Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to fix certain licensing and registration fees.

   Public Law 83-50 · 67 Stat. 43 · June 5, 1953 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of the Reverend A. E. Smith.

   Private Law 83-52 · 67 Stat. a20 · June 6, 1953 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey certain Government-owned burial lots and other property in the Washington Parish Burial Ground, Washington, District of Columbia, and to exchange other burial lots.

   Private Law 83-53 · 67 Stat. a21 · June 6, 1953 · Private law · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Requesting and authorizing the President of the United States to officially proclaim the week of June 7–14, 1953, as “Aid to Korea Week”.

   Public Law 83-51 · 67 Stat. 44 · June 6, 1953 · Original text

5. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the Connecticut River Flood Control Compact.

   Public Law 83-52 · 67 Stat. 45 · June 6, 1953 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the sale or lease by the State of Kansas of certain lauds situated near Garden City, Kansas.

   Public Law 83-53 · 67 Stat. 52 · June 6, 1953 · Original text

7. An Act To extend the time for filing a report by the Committee on Retirement Policy for Federal Personnel established by the Act of July 16, 1952.

   Public Law 83-54 · 67 Stat. 53 · June 6, 1953 · Original text

8. An Act Providing for the reconveyance to the town of Morristown of certain land included within the Morristown National Historical Park, in the State of New Jersey.

   Public Law 83-55 · 67 Stat. 53 · June 6, 1953 · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing the transfer of certain property of the Veterans’ Administration (in Johnson City, Tennessee) to the State of Tennessee.

   Public Law 83-56 · 67 Stat. 54 · June 6, 1953 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the Post Office Department to designate enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard as postal clerks and assistant postal clerks, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-57 · 67 Stat. 55 · June 6, 1953 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Fred B. Niswonger.

    Private Law 83-54 · 67 Stat. a21 · June 9, 1953 · Private law · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning June 14, 1953, as “Theodore Roosevelt Week”.

    Public Law 83-58 · 67 Stat. 56 · June 13, 1953 · Original text

13. Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, anti for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-59 · 67 Stat. 57 · June 15, 1953 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Alexander A. Senibaldi.

    Private Law 83-55 · 67 Stat. a22 · June 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of William Robert DeGrafft.

    Private Law 83-56 · 67 Stat. a22 · June 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Marjorie Goon (Goon Mei Chee).

    Private Law 83-57 · 67 Stat. a22 · June 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Gary Matthew Stevens (Kazuo Omiya).

    Private Law 83-58 · 67 Stat. a23 · June 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Anthony Lynn Neis.

    Private Law 83-59 · 67 Stat. a23 · June 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To amend section 7 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 relating to the apportionment of moneys received on account of the leasing of lands acquired by the United States for flood control purposes.

    Public Law 83-60 · 67 Stat. 61 · June 16, 1953 · Original text

20. 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 83-61 · 67 Stat. 61 · June 16, 1953 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for continuation of authority for regulation of exports, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-62 · 67 Stat. 62 · June 16, 1953 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the law of the District of Columbia relating to publication of partnerships.

    Public Law 83-63 · 67 Stat. 62 · June 16, 1953 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands to the State of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 83-64 · 67 Stat. 63 · June 16, 1953 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands to the State of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 83-65 · 67 Stat. 63 · June 16, 1953 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of July 1, 1947 (61 Stat. 242), as amended.

    Public Law 83-66 · 67 Stat. 64 · June 16, 1953 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Doctor Alexander Fiala.

    Private Law 83-60 · 67 Stat. a23 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Francesca Servelio.

    Private Law 83-61 · 67 Stat. a23 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For tile relief of Maria Buffoni and Emma Botta.

    Private Law 83-62 · 67 Stat. a24 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Mother Anna DiGiorgi.

    Private Law 83-63 · 67 Stat. a24 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Ronald J. Palmer and Ronda Kay Palmer.

    Private Law 83-64 · 67 Stat. a24 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Corporal Predrag Mitrovich.

    Private Law 83-65 · 67 Stat. a24 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Cecile Lorraine Vincent and Michael Calvin Vincent.

    Private Law 83-66 · 67 Stat. a25 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Norma Jean Whitten.

    Private Law 83-67 · 67 Stat. a25 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Patricia Ann Dutchess.

    Private Law 83-68 · 67 Stat. a25 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Erna Meyer Grafton.

    Private Law 83-69 · 67 Stat. a26 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of George Frokofleff de Seversky and lea belle Prokofieff de Seversky.

    Private Law 83-70 · 67 Stat. a26 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Stavrula Perutsea.

    Private Law 83-71 · 67 Stat. a26 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Relating to the Incorporation of the Columbus University of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Private Law 83-72 · 67 Stat. a27 · June 18, 1953 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia in respect to the recording, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, of bills of sale, mortgages, deeds of trust, and conditional sales of personal property.

