Every law Congress has passed

1,909 laws of the 84th Congress, 1955–1957

1. An Act For the relief of Colonel Henry M. Zeller.

   Private Law 84-677 · 70 Stat. A78 · May 28, 1956 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 so as to provide for the utilization of privately owned shipping services in connection with the transportation of privately owned vehicles.

   Public Law 84-538 · 70 Stat. 187 · May 28, 1956 · Original text

3. An Act Relating to the issuance of certain patents in fee to lands within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana.

   Public Law 84-539 · 70 Stat. 187 · May 28, 1956 · Original text

4. Agricultural Act of 1956

   An Act To enact the Agricultural Act of 1956.

   Public Law 84-540 · 70 Stat. 188 · May 28, 1956 · Original text

5. An Act To provide for continuance of life insurance coverage under the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, as amended, in the case of employees receiving benefits under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act.

   Public Law 84-541 · 70 Stat. 213 · May 28, 1956 · Original text

6. An Act To provide for the review and determination of claims for the return of lands, in the Territory of Hawaii, conveyed to the Government during World War II by organizations composed of persons of Japanese ancestry.

   Public Law 84-542 · 70 Stat. 214 · May 28, 1956 · Original text

7. An Act To increase the compensation of trustees in bankruptcy.

   Public Law 84-543 · 70 Stat. 216 · May 28, 1956 · Original text

8. An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code, so as to provide for the punishment of persons who assist in the attempted escape of persons in Federal custody.

   Public Law 84-544 · 70 Stat. 216 · May 28, 1956 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Pietro Rodolfo Walter Stulin and Renate Karolina Horky.

   Private Law 84-678 · 70 Stat. A79 · May 29, 1956 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of William J. Robertson.

    Private Law 84-679 · 70 Stat. A79 · May 29, 1956 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mary J. McDougall.

    Private Law 84-680 · 70 Stat. A80 · May 29, 1956 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Kahzo L. Harris.

    Private Law 84-681 · 70 Stat. A80 · May 29, 1956 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act To amend and extend the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-545 · 70 Stat. 217 · May 29, 1956 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of New Mexico for the payment of operation and maintenance charges on certain Pueblo Indian lands.

    Public Law 84-546 · 70 Stat. 221 · May 29, 1956 · Original text

15. An Act To amend certain laws relating to the grade of certain personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps upon retirement.

    Public Law 84-547 · 70 Stat. 222 · May 31, 1956 · Original text

16. An Act For the Relief of Kim Boksoon and Anke Naber.

    Private Law 84-682 · 70 Stat. A80 · June 4, 1956 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ida Bifolchini Bosehetti.

    Private Law 84-683 · 70 Stat. A81 · June 4, 1956 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Allen Pope, his heirs or personal representatives.

    Private Law 84-684 · 70 Stat. A82 · June 4, 1956 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain lands by the United States to the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.

    Private Law 84-685 · 70 Stat. A82 · June 4, 1956 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 4482 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (46 U. S. C. 475), relating to life preservers for river steamers.

    Public Law 84-548 · 70 Stat. 222 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize biennial inspection of the hulls and boilers of cargo vessels, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-549 · 70 Stat. 223 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

22. An Act To clarify and consolidate the authority to require the establishment, maintenance, and operation of aids to maritime navigation on fixed structures in or over navigable waters of the United States.

    Public Law 84-550 · 70 Stat. 226 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

23. An Act To amend section 4153 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to authorize more liberal propelling power allowances in computing the net tonnages of certain vessels.

    Public Law 84-551 · 70 Stat. 227 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act of April 25, 1940 (54 Stat. 164), relating to the lights required to be carried by motorboats.

    Public Law 84-552 · 70 Stat. 228 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the segregation of certain funds of the Fort Berthold Indians on the basis of a membership roll prepared for such purpose.

    Public Law 84-553 · 70 Stat. 228 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

26. Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-554 · 70 Stat. 229 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended.

    Public Law 84-555 · 70 Stat. 241 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

28. An Act To amend section 5 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended.

    Public Law 84-556 · 70 Stat. 242 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

29. Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956

    An Act To give effect to the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries signed at Washington September 10, 1954, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-557 · 70 Stat. 242 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Army to donate surplus supplies and equipment for memorial purposes to The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina.

    Public Law 84-558 · 70 Stat. 244 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Juniper division of the Wapinitia Federal reclamation project, Oregon.

    Public Law 84-559 · 70 Stat. 244 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize a $100 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation.

