Every law Congress has passed

688 laws of the 99th Congress, 1985–1987

1. An Act To extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes and certain medicare reimbursement provisions.

   Public Law 99-201 · 99 Stat. 1665 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To designate 1986 as “Save for the U.S.A. Year”, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 99-202 · 99 Stat. 1666 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 20 through April 26, 1986 as “National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week”.

   Public Law 99-203 · 99 Stat. 1668 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

4. Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1985

   An Act To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to the activities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

   Public Law 99-204 · 99 Stat. 1669 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

5. Farm Credit Amendments Act of 1985

   An Act To amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971, to restructure and reform the Farm Credit System, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 99-205 · 99 Stat. 1678 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to designate September 21, 1986, as “Ethnic American Day”.

   Public Law 99-206 · 99 Stat. 1713 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To proclaim March 20, 1986, as “National Agriculture Day”.

   Public Law 99-207 · 99 Stat. 1714 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To designate January 19 through January 25, 1986, “National Jaycee Week”.

   Public Law 99-208 · 99 Stat. 1715 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

9. Panama Canal Amendments Act of 1985

   An Act To amend the Panama Canal Act of 1979 in order that claims for vessels damaged outside-the-locks may be resolved in the same manner as those vessels damaged inside the locks, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 99-209 · 99 Stat. 1716 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

10. An Act Designating the United States Post Office Building located at 300 Packerland Drive, Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the “John W. Byrnes Poet Office and Federal Building”.

    Public Law 99-210 · 99 Stat. 1719 · December 23, 1985 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the Administrator of General Services to collect additional contributions of money provided to him by private individuals or organizations for the Nancy Hanks Center.

    Public Law 99-211 · 99 Stat. 1720 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

12. An Act Designating the building located at 125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, as the “Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building”.

    Public Law 99-212 · 99 Stat. 1721 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

13. An Act To designate the United States Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, as the “Janies A. Walsh United States Courthouse”.

    Public Law 99-213 · 99 Stat. 1722 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

14. An Act To designate the Federal Building and United States Post Office located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the “Robert N. C. Nix, Sr., Federal Building and United States Post Office”.

    Public Law 99-214 · 99 Stat. 1723 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land located in the State of Maryland to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

    Public Law 99-215 · 99 Stat. 1724 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

16. District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1985

    An Act To waive the period of Congressional review for certain District of Columbia acts authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.

    Public Law 99-216 · 99 Stat. 1727 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

17. Sentencing Reform Amendments Act of 1985

    An Act To extend the deadline for the submission of the initial set of sentencing guidelines by the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-217 · 99 Stat. 1728 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

18. An Act To preserve the authority of the Supreme Court Police to provide protective services for Justices and Court personnel.

    Public Law 99-218 · 99 Stat. 1729 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

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

    Public Law 99-219 · 99 Stat. 1730 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning January 12, 1986, as “National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-220 · 99 Stat. 1733 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

21. Cherokee Leasing Act

    An Act To authorize the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to lease certain lands held in trust for up to ninety-nine years.

    Public Law 99-221 · 99 Stat. 1735 · December 26, 1985 · Original text

22. Shareholder Communications Act of 1985

    An Act To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission to subject banks, associations, and other entities that exercise fiduciary powers, to the same regulations as broker-dealers, pursuant to section 14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    Public Law 99-222 · 99 Stat. 1737 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

23. Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1986

    An Act To authorize appropriations Tor fiscal year 1986 for the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-223 · 99 Stat. 1738 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for an equitable waiver in the compromise and collection of Federal claims.

    Public Law 99-224 · 99 Stat. 1741 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

25. An Act To remove certain restrictions on the availability of office space for former Speakers of the House.

    Public Law 99-225 · 99 Stat. 1743 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

    Public Law 99-226 · 99 Stat. 1744 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for temporary family housing or temporary housing allowances for dependents of members of the Armed Forces who die on or after December 12, 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-227 · 99 Stat. 1745 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

28. An Act To amend title 25, United States Code, relating to Indian education programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-228 · 99 Stat. 1747 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize the Architect of the Capitol and the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Chief Justice of the United States, to study alternatives for construction of a building adjacent to Union Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-229 · 99 Stat. 1749 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

30. An Act To change the date for transmittal of a report.

    Public Law 99-230 · 99 Stat. 1751 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To designate the year of 1986 as the “Sesquicentennial Year of the National Library of Medicine”.

