Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Miss Susana Clara Magalona.

   Private Law 85-511 · 72 Stat. A74 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Katina Leckas and Argery Leckas.

   Private Law 85-512 · 72 Stat. A74 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Romulo A. Manriquez.

   Private Law 85-513 · 72 Stat. A74 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Natividade Agrela Dos Santos.

   Private Law 85-514 · 72 Stat. A75 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Fouad (Fred) Kassis.

   Private Law 85-515 · 72 Stat. A75 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Albert Hyrapiet.

   Private Law 85-516 · 72 Stat. A75 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the family of Joseph A. Morgan

   Private Law 85-517 · 72 Stat. A75 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Charles J. Jennings.

   Private Law 85-518 · 72 Stat. A76 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Edward J. Doyle and Mrs. Edward J. (Billie M.) Doyle.

   Private Law 85-519 · 72 Stat. A76 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Dan Hill.

    Private Law 85-520 · 72 Stat. A77 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To provide that the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to David J. Carlson and Gerald J. Geyer certain interests of the United States in an invention.

    Private Law 85-521 · 72 Stat. A77 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Harry B. Kesler.

    Private Law 85-522 · 72 Stat. A77 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the Spera Construction Company.

    Private Law 85-523 · 72 Stat. A78 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Kenneth W. Lenghart.

    Private Law 85-524 · 72 Stat. A78 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Doctor Edgar Scott.

    Private Law 85-525 · 72 Stat. A79 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Frank A. Gyescek.

    Private Law 85-526 · 72 Stat. A79 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Natale H. Bellocchi and Oscar R. Edmondson.

    Private Law 85-527 · 72 Stat. A80 · August 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the acquisition of the remaining property in square 725 in the District of Columbia for the purpose of extension of the site of the additional office building for the United States Senate or for the purpose of addition to the United States Capitol Grounds.

    Public Law 85-591 · 72 Stat. 495 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

19. An Act To designate the dam being constructed in connection with the Eagle Gorge Reservoir project on the Green River, Washington, as the “Howard A. Hanson Dam”.

    Public Law 85-592 · 72 Stat. 497 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

20. An Act To provide that chief judges of circuit courts and chief judges of district courts having three or more judges shall cease to serve as such upon reaching the age of seventy.

    Public Law 85-593 · 72 Stat. 497 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

21. District of Columbia Appropriation Act 1959

    An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-594 · 72 Stat. 498 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 3237 of title 18 of the United States Code to define the place at which certain offenses against the income tax laws take place.

    Public Law 85-595 · 72 Stat. 512 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

23. An Act To provide for the preparation of a proposed revision of the Canal Zone Code, together with appropriate ancillary material.

    Public Law 85-596 · 72 Stat. 512 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

24. An Act To provide that the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Public Law 627, Eighty-fourth Congress, chapter 462 second session) shall be amended to increase the period in which actual construction shall commence on rights-of-way acquired in anticipation of such construction from five years to seven years following the fiscal year in which such request is made.

    Public Law 85-597 · 72 Stat. 513 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the appropriation of funds to finance the 1961 meeting of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses.

    Public Law 85-598 · 72 Stat. 513 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

26. Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958

    An Act To promote the national defense by providing for reorganization of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-599 · 72 Stat. 514 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

27. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a registrar at the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force Academy, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-600 · 72 Stat. 522 · August 6, 1958 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Eva S. Winder.

    Private Law 85-528 · 72 Stat. A80 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Casey Jimenez.

    Private Law 85-529 · 72 Stat. A80 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Richard K. Lim and Margaret K. Lim.

    Private Law 85-530 · 72 Stat. A81 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey certain real property at Demopolis lock and dam project, Alabama, to the heirs of the former owner.

    Private Law 85-531 · 72 Stat. A81 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Vincent N. Caldes.

    Private Law 85-532 · 72 Stat. A81 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Sadie Lobe.

    Private Law 85-533 · 72 Stat. A82 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Bernard L. Phipps.

    Private Law 85-534 · 72 Stat. A82 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Jack Carpenter.

    Private Law 85-535 · 72 Stat. A83 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Edwin Matusiak.

    Private Law 85-536 · 72 Stat. A83 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Carl A. Willson.

    Private Law 85-537 · 72 Stat. A84 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Ernest C. St. Onge.

    Private Law 85-538 · 72 Stat. A84 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Albert H. Ruppar.

    Private Law 85-539 · 72 Stat. A85 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To provide tax relief to the Heavy and General Laborers’ Local Unions 472 and 172 of New Jersey pension fund and the contributors thereto.

    Private Law 85-540 · 72 Stat. A85 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Scott Berry.

    Private Law 85-541 · 72 Stat. A85 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Manuel Mello.

    Private Law 85-542 · 72 Stat. A86 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of William Lavallo.

    Private Law 85-543 · 72 Stat. A86 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Arnie W. Lohman.

    Private Law 85-544 · 72 Stat. A87 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Arthur L. Bornstein.

    Private Law 85-545 · 72 Stat. A87 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Edward J. Bolger.

    Private Law 85-546 · 72 Stat. A88 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of James E. Driscoll.

    Private Law 85-547 · 72 Stat. A88 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Lloyd Lucero.

    Private Law 85-548 · 72 Stat. A88 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. George Holden.

    Private Law 85-549 · 72 Stat. A89 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of William V. Dobbins

    Private Law 85-550 · 72 Stat. A89 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Herbert H. Howell.

    Private Law 85-551 · 72 Stat. A90 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of William T. Manning Company, Incorporated, of Fall River, Massachusetts.

    Private Law 85-552 · 72 Stat. A90 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Hugh Lee Fant.

    Private Law 85-553 · 72 Stat. A90 · August 8, 1958 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To extend the life of the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission and to increase its authorization.

