Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To provide punishment for certain confidence game swindles.

   Public Law 84-661 · 70 Stat. 507 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Federal Seed Act.

   Public Law 84-662 · 70 Stat. 508 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

3. An Act To modify the project for the Saint Mary River, Michigan, South Canal, in order to repeal the authorization for the alteration of the International Bridge as part of such project, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army to accomplish such alteration.

   Public Law 84-274 · 70 Stat. 509 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

4. An Act To extend for two years the Advisory Committee on Weather Control.

   Public Law 84-664 · 70 Stat. 509 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

5. An Act To amend section 9 (d) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act to authorize jurisdiction to the Federal courts in certain reemployment cases.

   Public Law 84-665 · 70 Stat. 509 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

6. An Act To increase the retired pay of certain, members of the former Lighthouse Service.

   Public Law 84-666 · 70 Stat. 510 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

7. An Act To facilitate the making of lease-purchase agreements by the Administrator of General Services under the Public Buildings Act of 1948, as amended, and by the Postmaster General under the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-667 · 70 Stat. 510 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain property to the Panama Canal Company, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-668 · 70 Stat. 511 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of the Florida State Hospital.

   Public Law 84-669 · 70 Stat. 511 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

10. An Act To change the distribution of Coast and Geodetic Survey charts.

    Public Law 84-670 · 70 Stat. 512 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the Panama Canal Company to convey to the Department of State an improved site in Colon, Republic of Panama.

    Public Law 84-671 · 70 Stat. 512 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

12. An Act To amend section 402 (c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, with respect to the coloring of oranges.

    Public Law 84-672 · 70 Stat. 512 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Japanese-American Evacuation Claims Act of 1948, as amended, to expedite the final determination of the claims, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-673 · 70 Stat. 513 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code by the addition of provisions relative to the registration of architects and professional engineers, and the regulation of their practice.

    Public Law 84-674 · 70 Stat. 515 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Texas City Disaster Claims Act.

    Public Law 84-675 · 70 Stat. 516 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

16. An Act To provide a lump-sum readjustment payment for members of the reserve components who are involuntarily released from active duty.

    Public Law 84-676 · 70 Stat. 517 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

17. An Act To amend sections 3526 and 3528 of the Revised Statutes relating to the coinage of subsidiary silver coins and minor coins of the United States.

    Public Law 84-677 · 70 Stat. 518 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

    Public Law 84-678 · 70 Stat. 519 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

19. An Act To continue the effectiveness of the Act of December 2, 1942, as amended, and the Act of July 28, 1945, as amended, relating to war-risk hazard and detention benefits until July 1, 1957.

    Public Law 84-679 · 70 Stat. 519 · July 9, 1956 · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-754 · 70 Stat. A115 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Agnes V. Walsh, the estate of Margaret T. Denehy, and David Walsh.

    Private Law 84-755 · 70 Stat. A115 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Sumiko Ariumi Bilson.

    Private Law 84-756 · 70 Stat. A116 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Maria Novak.

    Private Law 84-757 · 70 Stat. A116 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Major Luther C. Cox.

    Private Law 84-758 · 70 Stat. A116 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

25. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-759 · 70 Stat. A117 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

26. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-760 · 70 Stat. A117 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Clyde M. Litton.

    Private Law 84-761 · 70 Stat. A118 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To consider residence in American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by certain employees of the governments thereof, and their dependents as residence in the United States for naturalization purposes.

    Private Law 84-762 · 70 Stat. A119 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Margaret Dows Thyberg.

    Private Law 84-763 · 70 Stat. A119 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Rotiert D. Grier (individually, and as executor of the estate of Katie C. Grier) and Jane Grier Hawthorne.

    Private Law 84-764 · 70 Stat. A120 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To authorize and direct the conveyance of certain tracts of land in the State of Mississippi to Richard C. French, lewis M. French, and Ruth French Hershey.

    Private Law 84-765 · 70 Stat. A120 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To relinquish any right, title, and interest which the United States may have in and to certain land located in Forrest County, Mississippi, In order to clear the title to such land.

    Private Law 84-766 · 70 Stat. A121 · July 11, 1956 · Private law · Original text

33. Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation to provide for certain costs of United States participation in the International Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tariffs.

    Public Law 84-680 · 70 Stat. 519 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

34. Notaries Public Expense Act of 1955

    An Act To authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees of the Government who are notaries public.

    Public Law 84-681 · 70 Stat. 519 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

35. An Act Authorizing the reconstruction, enlargement, and extension of the bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois.