    Public Law 99-231 · 99 Stat. 1752 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To designate the week of January 26, 1986, to February 1, 1986, as “Truck and Bus Safety Week”.

    Public Law 99-232 · 99 Stat. 1753 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Relative to the convening of the second session of the Ninety-ninth Congress.

    Public Law 99-233 · 99 Stat. 1755 · December 28, 1985 · Original text

34. Federal Civilian Employee and Contractor Travel Expenses Act of 1985

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to revise the authority relating to the payment of subsistence and travel allowances to Government employees for official travel; to prescribe standards for the allowability of the cost of subsistence and travel of contractor personnel under Government contracts; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-234 · 99 Stat. 1756 · January 2, 1986 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 504 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to promote the development of mineral wealth in Alaska.

    Public Law 99-235 · 99 Stat. 1761 · January 9, 1986 · Original text

36. An Act To designate the General Services Administration building known as the “United States Appraiser’s Stores Building” in Boston, Massachusetts as the “Captain John Foster Williams Coast Guard Building”.

    Public Law 99-236 · 99 Stat. 1763 · January 9, 1986 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution To designate the week of December 1, 1985, through December 7, 1985, as “National Autism Week”.

    Public Law 99-237 · 99 Stat. 1764 · January 13, 1986 · Original text

38. Veterans’ Compensation Rate Increase and Job Training Amendments of 1985

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a 3.1-percent increase in the rates of disability compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation paid by the Veterans’ Administration; to make improvements in veterans’ job training programs; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-238 · 99 Stat. 1765 · January 13, 1986 · Original text

39. Compact of Free Association Act of 1985

    Joint Resolution To approve the “Compact of Free Association”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-239 · 99 Stat. 1770 · January 14, 1986 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to improve procedures for the implementation of compacts providing for the establishment and operation of regional disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste; to grant the consent of the Congress to certain interstate compacts on low-level radioactive waste; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-240 · 99 Stat. 1842 · January 15, 1986 · Original text

41. An Act To delay the referendum with respect to the 1986 through 1988 crops of Flue-cured tobacco and to delay the proclamation of national marketing quotas for the 1986 through 1988 crops of Burley tobacco.

    Public Law 99-241 · 100 Stat. 3 · January 30, 1986 · Original text

42. An Act Extending the waiver authority of the District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1985 to certain revenue bond acts of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-242 · 100 Stat. 4 · February 7, 1986 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, for the Department of Agriculture.

    Public Law 99-243 · 100 Stat. 5 · February 10, 1986 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the month of February, 1986, as “National Black (Afro-American) History Month”.

    Public Law 99-244 · 100 Stat. 6 · February 11, 1986 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To designate the week of February 9, 1986, through February 15, 1986, as “National Humanities Week, 1986”.

    Public Law 99-245 · 100 Stat. 7 · February 11, 1986 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution To designate the week of February 9, 1986 through February 15, 1986 as “National Burn Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-246 · 100 Stat. 8 · February 11, 1986 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Arms Export Control Act to require that congressional vetoes of certain arms export proposals be enacted into law.

    Public Law 99-247 · 100 Stat. 9 · February 12, 1986 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution To designate the month of March 1986 as “National Hemophilia Month”.

    Public Law 99-248 · 100 Stat. 11 · February 18, 1986 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing January 1, 1986, and ending December 31, 1986, as the “Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile”.

    Public Law 99-249 · 100 Stat. 12 · February 18, 1986 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Act establishing the Petrified Forest National Park.

