Every law Congress has passed

1,784 laws of the 83rd Congress, 1953–1955

1. An Act For the relief of Branimir V. Popovitch and Mila B. Popovitch.

   Private Law 83-473 · 68 Stat. A96 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Doctor Mourad Arnoux.

   Private Law 83-474 · 68 Stat. A97 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Giorgio Salvini Thompson.

   Private Law 83-475 · 68 Stat. A97 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Jacob Vandenbergh.

   Private Law 83-476 · 68 Stat. A97 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Maria Teresa Rossi.

   Private Law 83-477 · 68 Stat. A98 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Hayden R. Ford.

   Private Law 83-478 · 68 Stat. A98 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Lucy Mao Mei-Yee Li.

   Private Law 83-479 · 68 Stat. A98 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To provide for the conveyance to the Texas Hill Country Development Foundation of certain surplus land situated in Kerr County, Texas.

   Private Law 83-480 · 68 Stat. A98 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Doctor Ignacy Adam, Mrs Amalya Alexander Adam, and George Adam.

   Private Law 83-481 · 68 Stat. A99 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Harry C. Barney.

    Private Law 83-482 · 68 Stat. A100 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Stella Rebner.

    Private Law 83-483 · 68 Stat. A100 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Generosa Bonet.

    Private Law 83-484 · 68 Stat. A100 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Barbara Gene Coster.

    Private Law 83-485 · 68 Stat. A101 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Wesley Howard Leahy.

    Private Law 83-486 · 68 Stat. A101 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Josip Stanic.

    Private Law 83-487 · 68 Stat. A101 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Fort Union National Monument, in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-429 · 68 Stat. 298 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the transfer to the regents of the University of California, for agricultural purposes, of certain real property in Napa County, California.

    Public Law 83-430 · 68 Stat. 300 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 so as to establish a time limitation upon the filing of certain claims thereunder.

    Public Law 83-431 · 68 Stat. 300 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the appropriation of additional funds to complete the International Peace Garden, North Dakota.

    Public Law 83-432 · 68 Stat. 300 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

20. An Act To provide for the use of the tribal funds of the Southern Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, to authorize a percapita payment out of such funds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-433 · 68 Stat. 300 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Standard Container Act of May 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 685; 15 U. S. C. 257–2571), to provide for a three-eighths bushel basket for fruits and vegetables.

    Public Law 83-434 · 68 Stat. 301 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain hospital supplies and equipment of the United States to the city of Gulfport and to Harrison County, Mississippi.

    Public Law 83-435 · 68 Stat. 301 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

23. An Act To provide for the development of the Coosa River, Alabama and Georgia.

    Public Law 83-436 · 68 Stat. 302 · June 28, 1954 · Original text

24. Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1955

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-437 · 68 Stat. 304 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-438 · 68 Stat. 320 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1049), authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin to submit claims to the Court of Claims.

    Public Law 83-439 · 68 Stat. 321 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Act of August 21, 1951, relating to certain payments out of Ute Indian tribal funds.

    Public Law 83-440 · 68 Stat. 321 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

28. An Act To provide transportation on Canadian vessels between Skagway, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, between Haines, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation.

    Public Law 83-441 · 68 Stat. 321 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Act of December 23, 1944, authorizing certain transactions by disbursing officers of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-442 · 68 Stat. 322 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Act of January 12, 1951, as amended, to continue In effect the provisions of title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941.

    Public Law 83-443 · 68 Stat. 322 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Act of October 31, 1949 (63 Stat. 1049).

    Public Law 83-444 · 68 Stat. 322 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

32. An Act Providing that the ratification of the Revenue Bond Act of 1935, enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, shall apply to all amendments of said Act made by said legislature to and including the Acts of the 1953 regular session of said legislature.

    Public Law 83-445 · 68 Stat. 322 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

33. An Act To amend section 89 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended.

    Public Law 83-446 · 68 Stat. 323 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920, as amended.

    Public Law 83-447 · 68 Stat. 323 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Hawaiian Homes Commission to exchange certain Hawaiian Homes Commission land and certain easements for certain privately owned land.

    Public Law 83-448 · 68 Stat. 324 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize payment of salaries and expenses of officials of the Fort Peck Tribes.