    Public Law 83-67 · 67 Stat. 64 · June 18, 1953 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for furnishing transportation in Government-owned automotive vehicles for employees of the Veterans’ Administration at field stations in the absence of adequate public or private transportation.

    Public Law 83-68 · 67 Stat. 64 · June 18, 1953 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the suspension of the imposition or execution of sentence in certain eases in the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia and in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 83-69 · 67 Stat. 65 · June 18, 1953 · Original text

42. An Act To revive and reenact the Act of December 21, 1944, authorizing the City of Clinton Bridge Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at or near the cities of Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, Illinois, as amended.

    Public Law 83-70 · 67 Stat. 65 · June 18, 1953 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the law of the District of Columbia relating to forcible entry and detainer.

    Public Law 83-71 · 67 Stat. 66 · June 18, 1953 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as further amended by an Act of April 19, 1920 (title 20, ch. 1, sec. 116, D. C. Code, 1951), relating to continuing decedent’s business.

    Public Law 83-72 · 67 Stat. 66 · June 18, 1953 · Original text

45. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1954

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-73 · 67 Stat. 67 · June 18, 1953 · Original text

46. District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1953

    An Act To adjust the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, tile United States Park Police, the White House Police, and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-74 · 67 Stat. 72 · June 20, 1953 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Harry Block.

    Private Law 83-73 · 67 Stat. a28 · June 22, 1953 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Authorizing the appropriation of funds co provide for the prosecution of projects in the Columbia River Basin for flood control and other purposes.

    Public Law 83-75 · 67 Stat. 77 · June 22, 1953 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the treatment of users of narcotics In the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 83-76 · 67 Stat. 77 · June 24, 1953 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the transfer of price-support wheat to Pakistan.

    Public Law 83-77 · 67 Stat. 80 · June 25, 1953 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of William R. Jackson.

    Private Law 83-74 · 67 Stat. a28 · June 26, 1953 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the abandonment of a certain part of the Federal project for the Broadkill River in Delaware.

    Public Law 83-78 · 67 Stat. 81 · June 26, 1953 · Original text

53. An Act To amend the Act of February 24, 1925, incorporating the American War Mothers.

    Public Law 83-79 · 67 Stat. 81 · June 26, 1953 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act incorporating The American legion so as to redefine (a) the powers of said corporation, (b) the right to the use of the name “The American Legion” and “American Legion”.

    Public Law 83-80 · 67 Stat. 82 · June 26, 1953 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the conveyance by the United States to the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, of certain lands formerly owned by that city.

    Public Law 83-81 · 67 Stat. 82 · June 26, 1953 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act of October 11, 1951, authorizing the President to proclaim regulations for preventing collisions at sea. and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-82 · 67 Stat. 83 · June 26, 1953 · Original text

57. An Act To repeal certain Acts relating to cooperative agricultural extension work and to amend the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914, to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States, Territories, and possessions receiving the benefits of an Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture.

    Public Law 83-83 · 67 Stat. 83 · June 26, 1953 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Harry Ray Smith.

    Private Law 83-75 · 67 Stat. a28 · June 29, 1953 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Hildegard Schoenauer.

    Private Law 83-76 · 67 Stat. a29 · June 29, 1953 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, so as to provide for special registration, classification, and induction of certain medical, dental, and allied specialist categories, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-84 · 67 Stat. 86 · June 29, 1953 · Original text

61. District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953

    An Act To provide for the more effective prevention, detection, and punishment of crime in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 83-85 · 67 Stat. 90 · June 29, 1953 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the naturalization of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States after June 24, 1950.

    Public Law 83-86 · 67 Stat. 108 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

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

    Public Law 83-87 · 67 Stat. 110 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

64. Flammable Fabrics Act

    An Act To prohibit the introduction or movement in interstate commerce of articles of wearing apparel and fabrics which are so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by Individuals, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-88 · 67 Stat. 111 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

65. An Act To permit continued exercise until six months after termination of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, or until such earlier date as may be established by concurrent resolution of Congress, of certain powers, relating to preferences or priorities in the transportation of traffic, under sections 1 (15) and 420 of the Interstate Commerce Act.

    Public Law 83-89 · 67 Stat. 115 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

66. An Act To modernize the charter of Washington Gas Light Company, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-90 · 67 Stat. 116 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1954, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-91 · 67 Stat. 117 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

68. An Act To amend section 32 of the Fire and Casualty Act, so as to provide that an agent or solicitor may secure a License to solicit accident and health insurance in the District of Columbia under that Act without taking the prescribed examination, if he is licensed under the Life Insurance Act.

