Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 3 of an Act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to settle claims and suits against the District of Columbia, approved February 11, 1929, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 82-95 · 65 Stat. 131 · July 31, 1951 · Original text

2. Defense Production Act Amendments of 1951

   An Act To amend and extend the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended.

   Public Law 82-96 · 65 Stat. 131 · July 31, 1951 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Amending an Act making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 82-97 · 65 Stat. 149 · July 31, 1951 · Original text

4. An Act To amend section 4202 of title 18, United States Code, relating to parole of Federal prisoners.

   Public Law 82-98 · 65 Stat. 150 · July 31, 1951 · Original text

5. An Act For the Relief of Florence Grace Pond Whitehill.

   Private Law 82-184 · 65 Stat. A70 · August 1, 1951 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the Relief of Rita V. L. Flaherty.

   Private Law 82-185 · 65 Stat. A71 · August 1, 1951 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the apprehension and detention of Insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes”, approved April 27, 1904, as amended.

   Public Law 82-99 · 65 Stat. 150 · August 1, 1951 · Original text

8. An Act To permit the exchange of land belonging to the District of Columbia for land belonging to the abutting property owner or owners, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 82-100 · 65 Stat. 150 · August 1, 1951 · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in certain lands in Klamath County, Oregon, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 82-103 · August 2, 1951

10. An Act For the Relief of Sister Bertha Pfeiffer and Sister Elzbieta Zabinska.

    Private Law 82-186 · 65 Stat. A71 · August 2, 1951 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To amend the existing law to provide the privilege of renewing expiring five-year level-premium-term policies of United States Government life insurance.

    Public Law 82-101 · 65 Stat. 151 · August 2, 1951 · Original text

12. An Act To amend section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1933 (47 Stat. 1423), as amended, so as to provide that a mess operated under the direction of a Supply Corps officer can be operated either on a quantity or on a monetary-ration basis.

    Public Law 82-102 · 65 Stat. 151 · August 2, 1951 · Original text

13. An Act To amend subsection 602 (f) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, to authorize renewals of level premium term Insurance for successive five-year periods.

    Public Law 82-104 · 65 Stat. 153 · August 2, 1951 · Original text

14. An Act To provide that children be committed to the Board of Public Welfare in lieu of being committed to the National Training School for Girls; that the property and personnel of the National Training School for Girls be available for the care of children committed to or accepted by the Board of Public Welfare; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-105 · 65 Stat. 154 · August 3, 1951 · Original text

15. District of Columbia appropriation Act of 1952

    An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-106 · 65 Stat. 155 · August 3, 1951 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To provide housing relief in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma flood disaster emergency.

    Public Law 82-107 · 65 Stat. 173 · August 3, 1951 · Original text

17. An Act To liberalize the service pensions laws relating to veterans of the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, or the Boxer Rebellion, and their dependents.

    Public Law 82-108 · 65 Stat. 174 · August 4, 1951 · Original text

18. An Act For the Relief of Stefan Lenartowicz and his wife, Irene.

    Private Law 82-187 · 65 Stat. A71 · August 7, 1951 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the Relief of Jan Josef Wieckowski and his wife and daughter.

    Private Law 82-188 · 65 Stat. A72 · August 7, 1951 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the Relief of William J. Drinkwine.

    Private Law 82-189 · 65 Stat. A72 · August 8, 1951 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 313 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930.

    Public Law 82-109 · 65 Stat. 175 · August 8, 1951 · Original text

22. Fur Products Labeling Act

    An Act To protect consumers and others against misbranding, false advertising, and false invoicing of fur products and furs.

    Public Law 82-110 · 65 Stat. 175 · August 8, 1951 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution to make the restrictions of the Federal Reserve Acton holding office in a member bank inapplicable to M. S. Szymczak when he ceases to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

    Private Law 82-190 · 65 Stat. A73 · August 9, 1951 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to authorize the sale of certain allotted land on the Blackfeet Reservation, Montana.

    Private Law 82-191 · 65 Stat. A73 · August 11, 1951 · Private law · Original text

25. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1952

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments and funds available for the Export-Import Bank of Washington for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-111 · 65 Stat. 182 · August 11, 1951 · Original text

26. An Act For the Relief of Z. D. Gilman Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 82-192 · 65 Stat. A74 · August 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the Relief of Howard Lovell.

    Private Law 82-193 · 65 Stat. A74 · August 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the Relief of Marie Louise Dewulf Maquet.

    Private Law 82-194 · 65 Stat. A74 · August 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the Relief of Thomas G. Digges.

    Private Law 82-195 · 65 Stat. A75 · August 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To amend certain laws relating to the submission of postmasters accounts under oath, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-112 · 65 Stat. 189 · August 14, 1951 · Original text

31. An Act For the Relief of Teresa E. Dwyer.

    Private Law 82-196 · 65 Stat. A75 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the Relief of Nicholas George Strangas.

