Every law Congress has passed

1,640 laws of the 82nd Congress, 1951–1953

1. An Act To amend the Act of June 21, 1940, relating to the alteration of certain bridges over navigable waters, so as to include highway bridges, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 82-554 · 66 Stat. 732 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Act of February 7, 1905, as amended, authorizing the Kensington and Eastern Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Calumet River.

   Public Law 82-565 · 66 Stat. 733 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

3. An Act To amend an Act approved May 26, 1928, relating to a bridge across the Mississippi River at Bettendorf, Iowa.

   Public Law 82-566 · 66 Stat. 734 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

4. An Act To amend section 112 (n) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to non recognition of gain from said or exchange of residence} with respect to persons serving on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States.

   Public Law 82-567 · 66 Stat. 735 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the improvement of Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

   Public Law 82-568 · 66 Stat. 736 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

6. An Act To extend the provisions of the Act of May 20, 1926, as amended, so as to further regulate the interstate shipment of fish.

   Public Law 82-569 · 66 Stat. 736 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 16 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress”, approved June 18, 1929 (46 Stat. 25; 13 U. S. C. 216).

   Public Law 82-570 · 66 Stat. 736 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To extend the time for use of construction reserve funds established under section 511 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

   Public Law 82-571 · 66 Stat. 737 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

9. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact for the disposition, allocation, diversion, and apportionment of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 82-572 · 66 Stat. 737 · July 16, 1952 · Original text

10. An Act To extend the time for filing claims on behalf of certain persons, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 82-1015 · 66 Stat. A209 · July 17, 1952 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the Relief of Harris A. Bakken.

    Private Law 82-1016 · 66 Stat. A209 · July 17, 1952 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Food Service of Evansville, Incorporated.

    Private Law 82-1017 · 66 Stat. A210 · July 17, 1952 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the Commerce Trust Company.

    Private Law 82-1018 · 66 Stat. A210 · July 17, 1952 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the Relief of the Professional Arts Building Corporation.

    Private Law 82-1019 · 66 Stat. A211 · July 17, 1952 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the Relief of Aldo Vallesa.

    Private Law 82-1020 · 66 Stat. A211 · July 17, 1952 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Edward B. Formanek, deceased.

    Private Law 82-1021 · 66 Stat. A211 · July 17, 1952 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to a supplemental compact or agreement between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning the Delaware River Port Authority, formerly the Delaware River Joint Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-573 · 66 Stat. 738 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

18. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to a supplemental compact or agreement bet wren the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing the Delaware River Joint Commission to construct, finance, operate, maintain and own a vehicular tunnel or tunnels under, or an additional bridge across, the Delaware River and defining certain functions, powers, and duties of said Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-574 · 66 Stat. 747 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

19. An Act To amend title 17 of the United States Code entitled “Copyrights” with respect to recording and performing rights in literary works.

    Public Law 82-575 · 66 Stat. 752 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 3268 of the Internal Revenue Code so as to exempt certain recreational facilities from the tax prescribed therein, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-576 · 66 Stat. 752 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for authorization of a study and report of irrigation works in connection with Chief Joseph Dam.

    Public Law 82-577 · 66 Stat. 753 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

22. An Act To approve contracts negotiated with tile Gering and Fort Larande Irrigation District, the Goshen Irrigation District, and the Pathfinder Irrigation District, and to authorize their execution; and to authorize the execution of contracts with individual water right contractors on the North Platte Federal reclamation project, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-578 · 66 Stat. 754 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

23. An Act To extend the duration of the Water Pollution Control Act.

    Public Law 82-579 · 66 Stat. 755 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the Importation of the feathers of wild birds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-580 · 66 Stat. 755 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

25. An Act To provide tor terms of court to be held at West Palm Beach, and at Fort Myers, in the southern district of Florida.

    Public Law 82-581 · 66 Stat. 757 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

26. An Act To amend section 1498 of title 28, United States Code, so as to permit a joint patentee to bring suit on a patent in the Court of Claims in certain cases where one or more of his copatentees is barred from doing so.

    Public Law 82-582 · 66 Stat. 757 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act so as to provide for equality of grade, pay, and allowance between the Chief Medical Officer of the Coast Guard and comparable officers of the Army.

    Public Law 82-583 · 66 Stat. 758 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the participation by certain Federal employees, without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave, in funerals for deceased members of the Armed Forces returned to the United States from abroad for burial and relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 82-584 · 66 Stat. 758 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

29. An Act To continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-585 · 66 Stat. 758 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to further promote the development and maintenance of the American merchant marine, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-586 · 66 Stat. 760 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

31. An Act Relating to withholding, for State income tax purposes, on the compensation of Federal employees.

    Public Law 82-587 · 66 Stat. 765 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 824 of the Code of Laws for the District, of Columbia,

    Public Law 82-588 · 66 Stat. 766 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

33. An Act To amend section 16a (b) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to employee stock purchase plans).

    Public Law 82-589 · 66 Stat. 766 · July 17, 1952 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Shelby Shoe Company, of Salem, Massachusetts.

    Private Law 82-1022 · 66 Stat. A212 · July 18, 1952 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Professor Werner Richter and Professor Max Horkheimer.

    Private Law 82-1023 · 66 Stat. A213 · July 18, 1952 · Private law · Original text

36. Social Security Act Amendments of 1952

    An Act To amend title II of the Social Security Act to Increase old-age and survivors insurance benefits, to preserve Insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled individuals, and to increase the amount of earnings permitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-590 · 66 Stat. 767 · July 18, 1952 · Original text

37. An Act To vest title in the United States to certain lands and interests in lands of the Shoshone and Arapaho Indian Tribes of the Wind River Reservation and to provide compensation therefor and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-591 · 66 Stat. 780 · July 18, 1952 · Original text

38. National Capital Planning Act of 1952

    An Act To amend the Act of June 6, 1924, as amended, relating to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-592 · 66 Stat. 781 · July 19, 1952 · Original text

39. An Act To revise and codify the laws relating to patents and the Patent Office, and to enact into law title 35 of the United States Code entitled “Patents”.

    Public Law 82-593 · 66 Stat. 792 · July 19, 1952 · Original text

40. An Act To amend sections 433 (b), 457, and 459 of the Internal Revenue Code, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-594 · 66 Stat. 818 · July 21, 1952 · Original text