Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Irene Milios.

   Private Law 86-162 · 73 Stat. A71 · September 9, 1959 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the Bethel Baptist Church of Henderson, Tennessee.

   Public Law 86-240 · 73 Stat. 472 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

3. An Act To extend the jurisdiction of the Domestic Relations Branch in the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia to cover the adjudication of property rights in certain actions arising in the District of Columbia.

   Public Law 86-241 · 73 Stat. 473 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey certain lands in the State of Iowa to the city of Keosauqua.

   Public Law 86-242 · 73 Stat. 473 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

5. An Act Relating to the authority of the Customs Court to appoint employees, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-243 · 73 Stat. 474 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

6. An Act To amend section 4488 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe regulations governing lifesaving equipment, firefighting equipment, muster lists, ground tackle, hawsers, and bilge systems aboard vessels, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-244 · 73 Stat. 475 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

7. An Act To provide that certain funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians be transferred to the credit of the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado.

   Public Law 86-245 · 73 Stat. 476 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize a per capita distribution of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-246 · 73 Stat. 477 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Klamath Termination Act.

   Public Law 86-247 · 73 Stat. 477 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

10. An Act To provide for the construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Bully Creek Dam and other facilities, Vale Federal reclamation project, Oregon.

    Public Law 86-248 · 73 Stat. 478 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

11. Public Buildings Act of 1959

    An Act To provide for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of public buildings of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-249 · 73 Stat. 479 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

12. An Act To amend Public Law 85–880, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-250 · 73 Stat. 486 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the lending and borrowing limitations applicable to national banks, to authorize the appointment of an additional Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-251 · 73 Stat. 487 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

14. An Act To repeal the Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741), as amended (48 U.S.C., secs. 432–452), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-252 · 73 Stat. 490 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

15. An Act To amend section 4 and section 6 of the Act of September 11, 1957.

    Public Law 86-253 · 73 Stat. 490 · September 9, 1959 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to Sophronia Smiley Delaney and her sons.

    Private Law 86-163 · 73 Stat. A72 · September 10, 1959 · Private law · Original text

17. Public Works Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-254 · 73 Stat. 491 · September 10, 1959 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize Colonel Philip M. Whitney, United States Army, retired, to accept and wear the decoration tendered him by the Government of the Republic of France.

    Private Law 86-164 · 73 Stat. A72 · September 14, 1959 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Arshalouis Simeonian.

    Private Law 86-165 · 73 Stat. A72 · September 14, 1959 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Matilda Kolich.

    Private Law 86-166 · 73 Stat. A73 · September 14, 1959 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Donald G. Coplan.

    Private Law 86-167 · 73 Stat. A73 · September 14, 1959 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Ourania Ben Bilkas.

    Private Law 86-168 · 73 Stat. A73 · September 14, 1959 · Private law · Original text

23. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1960

    An Act Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-255 · 73 Stat. 500 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section 4083, title 18, United States Code, relating to penitentiary imprisonment.

    Public Law 86-256 · 73 Stat. 518 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

25. Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

    An Act To provide for the reporting and disclosure of certain financial transactions and administrative practices of labor organizations and employers, to prevent abuses in the administration of trusteeships by labor organizations, to provide standards with respect to the election of officers of labor organizations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-257 · 73 Stat. 519 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the appointment of a commissioner for Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

    Public Law 86-258 · 73 Stat. 546 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

27. An Act To amend section 4161 of title 18, United States Code, relating to computation of good time allowances for prisoners.

    Public Law 86-259 · 73 Stat. 546 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

28. An Act To revise eligibility requirements for burial in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-260 · 73 Stat. 547 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Acts approved April 16 and June 27, 1906 (34 Stat. 116 and 519), so as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands on the Huntley reclamation project, Yellowstone County, Montana, to school district numbered 24, Huntley Project Schools, Yellowstone County, Montana.

    Public Law 86-261 · 73 Stat. 548 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

30. An Act To amend paragraph 1629 of the Tariff Act of 1930 so as to provide for the free importation of tourist literature, to liberalize the tariff laws for works of art and other exhibition material, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-262 · 73 Stat. 549 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

31. An Act To amend section 12 of the Act of March 5, 1915, to clarify types of arrestment prohibited with respect to wages of United States seamen.

