Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of William Franklin Rollins.

   Private Law 85-746 · 72 Stat. A202 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Boyd Dinehart and Richard Reams.

   Private Law 85-747 · 72 Stat. A202 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Clifford Oesterlei.

   Private Law 85-748 · 72 Stat. A203 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Truck and Axle Manufacturing Company.

   Private Law 85-749 · 72 Stat. A203 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Boris F. Navratil.

   Private Law 85-750 · 72 Stat. A204 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Maude L. Smith.

   Private Law 85-751 · 72 Stat. A204 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the former shareholders and debenture note holders of the Goshen Veneer Company, an Indiana corporation.

   Private Law 85-752 · 72 Stat. A204 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Metzgar.

   Private Law 85-753 · 72 Stat. A205 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of James McGuire.

   Private Law 85-754 · 72 Stat. A205 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Angelo Sardo.

    Private Law 85-755 · 72 Stat. A206 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Viola Belger.

    Private Law 85-756 · 72 Stat. A206 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Minnie Perreira.

    Private Law 85-757 · 72 Stat. A206 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the estate of A. A. Alexander.

    Private Law 85-758 · 72 Stat. A207 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Hipolito C. DeBaca.

    Private Law 85-759 · 72 Stat. A207 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Kiiko Nemoto.

    Private Law 85-760 · 72 Stat. A207 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of the estate of L. L. McCandless, deceased.

    Private Law 85-761 · 72 Stat. A208 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Paul E. Nolan.

    Private Law 85-762 · 72 Stat. A208 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Ernest T. Stephens.

    Private Law 85-763 · 72 Stat. A209 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Alto Ross and children and for E. B. Ard and his daughter, Mrs. Joan Ard Nichols.

    Private Law 85-764 · 72 Stat. A209 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Anneliese Ottolenghi.

    Private Law 85-765 · 72 Stat. A210 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Bernard H. English and John E. Hayden.

    Private Law 85-766 · 72 Stat. A210 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

22. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-767 · 72 Stat. A211 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-768 · 72 Stat. A211 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To facilitate the admission into the United States of certain aliens, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 85-769 · 72 Stat. A212 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Auf der Heide-Aragona, Incorporated, of West New York, New Jersey.

    Private Law 85-770 · 72 Stat. A213 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Doctor Brant Bonner.

    Private Law 85-771 · 72 Stat. A214 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Laszlo Cseri, Dorothy Margarethe Hadjisky, Maria Miceli, and Francesco Riso.

    Private Law 85-772 · 72 Stat. A214 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Carl Ebert and his wife, Gertrude Ebert.

    Private Law 85-773 · 72 Stat. A215 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Vivian D. Giesey.

    Private Law 85-774 · 72 Stat. A215 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Marie Inette Konomos.

    Private Law 85-775 · 72 Stat. A215 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Vicenta Garcia y Puente.

    Private Law 85-776 · 72 Stat. A216 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Chiyoko Yoshimoto.

    Private Law 85-777 · 72 Stat. A216 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Mercede Svaldi.

    Private Law 85-778 · 72 Stat. A216 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Harold Pangelinan.

    Private Law 85-779 · 72 Stat. A217 · September 2, 1958 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 544 of title 28, United States Code, relating to the bonds of United States marshals.

    Public Law 85-856 · 72 Stat. 1104 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

36. An Act To consolidate into one Act all of the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-857 · 72 Stat. 1105 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

37. An Act To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, relating to travel expenses of civilian officers and employees assigned to duty posts outside the continental United States.

    Public Law 85-858 · 72 Stat. 1274 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

38. Excise Tax Technical Changes Act of 1958

    An Act To make technical changes in the Federal excise tax laws, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-859 · 72 Stat. 1275 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

39. An Act Directing the Secretary of the Army to transfer certain buildings to the Crow Creek Sioux Indian Tribe.

    Public Law 85-860 · 72 Stat. 1436 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

40. An Act To amend titles 10, 14, and 32, United States Code, to codify recent military law, and to improve the Code.

    Public Law 85-861 · 72 Stat. 1437 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

41. An Act To facilitate administration and management by the Secretary of Agriculture of certain lands of the United States within national forests.

    Public Law 85-862 · 72 Stat. 1571 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

42. An Act To facilitate administration and management by the Secretary of Agriculture of certain lands of the United States within national forests.

