Every law Congress has passed

1,721 laws of the 85th Congress, 1957–1959

1. Joint Resolution Making Inauguration Day a legal holiday in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 85-1 · 71 Stat. 3 · January 11, 1957 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To extend the time for transmitting the economic report of the President for the first regular session of the Eighty-fifth Congress.

   Public Law 85-2 · 71 Stat. 4 · January 18, 1957 · Original text

3. An Act To amend Public Law 954, Eighty-fourth Congress, approved August 3, 1956.

   Public Law 85-3 · 71 Stat. 4 · January 25, 1957 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Small Business Act of 1953 to increase the amount available thereunder for business loans.

   Public Law 85-4 · 71 Stat. 4 · February 11, 1957 · Original text

5. An Act Extending for one year the time in which the Boston National Historic Sites Commission shall complete its work.

   Public Law 85-5 · 71 Stat. 4 · February 19, 1957 · Original text

6. An Act To amend section 12 of the Act approved February 22, 1880 (25 Stat. 676) relating to the admission into the Union of the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington, by providing for the use of public lands granted to the States therein for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation, furnishings, equipment, or other permanent improvement of public buildings at the capital of said States.

   Public Law 85-6 · 71 Stat. 5 · February 26, 1957 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To promote peace and stability in the Middle East.

   Public Law 85-7 · 71 Stat. 5 · March 9, 1957 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Arthur H. Compton as Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Public Law 85-8 · 71 Stat. 6 · March 14, 1957 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress.

   Public Law 85-9 · 71 Stat. 7 · March 14, 1957 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To provide interim assistance, through the Federal National Mortgage Association, in relieving the shortage of funds for home loans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-10 · 71 Stat. 7 · March 27, 1957 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property of the United States located in Juneau, Alaska, known as the Juneau Subport of Embarkation, to the Territory of Alaska.

    Public Law 85-11 · 71 Stat. 8 · March 28, 1957 · Original text

12. Tax Rate Extension Act of 1957

    An Act To provide a 15 month extension of the existing corporate normal-tax rate and of certain excise-tax rates.

    Public Law 85-12 · 71 Stat. 9 · March 29, 1957 · Original text

13. An Act To amend section 334 (e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, relating to increased allotments for durum wheat.

    Public Law 85-13 · 71 Stat. 10 · April 2, 1957 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of James L. Bostwick.

    Private Law 85-1 · 71 Stat. A3 · April 12, 1957 · Private law · Original text

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

    Public Law 85-14 · 71 Stat. 11 · April 12, 1957 · Original text

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

    Public Law 85-15 · 71 Stat. 11 · April 16, 1957 · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of August J. Strigga.

    Private Law 85-2 · 71 Stat. A3 · April 17, 1957 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To provide that the Delegate from Alaska in the House of Representatives of the United States shall be a member of the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission.

    Public Law 85-16 · 71 Stat. 14 · April 20, 1957 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Second Liberty Bond Act to increase the maximum interest rate permitted on United States savings bonds.

    Public Law 85-17 · 71 Stat. 15 · April 20, 1957 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution requesting the President to proclaim the week April 28 to May 4, 1957, inclusive, as National Mental Health Week.

    Public Law 85-18 · 71 Stat. 15 · April 20, 1957 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1957, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-19 · 71 Stat. 16 · April 20, 1957 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Authorizing the procurement of an oil portrait and marble bust of the late Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson.

    Public Law 85-20 · 71 Stat. 17 · April 20, 1957 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To implement further the Act of July 15, 1946, by approving the signature by the Secretary of the Treasury of an agreement amending the Anglo-American Financial Agreement of December 6, 1945.

    Public Law 85-21 · 71 Stat. 17 · April 20, 1957 · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Duk Chang Cho.

    Private Law 85-3 · 71 Stat. A3 · April 23, 1957 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Anna Maria Cosentino and Francesca Maria Cosentino.

    Private Law 85-4 · 71 Stat. A4 · April 23, 1957 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Esther Guagliardo.

    Private Law 85-5 · 71 Stat. A4 · April 23, 1957 · Private law · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Washington State Sixth International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washington, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-22 · 71 Stat. 17 · April 23, 1957 · Original text

28. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the Merrimack River flood control compact.

    Public Law 85-23 · 71 Stat. 18 · April 23, 1957 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Pavel Blaho.

    Private Law 85-6 · 71 Stat. A4 · April 25, 1957 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Victor Charles Hunt.

    Private Law 85-7 · 71 Stat. A5 · April 25, 1957 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Hewey Malachi Mackey.

