Every law Congress has passed

677 laws of the 98th Congress, 1983–1985

1. Joint Resolution To designate the week of September 23, 1984, through September 29, 1984, as “National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week”.

   Public Law 98-385 · 98 Stat. 1351 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning on September 9, 1984, as “National Community Leadership Week”.

   Public Law 98-386 · 98 Stat. 1352 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To designate January 27, 1985, as “National Jerome Kern Day”.

   Public Law 98-387 · 98 Stat. 1353 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Designating the month of August 1984 as “Ostomy Awareness Month”.

   Public Law 98-388 · 98 Stat. 1354 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning September 2, 1984, as “Youth of America Week”.

   Public Law 98-389 · 98 Stat. 1355 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

6. An Act To provide for the disposition of certain undistributed judgment funds awarded the Creek Nation.

   Public Law 98-390 · 98 Stat. 1356 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

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

   Public Law 98-391 · 98 Stat. 1358 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for fiscal years 1985 and 1986, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 98-392 · 98 Stat. 1362 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

9. An Act To name the Federal Building in McAlester, Oklahoma, the “Carl Albert Federal Building”.

   Public Law 98-393 · 98 Stat. 1364 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To congratulate the athletes of the United States Olympic team for their performance and achievements in the 1984 winter Olympic games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia and the 1984 summer Olympic games in Los Angeles, California.

    Public Law 98-394 · 98 Stat. 1365 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

11. Small Business Development Center Improvement Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Small Business Act to extend and strengthen the Small Business Development Center Program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-395 · 98 Stat. 1366 · August 21, 1984 · Original text

12. Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984

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

    Public Law 98-396 · 98 Stat. 1369 · August 22, 1984 · Original text

13. Retirement Equity Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to improve the delivery of retirement benefits and provide for greater equity under private pension plans for workers and their spouses and dependents by taking into account changes in work patterns, the status of marriage as an economic partnership, and the substantial contribution to that partnership of spouses who work both in and outside the home, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-397 · 98 Stat. 1426 · August 23, 1984 · Original text

14. An Act To establish the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor in the State Of Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-398 · 98 Stat. 1456 · August 24, 1984 · Original text

15. An Act To establish a commission to assist in the first observance of the Federal legal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Public Law 98-399 · 98 Stat. 1473 · August 27, 1984 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the conditions of a grant of certain lands to the town of Olathe, Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-400 · 98 Stat. 1476 · August 27, 1984 · Original text

17. An Act To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Brigham City, Utah, certain land and improvements in Box Elder County, Utah.

    Public Law 98-401 · 98 Stat. 1477 · August 27, 1984 · Original text

18. An Act To amend section 1601(d) of Public Law 96–607 to permit the Secretary of the Interior to acquire title in fee simple to McClintock House at 16 East Williams Street, Waterloo, New York.

    Public Law 98-402 · 98 Stat. 1478 · August 28, 1984 · Original text

19. An Act To provide continuing authority to the Secretary of Agriculture for recovering costs associated with cotton classing services to producers and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to invest funds derived from fees for certain voluntary grading and inspection services.

    Public Law 98-403 · 98 Stat. 1479 · August 28, 1984 · Original text

20. The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act Amendments of 1984

    An Act To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-404 · 98 Stat. 1481 · August 28, 1984 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the National Trails System Act by adding the California Trail to the study list, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-405 · 98 Stat. 1483 · August 28, 1984 · Original text

22. Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain national forest lands in the State of Arizona as wilderness, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-406 · 98 Stat. 1485 · August 28, 1984 · Original text

23. Military Construction Authorization Act, 1985

    An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-407 · 98 Stat. 1495 · August 28, 1984 · Original text

24. An Act To convey certain lands to the Zuni Indian Tribe for religious purposes.

    Public Law 98-408 · 98 Stat. 1533 · August 28, 1984 · Original text

25. An Act To establish a State Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-409 · 98 Stat. 1536 · August 29, 1984 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Recognizing the important contributions of the arts to a complete education.

    Public Law 98-410 · 98 Stat. 1543 · August 29, 1984 · Original text

27. Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-411 · 98 Stat. 1545 · August 30, 1984 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To amend the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide for the establishment of a commission to study and make recommendations concerning agriculture-related trade and export policies, programs, and practices of the United States.

    Public Law 98-412 · 98 Stat. 1576 · August 30, 1984 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning September 23, 1984, as “National Adult Day Care Center Week”,

    Public Law 98-413 · 98 Stat. 1581 · September 21, 1984 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution Designating the week of September 16 through 22, 1984 as “Emergency Medicine Week”.

    Public Law 98-414 · 98 Stat. 1582 · September 24, 1984 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To designate September 21, 1984, as “World War 1 Aces and Aviators Day”.

    Public Law 98-415 · 98 Stat. 1583 · September 24, 1984 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To designate the week of September 23, 1984 as “National Historically Black Colleges Week”.

