Every law Congress has passed

677 laws of the 98th Congress, 1983–1985

1. An Act To authorize amendments to a certain repayment and water service contract for the Frenchman Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program.

   Public Law 98-470 · 98 Stat. 1833 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning on November 11, 1984, as “National Blood Pressure Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 98-471 · 98 Stat. 1835 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To provide Tor the designation of the week of October 14 through October 20, 1984, as “Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 98-472 · 98 Stat. 1836 · October 11, 1984 · Original text

4. An Act To provide for the conveyance by the Secretary of Energy of surface rights to certain parcels of land located on Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 in the State of California on which private residences are located.

   Private Law 98-32 · 98 Stat. 3428 · October 11, 1984 · Private law · Original text

5. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1985

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

   Public Law 98-473 · 98 Stat. 1837 · October 12, 1984 · Original text

6. Comprehensive Smoking Education Act

   An Act To establish a national program to increase the availability of information on the health consequences of smoking, to amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to change the label requirements for cigarettes, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 98-474 · 98 Stat. 2200 · October 12, 1984 · Original text

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

   Public Law 98-475 · 98 Stat. 2206 · October 13, 1984 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To proclaim October 16, 1984, as “World Food Day”.

   Public Law 98-476 · 98 Stat. 2207 · October 15, 1984 · Original text

9. Central Intelligence Agency Information Act

   An Act To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to regulate public disclosure of information held by the Central Intelligence Agency, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 98-477 · 98 Stat. 2209 · October 15, 1984 · Original text

10. An Act To confer citizenship posthumously on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski.

    Private Law 98-33 · 98 Stat. 3429 · October 15, 1984 · Private law · Original text

11. Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act

    An Act Entitled the “Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act”.

    Public Law 98-478 · 98 Stat. 2213 · October 16, 1984 · Original text

12. Housing and Community Development Technical Amendments Act of 1984

    An Act To make technical and conforming amendments in certain laws relating to housing and community development.

    Public Law 98-479 · 98 Stat. 2218 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

13. An Act To amend and extend the Library Services and Construction Act.

    Public Law 98-480 · 98 Stat. 2236 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

14. Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Restoration Act

    An Act To provide for restoration of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw 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 Federal trust responsibility, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-481 · 98 Stat. 2250 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

15. Fire Island National Seashore Amendments Act of 1984

    An Act To modify Federal land acquisition and disposal policies carried out with respect to Fire Island National Seashore, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-482 · 98 Stat. 2255 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the National Historic Preservation Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-483 · 98 Stat. 2258 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

17. An Act To modify the boundary of the Pike National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-484 · 98 Stat. 2259 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

18. An Act To withdraw certain public lands in Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-485 · 98 Stat. 2261 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

19. An Act To exempt from taxation by the District of Columbia certain property of the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A. National Memorial, Incorporated.

    Public Law 98-486 · 98 Stat. 2263 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to exempt restaurant central kitchens under certain conditions from Federal inspection requirements.

    Public Law 98-487 · 98 Stat. 2264 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

21. An Act To designate the Delta States Research Center in Stoneville, Mississippi, as the “Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center”.

    Public Law 98-488 · 98 Stat. 2266 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the acquisition of a visitor contact and administrative site for the Big Thicket National Preserve in the State of Texas.

    Public Law 98-489 · 98 Stat. 2267 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

23. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Delaware River Basin Compact.

    Public Law 98-490 · 98 Stat. 2268 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

24. Toy Safety Act of1984

    An Act To enable the Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect the public by ordering notice and repair, replacement or refund of certain toys or articles intended for use by children if such toys or articles contain a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to chi Idren.

    Public Law 98-491 · 98 Stat. 2269 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

25. An Act To designate the United States Poet Office and Courthouse in Pendleton, Oregon, as the “John F, Kilkenny United States Post Office and Courthouse”.

    Public Law 98-492 · 98 Stat. 2271 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Act providing for the incorporation of certain persons as Group Hospitalization, Inc.

    Public Law 98-493 · 98 Stat. 2272 · October 17, 1984 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Illinois River in Oregon and the Owyhee River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-494 · 98 Stat. 2274 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

28. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain tracts of land conveyed to the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States in such land to such Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-495 · 98 Stat. 2276 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

29. An Act To facilitate the exchange of certain lands in South Carolina.

    Public Law 98-496 · 98 Stat. 2279 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

30. National Archives and Records Administration Act of 1984

    An Act To establish the National Archives and Records Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-497 · 98 Stat. 2280 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

31. An Act To provide authorization of appropriations for title III of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-498 · 98 Stat. 2296 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

32. Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act

    An Act To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide for the revocation of the airman certificates and for additional penalties for the transportation by aircraft of controlled substances, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-499 · 98 Stat. 2312 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

33. Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act

    An Act To compensate heirs of deceased Indians for improper payments from trust estates to States or political subdivisions thereof as reimbursements for old age assistance received by decedents during their lifetime.

