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119th Congress

Volume 96

1982–1983 · 97th Congress · sessions 1–2 · 372 public laws.

  1. Public Law 97–146Public Law 97–146: 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”.Jan 30, 1982
  2. Public Law 97–147Public Law 97–147: Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, for the Department of Agriculture.Feb 15, 1982
  3. Public Law 97–148Public Law 97–148: Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.Feb 22, 1982
  4. Public Law 97–149Public Law 97–149: To designate 1982 as the “National Year of Disabled Persons”.Feb 26, 1982
  5. Public Law 97–150Public Law 97–150: To authorize and request the President to designate the week of February 28, 1982, through March 6, 1982, as “National Construction Industry Week”.Mar 1, 1982
  6. Public Law 97–151Public Law 97–151: 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.Mar 10, 1982
  7. Public Law 97–152Public Law 97–152: To extend the date for the submission to the Congress of the report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.Mar 16, 1982
  8. Public Law 97–153Public Law 97–153: To designate July 1982 as “National Peach Month”.Mar 16, 1982
  9. Public Law 97–154Public Law 97–154: To designate October 1982 as “National P.T.A. Membership Month”.Mar 16, 1982
  10. Public Law 97–155Public Law 97–155: 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 Warn.Mar 17, 1982
  11. Public Law 97–156Public Law 97–156: To proclaim March 18, 1982, as “National Agriculture Day”.Mar 18, 1982
  12. Public Law 97–157Public Law 97–157: 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.Mar 22, 1982
  13. Public Law 97–158Public Law 97–158: 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.Mar 22, 1982
  14. Public Law 97–159Public Law 97–159: To provide for the distribution within the United States of the International Communication Agency slide show entitled “Montana: The People Speak”.Mar 24, 1982
  15. Public Law 97–160Public Law 97–160: 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.Mar 26, 1982
  16. Public Law 97–161Public Law 97–161: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982.Mar 31, 1982
  17. Public Law 97–162Public Law 97–162: To amend the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act.Apr 1, 1982
  18. Public Law 97–163Public Law 97–163: To extend the expiration date of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.Apr 1, 1982
  19. Public Law 97–164Public Law 97–164: To establish a United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to establish a United States Claims Court, and for other purposes.Apr 2, 1982
  20. Public Law 97–165Public Law 97–165: To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 4 through 10, 1982, “National Medic Alert Week”.Apr 3, 1982
  21. Public Law 97–166Public Law 97–166: To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 4, 1982, as the “National Day of Reflection”.Apr 3, 1982
  22. Public Law 97–167Public Law 97–167: Providing for the designation of April 12, 1982, as “American Salute to Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Memorial Day”.Apr 6, 1982
  23. Public Law 97–168Public Law 97–168: To authorize the exchange of certain lands in Idaho and Wyoming.Apr 6, 1982
  24. Public Law 97–169Public Law 97–169: To authorize and request the President to designate the month of April 1982 as “Parliamentary Emphasis Month”.Apr 6, 1982
  25. Public Law 97–170Public Law 97–170: To designate April 19, 1982, as “Dutch-American Friendship Day”.Apr 12, 1982
  26. Public Law 97–171Public Law 97–171: 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.Apr 13, 1982
  27. Public Law 97–172Public Law 97–172: To establish National Nurse-Midwifery Week.Apr 16, 1982
  28. Public Law 97–173Public Law 97–173: To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 25 through May 4 1982, as “Jewish Heritage Week”.Apr 28, 1982
  29. Public Law 97–174Public Law 97–174: To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote greater sharing of health-care resources between the Veterans’ Administration and the Department of Defense and to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to plan for the provision of health care by the Veterans’ Administration during periods of war or national emergency to members of the Armed Forces on active duty; and for other purposes.May 4, 1982
  30. Public Law 97–175Public Law 97–175: To change the name of the landing strip at White Sands Missile Range in the State of New Mexico, to “white Sands Space Harbor”.May 11, 1982
  31. Public Law 97–176Public Law 97–176: To give effect to the Protocol Amending the Convention for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed at Washington, March 29, 1979.May 17, 1982
  32. Public Law 97–177Public Law 97–177: To require the Federal Government to pay interest on overdue payments, and for other purposes.May 21, 1982
  33. Public Law 97–178Public Law 97–178: To authorize and request the President to designate May 20, 1982, as “Amelia Earhart Day”.May 21, 1982
  34. Public Law 97–179Public Law 97–179: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the portion of the Tahoe National Forest known as Blyth Arena.May 24, 1982
  35. Public Law 97–180Public Law 97–180: To amend titles 18 and 17 of the United States Code to strengthen the laws against record, tape, and film piracy and counterfeiting, and for other purposes.May 24, 1982
  36. Public Law 97–181Public Law 97–181: To grant official recognition to the international ballet competition.May 24, 1982
  37. Public Law 97–182Public Law 97–182: To designate the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as “National Hospice Week”.May 24, 1982
  38. Public Law 97–183Public Law 97–183: Authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim “National Orchestra Week”.May 24, 1982
  39. Public Law 97–184Public Law 97–184: 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.May 24, 1982
  40. Public Law 97–185Public Law 97–185: To amend section 235 of the National Housing Act.May 24, 1982
  41. Public Law 97–186Public Law 97–186: 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.May 25, 1982
  42. Public Law 97–187Public Law 97–187: To provide for the designation of September 5, 1982, as “Working Mothers’ Day”.Jun 1, 1982
  43. Public Law 97–188Public Law 97–188: Designating the square dance as the national folk dance of the United States.Jun 1, 1982
  44. Public Law 97–189Public Law 97–189: To provide for the designation of July 9, 1982, and April 9, 1983, as “National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day”.Jun 1, 1982
  45. Public Law 97–190Public Law 97–190: To extend the expiration date of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.Jun 1, 1982
  46. Public Law 97–191Public Law 97–191: To regulate the operation of foreign fish processing vessels within State waters.Jun 1, 1982
  47. Public Law 97–192Public Law 97–192: To recognize the organization known as the American Council of Learned Societies.Jun 1, 1982
  48. Public Law 97–193Public Law 97–193: To designate the week of June 6, 1982, through June 12, 1982, as “National Child Abuse Prevention Week”.Jun 15, 1982
  49. Public Law 97–194Public Law 97–194: Designating “National Theatre Week”.Jun 16, 1982
  50. Public Law 97–195Public Law 97–195: To authorize an Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.Jun 16, 1982