    Public Law 98-416 · 98 Stat. 1584 · September 24, 1984 · Original text

33. Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the procedures for new drug applications, to amend title 35, United States Code, to authorize the extension of the patents for certain regulated products, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-417 · 98 Stat. 1585 · September 24, 1984 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To designate the month of October 1984 as “National Spina Bifida Month”.

    Public Law 98-418 · 98 Stat. 1606 · September 25, 1984 · Original text

35. Deepwater Port Act Amendments of 1984

    An Act To amend the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-419 · 98 Stat. 1607 · September 25, 1984 · Original text

36. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention District Compact entered into by the States of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

    Public Law 98-420 · 98 Stat. 1611 · September 25, 1984 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for a plan to reimburse the Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation for the costs incurred in installing electrical service to the Cumberland Island National Seashore.

    Public Law 98-421 · 98 Stat. 1613 · September 25, 1984 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Redesignating the Saint Croix Island National Monument in the State of Maine as the “Saint Croix Island International Historic Site”.

    Public Law 98-422 · 98 Stat. 1615 · September 25, 1984 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the month of November 1984, as “National Hospice Month”.

    Public Law 98-423 · 98 Stat. 1617 · September 25, 1984 · Original text

40. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning on May 19, 1985, as “National Tourism Week”.

    Public Law 98-424 · 98 Stat. 1618 · September 25, 1984 · Original text

41. An Act Entitled the “California Wilderness Act of 1984”.

    Public Law 98-425 · 98 Stat. 1619 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

42. Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Amendments of 1984

    An Act Entitled the “Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Amendments of 1984”.

    Public Law 98-426 · 98 Stat. 1639 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize and direct the Librarian of Congress, subject to the supervision and authority of a Federal, civilian, or military agency, to proceed with the construction of the Library of Congress Mass Book Deacidification Facility, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-427 · 98 Stat. 1656 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

44. Utah Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain national forest system lands in the State of Utah for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System to release other forest lands for multiple use management, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-428 · 98 Stat. 1657 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To proclaim October 23, 1984, as “A Time of Remembrance” for all victims of terrorism throughout the world.

    Public Law 98-429 · 98 Stat. 1664 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

46. An Act To designate components of the National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of Florida.

    Public Law 98-430 · 98 Stat. 1665 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution Designating the week of September 30 through October 6, 1984, as “National High-Tech Week”.

    Public Law 98-431 · 98 Stat. 1670 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

48. Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe—Dexter-by-the-Sea Claim Settlement Act

    An Act Entitled the “Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe—Dexter-by-the-Sea Claim Settlement Act”,

    Public Law 98-432 · 98 Stat. 1671 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning October 7, 1984, as “National Children’s Week”.

    Public Law 98-433 · 98 Stat. 1674 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

50. High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program Act of 1983

    An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a special study of the potential for groundwater recharge in the High Plains States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-434 · 98 Stat. 1675 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

51. Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act

    An Act To improve access for handicapped and elderly individuals to registration facilities and polling places for Federal elections.

    Public Law 98-435 · 98 Stat. 1678 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To designate the month of October 1984 as “National Quality Month”.

    Public Law 98-436 · 98 Stat. 1681 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution To designate the month of October 1984 as “National Down’s Syndrome Month”.

    Public Law 98-437 · 98 Stat. 1683 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning November 11, 1984, as “National Women Veterans Recognition Week”.

    Public Law 98-438 · 98 Stat. 1685 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize a land conveyance from the Department of Agriculture to Payson, Arizona.

    Public Law 98-439 · 98 Stat. 1687 · September 28, 1984 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Theda June Davis.

    Private Law 98-17 · 98 Stat. 3421 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Benjamin B. Doeh.

    Private Law 98-18 · 98 Stat. 3421 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Marlon Dolon Opelt.

    Private Law 98-19 · 98 Stat. 3421 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Kim Hae Ok Heimberger.

    Private Law 98-20 · 98 Stat. 3421 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Joseph Antonio Francis.

    Private Law 98-21 · 98 Stat. 3421 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Seela Jeremiah Piula.

    Private Law 98-22 · 98 Stat. 3424 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Charles Gaudencio Beeman, Paul Amado Beeman, Elizabeth Beeman, and Joshua Valente Beeman.

    Private Law 98-23 · 98 Stat. 3424 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Grietje Rhea Pietens Beumer, Johan Christian Beumer, Cindy Larissa Beumer, and Cedric Grant Beumer.

    Private Law 98-24 · 98 Stat. 3424 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Samuel Joseph Edgar.

    Private Law 98-25 · 98 Stat. 3425 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Patrick P. W. Tso, Ph.D.

