Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Karl L. von Schlieder.

   Private Law 83-622 · 68 Stat. A148 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Michajlo Dzieczko.

   Private Law 83-623 · 68 Stat. A149 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Andre Styka.

   Private Law 83-624 · 68 Stat. A149 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Esther Saporta.

   Private Law 83-625 · 68 Stat. A149 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Robert Lee Slaughter, nee Elisa Ortiz Orat.

   Private Law 83-626 · 68 Stat. A150 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel George P. Price.

   Private Law 83-627 · 68 Stat. A150 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Alton Bramer.

   Private Law 83-628 · 68 Stat. A150 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Emilia Pavan.

   Private Law 83-629 · 68 Stat. A151 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Clair F. Bowman.

   Private Law 83-630 · 68 Stat. A151 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Charles Peroulas.

    Private Law 83-631 · 68 Stat. A152 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Sister Antonella Marie Gutterres (Thereza Maria Gutterres).

    Private Law 83-632 · 68 Stat. A152 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Doctor Takeo Takano.

    Private Law 83-633 · 68 Stat. A152 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Margot Goldschmidt.

    Private Law 83-634 · 68 Stat. A153 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Theresa Elizabeth Leventer.

    Private Law 83-635 · 68 Stat. A153 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Carl E. Welchner, United States Air Force.

    Private Law 83-636 · 68 Stat. A153 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Michela Aurucci.

    Private Law 83-637 · 68 Stat. A154 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Anthony Benito Estella, Natividad Estella, Antonio Juan Estella, and Virginia Araceli Estella.

    Private Law 83-638 · 68 Stat. A154 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Maly Braunstein and Aurelia Rappaport.

    Private Law 83-639 · 68 Stat. A154 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Frank (Franz) Homolka, Olga Homolka (nee Mandel), Adolf Homolka, Helga Maria Homolka, and Frieda Homolka.

    Private Law 83-640 · 68 Stat. A155 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Peter James Copses, Beatrice Copses. Victoria Copses, and James Peter Copses.

    Private Law 83-641 · 68 Stat. A155 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Lucia Mezilgoglou.

    Private Law 83-642 · 68 Stat. A155 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Carl Dobratz.

    Private Law 83-643 · 68 Stat. A156 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Luigi Cicchinelli.

    Private Law 83-644 · 68 Stat. A156 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Irma Mueller Koehler Cobban.

    Private Law 83-645 · 68 Stat. A156 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Ruth Berndt.

    Private Law 83-646 · 68 Stat. A157 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Frantisek Vyborny.

    Private Law 83-647 · 68 Stat. A157 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Francisco Vasquez-Dopazo (Frank Vasquez).

    Private Law 83-648 · 68 Stat. A157 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Ingeborg Bogner Johnson.

    Private Law 83-649 · 68 Stat. A157 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Elisa Albertina Cioccio Rigazzi or Elisa Cioccio.

    Private Law 83-650 · 68 Stat. A158 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Jeannette Kalker and Abraham Benjamin Kalker.

    Private Law 83-651 · 68 Stat. A158 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Glicerio M. Ebuna.

    Private Law 83-652 · 68 Stat. A158 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Faustino Achaval Aldecoa and his wife, Carmen Achaval (nee Cortabitarte).

    Private Law 83-653 · 68 Stat. A159 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Nadeem Tannous and Mrs. Jamile Tannous.

    Private Law 83-654 · 68 Stat. A159 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Joseph H. Hedmark, Junior.

    Private Law 83-655 · 68 Stat. A159 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the American Surety Company of New York and certain other surety companies.

    Private Law 83-656 · 68 Stat. A160 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Waltraut Claassen.

    Private Law 83-657 · 68 Stat. A160 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Kang Chay Won.

    Private Law 83-658 · 68 Stat. A161 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Andreja Glusic.

    Private Law 83-659 · 68 Stat. A161 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Oveida Mohrke and her son, Gerard Mohrke.

