Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of James L. McCabe.

   Private Law 85-575 · 72 Stat. A108 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Wayne W. Powers, of Walla Walla, Washington.

   Private Law 85-576 · 72 Stat. A108 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Joseph R. Burger.

   Private Law 85-577 · 72 Stat. A109 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of S. A. Romine.

   Private Law 85-578 · 72 Stat. A109 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To quitclaim interest of the United States to certain land in Smith County, Mississippi, and to terminate restrictions against alienation thereon.

   Private Law 85-579 · 72 Stat. A109 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain real property in the county of Humboldt, State of California.

   Private Law 85-580 · 72 Stat. A110 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of John C. Houghton, Junior.

   Private Law 85-581 · 72 Stat. A110 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Gerald K. Edwards, Lawrence R. Hitchcock, Thomas J. Davey, and Gerald H. Donnelly.

   Private Law 85-582 · 72 Stat. A111 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To validate the conveyance of certain land in the State of California by the Southern Pacific Company to James Giono.

   Private Law 85-583 · 72 Stat. A111 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Tamas Akos and Lilla Akos.

    Private Law 85-584 · 72 Stat. A112 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of First Lieutenant Luther A. Stamm.

    Private Law 85-585 · 72 Stat. A112 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To provide for the presentation of a medal to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

    Private Law 85-586 · 72 Stat. A113 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the Western Union Telegraph Company.

    Private Law 85-587 · 72 Stat. A113 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of William B. Nash.

    Private Law 85-588 · 72 Stat. A113 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of J. Henry Ennen and others.

    Private Law 85-589 · 72 Stat. A114 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Tibor Wollner.

    Private Law 85-590 · 72 Stat. A114 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Christina Tules.

    Private Law 85-591 · 72 Stat. A115 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of the State House, Incorporated.

    Private Law 85-592 · 72 Stat. A115 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of McCune C. Ott.

    Private Law 85-593 · 72 Stat. A115 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Carolina M. Gomes.

    Private Law 85-594 · 72 Stat. A116 · August 14, 1958 · Private law · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of Congress approved August 7, 1935 (Public Law 253), concerning United States contributions to the International Council of Scientific Unions and certain associated unions.

    Public Law 85-627 · 72 Stat. 574 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

22. An Act To provide compensation to the Crow Tribe of Indians for certain ceded lands embraced within and otherwise required in connection with the Huntley reclamation project, Montana, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-628 · 72 Stat. 575 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

23. An Act Establishing the time for commencement and completion of the reconstruction, enlargement, and extension of the bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois.

    Public Law 85-629 · 72 Stat. 582 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

24. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Antidumping Act, 1921, to provide for greater certainty, speed, and efficiency in the enforcement thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-630 · 72 Stat. 583 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain Federal lands for certain lands owned by the State of Utah.

    Public Law 85-631 · 72 Stat. 587 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange lands comprising the Pleasant Grove Administrative Site, Uinta National Forest, Utah, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-632 · 72 Stat. 588 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

27. An Act Providing for the reconveyance to Salt Lake City, Utah, of the Forest Service fire warehouse lot in that city.

    Public Law 85-633 · 72 Stat. 589 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

28. An Act To provide for the Board of Trustees of the Postal Savings System to consist of the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Public Law 85-634 · 72 Stat. 589 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Act of June 7, 1897, as amended, and section 4233 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, with respect to lights for vessels towing or being overtaken.

    Public Law 85-635 · 72 Stat. 590 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

30. An Act Authorizing the modification of the Crisfield Harbor, Maryland, project in the interest of navigation.

    Public Law 85-636 · 72 Stat. 591 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

31. An Act To amend section 607 (d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

    Public Law 85-637 · 72 Stat. 592 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

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

    Public Law 85-638 · 72 Stat. 593 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

33. An Act To convey right-of-way to Eagle Creek Inter-Community Water Supply Association.

    Public Law 85-639 · 72 Stat. 594 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

34. An Act Relating to the procedure for altering certain bridges over navigable waters.

    Public Law 85-640 · 72 Stat. 595 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

35. An Act To permit desert land entries on disconnected tracts of lands which, In the case of any one entryman, form a compact unit and do not exceed in the aggregate three hundred and twenty acres.

    Public Law 85-641 · 72 Stat. 596 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

36. An Act To incorporate the Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America.

    Public Law 85-642 · 72 Stat. 597 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for a survey of the Coosawhatchie and Broad Rivers in South Carolina, upstream to the vicinity of Dawson Landing.