    Private Law 85-8 · 71 Stat. A5 · April 25, 1957 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Nelson Shu-Yung Chuang.

    Private Law 85-9 · 71 Stat. A5 · April 25, 1957 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Herbert James Bramley.

    Private Law 85-10 · 71 Stat. A5 · April 25, 1957 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Yee Chung Fong Ming and Yee Chung Nom Ming.

    Private Law 85-11 · 71 Stat. A6 · April 25, 1957 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Georgiana Ching Hsien (Liang) New.

    Private Law 85-12 · 71 Stat. A6 · April 25, 1957 · Private law · Original text

36. Joint Resolution To prohibit the payment of pensions to persons confined in penal institutions for periods longer than sixty days.

    Public Law 85-24 · 71 Stat. 25 · April 25, 1957 · Original text

37. An Act To establish a deferred grazing program as parts of the relief available to drought stricken areas under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-25 · 71 Stat. 26 · April 25, 1957 · Original text

38. An Act To provide a temporary extension of certain special provisions relating to State plans for aid to the blind.

    Public Law 85-26 · 71 Stat. 27 · April 25, 1957 · Original text

39. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1958, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-27 · 71 Stat. 27 · April 25, 1957 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to price support for extra long staple cotton.

    Public Law 85-28 · 71 Stat. 27 · April 25, 1957 · Original text

41. An Act To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Chicagoland Commerce and Industry Exposition, to be held at Chicago, Ill., to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-29 · 71 Stat. 28 · May 14, 1957 · Original text

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

    Public Law 85-30 · 71 Stat. 29 · May 14, 1957 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of James F. Walsh.

    Private Law 85-13 · 71 Stat. A6 · May 16, 1957 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To waive the limitation on the time within which a Medal of Honor may be awarded to Commander Hugh Barr Miller, Junior, United States Navy.

    Private Law 85-14 · 71 Stat. A7 · May 16, 1957 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Nicola Marcello.

    Private Law 85-15 · 71 Stat. A7 · May 16, 1957 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Shigeko Kimura and her minor child.

    Private Law 85-16 · 71 Stat. A8 · May 16, 1957 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To amend the act of August 4, 1953 (67 Stat. 41) and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-31 · 71 Stat. 29 · May 16, 1957 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to designate the third Friday of May of each year as National Defense Transportation Day.

    Public Law 85-32 · 71 Stat. 30 · May 16, 1957 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution Permitting the Secretary of the Interior to continue to deliver water to lands in the Heart Mountain division, Shoshone Federal Reclamation project, Wyoming.

    Public Law 85-33 · 71 Stat. 30 · May 16, 1957 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the city of Rack Hill, S. C., to acquire certain tribal lands on the Catawba Indian Reservation, South Carolina.

    Public Law 85-34 · 71 Stat. 31 · May 17, 1957 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the reconveyance of certain land to the city of Spearfish, South Dakota.

    Public Law 85-35 · 71 Stat. 31 · May 21, 1957 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States situated In Cobb County, Georgia, to the trustees of the Methodist Church, Acworth, Georgia.

    Private Law 85-17 · 71 Stat. A8 · May 23, 1957 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To facilitate the regulation, control, and eradication of plant pests.

    Public Law 85-36 · 71 Stat. 31 · May 23, 1957 · Original text

54. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments and the Tax Court of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-37 · 71 Stat. 35 · May 27, 1957 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain spouses and minor children of citizens of the United States.

    Private Law 85-18 · 71 Stat. A9 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Mitsuko A. Hachita.

    Private Law 85-19 · 71 Stat. A10 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Mary Bar me and her two minor children Steran Barme and Dinah Barme.

    Private Law 85-20 · 71 Stat. A10 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Lee Chong Talk.

    Private Law 85-21 · 71 Stat. A10 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Josephine Suydam.

    Private Law 85-22 · 71 Stat. A11 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Jew Gim Gee.

    Private Law 85-23 · 71 Stat. A11 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Johannes Sukevainen.

    Private Law 85-24 · 71 Stat. A11 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of John (Ioannis) Legatos.

    Private Law 85-25 · 71 Stat. A11 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Eldur Eha.

    Private Law 85-26 · 71 Stat. A12 · May 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To amend the act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to enlarge existing water supply facilities for the San Diego, Calif., area in order to insure the existence of an adequate water supply for naval installations and defense production plants in such area”, approved October 11, 1951.

    Public Law 85-38 · 71 Stat. 41 · May 31, 1957 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the conveyance to the State of Wyoming of about 37.75 acres of land comprising a part of Francis E. Warren Air Force Base.

