Every law Congress has passed

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

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

   Private Law 86-84 · 73 Stat. A34 · July 31, 1959 · Private law · Original text

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

   Private Law 86-85 · 73 Stat. A36 · July 31, 1959 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Harry F. Lindall.

   Private Law 86-86 · 73 Stat. A37 · July 31, 1959 · Private law · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Amending a joint resolution making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1960, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-118 · 73 Stat. 266 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

5. An Act To extend the voluntary home mortgage credit program.

   Public Law 86-119 · 73 Stat. 266 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

6. An Act To extend the provisions of title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, relating to war risk insurance, for an additional five years, ending September 7, 1965.

   Public Law 86-120 · 73 Stat. 266 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-121 · 73 Stat. 267 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945 to eliminate the authority to charge to certain current appropriations or allotments the gross amount of the salary earnings of Federal employees for certain pay periods occurring in part in previous fiscal years, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-122 · 73 Stat. 268 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

9. An Act To amend title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, with respect to insurance of ship mortgages, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-123 · 73 Stat. 269 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

10. An Act To provide for equal treatment of all State-owned hydroelectric power projects with respect to the taking over of such projects by the United States.

    Public Law 86-124 · 73 Stat. 271 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

11. An Act To make payments to Indians for destruction of fishing rights at Celilo Falls exempt from income tax.

    Public Law 86-125 · 73 Stat. 271 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

12. An Act To provide transportation on Canadian vessels between ports in southeastern Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in the United States outside Alaska, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation.

    Public Law 86-126 · 73 Stat. 272 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

13. An Act To amend title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for the deposit of funds in escrow with the Secretary of Commerce, to provide for the payment of insurance, in part, on the basis of such deposits, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-127 · 73 Stat. 272 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

    Public Law 86-128 · 73 Stat. 274 · July 31, 1959 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Joseph B. Kane, Junior.

    Private Law 86-87 · 73 Stat. A38 · August 4, 1959 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Albert J. Hicks.

    Private Law 86-88 · 73 Stat. A38 · August 4, 1959 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of William S. Scott.

    Private Law 86-89 · 73 Stat. A39 · August 4, 1959 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Sallie B. Dickens.

    Private Law 86-90 · 73 Stat. A39 · August 4, 1959 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To amend sections 353 and 354 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

    Public Law 86-129 · 73 Stat. 274 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the code of law for the District of Columbia by modifying the provisions relating to the attachment and garnishment of wages, salaries, and commissions of judgment debtors, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-130 · 73 Stat. 275 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act.

    Public Law 86-131 · 73 Stat. 278 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing El Paso County, Texas, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near the city of El Paso, Texas.

    Public Law 86-132 · 73 Stat. 278 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Act of July 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 492), entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with Federal and non-Federal agencies in the prevention of waterfowl depredations, and for other purposes”.

    Public Law 86-133 · 73 Stat. 279 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

24. An Act Extending the time in which the Boston National Historic Sites Commission shall complete its work.

    Public Law 86-134 · 73 Stat. 279 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

25. An Act To eliminate all responsibility of the Government for fixing dates on which the period of limitation for filing suits against Miller Act payment bonds commences to run.

    Public Law 86-135 · 73 Stat. 279 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the conveyance to the city of Warner Robins, Georgia, of about 20 acres of land comprising a part of Robins Air Force Base.

    Public Law 86-136 · 73 Stat. 280 · August 4, 1959 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-137 · 73 Stat. 280 · August 6, 1959 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Honorable Thomas F. McAllister, judge of the United States court of appeals, to accept and wear the decoration tendered him by the Government of France.

    Private Law 86-91 · 73 Stat. A39 · August 7, 1959 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of certain claimants against the United States who suffered personal injuries, property damage, or other loss as a result of the explosion of a munitions truck between Smithfield and Selma, North Carolina, on March 7, 1942.

    Private Law 86-92 · 73 Stat. A40 · August 7, 1959 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Dorman William Whittom.

    Private Law 86-93 · 73 Stat. A44 · August 7, 1959 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To authorize certain generals of the Army to accept and wear decorations, orders, medals, presents, and other things tendered them by foreign governments.

    Private Law 86-94 · 73 Stat. A45 · August 7, 1959 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Kathrene Le-Tang.

    Private Law 86-95 · 73 Stat. A45 · August 7, 1959 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Relating to the maintenance and travel expenses of judges.

