Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-802 · 70 Stat. 653 · July 25, 1956 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Kersh.

   Private Law 84-813 · 70 Stat. A151 · July 26, 1956 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Kurt Johan Paro.

   Private Law 84-814 · 70 Stat. A151 · July 26, 1956 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, to provide increased benefits in case of disabling injuries, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-803 · 70 Stat. 654 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the interchange of lands between the Department of Agriculture and military departments of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-804 · 70 Stat. 656 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

6. An Act To require periodic survey by the Secretary of Commerce of national shipbuilding capability.

   Public Law 84-805 · 70 Stat. 657 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

7. An Act To provide for the disposal of the Government-owned synthetic rubber research laboratories at Akron, Ohio.

   Public Law 84-806 · 70 Stat. 657 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in Phelps County, Missouri, to the Chamber of Commerce of Rolla, Missouri.

   Public Law 84-807 · 70 Stat. 658 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

9. An Act To amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be treated as a State for purposes of district court jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship.

   Public Law 84-808 · 70 Stat. 658 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

10. Farm Credit Act of 1956

    An Act To merge production credit corporations in Federal intermediate credit banks; to provide for retirement of Government capital in Federal intermediate credit banks; to provide for supervision of production credit associations; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-809 · 70 Stat. 659 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

11. An Act To provide for the protection of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, against damage from fire and drought.

    Public Law 84-810 · 70 Stat. 668 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

12. An Act Creating the Muscatine Bridge Commission and authorizing said Commission and its successors to acquire by purchase or condemnation and to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Muscatine, Iowa, and the town of Drury, Illinois.

    Public Law 84-811 · 70 Stat. 669 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Act of April 1, 1942, so as to permit the transfer of an action from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the municipal court for the District of Columbia at any time prior to trial thereof, if it appears that such action will not justify a judgment in excess of $3,000.

    Public Law 84-812 · 70 Stat. 676 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

14. An Act To encourage and assist the States in the establishment of State committees on education beyond the high school, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-813 · 70 Stat. 676 · July 26, 1956 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Honorable William F. Knowland, United States Senator from the State of California, to accept and wear the award of the Cross of Grand Commander of the Royal Order of the Phoenix, tendered by the Government of the Kingdom of Greece.

    Private Law 84-815 · 70 Stat. A151 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Sam H. Ray.

    Private Law 84-816 · 70 Stat. A152 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Laura Olivera Miranda.

    Private Law 84-817 · 70 Stat. A152 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Leila Park.

    Private Law 84-818 · 70 Stat. A153 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Joseph Santo.

    Private Law 84-819 · 70 Stat. A153 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Hamasasp Psakian, Mrs. Varsenick Psakian, and None Nona Psakian.

    Private Law 84-820 · 70 Stat. A154 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of John L. Hughes.

    Private Law 84-821 · 70 Stat. A154 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of P. R. Cox.

    Private Law 84-822 · 70 Stat. A154 · July 27, 1956 · Private law · Original text

23. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-814 · 70 Stat. 678 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the United States World Trade Fair to be held in New York City, New York, from April 14 to April 27, 1957, and in the Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Celebration to be held in various communities in the State of Oklahoma from January 1 to December 31, 1957.

    Public Law 84-815 · 70 Stat. 695 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood and authorizing an appropriation therefor.

    Public Law 84-816 · 70 Stat. 696 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

26. An Act Granting authority to the Secretary of the Army to renew the license of the Ira D. MacLachlan Post Numbered 3, The American Legion, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to use a certain parcel of land in Saint Marys Falls Canal project.

    Public Law 84-817 · 70 Stat. 696 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

27. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the establishment by the States of Mississippi and Arkansas of a bi-State commission to investigate the possibilities of constructing a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Public Law 84-818 · 70 Stat. 696 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

28. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey a three-acre tract of land situated about six miles south of the city of San Antonio, in Bexar County, Texas, to the State of Texas.

    Public Law 84-819 · 70 Stat. 697 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

29. An Act To validate payments of mileage made to United States Army and Air Force personnel pursuant to permanent change of station orders authorizing travel by commercial aircraft, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-820 · 70 Stat. 698 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to hold and detain mail for temporary periods in certain cases.

    Public Law 84-821 · 70 Stat. 699 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

31. An Act To validate certain payments made to members and former members of the naval service.

    Public Law 84-822 · 70 Stat. 700 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

32. An Act To provide for the relief of certain members of the Armed Forces who were required to pay certain transportation charges covering shipment of their household goods and personal effects upon return from overseas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-823 · 70 Stat. 700 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the State of New York to negotiate and enter into an agreement or compact with the Government of Canada for the establishment of the Niagara Frontier Port Authority with power to take over, maintain, and operate the present highway bridge over the Niagara River between the city of Buffalo, New York, and the city of Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

    Public Law 84-824 · 70 Stat. 701 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act in order to authorize common carriers to carry a disabled person requiring an attendant and such attendant at the usual fare charged for one person.