    Public Law 85-39 · 71 Stat. 42 · May 31, 1957 · Original text

66. An Act To increase the retired annuities of the civilian members of the teaching staffs of the United States Naval Academy and the United States Naval Postgraduate School.

    Public Law 85-40 · 71 Stat. 42 · May 31, 1957 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the act of March 3, 1911 (36 Stat. 1077), to remove restrictions on the use of a portion of the Springfield Confederate Cemetery, Springfield Missouri, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-41 · 71 Stat. 43 · May 31, 1957 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District and the Fabens Independent School District in the State of Texas, or to either of them, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-42 · 71 Stat. 43 · May 31, 1957 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the sale of degaussing equipment by the Department of the Navy to the owners or operators of privately owned merchant ships of United States registry.

    Public Law 85-43 · 71 Stat. 44 · May 31, 1957 · Original text

70. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of a military department to furnish stevedoring and terminal services and facilities to commercial steamship companies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-44 · 71 Stat. 45 · June 1, 1957 · Original text

71. An Act To permit any State of the United States or any political subdivision of any such State to purchase from the District of Columbia Reformatory at Lorton, Va., gun mountings and carriages for guns for use at historic sites and for museum display purposes.

    Public Law 85-45 · 71 Stat. 45 · June 1, 1957 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Mary C. Frederick.

    Private Law 85-27 · 71 Stat. A12 · June 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To amend the act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-46 · 71 Stat. 46 · June 4, 1957 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Dominic Paul Steinhauser (Hiroshi Tsuruda).

    Private Law 85-28 · 71 Stat. A12 · June 5, 1957 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Stylianos Leeomples.

    Private Law 85-29 · 71 Stat. A13 · June 5, 1957 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Alecos Markos Karavasilis and hia wife, Steliani Karavasilis.

    Private Law 85-30 · 71 Stat. A13 · June 5, 1957 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of John Leary.

    Private Law 85-31 · 71 Stat. A13 · June 5, 1957 · Private law · Original text

78. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-32 · 71 Stat. A14 · June 5, 1957 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956.

    Public Law 85-47 · 71 Stat. 48 · June 5, 1957 · Original text

80. General Government Matters Appropriation Act, 1958

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President and sundry general Government agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-48 · 71 Stat. 49 · June 5, 1957 · Original text

81. Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1958

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice, the judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-49 · 71 Stat. 55 · June 11, 1957 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Josefa Kusiak.

    Private Law 85-33 · 71 Stat. A14 · June 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Lydia Anne Foote.

    Private Law 85-34 · 71 Stat. A15 · June 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Medals of Honor Act to authorize awards for acts of heroism involving any motor vehicle.

    Public Law 85-50 · 71 Stat. 69 · June 13, 1957 · Original text

85. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-51 · 71 Stat. 69 · June 13, 1957 · Original text

86. Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1958

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-52 · 71 Stat. 70 · June 13, 1957 · Original text

87. An Act To fix the responsibilities of certifying officers and disbursing officer of the Library of Congress.

    Public Law 85-53 · 71 Stat. 81 · June 13, 1957 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, with reference to official office expenses of Members of Congress.

    Public Law 85-54 · 71 Stat. 82 · June 13, 1957 · Original text

89. An Act To extend the period within which Export-Import Bank of Washington may make loans.

    Public Law 85-55 · 71 Stat. 82 · June 17, 1957 · Original text

90. Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1957

    An Act To consolidate into one Act, and to simplify and make more uniform, the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration relating to compensation, pension, hospitalization, and burial benefits, and to consolidate into one Act the laws pertaining to the administration of the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration.

    Public Law 85-56 · 71 Stat. 83 · June 17, 1957 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit the construction of a bridge and road across Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-57 · 71 Stat. 175 · June 17, 1957 · Original text

92. Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957

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

    Public Law 85-58 · 71 Stat. 176 · June 21, 1957 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Julian D. Dycaico.

    Private Law 85-35 · 71 Stat. A15 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Harold George Jackson.

    Private Law 85-36 · 71 Stat. A15 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Antoine Velleman.

    Private Law 85-37 · 71 Stat. A16 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To renounce any right, title, and interest which the United States may have in certain lands in Montana.

    Private Law 85-38 · 71 Stat. A16 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text

97. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-39 · 71 Stat. A16 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To waive the provision of section 212 (a) (9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-40 · 71 Stat. A17 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text

99. Joint Resolution To facilitate the admission Into the United States of certain alien children.

    Private Law 85-41 · 71 Stat. A17 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text

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

     Private Law 85-42 · 71 Stat. A18 · June 27, 1957 · Private law · Original text