    Public Law 84-560 · 70 Stat. 245 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the relief of certain members of the Army and Air Force, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-561 · 70 Stat. 245 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

34. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon United States district courts to adjudicate certain claims of Federal employees for the recovery of fees, salaries, or compensation.

    Public Law 84-562 · 70 Stat. 246 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands of the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians, California, to the Palm Springs Unified School District.

    Public Law 84-563 · 70 Stat. 247 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Act of July 1, 1952, so as to obtain the consent of Congress to interstate compacts relating to mutual military aid in an emergency.

    Public Law 84-564 · 70 Stat. 247 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

37. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to construct, equip, maintain, and operate a new fish hatchery in the vicinity of Miles City, Montana.

    Public Law 84-565 · 70 Stat. 247 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

38. An Act To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Eleventh Annual Instrument-Automation (International) Conference and Exhibit, New York, New York, and the Americas’ New Frontiers Exposition, to be held at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-566 · 70 Stat. 248 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

39. An Act To provide for the sale of a Government-owned housing project to the city of Hooks, Texas.

    Public Law 84-567 · 70 Stat. 249 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

40. An Act To repeal legislation relating to the Gallup-Durango Highway and the Gallup-Window Rock Highway at the Navajo Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 84-568 · 70 Stat. 249 · June 4, 1956 · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-686 · 70 Stat. A82 · June 7, 1956 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To waive certain subsections of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-687 · 70 Stat. A83 · June 7, 1956 · Private law · Original text

43. Dependents’ Medical Care Act

    An Act To provide medical care for dependents of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-569 · 70 Stat. 250 · June 7, 1956 · Original text

44. An Act Relating to the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina.

    Public Law 84-570 · 70 Stat. 254 · June 7, 1956 · Original text

45. An Act To further amend the Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945.

    Public Law 84-571 · 70 Stat. 255 · June 7, 1956 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer approximately nine acres of land in the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona, to School District Numbered 8, Mohave County, Arizona.

    Public Law 84-572 · 70 Stat. 256 · June 7, 1956 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Clement E. Sprouse.

    Private Law 84-688 · 70 Stat. A84 · June 13, 1956 · Private law · Original text

48. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-573 · 70 Stat. 257 · June 13, 1956 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, to assist in the provision of housing for essential civilian employees of the Armed Forces.

    Public Law 84-574 · 70 Stat. 273 · June 13, 1956 · Original text

50. An Act To facilitate the construction of drainage works and other minor items on Federal reclamation and like projects.

    Public Law 84-575 · 70 Stat. 274 · June 13, 1956 · Original text

51. An Act To amend section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 to authorize the payment of mileage allowances for overland travel by private conveyance outside the continental limits of the United States.

    Public Law 84-576 · 70 Stat. 275 · June 13, 1956 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain lands by the United States to the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma.

    Public Law 84-577 · 70 Stat. 275 · June 13, 1956 · Original text

53. General Government Matters Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President and sundry general Government agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-578 · 70 Stat. 276 · June 13, 1956 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to deed certain land to the city of Grand Junction, Colorado.

    Public Law 84-579 · 70 Stat. 282 · June 13, 1956 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Act of June 19, 1948 (ch. 511, 62 Stat. 489), relating to the retention in the service of disabled commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Army and Air Force.

    Public Law 84-580 · 70 Stat. 282 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

56. An Act To provide running mates for certain staff corps officers in the naval service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-581 · 70 Stat. 283 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

57. An Act Relating to withholding for State employee retirement system purposes, on the compensation of certain civilian employees of the National Guard and the Air National Guard.

    Public Law 84-582 · 70 Stat. 283 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for renewal of and adjustment of compensation under contracts for carrying mail on water routes.

    Public Law 84-583 · 70 Stat. 284 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the examination preliminary to promotion of officers of the naval service.

    Public Law 84-584 · 70 Stat. 284 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

60. An Act To amend title II of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948, by providing flexibility in the distribution of women officers in the grades of commander and lieutenant commander, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-585 · 70 Stat. 285 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of General Services to convey certain property of the United States to the city of Bonham, Texas.

    Public Law 84-586 · 70 Stat. 287 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the return of certain property to the city of Biloxi, Mississippi.

    Public Law 84-587 · 70 Stat. 288 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

63. An Act To require the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to issue a deed to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for certain land heretofore conveyed to such city, removing the conditions and reservations made a part of such prior conveyance.

    Public Law 84-588 · 70 Stat. 288 · June 15, 1956 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-689 · 70 Stat. A85 · June 18, 1956 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of certain lands in the State of Montana to the Phillips County Post of the American Legion

    Public Law 84-589 · 70 Stat. 289 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

66. An Act To provide that the Secretary of the Interior shall investigate and report to the Congress as to the advisability of establishing Fort Clatsop, Oregon, as a national monument.

