Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1049.

   Public Law 84-945 · 70 Stat. 966 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the States of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to confer certain additional powers upon the Interstate Sanitation Commission, established by said States pursuant to Public Resolution 62, Seventy-fourth Congress, August 27, 1935.

   Public Law 84-946 · 70 Stat. 966 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for a study by the Federal Communications Commission, the United States Coast Guard, and the Federal Maritime Administration with respect to the need for automatic radiotelegraph call selectors and other such safety devices on certain cargo ships of the United States.

   Public Law 84-947 · 70 Stat. 967 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

4. An Act To extend the time limit within which naval vessels may be loaned to friendly Far Eastern nations and to authorize the loan of naval vessels to friendly European nations.

   Public Law 84-948 · 70 Stat. 967 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

5. An Act To extend until June 30, 1958, the programs of financial assistance in the construction and operation of schools In areas affected by Federal activities under the provisions of Public Laws 815 and 874, Eighty-first Congress, and to make certain other changes in such provisions.

   Public Law 84-949 · 70 Stat. 968 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

6. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Illinois and Wisconsin to enter Into a compact relating to interstate public school districts where an educational community extends into both such States.

   Public Law 84-950 · 70 Stat. 973 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

7. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land of the United States to the State of Indiana.

   Public Law 84-951 · 70 Stat. 974 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

8. An Act To reauthorize construction by the Secretary of the Interior of Farwell unit, Nebraska, of the Missouri River Basin project.

   Public Law 84-952 · 70 Stat. 975 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

9. An Act To provide for the payment and collection of wages in the District of Columbia.

   Public Law 84-953 · 70 Stat. 976 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish Civil Air Patrol as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force and to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to extend aid to Civil Air Patrol in the fulfillment of its objectives, and for other purposes”.

    Public Law 84-955 · 70 Stat. 980 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

11. An Act Relating to the management of the Red Lake Indian Forest and sawmill.

    Public Law 84-956 · 70 Stat. 982 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, with respect to the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the use by motor carriers (under leases, contracts, or other arrangements) of motor vehicles not owned by them, in the furnishing of transportation of property.

    Public Law 84-957 · 70 Stat. 983 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended.

    Public Law 84-958 · 70 Stat. 984 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

14. An Act Relative to employment for certain adult Indians on or near Indian reservations.

    Public Law 84-959 · 70 Stat. 986 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the conveyance of tribal lands from the Shoshone Indian Tribe and the Arapahoe Indian Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to the United States.

    Public Law 84-960 · 70 Stat. 987 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to act as notaries in places outside the United States.

    Public Law 84-961 · 70 Stat. 988 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, so as to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for purposes of title I of the Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-962 · 70 Stat. 988 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the expenses of an Advisory Committee on Soil and Water Conservation.

    Public Law 84-963 · 70 Stat. 989 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend certain contracts providing for the furnishing of water to the city of Rapid City, South Dakota, for municipal purposes.

    Public Law 84-964 · 70 Stat. 989 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the town of Freeport, Maine.

    Public Law 84-965 · 70 Stat. 989 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the appointment of a Federal Highway Administrator in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-966 · 70 Stat. 990 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

22. An Act Relating to clerk hire of Members of the House of Representatives.

    Public Law 84-967 · 70 Stat. 990 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-968 · 70 Stat. 991 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Veterans Regulations to provide additional compensation for veterans having the service-incurred disability of loss or loss of use of both buttocks.

    Public Law 84-969 · 70 Stat. 1019 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

25. An Act Extending to Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia the power to enter into certain interstate compacts relating to the enforcement of the criminal laws and policies of the States.

    Public Law 84-970 · 70 Stat. 1020 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to extend until July 31, 1958, the period during which disposals of surplus property may be made by negotiation.

    Public Law 84-971 · 70 Stat. 1020 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the establishment of a new fish hatchery in the vicinity of Paint Bank, Virginia.

    Public Law 84-972 · 70 Stat. 1020 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

28. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the payment of annuities to widows and dependent children of judges.

    Public Law 84-973 · 70 Stat. 1021 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To suspend the application of certain Federal laws with respect to personnel employed by the House Committee on Ways and Means in connection with the investigations ordered by H. Res. 331 and H. Res. 606, Eighty-fourth Congress.

    Public Law 84-974 · 70 Stat. 1027 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

30. An Act To provide for the burial in the Memorial Amphitheater of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, of the remains of an unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Korean conflict.