    Public Law 85-643 · 72 Stat. 601 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Act of July 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 1215) to authorize the furnishing of headstones or markers in memory of members of the Armed Forces dying in the service, whose remains have not been recovered or identified or were burled at sea.

    Public Law 85-644 · 72 Stat. 601 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

39. An Act To reduce from fifteen to thirteen inches the minimum width of paper in rolls which may be imported into the United States free of duty as standard news-print paper, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-645 · 72 Stat. 602 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for adjustments in the lands or interests therein acquired for the Albeni Falls Reservoir project, Idaho, by the reconveyance of certain lauds or interests therein to the former owners thereof.

    Public Law 85-646 · 72 Stat. 603 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the enlargement of the administrative headquarters site for Isle Royale National Park, Houghton, Michigan, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-647 · 72 Stat. 604 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

42. An Act To exclude certain lands from the Sequoia National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-648 · 72 Stat. 604 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

43. An Act To provide a right-of-way to the city of Alamogordo, a municipal Corporation of the State of New Mexico.

    Public Law 85-605 · 72 Stat. 605 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

44. An Act To provide that certain employees under the Jurisdiction of the commissioner of public lands and those under the jurisdiction of the board of harbor commissioners of the Territory of Hawaii shall be subject to the civil service laws of the Territory of Hawaii.

    Public Law 85-650 · 72 Stat. 606 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

45. An Act To add certain lands located in Idaho and Wyoming to the Caribou and Targhee National Forests.

    Public Law 85-651 · 72 Stat. 607 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

46. An Act To amend section 315 (m) of the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1957 to provide a special rate of compensation for certain blind veterans.

    Public Law 85-652 · 72 Stat. 608 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

47. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact.

    Public Law 85-653 · 72 Stat. 609 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the vessel admeasurement laws relating to water ballast spaces.

    Public Law 85-654 · 72 Stat. 611 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

49. An Act To extend certain veterans’ benefits to or on behalf of dependent husbands and widowers of female veterans.

    Public Law 85-655 · 72 Stat. 611 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Act of June 7, 1887, as amended, and section 4233A of the Revised Statutes, so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe day signals for certain vessels, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-656 · 72 Stat. 612 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for construction and other purposes.

    Public Law 85-657 · 72 Stat. 613 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 632), relating to the rehabilitation and preservation of historic properties In the New York City area, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-658 · 72 Stat. 613 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

53. An Act To provide that the Secretary of the Interior shall accept title to Grant’s Tomb in New York, New York, and maintain it as the General Grant National Memorial.

    Public Law 85-659 · 72 Stat. 614 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States located at the Veterans’ Administration hospital near Amarillo, Texas, to Potter County, Texas.

    Public Law 85-660 · 72 Stat. 614 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act with respect to payments from voluntary contributions accounts.

    Public Law 85-661 · 72 Stat. 614 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 26, title I, chapter 1, of the Act entitled “An Act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved June 6, 1900 (48 U. S. C. 381).

    Public Law 85-662 · 72 Stat. 615 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the repayment contract with the Arch Hurley Conservancy District, Tucumcari project, New Mexico.

    Public Law 85-663 · 72 Stat. 615 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

58. An Act To amend title VI of the Public Health Service Act to extend for an additional three-year period the Hospital Survey and Construction Act.

    Public Law 85-664 · 72 Stat. 616 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the conveyance of a pumping station and related facilities of the Intracoastal Waterway System at Algiers, Louisiana, to the Jefferson-Plaquemines Drainage District, Louisiana.

    Public Law 85-665 · 72 Stat. 616 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

60. An Act To revise the boundary of the Kings Canyon National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-666 · 72 Stat. 616 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain land at Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-667 · 72 Stat. 617 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States situated in Clallam County. Washington, to the Department of Natural Resources, State of Washington.

    Public Law 85-668 · 72 Stat. 617 · August 14, 1958 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Paul S. Watanabe.

    Private Law 85-595 · 72 Stat. A116 · August 18, 1958 · Private law · Original text

64. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-596 · 72 Stat. A116 · August 18, 1958 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Donald R. Pence.

    Private Law 85-597 · 72 Stat. A117 · August 18, 1958 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Lillian Cummings.