    Public Law 83-449 · 68 Stat. 329 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

37. An Act To amend section 14 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.

    Public Law 83-450 · 68 Stat. 329 · June 29, 1954 · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Carl A. Annis, Wayne C. Cranney. and Leslie O. Yarwood.

    Private Law 83-488 · 68 Stat. A102 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Dunean M. Chalmers, and certain other persons.

    Private Law 83-489 · 68 Stat. A102 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Alma S. Wittlin-Frischauer.

    Private Law 83-490 · 68 Stat. A103 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Nicholas Katem, Theodosia Katem, Basil Katem, and Josephine Katem.

    Private Law 83-491 · 68 Stat. A103 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Frank L. McCartha.

    Private Law 83-492 · 68 Stat. A104 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Ralph S. Pearman and others.

    Private Law 83-493 · 68 Stat. A104 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Paul G. Kendall.

    Private Law 83-494 · 68 Stat. A105 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the Willmore Engineering Company.

    Private Law 83-495 · 68 Stat. A106 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant an easement to Syracuse University. Syracuse, New York.

    Private Law 83-496 · 68 Stat. A106 · June 30, 1954 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To provide for a continuance of civil government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

    Public Law 83-451 · 68 Stat. 330 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

48. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1965, the suspension of certain import taxes on copper.

    Public Law 83-452 · 68 Stat. 330 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

49. An Act Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-453 · 68 Stat. 330 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Federal Credit Union Act.

    Public Law 83-454 · 68 Stat. 335 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

51. An Act To amend section 3528 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to the purchase of metal for minor coins of the United States.

    Public Law 83-455 · 68 Stat. 336 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

52. An Act To repeal section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1934, creating the Model Housing Board of Puerto Rico.

    Public Law 83-456 · 68 Stat. 336 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

53. An Act To continue the effectiveness of the Act of December 2, 1942, as amended, and the Act of July 28, 1945, as amended, relating to war-risk hazard and detention benefits until July 1, 1955.

    Public Law 83-457 · 68 Stat. 336 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

54. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1955

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-458 · 68 Stat. 337 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

55. An Act To equalize the treatment accorded to commissioned officers of the Veterinary Corps with that accorded to commissioned officers of other corps of the Army Medical Service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-459 · 68 Stat. 357 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

56. An Act To amend sections 23A and 24A of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.

    Public Law 83-460 · 68 Stat. 358 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

57. An Act To grant oil and gas in lands and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, to individual Indians in certain cases.

    Public Law 83-461 · 68 Stat. 358 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

58. An Act To approve the repayment contract negotiated with the Roza Irrigation District, Yakima project. Washington, and to authorize its execution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-462 · 68 Stat. 359 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize certain veterans’ benefits for persons disabled in connection with reporting for final acceptance, induction, or entry into the active military or naval service.

    Public Law 83-463 · 68 Stat. 360 · June 30, 1954 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Walter Carl Sander.

    Private Law 83-497 · 68 Stat. A107 · July 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Chester H. Tuck. Mary Elizabeth Fisher, James Thomas Harper, and Mrs. T. W. Bennett.

    Private Law 83-498 · 68 Stat. A107 · July 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Richard A. Kurth.

    Private Law 83-499 · 68 Stat. A108 · July 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Willard Chester Cauley.

    Private Law 83-500 · 68 Stat. A108 · July 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Public Law 83-464 · 68 Stat. 360 · July 1, 1954 · Original text

65. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1955

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-465 · 68 Stat. 361 · July 1, 1954 · Original text

66. An Act To further encourage the distribution of fishery products, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-466 · 68 Stat. 376 · July 1, 1954 · Original text

67. An Act To restore eligibility of certain citizens or subjects Germany or Japan to receive benefits under veterans’ laws.

    Public Law 83-467 · 68 Stat. 377 · July 1, 1954 · Original text

68. District of Columbia appropriation Act, 1955

    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 said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-468 · 68 Stat. 378 · July 1, 1954 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to further extend certain charters of vessels to citizens of the Philippines, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-469 · 68 Stat. 396 · July 1, 1954 · Original text

70. Legislative-Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1955

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch and the Judiciary Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-470 · 68 Stat. 396 · July 2, 1954 · Original text

71. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and the United States Information Agency Appropriation Act, 1955

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and the United States Information Agency, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-471 · 68 Stat. 413 · July 2, 1954 · Original text

72. Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1955

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-472 · 68 Stat. 434 · July 2, 1954 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim retained rights in a certain tract of land to the Board of Education of Irwin County, Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-473 · 68 Stat. 448 · July 2, 1954 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for an extension on a reciprocal basis of the period of the free entry of Philippine articles in the United States.

