Appendix D - Acts Approved by the President
Approved January 30, 1982
H.J. Res. 382 / Public Law 97 - 146
A joint resolution to permit the broadcasting in the United States of the International Communication Agency film ``Let Poland Be Poland: A Day of Solidarity With the People of Poland''.
Approved February 15, 1982
H.J. Res. 389 / Public Law 97 - 147
A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, for the Department of Agriculture.
Approved February 22, 1982
H.J. Res. 391 / Public Law 97 - 148
A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.
Approved February 26, 1982
S.J. Res. 134 / Public Law 97 - 149
A joint resolution to designate 1982 as the ``National Year of Disabled Persons''.
Approved March 1, 1982
S.J. Res. 122 / Public Law 97 - 150
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the week of February 28, 1982, through March 6, 1982, as ``National Construction Industry Week''.
Approved March 2, 1982
H.R. 3782 / Private Law 97 - 13
An act to revitalize the pleasure cruise industry by clarifying and waiving certain restrictions in the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, to permit the entry of the steamship vessel Oceanic Constitution into the trade.
Approved March 10, 1982
S.J. Res. 142 / Public Law 97 - 151
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day, a day to commemorate the struggle of the people of Afghanistan against the occupation of their country by Soviet forces.
Approved March 16, 1982
H.R. 5021 / Public Law 97 - 152
An act to extend the date for the submission to the Congress of the report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
S.J. Res. 91 / Public Law 97 - 153
A joint resolution to designate July 1982 as ``National Peach Month''.
S.J. Res. 105 / Public Law 97 - 154
A joint resolution to designate October 1982 as ``National P.T.A. Membership Month''.
Approved March 17, 1982
H.R. 4625 / Public Law 97 - 155
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to return to the Federal Republic of Germany certain works of art seized by the United States Army at the end of World War II.
Approved March 18, 1982
S.J. Res. 148 / Public Law 97 - 156
A joint resolution to proclaim March 18, 1982, as ``National Agriculture Day''.
Approved March 22, 1982
H.J. Res. 373 / Public Law 97 - 157
A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the thirty-eighth meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982.
H.J. Res. 348 / Public Law 97 - 158
A joint resolution to provide for the awarding of a special gold medal to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix in recognition of the 1982 bicentennial anniversary of diplomatic and trade relations between the Netherlands and the United States.
Approved March 24, 1982
S. 2166 / Public Law 97 - 159
An act to provide for the distribution within the United States of the International Communication Agency slide show entitled ``Montana: The People Speak''.
Approved March 26, 1982
S. 2254 / Public Law 97 - 160
An act to temporarily extend the authority to conduct experiments in flexible schedules and compressed schedules under the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1978.
Approved March 30, 1982
S. 262 / Private Law 97 - 14
An act for the relief of Dolly Akers, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.
Approved March 31, 1982
H.J. Res. 409 / Public Law 97 - 161
A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982.
Approved April 1, 1982
S. 892 / Public Law 97 - 162
An act to amend the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act.
S. 1937 / Public Law 97 - 163
An act to extend the expiration date of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
Approved April 2, 1982
H.R. 4482 / Public Law 97 - 164
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982.
Approved April 3, 1982
H.J. Res. 272 / Public Law 97 - 165
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 4 through 10, 1982, ``National Medic Alert Week''.
H.J. Res. 447 / Public Law 97 - 166
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 4, 1982, as the ``National Day of Reflection''.
Approved April 6, 1982
H.J. Res. 435 / Public Law 97 - 167
A joint resolution providing for the designation of April 12, 1982, as ``American Salute to Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Memorial Day''.
S. 634 / Public Law 97 - 168
An act to authorize the exchange of certain lands in Idaho and Wyoming.
S.J. Res. 102 / Public Law 97 - 169
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the month of April 1982 as ``Parliamentary Emphasis Month''.
Approved April 12, 1982
H.J. Res. 410 / Public Law 97 - 170
A joint resolution to designate April 19, 1982, as ``Dutch-American Friendship Day''.
Approved April 13, 1982
S. 2333 / Public Law 97 - 171
An act to amend section 209 of title 18, United States Code, to permit an officer or employee of the United States Government, injured during an assassination attempt, to receive contributions from charitable organizations.
Approved April 16, 1982
S.J. Res. 67 / Public Law 97 - 172
A joint resolution to establish National Nurse-Midwifery Week.
Approved April 28, 1982
H.J. Res. 448 / Public Law 97 - 173
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 25 through May 2, 1982, as ``Jewish Heritage Week''.