    Public Law 84-590 · 70 Stat. 289 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Employment Act of 1946, as amended.

    Public Law 84-591 · 70 Stat. 289 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the partition or sale of inherited interests in allotted lands in the Tulalip Reservation, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-592 · 70 Stat. 290 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Pipestone National Monument in the State of Minnesota.

    Public Law 84-593 · 70 Stat. 290 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Classification Act of 1949 to preserve in certain cases the rates of basic compensation of officers and employees whose positions are placed in lower grades by virtue of reclassification actions under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-594 · 70 Stat. 291 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of General Services to convey certain property of the United States to the city of Roseburg, Oregon.

    Public Law 84-595 · 70 Stat. 292 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the establishment of a trout hatchery on the Davidson River in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina.

    Public Law 84-596 · 70 Stat. 292 · June 18, 1956 · Original text

73. An Act To waive certain subsections of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-690 · 70 Stat. 689 · June 18, 1956 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ella Madden and Clarence E. Madden.

    Private Law 84-691 · 70 Stat. A86 · June 19, 1956 · Private law · Original text

75. Library Services Act

    An Act To promote the further development of public library service in rural areas.

    Public Law 84-597 · 70 Stat. 293 · June 19, 1956 · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain property of the United States to the State of New Mexico.

    Public Law 84-598 · 70 Stat. 296 · June 19, 1956 · Original text

77. An Act To provide that no fee shall be charged a veteran discharged under honorable conditions for furnishing him or his next of kin or legal representative a copy of a certificate showing his service in the Armed Forces.

    Public Law 84-599 · 70 Stat. 297 · June 19, 1956 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Sam Bergesen.

    Private Law 84-692 · 70 Stat. A87 · June 20, 1956 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Garrett Norman Soulen and Michael Harvey Soulen.

    Private Law 84-693 · 70 Stat. A87 · June 20, 1956 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Tom Wong (Foo Tai Nam).

    Private Law 84-694 · 70 Stat. A87 · June 20, 1956 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Shenekji.

    Private Law 84-695 · 70 Stat. A87 · June 20, 1956 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to provide for the use in first-and second-class post offices of a special canceling stamp or postmarking die bearing the words “Pray for peace”.

    Public Law 84-600 · 70 Stat. 297 · June 20, 1956 · Original text

83. An Act To amend title III of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 to provide that service as an Army field clerk, or as a field clerk, Quartermaster Corps, shall be counted for purposes of retirement under title III of that Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-601 · 70 Stat. 297 · June 20, 1956 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of General Services to effect the exchange of properties between the United States and the city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

    Public Law 84-602 · 70 Stat. 298 · June 20, 1956 · Original text

85. Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-603 · 70 Stat. 299 · June 20, 1956 · Original text

86. Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-604 · 70 Stat. 314 · June 20, 1956 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of the estate of Joseph Kelsch.

    Private Law 84-696 · 70 Stat. A88 · June 21, 1956 · Private law · Original text

88. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-697 · 70 Stat. A88 · June 21, 1956 · Private law · Original text

89. Joint Resolution To waive certain provisions of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-698 · 70 Stat. A89 · June 21, 1956 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To continue the effectiveness of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), as amended.

    Public Law 84-605 · 70 Stat. 325 · June 21, 1956 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize transfer of officers of the Nurse Corps of the Regular Navy and Naval Reserve to the Medical Service Corps of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-606 · 70 Stat. 326 · June 21, 1956 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Liao Perez Martinez.

    Private Law 84-699 · 70 Stat. A89 · June 22, 1956 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Tibor Horvath.

    Private Law 84-700 · 70 Stat. A90 · June 22, 1956 · Private law · Original text

94. Joint Resolution To waive certain subsections of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act In behalf of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-701 · 70 Stat. A90 · June 22, 1956 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Santiago Gonzalez Trigo.

    Private Law 84-702 · 70 Stat. A91 · June 22, 1956 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Doherty.

    Private Law 84-703 · 70 Stat. A91 · June 22, 1956 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Joe Bargas.

    Private Law 84-704 · 70 Stat. A92 · June 22, 1956 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Commander Mortimer T. Clement, Medical Corps, United States Navy, retired.

    Private Law 84-705 · 70 Stat. A92 · June 22, 1956 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Act of June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 568), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-607 · 70 Stat. 326 · June 22, 1956 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To authorize the disposal of the Government-owned tin smelter at Texas City, Texas, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 84-608 · 70 Stat. 329 · June 22, 1956 · Original text