Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Sister Isabel (Purificacion Montemayor Maceo).

   Private Law 83-407 · 68 Stat. A69 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Levandoski.

   Private Law 83-408 · 68 Stat. A69 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Helga Rossmann and her child.

   Private Law 83-409 · 68 Stat. A70 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Antonio Messina.

   Private Law 83-410 · 68 Stat. A70 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Reverend Roger Knutsen.

   Private Law 83-411 · 68 Stat. A71 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Montgomery of San Francisco, Incorporated.

   Private Law 83-412 · 68 Stat. A71 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Ruth Irene Ledermann.

   Private Law 83-413 · 68 Stat. A71 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Leon H. Callaway and others.

   Private Law 83-414 · 68 Stat. A72 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Herschel D. Reagan.

   Private Law 83-415 · 68 Stat. A72 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the appointment as United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission. United States and Mexico, of Colonel Leland Hazelton Hewitt, United States Army, retired, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 83-416 · 68 Stat. A73 · June 11, 1954 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To provide for compensation of certain employees on days when departments or establishments of the Government are closed by administrative order.

    Public Law 83-395 · 68 Stat. 249 · June 11, 1954 · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Henry C. Bush and other Foreign Service officers.

    Private Law 83-417 · 68 Stat. A73 · June 14, 1954 · Private law · Original text

13. Joint Resolution To amend the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

    Public Law 83-396 · 68 Stat. 249 · June 14, 1954 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of July 5, 1949 (Public Law 157, Eighty-first Congress).

    Public Law 83-397 · 68 Stat. 250 · June 14, 1954 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Curtis W. Strong.

    Private Law 83-418 · 68 Stat. A74 · June 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of the Columbia Hospital of Richland County, South Carolina.

    Private Law 83-419 · 68 Stat. A74 · June 16, 1954 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended.

    Public Law 83-398 · 68 Stat. 250 · June 16, 1954 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for a per capita distribution of Menominee tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menominee Tribe from Federal jurisdiction.

    Public Law 83-399 · 68 Stat. 250 · June 17, 1954 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Milos Grahovac and Nikola Maljkovic.

    Private Law 83-420 · 68 Stat. A76 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain land to the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.

    Private Law 83-421 · 68 Stat. A76 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of the estate of Anna I. R. Wells, deceased, and others.

    Private Law 83-422 · 68 Stat. A77 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Jean Sutherland.

    Private Law 83-423 · 68 Stat. A77 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Robert L. Hilton, a minor.

    Private Law 83-424 · 68 Stat. A78 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To validate conveyance of a forty-acre tract in Okaloosa County, Florida.

    Private Law 83-425 · 68 Stat. A78 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Katherine L. Sewell.

    Private Law 83-426 · 68 Stat. A78 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Granting the status of permanent residence to certain aliens.

    Private Law 83-427 · 68 Stat. A79 · June 18, 1954 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To amend section 1923 (a) of title 28, United States Code, relating to docket fees.

    Public Law 83-400 · 68 Stat. 253 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain improvements on national forest land in Arizona to the Salt River Valley Water Users Association, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-401 · 68 Stat. 253 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

29. An Act To allow credit in connection with certain homestead entries for military or naval service rendered during the Korean conflict, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-402 · 68 Stat. 253 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

30. An Act To further amend section 4 of the Act of September 9, 1950, in relation to the utilization in an enlisted grade or rank in the Armed Forces of physicians, dentists, or those in an allied specialist category.

    Public Law 83-403 · 68 Stat. 254 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

31. An Act To approve repayment contracts negotiated with the Hermiston and West Extension Irrigation Districts, Oregon, and to authorize their execution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-404 · 68 Stat. 254 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the transportation and distribution of mails on motor-vehicle routes”, approved July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 756).

    Public Law 83-405 · 68 Stat. 255 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the transmission and disposition by the Secretary of the Interior of electric energy generated at Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande.

    Public Law 83-406 · 68 Stat. 255 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

34. An Act To affirm the temporary appointments of certain officers of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-407 · 68 Stat. 256 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

35. An Act To provide for the transfer of the site of the original Fort Buford, North Dakota, to the State of North Dakota.