    Public Law 84-825 · 70 Stat. 702 · July 27, 1956 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Clarence Christensen.

    Private Law 84-823 · 70 Stat. A155 · July 28, 1956 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Rupert Waltl.

    Private Law 84-824 · 70 Stat. A155 · July 28, 1956 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting the shores of publicly owned property”, approved August 13, 1946.

    Public Law 84-826 · 70 Stat. 702 · July 28, 1956 · Original text

38. An Act To further amend the Act of January 2, 1942, entitled “An Act to provide for the prompt settlement of claims for damages occasioned by Army, Navy, and Marine Corps forces in foreign countries”.

    Public Law 84-827 · 70 Stat. 703 · July 28, 1956 · Original text

39. Foreign Service Act Amendments of 1956

    An Act To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-828 · 70 Stat. 704 · July 28, 1956 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1086, 1101; 16 U. S. C. 497).

    Public Law 84-829 · 70 Stat. 708 · July 28, 1956 · Original text

41. Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act

    An Act To confer upon Alaska autonomy in the field of mental health, transfer from the Federal Government to the Territory the fiscal and functional responsibility for the hospitalization of committed mental patients, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-830 · 70 Stat. 709 · July 28, 1956 · Original text

42. An Act To amend sections 657 and 1006 of title 18 of the United States Code in order to include certain savings and loan associations within its provisions.

    Public Law 84-831 · 70 Stat. 714 · July 28, 1956 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of William J. Bohner.

    Private Law 84-825 · 70 Stat. A155 · July 30, 1956 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Emanuel Mathes.

    Private Law 84-826 · 70 Stat. A156 · July 30, 1956 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Maria Pintos and her daughter, Eugenia Pintos.

    Private Law 84-827 · 70 Stat. A156 · July 30, 1956 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to Robert T. C. Rasmussen, the right, title, and interest of the United States, in foreign countries, in and to certain inventions.

    Private Law 84-828 · 70 Stat. A157 · July 30, 1956 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Patricia May Stevens.

    Private Law 84-829 · 70 Stat. A157 · July 30, 1956 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Kim Chung Hi.

    Private Law 84-830 · 70 Stat. A157 · July 30, 1956 · Private law · Original text

49. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to enable the United States to extend an invitation to the World Health Organization to hold the Eleventh World Health Assembly in the United States in 1958.

    Public Law 84-832 · 70 Stat. 714 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation for expenses of the Pan American games to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1959.

    Public Law 84-833 · 70 Stat. 715 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

51. An Act To grant leaves of absence to homestead entrymen and to permit suspension of cultivation and improvement operations on homestead and desert land entries, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-834 · 70 Stat. 715 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

52. Health Research Facilities Act of 1956

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act, so as to provide for grants-in-aid to non-Federal public and nonprofit institutions for the constructing and equipping of facilities for research in the sciences related to health.

    Public Law 84-835 · 70 Stat. 717 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

53. An Act To provide in certain additional cases for the granting of the status of regular substitute in the postal field service.

    Public Law 84-836 · 70 Stat. 721 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to charge for special services to purchasers of timber from Indian lands.

    Public Law 84-837 · 70 Stat. 721 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the redemption by the Post Office Department of certain unsold Federal migratory-bird hunting stamps, and to clarify the requirements with respect to the age of hunters who must possess Federal migratory-bird hunting stamps.

    Public Law 84-838 · 70 Stat. 722 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the commissioner of public lands to sell public lands located at Weliweli, Island of Kauai, to certain claimants.

    Public Law 84-839 · 70 Stat. 723 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Act with respect to the priority of debts owed by a bankrupt to workmen, servants, clerks, and certain salesmen.

    Public Law 84-840 · 70 Stat. 725 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

58. An Act Relating to the use of storage space in the Buford Reservoir for the purpose of providing Gwinnett County, Georgia, a regulated water supply.

    Public Law 84-841 · 70 Stat. 725 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, relating to practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities.

    Public Law 84-842 · 70 Stat. 726 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

60. An Act Relating to the use of storage space in the Hulah Reservoir to provide water for the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

    Public Law 84-843 · 70 Stat. 727 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize and direct the exchanges and sales of public lands within or adjacent to the district of Puna, county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, for the relief of persons whose lands were destroyed by volcanic activity.

    Public Law 84-844 · 70 Stat. 728 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize female Reserve officers of the Army or Air Force appointed as nurses or women medical specialists to be members of the Army National Guard of the United States or Air National Guard of the United States, as appropriate.

    Public Law 84-845 · 70 Stat. 729 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

63. An Act To abolish the Verendrye National Monument, and to provide for its continued public use by the State of North Dakota for a State historic site, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-846 · 70 Stat. 730 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

64. An Act To exempt courses leading to standard college degrees offered by nonprofit educational institutions of higher learning from the provisions of section 227 of the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1962 prohibiting the enrollment of eligible veterans under that Act when such courses have been in operation for less than two years.

