Every law Congress has passed

1,292 laws of the 86th Congress, 1959–1961

1. An Act Fixing the representation of the majority and minority membership of the Joint Economic Committee.

   Public Law 86-1 · 73 Stat. 3 · February 17, 1959 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit the temporary listing and certification of Citrus Red No. 2 for coloring mature oranges under tolerances found safe by the Secretary of Health. Education, and Welfare, so as to permit continuance of established coloring practice in the orange industry pending congressional consideration of general legislation for the listing and certification of food color additives under safe tolerances.

   Public Law 86-2 · 73 Stat. 3 · March 17, 1959 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union.

   Public Law 86-3 · 73 Stat. 4 · March 18, 1959 · Original text

4. An Act To extend the induction provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-4 · 73 Stat. 13 · March 23, 1959 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Robert V. Fleming as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Public Law 86-5 · 73 Stat. 14 · March 25, 1959 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Act of June 28, 1958, entitled “An Act to provide for a National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, and for other purposes”.

   Public Law 86-6 · 73 Stat. 14 · March 25, 1959 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the Ellis Timber Company.

   Private Law 86-1 · 73 Stat. A3 · March 31, 1959 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To extend the time during which certain individuals may continue to receive temporary unemployment compensation.

   Public Law 86-7 · 73 Stat. 14 · March 31, 1959 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Providing that certain communication activities at the IX Plenary Assembly of the International Radio Consultative Committee to be held in the United States’ in 1959 shall not be construed to be prohibited by the Communications Act of 1934 or any other law.

   Public Law 86-8 · 73 Stat. 15 · April 3, 1959 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution Extending an invitation to the International Olympic Committee to hold the 1904 Olympic games in the United States.

    Public Law 86-9 · 73 Stat. 15 · April 3, 1959 · Original text

11. An Act To increase the authorized maximum expenditure for the fiscal year 1959 under the special milk program.

    Public Law 86-10 · 73 Stat. 15 · April 3, 1959 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Making a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1959, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-11 · 73 Stat. 16 · April 17, 1959 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for salaries and expenses, research and development, construction and equipment, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-12 · 73 Stat. 16 · April 22, 1959 · Original text

14. An Act Declaring certain property in the State of New Mexico to be held in trust for the pueblo of Santo Domingo.

    Public Law 86-13 · 73 Stat. 17 · April 22, 1959 · Original text

15. Trade Fair Act of 1959

    An Act To provide for the free importation of articles for exhibition at fairs, exhibitions, or expositions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-14 · 73 Stat. 18 · April 22, 1959 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the appropriation of $500,000 to be spent for the purpose of the III Pan American Games to be held in Chicago, Illinois.

    Public Law 86-15 · 73 Stat. 20 · April 27, 1959 · Original text

17. An Act To regulate the handling of student funds in Indian schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-16 · 73 Stat. 20 · April 27, 1959 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Lucie Leon (also known as Lucie Noel).

    Private Law 86-2 · 73 Stat. A3 · May 4, 1959 · Private law · Original text

19. Joint Resolution Providing for printing copies of “Cannon’s Procedure in the House of Representatives”.

    Public Law 86-17 · 73 Stat. 20 · May 4, 1959 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Architect of the Capitol to present to the Senators and Representative in the Congress from the State of Alaska the official flag of the United States bearing forty-nine stars which is first flown over the west front of the United States Capitol.

    Public Law 86-18 · 73 Stat. 21 · May 4, 1959 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of T. V. Cashen.

    Private Law 86-3 · 73 Stat. A4 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mathilde Ringol.

    Private Law 86-4 · 73 Stat. A4 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Logan Duff.

    Private Law 86-5 · 73 Stat. A4 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Sister Mary Damion (Maria Saveria D’Amelio), Sister Maria Tarcisia (Maria Giovanna Fenuta), and Sister Mary Regina (Maria Lizzi).

    Private Law 86-6 · 73 Stat. A5 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Oliver O. Newsome.

    Private Law 86-7 · 73 Stat. A5 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Dimitrios Kondoleon (also known as James Kondolous).

    Private Law 86-8 · 73 Stat. A6 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Otis Parks, W. B. Dunbar, and J. C. Dickey.

    Private Law 86-9 · 73 Stat. A6 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To provide for a posthumous cash award in recognition of the scientific contributions in the field of electronic ordnance made by the late Paul M. Tedder.

    Private Law 86-10 · 73 Stat. A7 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the payment of relocation expenses to Milo G. and Patricia Wingard.

    Private Law 86-11 · 73 Stat. A7 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of the Sterilon Corporation.

    Private Law 86-12 · 73 Stat. A8 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the American Hydrotherm Corporation.

