Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Michael Romanoff.

   Private Law 85-401 · 72 Stat. A30 · May 16, 1958 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands as an addition to the Fort Frederica National Monument.

   Public Law 85-401 · 72 Stat. 110 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the California International Trade Fair and Industrial Exposition, Los Angeles, California, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 85-402 · 72 Stat. 111 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the One Hundred and First Airborne Division Association to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia.

   Public Law 85-403 · 72 Stat. 112 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Act of August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 940), providing for the establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 85-404 · 72 Stat. 112 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

6. An Act To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Kentucky State Fair, to be held at Louisville, Kentucky, and the International Trade Exhibition, to be held at Saint Paul, Minnesota, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 85-405 · 72 Stat. 113 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain lands in Shiloh National Military Park to the State of Tennessee for the relocation of highways, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 85-406 · 72 Stat. 114 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to consummate desirable land exchanges.

   Public Law 85-407 · 72 Stat. 115 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 so as to permit the importation free of duty of religious vestments and regalia presented without charge to a church or to certain religious, educational, or charitable organizations.

   Public Law 85-408 · 72 Stat. 115 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

10. An Act To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Oregon State Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair to be held at Portland, Oregon, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-409 · 72 Stat. 116 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt from duty pistols and revolvers not using fixed ammunition.

    Public Law 85-410 · 72 Stat. 117 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

12. An Act To provide that whenever public lands have been heretofore granted to a State for the purpose of erecting certain public buildings at the capital of such State, such purpose shall be deemed to include construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation, and other permanent improvements of such public buildings, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-411 · 72 Stat. 117 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

13. An Act To amend Public Law 85–162 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-412 · 72 Stat. 117 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

14. An Act To provide equitable treatment for producers participating in the soil bank program on the basis of Incorrect information furnished by the Government.

    Public Law 85-413 · 72 Stat. 118 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Tariff Art of 1930 to permit temporary free importation under bond for exportation, of articles to be repaired, altered, or otherwise processed under certain conditions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-414 · 72 Stat. 118 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

16. An Act To continue the temporary suspension of duty on certain alumina and bauxite.

    Public Law 85-415 · 72 Stat. 119 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

17. An Act To continue for two years the existing suspension of duties on certain lathes used for shoe last roughing or for shoe last finishing.

    Public Law 85-416 · 72 Stat. 119 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

18. An Act To amend paragraph 1541 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to provide that the rate of duty in effect with respect to harpsichords and clavichords shall be the same as the rate in effect with respect to pianos.

    Public Law 85-417 · 72 Stat. 120 · May 16, 1958 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the temporary suspension of the import duties on certain coarse wool, and to provide additional time for the Tariff Commission to review the customs tariff schedules.

    Public Law 85-418 · 72 Stat. 120 · May 19, 1958 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 831 of title 5 of the Canal Zone Code to make it a felony to injure or destroy works, property, or material of communication, power, lighting, control, or signal lines, stations, or systems, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-419 · 72 Stat. 121 · May 19, 1958 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the restoration to tribal ownership of all vacant and undisposedof ceded lands on certain Indian reservations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-420 · 72 Stat. 121 · May 19, 1958 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the District of Colombia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1953 to provide that service in the grade of inspector and the grade of private in the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be service in the same grade for the purpose of longevity increases.

    Public Law 85-421 · 72 Stat. 122 · May 19, 1958 · Original text

23. An Act To adjust the method of computing basic pay for officers and enlisted members of the uniformed services, to provide proficiency pay for enlisted members thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-422 · 72 Stat. 122 · May 20, 1958 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section 15 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

    Public Law 85-423 · 72 Stat. 132 · May 22, 1958 · Original text

25. An Act To increase the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-424 · 72 Stat. 133 · May 22, 1958 · Original text

26. An Act To increase the monthly rates of pension payable to widows and former widows of deceased veterans of the Spanish-American War, Civil War, Indian War, and Mexican War, and provide pensions to widows of veterans who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

    Public Law 85-425 · 72 Stat. 133 · May 23, 1958 · Original text

27. An Act To establish a postal policy, to adjust postal rates, to adjust the compensation of postal employees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-426 · 72 Stat. 134 · May 27, 1958 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Helen Harvey.

    Private Law 85-402 · 72 Stat. A30 · May 29, 1958 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mr. Shirley B. Stebbins.