    Private Law 98-26 · 98 Stat. 3425 · September 28, 1984 · Private law · Original text

66. Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the treatment of mortgage backed securities, to increase the authority of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-440 · 98 Stat. 1689 · October 3, 1984 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-441 · 98 Stat. 1699 · October 3, 1984 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To designate December 7, 1984 as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day” on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

    Public Law 98-442 · 98 Stat. 1702 · October 3, 1984 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Teodoro N. Salanga, Junior.

    Private Law 98-27 · 98 Stat. 3426 · October 3, 1984 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Andrew and Julia Lui.

    Private Law 98-28 · 98 Stat. 3426 · October 3, 1984 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Narciso Archila Navarrete.

    Private Law 98-29 · 98 Stat. 3427 · October 3, 1984 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Vladimir Victorovich Yakimetz.

    Private Law 98-30 · 98 Stat. 3427 · October 3, 1984 · Private law · Original text

73. Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the federal Aviation Act of 1958 to terminate certain functions of the Civil Aeronautics Board, to transfer certain functions of the Board to the Secretary of Transportation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-443 · 98 Stat. 1703 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to permit the control of the lamprey eel in the Pere Marquette River and to designate a portion of the Au Sable River. Michigan, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

    Public Law 98-444 · 98 Stat. 1714 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

75. Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984

    An Act To implement the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishing Agreement, signed in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 15, 1983.

    Public Law 98-445 · 98 Stat. 1715 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 11, 1984, through November 17, 1984, as “Women in Agriculture Week”.

    Public Law 98-446 · 98 Stat. 1720 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Regarding the implementation of the policy of the United States Government in opposition to the practice of torture by any foreign government.

    Public Law 98-447 · 98 Stat. 1721 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 14, 1984, through October 21, 1984, as “National Housing Week”.

    Public Law 98-448 · 98 Stat. 1722 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

79. Indian Financing Act Amendments of 1984

    An Act To reauthorize and amend the Indian Financing Act.

    Public Law 98-449 · 98 Stat. 1725 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

80. Record Rental Amendment of 1984

    An Act To amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to rental, lease, or lending of sound recordings.

    Public Law 98-450 · 98 Stat. 1727 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

81. An Act To allow variable interest rates for Indian funds held in trust by the United States.

    Public Law 98-451 · 98 Stat. 1729 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

82. An Act To extend the lease terms of Federal oil and gas lease numbered U–39711.

    Public Law 98-452 · 98 Stat. 1730 · October 4, 1984 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Samuel C. Willett.

    Private Law 98-31 · 98 Stat. 3427 · October 4, 1984 · Private law · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1985.

    Public Law 98-453 · 98 Stat. 1731 · October 5, 1984 · Original text

85. An Act To enhance the economic development of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-454 · 98 Stat. 1732 · October 5, 1984 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1985.

    Public Law 98-455 · 98 Stat. 1747 · October 6, 1984 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution Changing the date for the counting of the electoral votes in 1985.

    Public Law 98-456 · 98 Stat. 1748 · October 9, 1984 · Original text

88. Child Abuse Amendments of 1984

    An Act To extend and improve provisions of laws relating to child abuse and neglect and adoption, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-457 · 98 Stat. 1749 · October 9, 1984 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as “Mental Illness Awareness Week”

    Public Law 98-458 · 98 Stat. 1765 · October 9, 1984 · Original text

90. Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984

    An Act To extend the authorization of appropriations for, and to revise the Older Americans Act of 1965.

    Public Law 98-459 · 98 Stat. 1767 · October 9, 1984 · Original text

91. An Act To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for reform in the disability determination process.

    Public Law 98-460 · 98 Stat. 1794 · October 9, 1984 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1985.

    Public Law 98-461 · 98 Stat. 1814 · October 10, 1984 · Original text

93. National Cooperative Research Act of 1984

    An Act To promote research and development, encourage innovation, stimulate trade, and make necessary and appropriate modifications in the operation of the antitrust laws.

    Public Law 98-462 · 98 Stat. 1815 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the week of November 25 through December 1, 1984, as ‘National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 98-463 · 98 Stat. 1820 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985 to carry out the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-464 · 98 Stat. 1821 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 25, 1984, through December 1, 1984, as “National Home Care Week”

    Public Law 98-465 · 98 Stat. 1824 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

97. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to conduct an independent study to determine the adequacy of certain industry practices and Federal Aviation Administration rules and regulations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-466 · 98 Stat. 1825 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 7, 1984, through October 13, 1984, as “Smokey Bear Week”.

    Public Law 98-467 · 98 Stat. 1827 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution Designating the month of November 1984 as “National Christmas Seal Month”.

    Public Law 98-468 · 98 Stat. 1829 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

100. An Act To extend through September 30, 1988, the period during which amendments to the United States Grain Standards Act contained in section 155 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 remain effective, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 98-469 · 98 Stat. 1831 · October 11, 1984 · Original text