Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act

   An Act To provide a health benefits program for certain retired employees of the Government.

   Public Law 86-724 · 74 Stat. 849 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

2. District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act

   An Act To require the payment of tuition on account of certain persons who attend the public schools of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-725 · 74 Stat. 853 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

3. An Act To amend title 28 of the United States Code relating to actions for Infringements of copyrights by the United States.

   Public Law 86-726 · 74 Stat. 855 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

4. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Guard Association of the United States in the District of Columbia.

   Public Law 86-727 · 74 Stat. 856 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Act of March 11, 1948 (62 Stat. 78), relating to the establishment of the De Soto National Memorial, in the State of Florida.

   Public Law 86-728 · 74 Stat. 856 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

6. An Act To revise the boundaries of Dinosaur National Monument and provide an entrance road or roads thereto, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-729 · 74 Stat. 857 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act of the District of Columbia approved May 25, 1954, as amended.

   Public Law 86-730 · 74 Stat. 862 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

8. An Act To amend section 35 of chapter III of the Life Insurance Act for the District of Columbia.

   Public Law 86-731 · 74 Stat. 863 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to increase the penalties for violation of that Act, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-732 · 74 Stat. 866 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Menominee Termination Act.

    Public Law 86-733 · 74 Stat. 867 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

11. An Act To increase the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-734 · 74 Stat. 868 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

12. An Act To provide for assistance in the development of Latin America and in the reconstruction of Chile, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-735 · 74 Stat. 869 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United States to transfer from the United States to the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain real property in said District.

    Public Law 86-736 · 74 Stat. 871 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission to plan and carry out in the District of Columbia civic programs in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Civil War; to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense to make certain property of the District and of the United States available for the use of such Commission; to authorize the said Commissioners to make certain regulations and permit certain uses to be made of public space, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-737 · 74 Stat. 873 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

15. An Act To revise the boundaries and change the name of Fort Donelson National Military Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-738 · 74 Stat. 875 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the restoration to the United States of amounts expended in the District of Columbia in carrying out the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958.

    Public Law 86-739 · 74 Stat. 876 · September 8, 1960 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement over certain lands to the trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, their successors and assigns.

    Private Law 86-478 · 74 Stat. A96 · September 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

    Private Law 86-479 · 74 Stat. A97 · September 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of John David Almeida, a minor.

    Private Law 86-480 · 74 Stat. A97 · September 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Vladislav Fotich.

    Private Law 86-481 · 74 Stat. A98 · September 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the payment of certain claims against the National Guard.

    Public Law 86-740 · 74 Stat. 878 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority to combine for financing purposes the bridge across the West Passage of Narragansett Bay with the Newport Bridge and any other project acquired or constructed by said authority.

    Public Law 86-741 · 74 Stat. 879 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

23. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to convey certain public and acquired lands in the State of Nevada to the county of Mineral, Nevada.

    Public Law 86-742 · 74 Stat. 880 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Act of December 20, 1944, with respect to certain powers of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 86-743 · 74 Stat. 881 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

25. An Act To designate and establish that portion of the Hawaii National Park on the island of Maul, in the State of Hawaii, as the Haleakala National Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-744 · 74 Stat. 881 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the western division of The Dalles Federal reclamation project, Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-745 · 74 Stat. 882 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

27. An Act To make permanent law the provisions of section 408 of the National Housing Act regulating savings and loan holding companies.

    Public Law 86-746 · 74 Stat. 883 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the President of the United States of America to present a gold medal to Robert Frost, a New England poet.

    Public Law 86-747 · 74 Stat. 883 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To remove copyright restrictions upon the musical composition “Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-748 · 74 Stat. 883 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a statue of Taras Shevchenko on public grounds in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 86-749 · 74 Stat. 884 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

31. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

    Public Law 86-750 · 74 Stat. 885 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 202(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 in order to expand the Federal Communications Commission’s regulatory authority under such section.

    Public Law 86-751 · 74 Stat. 888 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

33. Communications Act Amendments, 1960

    An Act To promote the public interest by amending the Communications Act of 1934, to provide a pre-grant procedure in case of certain applications; to impose limitations on payoffs between applicants; to require disclosure of payments made for the broadcasting of certain matter; to grant authority to impose forfeitures in the broadcast service; and to prohibit deceptive practices in contests of Intellectual knowledge, skill, or chance; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-752 · 74 Stat. 889 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution Providing for the establishment of an annual National Forest Products Week.