    Private Law 86-13 · 73 Stat. A8 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Lois K. Alexander.

    Private Law 86-14 · 73 Stat. A9 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Hilary W. Jenkins, Junior.

    Private Law 86-15 · 73 Stat. A9 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Virginia E. Speer.

    Private Law 86-16 · 73 Stat. A9 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of certain members of the Armed Forces of the United States, or their survivors, who were captured and held as prisoners of war in the Korean hostilities.

    Private Law 86-17 · 73 Stat. A10 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Samuel Abraham, John A. Carroll, Forrest E. Robinson, Thomas J. Sawyers, Jack Silmon, and David N. Wilson.

    Private Law 86-18 · 73 Stat. A10 · May 13, 1959 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To donate to the pueblo of Isleta certain Federal property in the State of New Mexico.

    Public Law 86-19 · 73 Stat. 21 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to lease buildings in the District of Columbia for its use.

    Public Law 86-20 · 73 Stat. 21 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and to provide transportation and other services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in the Philippines in 1959; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-21 · 73 Stat. 22 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America for use at the Fifth National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-22 · 73 Stat. 23 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the construction of modern naval vessels.

    Public Law 86-23 · 73 Stat. 23 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

42. An Act To amend Chapter 13—Wage Earners’ Plans—of the Bankruptcy Act.

    Public Law 86-24 · 73 Stat. 24 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

43. An Act To relieve certain members and former members of the naval service of liability to reimburse the United States for the value of transportation requests erroneously furnished to them by the United States and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-25 · 73 Stat. 24 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

44. An Act To validate payments of certain quarters allowances made in good faith, and pursuant to agreements by authorized officials, to employees of the Department of the Navy, but which were subsequently determined to be inconsistent with applicable regulations.

    Public Law 86-26 · 73 Stat. 25 · May 13, 1959 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To defer the proclamation of marketing quotas and acreage allotments for the 1960 crop of wheat until June 1, 1959.

    Public Law 86-27 · 73 Stat. 25 · May 15, 1959 · Original text

46. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, so as to provide increases in benefits, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-28 · 73 Stat. 25 · May 19, 1959 · Original text

47. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the first significant discovery of silver in the United States, June 1859.

    Public Law 86-29 · 73 Stat. 33 · May 20, 1959 · Original text

48. Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1959

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-30 · 73 Stat. 33 · May 20, 1959 · Original text

49. An Act To supplement and modify the Act of May 24, 1828 (6 Stat. 383, ch. CXII), Insofar as it relates to the corporate powers of the Sisters of the Visitation, of Georgetown in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 86-32 · 73 Stat. 61 · May 26, 1959 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the training of postmasters under the Government Employees Training Art.

    Public Law 86-33 · 73 Stat. 62 · May 26, 1959 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the receipt and disbursement of funds, and for continuation of accounts when there is a vacancy in the office of the disbursing officer for the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-31 · 73 Stat. 80 · May 26, 1959 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the payment of just compensation to certain claimants for the taking by the United States of private fishery rights in Pearl Harbor, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.

    Private Law 86-19 · 73 Stat. A11 · May 29, 1959 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To provide for the free entry of certain chapel bells imported for the use of the Abelard Reynolds School Numbered 42, Rochester, New York.

    Public Law 86-34 · 73 Stat. 62 · May 29, 1959 · Original text

54. An Act To amend section 108(a) of title 23 of the United States Code to Increase the period in which actual construction shall commence on rights-of-way acquired in anticipation of such construction from five years to seven years, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-35 · 73 Stat. 62 · May 29, 1959 · Original text

55. An Act To provide certain administrative authorities for the National Security Agency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-36 · 73 Stat. 63 · May 29, 1959 · Original text

56. An Act To suspend temporarily the tax on the processing of palm oil, palm-kernel oil, and fatty acids, salts, and combinations, or mixtures thereof.

    Public Law 86-37 · 73 Stat. 64 · May 29, 1959 · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Viktors Neimanis.

    Private Law 86-20 · 73 Stat. A12 · June 10, 1959 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Lenora Bent.

    Private Law 86-21 · 73 Stat. A12 · June 10, 1959 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To add certain public domain lands in Nevada to the Summit Lake Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 86-38 · 73 Stat. 64 · June 10, 1959 · Original text

60. Treasury-Post Office Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments, and the Tax Court of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-39 · 73 Stat. 65 · June 11, 1959 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize the use of the revolving loan fund for Indians to assist Klamath Indians during the period for terminating Federal supervision.

    Public Law 86-40 · 73 Stat. 70 · June 11, 1959 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the acquisition of additional land along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway in exchange for certain dredging privileges, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-41 · 73 Stat. 71 · June 11, 1959 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences with Canada.