    Private Law 85-403 · 72 Stat. A31 · May 29, 1958 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Alexander Grossman.

    Private Law 85-404 · 72 Stat. A31 · May 29, 1958 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Valleydale Packers, Incorporated.

    Private Law 85-405 · 72 Stat. A31 · May 29, 1958 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Felix Garcia.

    Private Law 85-406 · 72 Stat. A32 · May 29, 1958 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of James R. Martin and others.

    Private Law 85-407 · 72 Stat. A32 · May 29, 1958 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Act granting the consent of Congress to the negotiation of certain compacts by the States of Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota in order to extend the time for such negotiation.

    Public Law 85-427 · 72 Stat. 147 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the Act of June 5, 1944, relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of Hungry Horse Dam, Montana.

    Public Law 85-428 · 72 Stat. 147 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the acquisition of certain property in square 724 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 85-429 · 72 Stat. 148 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for reports on the acreage planted to cotton, to repeal the prohibitions against cotton acreage reports based on farmers’ planting intentions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-430 · 72 Stat. 149 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

38. An Act To provide for the release of restrictions and reservations contained in instrument conveying certain land by the United States to the State of Wisconsin.

    Public Law 85-431 · 72 Stat. 149 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

39. An Act To correct certain inequities with respect to automatic step-increase anniversary dates and longevity step-increases of postal field service employees.

    Public Law 85-432 · 72 Stat. 150 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse owners of lands acquired for developments under his jurisdiction for their moving expenses, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-433 · 72 Stat. 152 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Act of August 25, 1916, to Increase the period for which concessionaire leases may be granted under that Act from twenty years to thirty years.

    Public Law 85-434 · 72 Stat. 152 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the establishment of Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-435 · 72 Stat. 153 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the use of naval vessels to determine the effect of newly developed weapons upon such vessels.

    Public Law 85-436 · 72 Stat. 153 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

44. An Act To provide for certain credits to the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association and the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District in consideration of the transfer to the Government of property in Phoenix, Arizona.

    Public Law 85-437 · 72 Stat. 154 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

45. An Act To authorize the disposal of certain uncompleted vessels.

    Public Law 85-438 · 72 Stat. 154 · May 29, 1958 · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Matthew M. Epstein.

    Private Law 85-408 · 72 Stat. A33 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Doctor Thomas B. Meade.

    Private Law 85-409 · 72 Stat. A33 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Fouad George Baroody.

    Private Law 85-410 · 72 Stat. A34 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lyman C. Murphey.

    Private Law 85-411 · 72 Stat. A34 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Harry Slatkin.

    Private Law 85-412 · 72 Stat. A35 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Dwight J. Brohard.

    Private Law 85-413 · 72 Stat. A35 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Edward L. Munroe.

    Private Law 85-414 · 72 Stat. A35 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Captain Laurence D. Talbot (retired).

    Private Law 85-415 · 72 Stat. A36 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Willie C. Williams.

    Private Law 85-416 · 72 Stat. A36 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of John A. Tierney.

    Private Law 85-417 · 72 Stat. A37 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to Post 924, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

    Private Law 85-418 · 72 Stat. A37 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Cornelia V. Lane.

    Private Law 85-419 · 72 Stat. A38 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Sidney A. Coven

    Private Law 85-420 · 72 Stat. A38 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of William J. McGarry.

    Private Law 85-421 · 72 Stat. A38 · June 4, 1958 · Private law · Original text

60. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1959

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-439 · 72 Stat. 155 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey an easement over certain property of the United States located in Princess Anne County, Virginia, known as the Fort Story Military Reservation, to the Norfolk Southern Railway Company in exchange for other lands and easements of said company.

    Public Law 85-440 · 72 Stat. 170 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

62. Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958

    An Act To provide for temporary additional unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-441 · 72 Stat. 171 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To amend section 217 of the National Housing Act.

    Public Law 85-442 · 72 Stat. 176 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, with respect to rice acreage allotments.

    Public Law 85-177 · 72 Stat. 177 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

65. An Act Amending sections 22 and 24 of the Organic Act of Guam.

    Public Law 85-444 · 72 Stat. 178 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim annually the week which includes July 4 as “National Safe Boating Week”.

    Public Law 85-445 · 72 Stat. 179 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize and direct the construction of bridges over the Potomac River, and for other purposes”, approved August 30, 1954.