    Public Law 86-138 · 73 Stat. 285 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

34. Nematocide, Plant Regulator, Defoliant, and Desiccant Amendment of 1959

    An Act To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act so as to include nematocides, plant regulators, defoliants, and desiccants, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-139 · 73 Stat. 286 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

35. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that each chaplain make an annual report to the Secretary of the Navy.

    Public Law 86-140 · 73 Stat. 288 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

36. An Act To amend section 2038 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to revocable transfers).

    Public Law 86-141 · 73 Stat. 288 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

37. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to crediting certain service as a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-142 · 73 Stat. 289 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Consenting to an interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.

    Public Law 86-143 · 73 Stat. 290 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

39. An Act To amend sections 43 and 34 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 71, 62) to simplify the filling of referee vacancies.

    Public Law 86-144 · 73 Stat. 296 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act of June 21, 1950, relating to the appointment of boards of medical officers.

    Public Law 86-145 · 73 Stat. 297 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

41. An Act To amend chapter 55 of title 38, United States Code, to establish safeguards relative to the accumulation and final disposition of certain benefits in the case of incompetent veterans.

    Public Law 86-146 · 73 Stat. 297 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

42. Inter-American Development Bank Act

    An Act To provide for the participation of the United States in the Inter-American Development Bank.

    Public Law 86-147 · 73 Stat. 299 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

43. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, by repealing section 7475, which restricts the Increasing of forces at naval activities prior to national elections.

    Public Law 86-148 · 73 Stat. 302 · August 7, 1959 · Original text

44. Military Construction Act of 1959

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

    Public Law 86-149 · 73 Stat. 302 · August 10, 1959 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Abraham Fye.

    Private Law 86-96 · 73 Stat. A46 · August 11, 1959 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To amend section 1622 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to clarify the meaning of the term “change of program of education or training” as used in such section.

    Public Law 86-150 · 73 Stat. 332 · August 11, 1959 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the Coast Guard to accept, operate, and maintain a certain defense housing facility at Yorktown, Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-151 · 73 Stat. 332 · August 11, 1959 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the existing authority to provide hospital and medical care for veterans who are United States citizens temporarily residing abroad to include those with peacetime service incurred disabilities.

    Public Law 86-152 · 73 Stat. 332 · August 11, 1959 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the act of August 4, 1955 (Public Law 237, Eighty-fourth Congress), to provide for conveyance of certain interests in the lands covered by such Act.

    Public Law 86-153 · 73 Stat. 333 · August 11, 1959 · Original text

50. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to interstate compacts for the development or operation of airport facilities.

    Public Law 86-154 · 73 Stat. 333 · August 11, 1959 · Original text

51. An Act To provide improved opportunity for promotion for certain officers in the naval service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-155 · 73 Stat. 333 · August 11, 1959 · Original text

52. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, section 2481, to authorize the U.S. Coast Guard to sell certain utilities in the immediate vicinity of a Coast Guard activity not available from local sources.

    Public Law 86-156 · 73 Stat. 338 · August 14, 1959 · Original text

53. An Act To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-157 · 73 Stat. 338 · August 14, 1959 · Original text

54. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-158 · 73 Stat. 339 · August 14, 1959 · Original text

55. An Act To amend title 14, United States Code, entitled “Coast Guard”, to authorize the Coast Guard to sell supplies and furnish services not available from local sources to vessels and other watercraft to meet the necessities of such vessels and watercraft.

    Public Law 86-159 · 73 Stat. 357 · August 14, 1959 · Original text

56. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, and certain other laws to authorize the payment of transportation and travel allowances to escorts of dependents of members of the uniformed services under certain conditions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-160 · 73 Stat. 358 · August 14, 1959 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to acquire certain real property in the county of Solano, California, to transfer certain real property to the county of Solano, California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-161 · 73 Stat. 359 · August 14, 1959 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Henri Polak.

    Private Law 86-97 · 73 Stat. A46 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Angelinas Cuacos Steinberg.

    Private Law 86-98 · 73 Stat. A46 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Rosa Maria Montenegro.

    Private Law 86-99 · 73 Stat. A47 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Pak Jae Seun.

    Private Law 86-100 · 73 Stat. A47 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Alice Kazana.

    Private Law 86-101 · 73 Stat. A47 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Skogen Woods.

    Private Law 86-102 · 73 Stat. A48 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Tse Man Chan.