    Public Law 84-975 · 70 Stat. 1027 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

31. An Act Concerning gifts of securities to minors in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 84-976 · 70 Stat. 1028 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

32. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to the city of Vero Beach, Morida.

    Public Law 84-977 · 70 Stat. 1031 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

33. An Act To provide that the Department of the Navy shall not be required to reimburse the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the transfer of certain real property at Columbus, Ohio.

    Public Law 84-978 · 70 Stat. 1032 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

34. Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1956

    An Act To facilitate the control and eradication of certain animal diseases, to facilitate the carrying out of agricultural and related programs, to facilitate the agricultural attaché program, to facilitate the operations of the Farmers’ Home Administration, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and the Forest Service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-979 · 70 Stat. 1032 · August 3, 1956 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-869 · 70 Stat. A184 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Juan Jose Moya Ramirez and George Nakamura.

    Private Law 84-870 · 70 Stat. A184 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Frank R. Davis.

    Private Law 84-871 · 70 Stat. A185 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of William Luke Phalen.

    Private Law 84-872 · 70 Stat. A185 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Doctor Anton M. Lodmell.

    Private Law 84-873 · 70 Stat. A186 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of William C. Brady and Joyce Brady.

    Private Law 84-874 · 70 Stat. A186 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. Smith.

    Private Law 84-875 · 70 Stat. A186 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-876 · 70 Stat. A187 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-877 · 70 Stat. A188 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Miroslav Slovak.

    Private Law 84-878 · 70 Stat. A189 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company for the construction of a dam on the North Branch of the Potomac River.

    Private Law 84-879 · 70 Stat. A189 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

46. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-880 · 70 Stat. A190 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To waive certain subsections of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-881 · 70 Stat. A190 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

48. Joint Resolution To waive the provision of section 212 (a) (6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-882 · 70 Stat. A193 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-883 · 70 Stat. A194 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To waive the provision of section 212 (a) (6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens.

    Private Law 84-884 · 70 Stat. A195 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Herman E. Mosley, as natural parents of Herman E. Mosley, Junior.

    Private Law 84-885 · 70 Stat. A196 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Joseph J. Tierney.

    Private Law 84-886 · 70 Stat. A196 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain restrictions on the real property heretofore conveyed to the West Marks Baptist Church of Quitman County, Mississippi.

    Private Law 84-887 · 70 Stat. A197 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to dispose of a certain parcel of land, a part of Port Belvoir Accotink Dam site military reservation.

    Private Law 84-888 · 70 Stat. A197 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Vincent P. Svelnis.

    Private Law 84-889 · 70 Stat. A199 · August 6, 1956 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To amend the joint resolution entitled “.Joint resolution to establish a commission for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt”, approved July 28, 1955.

    Public Law 84-980 · 70 Stat. 1035 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

57. An Act To amend Public Law 506, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission for acquisition or condemnation of real property or any facilities, or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-981 · 70 Stat. 1035 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

58. An Act To regulate and license pawnbrokers in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 84-982 · 70 Stat. 1036 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

59. An Act To amend section 1201 of title 18 of the United States Code to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to initiate investigation of any kidnaping in which the victim has not been released within twenty-four hours after his seizure.

    Public Law 84-983 · 70 Stat. 1043 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

60. An Act To supplement the Federal reclamation laws by providing for Federal cooperation in non-Federal projects and for participation by non-Federal agencies in Federal projects.

    Public Law 84-984 · 70 Stat. 1044 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, so as to require that certain vessels carrying passengers for hire be fitted with radiotelephone installations.

    Public Law 84-985 · 70 Stat. 1047 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution To provide for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property in connection with the Presidential inaugural ceremonies.

    Public Law 84-986 · 70 Stat. 1049 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

63. An Act To provide compensation for certain property losses in certain reservoir projects and for the replacement of school facilities of the Pollock Independent School District, Pollock, South Dakota, acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir.

    Public Law 84-987 · 70 Stat. 1051 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

64. An Act To incorporate the Boys’ Clubs of America.

    Public Law 84-988 · 70 Stat. 1052 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize an exchange of land at the Agricultural Research Center.

    Public Law 84-989 · 70 Stat. 1056 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the establishment of a fish hatchery in the State of West Virginia.

    Public Law 84-990 · 70 Stat. 1057 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Indian tribes certain federally owned buildings, improvements, or facilities on tribal lands or on lands reserved for Indian administration.

