Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To increase the fees of witnesses in the United States courts and before United States commissioners, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-875 · 70 Stat. 798 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

2. An Act To amend section 104, title 4, United States Code.

   Public Law 84-876 · 70 Stat. 799 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute a contract with the Tule Lake Irrigation District, California, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-877 · 70 Stat. 799 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

4. An Act To improve and simplify the credit facilities available to farmers, to amend the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-878 · 70 Stat. 801 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize flight instruction during Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-879 · 70 Stat. 804 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

6. Social Security Amendments of 1956

   An Act To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide disability insurance benefits for certain disabled individuals who have attained age fifty, to reduce to age sixty-two the age on the basis of which benefits are payable to certain women, to provide for child’s insurance benefits for children who are disabled before attaining age eighteen, to extend coverage, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-880 · 70 Stat. 807 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

7. Servicemen’s and Veterans’ Survivor Benefits Act

   An Act To provide benefits for the survivors of servicemen and veterans, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-881 · 70 Stat. 857 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the commissioner of public lands to sell public lands under certain circumstances without public auction.

   Public Law 84-869 · 70 Stat. 868 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To authorize an additional position of Assistant Director in the Bureau of the Budget.

   Public Law 84-882 · 70 Stat. 887 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of General Services to convey certain property which has been declared surplus to the needs of the United States to the city of Roseburg, Oregon.

    Public Law 84-883 · 70 Stat. 887 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

11. An Act To establish an Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission.

    Public Law 84-884 · 70 Stat. 888 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

12. An Act To provide certain basic authority for the Department of State.

    Public Law 84-885 · 70 Stat. 890 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

13. An Act To amend section 607 of the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955, to include employees in the Motor Vehicle Service.

    Public Law 84-886 · 70 Stat. 892 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

14. An Act To provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma and the Individual members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-887 · 70 Stat. 893 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

15. An Act To increase the minimum postal savings deposit, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-888 · 70 Stat. 897 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the development of the Federal fish hatchery, known as the Holden trout hatchery, at Pittsford, Vermont.

    Public Law 84-889 · 70 Stat. 897 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To authorize the vessel operations revolving fund of the Department of Commerce to be used for expenses in connection with the chartering of merchant ships under jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce.

    Public Law 84-890 · 70 Stat. 897 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

18. An Act To abolish the Fossil Cycad National Monument, South Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-891 · 70 Stat. 898 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the disposal of public lands within highway, telephone, and pipeline withdrawals in Alaska, subject to appropriate easements, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-892 · 70 Stat. 898 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

20. An Act To require the registration of certain persons who have knowledge of or have received instruction or assignment in the espionage, counterespionage, or sabotage service or tactics of a foreign government or foreign political party, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-893 · 70 Stat. 899 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

21. An Act To withdraw and restore to its previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii certain land at Kaakaukukul, Honolulu, Oaha, Territory of Hawaii.

    Public Law 84-894 · 70 Stat. 901 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

22. An Act To amend certain sections of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, relating to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii.

    Public Law 84-895 · 70 Stat. 903 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

23. An Act To implement section 25 (b) of the Organic Act of Guam by carrying out the recommendations of the Commission on the Application of Federal Laws to Guam, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-896 · 70 Stat. 908 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

24. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain real property in the State of Alabama.

    Public Law 84-897 · 70 Stat. 912 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

25. An Act To amend title III of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-898 · 70 Stat. 913 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

26. An Act To amend sections 220 and 221 (d) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920.

    Public Law 84-899 · 70 Stat. 915 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the commissioner of public lands to sell public lands located at Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, to certain persons.

    Public Law 84-900 · 70 Stat. 916 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

28. An Act To amend certain provisions of law relating to the estate tax.

    Public Law 84-901 · 70 Stat. 917 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the disposition of the Stockton Air Force Station and the Stockton Annex, Sharpe General Depot, California.

    Public Law 84-902 · 70 Stat. 917 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

30. An Act To amend section 73 (1) of the Hawaiian Organic Act.

    Public Law 84-903 · 70 Stat. 918 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the disposition of surplus personal property to the Territorial government of Alaska until December 31, 1958.

