Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Itsumi Kasahara.

   Private Law 85-322 · 71 Stat. A127 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Maria Talioura Boisot.

   Private Law 85-323 · 71 Stat. A127 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Delfina Cinco de Lopez.

   Private Law 85-324 · 71 Stat. A127 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Maria Domenica Ricci.

   Private Law 85-325 · 71 Stat. A127 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Maria Goldet.

   Private Law 85-326 · 71 Stat. A128 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Letizia Maria Arini.

   Private Law 85-327 · 71 Stat. A128 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Sherwood Lloyd Pierce.

   Private Law 85-328 · 71 Stat. A128 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Sala Weissbard.

   Private Law 85-329 · 71 Stat. A127 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Margaret E. Culloty.

   Private Law 85-330 · 71 Stat. A129 · September 4, 1957 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements in certain lands to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for road widening purposes.

    Public Law 85-280 · 71 Stat. 604 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 194T, as amended, to exclude social security benefits and to provide additional exemptions for age and blindness, and to exempt from personal property taxation in the District of Columbia boats used solely for pleasure purposes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-281 · 71 Stat. 605 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain land in the State of Missouri.

    Public Law 85-282 · 71 Stat. 607 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

13. An Act To approve the contract negotiated with the Casper-Alcova Irrigation District, to authorize Its execution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-283 · 71 Stat. 608 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

14. An Act To amend paragraph 1684 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to istle or Tampico fiber, to admit free of duty a beta-ray spectrometer for use at Stanford University, Stanford, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-284 · 71 Stat. 609 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

15. An Act To further amend the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended by the Act of October 25, 1951 (65 Stat. 657), to provide for the exchange of lands of the United States as a site for the pew Sibley Memorial Hospital; to provide for the transfer of the property of the Hahnemann Hospital of the District of Columbia, formerly the National Homeopathic Association, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, to the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries, including Sibley Memorial Hospital, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-285 · 71 Stat. 610 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

16. An Act To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before June 1, 1959.

    Public Law 85-286 · 71 Stat. 611 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to increase the salaries of certain executives of the Atomic Energy Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-287 · 71 Stat. 612 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for the conveyance to the city of Warner Robins, Georgia. of certain lands and any improvements located thereon in such city.

    Public Law 85-288 · 71 Stat. 613 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Act of June 23, 1949, as amended, to provide that telephone and telegraph service furnished Members of the House of Representatives shall be computed on a biennial rather than an annual basis.

    Public Law 85-289 · 71 Stat. 614 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Establishing that the second regular session of the 85th Congress convene at noon on Tuesday, January 7, 1958.

    Public Law 85-290 · 71 Stat. 614 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Jackson School Township, Indiana.

    Public Law 85-291 · 71 Stat. 615 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

22. An Act To require the Secretary of the Army to convey to the county of Los Angeles, California, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain portions of n tract of land heretofore conditionally conveyed to such county.

    Public Law 85-292 · 71 Stat. 615 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

23. An Act To provide for the conveyance to the State of Florida of a certain tract of land in such State owned by the United States.

    Public Law 85-293 · 71 Stat. 616 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

24. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the disposal of federally owned property at obsolescent canalized waterways, and for other purposes”.

    Public Law 85-294 · 71 Stat. 616 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

25. An Act To amend section 116 of chapter X of the Federal Bankruptcy Act, to make certain equipment trust provisions applicable to aircraft and aircraft equipment of air carriers.

    Public Law 85-295 · 71 Stat. 617 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

26. An Act To facilitate the conduct of fishing operations in the Territory of Alaska, to promote the conservation of fishery resources thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-296 · 71 Stat. 617 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation in connection with the centennial of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt.

    Public Law 85-297 · 71 Stat. 617 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

28. An Act To amend section 124 (c) of title 28 of the United States Code so as to transfer Shelby County from the Beaumont to the Tyler division of the eastern district of Texas.

    Public Law 85-298 · 71 Stat. 618 · September 4, 1957 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Sergeant Donald D. Coleman.

    Private Law 85-331 · 71 Stat. A129 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of George H. Meyer Sons, Brauer and Company, Joseph McSweeney and Sons, Incorporated, C. L. Tomlinson, Junior, and Richmond Livestock Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 85-332 · 71 Stat. A130 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jennie Maurello.

    Private Law 85-333 · 71 Stat. A130 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Benedict M. Kordus.

    Private Law 85-334 · 71 Stat. A131 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of J. A. Ross and Company.

    Private Law 85-335 · 71 Stat. A131 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Ramon Tavarez.

    Private Law 85-336 · 71 Stat. A132 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Michael D. Ovens.