    Public Law 98-500 · 98 Stat. 2317 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

34. An Act To establish a National Council on Public Works Improvement to prepare three annual reports on the state of the Nation’s infrastructure, to amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to the President’s budget to require it to separately identify and summarize the capital investment expenditures of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-501 · 98 Stat. 2320 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

35. Single Audit Act of 1984

    An Act To establish uniform audit requirements for State and local governments receiving Federal financial assistance.

    Public Law 98-502 · 98 Stat. 2327 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Act of October 18, 1972, to authorize additional authorization of appropriations for Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska.

    Public Law 98-503 · 98 Stat. 2335 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with the Art Barn Association to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the Art Barn in Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-504 · 98 Stat. 2336 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

38. An Act To add $2,000,000 to the budget ceiling for new acquisitions at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

    Public Law 98-505 · 98 Stat. 2337 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the establishment of the Congaree Swamp National Monument to provide that at such time as the principal visitor center is established, such center shall be designated as the “Harry R. E. Hampton Visitor Center”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-506 · 98 Stat. 2338 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

40. National Organ Transplant Act

    An Act To provide for the establishment of the Task Force on Organ Transplantation and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, to authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-507 · 98 Stat. 2339 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

41. Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984

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

    Public Law 98-508 · 98 Stat. 2349 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

42. Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1984

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the authorities of that Act for assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services.

    Public Law 98-509 · 98 Stat. 2353 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

43. An Act To rename Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the “Washington Dulles International Airport”.

    Public Law 98-510 · 98 Stat. 2365 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

44. An Act To extend the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-511 · 98 Stat. 2366 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

45. An Act To revise and extend the programs of assistance under titles X and XX of the Public Health Service Act.

    Public Law 98-512 · 98 Stat. 2409 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

46. An Act Pertaining to the inheritance of trust or restricted land on the lake Traverse Indian Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-513 · 98 Stat. 2411 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

47. Georgia Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain National Forest System lands in the State of Georgia as wilderness, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-514 · 98 Stat. 2416 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

48. Mississippi National Forest Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain National Forest System lands in the State of Mississippi as wilderness, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-515 · 98 Stat. 2420 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To grant posthumously full rights of citizenship to William Penn and to Hannah Callowhill Penn.

    Public Law 98-516 · 98 Stat. 2423 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye’s Syndrome Week”.

    Public Law 98-517 · 98 Stat. 2424 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To designate November 1984, as National Diabetes Month.

    Public Law 98-518 · 98 Stat. 2426 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to designate January 1985 as “National Cerebral Palsy Month”.

    Public Law 98-519 · 98 Stat. 2427 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

53. An Act To recognize the organization known as the Navy Wives Clubs of America.

    Public Law 98-520 · 98 Stat. 2428 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

54. An Act To designate the United States Post Office and Courthouse located at 245 East Capital Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “James O. Eastland United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 98-521 · 98 Stat. 2431 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

55. An Act To designate that hereafter the Federal building at 100 West Capital Street in Jackson, Mississippi, will be known as the Doctor A. H. McCoy Federal Building.

    Public Law 98-522 · 98 Stat. 2432 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Smithsonian Institution without reimbursement the General Post Office Building and the site thereof located in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-523 · 98 Stat. 2433 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to strengthen and expand the economic base of the Nation, develop human resources, reduce structural unemployment, increase productivity, and strengthen the Nation’s defense capabilities by assisting the States to expand, improve, and update high-quality programs of vocational-technical education, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-524 · 98 Stat. 2435 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

58. Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985

    An Act To authorize appropriations for military functions of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1985, to revise and improve defense procurement, compensation, and management programs, to establish new defense educational assistance programs, to authorize appropriations for national security programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-525 · 98 Stat. 2492 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

59. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands to Craig County, Virginia.

    Public Law 98-526 · 98 Stat. 2661 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

60. Developmental Disabilities Act of 1984

    An Act To revise and extend programs for persons with developmental disabilities.

    Public Law 98-527 · 98 Stat. 2662 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

61. Veterans’ Health Care Act of 1984

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise and improve Veterans’ Administration health programs and to improve security and law enforcement at Veterans’ Administration facilities; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-528 · 98 Stat. 2686 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

62. An Act To remove an impediment to oil and gas leasing of certain Federal lands in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Port Hueneme, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-529 · 98 Stat. 2697 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

63. An Act Relating to the water rights of the Ak-Chin Indian Community.

    Public Law 98-530 · 98 Stat. 2698 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 to make technical corrections with respect to the retirement of certain bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-531 · 98 Stat. 2704 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

65. An Act To prevent disruption of the structure and functioning of the Government by ratifying all reorganization plans as a matter of law.

    Public Law 98-532 · 98 Stat. 2705 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

66. 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism

    An Act To combat international terrorism.