Approved May 4, 1982
S. 266 / Public Law 97 - 174
Veterans' Administration and Department of Defense Health Resources Sharing and Emergency Operations Act.
S. 1093 / Private Law 97 - 15
An act for the relief of Sandra Reyes Pellecer.
Approved May 11, 1982
S. 2373 / Public Law 97 - 175
An act to change the name of the landing strip at White Sands Missile Range in the State of New Mexico, to ``White Sands Space Harbor''.
Approved May 17, 1982
S. 2244 / Public Law 97 - 176
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.
H.R. 1624 / Private Law 97 - 16
An act for the relief of Theresa Macam Alcalen.
H.R. 1681 / Private Law 97 - 17
An act for the relief of Andre Bartholo Eubanks.
H.R. 1796 / Private Law 97 - 18
An act for the relief of Jacobo Cosio-Franco.
H.R. 1977 / Private Law 97 - 19
An act for the relief of Maria Gloria (Joy) C. Villa.
H.R. 3478 / Private Law 97 - 20
An act for the relief of Mrs. Haruko Kubota Smith.
Approved May 21, 1982
S. 1131 / Public Law 97 - 177
Prompt Payment Act.
H.J. Res. 412 / Public Law 97 - 178
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate May 20, 1982, as ``Amelia Earhart Day''.
Approved May 24, 1982
H.R. 2863 / Public Law 97 - 179
An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the portion of the Tahoe National Forest known as Blyth Arena.
S. 691 / Public Law 97 - 180
Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act of 1982.
H.J. Res. 361 / Public Law 97 - 181
A joint resolution to grant official recognition to the international ballet competition.
S.J. Res. 170 / Public Law 97 - 182
A joint resolution to designate the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as ``National Hospice Week''.
S.J. Res. 145 / Public Law 97 - 183
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim ``National Orchestra Week''.
S. 146 / Public Law 97 - 184
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the preservation of historic Camden in the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6038 / Public Law 97 - 185
An act to amend section 235 of the National Housing Act.
Approved May 25, 1982
S. 1611 / Public Law 97 - 186
An act to amend Public Law 90 - 553, to authorize the transfer, conveyance, lease and improvement of, and construction on, certain property in the District of Columbia, for use as a headquarters site for an international organization, as sites for governments of foreign countries, and for other purposes.
Approved June 1, 1982
S.J. Res. 53 / Public Law 97 - 187
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of September 5, 1982, as ``Working Mothers' Day''.
S.J. Res. 59 / Public Law 97 - 188
A joint resolution designating the square dance as the national folk dance of the United States.
S.J. Res. 160 / Public Law 97 - 189
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of July 9, 1982, and April 9, 1983, as ``National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day''.
S. 2575 / Public Law 97 - 190
An act to extend the expiration date of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
S. 2535 / Public Law 97 - 191
An act to regulate the operation of foreign fish processing vessels within State waters.
H.R. 4769 / Public Law 97 - 192
An act to recognize the organization known as the American Council of Learned Societies.
H.R. 1231 / Private Law 97 - 21
An act for the relief of the Washington Post, the Washington Star, the Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina), the Brooklyn Times, Equity Advertising Agency, Incorporated, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the News Tribune.
H.R. 1543 / Private Law 97 - 22
An act to confirm a conveyance of certain real property by the Central Pacific Railway Company and Southern Pacific Company to A. C. Taber and his wife, Mary Taber.
H.R. 1608 / Private Law 97 - 23
An act for the relief of Mrs. Frieda Simonson.
Approved June 15, 1982
S.J. Res. 149 / Public Law 97 - 193
A joint resolution to designate the week of June 6, 1982, through June 12, 1982, as ``National Child Abuse Prevention Week''.
Approved June 16, 1982
S.J. Res. 131 / Public Law 97 - 194
A joint resolution designating ``National Theatre Week''.
S. 1808 / Public Law 97 - 195
An act to authorize an Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.
Approved June 18, 1982
S.J. Res. 201 / Public Law 97 - 196
A joint resolution designating ``Baltic Freedom Day''.
Approved June 21, 1982
S. 896 / Public Law 97 - 197
An act to designate the control tower at Memphis International Airport the Omlie Tower.
S.J. Res. 140 / Public Law 97 - 198
A joint resolution designating February 11, 1983, ``National Inventors' Day''.
Approved June 22, 1982
H.R. 6132 / Public Law 97 - 199
An act to amend section 5590 of the Revised Statutes to provide for adjusting the rate of interest paid on funds of the Smithsonian Institution deposited with the Treasury of the United States as a permanent loan.
