Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To revise, codify, and enact into law, title 13 of the United States Code, entitled “Census.”.

   Public Law 83-740 · 68 Stat. 1012 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the Michaud Flats project for irrigation in the State of Idaho.

   Public Law 83-741 · 68 Stat. 1026 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

3. An Act To create a National Monument Commission and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-742 · 68 Stat. 1029 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

4. An Act To amend title 17, United States Code, entitled “Copyrights”.

   Public Law 83-743 · 68 Stat. 1030 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

5. War Claims Act Amendments of 1954

   An Act To extend benefits under the War Claims Act of 1948 to certain classes of persons, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-744 · 68 Stat. 1033 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

6. An Act To facilitate the acquisition of non-Federal land within the existing boundaries of any National Park, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-745 · 68 Stat. 1037 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

   Public Law 83-746 · 68 Stat. 1038 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, to make permanent the increases in regular annuities provided by the act of July 16, 1952, and to extend such increases to additional annuities purchased by voluntary contributions.

   Public Law 83-747 · 68 Stat. 1043 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

9. An Act To amend section 1089 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia relating to attachment proceedings.

   Public Law 83-748 · 68 Stat. 1043 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

10. An Act To permit retired policemen, firemen of the District of Columbia to waive all or part of their relief, or retirement compensation.

    Public Law 83-749 · 68 Stat. 1044 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the act of March 6, 1952 (66 Stat. 16), to extend the time during which the Secretary of the Interior may enter into amendatory repayment contracts under the Federal reclamation laws, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-750 · 68 Stat. 1044 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953.

    Public Law 83-751 · 68 Stat. 1044 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing construction of works to reestablish for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, California, a means of diversion of its irrigation water supply from the Colorado River, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-752 · 68 Stat. 1045 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

14. An Act To amend Revised Statutes 4426.

    Public Law 83-753 · 68 Stat. 1047 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

15. An Act To increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation.

    Public Law 83-754 · 68 Stat. 1047 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to consolidate the Police Court of the District of Columbia and the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, to be known as ‘The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia,’ to create ‘The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’, and for other purposes.”

    Public Law 83-755 · 68 Stat. 1048 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

17. An Act To provide that contributions received under Public Law 485, Eightieth Congress, for the construction of a merchant marine chapel shall be invested in Government obligations pending their use for such construction.

    Public Law 83-756 · 68 Stat. 1050 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to provide for the charter of passenger ships in the domestic trade.

    Public Law 83-757 · 68 Stat. 1050 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of the Federal Republic of Germany.

    Public Law 83-758 · 68 Stat. 1050 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 413 (b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946.

    Public Law 83-759 · 68 Stat. 1051 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to provide for the payment of appraisers’, auctioneers’, and brokers’ fees from the proceeds of disposal of Government surplus real property, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-760 · 68 Stat. 1051 · August 31, 1954 · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Marla Busa.

    Private Law 83-961 · 68 Stat. A277 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Anastasia Kondylis.

    Private Law 83-962 · 68 Stat. A277 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Margot Herta Matulewitz.

    Private Law 83-963 · 68 Stat. A277 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of James Arthur Cimino and Joan Cimino.

    Private Law 83-964 · 68 Stat. A277 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Ursula Wilke and Mike Mario Wilke.

    Private Law 83-278 · 68 Stat. A278 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Francesco Marinelli.

    Private Law 83-966 · 68 Stat. A278 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of John Enepekides, his wife, Anna, and his son, George.

    Private Law 83-967 · 68 Stat. A278 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Katherina Picerkona and her minor son, Helmut.

    Private Law 83-968 · 68 Stat. A279 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Yun Tai Miao and his wife, Chao Pei Tsang Miao.

    Private Law 83-969 · 68 Stat. A279 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Ito Yukiko.

    Private Law 83-970 · 68 Stat. A279 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Harvey Schwartz.

    Private Law 83-971 · 68 Stat. A280 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Arturo Rodriguez Diaz.

    Private Law 83-972 · 68 Stat. A280 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Esther Joanne Potter.

    Private Law 83-973 · 68 Stat. A281 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Jean Cantalini.

    Private Law 83-974 · 68 Stat. A281 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Doctor Felix de Pinies.

    Private Law 83-975 · 68 Stat. A281 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Elisa-Pompea Roppo (Elisa-Pompea Cardone).

    Private Law 83-976 · 68 Stat. A281 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Peter Julian Newbery and Prudence Ellen Newbery.

    Private Law 83-977 · 68 Stat. A282 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Sister Anna Scrinzi, Sister Giuliana Paladini, Sister lolanda Mazzocchi, and Sister Giuseppina Zanehetta.

    Private Law 83-978 · 68 Stat. A282 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Hon Cheun Kwan.

    Private Law 83-979 · 68 Stat. A282 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Kim Kwang Suk and Kim Woo Shik.

    Private Law 83-980 · 68 Stat. A283 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Eulalio Rodriguez Vargas.

    Private Law 83-981 · 68 Stat. A283 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Ruth Wehrhan.

    Private Law 83-982 · 68 Stat. A283 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Staff Sergeant Silvestre E. Castillo.

    Private Law 83-983 · 68 Stat. A283 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Emiko Watanabe.