    Public Law 84-904 · 70 Stat. 918 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

32. An Act To amend sections 401 and 701 (e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so as to simplify the procedures governing the prescribing of regulations under certain provisions of such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-905 · 70 Stat. 919 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, relating to the audit of government (Territorial and county) accounts.

    Public Law 84-906 · 70 Stat. 920 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

34. An Act To remove the present $1,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the Navy from settling certain claims arising out of the crash of a naval aircraft at the Wold-Chamberlain Air Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Public Law 84-907 · 70 Stat. 920 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act relating to the compensation of commissioners for the Territory of Alaska”, approved March 15, 1948 (62 Stat. 80) as amended by the Act of July 12, 1952 (66 Stat. 592, 48 U. S. C. 116a).

    Public Law 84-908 · 70 Stat. 921 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution To provide for an investigation of the need for a geophysical institute in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Public Law 84-909 · 70 Stat. 921 · August 1, 1956 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-841 · 70 Stat. A162 · August 2, 1956 · Private law · Original text

38. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-842 · 70 Stat. A163 · August 2, 1956 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-843 · 70 Stat. A164 · August 2, 1956 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-844 · 70 Stat. A165 · August 2, 1956 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Elma Agnes Gibson Hollingsworth.

    Private Law 84-845 · 70 Stat. A167 · August 2, 1956 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Cyrus B. Follmer.

    Private Law 84-846 · 70 Stat. A167 · August 2, 1956 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Act of April 23, 1930, relating to a uniform retirement date for authorized retirements of Federal personnel.

    Public Law 84-916 · 70 Stat. 916 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Authorizing the acceptance of a gift from the Ericsson Memorial Committee of the United States.

    Public Law 84-910 · 70 Stat. 922 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

45. Health Amendments Act of 1956

    An Act To improve the health of the people by assisting in increasing the number of adequately trained professional and practical nurses and professional public health personnel, assisting in the development of improved methods of care and treatment in the held of mental health, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-911 · 70 Stat. 923 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution To commend the foundation known as the Memorial to the American Indian Foundation for its project to establish a permanent memorial in honor of the North American Indians.

    Public Law 84-912 · 70 Stat. 930 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of the town of Clayton, New Mexico.

    Public Law 84-913 · 70 Stat. 930 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

48. An Act To amend sections 212, 219 (a), 221 (a), and 410 (a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    Public Law 84-914 · 70 Stat. 931 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to designate the period beginning September 17 and ending September 23 of each year as Constitution Week.

    Public Law 84-915 · 70 Stat. 932 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

50. An Act To extend the time limit within which awards of certain military and naval decorations may be made.

    Public Law 84-917 · 70 Stat. 933 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for further effectuating the Act of May 15, 1862, through the exchange of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture and employees of State political subdivisions or educational institutions.

    Public Law 84-918 · 70 Stat. 934 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

52. An Act To further protect and assure the privacy of grand or petit juries in the courts of the United States while such juries are deliberating or voting.

    Public Law 84-919 · 70 Stat. 935 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

53. An Act To amend the Act of August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 868), with respect to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah.

    Public Law 84-920 · 70 Stat. 936 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the Peoria Tribe of Indians in the State of Oklahoma and the individual members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-921 · 70 Stat. 937 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Act to promote the education of the blind, approved March 3, 1878, as amended, so as to authorize wider distribution of books and other special instructional material for the bind, to increase the appropriations authorized for this purpose, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-922 · 70 Stat. 938 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

56. An Act To provide port of entry and related facilities on the Alaska Highway at the Alaska-Canadian border in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-923 · 70 Stat. 939 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

57. An Act To amend Public Law 551, chapter 616, Eighty-third Congress, second session.

    Public Law 84-924 · 70 Stat. 940 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-925 · 70 Stat. 940 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

59. An Act To provide that the United States hold in trust for the Pueblos of Zia and Jemez a part of the Ojo del Espiritu Santo Grant and a small area of public domain adjacent thereto.

    Public Law 84-926 · 70 Stat. 941 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

60. Customs Simplification Act of 1956

    An Act To amend certain administrative provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 and to repeal obsolete provisions of the customs laws.

