Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, to restrict its application in certain overseas areas, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 85-231 · 71 Stat. 514 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To extend the time limit for the Secretary of Commerce to sell certain war-built vessels for utilization on essential trade routes 3 and 4.

   Public Law 85-232 · 71 Stat. 514 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Alaska Public Works Act (63 Stat. 627, 48 U. S. C. 486 and the following) to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to convey federally owned land utilized in the furnishing of public works.

   Public Law 85-233 · 71 Stat. 515 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the transfer of certain housing projects to the city of Decatur, Illinois, or to the Decatur Housing Authority.

   Public Law 85-234 · 71 Stat. 515 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the temporary free importation of certain tanning extracts, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to suspend temporarily the tax on the processing of coconut oil.

   Public Law 85-235 · 71 Stat. 516 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

6. An Act To provide for the conveyance to the State of California a portion of the property known as Veterans’ Administration Center Reservation, Los Angeles, California, to be used for National Guard purposes.

   Public Law 85-236 · 71 Stat. 516 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the laws relating to the endorsement of masters on vessel documents and to provide certain additional penalties for failure to exhibit vessel documents or other papers when required by enforcement officers.

   Public Law 85-237 · 71 Stat. 517 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

8. An Act To amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to make inapplicable, in the case of the survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces, the provisions which presently prevent the payment of benefits to aliens who are outside the United States.

   Public Law 85-238 · 71 Stat. 518 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend the time within which a minister may elect coverage as a self employed individual for social security purposes and to permit such a minister to include, for social security purposes, the value of meals and lodging furnished him for the convenience of his employer and the rental value of the parsonage furnished to him, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 85-239 · 71 Stat. 521 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

10. Coulee Dam Community Act of 1957

    An Act To provide for the disposal of certain Federal property in the Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee areas, to provide assistance in the establishment of a municipality incorporated under the laws of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-240 · 71 Stat. 524 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-241 · 71 Stat. 531 · August 30, 1957 · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Lee-Ana Roberts.

    Private Law 85-271 · 71 Stat. A106 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Elthanlahu (Eton) Yellin.

    Private Law 85-272 · 71 Stat. A106 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Pao-Wei Yung.

    Private Law 85-273 · 71 Stat. A107 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Toribia Basterrechea (Arrola).

    Private Law 85-274 · 71 Stat. A107 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Ansis Luis Darzins.

    Private Law 85-275 · 71 Stat. A107 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Nicholas Dilles.

    Private Law 85-276 · 71 Stat. A108 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of John Panagiotou.

    Private Law 85-277 · 71 Stat. A108 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Charles Douglas.

    Private Law 85-278 · 71 Stat. A108 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Salvatore Salerno.

    Private Law 85-279 · 71 Stat. A108 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a certain tract of land owned by the United States to the Perkins Chapel Methodist Church, Bowie, Maryland.

    Private Law 85-280 · 71 Stat. A109 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Jozice Matana Koulia and Davorko Matana Koulia.

    Private Law 85-281 · 71 Stat. A109 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Vaclav Uhlik, Marta Uhlik, Vaclav Uhlik, Junior, and Eva Uhlik.

    Private Law 85-282 · 71 Stat. A109 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

24. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-283 · 71 Stat. A110 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Thomas P. Quigley.

    Private Law 85-284 · 71 Stat. A111 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the sale of certain keys In the State of Florida by the Secretary of the Interior.

    Private Law 85-285 · 71 Stat. A111 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere, Incorporated.

    Private Law 85-286 · 71 Stat. A112 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To validate a patent issued to Carl E. Robinson, of Anchor Point, Alaska, for certain land in Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 85-287 · 71 Stat. A112 · August 31, 1957 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To amend the act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes;” approved June 3, 1896.

    Public Law 85-242 · 71 Stat. 559 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution Designating the week of November 22–28, 1957, as National Farm-City Week.