    Private Law 83-984 · 68 Stat. A284 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Wakako Niimi and her minor child, Katherine.

    Private Law 83-985 · 68 Stat. A284 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Bonita Lee Simpson.

    Private Law 83-986 · 68 Stat. A285 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Ingeborg Otto.

    Private Law 83-987 · 68 Stat. A285 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain mineral rights to Mrs. Pearl O. Marr, of Crossroads, New Mexico.

    Private Law 83-988 · 68 Stat. A285 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Cleophat Robert Joseph Caron.

    Private Law 83-989 · 68 Stat. A286 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Anni Stroee Jacobsen.

    Private Law 83-990 · 68 Stat. A286 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Milos Knezevich.

    Private Law 83-991 · 68 Stat. A286 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hildegard Simon Walley.

    Private Law 83-992 · 68 Stat. A286 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Juana Padilla de Caballero (Mrs. Juana Padilla de Ontiveros).

    Private Law 83-993 · 68 Stat. A287 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Francis Timothy Mary Hodgson (formerly Victor Charles Joyce).

    Private Law 83-994 · 68 Stat. A287 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Hayik (Jirair) Vartiyan, Annemarie Vartiyan, and Susanig Armenuhi Vartiyan.

    Private Law 83-995 · 68 Stat. A287 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Radu Florescu and Nicole Elizabeth Michel Florescu.

    Private Law 83-996 · 68 Stat. A288 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To confer Jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claim of Wah Chang Corporation against the United States.

    Private Law 83-997 · 68 Stat. A288 · September 1, 1954 · Private law · Original text

59. Social Security Amendments of 1954

    An Act To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code so as to extend coverage under the old-age and survivors insurance program, increase the benefits payable thereunder, preserve the insurance rights of disabled individuals, and increase the amount of earnings permitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-761 · 68 Stat. 1052 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

60. An Act To provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of certain tribes, bands, and colonies of Indians in the State of Utah and the individual members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-762 · 68 Stat. 1099 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

61. An Act To provide certain employment benefits for employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-763 · 68 Stat. 1105 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

62. An Act To extend and amend the Renegotiation Act of 1951.

    Public Law 83-764 · 68 Stat. 1116 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for family quarters for personnel of the military departments of the Department of Defense and their dependents, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-765 · 68 Stat. 1119 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to establish and operate motor vehicle pools and systems and to provide office furniture and furnishings when agencies are moved to new locations, to direct the Administrator to report the unauthorized use of Government motor vehicles, and to authorize the United States Civil Service Commission to regulate operators of Government-owned motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-766 · 68 Stat. 1126 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

65. An Act To extend and Improve the unemployment compensation program.

    Public Law 83-767 · 68 Stat. 1130 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

66. Customs Simplification Act of 1954

    An Act To provide for the review of customs tariff schedules, to improve procedures for the tariff classification of unenumerated articles, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-768 · 68 Stat. 1136 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

67. An Act To prohibit payment of annuities to officers and employees of the United States convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-769 · 68 Stat. 1142 · September 1, 1954 · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of the Birmingham Iron Works, Incorporated.

    Private Law 83-998 · 68 Stat. A288 · September 2, 1954 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Ertogroul Osman.

    Private Law 83-999 · 68 Stat. A289 · September 2, 1954 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of the J. A. Vance Company.

    Private Law 83-1000 · 68 Stat. A289 · September 3, 1954 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Clarence D. Newland.

    Private Law 83-1001 · 68 Stat. A290 · September 3, 1954 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of David W. Wallace.

    Private Law 83-1002 · 68 Stat. A290 · September 3, 1954 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To provide relief for the sheep-raising industry by making special nonquota immigrant visas available to certain skilled alien sheepherders.

    Public Law 83-770 · 68 Stat. 1145 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

74. An Act To provide authorization for certain uses of public lands.

    Public Law 83-771 · 68 Stat. 1146 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

75. Expatriation Act of 1954

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the loss of nationality of persons convicted of certain crimes.

    Public Law 83-772 · 68 Stat. 1146 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

76. Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954

    An Act To provide for the promotion, precedence, constructive credit, distribution, retention, and elimination of officers of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-773 · 68 Stat. 1147 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct the Santa Maria project, Southern Pacific Basin, California.

    Public Law 83-774 · 68 Stat. 1190 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

78. An Act To amend section 161, title 35, United States Code, relating to the patenting of plants.

    Public Law 83-775 · 68 Stat. 1190 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the acquisition of lands by the United States required for the reservoir created by the construction of Oahe Dam on the Missouri River and for rehabilitation of the Indians of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-776 · 68 Stat. 1191 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

80. Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954

    An Act To revise and extend the laws relating to espionage and sabotage, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-777 · 68 Stat. 1216 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

81. Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1955

    An Act Making appropriations for Mutual Security for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-778 · 68 Stat. 1219 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

82. An Act To amend various statutes and certain titles of the United States Code, for the purpose of correcting obsolete references, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-779 · 68 Stat. 1226 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

83. An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-780 · 68 Stat. 1248 · September 3, 1954 · Original text

84. An Act To amend certain provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to facilitate private financing of new ship construction, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-781 · 68 Stat. 1267 · September 3, 1954 · Original text