Every law Congress has passed

688 laws of the 99th Congress, 1985–1987

1. Joint Resolution To designate October 23, 1986, as “National Kidney Program Day”.

   Public Law 99-580 · 100 Stat. 3312 · October 28, 1986 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to the District of Columbia.

   Public Law 99-581 · 100 Stat. 3313 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

3. Bicentennial of the Constitution Coins Act

   An Act To authorize the minting of coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the United States Constitution.

   Public Law 99-582 · 100 Stat. 3315 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

4. An Act Relating to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 99-583 · 100 Stat. 3318 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

5. Texas Wilderness Act Amendments of 1986

   An Act To adjust the boundaries of areas of the National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of Texas.

   Public Law 99-584 · 100 Stat. 3322 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

6. An Act To designate the United States Courthouse at 68 Court Street, Buffalo, New York, as the “Michael J. Dillon Memorial United States Courthouse”.

   Public Law 99-585 · 100 Stat. 3324 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

7. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain individuals be accorded competitive status for purposes of transferring to the competitive service.

   Public Law 99-586 · 100 Stat. 3325 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

8. An Act To direct the release, on behalf of the United States, of certain conditions and reservations contained in a conveyance of land to the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 99-587 · 100 Stat. 3326 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

9. An Act To designate the United States Courthouse for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia, as the “Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse”.

   Public Law 99-588 · 100 Stat. 3328 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning January 4, 1987, as “National Bowling Week”.

    Public Law 99-589 · 100 Stat. 3329 · October 29, 1986 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Audrey O. Lewis and Emerson B. Vereen.

    Private Law 99-22 · 100 Stat. 4324 · October 29, 1986 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-590 · 100 Stat. 3330 · October 30, 1986 · Original text

13. 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 99-591 · 100 Stat. 3341 · October 30, 1986 · Original text

14. Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986

    An Act To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to remove the maximum age limitation applicable to employees who are protected under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-592 · 100 Stat. 3342 · October 31, 1986 · Original text

15. An Act To designate the United States Attorney’s Building for the Southern District of New York as the “Silvio James Mollo Federal Building”.

    Public Law 99-593 · 100 Stat. 3346 · October 31, 1986 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the construction by the Secretary of Agriculture of a salinity laboratory at Riverside, California.

    Public Law 99-594 · 100 Stat. 3347 · October 31, 1986 · Original text

17. An Act To extend the exclusion from Federal unemployment tax of wages paid to certain alien farmworkers.

    Public Law 99-595 · 100 Stat. 3348 · October 31, 1986 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make a certain conveyance of real property.

    Public Law 99-596 · 100 Stat. 3349 · November 3, 1986 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the President to promote posthumously the late Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka to the grade of Colonel.

    Public Law 99-597 · 100 Stat. 3350 · November 3, 1986 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the survivors of Christopher Eney.

    Private Law 99-23 · 100 Stat. 4324 · November 3, 1986 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to quiet title actions against the United States, with respect to actions brought by States.

    Public Law 99-598 · 100 Stat. 3351 · November 4, 1986 · Original text

22. An Act To designate the building commonly known as the Old Post Office in Worcester, Massachusetts, as the “Harold D. Donohue Federal Building”.

    Public Law 99-599 · 100 Stat. 3353 · November 5, 1986 · Original text

23. An Act To declare that the United States holds certain public domain lands in trust for the Pueblo of Zia.

    Public Law 99-600 · 100 Stat. 3354 · November 5, 1986 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the National Housing Act to provide for the eligibility of certain property for single family mortgage insurance.

    Public Law 99-601 · 100 Stat. 3357 · November 5, 1986 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To designate 1988 as the “National Year of Friendship with Finland”.

    Public Law 99-602 · 100 Stat. 3358 · November 5, 1986 · Original text

26. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise and reform the immigration laws, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-603 · 100 Stat. 3359 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

27. An Act To recognize the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America.

    Public Law 99-604 · 100 Stat. 3446 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

28. Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for two years the authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-605 · 100 Stat. 3449 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

29. Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986

    An Act To withdraw certain public lands for military purposes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-606 · 100 Stat. 3457 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-607 · 100 Stat. 3470 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize funds to preserve the official papers of Joseph W. Martin, Jr.