    Public Law 86-753 · 74 Stat. 898 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Authorizing the preparation and printing of a revised edition of the Constitution of the United States of America—Analysis and Interpretation, published in 1953 as Senate Document Numbered 170 of the Eighty-second Congress.

    Public Law 86-754 · 74 Stat. 898 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

36. An Act To supplement the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended, to permit any State to acquire certain public lands for recreational use.

    Public Law 86-755 · 74 Stat. 899 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to donate dairy products and other agricultural commodities for use in home economics courses.

    Public Law 86-756 · 74 Stat. 899 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. so as to provide that an injured employee shall have the right to select his own physician, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-757 · 74 Stat. 900 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 so as to authorize elimination of a hearing in certain eases under section 408.

    Public Law 86-758 · 74 Stat. 901 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

40. An Act Directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property in the State of North Dakota to the city of Bismarck, North Dakota

    Public Law 86-759 · 74 Stat. 902 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

41. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

    Public Law 86-760 · 74 Stat. 902 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land of the United States to the Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians of Oklahoma

    Public Law 86-761 · 74 Stat. 903 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Act requiring certain common carriers by railroad to make reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to certain accidents in order to clarify the requirements of such Act.

    Public Law 86-762 · 74 Stat. 903 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the annexation of certain real property of the United States by the city of Wyandotte, Michigan.

    Public Law 86-763 · 74 Stat. 904 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt in the National Capital” to provide for the construction of such memorial by the Secretary of the Interior.

    Public Law 86-764 · 74 Stat. 904 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

46. An Act Providing that certain provisions of Public Law 335 dated October 7, 1949 (63 Stat. 724) shall apply to the Mercedes division of the lower Rio Grande rehabilitation project, Texas.

    Public Law 86-765 · 74 Stat. 905 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army to convey part of lock and dam numbered 10, Kentucky River, Madison County, Kentucky, to the Pioneer National Monument Association for use as part of a historic site.

    Public Law 86-766 · 74 Stat. 905 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

48. Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Amendments of 1960

    An Act To amend the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act to make benefits more realistic in terms of present wage rates, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-767 · 74 Stat. 906 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

49. An Act To amend section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 with respect to positions in the Library of Congress.

    Public Law 86-768 · 74 Stat. 910 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

50. An Act To amend sections 22, 23, and 24, title 13, United States Code, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-769 · 74 Stat. 911 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

51. An Act To amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for transfer of cases between the district courts and the Court of Claims and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-770 · 74 Stat. 912 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

52. An Act To amend section 4(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

    Public Law 86-771 · 74 Stat. 913 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

53. An Act To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the work of the President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped.

    Public Law 86-772 · 74 Stat. 913 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955, as amended.

    Public Law 86-773 · 74 Stat. 913 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the free entry of an electron microscope for the use of William Marsh Rice University of Houston. Texas, an electron microscope for the use of the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-774 · 74 Stat. 914 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain property within Shenandoah National Park, in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-775 · 74 Stat. 915 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

57. An Act To cancel a deed of trust to the United States from the predecessor in name of Gallaudet College and any evidences of Indebtedness related to the same transaction, to quiet the college’s title to property belonging to it, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-776 · 74 Stat. 916 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

58. Helium Act Amendments of 1960

    An Act To amend the Helium Act of March 3, 1925, as amended, for the defense, security, and the general welfare of the United States.

    Public Law 86-777 · 74 Stat. 918 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

59. Social Security Amendments of 1960

    An Act To extend and improve coverage under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance System and to remove hardships and inequities, improve the financing of the trust funds, and provide disability benefits to additional individuals under such system; to provide grants to States for medical care for aged individuals of low income; to amend the public assistance and maternal and child welfare provisions of the Social Security Act; to improve the unemployment compensation provisions of such Act; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-778 · 74 Stat. 924 · September 13, 1960 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution To provide for the removal of a reservation of timber rights from a patent issued to Ivan H. McCormack.

    Private Law 86-482 · 74 Stat. A98 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Borinquen Home Corporation.