Approved June 23, 1982
H.R. 4 / Public Law 97 - 200
Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.
H.R. 5432 / Public Law 97 - 201
An act to authorize the presentation on behalf of the Congress of a specially struck gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover.
Approved June 24, 1982
H.R. 5566 / Public Law 97 - 202
An act authorizing appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for services necessary to the nonperforming arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5659 / Public Law 97 - 203
An act to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to construct a building for the National Museum of African Art and a center for Eastern art together with structures for related educational activities in the area south of the original Smithsonian Institution Building adjacent to Independence Avenue at Tenth Street Southwest, in the city of Washington.
Approved June 28, 1982
H.J. Res. 519 / Public Law 97 - 204
A joint resolution to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.
Approved June 29, 1982
H.R. 3112 / Public Law 97 - 205
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982.
Approved June 30, 1982
H.R. 3863 / Public Law 97 - 206
An act to amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to increase the number of turkeys which may be slaughtered and processed without inspection under such Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4569 / Public Law 97 - 207
An act to designate the United States Post Office Building in Hartford, Connecticut, as the ``William R. Cotter Federal Building''.
H.R. 6631 / Public Law 97 - 208
An act to authorize humanitarian assistance for the people of Lebanon.
H.J. Res. 230 / Public Law 97 - 209
A joint resolution imploring the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to allow Doctor Semyon Gluzman and his family to emigrate to Israel.
H.J. Res. 518 / Public Law 97 - 210
A joint resolution to designate the week commencing with the fourth Monday in June 1982 as ``National NCO/Petty Officer Week''.
S. 1519 / Public Law 97 - 211
An act to designate certain national wildlife refuge lands.
H.R. 3816 / Public Law 97 - 212
An act to improve the operation of the Fishermen's Contingency Fund established to compensate commercial fishermen for damages resulting from oil and gas exploration, development, and production in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.
H.R. 4903 / Public Law 97 - 213
An act granting the consent of the Congress to an interstate compact between the States of Mississippi and Louisiana establishing a commission to study the feasibility of rapid rail transit service between the two States.
H.R. 1482 / Private Law 97 – 24
An act for the relief of Christina Boltz Sidders.
Approved July 12, 1982
H.R. 6451 / Public Law 97-214
Military Construction Codification Act.
H.R. 3127 / Private Law 97-25
An act for the relief of Staff Sergeant Anne M. Fisher, United States Army Reserve.
Approved July 13, 1982
Note: The following bill became law over the President’s veto of July 8.
H. R. 6198 / Public Law 97-215
An act to amend the manufacturing clause of the copyright law.
Approved July 18, 1982
H.R. 6685 / Public Law 97-216
Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982.
Approved July 19, 1982
S. 2651 / Public Law 97-217
An act to extend the expiration date of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
Approved July 20, 1982
H.R. 6590 / Public Law 97-218
No New Cost Tobacco Program Act of 1982.
Approved July 22, 1982
S. 881 / Public Law 97-219
Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982.
S. 1230 / Public Law 97-220
Olympic Commemorative Coin Act.
Approved July 23, 1982
S. 2240 / Public Law 97-220
Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982.
Approved July 27, 1982
H.R. 4935 / Public Law 97-222
An act to amend title 11, United States Code, to correct technical errors, and to clarify and make substantive changes, with respect to securities and commodities.
H.J. Res. 225 / Public Law 97-223
A joint resolution to designate the week beginning June 5, 1983, and ending June 11, 1983, as “Management Week in America.”
Approved July 28, 1982
S.J. Res. 95 / Public Law 97-224
A joint resolution to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the supervision and approval of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, to proceed with the construction of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and for other purposes.
H.J. Res. 444 / Public Law 97-225
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate August 14, 1982, as “National Navaho Code Talkers Day.”
H.R. 4688 / Public Law 97-226
An act to amend the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act of 1964 to increase from $15,000 to $25, 000 the maximum amount the United States may pay in settlement of a claim under section 3 of that Act.
Approved August 2, 1982
H.R. 6663 / Public Law 97-227
An act to delay the effective date of proposed amendments to rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
H.J. Res. 526 / Public Law 97-228
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the week of August 1, 1982, through August 7, 1982, as “National Purple Heart Week”.
Approved August 3, 1982
S. 2332 / Public Law 97-229
Energy Emergency Preparedness Act of 1982.
Approved August 6, 1982
S. 2706 / Public Law 97-230
An act to amend title 28, United State Code, to modify the bar membership requirements for United States magistrates.