    Private Law 85-337 · 71 Stat. A132 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Clara M. Briggs.

    Private Law 85-338 · 71 Stat. A132 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Madame Henriette Buaillon and Stanley James Carpenter.

    Private Law 85-339 · 71 Stat. A133 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Richard M. Taylor and Lydia Taylor.

    Private Law 85-340 · 71 Stat. A133 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain lands within the Old Hickory lock and dam project, Cumberland River, Tennessee, to Middle Tennessee Council, Incorporated, Boy Scouts of America, for recreation and camping purposes.

    Private Law 85-341 · 71 Stat. A134 · September 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To amend section 1871 of title 28, United States Code, to Increase the mileage and subsistence allowances of grand and petit jurors.

    Public Law 85-299 · 71 Stat. 618 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

41. District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957

    An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation by the Armory Board of the District of Columbia of a stadium in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-300 · 71 Stat. 619 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

42. An Act To provide additional office space in home districts of Congressmen, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners.

    Public Law 85-301 · 71 Stat. 622 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

43. An Act To remove the limitation on the use of certain real property heretofore conveyed to the city of Austin, Texas, by the United States

    Public Law 85-302 · 71 Stat. 622 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

44. An Act To grunt to the Territory of Alaska title to certain lands beneath tidal waters, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-303 · 71 Stat. 623 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Act of June 9, 18SO, entitled “An Act to grant to the corporate authorities of the city of Council Bluffs, in the State of Iowa, for public uses, a certain lake or bayou situated near said city”.

    Public Law 85-304 · 71 Stat. 625 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution To establish a commission to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Civil War, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-305 · 71 Stat. 626 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Act of January 12, 1951, as amended, to continue in effect the provisions of title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941.

    Public Law 85-306 · 71 Stat. 628 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for Government guaranty of private loans to certain air carriers for purchase of modern aircraft and equipment, to foster the development and use of modern transport aircraft by such carriers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-307 · 71 Stat. 629 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”.

    Public Law 85-308 · 71 Stat. 630 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 214 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, to prevent the use of arbitrary stock par values to evade Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction.

    Public Law 85-309 · 71 Stat. 631 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

51. An Act To clarify the authority of the President to fill the judgeship for the district of South Dakota authorized by the Act of February 10, 1954, and to repeal the prohibition contained in such Act against filling the next vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for such district.

    Public Law 85-310 · 71 Stat. 631 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

52. An Act Relating to the computation of income for the purpose of payment of death benefits to parents or pension for non-service-connected disability or death in certain cases.

    Public Law 85-311 · 71 Stat. 632 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize Commodity Credit Corporation to grant relief with respect to claims arising out of deliveries of eligible surplus feed grains on ineligible dates in connection with purchase orders under Its emergency feed program.

    Public Law 85-312 · 71 Stat. 632 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

54. An Act To amend title 17 of the United States Code entitled “Copyrights” to provide for a statute of limitations with respect to civil actions.

    Public Law 85-313 · 71 Stat. 633 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

55. An Act To permit the Secretary of Agriculture to sell to individuals land in Ottawa County, Michigan, which was acquired pursuant to the provisions of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act.

    Public Law 85-314 · 71 Stat. 633 · September 7, 1957 · Original text

56. Civil Rights Act of 1957

    An Act To provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States.

    Public Law 85-315 · 71 Stat. 634 · September 9, 1957 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-316 · 71 Stat. 639 · September 11, 1957 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to commemorate with appropriate ceremonies the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Oregon into the Union.

    Public Law 85-317 · 72 Stat. 706 · February 4, 1958 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to prevent unjust enrichment by precluding refunds of alcohol and tobacco taxes to persons who have not borne the ultimate burden of the tax.

    Public Law 85-323 · 72 Stat. 10 · February 11, 1958 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 812 (e) (1) (D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 with respect to certain decedents who were adjudged incompetent before April 2, 1948.

    Public Law 85-318 · 72 Stat. 706 · February 11, 1958 · Original text

61. An Act To amend section 223 of the Revenue Act of 1950 so that it will apply to taxable years ending in 1934 to which the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 applies.

    Public Law 85-319 · 72 Stat. 706 · February 11, 1958 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the basis of stock acquired by the exercise of restricted stock options after the death of the employee.