    Public Law 86-42 · 73 Stat. 72 · June 11, 1959 · Original text

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

    Public Law 86-43 · 73 Stat. 73 · June 11, 1959 · Original text

65. An Act To amend Public Law 85–590 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 86-44 · 73 Stat. 73 · June 11, 1959 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for salaries and expenses, research and development, construction and equipment, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-45 · 73 Stat. 73 · June 15, 1959 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act relating to the levying and collecting of taxes and assessments, and for other purposes”, approved June 25, 1938.

    Public Law 86-46 · 73 Stat. 75 · June 17, 1959 · Original text

68. An Act For the incorporation of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic.

    Public Law 86-47 · 73 Stat. 76 · June 17, 1959 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act.

    Public Law 86-48 · 73 Stat. 80 · June 17, 1959 · Original text

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

    Private Law 86-22 · 73 Stat. A12 · June 23, 1959 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Jim B. Hill.

    Private Law 86-23 · 73 Stat. A13 · June 23, 1959 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of the estate of Richard Anthony Nunes, Junior.

    Private Law 86-24 · 73 Stat. A13 · June 23, 1959 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Gertrude E. Shetler.

    Private Law 86-25 · 73 Stat. A14 · June 23, 1959 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Miss Mame E. Howell.

    Private Law 86-26 · 73 Stat. A14 · June 23, 1959 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Aaron Green, Junior.

    Private Law 86-27 · 73 Stat. A14 · June 23, 1959 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Patrick W. Gowan, David Dooling, Harlie L. Mize, James H. Blaes, and William L. Perkins.

    Private Law 86-28 · 73 Stat. A15 · June 23, 1959 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To repeal clause (9) of subdivision a of section 39 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 67a(9)), respecting the transmission of papers by the referee to the clerk of the court.

    Public Law 86-49 · 73 Stat. 80 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-50 · 73 Stat. 81 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize a revision of the boundaries of the Edison Laboratory National Monument, New Jersey, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-51 · 73 Stat. 87 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the sale of Columbia Basin project lands to the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-52 · 73 Stat. 87 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of the Galveston. Houston and Henderson Railroad Company.

    Public Law 86-53 · 73 Stat. 88 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain additional property to be included within the Independence National Historical Park.

    Public Law 86-54 · 73 Stat. 88 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

83. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to furnish supplies and services to foreign vessels and aircraft, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-55 · 73 Stat. 89 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

84. An Act To revise the minimum charge on pieces of mail of odd sizes and shapes.

    Public Law 86-56 · 73 Stat. 89 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the extension of loans of naval vessels to the Governments of Italy, Turkey, and the Republic of China.

    Public Law 86-57 · 73 Stat. 90 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

86. An Act To set aside and reserve Memaloose Island, Columbia River, Oregon, for the use of the Dalles Dam project and transfer certain property to the Yakima Tribe of Indians in exchange therefor.

    Public Law 86-58 · 73 Stat. 90 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

87. An Act To revise the boundaries of Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-59 · 73 Stat. 91 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

88. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-60 · 73 Stat. 92 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

89. An Act To disclaim any interest on the part of the United States i certain lands in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-61 · 73 Stat. 107 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

90. An Act To revise the boundaries of the Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina, and to authorize the procurement and exchange of lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-62 · 73 Stat. 108 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

91. An Act To revise the boundaries of the Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-63 · 73 Stat. 108 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

92. An Act To amend sections 1, 18, 22, 331, and B31 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 1, 41, 45, 731, 1031) to provide for automatic adjudication and reference in certain cases.

    Public Law 86-64 · 73 Stat. 109 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

93. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the State of Colorado and in commemoration of the establishment of the United States Air Force Academy.

    Public Law 86-65 · 73 Stat. 110 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

94. An Act To extend the leasing provisions of the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1954 (68 Stat. 173; 43 U.S.C. 869–869–3), to certain lands in Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-66 · 73 Stat. 110 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

95. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to administer certain acquired lands as revested Oregon and California railroad grant lands.

    Public Law 86-67 · 73 Stat. 111 · June 23, 1959 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Gerald M. Cooley.

    Private Law 86-29 · 73 Stat. A15 · June 25, 1959 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Leonora Holmes Mola.

    Private Law 86-30 · 73 Stat. A16 · June 25, 1959 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of John F. Carmody.

    Private Law 86-31 · 73 Stat. A16 · June 25, 1959 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Joseph E. Gallant.

    Private Law 86-32 · 73 Stat. A17 · June 25, 1959 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Doctor Gordon D. Hoople, Doctor David W. Brewer, and the estate of the late Doctor Irl H. Blaisdell.

     Private Law 86-33 · 73 Stat. A17 · June 25, 1959 · Private law · Original text