Approved August 9, 1982
S. 2317 / Public Law 97-231
An act to recognize the organization known as the National Federation of Music Clubs.
S. 2218 / Public Law 97-232
An act to provide for the development and improvement of the recreation facilities and programs of Gateway National Recreation Area through the use of funds obtained from the development of methane gas resources within the Fountain Avenue Landfill site by the city of New York.
Approved August 10, 1982
H.J. Res. 494 / Public Law 97-233
A joint resolution with regard to Presidential certifications on conditions in El Salvador.
H.R. 5380 / Public 97-234
An act to recognize the organization known as American Ex-Prisoners of War.
Approved August 16, 1982
S.J. Res 190 / Public Law 97-235
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate “National Family Week.”
Approved August 17, 1982
S.J. Res. 183 / Public Law 97-236
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating October 17 through October 23, 1982, as “Lupus Awareness Week.”
Approved August 20, 1982
H.J. Res. 541 / Public Law 97-237
A joint resolution concerning the successful completion of the test flight phase of the Space Shuttle program.
S. 2154 / Public Law 97-238
An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest held by the United State in certain lands located in the Christian County, Kentucky, so that such lands may be used for cemetery purposes.
H.J. Res. 516 / Public Law 97-239
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of April 17 to April 23, 1983, as “National Coin Week.”
S.J. Res. 123 / Public Law 97-240
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim “National Disabled Veterans Week.”
Approved August 24, 1982
S. 1193 / Public Law 97-241
An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.
S. 2073 / Public Law 97-242
An act to repeal outdated size and weight limitations now imposed on the United States Postal Service.
Approved August 26, 1982
H.R. 6530 / Public Law 97-243
An act to designate the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2160 / Public Law 97-244
Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1982.
H.R. 6033 / Public Law 97-245
An act relating to the preservation of the historic Congressional Cemetery in the District of Columbia for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States.
H.R. 4647 / Public Law 97-246
An act to award special congressional gold medals to Fred Waring, the widow of Joe Louis, and Louis L’Amour.
S. 167 / Private Law 97-26
An act for the relief of Juan Esteban Ramirez.
Approved August 27, 1982
H.R. 6260 / Public Law 97-247
An act to authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
Approved September 3, 1982
H.R. 4961 / Public Law 97-248
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.
Approved September 8, 1982
H.R. 6732 / Public Law 97-249
An act to amend the International Safe Container Act.
S. 1119 / Public Law 97-250
An act to correct the boundary of Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6350 / Public Law 97-251
Veterans’ Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement and Extension Act of 1982.
S. 2248 / Public Law 97-252
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983.
H.R. 6955 / Public Law 97-253
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982.
H.R. 6409 / Public Law 97-254
An act to provide for the participation of the United States in the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1526 / Public Law 97-255
Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982.
H.R. 3345 / Public Law 97-256
An act to make technical and conforming changes in the patent and trademark laws and in the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.
H.R. 3126 / Private Law 97-27
An act to direct the Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating to cause the vessel Sky Lark to be documented as a vessel of the United States so as to be entitled to engage in the coastwise trade, and for other purposes.
Approved September 10, 1982
Note: The following bill became law over the President’s veto of August 28.
H.R. 6863 / Public Law 97-257
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982.
Approved September 13, 1982
H.R. 6128 / Public Law 97-258
An act to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, “Money and Finance.”
H.R. 3239 / Public Law 97-259
An act to amend the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.
Approved September 18, 1982
S.J. Res. 194 / Public Law 97-260
A joint resolution to provide for the appointment of Nancy Hanks as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Approved September 20, 1982
H.R. 3663 / Public Law 97-261
Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982.
Approved September 22, 1982
S.J. Res. 250 / Public Law 97-262
A joint resolution to provide for resolution of the single outstanding issue in the current railway labor-management dispute, and for other purposes.
Approved September 24, 1982
H.R. 1710 / Public Law 97-263
An act to authorize the use of the frank for official mail sent by the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.
S. 2582 / Public Law 97-264
An act to amend the Act to establish a Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, and for other purposes.
S.J. Res. 186 / Public Law 97-265
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the week of September 19 through 25, 1982, as “National Cystic Fibrosis Week."
S.J. Res. 205 / Public Law 97-266
A joint resolution to designate September 1982 as “National Sewing Month.”
H.R. 3835 / Private law 97-28
An act for the relief of Rutherford K. Clarke and his wife Ida T. Clarke.
Approved September 27, 1982
S. 923 / Public Law 97-267
An act to amend chapter 207 of title 18, United States Code, relating to pretrial services.