    Public Law 84-847 · 70 Stat. 730 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

65. An Act To amend title VII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1933, to authorize the construction of a nuclear-powered merchant ship for operation in foreign commerce of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-848 · 70 Stat. 731 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate and execute a contract with the Riverside Irrigation District, Limited, of Idaho, relating to the rehabilitation of the district’s works, and other matters.

    Public Law 84-849 · 70 Stat. 731 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Designating the week of November 16 to 22, 1956, as National Farm-City Week.

    Public Law 84-850 · 70 Stat. 732 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To establish a national motto of the United States.

    Public Law 84-851 · 70 Stat. 732 · July 30, 1956 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Harold D. Robison.

    Private Law 84-831 · 70 Stat. A158 · July 31, 1956 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To amend section 158 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, so as to Include the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare among the executive departments there listed, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-852 · 70 Stat. 732 · July 31, 1956 · Original text

71. Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making appropriations for Mutual Security for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-853 · 70 Stat. 733 · July 31, 1956 · Original text

72. An Act To adjust the rates of compensation of the heads of the executive departments and of certain other officials of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-854 · 70 Stat. 736 · July 31, 1956 · Original text

73. Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-855 · 70 Stat. 763 · July 31, 1956 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-832 · 70 Stat. A158 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim certain property in Coahoma County, Mississippi, to the Home Demonstration Club of Rena Lara, Mississippi, Incorporated.

    Private Law 84-833 · 70 Stat. A159 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-834 · 70 Stat. A159 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Helmut Klestadt.

    Private Law 84-835 · 70 Stat. A160 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Warren D. Cooper and her son, Teddy Devere Cooper.

    Private Law 84-836 · 70 Stat. A160 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Egbert Carlsson.

    Private Law 84-837 · 70 Stat. A161 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to extend and renew to Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company for the term of ten years a lease of a tract of land in the United States Department of Agriculture Range Livestock Experiment Station, in the State of Montana, and for a right-of-way to said tract, for the removal of gravel and ballast material, executed under the authority of the Act of Congress approved June 26, 1946.

    Private Law 84-838 · 70 Stat. A161 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the sale of certain land in Alaska to Gilbert Henkens, Junior, star route, Mile 17 1/2, Anchorage, Alaska.

    Private Law 84-839 · 70 Stat. A162 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the estate of William Edward Wine.

    Private Law 84-840 · 70 Stat. A162 · August 1, 1956 · Private law · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Approving the relinquishments of the consular jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco.

    Public Law 84-856 · 70 Stat. 773 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347), so as to authorize, by agreement, the subsurface storage of oil or gas in restricted Indian lands, tribal or allotted.

    Public Law 84-857 · 70 Stat. 774 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Washoe reclamation project, Nevada and California.

    Public Law 84-858 · 70 Stat. 775 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey certain lands in the State of Rhode Island to the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

    Public Law 84-859 · 70 Stat. 777 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

87. International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956

    An Act To provide for the promotion and strengthening of international relations through cultural and athletic exchanges and participation in international fairs and festivals.

    Public Law 84-860 · 70 Stat. 778 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

88. An Act To protect the integrity of grade certificate under the United States Grain Standards Act.

    Public Law 84-861 · 70 Stat. 780 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

89. An Act Relating to the transportation of mail by highway post office service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-862 · 70 Stat. 781 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

90. An Act To improve governmental budgeting and accounting methods and procedures, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-863 · 70 Stat. 782 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

91. An Act To increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation.

    Public Law 84-864 · 70 Stat. 783 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 in order to permit air carriers to grant reduced rate transportation to ministers of religion.

    Public Law 84-865 · 70 Stat. 784 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Act of July 15, 1954, authorizing the sale of certain vessels to Brazil.

    Public Law 84-866 · 70 Stat. 784 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

94. An Act To amend section 1721, title 18, United States Code, relating to the sale or pledge of postage stamps.

    Public Law 84-867 · 70 Stat. 784 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

95. An Act To amend subdivision a of section 66—unclaimed moneys—of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, and to repeal subdivision b of section 66 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended.

    Public Law 84-868 · 70 Stat. 785 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

96. Renegotiation Amendments Act of 1956

    An Act To extend and amend the Renegotiation Act of 1951.

    Public Law 84-870 · 70 Stat. 786 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

97. An Act To amend title 18, entitled “Crimes and Criminal Procedure”, of the United States Code, to provide a criminal sanction for the embezzlement or theft of the property of Indian tribal organizations.

    Public Law 84-871 · 70 Stat. 792 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the conveyance to the State of Oregon of the land and Improvements known as the Clackamas National Guard target range, at Clackamas, Oregon, to be used for National Guard purposes.

    Public Law 84-872 · 70 Stat. 793 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

99. An Act To incorporate the National Music Council.

    Public Law 84-873 · 70 Stat. 794 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

100. An Act To amend chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, relating to animals, birds, and fish.

     Public Law 84-874 · 70 Stat. 797 · August 1, 1956 · Original text