Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress, to provide a temporary program of assistance in the construction of minimum school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-246 · 67 Stat. 522 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the Coast Guard to accept, operate, and maintain a certain defense housing facility at Cape May, New Jersey.

   Public Law 83-247 · 67 Stat. 529 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

3. An Act To amend Public Law 874 of the Eighty-first Congress so as to make Improvements in its provisions and extend its duration for a two-year period, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 83-248 · 67 Stat. 530 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the recognition of the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of Columbia University in the city of New York and providing for the representation of the Government and people of the United States in the observance of this anniversary.

   Public Law 83-249 · 67 Stat. 537 · August 8, 1953 · Original text

5. An Act For die relief of Anny Del Carlo.

   Private Law 83-156 · 67 Stat. a56 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Hedwig Marek and Emma Elizabeth Marek.

   Private Law 83-157 · 67 Stat. a56 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Irene Ezitis.

   Private Law 83-158 · 67 Stat. a57 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Orsi.

   Private Law 83-159 · 67 Stat. a57 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Charles Chardon Brooks.

   Private Law 83-160 · 67 Stat. a57 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Agostino Giusto.

    Private Law 83-161 · 67 Stat. a57 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Doctor Jose Montero.

    Private Law 83-162 · 67 Stat. a58 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Christina Pantelis Triantafilu.

    Private Law 83-163 · 67 Stat. a58 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Yusuf (Uash) Lazar.

    Private Law 83-164 · 67 Stat. a58 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Lin (also known as Lin Chao Hsi).

    Private Law 83-165 · 67 Stat. a59 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Irene Proios (nee Vagianos).

    Private Law 83-166 · 67 Stat. a59 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Chiyoko Miki Tomono.

    Private Law 83-167 · 67 Stat. a59 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Lauri Allan Torni.

    Private Law 83-168 · 67 Stat. a60 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Panagiotee G. Karras.

    Private Law 83-169 · 67 Stat. a60 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Hormoz Mahmoud.

    Private Law 83-170 · 67 Stat. a60 · August 12, 1953 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Relating to mining claims located on land with respect to which a permit or lease has been issued, or an application or offer for permit or lease has been made, under the mineral leasing laws, or known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-250 · 67 Stat. 539 · August 12, 1953 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the use of the tribal funds of the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, to authorize a per capita payment out of such funds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-251 · 67 Stat. 540 · August 12, 1953 · Original text

22. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to a compact between the State of New Jersey and the State of New York known as the Waterfront Commission Compact, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-252 · 67 Stat. 541 · August 12, 1953 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the mineral leasing laws with respect to their application in the case of pipelines passing through the public domain.

    Public Law 83-253 · 67 Stat. 557 · August 12, 1953 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for distribution of moneys of deceased restricted members of the Five Civilized Tribes not exceeding $500, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-254 · 67 Stat. 558 · August 12, 1953 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of T. K. LI.

    Private Law 83-171 · 67 Stat. a61 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Kim Jung Soo.

    Private Law 83-172 · 67 Stat. a61 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Fumiko Sawai Skovran.

    Private Law 83-173 · 67 Stat. a61 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Helga J. Jordan and her son.

    Private Law 83-174 · 67 Stat. a61 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mrs. India Taylor Palmi Stevenson.

    Private Law 83-175 · 67 Stat. a62 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Janies D. Wilmeth.

    Private Law 83-176 · 67 Stat. a62 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Orsola Jacopelli Leggio.

    Private Law 83-177 · 67 Stat. a63 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Luigi Lotito.

    Private Law 83-178 · 67 Stat. a63 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Jekabs Lenbergs.

    Private Law 83-179 · 67 Stat. a63 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Edith Smith.

    Private Law 83-180 · 67 Stat. a64 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Gerda Goerauch.

    Private Law 83-181 · 67 Stat. a64 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For tile relief of Miss Aiko Ikehara.

    Private Law 83-182 · 67 Stat. a64 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Marigo Th. Tsipoura.

    Private Law 83-183 · 67 Stat. a65 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Doctor Manousos A. Petrohelos.

    Private Law 83-184 · 67 Stat. a65 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Eugene de Thassy.

    Private Law 83-185 · 67 Stat. a65 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Lee Lai Ha.

    Private Law 83-186 · 67 Stat. a66 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Rose Maria Gradelone Calicchlo.

    Private Law 83-187 · 67 Stat. a66 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Sachiko Yuda.

    Private Law 83-188 · 67 Stat. a66 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Stephania Ziegler (Sister Benitia), Anna Hagel (Sister Clara), and Theresia Tuppinger (Sister Romana).

    Private Law 83-189 · 67 Stat. a67 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Waltraut Benteler LaMontagne.

    Private Law 83-190 · 67 Stat. a67 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Gisela Korb (nee Unruh).

    Private Law 83-191 · 67 Stat. a67 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Ruth Rumiko Fukano.

    Private Law 83-192 · 67 Stat. a68 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Hiroki Hollopeter.

    Private Law 83-193 · 67 Stat. a68 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Yuriko Akimoto.

    Private Law 83-194 · 67 Stat. a68 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Doctor Hamdi Akar.

    Private Law 83-195 · 67 Stat. a69 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Josef Ablassmeier.

    Private Law 83-196 · 67 Stat. a69 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Dorothy Sonya Goldschmidt.

    Private Law 83-197 · 67 Stat. a69 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Antonio Bruno.

    Private Law 83-198 · 67 Stat. a69 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lau Hong Shee.

    Private Law 83-199 · 67 Stat. a70 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Hidenori Utada.

    Private Law 83-200 · 67 Stat. a70 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Edith D, Williamson.

    Private Law 83-201 · 67 Stat. a70 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Julia S. Criswell.