H.R. 3620 / Public Law 97-268
An act transferring certain Federal property to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey.
H.R. 6068 / Public Law 97-269
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983.
Approved September 30, 1982
H.J. Res. 520 / Public Law 97-270
A joint resolution to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.
H.R. 3517 / Public Law 97-271
Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1982.
H.R. 6956 / Public Law 97-272
Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983.
H.R. 4347 / Public Law 97-273
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with development of the WEB pipeline, to provide for the study of South Dakota water projects to be developed in lieu of the Oahe and Pollock-Herreid irrigation projects, and to make available Missouri basin pumping power to projects authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 to receive such power.
H.R. 7065 / Public Law 97-274
An act to amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate community action agencies for certain community action programs administered by the Secretary for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.
Approved October 1, 1982
S. 1628 / Public Law 97-275
An act to amend the Emergency Fund Act (Act of June 26, 1948, 62 Stat. 1052).
S. 215 / Private Law 97-2
An act for the relief of Lourie Ann Eder.
Approved October 2, 1982
H.J. Res. 599 / Public Law 97-276
A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.
Approved October 4, 1982
H.J. Res. 496 / Public Law 97-277
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week beginning on November 21, 1982, as “National Alzheimer’s Disease Week.”
H.R. 5288 / Public Law 97-278
An act granting the consent of Congress to the compact between the States of New Hampshire and Vermont concerning solid waste.
S.J. Res. 193 / Public Law 97-279
A joint resolution designating the week of November 7 through November 13, 1982, as “National Respiratory Therapy Week.”
S.J. Res. 165 / Public Law 97-280
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim 1983 as the “Year of the Bible.”
Approved October 5, 1982
H.J. Res. 568 / Public Law 97-281
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of October 5, 1982, as “Dr. Robert H. Goddard Day.”
S.J. Res. 174 / Public Law 97-282
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate October 16, 1982, as “World Food Day.”
S. 2405 / Public Law 97-283
An act to further amend the boundary of the Cibola National Forest to allow an exchange of lands with the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
H.J. Res. 486 / Public Law 97-284
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from October 3, 1982, through October 9, 1982, as “National Schoolbus Safety Week of 1982.”
Approved October 6, 1982
S. 907 / Public Law 97-285
An act to amend sections 351 and 1751 of title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for crimes against Cabinet officers, Supreme Court Justices, and Presidential staff members, and for other purposes.
S 2271 / Public Law 97-286
National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983.
H.R. 3589 / Public Law 97-287
An act to authorize the exchange of certain land held by the Navajo Tribe and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5081 / Public Law 97-288
An act to declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and to transfer certain other lands to the administration of the United States Forest Service.
H.J. Res. 612 / Public Law 97-289
A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.
Approved October 8, 1982
S. 734 / Public Law 97-290
An act to encourage exports by facilitating the formation and operation of export trading companies, export trade associations, and the expansion of export trade services generally.
Approved October 12, 1982
S. 2420 / Public Law 97-291
Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982.
H.R. 6976 / Public Law 97-292
Missing Children Act.
S. 1409 / Public Law 97-293
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain modifications of the existing Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone project, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Wyoming, and for other purposes.
S.J. Res. 239 / Public Law 97-294
A joint resolution designating October 16, 1982, as “National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day.”
HR. 4623 / Public Law 97-295
An act to amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code.
H.R. 5154 / Public Law 97-296
An act to amend the Lanham Trademark Act to prohibit any State from requiring that a registered trademark be altered for use within such State, and to encourage private enterprise with special emphasis on the preservation of small business.
H.R. 6168 / Public Law 97-297
An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a criminal penalty for threats against former Presidents, major Presidential candidates, and certain other persons protected by the Secret Service, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6454 / Public Law 97-298
Anti-Arson Act of 1982.
H.J. Res. 207 / Public Law 97-299
A joint resolution to require the Secretary of the Interior to place a plaque at the United States Marine Corps War Memorial honoring Joseph Rosenthal, photographer of the scene depicted by the memorial.
Approved October 13, 1982
S. 2036 / Public Law 97-300
Job Training Partnership Act.
S. 2852 / Public Law 97-301
An act to require a separate family contribution schedule for Pell Grants for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985. To establish restrictions upon the contents of such schedule, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3881 / Public Law 97-302
An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain lands conveyed to the Arkansas Forestry Commission, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States in such lands to such Commission.
H.R. 6156 / Public Law 97-303
An act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the definition of security, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6133 / Public Law 97-304
Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982.
