Every law Congress has passed

688 laws of the 99th Congress, 1985–1987

1. An Act For the relief of Leonard Leslie Gambie.

   Private Law 99-7 · 100 Stat. 4315 · August 23, 1986 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Juan Ricardo McRae.

   Private Law 99-8 · 100 Stat. 4316 · August 23, 1986 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of John Patrick Brady, Ann M. Brady, and Mark P. Brady.

   Private Law 99-9 · 100 Stat. 4316 · August 23, 1986 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Alexander Lockwood.

   Private Law 99-10 · 100 Stat. 4316 · August 23, 1986 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Mountaha Bou-Assali Saad.

   Private Law 99-11 · 100 Stat. 4317 · August 23, 1986 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Milanie C. Escobal Norman.

   Private Law 99-12 · 100 Stat. 4317 · August 23, 1986 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the use of funds from rental of floating drydock and other marine equipment to support the National Maritime Museum in San Francisco, California, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 99-395 · 100 Stat. 836 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, to amend the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to amend the Organic Act of Guam, to provide for the governance of the insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 99-396 · 100 Stat. 837 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

9. An Act To amend title 17, United States Code, to clarify the definition of the local service area of a primary transmitter in the case of a low power television station.

   Public Law 99-397 · 100 Stat. 848 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

10. Klamath Indian Tribe Restoration Act

    An Act To provide for the restoration of the Federal trust relationship with, and Federal services and assistance to, the Klamath Tribe of Indians and the individual members thereof consisting of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-398 · 100 Stat. 849 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

11. Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986

    An Act To provide enhanced diplomatic security and combat international terrorism, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-399 · 100 Stat. 853 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

12. An Act To extend until September 15, 1986, the emergency acquisition and net worth guarantee provisions of the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982.

    Public Law 99-400 · 100 Stat. 902 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

13. Children’s Justice and Assistance Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish a program to encourage States to enact child protection reforms which are designed to improve legal and administrative proceedings regarding the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases, particularly child sexual abuse cases, and to establish demonstration programs of temporary child care for handicapped children and crisis nurseries.

    Public Law 99-401 · 100 Stat. 903 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

14. Federal Lands Cleanup Act of 1985

    An Act To provide for a program of cleanup and maintenance on Federal lands.

    Public Law 99-402 · 100 Stat. 910 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To proclaim October 23, 1986, as “A Time of Remembrance” for all victims of terrorism throughout the world.

    Public Law 99-403 · 100 Stat. 913 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 5, 1986, through October 11, 1986, as “Mental Illness Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-404 · 100 Stat. 914 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To designate November 18, 1986, as “National Community Education Day”.

    Public Law 99-405 · 100 Stat. 916 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To designate the month of September 1986 as “Adult Literacy Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 99-406 · 100 Stat. 917 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To designate October 6, 1986, as “National Drug Abuse Education Day”.

    Public Law 99-407 · 100 Stat. 919 · August 27, 1986 · Original text

20. An Act To amend chapter 44, of title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture, importation, and sale of armor piercing ammunition, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-408 · 100 Stat. 920 · August 28, 1986 · Original text

21. Rural Industrial Assistance Act of 1986

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for the purpose of establishing institutes of rural technology development.

    Public Law 99-409 · 100 Stat. 923 · August 28, 1986 · Original text

22. Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

    An Act To consolidate and improve provisions of law relating to absentee registration and voting in elections for Federal office by members of uniformed services and persons who reside overseas.

    Public Law 99-410 · 100 Stat. 924 · August 28, 1986 · Original text

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

    Public Law 99-411 · 100 Stat. 931 · August 28, 1986 · Original text

24. Conservation Service Reform Act of 1986

    An Act To reform the Residential Conservation Service and to repeal the Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service.

    Public Law 99-412 · 100 Stat. 932 · August 28, 1986 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Joe Herring.

    Private Law 99-13 · 100 Stat. 4318 · August 28, 1986 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To provide for a minimum price and an alternative production rate for petroleum produced from the naval petroleum reserves, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-413 · 100 Stat. 944 · August 29, 1986 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning September 7, 1986, as “National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-414 · 100 Stat. 946 · September 16, 1986 · Original text

28. Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986

    An Act To authorize United States contributions to the International Fund established pursuant to the November 15, 1985, agreement between the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as other assistance.

    Public Law 99-415 · 100 Stat. 947 · September 19, 1986 · Original text

29. An Act To designate the Closed Basin Conveyance Channel of the Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley Project, Colorado, as the “Franklin Eddy Canal”.

    Public Law 99-416 · 100 Stat. 950 · September 23, 1986 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning September 15, 1986, as “National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-417 · 100 Stat. 951 · September 23, 1986 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the awarding of a special gold medal to Aaron Copland.

    Public Law 99-418 · 100 Stat. 952 · September 23, 1986 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Mary E. Stokes.