    Public Law 98-533 · 98 Stat. 2706 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

    Public Law 98-534 · 98 Stat. 2712 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution Providing for reappointment of Anne Legendre Armstrong as a citizen regent of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 98-535 · 98 Stat. 2713 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution Providing for reappointment of A. Leon Higginbotham, Junior, as a citizen regent of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 98-536 · 98 Stat. 2714 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

    Public Law 98-537 · 98 Stat. 2715 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Designating October 1984 as “National Head Injury Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 98-538 · 98 Stat. 2716 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution Designating February 16, 1985, as “Lithuanian Independence Day”.

    Public Law 98-539 · 98 Stat. 2717 · October 19, 1984 · Original text

73. An Act Providing for a fifteen-year extension of patent numbered 3,376,198.

    Private Law 98-34 · 98 Stat. 3430 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Patrick Starkie.

    Private Law 98-35 · 98 Stat. 3430 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Harry Chen Tak Wong.

    Private Law 98-36 · 98 Stat. 3430 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Margot Hogan.

    Private Law 98-37 · 98 Stat. 3431 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Tomoko Jessica Kyan.

    Private Law 98-38 · 98 Stat. 3431 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Phillip Harper.

    Private Law 98-39 · 98 Stat. 3431 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Elizaveta Fankukhina.

    Private Law 98-40 · 98 Stat. 3432 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Nery De Maio.

    Private Law 98-41 · 98 Stat. 3432 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Mireille Laffite.

    Private Law 98-42 · 98 Stat. 3433 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Anis Ur Rahmaan.

    Private Law 98-43 · 98 Stat. 3433 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Dennis L. Dalton.

    Private Law 98-44 · 98 Stat. 3433 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Sutu Bungani William Beck.

    Private Law 98-45 · 98 Stat. 3434 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Providing for an extension until April 21, 1992, of five patents relating to oral hypoglycemic drugs of the sulfonylurea class.

    Private Law 98-46 · 98 Stat. 3434 · October 19, 1984 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-540 · 98 Stat. 2718 · October 24, 1984 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for the restoration of the fish and wildlife in the Trinity River Basin. California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-541 · 98 Stat. 2721 · October 24, 1984 · Original text

88. Veterans’ Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act

    An Act To require the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to prescribe regulations regarding the determination of service connection of certain disabilities of veterans who were exposed to dioxin in the Republic of Vietnam while performing active military, naval, or air service or to radiation from nuclear detonations while performing such service, to provide interim benefits for certain disabilities and deaths, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-542 · 98 Stat. 2725 · October 24, 1984 · Original text

89. Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 1984

    An Act To amend title 38. United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans and of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children of veterans, to increase the rates of subsistence and educational assistance allowances for veterans pursuing vocational rehabilitation programs under chapter 31 of such title and for veterans and eligible persons pursuing programs of education or training under chapter 34, 35, or 36 of such title, to increase the opportunities for vocational rehabilitation of certain veterans receiving disability compensation, and to provide vocational training opportunities for certain veterans receiving pension; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-543 · 98 Stat. 2735 · October 24, 1984 · Original text

90. Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984

    An Act To clarify the application of the Clayton Act to the official conduct of local governments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-544 · 98 Stat. 2750 · October 24, 1984 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize United States participation in the Office International de la Vigne et du Vin (the International Office of the Vine and Wine).

    Public Law 98-545 · 98 Stat. 2752 · October 25, 1984 · Original text

92. An Act To designate the lock and dam on the Warrior River in Hale County, Alabama, as the “Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam”.

    Public Law 98-546 · 98 Stat. 2753 · October 25, 1984 · Original text

93. Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Motor Vehicle and Information Cost Savings Act to impede those motor vehicle thefts which occur for purposes of dismantling the vehicles and reselling the major parts by requiring passenger motor vehicles and major replacement parts to nave identifying numbers or symbols, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-547 · 98 Stat. 2754 · October 25, 1984 · Original text

94. An Act To extend the Wetlands Loan Act.

    Public Law 98-548 · 98 Stat. 2774 · October 26, 1984 · Original text

95. Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984

    An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide a national policy regarding cable television.

    Public Law 98-549 · 98 Stat. 2779 · October 30, 1984 · Original text

96. The Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984

    An Act To designate certain national forest system lands in the State of Wyoming for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, to release other forest lands for multiple use management, to withdraw designated wilderness areas in Wyoming from minerals activity, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-550 · 98 Stat. 2807 · October 30, 1984 · Original text

97. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Amendments of 1984

    An Act To revise and extend provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to health promotion and disease prevention, to provide for the establishment of centers for research and demonstrations concerning health promotion and disease prevention, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 98-551 · 98 Stat. 2815 · October 30, 1984 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize Douglas County of the State of Nevada to transfer certain land to a private owner.

    Public Law 98-552 · 98 Stat. 2823 · October 30, 1984 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974.

    Public Law 98-553 · 98 Stat. 2825 · October 30, 1984 · Original text

100. An Act To provide for exemptions, based on safety concerns, from certain length and width limitations for commercial motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 98-554 · 98 Stat. 2829 · October 30, 1984 · Original text