential National Nominating Conventions.

    Public Law 98-355 · 98 Stat. 394 · July 11, 1984 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To designate 1984 as the “Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway” and June 27, 1984, as “St. Lawrence Seaway Day”.

    Public Law 98-356 · 98 Stat. 395 · July 11, 1984 · Original text

72. An Act To establish a boundary for the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-357 · 98 Stat. 397 · July 13, 1984 · Original text

73. An Act Granting the consent of the Congress to an interstate compact for the preparation of a feasibility study for the development of a system of high-speed intercity rail passenger service.

    Public Law 98-358 · 98 Stat. 399 · July 13, 1984 · Original text

74. An Act To establish a one-year limitation on the filing of claims for unpaid accounts formerly maintained in the Postal Savings System.

    Public Law 98-359 · 98 Stat. 402 · July 13, 1984 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Kenneth L. Perrin.

    Private Law 98-16 · 98 Stat. 3421 · July 13, 1984 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-360 · 98 Stat. 403 · July 16, 1984 · Original text

77. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1985

    An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-361 · 98 Stat. 422 · July 16, 1984 · Original text

78. Small Business Computer Security and Education Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Small Business Act to establish a small business computer security and education program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-362 · 98 Stat. 431 · July 16, 1984 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to require States to use at least 8 per centum of their highway safety apportionments for developing and implementing comprehensive programs concerning the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-363 · 98 Stat. 435 · July 17, 1984 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-364 · 98 Stat. 440 · July 17, 1984 · Original text

81. Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

    An Act To establish a system to promote the use of land remote-sensing satellite data, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-365 · 98 Stat. 451 · July 17, 1984 · Original text

82. An Act Entitled, the “Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 1984”.

    Public Law 98-366 · 98 Stat. 468 · July 17, 1984 · Original text

83. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-367 · 98 Stat. 472 · July 17, 1984 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President’s Commission on Organized Crime to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of information, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-368 · 98 Stat. 490 · July 17, 1984 · Original text

85. Deficit Reduction Act of 1984

    An Act To provide for tax reform, and for deficit reduction.

    Public Law 98-369 · 98 Stat. 494 · July 18, 1984 · Original text

86. Renewable Energy Industry Development Act of 1983

    An Act To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to facilitate commerce by the domestic renewable energy industry and related service industries.

    Public Law 98-370 · 98 Stat. 1211 · July 18, 1984 · Original text

87. Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985

    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, 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-371 · 98 Stat. 1213 · July 18, 1984 · Original text

88. An Act To recognize the organization known as the Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S A.

    Public Law 98-372 · 98 Stat. 1239 · July 23, 1984 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for a comprehensive national policy dealing with national research needs and objectives in the Arctic, for a National Critical Materials Council, for development of a continuing and comprehensive national materials policy, for programs necessary to carry out that policy, including Federal programs of advanced materials research and technology, and for innovation in basic materials industries, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-373 · 98 Stat. 1242 · July 31, 1984 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Designating August 1984 as “Polish American Heritage Month”.

    Public Law 98-374 · 98 Stat. 1255 · August 7, 1984 · Original text

91. Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Act

    An Act To establish the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission.

    Public Law 98-375 · 98 Stat. 1257 · August 7, 1984 · Original text

92. Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to increase the sanctions against trading in securities while in possession of material nonpublic information.

    Public Law 98-376 · 98 Stat. 1264 · August 10, 1984 · Original text

93. Education for Economic Security Act

    An Act To provide assistance to improve elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in mathematics and science; to provide a national policy For engineering, technical, and scientific personnel; to provide cost sharing by the private sector in training such personnel; to encourage creation of new engineering, technical, and scientific jobs; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-377 · 98 Stat. 1267 · August 11, 1984 · Original text

94. Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984

    An Act To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to assure, through mandatory income withholding, incentive payments to States, and other improvements in the child support enforcement program, that all children in the United States who are in need of assistance in securing financial support from their parents will receive such assistance regardless of their circumstances, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-378 · 98 Stat. 1305 · August 16, 1984 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to certain Indian tribes for expenses incurred for community impact planning activities relating to the planned deployment of the MX missile system in Nevada and Utah in the same manner that State and local governments were provided assistance for such expenses.

    Public Law 98-379 · 98 Stat. 1331 · August 16, 1984 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To designate the month of September 1984 as “National Sewing Month”.

    Public Law 98-380 · 98 Stat. 1332 · August 17, 1984 · Original text

97. Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain certain facilities at Hoover Dam, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-381 · 98 Stat. 1333 · August 17, 1984 · Original text

98. An Act To recognize the organization known as the Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America, Incorporated.

    Public Law 98-382 · 98 Stat. 1343 · August 17, 1984 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution Designating August 21, 1984, as “Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day”.

    Public Law 98-383 · 98 Stat. 1347 · August 17, 1984 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Recognizing the anniversaries of the Warsaw uprising and the Polish resistance to invasion of Poland during World War II.

     Public Law 98-384 · 98 Stat. 1349 · August 17, 1984 · Original text