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The United States on January 3, 1983

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan R · since Jan 20, 1981

Senate

54 R · 46 D

100 senators · 98th Congress

House

280 D · 174 R

454 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

10.8%

Dec 1982 · $1 then ≈ $3.45 today

Public debt

$1.14T

as of Sep 30, 1982 · 1 armed conflict

1983-01-03/executiveThe administration

President Ronald Wilson Reagan R

since Jan 20, 1981

Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush R

White House Chief of Staff James Baker R

since Jan 20, 1981

Director of the Office of Management and Budget David Stockman R

since Jan 21, 1981

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger R

since Jan 21, 1981

Secretary of Education Terrel Bell R

since Jan 22, 1981

Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan R

since Jan 22, 1981

Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt R

since Jan 23, 1981

Attorney General William French Smith R

since Jan 23, 1981

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel Pierce R

since Jan 23, 1981

Director of Central Intelligence William J. Casey R

since Jan 28, 1981

Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan R

since Feb 4, 1981

Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick D

since Feb 4, 1981

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Anne Gorsuch Burford R

since May 20, 1981

Secretary of State George Shultz R

since Jul 16, 1982

Secretary of Energy Donald P. Hodel R

since Nov 5, 1982

1983-01-03/congress98th Congress

Senate · 54 R · 46 D

House · 280 D · 174 R

1983-01-03/supreme-courtThe bench

William Joseph Brennan, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since Mar 21, 1957

Byron Raymond White D

Associate Justice · appointed by John F. Kennedy · since Apr 12, 1962

Thurgood Marshall D

Associate Justice · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · since Aug 30, 1967

Warren Earl Burger R

Chief Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since Jun 23, 1969

Harry Andrew Blackmun R

Associate Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since May 14, 1970

Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since Dec 9, 1971

William Hubbs Rehnquist R

Associate Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since Dec 15, 1971

John Paul Stevens R

Associate Justice · appointed by Gerald Ford · since Dec 17, 1975

Sandra Day O'Connor R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 22, 1981

1983-01-03/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Lebanese Civil War (Multinational Force)

since Jan 1, 1983 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

1983-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1982 – Jan 10, 1983

Law Fisheries Amendments of 1982

Dec 29, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-389

Law An act to provide for appointment and authority of the Supreme Court Police, and for other purposes.

Dec 29, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-390

Law Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act

Dec 29, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-391

Law 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.

Dec 29, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-392

Law 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.

Dec 29, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-393

Law Indian Claims Limitation Act of 1982

Dec 30, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-394

Law A bill to provide for the payment of losses incurred as a result of the ban on the use of the chemical Tris in apparel, in fabric, yarn, or fiber, and for other purposes.

Dec 30, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-395

Law An act 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 · Pub. L. 97-396

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-397

Law False Identification Crime Control Act of 1982

Dec 31, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-398

Law Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1982

Dec 31, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-399

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-401

Law A bill to provide for the use and distribution of Clallam judgement funds in Docket No. 134 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

Dec 31, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-402

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-403

Law A bill to make certain minor and technical amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act.

Dec 31, 1982 · Pub. L. 97-404

War + Lebanese Civil War (Multinational Force)

Jan 1, 1983 · UCDP

Agency − National Ocean Survey

Jan 1, 1983 · sub_agency

Agency + National Ocean Service

Jan 1, 1983 · sub_agency

Agency + U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel

Jan 1, 1983 · sub_agency

Law A bill to revise the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

Jan 3, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-405

Law A bill entitled the "Educational Mining Act of 1982".

Jan 3, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-406

Law Paddy Creek Wilderness Act of 1981

Jan 3, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-407

Law An act 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 · Pub. L. 97-408

Law Ethics in Government Act Amendments of 1982

Jan 3, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-409

Law Telecommunications for the Disabled Act of 1982

Jan 3, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-410

Law Cheaha Wilderness Act

Jan 3, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-411

Law A bill to amend section 1304 (e) of Title 5, United States Code.

Jan 3, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-412

Law Orphan Drug Act

Jan 4, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-414

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-415

Law An act to reauthorize the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act for fiscal years 1983 and 1984.

Jan 4, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-416

Law A bill to provide subsistence allowances for members of the Coast Guard officer candidate program, and for other purposes.

Jan 4, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-417

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-418

Law A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the month of December 1982 as "National Close-Captioned Television Month".

Jan 4, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-419

Law A bill to designate a certain Federal building in Springfield, Illinois the "Paul Findley Building".

Jan 4, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-423

Law Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982

Jan 6, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-424

Law Nuclear Waste Policy Act

Jan 7, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-425

Law An act 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 · Pub. L. 97-426

Law A bill to recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-427

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-428

Law Texas Band of Kickapoo Act

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-429

Law A bill 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, N. Mex., and for other purposes.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-431

Law A bill to amend the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to eliminate certain unnecessary regulatory requirements.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-432

Law National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund Act

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-433

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-434

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-435

Law A bill to provide for the distribution of Warm Springs judgment funds awarded in Docket number 198 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-436

Law An act 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 · Pub. L. 97-437

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-438

Law Federal Seed Act Amendments of 1982

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-439

Law A bill 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 · Pub. L. 97-440

Law A joint resolution 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 · Pub. L. 97-442

Agency + Executive Office for Immigration Review

Jan 9, 1983 · sub_agency

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.