Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize relief of authorized certifying officers from exceptions taken to payments pertaining to terminated war agencies in liquidation by the Department of State.

   Public Law 83-636 · 68 Stat. 774 · August 23, 1954 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Tibor, Szuzsa (Susanne), and Judith Sauer.

   Private Law 83-765 · 68 Stat. A194 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Liborio Guido Rutilio.

   Private Law 83-766 · 68 Stat. A194 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Nobn Nogawa Nitta.

   Private Law 83-767 · 68 Stat. A195 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Barbara Pator Allen.

   Private Law 83-768 · 68 Stat. A195 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elisabeth Metzing Rink.

   Private Law 83-769 · 68 Stat. A195 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Mary George Solomon.

   Private Law 83-770 · 68 Stat. A196 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Robert A. Duval.

   Private Law 83-771 · 68 Stat. A196 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Esterlee Hutzler Weinhoeppel.

   Private Law 83-772 · 68 Stat. A196 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Erika Jette Lavery.

    Private Law 83-773 · 68 Stat. A197 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To pay Warren P. Hoover for services rendered the Army of the United States.

    Private Law 83-774 · 68 Stat. A197 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the removal of a restrictive covenant on land patent numbered 9628, issued to the board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association on January 18, 1929, and covering lots 5 and 6 of Waimea town lots, situated in the County of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii.

    Private Law 83-775 · 68 Stat. A197 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Angele Marie Boyer (nee Pieniazeck).

    Private Law 83-776 · 68 Stat. A198 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Michael Henry LaFleur.

    Private Law 83-777 · 68 Stat. A198 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Enrico Intravaia.

    Private Law 83-778 · 68 Stat. A198 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Adriana M. Truyers Aretz.

    Private Law 83-779 · 68 Stat. A199 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Bart Blank (formerly Johannes J. M. Gijsbers).

    Private Law 83-780 · 68 Stat. A199 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Tannous Estephan.

    Private Law 83-781 · 68 Stat. A199 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Palmina Smarrelli (nee Lattanzio).

    Private Law 83-782 · 68 Stat. A199 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Fung Ping Wah (also known as Reginald Ping Wah Fung) and his wife, Fung Wai-Yin Li (also known as Doris Fung).

    Private Law 83-783 · 68 Stat. A200 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land in Sumter County, Georgia, to the Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce.

    Private Law 83-784 · 68 Stat. A200 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the issuance of a land patent to certain public lands, situate in the county of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, for school purposes.

    Private Law 83-785 · 68 Stat. A201 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Doctor Liang Nun Wang and his wife and child, Fa-chi Ling Wang and Eileen Wang.

    Private Law 83-786 · 68 Stat. A201 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Alfio Capizzi.

    Private Law 83-787 · 68 Stat. A201 · August 24, 1954 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To outlaw the Communist Party, to prohibit members of Communist organizations from serving in certain representative capacities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-637 · 68 Stat. 775 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

26. An Act To extend the coverage of the Servicemen’s Indemnity Act to members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps when ordered to active training duty for periods in excess of fourteen days.

    Public Law 83-638 · 68 Stat. 780 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Commissioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii to sell public lands to certain lessees, permittees, and others.

    Public Law 83-639 · 68 Stat. 781 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

28. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds, the proceeds thereof to be used for veterans’ mortgages.

    Public Law 83-640 · 68 Stat. 782 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

29. An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code, so as to increase the penalties applicable to the smuggling of goods into the United States.

    Public Law 83-641 · 68 Stat. 782 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact.

    Public Law 83-642 · 68 Stat. 783 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

31. An Act To ratify and confirm sections 5 and 6 of Act 254 and Act 280 of the Session Laws of Hawaii 1953 and to authorize the Issuance of certain public improvement bonds by the Territory of Hawaii.

    Public Law 83-643 · 68 Stat. 785 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

32. An Act To repeal a limitation on pay of certain officers of the Navy.

    Public Law 83-644 · 68 Stat. 786 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

33. An Act To repeal the requirement of section 3921 of the Revised Statutes that postmasters report to the Postmaster General failure to cancel postage stamps.

    Public Law 83-645 · 68 Stat. 786 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the sale of postage-due stamps for philatelic purposes.

    Public Law 83-646 · 68 Stat. 787 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

35. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue public improvement bonds.

    Public Law 83-647 · 68 Stat. 787 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize and direct the Farm Loan Board of Hawaii to convey certain land and to ratify and confirm certain acts of said Farm Loan Board.

    Public Law 83-648 · 68 Stat. 787 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

37. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue public improvement bonds.

    Public Law 83-649 · 68 Stat. 788 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain lands in Wisconsin bordering upon inland lakes or rivers.

    Public Law 83-651 · 68 Stat. 789 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the conveyance to the Hot Springs School District and to Garland County, Arkansas, for school and for other public purposes, of certain land originally donated to the United States and situated in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-652 · 68 Stat. 790 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

40. An Act To confirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to allotments of lands of the Mission Indians in the State of California prior to the expiration of the trust period specified in the Act of January 12, 1891, as amended.

    Public Law 83-653 · 68 Stat. 791 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the exchange of lands acquired by the United States for the Catoctin recreational demonstration area. Frederick County, Maryland, for the purpose of consolidating Federal holdings therein.

    Public Law 83-654 · 68 Stat. 791 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

42. An Act To amend section 2382 of the Revised Statutes, in order to make the size of townlots conform in size to local standards.

    Public Law 83-655 · 68 Stat. 792 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended.

    Public Law 83-656 · 68 Stat. 792 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer forty acres of land in the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana, to School District numbered 6, Rosebud County, Montana.