    Private Law 82-197 · 65 Stat. A76 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the Relief of Elizabeth Jean Clarke.

    Private Law 82-198 · 65 Stat. A76 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the Relief of Kiyoko and Chiyiko Ishigo.

    Private Law 82-199 · 65 Stat. A76 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the Relief of Wong Thew Hor.

    Private Law 82-200 · 65 Stat. A77 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Lefrancois and Chamberland, Incorporated.

    Private Law 82-201 · 65 Stat. A77 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the Relief of James J. Lieberman.

    Private Law 82-202 · 65 Stat. A77 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the Relief of J. Alfred Pulliam.

    Private Law 82-203 · 65 Stat. A78 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the Relief of John S. Downing.

    Private Law 82-204 · 65 Stat. A78 · August 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the Relief of Thomas G. Fabinyi.

    Private Law 82-205 · 65 Stat. A79 · August 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the Relief of Jane and Martha Clark.

    Private Law 82-206 · 65 Stat. A79 · August 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the Relief of Walter M. Smith.

    Private Law 82-207 · 65 Stat. A79 · August 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the Relief of Dr. Lorna Wan-Hsi Feng.

    Private Law 82-208 · 65 Stat. A80 · August 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the Relief of Panagiota Kolintza Karkalatos.

    Private Law 82-209 · 65 Stat. A80 · August 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Cora B. Jones.

    Private Law 82-210 · 65 Stat. A80 · August 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Maud M. Wright and Mrs. Maxine Roberts, formerly Mrs. Maxine Mills.

    Private Law 82-211 · 65 Stat. A81 · August 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text

47. Joint Resolution Making a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1952.

    Public Law 82-113 · 65 Stat. 190 · August 16, 1951 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United States who have lost United States citizenship through voting in a political election or in a plebiscite held in Italy.

    Public Law 82-114 · 65 Stat. 1914 · August 16, 1951 · Original text

49. An Act For the Relief of Shizu Fujii and her son, Suenori Fujii.

    Private Law 82-212 · 65 Stat. A81 · August 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the Relief of K. C. Be, Swannio Be, Wie Go Be, Wie Hwa Be, Wie Bhing Be, and Swie Tien Be.

    Private Law 82-213 · 65 Stat. A81 · August 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the Relief of Rev, Thomas K. Sewall.

    Private Law 82-214 · 65 Stat. A82 · August 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the Relief of Franz Furtner, his wife, Valentina Furtner, and her daughters, Nina Tuerck and Victoria Tuerck.

    Private Law 82-215 · 65 Stat. A82 · August 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the Relief of Roy F. Wilson.

    Private Law 82-216 · 65 Stat. A82 · August 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the Relief of George S. Paschke.

    Private Law 82-217 · 65 Stat. A83 · August 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the mile of the Chicago Appraisers’ Stores Building to the city of Chicago.

    Public Law 82-115 · 65 Stat. 191 · August 17, 1951 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the settlement by the Attorney General and the payment of certain of the claims filed under the Act of July 2, 1948, by persons of Japanese ancestry evacuated under military orders.

    Public Law 82-116 · 65 Stat. 192 · August 17, 1951 · Original text

57. An Act To protect the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in the use of emblems and badges, descriptive or designating marks, and words or phrases heretofore adopted and to clarify existing law relating thereto.

    Public Law 82-117 · 65 Stat. 192 · August 17, 1951 · Original text

58. An Act For the Relief of Maj. Bruce B. Calkins.

    Private Law 82-218 · 65 Stat. A83 · August 20, 1951 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To authorize a per capita payment to members of the Menominee Tribe of Indians.

    Public Law 82-118 · 65 Stat. 193 · August 20, 1951 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the city of Burlington. Iowa, to own, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near said city.

    Public Law 82-119 · 65 Stat. 193 · August 20, 1951 · Original text

61. An Act To provide for the use of the tribal funds of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, to authorize a per capita payment out of such funds, to provide for the division of certain tribal funds with the Southern Utes. and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-120 · 65 Stat. 193 · August 21, 1951 · Original text

62. An Act To provide appropriate lapel buttons for widows, parents, and next of kin of members of the Armed Forces who lost or lose their lives in the armed services of the United States during World War II or during any subsequent war or period of armed hostilities in which the United States may be engaged.

    Public Law 82-121 · 65 Stat. 195 · August 21, 1951 · Original text

63. An Act For the Relief of Eric Adolf Lenze.

    Private Law 82-219 · 65 Stat. A84 · August 22, 1951 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the Relief of Cecil Lennox Elliott.

