Every law Congress has passed

688 laws of the 99th Congress, 1985–1987

1. An Act To designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse to be constructed and located in Newark, New Jersey, as the “Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

   Public Law 99-484 · 100 Stat. 1227 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

2. An Act To designate the Federal building located in San Diego. California, as the “Jacob Weinberger Federal Building”.

   Public Law 99-485 · 100 Stat. 1228 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require that wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped workers employed under certificates issued by the Secretary of Labor.

   Public Law 99-486 · 100 Stat. 1229 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Designating the month or November 1986 as “National Alzheimer’s Disease Month”.

   Public Law 99-487 · 100 Stat. 1231 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To designate October 23, 1986, as “National Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day”.

   Public Law 99-488 · 100 Stat. 1232 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To designate the period October 1, 1986, through September 30, 1987, as “National Institutes of Health Centennial Year”.

   Public Law 99-489 · 100 Stat. 1233 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

7. Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1986

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

   Public Law 99-490 · 100 Stat. 1235 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

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

   Public Law 99-491 · 100 Stat. 1239 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

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

   Public Law 99-492 · 100 Stat. 1240 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Gila River PimaMaricopa Indian Community judgment distribution plan.

    Public Law 99-493 · 100 Stat. 1241 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Designating 1987 as the “Year of the Reader”.

    Public Law 99-494 · 100 Stat. 1242 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

12. Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for more protection to electric consumers.

    Public Law 99-495 · 100 Stat. 1243 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

13. Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1986

    An Act To make certain amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act.

    Public Law 99-496 · 100 Stat. 1261 · October 16, 1986 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the inclusion of certain additional lands within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

    Public Law 99-497 · 100 Stat. 1267 · October 17, 1986 · Original text

15. Higher Education Amendments of 1986

    An Act To reauthorize and revise the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-498 · 100 Stat. 1268 · October 17, 1986 · Original text

16. Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

    An Act To extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-499 · 100 Stat. 1613 · October 17, 1986 · Original text

17. Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987

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

    Public Law 99-500 · 100 Stat. 1783 · October 18, 1986 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for the settlement of certain claims respecting the San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona.

    Public Law 99-501 · 100 Stat. 1784 · October 20, 1986 · Original text

19. Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to promote technology transfer by authorizing Government-operated laboratories to enter into cooperative research agreements and by establishing a Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer within the National Bureau of Standards, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-502 · 100 Stat. 1785 · October 20, 1986 · Original text

20. Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Act

    An Act To provide for the replacement of certain lands within the Gila Bend Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-503 · 100 Stat. 1798 · October 20, 1986 · Original text

21. Nebraska Wilderness Act of 1985

    An Act To establish the Pine Ridge National Recreation Area and Soldier Creek Wilderness in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-504 · 100 Stat. 1802 · October 20, 1986 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nonimmigrant alien crewmen on fishing vessels to stop temporarily at ports in Guam.

    Public Law 99-505 · 100 Stat. 1806 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

23. Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986

    An Act To extend and improve the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

    Public Law 99-506 · 100 Stat. 1807 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

24. Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Reauthorization Act of 1986

    An Act To provide tor the reauthorization of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-507 · 100 Stat. 1847 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

25. Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the interception of certain communications, other forms of surveillance, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-508 · 100 Stat. 1848 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

26. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986

    An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1987.

    Public Law 99-509 · 100 Stat. 1874 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Providing for reappointment of David C. Acheson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 99-510 · 100 Stat. 2079 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Expressing the sense of Congress in support of a commemorative structure within the National Park System dedicated to the promotion of understanding, knowledge, opportunity and equality for all people.

    Public Law 99-511 · 100 Stat. 2080 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To designate December 11, 1986, as “National SEEK and College Discovery Day”.

    Public Law 99-512 · 100 Stat. 2081 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

30. R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986

    An Act To encourage international efforts to designate the shipwreck of the R.M.S. Titanic as an international maritime memorial and to provide for reasonable research, exploration, and, if appropriate, salvage activities with respect to the shipwreck.

    Public Law 99-513 · 100 Stat. 2082 · October 21, 1986 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Steven McKenna.

    Private Law 99-18 · 100 Stat. 4320 · October 21, 1986 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Sueng Ho Jang and Sueng Il Jang.

    Private Law 99-19 · 100 Stat. 4321 · October 21, 1986 · Private law · Original text

33. Tax Reform Act of 1986

    An Act To reform the internal revenue laws of the United States.

    Public Law 99-514 · 100 Stat. 2085 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

34. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release on behalf of the United States certain restrictions in a previous conveyance of land to the town of Jerome, Arizona.