    Public Law 85-243 · 71 Stat. 559 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

31. An Act To modify the Code of Law for the District of Columbia to provide for a uniform succession of real and personal property in case of intestacy, to abolish dower and courtesy, and to grant unto a surviving spouse a statutory share in the other’s real estate owned at time of death, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-244 · 71 Stat. 560 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

32. An Act To provide that the United States shall return to the former owners certain mineral interests in lands acquired for the Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid, and Grenada Reservoirs, Mississippi.

    Public Law 85-245 · 71 Stat. 563 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

33. An Act To amend section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.

    Public Law 85-246 · 71 Stat. 564 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution Providing for the recognition and endorsement of the second World Metal lurgical Congress.

    Public Law 85-247 · 71 Stat. 565 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the town of Medicine Lake, Montana.

    Public Law 85-248 · 71 Stat. 565 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the act of October 31, 1949, to extend until June 30, 1960, the authority of the Surgeon General to make certain payments to Bernalillo County, N. Mexico, for furnishing hospital care to certain Indians.

    Public Law 85-249 · 71 Stat. 566 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

37. An Act To amend section 304 (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, with respect to the disposition of certain imported articles which have been seized and condemned.

    Public Law 85-250 · 71 Stat. 567 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Korean conflict.

    Public Law 85-251 · 71 Stat. 567 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution To suspend the application of certain Federal laws with respect to personnel employed by the House Committee on Ways and Means in connection with the investigations ordered by H. Res. 104, Eighty-fifth Congress.

    Public Law 85-252 · 71 Stat. 567 · August 31, 1957 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Robert F. Gross.

    Private Law 85-288 · 71 Stat. A113 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Alice Eirl Schaer (Mi Ou Lee).

    Private Law 85-289 · 71 Stat. A113 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Hrygory (Harry) Mydlak.

    Private Law 85-290 · 71 Stat. A113 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of John Nicholas Christodoulias.

    Private Law 85-291 · 71 Stat. A114 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Sandra Ann Scott.

    Private Law 85-292 · 71 Stat. A114 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Wanda Wawrzyczek.

    Private Law 85-293 · 71 Stat. A114 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Guy H. Davant.

    Private Law 85-294 · 71 Stat. A115 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-295 · 71 Stat. A115 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-296 · 71 Stat. A116 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Westfedlt Brothers.

    Private Law 85-297 · 71 Stat. A117 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of the First National Bank of Birmingham, Alabama.

    Private Law 85-298 · 71 Stat. A118 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Harry V. Shoop, Frederick J. Richardson, Joseph D. Rosenlieb, Joseph E. P. McCann, and Junior K. Schoolcraft.

    Private Law 85-299 · 71 Stat. A118 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Pedro Gonzales.

    Private Law 85-300 · 71 Stat. A119 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Thomas F. Milton.

    Private Law 85-301 · 71 Stat. A119 · September 2, 1957 · Private law · Original text

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

    Public Law 85-253 · 71 Stat. 568 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act.

    Public Law 85-254 · 71 Stat. 569 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize settlement for certain inequitable losses in pay sustained by officers of the commissioned services under the emergency economy legislation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-255 · 71 Stat. 575 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

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

    Public Law 85-256 · 71 Stat. 576 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the temporary free importation of casein.

    Public Law 85-257 · 71 Stat. 579 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

59. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Navy or his designee to convey a two thousand four hundred seventy-seven and forty-three one-hundredths acre tract of land, avigation, and sewer easements in Tarrant and Wise Counties, Texas, situated about twenty miles northwest of the city of Fort Worth, Texas, to the State of Texas.

    Public Law 85-258 · 71 Stat. 580 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 1867 of title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the use of certified mail in summoning Jurors.

    Public Law 85-259 · 71 Stat. 583 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

61. An Act To further amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the conveyance of a portion of the United States military reservation at Fort Schuyler, New York, to the State of New York for use as a maritime school, and for other purposes”, approved September 5, 1850, as amended.

    Public Law 85-260 · 71 Stat. 584 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

62. An Act To amend section 372 of title 28. United States Code.

    Public Law 85-261 · 71 Stat. 586 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To establish a Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission.

    Public Law 85-262 · 71 Stat. 587 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

64. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to furnish heraldic services.