Approved October 14, 1982
S. 188 / Public Law 97-305
An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6782 / Public Law 97-306
Veterans Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982.
S. 2874 / Public Law 97-307
An act to amend the Act of March 16, 1934, as amended, to credit entrance fees for the migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamp contest to the account which pays for the administration of the contest.
H.R. 4486 / Public Law 97-308
An act to amend chapter 84, section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to establish zones of protection for certain persons protected by the United States Secret Service.
H.R. 5930 / Public Law 97-309
An act to extend the aviation insurance program for five years.
H.R. 7293 / Public Law 97-310
Wolf Trap Farm Park Act.
H.R. 6422 / Public Law 97-311
An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United State a revisionary interest in certain land previously conveyed to the State of Connecticut.
H.R. 2035 / Public Law 97-312
An act to authorize certain employees of the United States Department of Agriculture charged with the enforcement of animal quarantine laws to carry firearms for self-protection and to improve the quality of table grapes for marketing in the United States.
H.R. 5658 / Public Law 97-313
An act to authorize the use of education block grant funds to teach the principles of citizenship.
H.R. 5941 / Public Law 97-314
An act to designate the building known as the Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Greenville, South Carolina, as the “Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Federal Building,” the building known as the Quincy Post Office in Quincy, Massachusetts, as the James A. Burke Post Office,” and the United States Post Office in Building in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the “William H. Harsha United States Post Office Building.”
H.J. Res. 588 / Public Law 97-315
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the month of October 1982, as “Head Start Awareness Month.”
S.J. Res. 113 / Public Law 97-316
A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 28 through December 4, 1982, as “National Home Health Care Week.”
S.J. Res. 197 / Public Law 97-317
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week of October 17 through October 23, 1982 as “Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.”
S.J. Res. 235 / Public Law 97-318
A joint resolution to proclaim March 21, 1983, as “National Agriculture Day.”
S.J. Res. 249 / Public Law 97-319
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the month of October 1982, as “National Spinal Cord Injury Month.”
H.R. 825 / Private Law 97-30
An act for the relief of Yick Bong Au Yeung.
H.R. 1783 / Private Law 97-31
An act for the relief of Felipe B. Manalo and Maria Monita A. Manalo.
H. R. 1841 / Private Law 97-32
An act for the relief of Isabelita Clima Portilla.
H.R. 4490 / Private Law 97-33
An act for the relief of Lehi L. Pitchforth, Junior.
Approved October 15, 1982
H.R. 6267 / Public Law 97-320
Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982.
S. 2586 / Public Law 97-321
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983.
S. 2252 / Public Law 97-322
An act to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 1983 and 1984, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6968 / Public Law 97-323
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1983
H.R. 5890 / Public Law 97-324
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1983
H.R. 6164 / Public Law 97-325
International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act.
S. 2386 / Public Law 97-326
Consolidated Federal Funds Report Act of 1982.
S. 2574 / Public Law 97-327
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982.
H.R. 6276 / Public Law 97-328
An act to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to allow the issuance of revenue bonds to finance college and university programs which provide student educational loans.
S. 2436 / Public Law 97-329
An act to designate the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, District of Columbia, as a national historic site, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4476 / Public Law 97-330
An act to amend the Administrative Conference Act, by authorizing appropriations therefor.
H.R. 6273 / Public Law 97-331
Motor Vehicle Safety and Cost Savings Authorization Act of 1982.
H.R. 2528 / Public Law 97-332
An act to amend the Economy Act to provide that all departments and agencies may obtain materials or services from other agencies by contract, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1486 / Public Law 97-333
Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge Act.
S. 2457 / Public Law 97-334
An act to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia.
S. 1777 / Public Law 97-335
An act relating to the establishment of a permanent boundary for that portion of the Acadia National Park as lies within the town of Isle au Haut, Maine.
S. 2375 / Public Law 97-336
An act to extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.
H.R. 3278 / Public Law 97-337
An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide additional standards for determining the amount of space to be programmed for military retirees and their dependents in medical facilities of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6188 / Public Law 97-338
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate with the State of Nebraska in studies of Platte River water resource use and development, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3467 / Public Law 97-339
Arms Control and Disarmament Amendments Act of 1982.
H.R. 1281 / Public Law 97-340
An act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands in Alaska comprising trade and trade manufacturing site A-056802 without regard to the eighty-rod limitation provided by existing law.
S. 1872 / Public Law 97-341
An act to provide for a study of grazing phaseout at Capitol Reef National Park, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7115 / Public Law 97-342
An act to authorize the transfer of nine naval vessels to certain foreign governments.
