Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956

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

   Public Law 84-242 · 69 Stat. 499 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

2. District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955

   An Act To fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-243 · 69 Stat. 521 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

3. An Act To increase the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, and the Fire department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police, and the White House Police, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-244 · 69 Stat. 530 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

4. An Act To amend subsection 303 (e) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 relating to transportation and storage of household goods of military personnel on permanent change of station.

   Public Law 84-245 · 69 Stat. 532 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

5. An Act To establish a Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-246 · 69 Stat. 533 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

6. An Act To require the recordation of scrip, lien selection, and similar rights.

   Public Law 84-247 · 69 Stat. 534 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 8a (4) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

   Public Law 84-248 · 69 Stat. 535 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

8. An Act To revive section 3 of the District of Columbia Public School Food Services Act.

   Public Law 84-249 · 69 Stat. 536 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Act of May 20, 1949, to strengthen and improve the organization of the Department of State, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 84-250 · 69 Stat. 536 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the construction of two surveying ships for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-251 · 69 Stat. 537 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain land to the Pecwan Union School District for use as the site of a school.

    Public Law 84-252 · 69 Stat. 538 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize subsistence allowances to enlisted personnel.

    Public Law 84-253 · 69 Stat. 538 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

13. Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act

    An Act To provide for five-year terms of office for members of the Subversive Activities Control Board with one of such terms expiring in each calendar year.

    Public Law 84-254 · 69 Stat. 539 · August 5, 1955 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell the steamship La Guardia.

    Private Law 84-361 · 69 Stat. A123 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Joseph Jerry Earl Sirois (also known as Jeremie Earl Sirois).

    Private Law 84-362 · 69 Stat. A124 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Ursula Else Boysen.

    Private Law 84-363 · 69 Stat. A125 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Rosetta Ittner.

    Private Law 84-364 · 69 Stat. A125 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Wilhelmine Schelter.

    Private Law 84-365 · 69 Stat. A125 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Luzia Cox.

    Private Law 84-366 · 69 Stat. A125 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Hermine Lorenz.

    Private Law 84-367 · 69 Stat. A126 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of David Wei-Dao Lea and Julia An-Fong Wang Lea.

    Private Law 84-368 · 69 Stat. A126 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the Elkay Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois.

    Private Law 84-369 · 69 Stat. A126 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Pauline Ellen Redmond.

    Private Law 84-370 · 69 Stat. A127 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Ernesto DeLeon.

    Private Law 84-371 · 69 Stat. A127 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Gerda Irmgard Kurella.

    Private Law 84-372 · 69 Stat. A127 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Manhay Wong.

    Private Law 84-373 · 69 Stat. A128 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Liselotte Warmbrand.

    Private Law 84-374 · 69 Stat. A128 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Vincenzo Santagata.

    Private Law 84-375 · 69 Stat. A129 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Melanie Schaffner Baker.

    Private Law 84-376 · 69 Stat. A129 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Andreas Georges Vlastos (Andreas Georges Vlasto).

    Private Law 84-377 · 69 Stat. A129 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Helena Planinsek.

    Private Law 84-378 · 69 Stat. A129 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Giussepina Cervi.

    Private Law 84-379 · 69 Stat. A130 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Miss Cecile Patricia Chapman.

    Private Law 84-380 · 69 Stat. A130 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Leopoldine Maria Lofblad.

    Private Law 84-381 · 69 Stat. A130 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Klara Anna Maria Fleischer.

    Private Law 84-382 · 69 Stat. A131 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of All Hassan Waffa.

    Private Law 84-383 · 69 Stat. A131 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Maria Bertagnolli Pancheri.

    Private Law 84-384 · 69 Stat. A131 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Hedwig Marie Zaunmuller.

    Private Law 84-385 · 69 Stat. A132 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Captain George Gafos, Eugenia Gafos, and Adamantios George Gafos.

    Private Law 84-386 · 69 Stat. A132 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Edith Winifred Loch.

    Private Law 84-387 · 69 Stat. A132 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Maria Elena Venegas and Sarah Lucia Venegas.

    Private Law 84-388 · 69 Stat. A133 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Harold Swarthout and L. R. Swarthout.

    Private Law 84-389 · 69 Stat. A133 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Cirino Lanzafame.

    Private Law 84-390 · 69 Stat. A133 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Elsa Alwine Larsen.

    Private Law 84-391 · 69 Stat. A134 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Gisela Hofmeier.

    Private Law 84-392 · 69 Stat. A134 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Christos Paul Zolotas.

    Private Law 84-393 · 69 Stat. A134 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Alfio Ferrara.

    Private Law 84-394 · 69 Stat. A135 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Gerda Graupner.

    Private Law 84-395 · 69 Stat. A135 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Gabor Lanyi.

    Private Law 84-396 · 69 Stat. A136 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Henry Duncan

    Private Law 84-397 · 69 Stat. A136 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Ann Arbor Construction Company.

    Private Law 84-398 · 69 Stat. A136 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Ambrose Anthony Fox.

