Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Emil Arens.

   Private Law 84-235 · 69 Stat. A81 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To extend the existing authority for the loan of a small aircraft carrier to the Government of France.

   Public Law 84-168 · 69 Stat. 373 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

3. An Act To declare Pike Creek above the easterly side of the highway bridge at Sixth Avenue in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, a nonnavigable stream.

   Public Law 84-169 · 69 Stat. 373 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Act of August 24, 1912, to simplify the procedures governing the mailings of certain publications of churches and church organizations.

   Public Law 84-170 · 69 Stat. 373 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain rights-of-way and timber access roads.

   Public Law 84-171 · 69 Stat. 374 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

6. An Act To redefine the terms “stepchild” and “stepparent” for the purposes Of the Servicemen’s Indemnity Act of 1951, as amended.

   Public Law 84-172 · 69 Stat. 374 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

7. An Act To amend subsection (e) (1) of section 13A of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 to change from two years to three years the standard contained therein with rest sect to the past affiliations of individuals conducting the management of certain organizations.

   Public Law 84-173 · 69 Stat. 375 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Community Exchange Act.

   Public Law 84-174 · 69 Stat. 375 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

9. An Act To redefine eligibility for membership in AM VETS (American Veterans of World War II).

   Public Law 84-175 · 69 Stat. 375 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

10. An Act To amend title IV of the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

    Public Law 84-176 · 69 Stat. 376 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the establishment of the City of Refuge National Historical Park, in the Territory of Hawaii, anti for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-177 · 69 Stat. 376 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Act incorporating The American Legion so as to redefine eligibility for membership therein.

    Public Law 84-178 · 69 Stat. 379 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

13. An Act To abolish the Old Kasaan National Monument, Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-179 · 69 Stat. 380 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, to extend the time for filing claims for mustering-out payments.

    Public Law 84-180 · 69 Stat. 380 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for payment of a reasonable attorney’s fee by the insured in a suit brought by him or on his behalf during his lifetime for waiver of premiums on account of total disability.

    Public Law 84-181 · 69 Stat. 380 · July 26, 1955 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of certain alien sheepherders.

    Private Law 84-236 · 69 Stat. A81 · July 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Eliseu Joaquim Boa.

    Private Law 84-237 · 69 Stat. A81 · July 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Henry Kraemer.

    Private Law 84-238 · 69 Stat. A82 · July 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text

19. Mental Health Study Act of 1955

    Joint Resolution Providing for on objective, thorough, and nationwide analysis and reevaluation of the human and economic problems of mental Illness, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-182 · 69 Stat. 381 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To establish a com mi salon for the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt.

    Public Law 84-183 · 69 Stat. 383 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

21. An Act Authorizing the State Highway Commission of the State of Maine to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Saint Croix River between Calais, Maine, and Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada.

    Public Law 84-184 · 69 Stat. 384 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Consenting to an interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.

    Public Law 84-185 · 69 Stat. 385 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the transfer to the Department of Agriculture, for agricultural purposes, of certain real property in Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.

    Public Law 84-186 · 69 Stat. 391 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the leasing of certain lands of the Yakima Tribe to the State of Washington for historical and for park purposes.

    Public Law 84-187 · 69 Stat. 391 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain Indian lands on the Yakima Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-188 · 69 Stat. 392 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

26. An Act To amend section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1940, as amended, to provide the increased maximum per diem allowance for subsistence and travel expenses, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-189 · 69 Stat. 393 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

27. An Act To extend for a period of two years the privilege of free importation of gifts from members of the Armed Forces of the United States on duty abroad.

    Public Law 84-190 · 69 Stat. 394 · July 28, 1955 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Siegfried Rosenzweig.

    Private Law 84-239 · 69 Stat. A82 · July 29, 1955 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Angel Medina Cardenas.

    Private Law 84-240 · 69 Stat. A82 · July 29, 1955 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Iwan Bonk and Tacianna Bonk.

    Private Law 84-241 · 69 Stat. A83 · July 29, 1955 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of certain relatives of United States citizens or lawfully resident aliens.