    Public Law 99-515 · 100 Stat. 2964 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-516 · 100 Stat. 2965 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

36. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands, withdrawn by the Bureau of Reclamation for townsite purposes, to the Huntley Project Irrigation District, Ballantine, Montana.

    Public Law 99-517 · 100 Stat. 2967 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

37. An Act To permit the transfer of certain airport property in Algona, Iowa.

    Public Law 99-518 · 100 Stat. 2969 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

38. Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations requiring inspection for asbestos-containing material in the Nation’s schools, development of asbestos management plans for such schools, response actions with respect to friable asbestos-containing material in such schools, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-519 · 100 Stat. 2970 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution To designate October 31, 1986, as “National Child Identification and Safety Information Day”.

    Public Law 99-520 · 100 Stat. 2992 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

40. Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 49, United States Code, to reduce regulation of surface freight forwarders, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-521 · 100 Stat. 2993 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

41. National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986

    An Act To establish a ski area permit system on national forest lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-522 · 100 Stat. 3000 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the first patent and the first copyright laws.

    Public Law 99-523 · 100 Stat. 3002 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution To designate the week of December 7, 1986, through December 13, 1986, as “National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-524 · 100 Stat. 3003 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 16, 1986, through November 22, 1986, as “National Arts Week”.

    Public Law 99-525 · 100 Stat. 3004 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning November 23, 1986, as “National Adoption Week”.

    Public Law 99-526 · 100 Stat. 3005 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning November 9, 1986, as “National Women Veterans Recognition Week”.

    Public Law 99-527 · 100 Stat. 3007 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To designate the week of October 26, 1986, through November 1, 1986, as “National Adult Immunization Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-528 · 100 Stat. 3009 · October 22, 1986 · Original text

48. Special Foreign Assistance Act of 1986

    An Act To promote immunization and oral rehydration in developing countries, to promote democracy in Haiti, to protect tropical forests and biological diversity in developing countries, to authorize increased funding for the Child Survival Fund and for international narcotics control assistance, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-529 · 100 Stat. 3010 · October 24, 1986 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Horsepasture River in the State of North Carolina as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

    Public Law 99-530 · 100 Stat. 3021 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 99-531 · 100 Stat. 3022 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To designate March 25, 1987, as “Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy”.

    Public Law 99-532 · 100 Stat. 3024 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To designate October 6, 1986, through October 10, 1986, as “National Social Studies Week”.

    Public Law 99-533 · 100 Stat. 3025 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution To designate December 7, 1986, as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day” on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

    Public Law 99-534 · 100 Stat. 3026 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To designate the week of November 30, 1986, through December 6, 1986, as “National Home Care Week”.

    Public Law 99-535 · 100 Stat. 3027 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning October 19, 1986, as “Gaucher’s Disease Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-536 · 100 Stat. 3028 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution Designating November 12, 1986, as “Salute to School Volunteers Day”.

    Public Law 99-537 · 100 Stat. 3029 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To designate the period commencing February 9, 1987, and ending February 15, 1987, as “National Burn Awareness Week”.

    Public Law 99-538 · 100 Stat. 3031 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution To designate March 16, 1987, as “Freedom of Information Day”.

    Public Law 99-539 · 100 Stat. 3032 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To designate February 4, 1987, as “National Women in Sports Day”.

    Public Law 99-540 · 100 Stat. 3033 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion.

    Public Law 99-541 · 100 Stat. 3035 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize additional long-term leases in the El Portal administrative site adjacent to Yosemite National Park, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-542 · 100 Stat. 3037 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

62. Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act of 1985

    An Act To validate conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company.

    Public Law 99-543 · 100 Stat. 3040 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

63. An Act To amend title 13, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement relating to decennial censuses of drainage.

    Public Law 99-544 · 100 Stat. 3046 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permanent easements for water conveyance systems in order to resolve title claims arising under Acts repealed by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-545 · 100 Stat. 3047 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

65. An Act To implement the Coordinated Operations Agreement, the Suisun Marsh Preservation Agreement, and to amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-546 · 100 Stat. 3050 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

66. Consolidated Federal Funds Report Amendments of 1985

    An Act To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an annual report consolidating the available data on the geographic distribution of Federal funds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-547 · 100 Stat. 3057 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

67. An Act To transfer certain real property to the City of Mesquite, Nevada.

    Public Law 99-548 · 100 Stat. 3061 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Act establishing a Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States to clarify the status of employees of the Commission, to raise the limits on private contributions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-549 · 100 Stat. 3063 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

69. An Act To restrict the use of government vehicles for transportation of officers and employees of the Federal Government between their residences and places of employment, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-550 · 100 Stat. 3067 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

70. Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1986

    An Act To extend and improve the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.