    Private Law 84-399 · 69 Stat. A137 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lieselotte Emilie Dailey.

    Private Law 84-400 · 69 Stat. A137 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Dimitrios Antoniou Kostalas.

    Private Law 84-401 · 69 Stat. A137 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Iva Druzianich (Iva Druzianic).

    Private Law 84-402 · 69 Stat. A137 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Wilma Ann Schilling and her daughter, Ingertraud Rosalita Schilling.

    Private Law 84-403 · 69 Stat. A138 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Helene Margareta Jobst.

    Private Law 84-404 · 69 Stat. A138 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Maria Anna Coone.

    Private Law 84-405 · 69 Stat. A139 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Ruriko Hara.

    Private Law 84-406 · 69 Stat. A139 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Garabed Papazian.

    Private Law 84-407 · 69 Stat. A139 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Spyridon Saintoufis and his wife Efrossini Saintoufis.

    Private Law 84-408 · 69 Stat. A140 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Anna Marie Hitzelberger Scheidt, and her minor child, Rosanne Hitzelberger.

    Private Law 84-409 · 69 Stat. A140 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Rosa Birger.

    Private Law 84-410 · 69 Stat. A140 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Mualla S. Holloway.

    Private Law 84-411 · 69 Stat. A141 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to issue posthumously to the late Seymour Richard Belinky, a flight officer in the United States Army, a commission as second lieutenant, United States Army, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 84-412 · 69 Stat. A141 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Erwin S. de Mocskonyi.

    Private Law 84-413 · 69 Stat. A141 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Grace Casquite Hwang.

    Private Law 84-414 · 69 Stat. A142 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Karlis Abele.

    Private Law 84-415 · 69 Stat. A142 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Raymonde Rouxel Williams.

    Private Law 84-416 · 69 Stat. A142 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ruthe Graves Messer.

    Private Law 84-417 · 69 Stat. A142 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Dalisay Lourdes Cruz.

    Private Law 84-418 · 69 Stat. A143 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Mary Mancuso.

    Private Law 84-419 · 69 Stat. A143 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Priscilla Louise Davis.

    Private Law 84-420 · 69 Stat. A143 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Ingeborg Luise Walling.

    Private Law 84-421 · 69 Stat. A144 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Sada Zarikian.

    Private Law 84-422 · 69 Stat. A144 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Colonel McFarland Cockrill.

    Private Law 84-423 · 69 Stat. A144 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Geraldine Gean Hunt and Linda Marie Hunt.

    Private Law 84-424 · 69 Stat. A145 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Miguel Sandoval-Michel (also known as Arturo Rodriguez-Gomez).

    Private Law 84-425 · 69 Stat. A145 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Ofelia Martin.

    Private Law 84-426 · 69 Stat. A145 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Margaret Mary Hammond.

    Private Law 84-427 · 69 Stat. A145 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Dorothy Claire Maurice.

    Private Law 84-428 · 69 Stat. A146 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Richard Raffo Hanson.

    Private Law 84-429 · 69 Stat. A146 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Leopoldine Simonetti.

    Private Law 84-430 · 69 Stat. A146 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Orrin J. Bishop.

    Private Law 84-431 · 69 Stat. A147 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of William E. Ryan.

    Private Law 84-432 · 69 Stat. A147 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Margarethe Bock and her son, Robert Harald Bock.

    Private Law 84-433 · 69 Stat. A148 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lee Shee Yee (also known as Lee Lai Koon).

    Private Law 84-434 · 69 Stat. A148 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Elzie C. Brown.

    Private Law 84-435 · 69 Stat. A148 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the estate of Victor Helfenbein.

    Private Law 84-436 · 69 Stat. A149 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Helene Rapp.

    Private Law 84-437 · 69 Stat. A149 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Luisa Guidi Miller.

    Private Law 84-438 · 69 Stat. A149 · August 9, 1955 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases.

    Public Law 84-255 · 69 Stat. 539 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing construction of certain public works on the Mississippi River for the protection of Saint Louis, Missouri.

    Public Law 84-256 · 69 Stat. 540 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

94. An Act To provide that certain lands acquired by the United States shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as national forest lands.

    Public Law 84-257 · 69 Stat. 540 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain lands in Florida bordering upon Indian River.

    Public Law 84-258 · 69 Stat. 541 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the issuance of commemorative medals to certain societies of which Benjamin Franklin was a member, founder, or sponsor in observance of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth.

    Public Law 84-259 · 69 Stat. 541 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell the steamship Monterey.

    Public Law 84-260 · 69 Stat. 542 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the conveyance to tile State of North Dakota, for use as a State historic site, of the land where Chief Sitting Bull was originally buried.

    Public Law 84-261 · 69 Stat. 543 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

99. An Act To continue the effectiveness of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), as amended, providing certain construction and other authority.

    Public Law 84-262 · 69 Stat. 544 · August 9, 1955 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Act extending the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah so as to authorize such State to exchange certain mineral lands for other lands mineral in character.

     Public Law 84-263 · 69 Stat. 544 · August 9, 1955 · Original text