    Public Law 99-250 · 100 Stat. 13 · February 27, 1986 · Original text

51. Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to expand the class of individuals eligible for refunds or other returns of contributions from contingency reserves in the Employees Health Benefits Fund; to make miscellaneous amendments relating to the Civil Service Retirement system and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-251 · 100 Stat. 14 · February 27, 1986 · Original text

52. Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986

    An Act To provide for public education concerning the health consequences of using smokeless tobacco products.

    Public Law 99-252 · 100 Stat. 30 · February 27, 1986 · Original text

53. An Act To make certain technical corrections to amendments made by the Food Security Act of 1985, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-253 · 100 Stat. 36 · February 28, 1986 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning March 2, 1986, as “Women’s History Week”.

    Public Law 99-254 · 100 Stat. 38 · March 4, 1986 · Original text

55. An Act To establish, for the purpose or implementing any order issued by the President for fiscal year 1986 under any law providing for sequestration of new loan guarantee commitments, a guaranteed loan limitation amount applicable to chapter 37 of title 98, United States Code, for fiscal year 1986.

    Public Law 99-255 · 100 Stat. 39 · March 7, 1986 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To direct the President to issue a proclamation designating February 16, 1986, as “Lithuanian Independence Day”.

    Public Law 99-256 · 100 Stat. 40 · March 10, 1986 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To designate March 16, 1986, as “Freedom of Information Day”.

    Public Law 99-257 · 100 Stat. 41 · March 14, 1986 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 901 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

    Public Law 99-258 · 100 Stat. 42 · March 19, 1986 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To designate March 1986, as “Music in Our Schools Month”.

    Public Law 99-259 · 100 Stat. 43 · March 19, 1986 · Original text

60. Food Security Improvements Act of 1986

    An Act Entitled the “Food Security Improvements Act of 1986”.

    Public Law 99-260 · 100 Stat. 45 · March 20, 1986 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To designate March 21, 1986, as “National Energy Education Day”.

    Public Law 99-261 · 100 Stat. 56 · March 21, 1986 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating March 21, 1986, as “Afghanistan Day”, a day to commemorate the struggle of the people of Afghanistan against the occupation of their country by Soviet forces.

    Public Law 99-262 · 100 Stat. 57 · March 21, 1986 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-263 · 100 Stat. 59 · March 24, 1986 · Original text

64. White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985

    An Act To settle unresolved claims relating to certain allotted Indian lands on the White Earth Indian Reservation, to remove clouds from the titles to certain lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-264 · 100 Stat. 61 · March 24, 1986 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To designate the year of 1987 as the “National Year of Thanksgiving”.

    Public Law 99-265 · 100 Stat. 71 · March 25, 1986 · Original text

66. An Act To designate the Federal building located in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the “Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building”.

    Public Law 99-266 · 100 Stat. 72 · March 27, 1986 · Original text

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

    Public Law 99-267 · 100 Stat. 73 · March 27, 1986 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To designate the week of April 6, 1986, through April 12, 1986, as “World Health Week”, and to designate April 7, 1986, as “World Health Day”.

    Public Law 99-268 · 100 Stat. 76 · March 27, 1986 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 for commodity distribution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-269 · 100 Stat. 78 · April 1, 1986 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution Making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.

    Public Law 99-270 · 100 Stat. 80 · April 1, 1986 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating June 2 through June 8, 1986, as “National Fishing Week”.

    Public Law 99-271 · 100 Stat. 81 · April 1, 1986 · Original text

72. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

    An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2 of the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1986 (S. Con. Res. 32, Ninety-ninth Congress).

    Public Law 99-272 · 100 Stat. 82 · April 7, 1986 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution To designate the month of April 1986 as “National School Library Month”.

    Public Law 99-273 · 100 Stat. 392 · April 9, 1986 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To designate the week of April 14, 1986 through April 20, 1986 as “National Mathematics Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-274 · 100 Stat. 393 · April 17, 1986 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the calendar week beginning with Sunday. April 13, 1986, as “National Garden Week”.