    Public Law 83-657 · 68 Stat. 793 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land owned by the Federal Government near Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Public Law 83-658 · 68 Stat. 793 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

46. An Act To provide for the disposition of surplus personal property to the Territorial government of Alaska.

    Public Law 83-659 · 68 Stat. 794 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract with the Black Canyon Irrigation District, Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-660 · 68 Stat. 794 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

48. An Act To amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code.

    Public Law 83-661 · 68 Stat. 795 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

49. An Act To incorporate the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association.

    Public Law 83-662 · 68 Stat. 795 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

50. An Act To provide benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration based upon service in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps under certain conditions.

    Public Law 83-650 · 68 Stat. 7889 · August 24, 1954 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Martin Genuth.

    Private Law 83-788 · 68 Stat. A202 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Berta Hellmich.

    Private Law 83-789 · 68 Stat. A202 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Demetrios Christos Mataraggiotis, and Zoi Demetre Mataraggiotis, his wife, and Christos Mataraggiotis and Constantinos Mataraggiotis, their minor sons.

    Private Law 83-790 · 68 Stat. A203 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Christakis Modinos.

    Private Law 83-791 · 68 Stat. A203 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Sister Giuseppina Giaccone.

    Private Law 83-792 · 68 Stat. A203 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Katharine Balsamo.

    Private Law 83-793 · 68 Stat. A204 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Sister Mary Gertrude (Mary Gertrude Kelly).

    Private Law 83-794 · 68 Stat. A204 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Nasser Esphahanian.

    Private Law 83-795 · 68 Stat. A204 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Johann Groben.

    Private Law 83-796 · 68 Stat. A205 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Arthur Neustadt and Mrs. Emma Neustadt.

    Private Law 83-797 · 68 Stat. A205 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Brother Eugene Cumerlato.

    Private Law 83-798 · 68 Stat. A205 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Charlotte Margarita Schmidt.

    Private Law 83-799 · 68 Stat. A206 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Giacomo Bartolo Vanadia.

    Private Law 83-800 · 68 Stat. A206 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Stanislaw Majzner (alias Stanley Maisner).

    Private Law 83-801 · 68 Stat. A206 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Claire Godreau Daigle.

    Private Law 83-802 · 68 Stat. A207 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Sergio Emeric.

    Private Law 83-803 · 68 Stat. A207 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Louie Ella Attaway.

    Private Law 83-804 · 68 Stat. A207 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Maria Paccione Pica.

    Private Law 83-805 · 68 Stat. A208 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Erna Rosita Pont (formerly Erna Rosita Michel).

    Private Law 83-806 · 68 Stat. A208 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Pimen Maximovitch Sofronov.

    Private Law 83-807 · 68 Stat. A208 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Marko Ribic.

    Private Law 83-3665 · 68 Stat. A208 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Gilbert Elkanah Richards, Adelaide Gertrude Richards, and Anthony Gilbert Richards.

    Private Law 83-809 · 68 Stat. A209 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Roberto Johnson.

    Private Law 83-810 · 68 Stat. A209 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Josef, Paula, and Kurt Friedberg.

    Private Law 83-811 · 68 Stat. A209 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Jorge Sole Massana and Montserrat Thomasa-Sanchez Massana.

    Private Law 83-812 · 68 Stat. A210 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Andrea Paulette Quatrehomme and her child.

    Private Law 83-813 · 68 Stat. A210 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Helena Piasecka.

    Private Law 83-814 · 68 Stat. A211 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Louise Rank.

    Private Law 83-815 · 68 Stat. A211 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Petrus Van Keer.

    Private Law 83-816 · 68 Stat. A211 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Natale Joseph John Ratti.

    Private Law 83-817 · 68 Stat. A212 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Pietro Petralia.

    Private Law 83-818 · 68 Stat. A212 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Muhittin Schuer.

    Private Law 83-819 · 68 Stat. A212 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Augusta Oppacher Bialek.

    Private Law 83-820 · 68 Stat. A213 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Pauline Katzmann.

    Private Law 83-821 · 68 Stat. A213 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Takeko Ishiki.

    Private Law 83-822 · 68 Stat. A213 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Maria Teresa Lubiato.

    Private Law 83-823 · 68 Stat. A213 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Frank Robert Gage.

    Private Law 83-824 · 68 Stat. A214 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Tamiko Fujiwara.

    Private Law 83-825 · 68 Stat. A214 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Elfriede Lina Avitable, nee Roser.

    Private Law 83-826 · 68 Stat. A214 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Maria Giuseppa De Lisa Quagliano.

    Private Law 83-827 · 68 Stat. A215 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Efthemia Soteralis.

    Private Law 83-828 · 68 Stat. A215 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Markers Nulle-Siecenieks.

    Private Law 83-829 · 68 Stat. A215 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anna J. Weigle.

    Private Law 83-830 · 68 Stat. A216 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Doctor Marciano Gutierrez, Doctor Amparo G. Joaquin Gutierrez, and their children, Rosenda, Rebecca, and Raymundo, and Mrs. Brigida de Gutierrez.

    Private Law 83-831 · 68 Stat. A216 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Antonio Cazzato.

    Private Law 83-832 · 68 Stat. A216 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Rosa Marie Adelheid Herok.

    Private Law 83-833 · 68 Stat. A217 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Thora June Grumbles.

    Private Law 83-834 · 68 Stat. A217 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Mazal Kolman.

    Private Law 83-835 · 68 Stat. A217 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Gaetano Conti.

    Private Law 83-836 · 68 Stat. A218 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Martti limari Timonen, MajLis Timonen, and Marja Timonen.

     Private Law 83-837 · 68 Stat. A218 · August 26, 1954 · Private law · Original text