    Public Law 99-608 · 100 Stat. 3473 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

32. Community Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund Transfer Act

    An Act To transfer the Community Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund to the National Credit Union Administration and to authorize the National Credit Union Administration Board to administer the Fund.

    Public Law 99-609 · 100 Stat. 3475 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution To authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States.

    Public Law 99-610 · 100 Stat. 3477 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning May 3, 1987 as “National Correctional Officers Week”.

    Public Law 99-611 · 100 Stat. 3478 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Calling for recognition of United Way’s one hundredth anniversary.

    Public Law 99-612 · 100 Stat. 3479 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Providing for the convening of the first session of the One hundredth Congress.

    Public Law 99-613 · 100 Stat. 3480 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

37. An Act To confirm a conveyance of certain real property by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company to Ernest Pritchett and his wife, Dianna Pritchett, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-614 · 100 Stat. 3481 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

38. An Act To change the name of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 99-615 · 100 Stat. 3484 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

39. Act to authorize the United States to participate in chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty

    An Act To amend the patent laws implementing the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

    Public Law 99-616 · 100 Stat. 3485 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct the Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Laboratory for Environmental Research in Edgewater, Maryland, and to designate the United States Courthouse and Customhouse in Louisville, Kentucky, as the “Gene Snyder United States Courthouse and Customhouse”.

    Public Law 99-617 · 100 Stat. 3488 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed to the Peninsula Airport Commission, Virginia, for airport purposes.

    Public Law 99-618 · 100 Stat. 3490 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

42. Department of Labor Executive Level Conforming Amendments of 1986

    An Act To provide for a Deputy Secretary of Labor, an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Administration and Management, three additional Assistant Secretaries of Labor, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-619 · 100 Stat. 3491 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Authorizing establishment of a memorial to honor the American Armored Force.

    Public Law 99-620 · 100 Stat. 3493 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Providing for reappointment of Murray Gell-Mann as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 99-621 · 100 Stat. 3494 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To express the sense of Congress on recognition of the contributions of the seven Challenger astronauts by supporting establishment of a Children’s Challenge Center for Space Science.

    Public Law 99-622 · 100 Stat. 3495 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Reaffirming our friendship and sympathy with the people of El Salvador following the devastating earthquake of October 10, 1986.

    Public Law 99-623 · 100 Stat. 3496 · November 6, 1986 · Original text

47. An Act To establish a commission for the purpose of encouraging and providing for the commemoration of the centennial of the birth of President Dwight David Eisenhower.

    Public Law 99-624 · 100 Stat. 3497 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

48. An Act To improve the operation of certain fish and wildlife programs.

    Public Law 99-625 · 100 Stat. 3500 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

49. Recreational Boating Safety Act of 1986

    An Act To enhance boating safety by requiring a report relating to the display on gasoline pumps of the type of alcohol, the percentage of each type of alcohol, and the percentage of cosolvents, if any, contained in the gasoline; to amend chapter 131 of title 46, United States Code, relating to recreational boating safety; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-626 · 100 Stat. 3504 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 3726 of title 31, United States Code, relating to payment for transportation, to permit prepayment audits for selected transportation bills, to permanently authorize payment of transportation audit contractors from carrier overpayments collected, to authorize net overpayments collected to be transferred to the Treasury, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-627 · 100 Stat. 3508 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

51. Child Sexual Abuse and Pornography Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to ban the production and use of advertisements for child pornography or solicitations for child pornography, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-628 · 100 Stat. 3510 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To designate the week beginning January 19, 1987, as “Shays’ Rebellion Week” and Sunday, January 25, 1987, as “Shays’ Rebellion Day”.

    Public Law 99-629 · 100 Stat. 3513 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Calling for a wildlife sanctuary for humpback whales in the West Indies.

    Public Law 99-630 · 100 Stat. 3514 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To make corrections in the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986.

    Public Law 99-631 · 100 Stat. 3515 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the transfer of certain lands in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-632 · 100 Stat. 3520 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities.

    Public Law 99-633 · 100 Stat. 3522 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

57. Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act of 1986

    An Act To strengthen the prohibition of kickbacks relating to subcontracts under Federal Government contracts.