    Public Law 85-446 · 72 Stat. 180 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Macon, Georgia, a parcel of land in the said city of Macon containing five and thirty-nine one-hundredths acres, more or less.

    Public Law 85-447 · 72 Stat. 180 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to enable the United States to extend an invitation to the International Civil Aviation Organization to hold the Twelfth Session of its Assembly in the United States in 1959.

    Public Law 85-448 · 72 Stat. 181 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution To authorize the designation of the week beginning on October 13, 1958, as National Olympic Week.

    Public Law 85-449 · 72 Stat. 181 · June 4, 1958 · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-422 · 72 Stat. A39 · June 6, 1958 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To authorize a payment to the Government of Denmark.

    Public Law 85-450 · 72 Stat. 182 · June 6, 1958 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to borrow funds for capital improvement programs and to amend provisions of law relating to Federal Government participation in meeting costs of maintaining the Nation’s Capital City.

    Public Law 85-451 · 72 Stat. 183 · June 6, 1958 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Act of July 1, 1955, to authorize an additional $10,000,000 for the completion of the Inter-American Highway.

    Public Law 85-452 · 72 Stat. 184 · June 6, 1958 · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-423 · 72 Stat. A39 · June 11, 1958 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1959, the suspension of duties on metal scrap, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-453 · 72 Stat. 184 · June 11, 1958 · Original text

77. An Act To define parts of certain types of footwear.

    Public Law 85-454 · 72 Stat. 185 · June 11, 1958 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange lands at Olympic National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-455 · 72 Stat. 185 · June 11, 1958 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. as amended, to permit the transfer of 1958 farm acreage allotments for cotton in the case of natural disasters, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-456 · 72 Stat. 186 · June 11, 1958 · Original text

80. An Act Directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property in the State of Colorado to William M. Proper.

    Private Law 85-424 · 72 Stat. A40 · June 13, 1958 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Lloyd C. King.

    Private Law 85-425 · 72 Stat. A40 · June 13, 1958 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Barbara Hollinger.

    Private Law 85-426 · 72 Stat. A41 · June 13, 1958 · Private law · Original text

83. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 85-427 · 72 Stat. A41 · June 13, 1958 · Private law · Original text

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

    Private Law 85-428 · 72 Stat. A42 · June 13, 1958 · Private law · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Making additional supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-457 · 72 Stat. 186 · June 13, 1958 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free importation under certain conditions of sound recordings, film, and slides and transparencies.

    Public Law 85-458 · 72 Stat. 187 · June 13, 1958 · Original text

87. Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-459 · 72 Stat. 188 · June 13, 1958 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the definition of the term “State” in the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act and the War Orphans’ Educational Assistance Act to clarify the question of whether the benefits of those Acts may be afforded to persons pursuing a program of education or training in the Panama Canal Zone.

    Public Law 85-460 · 72 Stat. 200 · June 18, 1958 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize modification and extension of the program of grants-in-aid to the Republic of the Philippines for the hospitalization of certain veterans, to restore eligibility for hospital and medical care to certain veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States residing in the Philippines, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-461 · 72 Stat. 200 · June 18, 1958 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the General Box Company.

    Private Law 85-429 · 72 Stat. A43 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Biro.

    Private Law 85-430 · 72 Stat. A43 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Gillous M. Young.

    Private Law 85-431 · 72 Stat. A43 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Western Instruments Associates.

    Private Law 85-432 · 72 Stat. A44 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on certain claims of the E. B. Kaiser Company, of Chicago, Illinois.

    Private Law 85-433 · 72 Stat. A44 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on certain claims of the United Foundation Corporation of Union, New Jersey.

    Private Law 85-434 · 72 Stat. A45 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Thomas Helms and other employees of the Bureau of Public Roads.

    Private Law 85-435 · 72 Stat. A45 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of the estate of W. C. Yarbrough.

    Private Law 85-436 · 72 Stat. A46 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Arnie M. Sanders.

    Private Law 85-437 · 72 Stat. A46 · June 20, 1958 · Private law · Original text

99. Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1958

    An Act To revise the basic compensation schedules of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 85-462 · 72 Stat. 203 · June 20, 1958 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Federal Probation Act to make it applicable to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

     Public Law 85-463 · 72 Stat. 216 · June 20, 1958 · Original text