    Private Law 85-598 · 72 Stat. A117 · August 18, 1958 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Aununziata Gambini and Tomazo Gambini.

    Private Law 85-599 · 72 Stat. A118 · August 18, 1958 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Gerald Early.

    Private Law 85-600 · 72 Stat. A118 · August 18, 1958 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To validate the conveyance of certain land in the State of California by the Central Pacific Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Company to D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California.

    Private Law 85-601 · 72 Stat. A118 · August 18, 1958 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the State of Wyoming to the town of Dayton, Wyoming.

    Public Law 85-669 · 72 Stat. 618 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

71. An Act To enact a certain provision now included in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1958.

    Public Law 85-670 · 72 Stat. 618 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the distribution of the land and assets of certain Indian rancherias and reservations in California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-671 · 72 Stat. 619 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

73. Maritime Academy Act of 1958

    An Act To provide certain assistance to State and Territorial maritime academies or colleges.

    Public Law 85-672 · 72 Stat. 622 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to extend the privilege of substitution for the purpose of obtaining drawback upon reexportation to all classes of merchandise, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-673 · 72 Stat. 624 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

75. An Act To amend sections 802 and 803 of the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1957 to increase the burial allowance for deceased veterans from $150 to $250.

    Public Law 85-674 · 72 Stat. 624 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

76. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the refunding of the bonds of municipal corporations and public-utility districts in the Territory of Alaska, to validate bonds which have heretofore been Issued by a municipal corporation or any public-utility district in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes” (54 Stat. 14), approved June 17, 1940: to validate bonds which have heretofore been issued by any municipal corporation, any public-utility district or any school district in the Territory of Alaska; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-675 · 72 Stat. 625 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

77. An Act To provide that all interests of the United States in a certain tract of land formerly conveyed to it by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall be quit-claimed and returned to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

    Public Law 85-676 · 72 Stat. 627 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

78. An Act To grant the status of public lands to certain reef lands and vesting authority in the commissioner of public lands of the Territory of Hawaii in respect of reef lands having the status of public lands.

    Public Law 85-677 · 72 Stat. 628 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

79. An Act To increase from $5 to $10 per month for each $1,000 national service life insurance in force the amount of total (Usability income benefits which may be purchased by insureds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-678 · 72 Stat. 630 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-679 · 72 Stat. 630 · August 18, 1958 · Original text

81. An Act To provide for the conveyance of interests of the United States in and to uranium, thorium, and other materials in certain tracts of land situated in Jackson County, Mississippi.

    Private Law 85-602 · 72 Stat. A119 · August 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 207 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 so as to modify and improve the procedure for submission to the Attorney General of certain proposed surplus property disposals for his advice as to whether such disposals would be inconsistent with the antitrust laws.

    Public Law 85-680 · 72 Stat. 631 · August 19, 1958 · Original text

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

    Public Law 85-681 · 72 Stat. 632 · August 19, 1958 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for the conveyance of an interest of the United States In and to fissionable materials in a tract of land in Leon County, Florida.

    Public Law 85-682 · 72 Stat. 634 · August 19, 1958 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase flour and cornmeal and donating same for certain domestic and foreign purposes.

    Public Law 85-683 · 72 Stat. 635 · August 19, 1958 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Sono Hoshi.

    Private Law 85-603 · 72 Stat. A120 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Wadiha Salime Hamade.

    Private Law 85-604 · 72 Stat. A120 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-605 · 72 Stat. A121 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

89. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-606 · 72 Stat. A122 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-607 · 72 Stat. A123 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Stefano.

    Private Law 85-608 · 72 Stat. A123 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Margherita Conca.

    Private Law 85-609 · 72 Stat. A124 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Louise Nanton.

    Private Law 85-610 · 72 Stat. A124 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of John H. Parker.

    Private Law 85-611 · 72 Stat. A124 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Maria Fierro Calogero.

    Private Law 85-612 · 72 Stat. A125 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Iwan Okopny.

    Private Law 85-613 · 72 Stat. A125 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Wallace Y. Daniels.

    Private Law 85-614 · 72 Stat. A125 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Miss Terez Csencsits.

    Private Law 85-615 · 72 Stat. A126 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Wolfgang Stresemann.

    Private Law 85-616 · 72 Stat. A126 · August 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the several States to negotiate and enter into compacts for the purpose of promoting highway traffic safety.

     Public Law 85-684 · 72 Stat. 635 · August 20, 1958 · Original text