    Public Law 86-263 · 73 Stat. 551 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the erection of a plaque in honor of the late Honorable Sam D. McReynolds on or near the site of the Chickamauga Dam.

    Public Law 86-264 · 73 Stat. 551 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

33. 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 86-265 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To change the name of Roosevelt Dam, Reservoir, and Power Plant in Arizona to Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Lake, and Power Plant.

    Public Law 86-266 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

35. An Act To extend the validity of the passport to three years.

    Public Law 86-267 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

36. An Act Authorizing persons maintaining or defending actions in the District of Columbia on behalf of a minor to give releases of liability, and requiring persons receiving money or property in settlement of such actions or in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action to be appointed as guardian of the estate of such minor.

    Public Law 86-268 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain lands in or in the vicinity of Everglades City, Florida, in furtherance of the administration and use of the Everglades National Park.

    Public Law 86-269 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation with respect to the 1950 Pacific Festival, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-270 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the Crooked River Federal reclamation project, Oregon, in order to increase the capacity of certain project features for future irrigation of additional lands.

    Public Law 86-271 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

40. An Act Relating to the power of the States to impose net income taxes on income derived from interstate commerce, and authorizing studies by congressional committees of matters pertaining thereto.

    Public Law 86-272 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

41. 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 86-273 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to provide that the equal-time provisions with respect to candidates for public office shall not apply to news and other similar programs.

    Public Law 86-274 · 73 Stat. 552 · September 14, 1959 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Page A. Wilson.

    Private Law 86-169 · 73 Stat. A74 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Annibale Giovanni Pellegrini.

    Private Law 86-170 · 73 Stat. A74 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Pauline D. Kimbrough.

    Private Law 86-171 · 73 Stat. A75 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Nassibeh Mildred Milkie.

    Private Law 86-172 · 73 Stat. A75 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Captain Thomas J. McArdle.

    Private Law 86-173 · 73 Stat. A75 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Katharina Hoeger.

    Private Law 86-174 · 73 Stat. A76 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Paula Deml.

    Private Law 86-175 · 73 Stat. A76 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Marguerite Fueller.

    Private Law 86-176 · 73 Stat. A76 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the appointment of Elwood R. Quesada to the retired list of the Regular Air Force, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 86-177 · 73 Stat. A77 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Mukhtar Mohammed.

    Private Law 86-178 · 73 Stat. A77 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Clara H. Hall.

    Private Law 86-179 · 73 Stat. A77 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of John I. Strong.

    Private Law 86-180 · 73 Stat. A78 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Everet Bumgardner.

    Private Law 86-181 · 73 Stat. A78 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Lawrence M. Furtado.

    Private Law 86-182 · 73 Stat. A79 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Martin Ackerman.

    Private Law 86-183 · 73 Stat. A79 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of James J. Manning.

    Private Law 86-184 · 73 Stat. A79 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Joseph H. Cornell.

    Private Law 86-185 · 73 Stat. A80 · September 16, 1959 · Private law · Original text

60. Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1960

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

    Public Law 86-275 · 73 Stat. 558 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Spokane Valley project, Washington and Idaho, under Federal reclamation laws.

    Public Law 86-276 · 73 Stat. 558 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a gold medal in honor of the late Professional Robert H. Goddard.

    Public Law 86-277 · 73 Stat. 558 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Making a technical correction in section 5136 of the Revised Statutes (relating to national banks).

    Public Law 86-278 · 73 Stat. 563 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Act of August 1, 1958, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake continuing studies of the effects of Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other pesticides, upon fish and wildlife for the purpose of preventing losses of those invaluable natural resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-279 · 73 Stat. 563 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

65. An Act To extend the period for filing claims for credit or refund of overpayments of income taxes arising as a result of renegotiation of Government contracts.

    Public Law 86-280 · 73 Stat. 563 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

66. An Act To approve an order of the Secretary of the Interior adjusting, deferring, and canceling certain irrigation charges against non-Indian-owned lands under the Wapato Indian irrigation project, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-281 · 73 Stat. 563 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

67. An Act To amend section 1870 of title 28, United States Code, to authorize the district courts to allow additional peremptory challenges in civil cases to multiple plaintiffs as well as multiple defendants.