  51. Public Law 97–196Public Law 97–196: Designating “Baltic Freedom Day”.Jun 18, 1982
  52. Public Law 97–197Public Law 97–197: To designate the control tower at Memphis International Airport the Omlie Tower.Jun 21, 1982
  53. Public Law 97–198Public Law 97–198: Designating February 11, 1983, “National Inventors’ Day”.Jun 21, 1982
  54. Public Law 97–199Public Law 97–199: 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.Jun 22, 1982
  55. Public Law 97–200Public Law 97–200: To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of information identifying certain United States intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources.Jun 23, 1982
  56. Public Law 97–201Public Law 97–201: To authorize the presentation on behalf of the Congress of a specially struck gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover.Jun 23, 1982
  57. Public Law 97–202Public Law 97–202: 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.Jun 24, 1982
  58. Public Law 97–203Public Law 97–203: 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.Jun 24, 1982
  59. Public Law 97–204Public Law 97–204: To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.Jun 28, 1982
  60. Public Law 97–205Public Law 97–205: To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend the effect of certain provisions, and for other purposes.Jun 29, 1982
  61. Public Law 97–206Public Law 97–206: 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.Jun 30, 1982
  62. Public Law 97–207Public Law 97–207: To designate the United States Post Office Building in Hartford, Connecticut, as the “William R. Cotter Federal Building”.Jun 30, 1982
  63. Public Law 97–208Public Law 97–208: To authorize humanitarian assistance for the people of Lebanon.Jun 30, 1982
  64. Public Law 97–209Public Law 97–209: Imploring the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to allow Doctor Semyon Gluzman and his family to emigrate to Israel.Jun 30, 1982
  65. Public Law 97–210Public Law 97–210: To designate the week commencing with the fourth Monday in June 1982 as “National NCO/Petty Officer Week”.Jun 30, 1982
  66. Public Law 97–211Public Law 97–211: To designate certain national wildlife refuge lands.Jun 30, 1982
  67. Public Law 97–212Public Law 97–212: 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.Jun 30, 1982
  68. Public Law 97–213Public Law 97–213: 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.Jun 30, 1982
  69. Public Law 97–214Public Law 97–214: To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and codify the permanent provisions of law relating to military construction and military family housing.Jul 12, 1982
  70. Public Law 97–215Public Law 97–215: To amend the manufacturing clause of the copyright law.Jul 13, 1982
  71. Public Law 97–216Public Law 97–216: Making urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.Jul 18, 1982
  72. Public Law 97–217Public Law 97–217: To extend the expiration date of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.Jul 19, 1982
  73. Public Law 97–218Public Law 97–218: To provide for the operation of the tobacco price support and production adjustment program in such a manner as to result in no net cost to taxpayers, to limit increases in the support price for tobacco, and for other purposes.Jul 20, 1982
  74. Public Law 97–219Public Law 97–219: To amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the role of the small, innovative firms in federally funded research and development, and to utilize Federal research and development as a base for technological innovation to meet agency needs and to contribute to the growth and strength of the Nation’s economy.Jul 22, 1982
  75. Public Law 97–220Public Law 97–220: To provide for the minting of commemorative coins to support the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.Jul 22, 1982
  76. Public Law 97–221Public Law 97–221: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide permanent authorization for Federal agencies to use flexible and compressed employee work schedules.Jul 23, 1982
  77. Public Law 97–222Public Law 97–222: To amend title 11, United States Code, to correct technical errors, and to clarify and make substantive changes, with respect to securities and commodities.Jul 27, 1982
  78. Public Law 97–223Public Law 97–223: To designate the week beginning June 5, 1983, and ending June 11, 1983, as “Management Week in America”.Jul 27, 1982
  79. Public Law 97–224Public Law 97–224: 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.Jul 28, 1982
  80. Public Law 97–225Public Law 97–225: To authorize and request the President to designate August 14, 1982, as “National Navaho Code Talkers Day”.Jul 28, 1982
  81. Public Law 97–226Public Law 97–226: 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.Jul 28, 1982
  82. Public Law 97–227Public Law 97–227: To delay the effective date of proposed amendments to rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.Aug 2, 1982
  83. Public Law 97–228Public Law 97–228: 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”.Aug 2, 1982
  84. Public Law 97–229Public Law 97–229: To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend certain authorities relating to the International Energy Program, to provide for the Nation’s energy emergency preparedness, and for other purposes.Aug 3, 1982
  85. Public Law 97–230Public Law 97–230: To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the bar membership requirements for United States magistrates.Aug 6, 1982
  86. Public Law 97–231Public Law 97–231: To recognize the organization known as the National Federation of Music Clubs.Aug 9, 1982
  87. Public Law 97–232Public Law 97–232: 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.Aug 9, 1982
  88. Public Law 97–233Public Law 97–233: With regard to Presidential certifications on conditions in El Salvador.Aug 10, 1982
  89. Public Law 97–234Public Law 97–234: To recognize the organization known as American Ex-Prisoners of War.Aug 10, 1982
  90. Public Law 97–235Public Law 97–235: To authorize and request the President to designate “National Family Week”.Aug 16, 1982
  91. Public Law 97–236Public Law 97–236: To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating October 17 through October 23, 1982, as “Lupus Awareness Week”.Aug 17, 1982
  92. Public Law 97–237Public Law 97–237: Concerning the successful completion of the test flight phase of the Space Shuttle program.Aug 20, 1982
  93. Public Law 97–238Public Law 97–238: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest held by the United States in certain lands located in Christian County, Kentucky, so that such lands may be used for cemetery purposes.Aug 20, 1982
  94. Public Law 97–239Public Law 97–239: To provide for the designation of April 17 to April 23, 1983, as “National Coin Week”.Aug 20, 1982
  95. Public Law 97–240Public Law 97–240: Authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim “National Disabled Veterans Week”.Aug 20, 1982
  96. Public Law 97–241Public Law 97–241: 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.Aug 24, 1982
  97. Public Law 97–242Public Law 97–242: To repeal outdated size and weight limitations now imposed on the United States Postal Service.Aug 24, 1982
  98. Public Law 97–243Public Law 97–243: To designate the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.Aug 26, 1982