    Public Law 99-275 · 100 Stat. 394 · April 18, 1986 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To designate April 20, 1986, as “Education Day U.S.A.”.

    Public Law 99-276 · 100 Stat. 395 · April 22, 1986 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Designating May 1986 as “Older Americans Month”

    Public Law 99-277 · 100 Stat. 396 · April 23, 1986 · Original text

78. An Act To extend for 3 months the emergency acquisition and net worth guarantee provisions of the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982.

    Public Law 99-278 · 100 Stat. 397 · April 24, 1986 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion to liberate Cuba from Communist tyranny.

    Public Law 99-279 · 100 Stat. 398 · April 24, 1986 · Original text

80. Health Services Amendments Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of assistance for primary health care.

    Public Law 99-280 · 100 Stat. 399 · April 24, 1986 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution To designate the week of April 20, 1986, through April 26, 1986, as “National Reading Is Fun Week”.

    Public Law 99-281 · 100 Stat. 402 · April 24, 1986 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution To designate April 1986, as “Fair Housing Month”.

    Public Law 99-282 · 100 Stat. 403 · April 24, 1986 · Original text

83. An Act To declare that the United States holds certain Chilocco Indian School lands in trust for the Kaw, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indian Tribes of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 99-283 · 100 Stat. 404 · May 1, 1986 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for the continuation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission until 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-284 · 100 Stat. 406 · May 1, 1986 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Providing for reappointment of Carlisle H. Hummelsine as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 99-285 · 100 Stat. 407 · May 1, 1986 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution Providing for reappointment of William G. Bowen as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 99-286 · 100 Stat. 408 · May 1, 1986 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution Designating May 11 through May 17, 1986, as “Jewish Heritage Week”.

    Public Law 99-287 · 100 Stat. 409 · May 1, 1986 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To designate October 16, 1986, as “World Food Day”.

    Public Law 99-288 · 100 Stat. 410 · May 1, 1986 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the Federal Housing Administration and the Government National Mortgage Association to enter into additional commitments to insure loans and guarantee mortgage-backed securities during fiscal year 1986, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-289 · 100 Stat. 412 · May 2, 1986 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To reaffirm Congress’ recognition of the vital role played by members of the National Guard and Reserve in the national defense, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-290 · 100 Stat. 413 · May 2, 1986 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution To designate May 7, 1986, as National Barrier Awareness Day.

    Public Law 99-291 · 100 Stat. 415 · May 7, 1986 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To designate May 8, 1986, as “Naval Aviation Day”.

    Public Law 99-292 · 100 Stat. 416 · May 8, 1986 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution Designating April 28, 1986, as “National Nursing Home Residents Day”.

    Public Law 99-293 · 100 Stat. 417 · May 8, 1986 · Original text

94. Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act of 1986

    An Act To implement certain recommendations made pursuant to Public Law 98–360.

    Public Law 99-294 · 100 Stat. 418 · May 12, 1986 · Original text

95. Young Astronaut Program Medal Act

    An Act To provide for the striking of medals to commemorate the Young Astronaut Program.

    Public Law 99-295 · 100 Stat. 427 · May 12, 1986 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution Designating Patrick Henry’s last home and burial place, known as Red Hill, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as a National Memorial to Patrick Henry.

    Public Law 99-296 · 100 Stat. 429 · May 12, 1986 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To designate the week of May 11, 1986, through May 17, 1986, as “National Osteoporosis Awareness Week of 1986”.

    Public Law 99-297 · 100 Stat. 431 · May 12, 1986 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the President of the United States to award congressional gold medals to Natan (Anatoly) and Avital Shcharansky in recognition of their dedication to human rights, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of those medals.

    Public Law 99-298 · 100 Stat. 432 · May 13, 1986 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution To designate the month of May 1986 as “National Child Safety Month”.

    Public Law 99-299 · 100 Stat. 434 · May 13, 1986 · Original text

100. An Act To release restrictions on certain property located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 99-300 · 100 Stat. 435 · May 14, 1986 · Original text