    Public Law 85-263 · 71 Stat. 589 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

65. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Columbia Basin Project Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-264 · 71 Stat. 590 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

66. An Act To grant certain lands to the Territory of Alaska.

    Public Law 85-265 · 71 Stat. 591 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to acreage history.

    Public Law 85-266 · 71 Stat. 592 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

68. An Act To provide a one-year extension of the programs of financial Assistance In the construction of schools in areas affected by Federal activities under the provisions of Public Law X15, Eighty-first Congress.

    Public Law 85-267 · 71 Stat. 593 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

69. An Act To amend section 1710 of title 18, United States Code, so as to conform to the Act of July 14, 1950 (70 Stat. 538–540).

    Public Law 85-268 · 71 Stat. 594 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

70. An Act To amend chapter 223, title 18. United States Code, to provide for the production of statements and reports of witnesses.

    Public Law 85-269 · 71 Stat. 595 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

71. An Act To provide that the commanding general of the militia of the District of Columbia shall hold the rank of brigadier general or major general.

    Public Law 85-270 · 71 Stat. 596 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

72. An Act Relating to the north half of section 33, township 28 south, range 50 east. Copper River meridian, Alaska.

    Public Law 85-271 · 71 Stat. 596 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the relief of certain female members of the Air Force, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-272 · 71 Stat. 597 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved August 17, 1937, as amended.

    Public Law 85-273 · 71 Stat. 598 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

75. An Act To provide reimbursement to the tribal council of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in accordance with the Act of September 3, 1954.

    Public Law 85-274 · 71 Stat. 598 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

76. An Act To amend subdivision b of section 14—Discharges, when granted—of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, and subdivision b of section 58—Notices—the Bankruptcy Act, as amended.

    Public Law 85-275 · 71 Stat. 599 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

77. An Act To amend section 633 of title 28, United States Code, prescribing fees of United States commissioners.

    Public Law 85-276 · 71 Stat. 600 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

78. An Act To make uniform the termination date for the use of official franks by former Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-277 · 71 Stat. 600 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

79. An Act To provide that there shall be two county committees elected under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act for certain counties.

    Public Law 85-278 · 71 Stat. 601 · September 2, 1957 · Original text

80. Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1958

    An Act Making appropriations for Mutual Security for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-279 · 71 Stat. 601 · September 3, 1957 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-302 · 71 Stat. A119 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Homer Cazamias.

    Private Law 85-303 · 71 Stat. A120 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Gilbert B. Mar.

    Private Law 85-304 · 71 Stat. A120 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Albert A. Heinze.

    Private Law 85-305 · 71 Stat. A121 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Martin Wunderlich Company.

    Private Law 85-306 · 71 Stat. A121 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Filomena and Emil Ferrara.

    Private Law 85-307 · 71 Stat. A121 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of G. H. Litts.

    Private Law 85-308 · 71 Stat. A122 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the estate of Agnes Moulton Cannon and for the relief of Clifton L. Cannon, Senior.

    Private Law 85-309 · 71 Stat. A122 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Virginia Ray Potts.

    Private Law 85-310 · 71 Stat. A122 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Jaffa Kam.

    Private Law 85-311 · 71 Stat. A122 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Use Striegan Bacon.

    Private Law 85-312 · 71 Stat. A124 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Necmettin Cengiz.

    Private Law 85-313 · 71 Stat. A124 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Pauline Ethel Angus.

    Private Law 85-314 · 71 Stat. A124 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ahsapet Gamityan.

    Private Law 85-315 · 71 Stat. A125 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Zdenka Sueler.

    Private Law 85-316 · 71 Stat. A125 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Helene Cordery Hall.

    Private Law 85-317 · 71 Stat. A125 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Edward Martin Hinsberger.

    Private Law 85-318 · 71 Stat. A125 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Daniel Alcide Charlebois.

    Private Law 85-319 · 71 Stat. A126 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Junko Matsuoka Eckrich.

    Private Law 85-320 · 71 Stat. A126 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Refugio Guerrero-Monje.

     Private Law 85-321 · 71 Stat. A126 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text