    Public Law 85-862 · 72 Stat. 1571 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

43. Public Works Appropriation Act, 1959

    An Act Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-863 · 72 Stat. 1572 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

44. National Defense Education Act of 1958

    An Act To strengthen the national defense and to encourage and assist in the expansion and improvement of educational programs to meet critical national needs; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-864 · 72 Stat. 1580 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.

    Public Law 85-865 · 72 Stat. 1605 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

46. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to correct unintended benefits and hardships and to make technical amendments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-866 · 72 Stat. 1606 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

47. An Act To provide further protection against the Introduction and dissemination of livestock diseases, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-867 · 72 Stat. 1685 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for the exchange of lands between the United States and the Navajo Tribe, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-868 · 72 Stat. 1686 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

49. An Act To validate overpayments of pay and allowances made to certain officers of the Army, Navy, Naval Reserve, and Air Force, while undergoing training at civilian hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-869 · 72 Stat. 1690 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

50. An Act To incorporate the Big Brothers of America.

    Public Law 85-870 · 72 Stat. 1691 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the War Orphans’ Educational Assistance Act of 1956 to permit the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to make payments with respect to special restorative training, or specialized courses of vocational training, for younger persons than those with respect to whom the Administrator may now make such payments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-871 · 72 Stat. 1695 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

52. An Act Relating to effective dates of increases in compensation granted to wage board employees.

    Public Law 85-872 · 72 Stat. 1696 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain real property heretofore conveyed to the city of El Paso, Texas, by the United States, for other real property of equal value, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-873 · 72 Stat. 1697 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

54. National Cultural Center Act

    An Act To provide for a National Cultural Center which will be constructed, with funds raised by voluntary contributions, on a site made available in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 85-874 · 72 Stat. 1698 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

55. An Act To require the Commissioner of Education to encourage, foster, and assist in the establishment of clubs for boys and girls especially interested in science.

    Public Law 85-875 · 72 Stat. 1700 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

56. An Act To clarify the requirements with respect to the performance of labor imposed as a condition for the holding of mining claims on Federal lands pending the Issuance of patents therefor.

    Public Law 85-876 · 72 Stat. 1701 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the negotiation of a compact between the State of Minnesota and the Province of Manitoba, Canada, for the development of a highway to provide access to the northwest angle in such State.

    Public Law 85-877 · 72 Stat. 1701 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of July 24, 1956 (70 Stat. 625), entitled “To provide that payments be made to certain members of the Pine Ridge Sioux Tribe of Indians as reimbursement for damages suffered as the result of the establishment of the Pine Ridge aerial gunnery range.”

    Public Law 85-878 · 72 Stat. 1702 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to recognize the high public service rendered by Major Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause and means of transmission of yellow fever”, approved February 28, 1929, by including therein the name of Roger P. Ames.

    Public Law 85-879 · 72 Stat. 1702 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

60. An Act To provide for participation of the United States in the World Science-Pan Pacific Exposition to be held at Seattle, Washington, in 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-880 · 72 Stat. 1703 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

61. An Act To relieve the Surgeons General of the Army and Navy of certain reponsibilities outside the Department of Defense.

    Public Law 85-881 · 72 Stat. 1704 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for adjustments in the annuities under the Foreign Service retirement and disability system.

    Public Law 85-882 · 72 Stat. 1705 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Providing for the construction of demonstration plants for the production, from saline or brackish waters, of water suitable for agricultural, industrial, municipal, and other beneficial consumptive uses.

    Public Law 85-883 · 72 Stat. 1706 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended.

    Public Law 85-884 · 72 Stat. 1708 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of the Rama Road in Nicaragua.

    Public Law 85-885 · 72 Stat. 1709 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to extend the authority to lease out Federal building sites until needed for construction purposes and the Act of June 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 644), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-886 · 72 Stat. 1709 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and eradicate the predatory dogfish sharks to control the depredations of this species on the fisheries of the Pacific coast, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-887 · 72 Stat. 1710 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 in order to increase the authorization for the fisheries loan fund established under such Act.

    Public Law 85-888 · 72 Stat. 1710 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

69. An Act To approve a repayment contract negotiated with the Heart Mountain Irrigation District, Wyoming, and to authorize its execution.

    Public Law 85-889 · 72 Stat. 1711 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1449), as amended, to incorporate in the Organic Act of the National Bureau of Standards the authority to acquire land for field sites, to undertake construction and improvement of buildings and for other activities.

    Public Law 85-890 · 72 Stat. 1711 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize a program for the conservation, restoration, and management of the rare Hawaiian Nene goose.

    Public Law 85-891 · 72 Stat. 1712 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of certain distressed aliens.