  99. Public Law 97–244Public Law 97–244: To amend the Potato Research and Promotion Act.Aug 26, 1982
  100. Public Law 97–245Public Law 97–245: 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.Aug 26, 1982
  101. Public Law 97–246Public Law 97–246: To award special congressional gold medals to Fred Waring, the widow of Joe Louis, and Louis L’Amour.Aug 26, 1982
  102. Public Law 97–247Public Law 97–247: To authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.Aug 27, 1982
  103. Public Law 97–248Public Law 97–248: To provide for tax equity and fiscal responsibility, and for other purposes.Sep 3, 1982
  104. Public Law 97–249Public Law 97–249: To amend the International Safe Container Act.Sep 8, 1982
  105. Public Law 97–250Public Law 97–250: To correct the boundary of Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.Sep 8, 1982
  106. Public Law 97–251Public Law 97–251: To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance recruitment and retention by the Veterans’ Administration of nurses and certain other health-care personnel, to improve the Veterans’ Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program and certain aspects of other Veterans’ Administration health-care programs, and to extend certain expiring Veterans’ Administration health-care programs; and for other purposes.Sep 8, 1982
  107. Public Law 97–252Public Law 97–252: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1983 for the Armed Forces for procurement, for research, development, test, and evaluation, and for operation and maintenance, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces and for civilian employees of the Department of Defense, to authorize appropriations for such fiscal year for civil defense, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.Sep 8, 1982
  108. Public Law 97–258Public Law 97–258: To provide for reconciliation pursuant to the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1983 (S. Con. Res. 92, Ninety-seventh Congress).Sep 8, 1982
  109. Public Law 97–254Public Law 97–254: 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.Sep 8, 1982
  110. Public Law 97–255Public Law 97–255: To amend the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 to require ongoing evaluations and report on the adequacy of the systems of internal accounting and administrative control of each executive agency, and for other purposes.Sep 8, 1982
  111. Public Law 97–256Public Law 97–256: To make technical and conforming changes in the patent and trademark laws and in the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.Sep 8, 1982
  112. Public Law 97–257Public Law 97–257: Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.Sep 10, 1982
  113. Public Law 97–258Public Law 97–258: To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, es title 31, United States Code, “Money and Finance”.Sep 13, 1982
  114. Public Law 97–259Public Law 97–259: To amend the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.Sep 13, 1982
  115. Public Law 97–260Public Law 97–260: To provide for the appointment of Nancy Hanks as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.Sep 18, 1982
  116. Public Law 97–261Public Law 97–261: To amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, to provide for more effective regulation of motor carriers of passengers.Sep 20, 1982
  117. Public Law 97–262Public Law 97–262: To provide for resolution of the single outstanding issue in the current railway labor-management dispute, and for other purposes.Sep 22, 1982
  118. Public Law 97–263Public Law 97–263: To authorize the use of the frank for official mail sent by the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.Sep 24, 1982
  119. Public Law 97–264Public Law 97–264: To amend the Act to establish a Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, and for other purposes.Sep 24, 1982
  120. Public Law 97–265Public Law 97–265: To authorize and request the President to designate the week of September 19 through 25, 1982, as "National Cystic Fibrosis Week”.Sep 24, 1982
  121. Public Law 97–266Public Law 97–266: To designate September 1982 as “National Sewing Month”.Sep 24, 1982
  122. Public Law 97–267Public Law 97–267: To amend chapter 207 of title 18, United States Code, relating to pretrial services.Sep 27, 1982
  123. Public Law 97–268Public Law 97–268: Transferring certain Federal property to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey.Sep 27, 1982
  124. Public Law 97–269Public Law 97–269: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1983 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, for the Intelligence Community Staff, for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.Sep 27, 1982
  125. Public Law 97–270Public Law 97–270: To provide for a temporary in crease in the public debt limit.Sep 30, 1982
  126. Public Law 97–271Public Law 97–271: To authorize the granting of permanent residence status to certain nonimmigrant aliens residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for other purposes.Sep 30, 1982
  127. Public Law 97–272Public Law 97–272: Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.Sep 30, 1982
  128. Public Law 97–273Public Law 97–273: 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.Sep 30, 1982
  129. Public Law 97–274Public Law 97–274: 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.Sep 30, 1982
  130. Public Law 97–275Public Law 97–275: To amend the Emergency Fund Act (Act of June 26, 1948, 62 Stat. 1052).Oct 1, 1982
  131. Public Law 97–276Public Law 97–276: Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.Oct 2, 1982
  132. Public Law 97–277Public Law 97–277: To provide for the designation of the week beginning on November 21, 1982, as “National Alzheimer’s Disease Week”.Oct 4, 1982
  133. Public Law 97–278Public Law 97–278: Granting the consent of Congress to the compact between the States of New Hampshire and Vermont concerning solid waste.Oct 4, 1982
  134. Public Law 97–279Public Law 97–279: Designating the week of November 7 through November 13, 1982, as “National Respiratory Therapy Week”.Oct 4, 1982
  135. Public Law 97–280Public Law 97–280: Authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim 1983 as the “Year of the Bible”.Oct 4, 1982
  136. Public Law 97–281Public Law 97–281: To provide for the designation of October 5, 1982 as “Dr. Robert H. Goddard Day”.Oct 5, 1982
  137. Public Law 97–282Public Law 97–282: To authorize and request the President to designate October 16, 1982 as “World Food Day”.Oct 5, 1982
  138. Public Law 97–283Public Law 97–283: To further amend the boundary of the Cibola National Forest to allow an exchange of lands with the city of Albuquerque. New Mexico.Oct 5, 1982
  139. Public Law 97–284Public Law 97–284: 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”.Oct 5, 1982
  140. Public Law 97–285Public Law 97–285: 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.Oct 6, 1982
  141. Public Law 97–286Public Law 97–286: To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.Oct 6, 1982
  142. Public Law 97–287Public Law 97–287: To authorize the exchange of certain land held by the Navajo Tribe and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes.Oct 6, 1982
  143. Public Law 97–288Public Law 97–288: 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.Oct 6, 1982