    Public Law 83-409 · 68 Stat. 257 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Act of January 6, 1951 (64 Stat. 1221), by authorizing certain rehabilitation at the United States Military Academy.

    Public Law 83-408 · 68 Stat. 258 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

37. An Act To repeal the provision of the Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 662), as amended, relating to pay of civilian employees of the Navy Department appointed for duty beyond the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska.

    Public Law 83-410 · 68 Stat. 258 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Act of June 19, 1948, to provide for censuses of manufactures, mineral industries, and other businesses, relating to the year 1954.

    Public Law 83-411 · 68 Stat. 258 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

39. An Act Authorizing the exchange of certain public lands in the vicinity of Waimea, county of Hawaii, in the Territory of Hawaii for certain privately owned lands.

    Public Law 83-412 · 68 Stat. 259 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the transfer of land from the War Department to the Territory of Hawaii”, approved June 19, 1936.

    Public Law 83-413 · 68 Stat. 262 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

41. An Act To simplify the handling of postage on newspapers and periodicals.

    Public Law 83-414 · 68 Stat. 262 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

42. An Act To enable the Hawaiian Homes Commission of the Territory of Hawaii to exchange available lands as designated by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, for other publicly owned lands.

    Public Law 83-415 · 68 Stat. 262 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the commissioner of public lands of the Territory of Hawaii to exchange certain public lands for private lands of equal value required for school purposes.

    Public Law 83-416 · 68 Stat. 263 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

44. An Act To amend sections 201 (a) and 207 (a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

    Public Law 83-417 · 68 Stat. 263 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

45. An Act To approve Act Numbered 27 of the Session Laws of 1951 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An Act to amend Act 24 of the Session Laws of Hawaii 1927, as ratified by the Act of Congress of March 2, 1928, so as to extend the electric light and power franchise granted by said Act to cover the entire districts of Waimea and Koloa on the Island of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii”.

    Public Law 83-418 · 68 Stat. 264 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

46. An Act To facilitate the entry of Philippine traders.

    Public Law 83-419 · 68 Stat. 264 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the charter of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, change its name, define its corporate powers, and provide for its organization and administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-420 · 68 Stat. 265 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the authorization for funds for the hospitalization of certain veterans in the Philippines.

    Public Law 83-421 · 68 Stat. 268 · June 18, 1954 · Original text

49. An Act To permit the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary rights of the United States in and to a tract of land located in Wake County, North Carolina.

    Private Law 83-428 · 68 Stat. A80 · June 21, 1954 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To reimburse the South Dakota State Hospital for the Insane for the care of Indian patients.

    Public Law 83-422 · 68 Stat. 268 · June 21, 1954 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of the Cavalier County Fair Association.

    Private Law 83-429 · 68 Stat. A81 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Felicitos Valerina Margaret Hauke.

    Private Law 83-430 · 68 Stat. A81 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eleanor Emilie Nell.

    Private Law 83-431 · 68 Stat. A82 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Rosa Euler and her minor child.

    Private Law 83-432 · 68 Stat. A82 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Metorima Shizuko.

    Private Law 83-433 · 68 Stat. A83 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Julie Nicola Frangou.

    Private Law 83-434 · 68 Stat. A83 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Robert M. Roskos (formerly Maria E. Laedel).

    Private Law 83-435 · 68 Stat. A83 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mary Shizue Hirano.

    Private Law 83-436 · 68 Stat. A84 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Stamatios James Bratsanos.

    Private Law 83-437 · 68 Stat. A84 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Elfriede Hall.

    Private Law 83-438 · 68 Stat. A84 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Ruth Johanna Heidenreich.

    Private Law 83-439 · 68 Stat. A85 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Erna Prange Blanks.

    Private Law 83-440 · 68 Stat. A · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Rosa Stephan.

    Private Law 83-441 · 68 Stat. A86 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Hildegard Monti.

    Private Law 83-442 · 68 Stat. A86 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Seiko Nagai and her minor child.