    Private Law 84-242 · 69 Stat. A83 · July 29, 1955 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to Miles City, Montana, in order to extend for five years the authority tinder such Act.

    Public Law 84-191 · 69 Stat. 395 · July 29, 1955 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the joint resolution approved August 30, 1954, relating to the establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-192 · 69 Stat. 395 · July 29, 1955 · Original text

34. An Act To amend section 622 of the National Service Life Insula lice Act of 1940.

    Public Law 84-193 · 69 Stat. 395 · July 29, 1955 · Original text

35. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Servicemen’s Indemnity Act of 1951.

    Public Law 84-194 · 69 Stat. 396 · July 29, 1955 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands erroneously conveyed to the United States.

    Private Law 84-243 · 69 Stat. A84 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To provide preference right to certain land in Alaska to Joseph Booth of Anchorage, Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-244 · 69 Stat. A86 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To provide preference right to certain land in Alaska to Robert Henry Soyk of Kenai, Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-245 · 69 Stat. A86 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To provide preference right to certain land in Alaska to Patrick Harold Johnson of Anchor Point, Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-246 · 69 Stat. A86 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To provide preference right to certain land in Alaska to Bert Arthur Paraday of Anchor Point, Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-247 · 69 Stat. A87 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To provide preference right to certain land in Alaska to Carl E. Robinson of Anchor Point, Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-248 · 69 Stat. A87 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Maria Louise Andreis.

    Private Law 84-249 · 69 Stat. A88 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Teresa Alice Townsend.

    Private Law 84-250 · 69 Stat. A88 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Solomon Wiesel.

    Private Law 84-251 · 69 Stat. A88 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For relief of Marianne Anita Zelinka.

    Private Law 84-252 · 69 Stat. A88 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Gennaro Savarese.

    Private Law 84-253 · 69 Stat. A89 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Ebolya Wolf.

    Private Law 84-254 · 69 Stat. A89 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Rudolfo M. Gomez (Capaz).

    Private Law 84-255 · 69 Stat. A89 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Jean Isabel Hay Watts.

    Private Law 84-256 · 69 Stat. A89 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Joan Craig Newell.

    Private Law 84-257 · 69 Stat. A90 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Maria Dicran Simon.

    Private Law 84-258 · 69 Stat. A90 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Salvacion Carbon.

    Private Law 84-259 · 69 Stat. A90 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Gualberto Estralla Alabastro, Pura Zarco Alabastro, and Arlene Alabastro.

    Private Law 84-260 · 69 Stat. A91 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Sister Luigia Pellegrino, Sister Angelina Nicastro, and Sister Luigina Di Martino.

    Private Law 84-261 · 69 Stat. A91 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Kim Dong Su.

    Private Law 84-262 · 69 Stat. A91 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Barbara Knape.

    Private Law 84-263 · 69 Stat. A92 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Elena Gigliotti.

    Private Law 84-264 · 69 Stat. A92 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Ernest Tomassich and Yoko Matsuo Tomassich.

    Private Law 84-265 · 69 Stat. A92 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Margarete Gartner.

    Private Law 84-266 · 69 Stat. A93 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Eufemia Bencich.

    Private Law 84-267 · 69 Stat. A93 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Ingrid Samson.

    Private Law 84-268 · 69 Stat. A93 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Bengt Wikstam.

    Private Law 84-269 · 69 Stat. A94 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Alejandro Florentino Munoz.

    Private Law 84-270 · 69 Stat. A94 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of John Odabashian, doctor of medicine.

    Private Law 84-271 · 69 Stat. A94 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Antoni Rajkowski.

    Private Law 84-272 · 69 Stat. A95 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Mihai Indig.

    Private Law 84-273 · 69 Stat. A95 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Miss Elvira Bortolin.

    Private Law 84-274 · 69 Stat. A95 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Frank Scriver.

    Private Law 84-275 · 69 Stat. A95 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Max Steinsapir.

    Private Law 84-276 · 69 Stat. A96 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Carmelo Rodriguez Perez, also known as Carmelo Rodriguez Fenald.

    Private Law 84-277 · 69 Stat. A96 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Lazara Camargo Bernoudy.

