Acts Approved by the President

Approved September 30, 1978

H.R. 12935 ............ Public Law 95-391

Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979.

H.R. 12936 .............Public Law 95-392

Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1979.

H.R. 7819 .............. Public Law 95-393

Diplomatic Relations Act.

H.R. 12772 ............ Public Law 95-394

An act to facilitate the exchange of certain lands in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

H.R. 12860 .............Public Law 95-395

Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act.

S. 1678 ............... Public Law 95-396

Federal Pesticide Act of 1978.

H.R. 3702 ............. Public Law 95-397

Uniformed Services Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1978.

S. 3069 ................ Public Law 95-398

An act to provide that members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe may request the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands, and to provide that the tribe shall have a preference right to purchase certain lands held in trust by the United States for tribal members.

S. 3002 ................ Public Law

95-399 An act to modify a portion of the south boundary of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other purposes.

S. 3271 ................ Public Law 95-400

An act to amend the pilot project workfare provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977.

H.R. 11401 ............ Public Law 95-401

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1979.

S. 3468 ................ Public Law 95-402

An act to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to ensure that the interest rates on price support loans for upland cotton are not less favorable to producers than the interest rates for such loans on other commodities.

S. 1896 ................ Public Law 95-403

An act to amend the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979.

S. 2701 ................ Public Law 95-404

An act to amend the Water Resources Planning Act (79 Stat. 244, as amended).

S. 2391 ................ Public Law 95-405

Futures Trading Act of 1978.

S. J. Res. 165 ........... Public Law 95-406

A joint resolution to provide for a temporary extension of certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and related authorities, of the national flood insurance program, of the crime insurance and riot reinsurance programs, of certain rural housing authorities, and for other purposes.

H. J. Res. 1140 .......... Public Law 95-407

A joint resolution to amend section 8 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

H.R. 1427 .............. Private Law 95-54

An act for the relief of Marie Grant.

H.R. 3460 .............. Private Law 95-55

An act for the relief of William J. Elder and the estate of Stephen M. Owens, deceased.

H.R. 5097 .............. Private Law 95-56

An act for the relief of Doctor Daryl C. Johnson.

H.R. 6760 .............. Private Law 95-57

An act for the relief of Charles M. Metott.

Approved October 2, 1978

S. 3375 ................ Public Law 95-408

Federal District Court Organization Act of 1978.

S. 3272 ................ Public Law 95-409

An act to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and for other purposes.

Approved October 3, 1978

H.R. 8149 ............. Public Law 95-410

Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978.

Approved October 5, 1978

S.J. Res. 154 ..........Public Law 95-411

A joint resolution authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign nations to participate in the International Petroleum Exposition to be held at Tulsa, Oklahoma, from September 10, 1979, through September 13, 1979.

H.R. 12443 .............. Public Law 95-412

An act to amend section 201(a), 202(c) and 203 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and to establish a Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy.

S. 3342 ................ Public Law 95-413

An act to name a lake which has been completed as part of the Papillion Creek basin project as the "Standing Bear Lake".

S. 2507 ................ Public Law 95-414

An act to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to acquire the Museum of African Art, and for other purposes.

H.J. Res. 1088 .......... Public Law 95-415

A joint resolution providing financial assistance for the city of New York.

S. 1265 ................ Public Law 95-416

An act to amend chapter 21 of title 44, United States Code, to include new provisions relating to the acceptance and use of records transferred to the custody of the Administrator of General Services.

H.R. 12508 ...........Public Law 95-417

An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the admission into the United States of more than two adopted children and to provide for the expeditious naturalization of adopted children.

H.R. 8812 ............. Public Law 95-418

An act to name a certain Federal building in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the "E. C. 'Took' Gathings Building".

H.J. Res. 1007 .......... Public Law 95-419

A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as "Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week".

H.R. 13745 ............ Public Law 95-420

Sikes Act Amendments of 1978.

S. 3040 ................ Public Law 95-421

Amtrak Improvement Act of 1978.

H.R. 11291 .........Public Law 95-422

An act to authorize appropriations for the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and to change the name of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration to the United States Fire Administration.

H.R. 8449 ............Private Law 95-58

An act for the relief of Lourdes Marie Hudson.

Approved October 6, 1978

H.R. 1920 ........... Public Law 95-423

An act to amend section 5064 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for refund of tax on distilled spirits, wines, rectified products, and beer lost or rendered unmarketable due to fire, flood, casualty, or other disaster, or to breakage, destruction, or other damage (excluding theft) resulting from vandalism or malicious mischief while held for sale.

H.R. 12222 ..........Public Law 95-424

International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978.

H.R. 11567 ..........Public Law 95-425

An act to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal years 1979 and 1980, and for other purposes.

H.R. 9071 .............Private Law 95-59

An act to confer jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of John T. Knight.