  144. Public Law 97–289Public Law 97–289: To provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.Oct 6, 1982
  145. Public Law 97–290Public Law 97–290: To encourage exports by facilitating the formation and operation of export trading companies, export trade associations, and the expansion of export trade services generally.Oct 8, 1982
  146. Public Law 97–291Public Law 97–291: To provide additional protections and assistance to victims and witnesses in Federal cases.Oct 12, 1982
  147. Public Law 97–292Public Law 97–292: To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General to acquire and exchange information to assist Federal, State, and local officials in the identification of certain deceased individuals and in the location of missing persons (including unemancipated persons).Oct 12, 1982
  148. Public Law 97–293Public Law 97–293: 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.Oct 12, 1982
  149. Public Law 97–294Public Law 97–294: Designating October 16, 1982, as “National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day”.Oct 12, 1982
  150. Public Law 97–295Public Law 97–295: To amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code.Oct 12, 1982
  151. Public Law 97–296Public Law 97–296: 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.Oct 12, 1982
  152. Public Law 97–297Public Law 97–297: 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.Oct 12, 1982
  153. Public Law 97–298Public Law 97–298: To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the applicability of offenses involving explosives and fire.Oct 12, 1982
  154. Public Law 97–299Public Law 97–299: 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.Oct 12, 1982
  155. Public Law 97–300Public Law 97–300: To provide for a job training program and for other purpose.Oct 13, 1982
  156. Public Law 97–301Public Law 97–301: 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.Oct 13, 1982
  157. Public Law 97–302Public Law 97–302: 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.Oct 13, 1982
  158. Public Law 97–303Public Law 97–303: To clarify the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the definition of security, and for other purposes.Oct 13, 1982
  159. Public Law 97–304Public Law 97–304: To authorize appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and for other purposes.Oct 13, 1982
  160. Public Law 97–305Public Law 97–305: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest, and for other purposes.Oct 14, 1982
  161. Public Law 97–306Public Law 97–306: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children, and to modify and improve the educational assistance programs administered by the Veterans’ Administration and the veterans’ employment programs administered by the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.Oct 14, 1982
  162. Public Law 97–307Public Law 97–307: 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.Oct 14, 1982
  163. Public Law 97–308Public Law 97–308: 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.Oct 14, 1982
  164. Public Law 97–309Public Law 97–309: To extend the aviation insurance program for five years.Oct 14, 1982
  165. Public Law 97–310Public Law 97–310: To provide financial assistance to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts for reconstruction of the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park, and for other purposes.Oct 14, 1982
  166. Public Law 97–311Public Law 97–311: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain land previously conveyed to the State of Connecticut.Oct 14, 1982
  167. Public Law 97–312Public Law 97–312: 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.Oct 14, 1982
  168. Public Law 97–313Public Law 97–313: To authorize the use of education block grant funds to teach the principles of citizenship.Oct 14, 1982
  169. Public Law 97–314Public Law 97–314: 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 Poet Office in Quincy, Massachusetts, as the “James A. Burke Post Office”, and the United States Post Office Building in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the “William H. Harsha United States Post Office Building”.Oct 14, 1982
  170. Public Law 97–315Public Law 97–315: To provide for the designation of the month of October 1982, as “Head Start Awareness Month”.Oct 14, 1982
  171. Public Law 97–316Public Law 97–316: To designate the week beginning November 28 through December 4, 1982, as “National Home Health Care Week”.Oct 14, 1982
  172. Public Law 97–317Public Law 97–317: To provide for the designation of the week of October 17 through October 23, 1982, as “Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week”.Oct 14, 1982
  173. Public Law 97–318Public Law 97–318: To proclaim March 21, 1983, as “National Agriculture Day”.Oct 14, 1982
  174. Public Law 97–319Public Law 97–319: To provide for the designation of the month of October 1982, as “National Spinal Cord Injury Month”.Oct 14, 1982
  175. Public Law 97–320Public Law 97–320: To revitalize the housing industry by strengthening the financial stability of home mortgage lending institutions and ensuring the availability of home mortgage loans.Oct 15, 1982
  176. Public Law 97–321Public Law 97–321: To authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  177. Public Law 97–322Public Law 97–322: To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 1983 and 1984, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  178. Public Law 97–323Public Law 97–323: Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  179. Public Law 97–324Public Law 97–324: To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  180. Public Law 97–325Public Law 97–325: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP), and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  181. Public Law 97–326Public Law 97–326: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  182. Public Law 97–327Public Law 97–327: To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  183. Public Law 97–328Public Law 97–328: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  184. Public Law 97–329Public Law 97–329: To designate the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington. District of Columbia, as a national historic site, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  185. Public Law 97–330Public Law 97–330: To amend the Administrative Conference Act, by authorizing appropriations therefor.Oct 15, 1982
  186. Public Law 97–331Public Law 97–331: To amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  187. Public Law 97–332Public Law 97–332: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  188. Public Law 97–333Public Law 97–333: To establish the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge, Jefferson County, State of Washington.Oct 15, 1982
  189. Public Law 97–334Public Law 97–334: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  190. Public Law 97–335Public Law 97–335: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  191. Public Law 97–336Public Law 97–336: To extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.Oct 15, 1982