    Public Law 83-92 · 67 Stat. 120 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

69. An Act To continue the effectiveness of the Act of March 27, 1942, as extended, relating to the Inspection and audit of plants, books, and records of defense contractors, for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, and six months thereafter.

    Public Law 83-93 · 67 Stat. 120 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

70. Housing Amendments of 1953

    An Act To amend the National Housing Act and other laws relating to housing.

    Public Law 83-94 · 67 Stat. 121 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

71. Defense Production Act Amendments of 1953

    An Act To provide authority for temporary economic controls, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-95 · 67 Stat. 129 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution To extend the effectiveness of certain statutory provisions from July 1, 1953, to August 1, 1953.

    Public Law 83-96 · 67 Stat. 131 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

73. 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 83-97 · 67 Stat. 132 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 503 of the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940, as amended.

    Public Law 83-98 · 67 Stat. 132 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

75. An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, entitled “Crimes and Criminal Procedure”, with respect to continuity; the effectiveness of certain statutory provisions until six months after the termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16, 1950.

    Public Law 83-99 · 67 Stat. 133 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

76. An Act To continue the effectiveness of the Act of December 2, 1942, as amended, and the Act of July 28, 1945, relating to war-risk hazard and detention benefits, until July 1, 1954.

    Public Law 83-100 · 67 Stat. 134 · June 30, 1953 · Original text

77. An Act To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, with respect to maximum interest rates, the veterans’ direct home-loan program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-101 · 67 Stat. 135 · July 1, 1953 · Original text

78. An Act To provide fur the exemption from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1931 of certain officers in the executive branch of the Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-102 · 67 Stat. 136 · July 2, 1953 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia as Director of the District Office of Civil Defense, and for other purposes”, approved May 21, 1951.

    Public Law 83-103 · 67 Stat. 139 · July 6, 1953 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the President to prescribe the occasions upon which the uniform of any of the Armed Forces may be worn by persons honorably discharged therefrom.

    Public Law 83-104 · 67 Stat. 140 · July 6, 1953 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Federal Airport Act in order to provide for an extension for a limited period of the program for the repair and rehabilitation of public airports damaged by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-105 · 67 Stat. 140 · July 8, 1953 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Authorizing Lyle O. Sunder temporarily to serve concurrently as Clerk and Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.

    Public Law 83-106 · 67 Stat. 141 · July 9, 1953 · Original text

83. An Act To prohibit the display of flags of international organizations or other nations in equal or superior prominence or honor to the flag of the United States except under specified circumstances, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-107 · 67 Stat. 142 · July 9, 1953 · Original text

84. An Act For the establishment of a Commission on Governmental Operations.

    Public Law 83-108 · 67 Stat. 142 · July 10, 1953 · Original text

85. An Act To establish a Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

    Public Law 83-109 · 67 Stat. 145 · July 10, 1953 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Furstenberg.

    Private Law 83-77 · 67 Stat. a29 · July 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

87. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of the annual meeting of the Interparliamentary Union for the year 1953, to be held in Washington, District of Columbia.

    Public Law 83-110 · 67 Stat. 147 · July 13, 1953 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize the use of the Sackets Harbor Military Cemetery for the burial of war and peacetime veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.

    Public Law 83-111 · 67 Stat. 148 · July 13, 1953 · Original text

89. An Act To repeal the Act of September 30, 1950, authorizing the transfer to the State of Iowa of Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

    Public Law 83-112 · 67 Stat. 148 · July 13, 1953 · Original text

90. An Act To approve a conveyance made by the city of Charleston. South Carolina, to the South Carolina State Ports Authority, of real property heretofore granted to said city of Charleston by the United States of America.

    Public Law 83-113 · 67 Stat. 148 · July 14, 1953 · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the addition of certain Government lands to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area project, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-114 · 67 Stat. 148 · July 14, 1953 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Act of April 6, 1949, to provide for additional emergency assistance in farmers and stockmen, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-115 · 67 Stat. 149 · July 14, 1953 · Original text

93. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Army to reestablish and correct the boundaries of the Quincy National Cemetery by the exchange of Government-owned lands in the Quincy-Graceland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois.

    Public Law 83-116 · 67 Stat. 150 · July 14, 1953 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the wheat marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-117 · 67 Stat. 151 · July 14, 1953 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of John W. McBride.

    Private Law 83-78 · 67 Stat. a30 · July 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Socorro Gerona de Castro.

    Private Law 83-79 · 67 Stat. a30 · July 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Keiko Tashiro.

    Private Law 83-80 · 67 Stat. a31 · July 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Doctor Arthur Tye.

    Private Law 83-81 · 67 Stat. a31 · July 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Cornelius A. Navori.

    Private Law 83-82 · 67 Stat. a31 · July 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Owen Lowrey.

     Private Law 83-83 · 67 Stat. a31 · July 16, 1953 · Private law · Original text