    Public Law 99-634 · 100 Stat. 3523 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

58. An Act To revise the boundaries of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-635 · 100 Stat. 3527 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the naming or renaming of certain buildings of the United States Postal Service.

    Public Law 99-636 · 100 Stat. 3530 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the acquisition and development of a mainland tour boat facility for the Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-637 · 100 Stat. 3532 · November 7, 1986 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Ramzi Sallomy and Marie Sallomy.

    Private Law 99-24 · 100 Stat. 4325 · November 7, 1986 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to credit time spent in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II as creditable service for civil service retirement; and to provide civil service retirement credit for certain employees and former employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces.

    Public Law 99-638 · 100 Stat. 3535 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

63. Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deter immigration-related marriage fraud and other immigration fraud.

    Public Law 99-639 · 100 Stat. 3537 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

64. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1986

    An Act To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-640 · 100 Stat. 3545 · November 10, 1986 · H.R. 4208 · Original text

65. Futures Trading Act of 1986

    An Act To reauthorize appropriations to carry out the Commodity Exchange Act, and to make technical improvements to that Act.

    Public Law 99-641 · 100 Stat. 3556 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

66. An Act To designate the Federal Building at 111 W. Huron Street, Buffalo, New York, as the “Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building”.

    Public Law 99-642 · 100 Stat. 3573 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

67. Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act

    An Act To make permanent and improve the provisions of section 1619 of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-643 · 100 Stat. 3574 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to clarify the treatment of submerged lands and ownership by the Alaskan Native Corporation.

    Public Law 99-644 · 100 Stat. 3581 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

69. Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986

    An Act To promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of wetlands by the acquisition of wetlands and other essential habitat, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-645 · 100 Stat. 3582 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

70. Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code and other laws to make minor or technical amendments to provisions enacted by the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-646 · 100 Stat. 3592 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

71. An Act To establish the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

    Public Law 99-647 · 100 Stat. 3625 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

72. An Act To clarify the exemptive authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Public Law 99-648 · 100 Stat. 3632 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

73. Injury Prevention Act of 1986

    An Act To improve the public health through the prevention of injuries.

    Public Law 99-649 · 100 Stat. 3633 · November 10, 1986 · Original text

74. District of Columbia Jury System Act

    An Act To establish an independent jury system for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 99-650 · 100 Stat. 3635 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

75. An Act To amend section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, to improve the delivery of legal services in the criminal justice system to those persons Financially unable to obtain adequate representation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-651 · 100 Stat. 3642 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

76. An Act To provide standards for placement of commemorative works on certain Federal lands in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-652 · 100 Stat. 3650 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

77. Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-653 · 100 Stat. 3655 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

78. Sexual Abuse Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to sexual abuse.

    Public Law 99-654 · 100 Stat. 3660 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

79. An Act Entitled the “Lower Colorado Water Supply Act”.

    Public Law 99-655 · 100 Stat. 3665 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

80. An Act To amend the interest provisions of the Declaration of Taking Act.

    Public Law 99-656 · 100 Stat. 3668 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

81. Judicial Housekeeping Act of 1986

    An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the composition of, and places of holding court in, certain judicial districts.

    Public Law 99-657 · 100 Stat. 3670 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution To approve the “Compact of Free Association” between the United States and the Government of Palau, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-658 · 100 Stat. 3672 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

83. An Act To amend certain provisions of the law regarding the fisheries of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-659 · 100 Stat. 3706 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

84. An Act To require States to develop, establish, and implement State comprehensive mental health plans.

    Public Law 99-660 · 100 Stat. 3743 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

85. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1987 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, to improve the defense acquisition process, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-661 · 100 Stat. 3816 · November 14, 1986 · Original text

86. Water Resources Development Act of 1986

    An Act To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources and the improvement and rehabilitation of the Nation’s water resources infrastructure.

    Public Law 99-662 · 100 Stat. 4082 · November 17, 1986 · Original text

87. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act

    An Act To protect and provide for the enhancement of the resources of the Columbia River Gorge, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 99-663 · 100 Stat. 4274 · November 17, 1986 · Original text

88. Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986

    An Act To provide for a land exchange in the State of Alaska.

    Public Law 99-664 · 100 Stat. 4303 · November 17, 1986 · Original text