S.J. Res. 241 / Public Law 97-343
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week of December 12, 1982, through December 18, 1982, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.”
S. 478 / Public Law 97-344
An act to provide for the partitioning of certain restricted Indian land in the State of Kansas.
S. 1573 / Public Law 97-345
An act to exempt the Lake Oswego, Oregon, hydroelectric facility from part I of the Federal Power Act (Act of June 10, 1920) as amended, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5145 / Public Law 97-346
An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide training opportunities for employees under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden, and for other purposes.
H.R. 684 / Private Law 97-34
An act for the relief of Ok-Boon Kang.
H.R. 1481 / Private Law 97-35
An act for the relief of George Herbert Weston.
H.R. 1826 / Private Law 97-36
An act for the relief of Shinji Oniki.
H.R. 2193 / Public 97-37
An act for the relief of Berendina Antonia Maria van Kleeff.
H.R. 2340 / Private Law 97-38
An act for the relief of Theodore Anthony Dominguez.
H.R. 3171 / Private Law 97-39
An act for the relief of Doctor David Pass.
H.R. 3451 / Private Law 97-40
An act for the relief of Danuta Gwozdz.
H.R. 4662 / Private Law 97-41
An act for the relief of Eun Ok Han.
H.R. 6811 / Private Law 97-42
An act for the relief of Alejo White and Sonia White.
Approved October 18, 1982
H.R. 5662 / Public Law 97-347
An act to extend until October 1, 1983, the authority and authorization of appropriations for certain programs under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956.
S. 1018 / Public Law 97-348
Coastal Barrier Resources Act.
S.J. Re. 261 / Public Law 97-349
A joint resolution to designate “National Housing Week.”
S. 1210 / Public Law 97-350
An act to authorize appropriations for the operations of the Office of Environment Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality during fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984, and withdraw certain lands within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest from leasing under mineral and geothermal leasing laws.
H.R. 5228 / Public Law 97-351
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Implementation Act of 1982.
H.R. 6865 / Public Law 97-352
An act to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the payment of monetary penalties for certain admitted and infrequent violations involving misrepresentation under such Act, and for other purposes.
Approved October 19, 1982
S.J. Res. 257 / Public Law 97-353
A joint resolution to designate the month of November 1982, as “National Diabetes Month.”
H.R. 6055 / Public Law 97-354
Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982.
S.J. Res. 262 / Public Law 97-355
A joint resolution to designate the month of November 1982 as “National Christmas Seal Month.”
H.R. 6029 / Public Law 97-356
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by exchange certain lands within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Indiana.
H.R. 5139 / Public Law 97-357
An act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 2146 / Private Law 97-43
An act to extend the lease terms of Federal oil and gas leases, W66245, W66246, W66247, and W66250.
Approved October 21, 1982
H.R. 6142 / Public Law 97-358
Surplus Agricultural Commodities Disposal Act of 1982.
Approved October 22, 1982
S. 1698 / Public Law 97-359
An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.
H.R. 4828 / Public Law 97-360
An act to set aside certain surplus vessels for use n the provision of health and other humanitarian services to developing countries.
H.R. 3787 / Public Law 97-361
An act to amend sections 10 and 11 of the Act of October 21, 1970 (Public Law 91-479; 16 U.S.C. 460x), entitled “An Act to establish in the State of Michigan the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.”
H.R. 828 / Private Law 97-44
An act for the relief of George G. Barrios, doctor of medicine, his wife Olga T. Cruz, and their children Kurt F. Barrios, Karl S. Barrios, Katrina Adelaida Theresa.
H.R. 2342 / Private Law 97-45
An act for the relief of Maria Cecilia Gabella-Ossa.
H.R. 3592 / Private Law 97-46
An act for the relief of Uili Tuifua, Talameafoou Tuifua, Heta Tuifua, Sateki Tuifua, Ilaisaane Tuifua, and Ofa Hemooni Tuifua.
Approved October 25, 1982
H.R. 4717 / Public Law 97-362
Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982.
H.R. 5879 / Public Law 97-363
Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1982.
H.R. 6170 / Public Law 97-364
An act to amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage the establishment by State of effective alcohol traffic safety programs and to require the Secretary of Transportation to administer a national driver register to assist State driver licensing officials in electronically exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of certain individuals.
H.R. 4613 / Public Law 97-365
Debt Collection Act of 1982.
H.R. 4441 / Public Law 97-366
An act to amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to the fees of the Copyright Office, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7292 / Public Law 97-367
White House Conference on Productivity Act.