    Public Law 85-892 · 72 Stat. 1712 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

73. An Act To amend that part of the Act of June 9, 1896 (29 Stat. 313), relating to the establishment of postal stations and branch post offices, so as to permit them to be established within ten miles of the boundary of the adjoining city.

    Public Law 85-893 · 72 Stat. 1713 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

74. An Act To amend title 32 of the United States Code to permit the appointment of the Adjutant General of Puerto Rico as provided by the laws of the Common-wealth of Puerto Rico.

    Public Law 85-894 · 72 Stat. 1713 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for certain Improvements relating to the Capitol Power Plant and its distribution systems.

    Public Law 85-895 · 72 Stat. 1714 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

76. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to authorize the conversion or exchange, under certain conditions, of term insurance issued under section 621 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-896 · 72 Stat. 1716 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

77. Textile Fiber Products Identification Act

    An Act To protect producers and consumers against misbranding and false advertising of the fiber content of textile fiber products, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-897 · 72 Stat. 1717 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands at the Rochester Fish-Cultural Station, Indiana.

    Public Law 85-898 · 72 Stat. 1724 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Federal-Aid Highway Acts of 1956 and 1958 by advancing the date for submission of the revised estimate of cost of completing the Interstate System and to extend the approval of such estimate for an additional year.

    Public Law 85-899 · 72 Stat. 1725 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

80. Boulder City Act of 1958

    An Act To provide for the disposal of certain Federal property in the Boulder City area, to provide assistance in the establishment of a municipality incorporated under the laws of Nevada, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-900 · 72 Stat. 1726 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Public School Food Services Act.

    Public Law 85-901 · 72 Stat. 1735 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920.

    Public Law 85-902 · 72 Stat. 1736 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

83. An Act To incorporate the Jewish War Veterans, U. S. A., National Memorial, Inc.

    Public Law 85-903 · 72 Stat. 1738 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Designating the week of November 21–27, 1958, as National Farm-City Week.

    Public Law 85-904 · 72 Stat. 1741 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

85. An Act To provide in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for a loan service of captioned films for the deaf.

    Public Law 85-905 · 72 Stat. 1742 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

86. An Act To establish a Commission and Advisory Committee on International Rules of Judicial Procedure.

    Public Law 85-906 · 72 Stat. 1743 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of certain employees of the Department of the Navy.

    Public Law 85-907 · 72 Stat. 1745 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

88. White House Conference on Aging Act

    An Act To provide for holding a White House Conference on Aging to be called by the President of the United States in January 1961, to be planned and conducted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the assistance and cooperation of other departments and agencies represented on the Federal Council on Aging; to assist the several States In conducting similar conferences on aging prior to the White House Conference on Aging; and for related purposes.

    Public Law 85-908 · 72 Stat. 1746 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

89. An Act To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-909 · 72 Stat. 1749 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the establishment of Grand Portage National Monument in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-910 · 72 Stat. 1751 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

91. Federal Boating Act of 1958

    An Act To promote boating safety on the navigable waters of the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia; to provide coordination and cooperation with the States in the interest of uniformity of boating laws; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-911 · 72 Stat. 1754 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

92. An Act To increase the public debt limit.

    Public Law 85-912 · 72 Stat. 1758 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Virgin Islands Corporation Act (63 Stat. 350), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-913 · 72 Stat. 1759 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

94. An Act To provide for the lump-sum payment of all accumulated and current accrued annual leave of deceased employees.

    Public Law 85-914 · 72 Stat. 1761 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

95. An Act To provide for the acquisition of lands by the United States required for the reservoir created by the construction of Oahe Dam on the Missouri River and for rehabilitation of the Indians of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota and North Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-915 · 72 Stat. 1762 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

96. An Act To provide for additional payments to the Indians of the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, whose lands have been acquired for the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir project, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-916 · 72 Stat. 1766 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

97. An Act To increase annuities payable to certain annuitants from the District of Columbia teachers retirement and annuity fund, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-917 · 72 Stat. 1768 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 626), providing for the establishment of a Civil War Centennial Commission.

    Public Law 85-918 · 72 Stat. 1769 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 1292 of title 28 of the United States Code relating to appeals from interlocutory orders.

    Public Law 85-919 · 72 Stat. 1770 · September 2, 1958 · Original text

100. An Act Relating to venue in tax refund suits by corporations.

     Public Law 85-920 · 72 Stat. 1770 · September 2, 1958 · Original text