    Private Law 83-660 · 68 Stat. A161 · August 13, 1954 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint Resolution To repeal certain World War II laws relating to return of fishing vessels, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-580 · 68 Stat. 701 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution Designating the month of September 1955 as John Marshall Bicentennial Month, and creating a commission to supervise and direct the observance of such month.

    Public Law 83-581 · 68 Stat. 702 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

42. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue quitclaim deeds to the States for certain lands.

    Public Law 83-582 · 68 Stat. 703 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

43. An Act To provide that United States commissioners who are required to devote full time to the duties of the office may be allowed their necessary office expenses.

    Public Law 83-583 · 68 Stat. 703 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to implementing the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea relating to radio equipment and radio operators on board ship.

    Public Law 83-584 · 68 Stat. 704 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the mineral leasing laws and the mining laws to provide for multiple mineral development of the same tracts of the public lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-585 · 68 Stat. 708 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

46. An Act To amend the Act of April 6, 1937, as amended, to include cooperation with the Governments of Canada or Mexico or local Canadian or Mexican authorities for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases.

    Public Law 83-586 · 68 Stat. 717 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

47. An Act To provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the Klamath Tribe of Indians located in the State of Oregon and the individual members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-587 · 68 Stat. 718 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of certain tribes and bauds of Indians located in western Oregon and the individual members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-588 · 68 Stat. 724 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the compensation of certain persons whose lands have been flooded and damaged by reason of fluctuations in the water level of the Lake of the Woods.

    Public Law 83-589 · 68 Stat. 728 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to make certain provision for the carrying out of the Agreement for the Promotion of Safety on the Great Lakes by Means of Radio.

    Public Law 83-590 · 68 Stat. 729 · August 13, 1954 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Lewis Roland Edwards.

    Private Law 83-661 · 68 Stat. A161 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Joseph Di Pasquale.

    Private Law 83-662 · 68 Stat. A162 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Chuan Hua Lowe and his wife.

    Private Law 83-663 · 68 Stat. A162 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of William B. Baker and Don P. Fankhauser.

    Private Law 83-664 · 68 Stat. A162 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Fernando A. Rubio, Junior.

    Private Law 83-665 · 68 Stat. A163 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of George Scheer, Magda Scheer, Marie Scheer, Thomas Scheer, and Judith Scheer.

    Private Law 83-666 · 68 Stat. A163 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Alphonsus Devlin.

    Private Law 83-667 · 68 Stat. A163 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mrs. S. Eugene Lamb.

    Private Law 83-668 · 68 Stat. A164 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Paolino Berchielli, his wife Leda, and daughter Alba.

    Private Law 83-669 · 68 Stat. A164 · August 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

60. Internal Revenue Code of 1954

    An Act To revise the internal revenue laws of the United States.

    Public Law 83-591 · 68 Stat. 3 · August 16, 1954 · Original text

61. An Act To revise the internal revenue laws of the United States.

    Public Law 83-591 · 68 Stat. 729 · August 16, 1954 · Original text

62. An Act To amend section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, to make available to the judges of such District the psychiatric and psychological services provided for in such section.

    Public Law 83-592 · 68 Stat. 730 · August 16, 1954 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Act of December 3, 1942.

    Public Law 83-593 · 68 Stat. 730 · August 16, 1954 · Original text

64. An Act To repeal the Act approved September 25, 1914, and to amend the Act approved June 12, 1934, both relating to alley dwellings in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 83-594 · 68 Stat. 730 · August 16, 1954 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930, so as to modify the duty on the importation of wood dowels, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-595 · 68 Stat. 731 · August 16, 1954 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended.

    Public Law 83-596 · 68 Stat. 732 · August 16, 1954 · Original text

67. An Act To make the provisions of the Act of August 28, 1937, relating to the conservation of water resources in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States, applicable to the entire United States, and to increase and revise the limitation on aid available under the provisions of the said Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-597 · 68 Stat. 734 · August 17, 1954 · Original text

68. Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954

    An Act To authorize the Civil Service Commission to make available group life insurance for civilian officers and employees in the Federal service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-598 · 68 Stat. 736 · August 17, 1954 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Otmar Sprah.

    Private Law 83-670 · 68 Stat. A164 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Fred and Bernice Ehlers.