    Public Law 85-601 · 72 Stat. 524 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

    Public Law 85-602 · 72 Stat. 525 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

56. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, relating to the entitlement to reenlistment under certain circumstances of certain former officers.

    Public Law 85-603 · 72 Stat. 526 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended (64 Stat. 12).

    Public Law 85-604 · 72 Stat. 527 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 6 of the Act of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1355), entitled “An Act providing for the allotment of lands within the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana, and for other purposes.”

    Public Law 85-605 · 72 Stat. 531 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

59. An Act To further amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-606 · 72 Stat. 532 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

60. An Act To revise the authorization with respect to the charging of tolls on the bridge across the Mississippi River near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

    Public Law 85-607 · 72 Stat. 535 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the Act of December 2, 1942, and the Act of August 16, 1941, relating to injury, disability, and death resulting from war-risk hazards and from employment, suffered by employees of contractors of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-608 · 72 Stat. 536 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of international conventions, and for other purposes,” approved July 5, 1946, with respect to proceedings in the Patent Office.

    Public Law 85-609 · 72 Stat. 540 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

63. An Act To amend sections 2 and 3 of the Act of May 19, 1947 (ch. 80, 61 Stat. 102), as amended, relating to the trust funds of the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-610 · 72 Stat. 541 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 9, subsection (d), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and for other related purposes.

    Public Law 85-611 · 72 Stat. 542 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land with the improvements located thereon to the Lummi Indian Tribe for the use and benefit of the Lummi Tribe.

    Public Law 85-612 · 72 Stat. 543 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

66. An Act To exempt certain teachers in the Canal Zone public schools from prohibitions against the holding of dual offices and the receipt of double salaries.

    Public Law 85-613 · 72 Stat. 543 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

67. An Act To establish the Hudson-Champlain Celebration Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-614 · 72 Stat. 544 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the law with respect to civil and criminal Jurisdiction over Indian country in Alaska.

    Public Law 85-615 · 72 Stat. 545 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

69. An Act To record the lawful admission for permanent residence of certain aliens who entered the United States prior to June 28, 1940.

    Public Law 85-616 · 72 Stat. 546 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

70. An Act To promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics necessary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research.

    Public Law 85-617 · 72 Stat. 546 · August 8, 1958 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Sigfried Olsen Shipping Company.

    Private Law 85-554 · 72 Stat. A91 · August 12, 1958 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of former Staff Sergeant Edward R. Stouffer.

    Private Law 85-555 · 72 Stat. A91 · August 12, 1958 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Major Harold J. O’Connell.

    Private Law 85-556 · 72 Stat. A92 · August 12, 1958 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of the Harmo Tire and Rubber Corporation.

    Private Law 85-557 · 72 Stat. A92 · August 12, 1958 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To reinstate certain terminated oil and gas leases.

    Public Law 85-618 · 72 Stat. 547 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

76. An Act To amend section 161 of the Revised Statutes with respect to the authority of Federal officers and agencies to withhold information and limit the availability of records.

    Public Law 85-619 · 72 Stat. 547 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

77. An Act To amend Public Laws 815 and 874, Eighty-first Congress, to make permanent the programs providing financial assistance in the construction and operation of schools in areas affected by Federal activities, insofar as such programs relate to children of persons who reside and work on Federal property, to extend such programs until June 30, 1961, insofar as such programs relate to other children, and to make certain other changes in such laws.

    Public Law 85-620 · 72 Stat. 548 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of certain persons who sustained damages by reason of fluctuations in the water level of the Lake of the Woods.

    Public Law 85-621 · 72 Stat. 561 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for a display pasture for the bison herd on the Montana National Bison Range in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-622 · 72 Stat. 562 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

80. An Act To prohibit the Introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into Interstate commerce of switchblade knives, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-623 · 72 Stat. 562 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

81. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

    An Act To amend the Act of March 10, 1934, to provide for more effective integration of a fish and wildlife conservation program with Federal water-resource developments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-624 · 72 Stat. 563 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

82. Transportation Act of 1958

    An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, so as to strengthen and improve the national transportation system, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-625 · 72 Stat. 568 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Shipping Act, 1916.

    Public Law 85-626 · 72 Stat. 574 · August 12, 1958 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-558 · 72 Stat. A93 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

85. Joint Resolution To facilitate the admission into the United States of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-559 · 72 Stat. A93 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-560 · 72 Stat. A94 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-561 · 72 Stat. A95 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To facilitate the admission into the United States of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-562 · 72 Stat. A96 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Charles T. Crowder.

    Private Law 85-563 · 72 Stat. A97 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Ralph N. Meeks.

    Private Law 85-564 · 72 Stat. A97 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the conveyance of all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain real property to Stella Vusich.

    Private Law 85-565 · 72 Stat. A98 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Johnnie P. Saylors.

    Private Law 85-566 · 72 Stat. A99 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain real property in the county of San Jacinto, Texas, and authorizing named parties to bring suit for title and possession of same.

    Private Law 85-567 · 72 Stat. A99 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Juanita Burna.

    Private Law 85-568 · 72 Stat. A104 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of C. A. Nolan.

    Private Law 85-569 · 72 Stat. A104 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Captain Carl F. Dykeman.

    Private Law 85-570 · 72 Stat. A105 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the forfeiture of the right-of-way located within the State of California heretofore granted to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company by the United States.

    Private Law 85-571 · 72 Stat. A105 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Joaquin A. Bazan.

    Private Law 85-572 · 72 Stat. A106 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim to Joseph G. Pettet all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain lands in the State of Montana.

    Private Law 85-573 · 72 Stat. A106 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of certain employees of the Department of the Navy at the United States Naval Gun Factory, Washington, District of Columbia.

     Private Law 85-574 · 72 Stat. A107 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text