    Private Law 83-202 · 67 Stat. a70 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Hilde Kretz Sforza.

    Private Law 83-203 · 67 Stat. a71 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Louise Kaden and Elke Beate Kaden.

    Private Law 83-204 · 67 Stat. a71 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Salvatore Mario Veltri.

    Private Law 83-205 · 67 Stat. a71 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Jean Tokuda.

    Private Law 83-206 · 67 Stat. a72 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Charlotte Witzeling Robinson.

    Private Law 83-207 · 67 Stat. a72 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Lucilio Grassi.

    Private Law 83-208 · 67 Stat. a72 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Vera Helene Hamer (Vera Helga Mueller) and Sonja Margret tinnier (Sonja Margot Mueller).

    Private Law 83-209 · 67 Stat. a72 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Gerulf Lamprecht.

    Private Law 83-210 · 67 Stat. a73 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Valda Cimermanis.

    Private Law 83-211 · 67 Stat. a73 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Rosa Guglielmo.

    Private Law 83-212 · 67 Stat. a73 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Philip Jack Sager (Koichi Sasaki).

    Private Law 83-213 · 67 Stat. a73 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Rosa Veronika Schenk.

    Private Law 83-214 · 67 Stat. a74 · August 13, 1953 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To extend for a period of five years the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to fur farmers.

    Public Law 83-255 · 67 Stat. 558 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

70. An Act To create a committee to study and evaluate public and private experiments in weather modification.

    Public Law 83-256 · 67 Stat. 559 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

71. An Act To incorporate the National Conference on Citizenship, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-257 · 67 Stat. 562 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

72. An Act To permit the exchange and amendment of farm units on Federal Irrigation projects, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-258 · 67 Stat. 566 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

73. An Act To incorporate the National Safety Council.

    Public Law 83-259 · 67 Stat. 569 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Act of July 31, 1950 (64 Stat. 382), relating to appropriations for construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Eklutna project, Alaska.

    Public Law 83-260 · 67 Stat. 574 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended.

    Public Law 83-261 · 67 Stat. 575 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

76. An Act To amend section 9 (h) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 relating to the exemption of activities of the Atomic Energy Commission from State and local taxation.

    Public Law 83-262 · 67 Stat. 575 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution To establish the Jamestown-Williamsburg-Yorktown Celebration Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-263 · 67 Stat. 576 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

78. An Act To further amend the Act of June 15, 1917, as amended.

    Public Law 83-264 · 67 Stat. 577 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize conveyance to the State of North Carolina of certain lands and improvements constituting the United States cotton field station located near Statesville, North Carolina.

    Public Law 83-265 · 67 Stat. 578 · August 13, 1953 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Crisanto Castillo Underwood.

    Private Law 83-215 · 67 Stat. a74 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Hilary Hess.

    Private Law 83-216 · 67 Stat. a74 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Doctor Dudley A. Reekie.

    Private Law 83-217 · 67 Stat. a75 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To validate a conveyance of certain lauds by the Central Pacific Railway Company, and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company, to the Union Ice Company and Edward Barbera.

    Private Law 83-218 · 67 Stat. a75 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain land to Ted B. Landoe and Roderic S. Carpenter.

    Private Law 83-219 · 67 Stat. a76 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Cyril Claude Andersen, Patricia Andersen Hill, and Thelma Andersen McNeill.

    Private Law 83-220 · 67 Stat. a76 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of William Urban Maloney.

    Private Law 83-221 · 67 Stat. a77 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Nathalie Iliine.

    Private Law 83-222 · 67 Stat. a77 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Irene Andrews.

    Private Law 83-223 · 67 Stat. a77 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of George Michael labour.

    Private Law 83-224 · 67 Stat. a77 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Eveline Brigitte Barti (Eveline B. Hermann).

    Private Law 83-225 · 67 Stat. a78 · August 14, 1953 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Ogdensburg Bridge Authority, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near the city of Ogdensburg, New York”.

    Public Law 83-266 · 67 Stat. 578 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing the Hidalgo Bridge Company, its heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad toll bridge across the Rio Grande, at or near Hidalgo, Texas.

    Public Law 83-267 · 67 Stat. 578 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

93. An Act To provide for the conveyance of a tract of land in Plane County, Wisconsin, to the Wisconsin State Armory Board.

    Public Law 83-268 · 67 Stat. 579 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

94. An Act To provide wage credits under title II of the Social Security Art for military service More July 1, 1955, and to extend the time for tiling application for lump-sum death payments under such title with respect to the death of certain individuals dying in the service who are reinterred.

    Public Law 83-269 · 67 Stat. 580 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the Act of June 30, 1948, so as to extend for one year the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain public lands in Monroe County, Michigan, held under color of title.

    Public Law 83-270 · 67 Stat. 581 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

96. An Act To amend the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1044 with respect to preference accorded in Federal employment to disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-271 · 67 Stat. 581 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the charter of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America so as to limit membership on the National Council of Girl Scouts to citizens of the United States, to authorize meetings of the national council as provided in the constitution, and to authorize an annual report based upon the preceding fiscal year.

    Public Law 83-272 · 67 Stat. 582 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the utilization of a limited amount of storage space in Lake Texoma for the purpose of water supply for the City of Denison, Texas.

    Public Law 83-273 · 67 Stat. 583 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

99. An Act To provide for abatement of jeopardy assessments when jeopardy does not exist.

    Public Law 83-274 · 67 Stat. 583 · August 14, 1953 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the establishment of a bi-State park and/or recreational area by the States of Kentucky and Virginia.

     Public Law 83-275 · 67 Stat. 584 · August 14, 1953 · Original text