    Public Law 84-682 · 70 Stat. 520 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the charging of tolls for transit over the Manette Bridge in Bremerton, Washington.

    Public Law 84-683 · 70 Stat. 521 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize adjustment, in the public interest, of rentals under leases entered into for the provision of commercial recreational facilities at the Clark Hill Reservoir.

    Public Law 84-684 · 70 Stat. 521 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

38. An Act To amend section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase and make certain revisions in the general authorization for small flood-control projects.

    Public Law 84-685 · 70 Stat. 522 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

39. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 555), authorizing the sale of certain land by the Pueblos of San Lorenzo and Pojoaque.

    Public Law 84-686 · 70 Stat. 522 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

40. An Act Authorizing the State Highway Commission of the State of Maine to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge between Lubec, Maine, and Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada.

    Public Law 84-687 · 70 Stat. 522 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

41. An Act To amend section 1343 of title 18, United States Code, relating to fraud by wire, radio, or television.

    Public Law 84-688 · 70 Stat. 523 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

    Public Law 84-689 · 70 Stat. 523 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the reclamation laws to provide that excess lands acquired by foreclosure or inheritance may receive water temporarily for five years.

    Public Law 84-690 · 70 Stat. 524 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

44. An Act To create an academic advisory board for the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

    Public Law 84-691 · 70 Stat. 524 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

45. An Act To transfer certain responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior to the Public Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-692 · 70 Stat. 525 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the town of Chincoteague, Virginia, permanent easements on certain lands for the purpose of taking subterranean water.

    Public Law 84-693 · 70 Stat. 526 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

47. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue general obligation bonds.

    Public Law 84-694 · 70 Stat. 526 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

48. An Act To include the present area of Zion National Monument within Zion National Park, in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-695 · 70 Stat. 527 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

49. An Act To transfer six hundred acres of public domain to the Kanosh Band of Indians, Utah.

    Public Law 84-696 · 70 Stat. 528 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 to restrict its application to insurance which has been in effect six months at the time benefits are sought under such Act.

    Public Law 84-697 · 70 Stat. 528 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

51. An Act To allow a homesteader settling on unsurveyed public land in Alaska to make single final proof prior to survey of the lands.

    Public Law 84-698 · 70 Stat. 528 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

52. An Act To clarify the law relating to the grant of certain public lands to the States for school purposes.

    Public Law 84-699 · 70 Stat. 529 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

53. An Act To amend sections 5217 (c) and 852 (b) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

    Public Law 84-700 · 70 Stat. 530 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

54. An Act To amend title VII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for experimental operation and testing of vessels owned by the United States.

    Public Law 84-701 · 70 Stat. 531 · July 11, 1956 · Original text

55. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, to hear, determine, and render judgment upon certain claims arising as a result of the construction by the United States of Elephant Butte Dam on the Rio Grande.

    Private Law 84-767 · 70 Stat. A121 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of George Pantelas.

    Private Law 84-768 · 70 Stat. A122 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Charles C. Phillips.

    Private Law 84-769 · 70 Stat. A123 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Winifred A. Hunter.

    Private Law 84-770 · 70 Stat. A123 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of M. B. Huggins, Junior.

    Private Law 84-771 · 70 Stat. A124 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of James Richard Hogan.

    Private Law 84-772 · 70 Stat. A124 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of William G. Jackson.

    Private Law 84-773 · 70 Stat. A124 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a branch track or siding over Second Street, Southeast, in the District of Columbia.

    Private Law 84-774 · 70 Stat. A125 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-775 · 70 Stat. A125 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Martin M. Sorensen.

    Private Law 84-776 · 70 Stat. A126 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the sale by the Secretary of the Interior of certain public lands of the United States which have not been used for the purpose for which acquired.

    Private Law 84-777 · 70 Stat. A126 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the sale by the Secretary of the Interior of certain public lands of the United States which have not been used for the purpose for which acquired.

    Private Law 84-778 · 70 Stat. A127 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Vivencio Fernando Raymundo, Bienvenlda Raymundo, Lolita Raymundo, Agnes Raymundo, Henry Raymundo, and Fred Raymundo.

    Private Law 84-779 · 70 Stat. A129 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Ensign Charles A. Binswanger.

    Private Law 84-780 · 70 Stat. A129 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of John R. Henry.

    Private Law 84-781 · 70 Stat. A129 · July 14, 1956 · Private law · Original text

70. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study and investigation of Indian education in the United States.

    Public Law 84-702 · 70 Stat. 531 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

71. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code relating to the Customs Court.