    Public Law 86-282 · 73 Stat. 565 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

68. An Act To grant minerals, including oil and gas, on certain lauds in the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, to certain Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-283 · 73 Stat. 565 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

69. An Act To provide additional time within which certain State agreements under section 218 of the Social Security Act may be modified to secure coverage for nonprofessional school district employees, and to permit the States of California, Kansas, North Dakota, and Vermont to obtain social security coverage, under State agreement, for policemen and firemen in positions covered by a retirement system.

    Public Law 86-284 · 73 Stat. 565 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Act of July 14, 1945, to provide that the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may use certain real property heretofore conveyed to it by the United States for general educational purposes.

    Public Law 86-285 · 73 Stat. 567 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

71. An Act To amend section 7 of the Act of July 28, 1950 (ch. 503, 64 Stat. 381; 5 U.S.C. 341f), to authorize the Attorney General to acquire land in the vicinity of any Federal penal or correctional institution when considered essential to the protection of the health or safety of the inmates of the institution.

    Public Law 86-286 · 73 Stat. 567 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Act of September 2, 1958, establishing a Commission and Advisory Committee on International Rules of Judicial Procedure.

    Public Law 86-287 · 73 Stat. 567 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the temporary free Importation of extracts, decoctions, and preparations of hemlock suitable for use for tanning.

    Public Law 86-288 · 73 Stat. 568 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

74. Virgin Islands Organic Act Amendments of 1959

    An Act To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended.

    Public Law 86-289 · 73 Stat. 568 · September 16, 1959 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Julia Mydlak

    Private Law 86-186 · 73 Stat. A80 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Relating to the exclusion of certain aliens.

    Private Law 86-187 · 73 Stat. A81 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Relating to the entry of certain aliens.

    Private Law 86-188 · 73 Stat. A81 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Conferring United States citizenship posthumously upon Gerardo Rafael Dobarganes y Torres.

    Private Law 86-189 · 73 Stat. A84 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Gordon Langlands Johnston.

    Private Law 86-190 · 73 Stat. A84 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Eva Gurman.

    Private Law 86-191 · 73 Stat. A85 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Vassiliki P. Theodorou.

    Private Law 86-192 · 73 Stat. A85 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ellen Leschner.

    Private Law 86-193 · 73 Stat. A85 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To provide for conveyance of certain real property of the United States in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, to W. A. Nolen and Wiley W. Walker.

    Private Law 86-194 · 73 Stat. A85 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Bernard Barrett.

    Private Law 86-195 · 73 Stat. A86 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Giuseppa Ferrante (Sister Candida).

    Private Law 86-196 · 73 Stat. A86 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Gladys M. Ellison.

    Private Law 86-197 · 73 Stat. A87 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Agues Lorraine Pank.

    Private Law 86-198 · 73 Stat. A87 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the Inter-County Telephone and Telegraph Company, Fort Myers, Florida.

    Private Law 86-199 · 73 Stat. A87 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Cecil E. Finley.

    Private Law 86-200 · 73 Stat. A88 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Rachel Nethery.

    Private Law 86-201 · 73 Stat. A88 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Leonard O. Erickson.

    Private Law 86-202 · 73 Stat. A88 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To admit the vessel John F. Drews to American registry and to permit its use in the coastwise trade while it is owned by Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corporation of New York.

    Private Law 86-203 · 73 Stat. A89 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Harry and Lily Stopnitsky.

    Private Law 86-204 · 73 Stat. A89 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the District Court for the Territory of Alaska to hear, determine, and render Judgment upon the claim, or claims, of Scotty James, of Sitka, Alaska.

    Private Law 86-205 · 73 Stat. A90 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Peter F. de Ullmann.

    Private Law 86-206 · 73 Stat. A90 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Loretta F. Ossorio.

    Private Law 86-207 · 73 Stat. A91 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act To authorize Major General Bernard W. Kearney, United States Army (retired), a former Member of Congress, to accept and wear the Philippine Legion of Honor in the degree of commander, conferred upon him by the Government of the Philippines.

    Private Law 86-208 · 73 Stat. A91 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Christopher J. Mulligan.

    Private Law 86-209 · 73 Stat. A91 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Zelda Glick.

    Private Law 86-210 · 73 Stat. A91 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Vukasin Krtolica.

     Private Law 86-211 · 73 Stat. A92 · September 21, 1959 · Private law · Original text