  192. Public Law 97–337Public Law 97–337: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide additional standards for determining the amount of space to be programed for military retirees and their dependents in medical facilities of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  193. Public Law 97–338Public Law 97–338: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  194. Public Law 97–339Public Law 97–339: To authorize appropriations under the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  195. Public Law 97–340Public Law 97–340: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  196. Public Law 97–341Public Law 97–341: To provide for a study of grazing phaseout at Capitol Reef National Park, and for other purposes.Oct 15, 1982
  197. Public Law 97–342Public Law 97–342: To authorize the transfer of nine naval vessels to certain foreign governments.Oct 15, 1982
  198. Public Law 97–343Public Law 97–343: To provide for the designation of the week of December 12, 1982, through December 18, 1982, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”.Oct 15, 1982
  199. Public Law 97–344Public Law 97–344: To provide for the partitioning of certain restricted Indian land in the State of Kansas.Oct 15, 1982
  200. Public Law 97–345Public Law 97–345: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  201. Public Law 97–346Public Law 97–346: 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.Oct 15, 1982
  202. Public Law 97–347Public Law 97–347: To extend until October 1, 1983, the authority and authorization of appropriations for certain programs under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956.Oct 18, 1982
  203. Public Law 97–348Public Law 97–348: To protect and conserve fish and wildlife resources, and for other purposes.Oct 18, 1982
  204. Public Law 97–349Public Law 97–349: To designate “National Housing Week”.Oct 18, 1982
  205. Public Law 97–350Public Law 97–350: To authorize appropriations for the operations of the Office of Environmental 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.Oct 18, 1982
  206. Public Law 97–351Public Law 97–351: To amend title 18 of the United States Code to implement the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, and for other purposes.Oct 18, 1982
  207. Public Law 97–352Public Law 97–352: 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.Oct 18, 1982
  208. Public Law 97–353Public Law 97–353: To designate the month of November 1982, as “National Diabetes Month”.Oct 19, 1982
  209. Public Law 97–354Public Law 97–354: To revise subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to small business corporations).Oct 19, 1982
  210. Public Law 97–355Public Law 97–355: To designate the month of November 1982 as “National Christmas Seal Month”.Oct 19, 1982
  211. Public Law 97–356Public Law 97–356: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by exchange certain lands within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Indiana.Oct 19, 1982
  212. Public Law 97–357Public Law 97–357: To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.Oct 19, 1982
  213. Public Law 97–358Public Law 97–358: To authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to process its accumulated stocks of agricultural commodities into liquid fuels and agricultural commodity byproducts, and for the disposition thereof, and for other purposes.Oct 21, 1982
  214. Public Law 97–359Public Law 97–359: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.Oct 22, 1982
  215. Public Law 97–360Public Law 97–360: To set aside certain surplus vessels for use in the provision of health and other humanitarian services to developing countries.Oct 22, 1982
  216. Public Law 97–361Public Law 97–361: 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”.Oct 22, 1982
  217. Public Law 97–362Public Law 97–362: To reduce the amount of LIFO recapture in the case of certain plans of liquidation adopted during 1982, to make adjustments in the net operating loss carryback and carryforward rules for the Federal National Mortgage Association, and for other purposes.Oct 25, 1982
  218. Public Law 97–363Public Law 97–363: To amend chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for one year the authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance, and for other purposes.Oct 25, 1982
  219. Public Law 97–364Public Law 97–364: To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage the establishment by States 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.Oct 25, 1982
  220. Public Law 97–365Public Law 97–365: To increase the efficiency of Government-wide efforts to collect debts owed the United States and to provide additional procedures for the collection of debts owed the United States.Oct 25, 1982
  221. Public Law 97–366Public Law 97–366: To emend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to the fees of the Copyright Office, and for other purposes.Oct 25, 1982
  222. Public Law 97–367Public Law 97–367: To establish a White House Conference on Productivity.Oct 25, 1982
  223. Public Law 97–368Public Law 97–368: Designating December 11, 1982, as “Fiorello H. La Guardia Memorial Day”.Dec 17, 1982
  224. Public Law 97–369Public Law 97–369: Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.Dec 18, 1982
  225. Public Law 97–370Public Law 97–370: Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.Dec 18, 1982
  226. Public Law 97–371Public Law 97–371: 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.Dec 20, 1982
  227. Public Law 97–372Public Law 97–372: To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Shawnee Tribe of Indians in dockets 64, 335, and 338 by the Indian Claims Commission and docket 64–A by the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.Dec 20, 1982
  228. Public Law 97–373Public Law 97–373: To amend title HI 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).Dec 20, 1982
  229. Public Law 97–374Public Law 97–374: To provide for protection of the John Sack cabin, Targhee National Forest in the State of Idaho.Dec 20, 1982
  230. Public Law 97–375Public Law 97–375: To discontinue or amend certain requirements for agency reports to Congress.Dec 21, 1982
  231. Public Law 97–376Public Law 97–376: 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.Dec 21, 1982
  232. Public Law 97–377Public Law 97–377: Making further continuing appropriations and providing for productive employment for the fiscal year 1983, and tor other purposes.Dec 21, 1982
  233. Public Law 97–378Public Law 97–378: Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.Dec 22, 1982
  234. Public Law 97–379Public Law 97–379: To amend Public Law 96–432 relating to the United States Capitol Grounds.Dec 22, 1982
  235. Public Law 97–380Public Law 97–380: 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.Dec 22, 1982
  236. Public Law 97–381Public Law 97–381: To designate the southern Nevada water project the “Robert B. Griffith Water Project’.Dec 22, 1982
  237. Public Law 97–382Public Law 97–382: To permit Indian tribes to enter into certain agreements for the disposition of tribal mineral resources, and for other purposes.Dec 22, 1982
  238. Public Law 97–383Public Law 97–383: To designate the lock and dam known as the Jones Bluff Lock and Dam, located on the Alabama River, as the “Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam”.Dec 22, 1982
  239. Public Law 97–384Public Law 97–384: To establish the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in the Hoosier National Forest, Indiana.Dec 22, 1982
  240. Public Law 97–385Public Law 97–385: Conferring jurisdiction on certain courts of the United States to hear and render judgment in connection with certain claims of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.Dec 23, 1982
