Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1954, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-175 · 67 Stat. 297 · July 31, 1953 · Original text

2. First Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1954

   An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-176 · 67 Stat. 298 · July 31, 1953 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Anna Solenniani.

   Private Law 83-127 · 67 Stat. a45 · August 1, 1953 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the United States Government to reconvey certain lands to W. C. Pa limey er and E, M. Cole.

   Private Law 83-128 · 67 Stat. a46 · August 1, 1953 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To further amend the Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945 by extending the time for filing certain claims thereunder, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-177 · 67 Stat. 317 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

6. Legislative-Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1954

   An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch and the Judiciary Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-178 · 67 Stat. 318 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

7. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1954

   An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-179 · 67 Stat. 336 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949.

   Public Law 83-180 · 67 Stat. 358 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

9. An Act To extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to establish and continue offices In the Republic of the Philippines.

   Public Law 83-181 · 67 Stat. 358 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section 365 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of laws for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to increase the maximum sum allowable by the court out of assets of a decedent’s estate for funeral expenses.

    Public Law 83-182 · 67 Stat. 358 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the American University”, approved February 24, 1893, so as to clarity the relations between the Board of Trustees of the American University and the Board of Education of the Methodist Church, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-183 · 67 Stat. 359 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements for rights-of-way through, over, and under the parkway land along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and to authorize an exchange of lands with other Federal departments and agencies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-184 · 67 Stat. 359 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Washington State Third International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washington, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-185 · 67 Stat. 361 · August 1, 1953 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Frans Gunnink.

    Private Law 83-129 · 67 Stat. a46 · August 5, 1953 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Steven M. Pivnicki.

    Private Law 83-130 · 67 Stat. a46 · August 5, 1953 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Leong Walk Hong.

    Private Law 83-131 · 67 Stat. a47 · August 5, 1953 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of N. A. G. L. Moerings, Mrs, Bertha Johanna Krayenbrink Moerings, and Lambertus Karel Aloysius Josef Meer lugs.

    Private Law 83-132 · 67 Stat. a47 · August 5, 1953 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Anneliese Schillings.

    Private Law 83-133 · 67 Stat. a47 · August 5, 1953 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Teachers’ Leave Act of 1949.

    Public Law 83-186 · 67 Stat. 362 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall have sole authority to regulate the vacation periods and annual leave of absence of certain school officers and employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia”, approved March 5, 1932.

    Public Law 83-187 · 67 Stat. 362 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the loan of two submarines to the Government of Italy and a small aircraft carrier to the Government of France.

    Public Law 83-188 · 67 Stat. 363 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

22. An Act To increase the salaries of employees of tile Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and to provide for a study of the pay scales and classifications of such employees.

    Public Law 83-189 · 67 Stat. 363 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1214), as amended.

    Public Law 83-190 · 67 Stat. 364 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

24. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the negotiation by the States of Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota of certain compacts with respect to the use of waters common to two or more of said States.

    Public Law 83-191 · 67 Stat. 365 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

25. An Act To make the provisions of section 1362 of title 18 of the United States Code, relating to injury to or interference with communications systems operated or controlled by the United States, applicable to and within the Canal Zone.

    Public Law 83-192 · 67 Stat. 366 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

26. An Act To create a Commission to be known as the Corregidor Bataan Memorial Commission.

    Public Law 83-193 · 67 Stat. 366 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

27. An Act To amend clause (4) of section 35 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended.

    Public Law 83-194 · 67 Stat. 366 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

28. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce Appropriation Act, 1954

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-195 · 67 Stat. 367 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

29. An Act To amend sections 1606 and 1607 of the Internal Revenue Code In order to permit unemployment insurance coverage under State unemployment compensation laws for seamen employed on certain vessels operated by the United States.

    Public Law 83-196 · 67 Stat. 386 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

30. An Act Amending the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide for the appointment of persons to exercise temporarily the duties of certain offices of the House of Representatives.

    Public Law 83-197 · 67 Stat. 387 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Creating a committee to assist in the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Congress of 1754, held at Albany, New York, on June 24 of that year.

    Public Law 83-198 · 67 Stat. 388 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To establish the date of the second regular session of the Eighty-third Congress.