    Public Law 99-551 · 100 Stat. 3071 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the restoration of the fishery resources in the Klamath River Basin, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-552 · 100 Stat. 3080 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

72. An Act To permit registered public utility holding companies to own certain interests in qualifying cogeneration facilities.

    Public Law 99-553 · 100 Stat. 3087 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

73. Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, to provide for the appointment of United States trustees to serve in bankruptcy cases in judicial districts throughout the United States, to make certain changes with respect to the role of United States trustees in such cases, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-554 · 100 Stat. 3088 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

74. Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986

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

    Public Law 99-555 · 100 Stat. 3129 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

75. Federal Employees’ Retirement System Technical Corrections Act of 1986

    An Act To make technical corrections in the Federal Employees Retirement System Act of 1986, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-556 · 100 Stat. 3131 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To consent to an amendment enacted by the legislature of the State of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920.

    Public Law 99-557 · 100 Stat. 3143 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution To authorize the erection of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the estimated five thousand courageous slaves and free black persons who served as soldiers and sailors or provided civilian assistance during the American Revolution and to honor the countless black men, women, and children who ran away from slavery or filed petitions with courts and legislatures seeking their freedom.

    Public Law 99-558 · 100 Stat. 3144 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

78. An Act Providing for furloughed employees compensation.

    Public Law 99-559 · 100 Stat. 3145 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

79. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact.

    Public Law 99-560 · 100 Stat. 3146 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

80. An Act To enhance the carrying out of fish and wildlife conservation and natural resource management programs on military reservations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-561 · 100 Stat. 3149 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

81. False Claims Amendments Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 31, United States Code, with respect to the fraudulent use of public property or money.

    Public Law 99-562 · 100 Stat. 3153 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

82. Risk Retention Amendments of 1986

    An Act To amend the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 to include coverage of other lines of liability insurance, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-563 · 100 Stat. 3170 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

83. An Act To amend an Act to add certain lands on the Island of Hawaii to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-564 · 100 Stat. 3179 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

84. Great Basin National Park Act of 1986

    An Act To establish a Great Basin National Park in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-565 · 100 Stat. 3181 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

85. Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Supplementary Claims Settlement Act of 1986

    An Act To establish a property tax fund for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in furtherance of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-566 · 100 Stat. 3184 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

86. An Act To extend through fiscal year 1988 SBA Pilot Programs under section 8 of the Small Business Act.

    Public Law 99-567 · 100 Stat. 3188 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution To designate the month of December 1986 as “Made in America Month”.

    Public Law 99-568 · 100 Stat. 3189 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1987 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-569 · 100 Stat. 3190 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

89. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

    An Act To strengthen Federal efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating illicit drug crops and in halting international drug traffic, to improve enforcement of Federal drug laws and enhance interdiction of illicit drug shipments, to provide strong Federal leadership in establishing effective drug abuse prevention and education programs, to expand Federal support for drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation efforts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-570 · 100 Stat. 3207 · October 27, 1986 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Elga Bouilliant-Linet.

    Private Law 99-20 · 100 Stat. 4322 · October 27, 1986 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Marlboro County General Hospital Charity, of Bennettsville, South Carolina.

    Private Law 99-21 · 100 Stat. 4322 · October 27, 1986 · Private law · Original text

92. Government Securities Act of 1986

    An Act An Act Entitled the Government Securities Act of 1986.

    Public Law 99-571 · 100 Stat. 3208 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the erection of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Korean war.

    Public Law 99-572 · 100 Stat. 3226 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

94. District of Columbia Judicial Efficiency and Improvement Act of 1986

    An Act To provide permanent authority for hearing commissioners in the District of Columbia courts, to modify certain procedures of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission and the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-573 · 100 Stat. 3228 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

95. National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987

    An Act To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-574 · 100 Stat. 3236 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize certain transfers affecting the Pueblo of Santa Ana in New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-575 · 100 Stat. 3243 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

97. Veterans’ Benefits Improvement and Health-Care Authorization Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation for veterans and survivors, and to improve veterans’ health-care, education, employment, housing, and national cemetery programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-576 · 100 Stat. 3248 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the transfer of the Coast Guard cutter “Taney” to the city of Baltimore, Maryland, for use as a maritime museum and display.

    Public Law 99-577 · 100 Stat. 3304 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 3718 of title 31, United States Code, to authorize contracts retaining private counsel to furnish legal services in the case of indebtedness owed the United States.

    Public Law 99-578 · 100 Stat. 3305 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

100. Truth in Mileage Act of 1986

     An Act To amend section 408 of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to strengthen, for the protection of consumers, the provisions respecting disclosure of motor vehicle mileage when motor vehicles are transferred.

     Public Law 99-579 · 100 Stat. 3309 · October 28, 1986 · Original text