  241. Public Law 97–386Public Law 97–386: To declare that the United States holds in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona.Dec 23, 1982
  242. Public Law 97–387Public Law 97–387: To amend the Peace Corps Act.Dec 23, 1982
  243. Public Law 97–388Public Law 97–388: To provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled “Dumas Malone: A Journey With Mr. Jefferson”.Dec 23, 1982
  244. Public Law 97–389Public Law 97–389: To amend the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964.Dec 29, 1982
  245. Public Law 97–390Public Law 97–390: To provide for appointment and authority of the Supreme Court Police, and for other purposes.Dec 29, 1982
  246. Public Law 97–391Public Law 97–391: To provide for Federal recognition of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, to institute for such tribe those Federal services provided to Indians who are recognized by the Federal Government and who receive such services because of the Federal trust responsibility, and for other purposes.Dec 29, 1982
  247. Public Law 97–392Public Law 97–392: To authorize the sale of defense articles to United States companies for incorporation into end items to be sold to friendly foreign countries.Dec 29, 1982
  248. Public Law 97–393Public Law 97–393: 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.Dec 29, 1982
  249. Public Law 97–394Public Law 97–394: Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.Dec 30, 1982
  250. Public Law 97–395Public Law 97–395: To provide for the payment of losses incurred as a result of the ban on the use of the chemical Tris in apparel, fabric, yarn, or fiber, and for other purposes.Dec 30, 1982
  251. Public Law 97–396Public Law 97–396: Authorizing appropriations to carry out conservation programs on military reservations and public lands during fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and for other purposes.Dec 31, 1982
  252. Public Law 97–397Public Law 97–397: To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to accept certain lands for the benefit of the Sycuan Band of Mission Indians.Dec 31, 1982
  253. Public Law 97–398Public Law 97–398: To amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for certain false identification related crimes.Dec 31, 1982
  254. Public Law 97–399Public Law 97–399: To settle certain Indian land claims within the State of Florida, and for other purposes.Dec 31, 1982
  255. Public Law 97–400Public Law 97–400: To designate the Lakeview Lake project. Mountain Creek, Texas, as the “Joe Pool Lake”.Dec 31, 1982
  256. Public Law 97–401Public Law 97–401: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands near Miles City, Montana, and to remove certain reservations from prior conveyances.Dec 31, 1982
  257. Public Law 97–402Public Law 97–402: To provide for the use and distribution of Clallam judgment funds in docket numbered 134 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.Dec 31, 1982
  258. Public Law 97–403Public Law 97–403: 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 of Claims.Dec 31, 1982
  259. Public Law 97–404Public Law 97–404: To make certain minor and technical amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act.Dec 31, 1982
  260. Public Law 97–405Public Law 97–405: To revise the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.Jan 3, 1983
  261. Public Law 97–406Public Law 97–406: Entitled the “Educational Mining Act of 1982”.Jan 3, 1983
  262. Public Law 97–407Public Law 97–407: To designate certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri, which comprise approximately six thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight acres, and which are generally depicted on a map entitled “Paddy Creek Wilderness Area”, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.Jan 3, 1983
  263. Public Law 97–408Public Law 97–408: To provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded to the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes of Indians and the Assiniboine Tribe of Fort Belknap Indian Community, in certain dockets of the United States Court of Claims and of funds awarded to the Papago Tribe of Arizona in dockets numbered 345 and 102 of the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.Jan 3, 1983
  264. Public Law 97–409Public Law 97–409: To change the coverage of officials and the standards for the appointment of a special prosecutor in the special prosecutor provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and for other purposes.Jan 3, 1983
  265. Public Law 97–410Public Law 97–410: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide reasonable access to telephone service for persons with impaired hearing and to enable telephone companies to accommodate persons with other physical disabilities.Jan 3, 1983
  266. Public Law 97–411Public Law 97–411: To establish the Cheaha Wilderness in Talladega National Forest, Alabama.Jan 3, 1983
  267. Public Law 97–412Public Law 97–412: To amend section 1304(e) of title 5, United States Code.Jan 3, 1983
  268. Public Law 97–413Public Law 97–413: To designate 1983 as the “Bicentennial of Air and Space Flight”.Jan 3, 1983
  269. Public Law 97–414Public Law 97–414: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to facilitate the development of drugs for rare diseases and conditions, and for other purposes.Jan 4, 1983
  270. Public Law 97–415Public Law 97–415: To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and for other purposes.Jan 4, 1983
  271. Public Law 97–416Public Law 97–416: To reauthorize the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act for fiscal years 1983 and 1984.Jan 4, 1983
  272. Public Law 97–417Public Law 97–417: To provide subsistence allowances for members of the Coast Guard officer candidate program, and for other purposes.Jan 4, 1983
  273. Public Law 97–418Public Law 97–418: To amend title 3, United States Code, to clarify the function of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division with respect to certain foreign diplomatic missions in the United States, and for other purposes.Jan 4, 1983
  274. Public Law 97–419Public Law 97–419: To authorize and request the President to designate the month of December 1982 as “National Closed-Captioned Television Month”.Jan 4, 1983
  275. Public Law 97–420Public Law 97–420: Designating January 17, 1983, as “Public Employees’ Appreciation Day”.Jan 4, 1983
  276. Public Law 97–421Public Law 97–421: To conunemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Greene County, Missouri.Jan 4, 1983
  277. Public Law 97–422Public Law 97–422: To name the fish hatchery at the Warm Springs Dam component of the Russian River, Dry Creek, California project as the Don H. Clausen Fish Hatchery.Jan 4, 1983
  278. Public Law 97–423Public Law 97–423: To designate a certain Federal building in Springfield, Illinois the “Paul Findley Building”.Jan 4, 1983
  279. Public Law 97–424Public Law 97–424: To authorize appropriations for construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23, United States Code, for highway safety, for mass transportation in urban and rural areas, and for other purposes.Jan 6, 1983
