Geographical Location - Washington, D.C.

  1. Congress Approves the Oil Pollution Act
  2. Congress Authorizes Private Carriers for Airmail
  3. Congress Bans Covert Aid to Nicaraguan Contras
  4. Congress Bans Importation of African Slaves
  5. Congress Begins Hearings on Cost Overruns for the C-5A Galaxy
  6. Congress Centralizes Regulation of U.S. Commercial Air Traffic
  7. Congress Creates Eastern Wilderness Areas
  8. Congress Creates the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  9. Congress Creates the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  10. Congress Creates the Small Business Administration
  11. Congress Deregulates Banks and Savings and Loans
  12. Congress Enacts the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  13. Congress Enacts the Bilingual Education Act
  14. Congress Enacts the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
  15. Congress Establishes a Border Patrol
  16. Congress Establishes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  17. Congress Establishes the Public Land Law Review Commission
  18. Congress Expands Pesticide Regulations
  19. Congress Extends Voting Rights Reforms
  20. Congress Formally Apologizes to Japanese Internees
  21. Congress Gives Tax Breaks to Financiers of Small Businesses
  22. Congress Intensifies Food and Drug Regulation
  23. Congress Limits the Use of Billboards
  24. Congress Passes Community Right-to-Know Act
  25. Congress Passes the Agricultural Marketing Act
  26. Congress Passes the Air Pollution Control Act
  27. Congress Passes the Americans with Disabilities Act
  28. Congress Passes the Architectural Barriers Act
  29. Congress Passes the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
  30. Congress Passes the Civil Rights Act
  31. Congress Passes the Clayton Antitrust Act
  32. Congress Passes the Clean Air Act Amendments
  33. Congress Passes the Consumer Credit Protection Act
  34. Congress Passes the Endangered Species Act
  35. Congress Passes the Endangered Species Preservation Act
  36. Congress Passes the Equal Employment Opportunity Act
  37. Congress Passes the Equal Pay Act
  38. Congress Passes the Fair Credit Reporting Act
  39. Congress Passes the Federal Credit Union Act
  40. Congress Passes the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
  41. Congress Passes the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
  42. Congress Passes the Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act
  43. Congress Passes the Occupational Safety and Health Act
  44. Congress Passes the Pure Food and Drug Act
  45. Congress Passes the Reclamation Act
  46. Congress Passes the RICO Act
  47. Congress Passes the Taylor Grazing Act
  48. Congress Passes the Voting Rights Act
  49. Congress Passes the Water Resources Research Act
  50. Congress Prohibits Discrimination in the Granting of Credit