    Public Law 83-199 · 67 Stat. 388 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

33. An Act To amend further the Federal Register Act, as amended.

    Public Law 83-200 · 67 Stat. 388 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

34. An Act To amend sections 502 (1) and 507 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in order to identify the drug known as aureomycin by its chemical name, chlortetracycline.

    Public Law 83-201 · 67 Stat. 389 · August 5, 1953 · Original text

35. Farm Credit Act of 1953

    An Act To Increase farmer participation In ownership and control of the Federal Farm Credit System; to create a Federal Farm Credit Board; to abolish certain offices; to impose a franchise tax upon certain farm credit institutions; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-202 · 67 Stat. 390 · August 6, 1953 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Akemi Terada.

    Private Law 83-134 · 67 Stat. a47 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Frank B. Pindle.

    Private Law 83-135 · 67 Stat. a48 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Richard H. Backus.

    Private Law 83-136 · 67 Stat. a48 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Lien tenant Thomas C. Rooney and Mrs. Thomas C. Rooney, his wife.

    Private Law 83-137 · 67 Stat. a49 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Arthur Oppenheimer. Junior, and Mrs. Jane Oppenheimer.

    Private Law 83-138 · 67 Stat. a49 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Susan Kay Burkhalter, a minor.

    Private Law 83-139 · 67 Stat. a50 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Mrs, Mildred G. Kates and Ronald Kates.

    Private Law 83-140 · 67 Stat. a50 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Nicola, Lucia, and Rocco Fierro.

    Private Law 83-111 · 67 Stat. a50 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Slatsue Hashimoto.

    Private Law 83-142 · 67 Stat. a51 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Elzbieta Gwymkuwska Jarosz.

    Private Law 83-143 · 67 Stat. a51 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Carmela Daino Davenia,

    Private Law 83-144 · 67 Stat. a15 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Wera Fazio, a minor.

    Private Law 83-145 · 67 Stat. a52 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of David Zorub.

    Private Law 83-146 · 67 Stat. a52 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Margaret D. Surhan.

    Private Law 83-147 · 67 Stat. a52 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Eleonore Friedrich McAnelly.

    Private Law 83-148 · 67 Stat. a52 · August 7, 1953 · Private law · Original text

51. Refugee Relief Act of 1953

    An Act For the relief of certain refugees, and orphans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-203 · 67 Stat. 400 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution For admitting the State of Ohio into the Union.

    Public Law 83-204 · 67 Stat. 407 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

53. Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1053

    An Act To authorize the disposal of the Government-owned rubber-producing facilities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-205 · 67 Stat. 408 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

54. Domestic Minerals Program Extension Act of 1953

    An Act To encourage the discovery, development, and production of tungsten, manganese, chromite, mica, asbestos, beryl, and columbium-tantalum-bearing ores and concentrates in the United States, its Territories, and possessions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-206 · 67 Stat. 417 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

55. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-207 · 67 Stat. 418 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution Establishing in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.

    Public Law 83-208 · 67 Stat. 439 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for the Alaska Communication System, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-209 · 67 Stat. 440 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 202 of the Federal Power Act, with respect to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission over persons and facilities engaged in the transmission or sale of electric energy to foreign countries.

    Public Law 83-210 · 67 Stat. 461 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

59. An Act To amend section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended.

    Public Law 83-211 · 67 Stat. 461 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

60. Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

    An Act To provide for the jurisdiction of the United States over the submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf, and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease such lands for certain purposes.

    Public Law 83-212 · 67 Stat. 462 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

61. An Act To extend the time for exemption from income taxes for certain members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-213 · 67 Stat. 471 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Loan of two submarines to the Government of Turkey.

    Public Law 83-214 · 67 Stat. 471 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

63. Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1953

    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, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-215 · 67 Stat. 472 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

64. An Act To enable the President, during the period ending March 15, 1954, to furnish to peoples friendly to the United States emergency assistance in meeting famine or other urgent relief requirements.

    Public Law 83-216 · 67 Stat. 476 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, so as to protect the public health and welfare by providing certain authority for factory inspection, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-217 · 67 Stat. 476 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

66. Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1954

    An Act Making appropriations for Mutual Security for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-218 · 67 Stat. 478 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the retirement of judges of the Tax Court of the United States.