    Public Law 84-927 · 70 Stat. 943 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

61. An Act To amend further the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, to authorize the Administrator to pay travel expenses and per diem allowances to trainees in attendance at the National Civil Defense Staff College, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-928 · 70 Stat. 949 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain tracts of land in El Paso County, Texas, to the city of El Paso, Texas, In exchange for certain lands to be conveyed by the city of El Paso, Texas, to the United States Government.

    Public Law 84-929 · 70 Stat. 950 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the conveyance of homestead allotments to Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos in Alaska.

    Public Law 84-931 · 70 Stat. 954 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (48 U. S. C., sec. 353).

    Public Law 84-932 · 70 Stat. 954 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

65. An Act To amend subdivision e of section 58, Notices, of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended.

    Public Law 84-933 · 70 Stat. 955 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

66. An Act To provide additional time for the Tariff Commission to review the customs tariff schedules.

    Public Law 84-934 · 70 Stat. 955 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 to bring employees of Gallaudet College within its coverage.

    Public Law 84-935 · 70 Stat. 955 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

68. An Act To require certain safety devices on household refrigerators shipped in interstate commerce.

    Public Law 84-930 · 70 Stat. 958 · August 2, 1956 · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-847 · 70 Stat. A168 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

70. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-848 · 70 Stat. A169 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Judith Kao.

    Private Law 84-849 · 70 Stat. A170 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To authorize certain members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States to accept and wear decorations, and supporting documents conferred upon them by the Government of the Philippines.

    Private Law 84-850 · 70 Stat. A171 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Nikolai E. Khokhlov.

    Private Law 84-851 · 70 Stat. A174 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Hal A. Marchant.

    Private Law 84-852 · 70 Stat. A174 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-853 · 70 Stat. A175 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the appointment and retirement of Darrell C. Williams as a lieutenant commander, United States Navy.

    Private Law 84-854 · 70 Stat. A175 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Yue Yin Wong (also known as William Yueyin Wong).

    Private Law 84-855 · 70 Stat. A175 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Webb.

    Private Law 84-856 · 70 Stat. A176 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Paul H. Sarvis, Senior, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-857 · 70 Stat. A176 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Harry M. Caudill.

    Private Law 84-858 · 70 Stat. A177 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To ratify and confirm the sale of certain real property of the United States.

    Private Law 84-859 · 70 Stat. A177 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Randall McMahon.

    Private Law 84-860 · 70 Stat. A177 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the American Institute of Architects in the District of Columbia.

    Private Law 84-861 · 70 Stat. A178 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Esterlee Hutzler Weinhoeppel.

    Private Law 84-862 · 70 Stat. A178 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the Honorable Barratt O’Hara to accept and wear the award of the Medal for Distinguished Military Service in white tendered by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Major General Fugencio Batista y Zaldlvar.

    Private Law 84-863 · 70 Stat. A179 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

86. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-864 · 70 Stat. A179 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

87. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-865 · 70 Stat. A180 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

88. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-866 · 70 Stat. A181 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-867 · 70 Stat. A181 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-868 · 70 Stat. A182 · August 3, 1956 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To provide for a President’s Advisory Commission on Presidential Office Space.

    Public Law 84-954 · 70 Stat. 925 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To change the name of Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor to Liberty Island.

    Public Law 84-936 · 70 Stat. 956 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section 4 (a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended.

    Public Law 84-937 · 70 Stat. 956 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell certain war-built vessels.

    Public Law 84-938 · 70 Stat. 957 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

95. An Act To provide for the regulation of the interstate transportation of migrant farm workers.

    Public Law 84-939 · 70 Stat. 958 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

96. An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1449) as amended, to incorporate in the Organic Act of the National Bureau of Standards the authority to use the Working Capital Fund, and to permit certain improvements in fiscal practices.

    Public Law 84-940 · 70 Stat. 959 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

97. National Library of Medicine Act

    An Act To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-941 · 70 Stat. 960 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the construction of one prototype ship and the conversion of one Liberty ship, by the Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 84-942 · 70 Stat. 962 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the Ottawa Tribe of Indians in the State of Oklahoma and the individual members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-943 · 70 Stat. 963 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

100. An Act To increase the membership of the Senate Office Building Commission.

     Public Law 84-944 · 70 Stat. 966 · August 3, 1956 · Original text