    Private Law 86-103 · 73 Stat. A48 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Vicente Soliva Empleo.

    Private Law 86-104 · 73 Stat. A48 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Peter Sergeevich Deryabin, also known as Theodore Stanley Orel.

    Private Law 86-105 · 73 Stat. A49 · August 18, 1959 · Private law · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff on the occasion of the death of the last surviving veteran of the War Between the States.

    Public Law 86-162 · 73 Stat. 362 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

68. An Act To increase and extend the special milk program for children.

    Public Law 86-163 · 73 Stat. 363 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

69. Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-164 · 73 Stat. 363 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

70. An Act To permit the processing of certain applications under the Small Tracts Act for lands included in the Caribou and Targhee National Forests by the Act of August 14, 1958.

    Public Law 86-165 · 73 Stat. 365 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

71. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-166 · 73 Stat. 366 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies and render a report on the feasibility of developing the water resources of the Salt Fork and the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River in the State of Texas.

    Public Law 86-167 · 73 Stat. 383 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

73. Farm Credit Act of 1959

    An Act To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act to transfer responsibility for making appraisals from the Farm Credit Administration to the Federal land banks, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-168 · 73 Stat. 384 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

74. An Act To credit to postal revenues certain amounts in connection with postal activities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-169 · 73 Stat. 390 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

75. An Act To extend the grounds of the Custis-Lee Mansion in Arlington National Cemetery.

    Public Law 86-170 · 73 Stat. 390 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, with respect to the payment of compensation in cases where third persons are liable.

    Public Law 86-171 · 73 Stat. 391 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

77. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, with respect to the preservation of acreage history and the reallocation of unused cotton acreage allotments.

    Public Law 86-172 · 73 Stat. 393 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Act of July 7, 1958, providing for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, relating to selection by the State of Alaska of certain lands made subject to lease, permit, license, or contract.

    Public Law 86-173 · 73 Stat. 395 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

79. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a Bureau of Naval Weapons in the Department of the Navy and to abolish the Bureaus of Aeronautics and Ordnance.

    Public Law 86-174 · 73 Stat. 395 · August 18, 1959 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of certain officers of the Public Health Service.

    Private Law 86-106 · 73 Stat. A49 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Mrs. John M. Cica.

    Private Law 86-107 · 73 Stat. A49 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Kim Fukata and her minor child. Michael (Chaney).

    Private Law 86-108 · 73 Stat. A50 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Yee You Gee.

    Private Law 86-109 · 73 Stat. A50 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Ho Rim Yoon Holsman.

    Private Law 86-110 · 73 Stat. A50 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Theopi Englezos.

    Private Law 86-111 · 73 Stat. A51 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Erika Elfriede Ida Ward.

    Private Law 86-112 · 73 Stat. A51 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Adeodato Francesco Piazza Nicolai.

    Private Law 86-113 · 73 Stat. A51 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Evagelia Elliopulos.

    Private Law 86-114 · 73 Stat. A52 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Ivan (John) Persic.

    Private Law 86-115 · 73 Stat. A52 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Lushmon S. Grewal, Jeat S. Grewal, Gurmale S. Grewal, and Tahil S. Grewal.

    Private Law 86-116 · 73 Stat. A52 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Alan Alfred Coleman.

    Private Law 86-117 · 73 Stat. A52 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Herman Luchner.

    Private Law 86-118 · 73 Stat. A53 · August 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To allow a deduction, for Federal estate tax purposes, in the case of certain transfers to charities which are subjected to foreign death taxes.

    Public Law 86-175 · 73 Stat. 396 · August 21, 1959 · Original text

94. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-176 · 73 Stat. 398 · August 21, 1959 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the placing of children in family homes, and for other purposes”, approved April 22, 1944, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-177 · 73 Stat. 413 · August 21, 1959 · Original text

96. An Act To repeal the Act approved March 3, 1897, and to amend the Act approved December 20, 1944, relating to fees for transcripts of certain records in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 86-178 · 73 Stat. 414 · August 21, 1959 · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Grover J. Cole.

    Private Law 86-119 · 73 Stat. A53 · August 24, 1959 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Kum Hung Seeto and Kum Wo Seeto.

    Private Law 86-120 · 73 Stat. A53 · August 24, 1959 · Private law · Original text

99. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 86-121 · 73 Stat. A54 · August 24, 1959 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

     Private Law 86-122 · 73 Stat. A55 · August 24, 1959 · Private law · Original text