    Public Law 83-219 · 67 Stat. 482 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the creation of a Commission on Judicial and Congressional Salaries, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-220 · 67 Stat. 485 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

69. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1954, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-221 · 67 Stat. 487 · August 7, 1953 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the payment of compensation to Clarence A. Beutel, formerly Deputy Administrator of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, for the period from September 10, 1952, through June 1, 1953.

    Private Law 83-149 · 67 Stat. a53 · August 8, 1953 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of the estate of Frank DeNuzzi and Cecelia Melnik Burns.

    Private Law 83-150 · 67 Stat. a53 · August 8, 1953 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the sale of certain public lands in Alaska to the Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska for use as a mission school.

    Private Law 83-151 · 67 Stat. a53 · August 8, 1953 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the sale of certain public lands in Alaska to the Alaska Council of Boy Scouts of America for a campsite and other public purposes.

    Private Law 83-152 · 67 Stat. a54 · August 8, 1953 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the sale of certain land in Alaska to the Calvary Baptist Church, of Anchorage, Alaska, for use as a church site.

    Private Law 83-153 · 67 Stat. a55 · August 8, 1953 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain lands within the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 83-154 · 67 Stat. a55 · August 8, 1953 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Doctor Jacob Griffel.

    Private Law 83-155 · 67 Stat. a56 · August 8, 1953 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To amend section 458 of title 28 of the United States Code with respect to the official stations of justices and judges.

    Public Law 83-222 · 67 Stat. 488 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950.

    Public Law 83-223 · 67 Stat. 488 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

79. An Act To amend section 0 of the Act of May 22, 1928, as amended, authorizing and directing a national survey of forest resources.

    Public Law 83-224 · 67 Stat. 489 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

80. An Act To amend the Air Commerce Act of 1926, as amended, to authorize navigation of foreign civil aircraft in the United States through reciprocity and under regulations of the Civil Aeronautics Board.

    Public Law 83-225 · 67 Stat. 489 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

81. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to certain Western States and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii to enter into a compact relating to higher education in the Western States and establishing the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

    Public Law 83-226 · 67 Stat. 490 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended, to provide for the control and eradication of scrapie and blue tongue in sheep, and incipient or potentially serious minor outbreaks of diseases of animals; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-227 · 67 Stat. 493 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937.

    Public Law 83-228 · 67 Stat. 494 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

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

    Public Law 83-229 · 67 Stat. 494 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

85. An Act To facilitate the management of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas administered in connection with that system, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-230 · 67 Stat. 495 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the acquisition by the United States of the remaining non-Federal lands within Big Bend National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-231 · 67 Stat. 497 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

87. An Act To amend the rules for the prevention of collisions on certain inland waters of the United States and on the western rivers.

    Public Law 83-232 · 67 Stat. 497 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

88. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain national forest land in Basalt, Colorado.

    Public Law 83-233 · 67 Stat. 498 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the transfer of certain laud located at Cherry Point, North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-234 · 67 Stat. 498 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize additional appropriations for the Lower San Joaquin River project.

    Public Law 83-235 · 67 Stat. 499 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the sale of Army, Navy, and Air Force stores at military establishments to civilian employees of the Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-236 · 67 Stat. 499 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

92. An Act To amend section 509 of title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, to extend for two years the period during which agricultural workers may be made available for employment under such title.

    Public Law 83-237 · 67 Stat. 500 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

93. An Act To extend to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to narcotics.

    Public Law 83-238 · 67 Stat. 500 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

94. Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953

    An Act To permit members of the uniformed services to elect certain contingency options, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-239 · 67 Stat. 501 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code and the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act so as to provide tit at certain drugs which are or may be chemically synthesized shall be included within the classification of narcotic drugs.

    Public Law 83-240 · 67 Stat. 505 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

96. An Act To amend veterans regulations to establish for persons who served in the Armed Forces during World War II a further presumption of service connection for tuberculosis other than pulmonary.

    Public Law 83-241 · 67 Stat. 506 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949.

    Public Law 83-242 · 67 Stat. 506 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

98. Customs Simplification Act of 1953

    An Act To amend certain administrative provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 and related laws, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-243 · 67 Stat. 507 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 47c of the National Defense Act.

    Public Law 83-244 · 67 Stat. 521 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to extend until June 8, 1954, the period during which the General Services Administration may conduct negotiated sales of surplus property.

     Public Law 83-245 · 67 Stat. 521 · August 8, 1953 · Original text