    Private Law 99-14 · 100 Stat. 4318 · September 23, 1986 · Private law · Original text

33. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 19, 1986, through October 26, 1986, “National Housing Week”.

    Public Law 99-419 · 100 Stat. 954 · September 25, 1986 · Original text

34. An Act To establish a permanent boundary for the Acadia National Park in the State of Maine, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-420 · 100 Stat. 955 · September 25, 1986 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Designating September 22, 1986, as “American Business Women’s Day”.

    Public Law 99-421 · 100 Stat. 961 · September 25, 1986 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution To designate the week of September 15, 1986, through September 21, 1986, as “National Historically Black Colleges Week”.

    Public Law 99-422 · 100 Stat. 962 · September 25, 1986 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Gerald M. Hendley.

    Private Law 99-15 · 100 Stat. 4319 · September 25, 1986 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Cirilo Raagas Costa and Wilma Raagas Costa.

    Private Law 99-16 · 100 Stat. 4319 · September 25, 1986 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the Smithsonian Institution to plan and construct facilities for certain science activities of the Institution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-423 · 100 Stat. 963 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

40. Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act of 1986

    An Act To provide for the establishment of an experimental program relating to the acceptance of voluntary services from participants in an executive exchange program of the Government.

    Public Law 99-424 · 100 Stat. 964 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

41. Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990 to carry out the Head Start, Follow Through, dependent care, community services block grant, and community food and nutrition programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-425 · 100 Stat. 966 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985, to provide that members of the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense shall not be considered to be Federal employees for certain purposes, to extend the deadline for reports of the Commission, and to extend the availability of funds appropriated to the Commission.

    Public Law 99-426 · 100 Stat. 979 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

43. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in lands in Socorro County, New Mexico, to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

    Public Law 99-427 · 100 Stat. 980 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

44. Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Amendments of 1986

    An Act To reauthorize the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 and the Navajo Community College Act.

    Public Law 99-428 · 100 Stat. 982 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

45. An Act To temporarily delay the repeal of the United States Trustee System.

    Public Law 99-429 · 100 Stat. 985 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

46. An Act To provide for the extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-430 · 100 Stat. 986 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To provide for a settlement to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute.

    Public Law 99-431 · 100 Stat. 987 · September 30, 1986 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Catherine and Robert Fossez.

    Private Law 99-17 · 100 Stat. 4320 · September 30, 1986 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-432 · 100 Stat. 989 · October 1, 1986 · Original text

50. Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

    An Act To reorganize the Department of Defense and strengthen civilian authority in the Department of Defense, to improve the military advice provided to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense, to place clear responsibility on the commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands for the accomplishment of missions assigned to those commands and ensure that the authority of those commanders is fully commensurate with that responsibility, to increase attention to the formulation of strategy and to contingency planning, to provide for more efficient use of defense resources, to improve joint officer management policies, otherwise to enhance the effectiveness of military operations and improve the management and administration of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-433 · 100 Stat. 992 · October 1, 1986 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-434 · 100 Stat. 1076 · October 1, 1986 · Original text

52. Air Carrier Access Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1968 to provide that prohibitions of discrimination against handicapped individuals shall apply to air carriers.

    Public Law 99-435 · 100 Stat. 1080 · October 2, 1986 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution To designate November 15, 1986, as “National Philanthropy Day”.

    Public Law 99-436 · 100 Stat. 1081 · October 2, 1986 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To designate September 1986 as “National Independent Retail Grocer Month”.

    Public Law 99-437 · 100 Stat. 1082 · October 2, 1986 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Designating July 2 and 3, 1987, as the “United States-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship”.

    Public Law 99-438 · 100 Stat. 1083 · October 2, 1986 · Original text

56. An Act Relating to telephone services for Senators.

    Public Law 99-439 · 100 Stat. 1085 · October 2, 1986 · Original text

57. Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986

    An Act To prohibit loans to, other investments in, and certain other activities with respect to, South Africa, and for other purposes

    Public Law 99-440 · 100 Stat. 1086 · October 2, 1986 · Original text

58. Defense Production Act Amendments of 1986

    An Act To extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950 and to authorize appropriations for purposes of such Act.

    Public Law 99-441 · 100 Stat. 1117 · October 3, 1986 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To designate the month of November 1986 as “National Hospice Month”.

    Public Law 99-442 · 100 Stat. 1119 · October 3, 1986 · Original text

60. An Act To provide the Small Business Administration continuing authority to administer a program for small innovative firms, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-443 · 100 Stat. 1120 · October 6, 1986 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning October 12, 1986, as “National Children’s Television Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-444 · 100 Stat. 1121 · October 6, 1986 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the National Trails System Act by designating the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Trail as a component of the National Trails System.

    Public Law 99-445 · 100 Stat. 1122 · October 6, 1986 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 5, 1986, through October 11, 1986, as “National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week”.

