Well, the idea of superheroes registering with the government goes back further than that. It was a featured plot point in the limited series The Golden Age (1993-94), Watchmen (1986-87), and I think in Roy Thomas' All Star Squadron (1981-87). In those stories, the "Golden Age" heroes of the 30's, 40's, and early 50's had to reveal their secret identities to HUAC (in closed sessions, of course) and in Watchmen later heroes had to register with and work for the government or face prosecution. That idea also turned up in The Dark Knight Returns (1985-86).
All of those comics were published by DC. Marvel itself had the U.S. government passing the Mutant Registration Act, which first appeared in the mid-80s, but only applied to mutants and not "ordinary" superheroes.