Approved December 17, 1982
H.R. Res. 595 / Public Law 97-368
A joint resolution designating December 11, 1982, as “Fiorello H. La Guardia Memorial Day.”
Approved December 18, 1982
H.R. 7019 / Public Law 97-369
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983.
H.R. 7072 / Public Law 97-370
An act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.
Approved December 20, 1982
H.R. 6403 / Public Law 97-371
An act to provide for the use and distribution of funds to the Wyandot Tribe of Indians in docket 139 before the Indian Claims Commission and docket 141 before the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5795 / Public Law 97-372
An act to provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Shawnee Tribe of Indian Claims Commission and docket 64-A by the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.
S. 2177 / Public Law 97-373
An act to amend title III of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Public Law 90-537 (82 Stat. 885), as amended by Public Law 95-578 (92 Stat. 2471), and Public Law 96-375 (94 Stat. 1505).
S. 764 / Public Law 97-374
An act to provide for protection of the John Sack cabin, Targhee National Forest in the State of Idaho.
Approved December 21, 1982
H.R. 6005 / Public Law 97-375
Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982.
H.R. 5553 / Public Law 97-376
An act to provide for the use and disposition of Miami Indians judgment funds in dockets 124-B and 254 before the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.
H.J. Res. 631 / Public Law 97-377
A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations and providing for productive employment for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.
Approved December 22, 1982
H.R. 7144 / Public Law 97-378
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1983.
H.R. 6417 / Public Law 97-379
An act to amend Public Law 96-432 relating to the United State Capitol Grounds.
S. 1444 / Public Law 97-380
An act to authorize the Administrator of General Services to donate to State and local governments certain Federal personal property loaned to them for civil defense use, and for other purposes.
S. 1681 / Public Law 97-381
An act to designate the southern Nevada water project the “Robert B. Griffith Water Project.”
S. 1894 / Public Law 97-382
Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982.
S. 2034 / Public Law 97-383
An act to designate the lock and dam once known as the Jones Bluff Lock and Dam, located on the Alabama River, as the “Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam.”
S. 2710 / Public Law 97-384
An act to establish the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in the Hoosier National Forest, Indiana.
Approved December 23, 1982
H.R. 2329 / Public Law 97-385
An act conferring jurisdiction on certain counts of the United States to hear and render judgement in connection with certain claims of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
H.R. 4364 / Public Law 97-386
An act to declare that the United States holds in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona.
S. 2611 / Public Law 97-387
An act to amend the Peace Corps Act.
S. 3073 / Public Law 97-388
An act to provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled “Dumas Malone: A Journey With Mr. Jefferson.”
Approved December 29, 1982
H.R. 3942 / Public Law 97-389
Fisheries Amendments of 1982.
H.R. 6204 / Public Law 97-390
An act to provide for appointment and authority of the Supreme Court Police, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6588 / Public Law 97-391
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act.
H.R. 6758 / Public Law 97-392
An act to authorize the sale of defense articles to United States companies for incorporation into end items to be sold to friendly foreign countries.
S. 816 / Public 97-393
An act to amend the Clayton Act to modify the amount of damages payable to foreign states and instrumentalities of foreign states which sue for violations of the antitrust laws.
Approved December 30, 1982
H.R. 7356 / Public Law 97-394
An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.
S. 823 / Public Law 97-395
An act to provide for the payment of losses incurred as result of the ban on the use of the chemical Tris in apparel, fabric, yearn, or fiber, and for other purposes.
Approved December 31, 1982
H.R. 1952 / Public Law 97-396
An act authorizing appropriations to carry out conservation programs on military reservations and public lands during fiscal years 1983, 1984, and in 1985, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5204 / Public Law 97-397
An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to accept certain lands for the benefit of the Sycuan Band of Mission Indians.
H.R. 6946 / Public Law 97-398
An act to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for certain false identification related crimes.
H.R. 7155 / Public Law 97-399
Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1982
H.R. 7377 / Public Law 97-400
An act to designate the Lakeview Lake project Mountain Creek, Texas, as the “Joe Pool Lake.”
S. 187 / Public Law 97-401
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands near Miles City, Montana, and to remove certain reservations from prior conveyances.
S. 1340 / Public Law 97-402
An act to provide for the use and distribution of Clallam judgement funds in docket numbered 134 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.
S. 1735 / Public Law 97-403
An act to provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Pembina Chippewa Indians in dockets numbered 113, 191, 221, and 246 of the Court Claims.
S. 3113 / Public Law 97-404
An act to make certain minor and technical amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act.