    Public Law 99-446 · 100 Stat. 1124 · October 6, 1986 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To designate the week of December 14, 1986, through December 20, 1986, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-447 · 100 Stat. 1125 · October 6, 1986 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To designate September 11, 1987, as “9–1–1 Emergency Number Day”.

    Public Law 99-448 · 100 Stat. 1127 · October 6, 1986 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To designate the rose as the national floral emblem.

    Public Law 99-449 · 100 Stat. 1128 · October 7, 1986 · Original text

67. Colorado River Floodway Protection Act

    An Act To establish a federally declared Floodway for the Colorado River below Davis Dam.

    Public Law 99-450 · 100 Stat. 1129 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to provide that the value of claims be based on the fair market value of the property taken.

    Public Law 99-451 · 100 Stat. 1138 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

69. An Act To extend until October 13, 1986, the emergency acquisition and net worth guarantee provisions of the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982.

    Public Law 99-452 · 100 Stat. 1140 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution To designate October 1986 as “Polish American Heritage Month”.

    Public Law 99-453 · 100 Stat. 1141 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To designate the period of December 1, 1986, through December 7, 1986, as “National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-454 · 100 Stat. 1142 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 12, 1986, through October 18, 1986, as “National Job Skills Week”.

    Public Law 99-455 · 100 Stat. 1143 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

73. An Act To designate the Cumberland terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in honor of J. Glenn Beall, Sr.

    Public Law 99-456 · 100 Stat. 1144 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

74. Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986

    An Act To amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to reauthorize the discretionary programs under that Act, to authorize an early intervention program under that Act for handicapped infants and toddlers and their families, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-457 · 100 Stat. 1145 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Designating October 1986 as “American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 99-458 · 100 Stat. 1178 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Designating “National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-459 · 100 Stat. 1180 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Designating November 1986 as “National Diabetes Month”.

    Public Law 99-460 · 100 Stat. 1181 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To designate the month of October 1986, as “National Spina Bifida Month”.

    Public Law 99-461 · 100 Stat. 1182 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To designate October 4, 1986, as “National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day”.

    Public Law 99-462 · 100 Stat. 1183 · October 8, 1986 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Waiving the printing on parchment of certain enrolled bills and joint resolutions during the remainder of the second session of the Ninety-ninth Congress.

    Public Law 99-463 · 100 Stat. 1184 · October 9, 1986 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-464 · 100 Stat. 1185 · October 9, 1986 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-465 · 100 Stat. 1189 · October 11, 1986 · Original text

83. An Act To amend title 28 of the United States Code to make certain changes with respect to the participation of judges of the Court of International Trade in judicial conferences and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-466 · 100 Stat. 1190 · October 14, 1986 · Original text

84. An Act To amend title 13, United States Code, to require the collection of statistics on domestic apparel and textile industries.

    Public Law 99-467 · 100 Stat. 1192 · October 14, 1986 · Original text

85. An Act Granting the consent of the Congress to the amendments to the Susquehanna River Basin Compact.

    Public Law 99-468 · 100 Stat. 1193 · October 14, 1986 · Original text

86. Tohono O’odham Tat Momolikot Dam Settlement Act

    An Act To provide for the settlement of certain claims of the Papago Tribe of Arizona arising from the construction of Tat Momolikot Dam, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-469 · 100 Stat. 1195 · October 14, 1986 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-470 · 100 Stat. 1198 · October 14, 1986 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to proclaim the week or November 23, 1986, to November 30, 1986, as “American Indian Week”.

    Public Law 99-471 · 100 Stat. 1199 · October 14, 1986 · Original text

89. Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986

    An Act To amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

    Public Law 99-472 · 100 Stat. 1200 · October 15, 1986 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-473 · 100 Stat. 1212 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

91. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional penalties for fraud and related activities in connection with access devices and computers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-474 · 100 Stat. 1213 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the release to museums in the United States of certain objects owned by the United States Information Agency.

    Public Law 99-475 · 100 Stat. 1217 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution Designating the Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland as the “Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems”.

    Public Law 99-476 · 100 Stat. 1218 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning November 24, 1986, as “National Family Caregivers Week”.

    Public Law 99-477 · 100 Stat. 1219 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Commemorating January 28, 1987, as a National Day of Excellence in honor of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger.

    Public Law 99-478 · 100 Stat. 1221 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning September 21, 1986, as “National Adult Day Care Center Week”.

    Public Law 99-479 · 100 Stat. 1222 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To designate the school year of September 1986 through May 1987 as “National Year of the Teacher” and January 28, 1987, as “National Teacher Appreciation Day”.

    Public Law 99-480 · 100 Stat. 1223 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To designate October 1986 as “Crack/Cocaine Awareness Month”.

    Public Law 99-481 · 100 Stat. 1224 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution To designate August 12, 1987, as “National Civil Rights Day”.

    Public Law 99-482 · 100 Stat. 1225 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To designate March 1987, as “Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month”.

     Public Law 99-483 · 100 Stat. 1226 · October 16, 1986 · Original text