    Private Law 83-443 · 68 Stat. A86 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Relating to the merger of the Columbus University of Washington, District of Columbia, into the Catholic University of America, pursuant to an agreement of the trustees of said universities.

    Private Law 83-444 · 68 Stat. A87 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Katharina Link.

    Private Law 83-445 · 68 Stat. A87 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the advancement of certain lieutenants on the retired list of the Navy.

    Private Law 83-446 · 68 Stat. A88 · June 22, 1954 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to sell certain property owned by the District of Columbia located in Montgomery County, Maryland, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-423 · 68 Stat. 269 · June 22, 1954 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia”.

    Public Law 83-424 · 68 Stat. 269 · June 22, 1954 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 83-425 · 68 Stat. 270 · June 22, 1954 · Original text

72. An Act Relating to the administrative jurisdiction of certain public lands in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-426 · 68 Stat. 270 · June 24, 1954 · Original text

73. An Act To amend section 86, Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, as amended.

    Public Law 83-427 · 68 Stat. 272 · June 24, 1954 · Original text

74. Independent Offices appropriation Act, 1955

    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, 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 83-428 · 68 Stat. 272 · June 24, 1954 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the advancement of Commander Donald B. MacMillan, United States Naval Reserve (retired), to the grade of rear admiral on the Naval Reserved retired list.

    Private Law 83-447 · 68 Stat. A88 · June 25, 1954 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Irma Benjamin.

    Private Law 83-448 · 68 Stat. A89 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Thomas Szabo.

    Private Law 83-449 · 68 Stat. A89 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Reverend Armando Fuoco.

    Private Law 83-450 · 68 Stat. A89 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of George Taipale.

    Private Law 83-451 · 68 Stat. A90 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Sister Concepts (Ida Riegel).

    Private Law 83-452 · 68 Stat. A90 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Doctor Chih Chiang Teng.

    Private Law 83-453 · 68 Stat. A90 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Sister Marie Therese De Galzain.

    Private Law 83-454 · 68 Stat. A91 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Eero and Tina and Karina Waskinen.

    Private Law 83-455 · 68 Stat. A91 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Igor Michael Bogolepov (alias Ivar Nyman) and Margaret Johanna Bogolepov (alias Margaret Johanna Nyman).

    Private Law 83-456 · 68 Stat. A · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Santa Muciaccia (Sister Maria Fridiana), Teresa Saragaglia (Sister Maria Eutropia), and Caterina Isonni (Sister Maria Giovita).

    Private Law 83-457 · 68 Stat. A92 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Frank Bastinelle.

    Private Law 83-458 · 68 Stat. A92 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Vittoria Sperti.

    Private Law 83-459 · 68 Stat. A92 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Juanita Andrada Lach and Leticia Androda Lach.

    Private Law 83-460 · 68 Stat. A93 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Sofia B. Panagoulopoulos Kanell.

    Private Law 83-461 · 68 Stat. A93 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Cleopatra Stavros Millonis.

    Private Law 83-462 · 68 Stat. A93 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Martin Anthony Beekman.

    Private Law 83-463 · 68 Stat. A93 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Letizia Maria Genoveffa Lo Bianco.

    Private Law 83-464 · 68 Stat. A94 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Fenno Breda.

    Private Law 83-465 · 68 Stat. A94 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Bentivegna.

    Private Law 83-466 · 68 Stat. A94 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Doctor Jagannath P. Chawla.

    Private Law 83-467 · 68 Stat. A94 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Ruth Sonin.

    Private Law 83-468 · 68 Stat. A95 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Lucy Yarlott Othermedicine.

    Private Law 83-469 · 68 Stat. A95 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Manasseh Moses Manoukian, Elize Manouklan, nee Kardzair, and Socrat Manoukian, also known as Socrates Manouklan.

    Private Law 83-470 · 68 Stat. A95 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Chung Keun Lee (Thung Kuen Lee).

    Private Law 83-471 · 68 Stat. A96 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Berenice Catherine Montgomery.

     Private Law 83-472 · 68 Stat. A96 · June 28, 1954 · Private law · Original text