    Public Law 83-474 · 68 Stat. 448 · July 5, 1954 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of June 30, 1954 (Private Law 495, Eighty-third Congress).

    Private Law 83-501 · 68 Stat. A109 · July 6, 1954 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Olympia Cuc.

    Private Law 83-502 · 68 Stat. A109 · July 6, 1954 · Private law · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-475 · 68 Stat. 448 · July 6, 1954 · Original text

78. An Act To provide for the construction of the Markham Ferry project on the Grand River in Oklahoma by the Grand River Dam Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 83-476 · 68 Stat. 450 · July 6, 1954 · Original text

79. An Act To amend section 67 of the National Defense Act, as amended, to provide for an active-duty status for all United States property and fiscal officers.

    Public Law 83-477 · 68 Stat. 451 · July 6, 1954 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the negotiation and ratification of separate settlement contracts with the Sioux Indians of the Lower Brule and the Crow Creek Reservations in South Dakota for Indian lands and rights acquired by the United States for the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River Development, to authorize a transfer of funds from the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of the Interior and to authorize an appropriation for the removal from the taking area of the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River development, and the reestablishment of the Indians of the Yankton Indian reservation in South Dakota.

    Public Law 83-478 · 68 Stat. 452 · July 6, 1954 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of George Japhet.

    Private Law 83-503 · 68 Stat. A110 · July 8, 1954 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of David Hanan.

    Private Law 83-504 · 68 Stat. A110 · July 8, 1954 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To amend paragraph 1530 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to footwear.

    Public Law 83-479 · 68 Stat. 454 · July 8, 1954 · Original text

84. Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954

    An Act To increase the consumption of United States agricultural commodities in foreign countries, to improve the foreign relations of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-480 · 68 Stat. 454 · July 10, 1954 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the First International Instrument Congress and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-481 · 68 Stat. 460 · July 10, 1954 · Original text

86. Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act of 1954

    An Act To amend the hospital survey and construction provisions of the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance to the States for surveying the need for diagnostic or treatment centers, for hospitals for the chronically ill and impaired, for rehabilitation facilities, and for nursing homes, and to provide assistance in the construction of such facilities through grants to public and nonprofit agencies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-482 · 68 Stat. 461 · July 12, 1954 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Johan Gerhard Faber, Dagmar Anna Faber, Hilke Faber, and Frauke Faber.

    Private Law 83-505 · 68 Stat. A111 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Josephine Reigl.

    Private Law 83-506 · 68 Stat. A111 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan S. Aylesworth.

    Private Law 83-507 · 68 Stat. A111 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Jacek Von Henneberg.

    Private Law 83-508 · 68 Stat. A112 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Elie Joseph Hakim and family.

    Private Law 83-509 · 68 Stat. A112 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Helen Knight Waters and Arnold Elzey Waters, Junior.

    Private Law 83-510 · 68 Stat. A112 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Cacila Gotthardt Gange.

    Private Law 83-511 · 68 Stat. A112 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Esperanza Jimenez Trejo.

    Private Law 83-512 · 68 Stat. A113 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Lydia Wickenfeld Butz.

    Private Law 83-513 · 68 Stat. A113 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Fung Hwa Liu Lee.

    Private Law 83-514 · 68 Stat. A113 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Tibor Horanyi.

    Private Law 83-515 · 68 Stat. A114 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Annie Litke.

    Private Law 83-516 · 68 Stat. A114 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Doctor James K-Thong Yu.

    Private Law 83-517 · 68 Stat. A114 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Sister Iolanda Sita, Sister Guerrilla Brioli, Sister Pasqualina Coppari, Sister Anna Urbinati, Sister Ida Raschi, and Sister Elvira P. Menearelli.

     Private Law 83-518 · 68 Stat. A115 · July 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text