  280. Public Law 97–425Public Law 97–425: To provide for the development of repositories for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, to establish a program of research, development, and demonstration regarding the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.Jan 7, 1983
  281. Public Law 97–426Public Law 97–426: To modify a withdrawal of certain lands in Mono County, California, to facilitate an exchange for certain other lands in Mono County, California, and for other purposes.Jan 8, 1983
  282. Public Law 97–427Public Law 97–427: To recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress.Jan 8, 1983
  283. Public Law 97–428Public Law 97–428: To authorize the exchange of certain land held in trust by the United States for the Navajo Tribe, and for other purposes.Jan 8, 1983
  284. Public Law 97–429Public Law 97–429: To grant Federal recognition to the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians; to clarify the status of the members of the band; to provide trust lands to the band, and for other purposes.Jan 8, 1983
  285. Public Law 97–430Public Law 97–430: To designate the building known as the United States Poet Office and Courthouse in Norfolk, Virginia, as the “Waiter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse”.Jan 8, 1983
  286. Public Law 97–431Public Law 97–431: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release on behalf of the United States certain restrictions contained in a previous conveyance of land to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and for other purposes.Jan 8, 1983
  287. Public Law 97–432Public Law 97–432: To amend the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to eliminate certain unnecessary regulatory requirements.Jan 8, 1983
  288. Public Law 97–433Public Law 97–433: To establish the National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund, and for other purposes.Jan 8, 1983
  289. Public Law 97–434Public Law 97–434: To declare certain Federal lands acquired for the benefit of Indians to be held in trust for the Tribes of such Indians.Jan 8, 1983
  290. Public Law 97–435Public Law 97–435: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University.Jan 8, 1983
  291. Public Law 97–436Public Law 97–436: To provide for the distribution of Warm Springe judgment funds awarded in docket numbered 198 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.Jan 8, 1983
  292. Public Law 97–437Public Law 97–437: To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow student interns of the Internal Revenue Service to have access to certain information required by such students in the performance of their official duties.Jan 8, 1983
  293. Public Law 97–438Public Law 97–438: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend for an additional year the Agricultural and Productive Credit and Self-Help Community Development Programs.Jan 8, 1983
  294. Public Law 97–439Public Law 97–439: To amend the Federal Seed Act with respect to prohibitions relating to interstate commerce in seed mixtures intended for lawn and turf purposes and prohibitions relating to importation of certain seeds, and for other purposes.Jan 8, 1983
  295. Public Law 97–440Public Law 97–440: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow modifications of certain effluent limitations relating to biochemical oxygen demand and pH.Jan 8, 1983
  296. Public Law 97–441Public Law 97–441: Designating “National High School Activities Week”.Jan 8, 1983
  297. Public Law 97–442Public Law 97–442: To authorize and request the President to designate the week of January 16, 1983, through January 22, 1983, as “National Jaycee Week”.Jan 8, 1983
  298. Public Law 97–443Public Law 97–443: To designate the week of March 13, 1983. through March 19, 1983, as “National Children and Television Week”.Jan 8, 1983
  299. Public Law 97–444Public Law 97–444: To extend the Commodity Exchange Act, and for other purposes.Jan 11, 1983
  300. Public Law 97–445Public Law 97–445: Authorizing the President to proclaim May 13, 1983, as “American Indian Day”.Jan 12, 1983
  301. Public Law 97–446Public Law 97–446: To reduce certain duties, to suspend temporarily certain duties, to extend certain existing suspensions of duties, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  302. Public Law 97–447Public Law 97–447: To exempt the United States Capitol Historical Society from certain taxes.Jan 12, 1983
  303. Public Law 97–448Public Law 97–448: To make technical corrections in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 and certain other recent tax legislation.Jan 12, 1983
  304. Public Law 97–449Public Law 97–449: To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws related to transportation as subtitle I and chapter 31 of subtitle II of title 49, United States Code, “Transportation”.Jan 12, 1983
  305. Public Law 97–450Public Law 97–450: To designate the Federal Building in Fresno, California, as the “B. F. Sisk Federal Building”.Jan 12, 1983
  306. Public Law 97–451Public Law 97–451: To ensure that all oil and gas originated on the public lands and on the Outer Continental Shelf are properly accounted for under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  307. Public Law 97–452Public Law 97–452: To codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and to improve the United States Code.Jan 12, 1983
  308. Public Law 97–453Public Law 97–453: To improve fishery conservation and management.Jan 12, 1983
  309. Public Law 97–454Public Law 97–454: To amend title 13, United States Code, to transfer responsibility for the quarterly financial report from the Federal Trade Commission to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  310. Public Law 97–455Public Law 97–455: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to reduce the rate of certain taxes paid to the Virgin Islands on Virgin Islands source income, to amend the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary period that payment of disability benefits may continue through the hearing stage of the appeals process, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  311. Public Law 97–456Public Law 97–456: To authorize appropriations for the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Customs Service, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  312. Public Law 97–457Public Law 97–457: To make technical corrections in certain banking and related statutes.Jan 12, 1983
  313. Public Law 97–458Public Law 97–458: To amend the Act of October 19, 1973 (87 Stat. 466), relating to the use or distribution of certain judgment funds awarded by the Indian Claims Commission or the Court of Claims.Jan 12, 1983
  314. Public Law 97–459Public Law 97–459: To authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of lands by Indian tribes and by the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation of North Dakota specifically, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  315. Public Law 97–460Public Law 97–460: To revise the boundaries of the Saratoga National Historical Park in the State of New York, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  316. Public Law 97–461Public Law 97–461: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties with respect to violations of certain Acts relating to the prevention of the introduction and dissemination into the United States of plant pests, plant diseases, and livestock and poultry diseases, to increase the amount of criminal fines which may be imposed with respect to violations of such Acts, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  317. Public Law 97–462Public Law 97–462: To amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with respect to certain service of process by mail, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  318. Public Law 97–463Public Law 97–463: To amend title 28 to provide protection to all jurors in Federal cases to clarify the compensation of attorneys for jurors in protecting their employment rights, and authorizing the service of jury summonses by ordinary mail.Jan 12, 1983