    Public Law 85-320 · 72 Stat. 706 · February 11, 1958 · Original text

63. An Act Relating to the administration of certain collected taxes.

    Public Law 85-321 · 72 Stat. 706 · February 11, 1958 · Original text

64. Supplemental Defense Appropriation Act, 1958

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Usual year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-322 · 72 Stat. 706 · February 11, 1958 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-324 · 72 Stat. 10 · February 12, 1958 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to establish and develop certain installations for the national security, and to confer certain authority on the Secretary of Defense, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-325 · 72 Stat. 11 · February 12, 1958 · Original text

67. An Act To provide allowances for transportation of house trailers to civilian employees of the United States who are transferred from one official station to another.

    Public Law 85-326 · 72 Stat. 14 · February 12, 1958 · Original text

68. An Act To rename the Strawn Dam and Reservoir project in the State of Kansas as the John Redmond Dam and Reservoir.

    Public Law 85-327 · 72 Stat. 14 · February 15, 1958 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Hospital Center Act in order to extend the time and increase the authorization for appropriations for the purposes of such Act, and to provide that grants under such Act may be made to certain organizations organized to construct and operate hospital facilities in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 85-328 · 72 Stat. 15 · February 15, 1958 · Original text

70. An Act To provide that the lock and dam referred to as the Tuscaloosa Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known and designated as the William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam.

    Public Law 85-329 · 72 Stat. 15 · February 15, 1958 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the erection of suitable markers at Fort Myer, Virginia, to commemorate the first flight of an airplane on an Army installation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-330 · 72 Stat. 15 · February 15, 1958 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Karl L. Larson.

    Private Law 85-342 · 72 Stat. A3 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Percy Hamilton Hebert.

    Private Law 85-343 · 72 Stat. A3 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Doctor Royal W. Williams.

    Private Law 85-344 · 72 Stat. A4 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of William F. Kempe.

    Private Law 85-345 · 72 Stat. A4 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Madeleine A. Work.

    Private Law 85-346 · 72 Stat. A5 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Colonel Jack C. Jeffrey.

    Private Law 85-347 · 72 Stat. A5 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the estate of Isa Hajime.

    Private Law 85-348 · 72 Stat. A6 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Anton N. Nyerges.

    Private Law 85-349 · 72 Stat. A6 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Henry M. Lednicky.

    Private Law 85-350 · 72 Stat. A6 · February 19, 1958 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To amend section 216 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for appointments of cadets from the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone.

    Public Law 85-331 · 72 Stat. 15 · February 20, 1958 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 510 (a) (1) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to accelerate the trade-in of old vessels with replacement by modern vessels.

    Public Law 85-332 · 72 Stat. 15 · February 20, 1958 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To authorize the construction of certain water conservation projects to provide for a more adequate supply of water for irrigation purposes in the Pecos River Basin, New Mexico and Texas.

    Public Law 85-333 · 72 Stat. 15 · February 20, 1958 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Acts known as the “Life Insurance Act”, approved June 19, 1934, and the “Fire and Casualty Act”, approved October 9, 1940.

    Public Law 85-334 · 72 Stat. 15 · February 22, 1958 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for small-business disaster loans in areas affected by excessive rainfall.

    Public Law 85-335 · 72 Stat. 27 · February 22, 1958 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the Thomas Cruse Mining and Development Company.

    Private Law 85-351 · 72 Stat. A7 · February 26, 1958 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Margie C. Stewart.

    Private Law 85-352 · 72 Stat. A7 · February 26, 1958 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

    Public Law 85-336 · 72 Stat. 27 · February 26, 1958 · Original text

89. An Act To provide that withdrawals, reservations, or restrictions of more than five thousand acres of public lands of the United States for certain purposes shall not become effective until approved by Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-337 · 72 Stat. 27 · February 28, 1958 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Acme Bag and Burlap Company and others.

    Private Law 85-353 · 72 Stat. A7 · March 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To prescribe the weight to be given to evidence of tests of alcohol in the blood, urine, or breath of persons tried in the District of Columbia for certain offenses committed while operating vehicles.

    Public Law 85-338 · 72 Stat. 30 · March 4, 1958 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Roma H. Sellers.

    Private Law 85-354 · 72 Stat. A9 · March 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

93. Joint Resolution For the relief of Edward H. Turri and Mario Guiffre.

    Private Law 85-355 · 72 Stat. A10 · March 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-356 · 72 Stat. A10 · March 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

95. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-357 · 72 Stat. A11 · March 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-358 · 72 Stat. A12 · March 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-359 · 72 Stat. A12 · March 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of Nevada to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada acting for the State of Nevada.

    Public Law 85-339 · 72 Stat. 30 · March 6, 1958 · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Margot M. Draughon.

    Private Law 85-360 · 72 Stat. A13 · March 15, 1958 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Ralph H. Weeks.

     Private Law 85-361 · 72 Stat. A14 · March 15, 1958 · Private law · Original text