    Public Law 84-991 · 70 Stat. 1057 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Crooked River Federal reclamation project, Oregon.

    Public Law 84-992 · 70 Stat. 1058 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Little Wood River reclamation project, Idaho.

    Public Law 84-993 · 70 Stat. 1059 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act incorporating the Archaeological Institute of America” to increase the value of real and personal property that such Institute may hold.

    Public Law 84-994 · 70 Stat. 1060 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the conveyance of La Puntilla Military Reservation, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

    Public Law 84-995 · 70 Stat. 1061 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the disposal of federally owned property at obsolescent canalized waterways and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-996 · 70 Stat. 1062 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

73. An Act To amend section 7 of the War Claims Act of 1948, with respect to claims of certain religious organizations functioning in the Philippine Islands.

    Public Law 84-997 · 70 Stat. 1063 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the retention in public ownership of certain lands around the Jim Woodruflf Reservoir, Florida and Georgia, being administered by the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.

    Public Law 84-998 · 70 Stat. 1064 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the sale of lands in reservoir areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army for cottage site development and use.

    Public Law 84-999 · 70 Stat. 1065 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Act of August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1037), relating to the acquisition of non-Federal land within the existing boundaries of any national park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1000 · 70 Stat. 1066 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

77. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to place guar seed on the free list.

    Public Law 84-1001 · 70 Stat. 1066 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of August 20, 1954, establishing a commission for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton.

    Public Law 84-1002 · 70 Stat. 1067 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To extend the operation of the Emergency Ship Repair Act of 1954.

    Public Law 84-1003 · 70 Stat. 1067 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section 9 (c) (2) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, as amended.

    Public Law 84-1004 · 70 Stat. 1068 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

81. An Act Authorizing the demolition and removal of certain greenhouses and other structures on square 576 west in Washington, District of Columbia, and the construction of other facilities in place thereof, at the Botanic Garden Nursery, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1005 · 70 Stat. 1068 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1006 · 70 Stat. 1069 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the Attorney General to dispose of the remaining assets seized under the Trading With the Enemy Act prior to December 18, 1941.

    Public Law 84-1007 · 70 Stat. 1071 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey property to the county of Pierce, State of Washington.

    Public Law 84-1008 · 70 Stat. 1073 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for the designation of Mikveh Israel Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a unit of the Independence National Historical Park.

    Public Law 84-1009 · 70 Stat. 1074 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the tax on admissions shall apply only if the amount paid for the admission exceeds 90 cents.

    Public Law 84-1010 · 70 Stat. 1074 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

87. An Act To allow a charitable deduction for certain bequests.

    Public Law 84-1011 · 70 Stat. 1075 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

88. An Act To suspend for two years the import duties on certain lathes used for shoe last roughing or for shoe last finishing, and to permit substitution for drawback purposes in the case of printing papers.

    Public Law 84-1012 · 70 Stat. 1076 · August 6, 1956 · Original text

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

    Private Law 84-890 · 70 Stat. A199 · August 7, 1956 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Pauline H. Corbett.

    Private Law 84-891 · 70 Stat. A201 · August 7, 1956 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the advancement of Major General Hanford MacNider, Army of the United States (retired), to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list.

    Private Law 84-892 · 70 Stat. A201 · August 7, 1956 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to provide increases in benefits and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1013 · 70 Stat. 1076 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section 650 of title 14, United States Code, entitled “Coast Guard”, relating to the Coast Guard Supply Fund.

    Public Law 84-1014 · 70 Stat. 1077 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

94. An Act To provide that amounts which do not exceed 60 cents shall be exempt from the tax imposed upon amounts paid for the transportation of persons.

    Public Law 84-1015 · 70 Stat. 1077 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

95. Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956

    An Act To provide insurance against flood damage, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1016 · 70 Stat. 1078 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

96. An Act To amend certain provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to facilitate private financing of merchant vessels in the interest of national defense, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1017 · 70 Stat. 1087 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.

    Public Law 84-1018 · 70 Stat. 1088 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize Canadian vessels to be employed in the coastwise transportation of coal to Ogdensburg, New York.

    Public Law 84-1019 · 70 Stat. 1090 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

99. Housing Act of 1956

    An Act To extend and amend laws relating to the provision and improvement of housing and the conservation and development of urban communities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1020 · 70 Stat. 1091 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide for a Great Plains conservation program.

     Public Law 84-1021 · 70 Stat. 1115 · August 7, 1956 · Original text