    Public Law 84-703 · 70 Stat. 532 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to fix rates of compensation of members of certain examining and licensing boards and commissions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-704 · 70 Stat. 532 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

73. An Act To amend certain provisions of law in order to provide for the reimbursement of the Post Office Department by Government agencies in certain additional cases for the transmission of mail matter.

    Public Law 84-705 · 70 Stat. 535 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the conveyance of part of Ethan Allen Air Force Base, Colchester, Vermont, to the State of Vermont, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-706 · 70 Stat. 536 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and to provide transportation and other services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in England in 1957; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-707 · 70 Stat. 537 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Act relating to cemetery associations.

    Public Law 84-708 · 70 Stat. 538 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

77. An Act To punish the willful damaging or destroying of aircraft or motor vehicles, and their facilities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-709 · 70 Stat. 539 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey certain land in the county of Alameda, California, and to accept other land in exchange therefor.

    Public Law 84-710 · 70 Stat. 540 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

79. An Act To relieve certain veterans who relied on an erroneous interpretation of the law from liability to repay a portion of the subsistence allowances which they received under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.

    Public Law 84-711 · 70 Stat. 542 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

80. An Act To relieve the Secretary of the Interior of certain reporting requirements in connection with proposed National Park Service awards of concession leases and contracts, including renewals thereof.

    Public Law 84-712 · 70 Stat. 543 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

81. An Act To allow the use of certain property in Volusia County, Florida, for civil-defense purposes without payment of compensation to the United States.

    Public Law 84-713 · 70 Stat. 543 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the shipping laws, to prohibit the operation in the coastwise trade of vessels rebuilt outside the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-714 · 70 Stat. 544 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize payment by the Federal Government of the cost of making certain studies necessary to assist the Menominee Tribe of Indians to prepare for the termination of Federal supervision.

    Public Law 84-715 · 70 Stat. 544 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

84. An Act To ratify and confirm Act 249 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1955, as amended, and to authorize the issuance of certain highway revenue bonds by the Territory of Hawaii.

    Public Law 84-716 · 70 Stat. 545 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for settlement in part of certain claims of the Uintah and White River Bands of Ute Indians in Court of Claims case numbered 47568, through restoration of subsurface rights in certain lands formerly a part of the Uintah Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 84-717 · 70 Stat. 546 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

86. An Act Relating to the plan for control of the property of the Menominee Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-718 · 70 Stat. 549 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

87. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey an eleven and one-fourth acre tract of land situated in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Virginia, to the State of Virginia.

    Public Law 84-719 · 70 Stat. 550 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

88. An Act Relating to general obligation bonds of the Territory of Hawaii amending Public Laws 640 and 643 of the Eighty-third Congress (68 Stat. 782, ch. 889 and 68 Stat. 785, ch. 892), and ratifying certain provisions of Act 273, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1955, which authorize issuance of public improvement bonds for schools in the city and county of Honolulu and the county of Hawaii.

    Public Law 84-720 · 70 Stat. 552 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

89. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the cutting of timber, the manufacture and sale of lumber, and the preservation of the forests on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin”, approved March 28, 1908, as amended.

    Public Law 84-721 · 70 Stat. 553 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, to permit the negotiation of commercial leases at atomic energy communities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-722 · 70 Stat. 553 · July 14, 1956 · Original text

91. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1957, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-723 · 70 Stat. 553 · July 16, 1956 · Original text

92. An Act To suspend for two years the duty on crude bauxite and on calcined bauxite.

    Public Law 84-724 · 70 Stat. 554 · July 16, 1956 · Original text

93. An Act To provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on certain alumina.

    Public Law 84-725 · 70 Stat. 554 · July 16, 1956 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Guiseppe Agosta, Shakeeb Dakour, and Gertrud Charlotte Samuells.

    Private Law 84-782 · 70 Stat. A130 · July 18, 1956 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sylvia Simonson.

    Private Law 84-783 · 70 Stat. A130 · July 18, 1956 · Private law · Original text

96. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain relatives of United States citizens.

    Private Law 84-784 · 70 Stat. A131 · July 18, 1956 · Private law · Original text

97. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-785 · 70 Stat. A131 · July 18, 1956 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-726 · 70 Stat. 555 · July 18, 1956 · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the late Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis.

    Public Law 84-727 · 70 Stat. 566 · July 18, 1956 · Original text

100. Narcotic Control Act of 1956

     An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act to provide for a more effective control of narcotic drugs and marihuana, and for other related purposes.

     Public Law 84-728 · 70 Stat. 567 · July 18, 1956 · Original text