    Private Law 82-220 · 65 Stat. A84 · August 22, 1951 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To authorize advances for clothing and equipment to cadets at the Military Academy and the Coast Guard Academy and to midshipmen at the Naval Academy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-122 · 65 Stat. 196 · August 22, 1951 · Original text

66. An Act For the Relief of Arthur Koestler.

    Private Law 82-221 · 65 Stat. A84 · August 23, 1951 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act so as to provide a more effective distribution of mortgage loans insured under title I, to give holders of such mortgage loans preference in the refinancing of loans on a noninsured basis, to adjust the loan limitations governing title II loans so as to provide more effective assistance to production and subsistence loan borrowers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-123 · 65 Stat. 197 · August 23, 1951 · Original text

68. An Act To provide that the admissions tax shall not apply in respect of admissions free of charge of uniformed members of the Armed Forces of the United States.

    Public Law 82-124 · 65 Stat. 198 · August 24, 1951 · Original text

69. An Act to authorize the appointment of Bernt Balchen as a permanent colonel in the Regular Force.

    Private Law 82-222 · 65 Stat. A84 · August 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Relating to the time for publication of the Official Register of the United States.

    Public Law 82-125 · 65 Stat. 198 · August 27, 1951 · Original text

71. An Act For the Relief of Sister Carmen Teva Ramos.

    Private Law 82-223 · 65 Stat. A85 · August 28, 1951 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the Relief of Arno Edvin Kohn.

    Private Law 82-224 · 65 Stat. A85 · August 28, 1951 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To suspend until August 15, 1951, the application of certain Federal laws with respect to an attorney employed by the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

    Private Law 82-225 · 65 Stat. A86 · August 28, 1951 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating 1951 as Audubon Centennial Year.

    Public Law 82-126 · 65 Stat. 198 · August 28, 1951 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize and direct conveyance of a certain tract of land in the State of Florida to the Saint Augustine Port, Waterway, and Reach District.

    Public Law 82-127 · 65 Stat. 199 · August 28, 1951 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Consenting to an interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.

    Public Law 82-128 · 65 Stat. 199 · August 28, 1951 · Original text

77. An Act To amend section 1732 of title 28, United States Cod e, entitled “Judiciary and judicial procedure” by adding a new subsection thereto “To permit the photographic reproduction of business records and the introduction of the same in evidence”.

    Public Law 82-129 · 65 Stat. 205 · August 28, 1951 · Original text

78. An Act to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of certain aliens.

    Private Law 82-226 · 65 Stat. A86 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the Relief of Dr. Isac C. Goldstein.

    Private Law 82-227 · 65 Stat. A86 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the Relief of Gerhard H. A. Anton Bebr.

    Private Law 82-228 · 65 Stat. A87 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act to authorize the sale of certain allotted land on the Crow Reservation, Montana.

    Private Law 82-229 · 65 Stat. A87 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Lucille Ellen Sanders Groh.

    Private Law 82-230 · 65 Stat. A87 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Julia Jackson Sanders.

    Private Law 82-231 · 65 Stat. A88 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Julia Jackson Sanders.

    Private Law 82-232 · 65 Stat. A89 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the Relief of E. C. Browder and Charles Keylon.

    Private Law 82-233 · 65 Stat. A89 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the Relief of Harold Frederick D. Wolfgramm.

    Private Law 82-234 · 65 Stat. A90 · August 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act To authorize and direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Department of the Air Force certain property in the State of Mississippi.

    Public Law 82-130 · 65 Stat. 206 · August 29, 1951 · Original text

88. An Act To amend section 12 o£ the Missing Persons Act, as amended, relating to travel by dependents and transportation of household and personal effects.

    Public Law 82-131 · 65 Stat. 207 · August 29, 1951 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Amending an Act making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-132 · 65 Stat. 208 · August 29, 1951 · Original text

90. An Act For the Relief of Ruth Alice Crawshaw.

    Private Law 82-235 · 65 Stat. A90 · August 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the Relief of Ivan Herben, his wife, son, and daughter-in-law.

    Private Law 82-236 · 65 Stat. A91 · August 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the Relief of Salomon Henri Laifer.

    Private Law 82-237 · 65 Stat. A91 · August 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the Relief of Sidney Young Hughes.

    Private Law 82-238 · 65 Stat. A91 · August 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Wilcox Electric Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 82-239 · 65 Stat. A92 · August 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the segregation and expenditure of trust funds held in joint ownership by the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation for the purpose of extending the time in which payments are to be made to members of such tribes under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-133 · 65 Stat. 208 · August 30, 1951 · Original text

96. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1952

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-134 · 65 Stat. 209 · August 31, 1951 · Original text

97. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-135 · 65 Stat. 225 · August 31, 1951 · Original text

98. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-136 · 65 Stat. 248 · August 31, 1951 · Original text

99. Independent Offices appropriation Act, 1952

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 82-137 · 65 Stat. 268 · August 31, 1951 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim a special period for Intensified voluntary contributions of clothing and kindred supplies in connection with the collection effort of American Relief for Korea, Incorporated.

     Public Law 82-138 · 65 Stat. 292 · August 31, 1951 · Original text