    Private Law 86-483 · 74 Stat. A99 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of F. P. Tower, Lillie B. Lewis, the estate of Manuel Branco, John Santos Carinhas, Joaquin Gomez Carinhas, and Manuel Jesus Carinhas.

    Private Law 86-484 · 74 Stat. A99 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Guadalupe Villarreal, Junior.

    Private Law 86-485 · 74 Stat. A100 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Jack Kent Cooke.

    Private Law 86-486 · 74 Stat. A100 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of the CrumMcKinnon Building Company, Billings, Montana.

    Private Law 86-487 · 74 Stat. A101 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Otis Drinkard.

    Private Law 86-488 · 74 Stat. A101 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Colonel Joseph A. Nichols.

    Private Law 86-489 · 74 Stat. A102 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Mr. Joe J. Farmer.

    Private Law 86-490 · 74 Stat. A102 · September 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To amend section 5701 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the excise tax upon cigars, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-779 · 74 Stat. 998 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit taxpayers to elect an overall limitation on the foreign tax credit.

    Public Law 86-780 · 74 Stat. 1010 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

71. An Act Relating to the treatment of charges for local advertising for purposes of determining the manufacturers sale price.

    Public Law 86-781 · 74 Stat. 1017 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

72. An Act To credit periods of internment during World War II to certain Federal employees of Japanese ancestry for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act and the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951.

    Public Law 86-782 · 74 Stat. 1021 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

73. An Act To amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-783 · 74 Stat. 1021 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

74. An Act To enable the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company to convey title to certain lands in Idaho to the Pocatello First Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    Public Law 86-784 · 74 Stat. 1022 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

75. An Act To provide education and training for the children of veterans dying of a disability incurred after January 31, 1955, and before the end of compulsory military service and directly caused by military, naval, or air service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-785 · 74 Stat. 1023 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

76. An Act To clarify the right of States to select certain public lands subject to any outstanding mineral lease or permit.

    Public Law 86-786 · 74 Stat. 1023 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

77. An Act To provide for the construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-787 · 74 Stat. 1026 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Amending the Act of July 14, 1960, to extend the time within which the United States Constitution One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary Commission shall report to Congress and including certain amendments relating to housing.

    Public Law 86-788 · 74 Stat. 1027 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the granting of mineral rights in certain homestead lands in the State of Alaska.

    Public Law 86-789 · 74 Stat. 1028 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

80. An Act To validate payments made for certain emergency conservation measures under the program authorized by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957.

    Public Law 86-790 · 74 Stat. 1028 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

81. An Act To convey certain lands in Oklahoma to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-791 · 74 Stat. 1029 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Act of October 17, 1940, relating to the disposition of certain public lands in Alaska.

    Public Law 86-792 · 74 Stat. 1029 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

83. An Act To protect farm and ranch operators making certain land use changes under the Great Plains conservation program against loss of acreage allotments.

    Public Law 86-793 · 74 Stat. 1030 · September 14, 1960 · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of the heirs of J. B. White.

    Private Law 86-491 · 74 Stat. A102 · September 15, 1960 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Colonel John A. Ryan, Junior.

    Private Law 86-492 · 74 Stat. A103 · September 15, 1960 · Private law · Original text

86. Joint Resolution Granting the consent and approval of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact related to the regulation of mass transit in the Washington, District of Columbia metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-794 · 74 Stat. 1031 · September 15, 1960 · Original text

87. An Act To suspend for a temporary period the import duty on heptanoic acid, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-795 · 74 Stat. 1031 · September 15, 1960 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution Extending an invitation to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale to hold the 1962 world sport parachuting championships at Orange, Massachusetts.

    Public Law 86-796 · 74 Stat. 1031 · September 15, 1960 · Original text

89. An Act To promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation in military reservations.

    Public Law 86-797 · 74 Stat. 1031 · September 15, 1960 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants-in-aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or nonprofit institutions to strengthen their programs of research and research training in sciences related to health.

    Public Law 86-798 · 74 Stat. 1053 · September 15, 1960 · Original text

91. An Act To establish a price support level for milk and butterfat.

    Public Law 86-799 · 74 Stat. 1054 · September 16, 1960 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to place bamboo pipe stems on the free list.

    Public Law 86-800 · 74 Stat. 1054 · September 16, 1960 · Original text