  319. Public Law 97–464Public Law 97–464: To amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to extend authorizations of appropriations, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  320. Public Law 97–465Public Law 97–465: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.Jan 12, 1983
  321. Public Law 97–466Public Law 97–466: To designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as wilderness; and to designate management of certain lands for uses other than wilderness.Jan 13, 1983
  322. Public Law 97–467Public Law 97–467: To designate the Federal Building in Lima, Ohio, as the “Tennyson Guyer Federal Building”.Jan 14, 1983
  323. Public Law 97–468Public Law 97–468: Making technical corrections to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 1983
  324. Public Law 97–469Public Law 97–469: Establishing the dates for submission of the Budget and Economic Report.Jan 14, 1983
  325. Public Law 97–470Public Law 97–470: To provide for the protection of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and for the registration of contractors of migrant and seasonal agricultural labor and for other purposes.Jan 14, 1983
  326. Public Law 97–471Public Law 97–471: To modify the judicial districts of West Virginia, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 1983
  327. Public Law 97–472Public Law 97–472: To designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the “Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America”.Jan 14, 1983
  328. Public Law 97–473Public Law 97–473: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the tax treatment of periodic payments for damages received on account of personal injury or sickness, and for other purposes.Jan 14, 1983
  329. Private Law 97–13Private Law 97–13: To revitalize the pleasure cruise industry by clarifying and waiving certain restrictions in the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the Merchant Manne Act, 1920, to permit the entry of the steamship vessel Oceanic Constitution into the trade.Mar 2, 1982
  330. Private Law 97–14Private Law 97–14: For the relief of Dolly Akers, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.Mar 30, 1982
  331. Private Law 97–15Private Law 97–15: For the relief of Sandra Reyes Pellecer.May 4, 1982
  332. Private Law 97–16Private Law 97–16: For the relief of Theresa Macam Alcalen.May 17, 1982
  333. Private Law 97–17Private Law 97–17: For the relief of Andre Bartholo Eubanks.May 17, 1982
  334. Private Law 97–18Private Law 97–18: For the relief of Jacobo Cosio-Franco.May 17, 1982
  335. Private Law 97–19Private Law 97–19: For the relief of Maria Gloria (Joy) C. Villa.May 17, 1982
  336. Private Law 97–20Private Law 97–20: For the relief of Mrs. Haruko Kubota Smith.May 17, 1982
  337. Private Law 97–21Private Law 97–21: 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.Jun 1, 1982
  338. Private Law 97–22Private Law 97–22: 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.Jun 1, 1982
  339. Private Law 97–23Private Law 97–23: For the relief of Mrs. Frieda Simonson.Jun 1, 1982
  340. Private Law 97–24Private Law 97–24: For the relief of Christina Boltz Sidders.Jun 30, 1982
  341. Private Law 97–25Private Law 97–25: For the relief of Staff Sergeant Anne M. Fisher, United States Army Reserve.Jul 12, 1982
  342. Private Law 97–26Private Law 97–26: For the relief of Juan Esteban Ramirez.Aug 26, 1982
  343. Private Law 97–27Private Law 97–27: 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.Sep 8, 1982
  344. Private Law 97–28Private Law 97–28: For the relief of Rutherford K. Clarke and his wife Ida T. Clarke.Sep 24, 1982
  345. Private Law 97–29Private Law 97–29: For the relief of Lourie Ann Eder.Oct 1, 1982
  346. Private Law 97–30Private Law 97–30: For the relief of Yick Bong Au Yeung.Oct 14, 1982
  347. Private Law 97–31Private Law 97–31: For the relief of Felipe B. Manalo and Maria Monita A. Manalo.Oct 14, 1982
  348. Private Law 97–32Private Law 97–32: For the relief of Isabelita Clima Portilla.Oct 14, 1982
  349. Private Law 97–33Private Law 97–33: For the relief of Lehi L. Pitchforth, Junior.Oct 14, 1982
  350. Private Law 97–34Private Law 97–34: For the relief of Ok-Boon Kang.Oct 15, 1982
  351. Private Law 97–35Private Law 97–35: For the relief of George Herbert Weston.Oct 15, 1982
  352. Private Law 97–36Private Law 97–36: For the relief of Shinji Oniki.Oct 15, 1982
  353. Private Law 97–37Private Law 97–37: For the relief of Berendina Antonia Marta van Kleeff.Oct 15, 1982
  354. Private Law 97–38Private Law 97–38: For the relief of Theodore Anthony Dominguez.Oct 15, 1982
  355. Private Law 97–39Private Law 97–39: For the relief of Doctor David Pass.Oct 15, 1982
  356. Private Law 97–40Private Law 97–40: For the relief of Danuta Gwozdz.Oct 15, 1982
  357. Private Law 97–41Private Law 97–41: For the relief of Eun Ok Han.Oct 15, 1982
  358. Private Law 97–42Private Law 97–42: For the relief of Alejo White and Sonia White.Oct 15, 1982
  359. Private Law 97–43Private Law 97–43: To extend the lease terms of Federal oil and gas leases, W66245, W66246, W66247, and W66250.Oct 19, 1982
  360. Private Law 97–44Private Law 97–44: For the relief of George G. Barrios, doctor of medicine, his wife Olga T. Cruz, and their children Kurt F. Barrios, and Karl S. Barrios, and Katrina Adelaida Theresa.Oct 22, 1982
  361. Private Law 97–45Private Law 97–45: For the relief of Maria Cecilia Gabella-Ossa.Oct 22, 1982
  362. Private Law 97–46Private Law 97–46: For the relief of Uili Tuifua, Talameafoou Tuifua, Heta Tuifua, Sateki Tuifua, Ilaisaane Tuifua, and Ofa Hemooni Tuifua.Oct 22, 1982
  363. Private Law 97–47Private Law 97–47: For the relief of Emanuel F. Lenkersdorf.Jan 3, 1983
  364. Private Law 97–48Private Law 97–48: For the relief of Carole Joy Maxfield-Raynor and Bruce Sherlock Maxfield-Raynor, wife and husband, and their children Charlton Bruce Maxfield-Raynor and Maxine Anne Maxfield-Raynor.Jan 3, 1983
  365. Private Law 97–49Private Law 97–49: For the relief of Jerry L. Crow and Ralph D. and Connie V. Hubbell.Jan 3, 1983
  366. Private Law 97–50Private Law 97–50: For the relief of Jose Ramon Beltron Aivenda Ostler.Jan 3, 1983
  367. Private Law 97–51Private Law 97–51: For the relief of Cesar Noel Jump.Jan 3, 1983
  368. Private Law 97–52Private Law 97–52: For the relief of Cynthia Gambon Rabena.Jan 4, 1983
  369. Private Law 97–53Private Law 97–53: For the relief of Kin Chi Eng Sims.Jan 6, 1983
  370. Private Law 97–54Private Law 97–54: For the relief of Dana Braford Baretto.Jan 6, 1983
  371. Private Law 97–55Private Law 97–55: To provide for the reinstatement and validation of United States oil and gas lease numbered W–24153.Jan 8, 1983
  372. Private Law 97–56Private Law 97–56: For the relief of Arthur J. Grauf.Jan 12, 1983