    Private Law 84-278 · 69 Stat. A96 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Eleanor Ramos.

    Private Law 84-279 · 69 Stat. A97 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Evelyn Hardy Waters.

    Private Law 84-280 · 69 Stat. A97 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Guadalupe Zuniga (also known as Benita Chaparrao-Venegas or Guadalupe Acosta).

    Private Law 84-281 · 69 Stat. A97 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Anthonius Marinus Kronenburg.

    Private Law 84-282 · 69 Stat. A98 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Esther Rodriguez de Uribe.

    Private Law 84-283 · 69 Stat. A98 · August 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text

77. Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies Appropriation Act, 1956

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-195 · 69 Stat. 397 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

78. Philippine Trade Agreement Revision Act of 1955

    An Act Relating to revisions of the executive agreement concerning trade and related matters entered into by the President of the United States and the President of the Philippines on July 4, 1940.

    Public Law 84-196 · 69 Stat. 413 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the relief of certain members of the Army, Navy, and Air Free, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-197 · 69 Stat. 427 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

80. An Act To amend subsection (e) of section 1 of title 5 of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as amended.

    Public Law 84-198 · 69 Stat. 427 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

81. An Act Authorizing the Territory of Hawaii, through its duly designated officers and boards, to negotiate a compromise agreement, exchange with, sell or lease to the owners of certain shorelands, certain tidelands, both in the Territory of Hawaii, and to make covenants with such owners, in settlement of certain damage claims and for a conveyance of littoral rights.

    Public Law 84-199 · 69 Stat. 428 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to donate certain property to the American National Red Cross.

    Public Law 84-200 · 69 Stat. 430 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

83. An Act To revise the boundary between the second and fourth judicial divisions of Alaska.

    Public Law 84-201 · 69 Stat. 430 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for the distribution of funds belonging to the members of the Creek Nation of Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-202 · 69 Stat. 431 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

85. An Act To modify the Acts of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 571, 584), May 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1274), July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 357), August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 923), and June 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 211), with respect to the recoupment of certain public school construction costs, and to amend the Act of August 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 459), relating to the expenditure of funds for cooperating with the public school board of Walker, Minnesota.

    Public Law 84-203 · 69 Stat. 432 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

86. An Act To amend section 6 of Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, so as to provide for the continued operation of certain schools on military installations.

    Public Law 84-204 · 69 Stat. 433 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for the conveyance to the city of Clarksburg, West Virginia, of certain property which was donated for use in connection with a veterans’ hospital, and which is not being so used.

    Public Law 84-205 · 69 Stat. 433 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

88. An Act To repeal certain laws relating to timber and stone on the public domain.

    Public Law 84-206 · 69 Stat. 434 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

89. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey certain property of the United States to the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Public Law 84-207 · 69 Stat. 434 · August 1, 1955 · Original text

90. Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1956

    An Act Making appropriations for Mutual Security for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-208 · 69 Stat. 435 · August 2, 1955 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Erika Marie Dietl and her two children, Caroline Dietl and Robert Dietl.

    Private Law 84-284 · 69 Stat. A98 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Ludwika Hedy Hancock (nee Nikolajewicz).

    Private Law 84-285 · 69 Stat. A99 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Kimiko Sueta Thompson.

    Private Law 84-286 · 69 Stat. A99 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Jose Domingo Quintanar.

    Private Law 84-287 · 69 Stat. A99 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Adelheid Walla Spring.

    Private Law 84-288 · 69 Stat. A100 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mother Amata (Maria Cartiglia), Sister Ottavia (Concetta Zisa), Sister Giovina (Rosina Vitale), and Sister Olga (Calogera Zeffiro).

    Private Law 84-289 · 69 Stat. A100 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Paul Compagnino.

    Private Law 84-290 · 69 Stat. A100 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Ervin Benedikt.

    Private Law 84-291 · 69 Stat. A101 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Menachem Hersz Kalisz.

    Private Law 84-292 · 69 Stat. A101 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Rosa Edith Manns Monroe.

     Private Law 84-293 · 69 Stat. A101 · August 3, 1955 · Private law · Original text