    Private Law 83-671 · 68 Stat. A165 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Doctor Mien Fa Tchou and his wife, Li Hoei Ming Tchou.

    Private Law 83-672 · 68 Stat. A165 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Paul Lewerenz and Margareta Ehrhard Lewerenz.

    Private Law 83-673 · 68 Stat. A165 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Azizollah Azordegan.

    Private Law 83-674 · 68 Stat. A166 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Franca Gatti Ohta.

    Private Law 83-675 · 68 Stat. A166 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Fotini X. Parisis.

    Private Law 83-676 · 68 Stat. A166 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Claire Louise Carey and Vincent F. Carey.

    Private Law 83-677 · 68 Stat. A166 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Wanda Luceri, also known as Sister Cecilia; Maria De Padova, also known as Sister Rosanna; Anna Santoro, also known as Sister Natalina; Valentina Ruffoni, also known as Sister Severina; Cosima Russo, also known as Sister Carmelina.

    Private Law 83-678 · 68 Stat. A167 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Antonietta Palmieri.

    Private Law 83-679 · 68 Stat. A167 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Karoline Diekmeyer.

    Private Law 83-680 · 68 Stat. A167 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Sister Aurelia Yanguas Teres and Sister Matilde Cuevas San Martin.

    Private Law 83-681 · 68 Stat. A168 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Sister Anna Ettl.

    Private Law 83-682 · 68 Stat. A168 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Anneliese Catalino.

    Private Law 83-683 · 68 Stat. A168 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Forster Austin.

    Private Law 83-684 · 68 Stat. A169 · August 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

84. Joint Resolution To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to promulgate special regulations for the period of The American Legion National Convention of 1954, to authorize the granting of certain permits to The American Legion 1954 Convention Corporation on the occasion of such convention, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-599 · 68 Stat. 743 · August 18, 1954 · Original text

85. An Act To permit the compelling of testimony under certain conditions and to grant immunity from prosecution in connection therewith.

    Public Law 83-600 · 68 Stat. 745 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution To establish a commission for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton.

    Public Law 83-601 · 68 Stat. 746 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

87. An Act To amend section 1071 of title 18, United States Code, relating to the concealing of persons from arrest, so as to Increase the penalties therein provided.

    Public Law 83-602 · 68 Stat. 747 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

88. An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of persons who jump bail.

    Public Law 83-603 · 68 Stat. 747 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution To authorize the quartering in public buildings in the District of Columbia of troops participating in activities related to The American Legion National Convention of 1954.

    Public Law 83-604 · 68 Stat. 748 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

90. An Act For the incorporation of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

    Public Law 83-605 · 68 Stat. 748 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Talent division of the Rogue River Basin reclamation project, Oregon.

    Public Law 83-606 · 68 Stat. 752 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

92. An Act To establish the rate of compensation for the position of the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 83-607 · 68 Stat. 753 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

93. Emergency Ship Repair Act of 1954

    An Act To provide an immediate program for the modernization and improvement of such merchant-type vessels in the reserve fleet as are necessary for national defense.

    Public Law 83-608 · 68 Stat. 754 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

94. An Act To provide that the Metropolitan Police force shall keep arrest books which are open to public inspection.

    Public Law 83-609 · 68 Stat. 755 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the laws granting education and training benefits to certain veterans to extend the period during which such benefits may be offered.

    Public Law 83-610 · 68 Stat. 755 · August 20, 1954 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Doctor Ian Yungcheng Hu.

    Private Law 83-685 · 68 Stat. A169 · August 21, 1954 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Erna Gronowski.

    Private Law 83-686 · 68 Stat. A169 · August 21, 1954 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Israel Ratsprecher and Maryse Ratsprecher.

    Private Law 83-687 · 68 Stat. A170 · August 21, 1954 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Jean Hollis Vock.

    Private Law 83-688 · 68 Stat. A170 · August 21, 1954 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Ilona Elizabeth Carrier.

     Private Law 83-689 · 68 Stat. A170 · August 21, 1954 · Private law · Original text