Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To provide for the protection and preservation of the Antietam Battlefield in the State of Maryland.

   Public Law 86-438 · 74 Stat. 79 · April 22, 1960 · Original text

2. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands to the city of Tillamook, Oregon.

   Public Law 86-439 · 74 Stat. 79 · April 22, 1960 · Original text

3. An Act To amend section 4071 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 so as to fix a tax of 1 cent per pound of certain laminated tires produced from used tires.

   Public Law 86-440 · 74 Stat. 79 · April 22, 1960 · Original text

4. An Act To continue for two years the suspension of duty on certain alumina and bauxite, and to extend until July 16, 1960, the suspension of duty on imports of crude chicory and the reduction in duty on ground chicory.

   Public Law 86-441 · 74 Stat. 79 · April 22, 1960 · Original text

5. An Act To repeal section 1505 of the Social Security Act so that in determining eligibility of Federal employees for unemployment compensation their accrued annual leave shall be treated in accordance with State laws, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-442 · 74 Stat. 79 · April 22, 1960 · Original text

6. An Act To revise the boundaries and change the name of the Stones River National Military Park, Tennessee, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-443 · 74 Stat. 82 · April 22, 1960 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Grace C. Ream.

   Private Law 86-264 · 74 Stat. A14 · April 29, 1960 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Frank Podany.

   Private Law 86-265 · 74 Stat. A15 · April 29, 1960 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To revise the boundaries and change the name of the Fort Laramie National Monument, Wyoming, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 86-444 · 74 Stat. 83 · April 29, 1960 · Original text

10. An Act To donate to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Tribe, L’Anse Reservation of Michigan, a certain tract of Federal land with improvements located thereon.

    Public Law 86-445 · 74 Stat. 84 · April 29, 1960 · Original text

11. An Act To extend and increase the authorized maximum expenditure for the special milk program for children.

    Public Law 86-446 · 74 Stat. 84 · April 29, 1960 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the reconveyance of tribally owned lands by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of the State of Washington to the original allottees, their heirs, devisees, or assigns.

    Public Law 86-447 · 74 Stat. 85 · April 29, 1960 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Permitting the Secretary of the Interior to continue to deliver water to lands in the Third Division, Riverton Federal reclamation project, Wyoming.

    Public Law 86-448 · 74 Stat. 85 · May 5, 1960 · Original text

14. Civil Rights Act of 1960

    Joint Resolution To enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-449 · 74 Stat. 86 · May 6, 1960 · Original text

15. An Act To place in trust status certain lands on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.

    Public Law 86-450 · 74 Stat. 92 · May 6, 1960 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Parker E. Dragoo.

    Private Law 86-266 · 74 Stat. A15 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Ronald R. Dagon and Richard J. Hensel.

    Private Law 86-267 · 74 Stat. A15 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Jay R. Melville and Peter E. K. Shepherd.

    Private Law 86-268 · 74 Stat. A16 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Sofia N. Sarris.

    Private Law 86-269 · 74 Stat. A16 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Mrs. John Slingsby, Lena Slingsby, Allee V. Slingsby, and Harry Slingsby.

    Private Law 86-270 · 74 Stat. A16 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of the estate of Hilma Claxton.

    Private Law 86-271 · 74 Stat. A17 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Gim Bong Wong.

    Private Law 86-272 · 74 Stat. A17 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Caroline Henkel, William Henkel (now deceased), and George Henkel (presently residing at Babb, Montana), and for other purposes.

    Private Law 86-273 · 74 Stat. A18 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of certain employees of the General Services Administration.

    Private Law 86-274 · 74 Stat. A18 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To relieve Joe Keller and H. E. Piper from 1958 wheat marketing penalties and loss of soil bank benefits.

    Private Law 86-275 · 74 Stat. A19 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Wilhelmina Ordonez.

    Private Law 86-276 · 74 Stat. A19 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of James Demetrius Chrysanthes, also known as James Demetrios Chrysanthacopoulos.

    Private Law 86-277 · 74 Stat. A20 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Chan Kit Ying and James George Bainter.

    Private Law 86-278 · 74 Stat. A20 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Mrs. E. Christine Williams.

    Private Law 86-279 · 74 Stat. A20 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Stanislaw Grzelewski.

    Private Law 86-280 · 74 Stat. A20 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Jean K. Simmons.

    Private Law 86-281 · 74 Stat. A21 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Mary V. Jones.

    Private Law 86-282 · 74 Stat. A21 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Robert Dolton.

    Private Law 86-283 · 74 Stat. A21 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Daniel Wilging.

    Private Law 86-284 · 74 Stat. A22 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Mr. Hughie D. Martin and Ione Martin.

    Private Law 86-285 · 74 Stat. A22 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Simeen Helena Chaghaghi.

    Private Law 86-286 · 74 Stat. A23 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Chester A. Spindler.

    Private Law 86-287 · 74 Stat. A23 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Clarence T. Tolpo.

    Private Law 86-288 · 74 Stat. A23 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Major Jack E. Hudson.

    Private Law 86-289 · 74 Stat. A24 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Captain Jack Rubley.

    Private Law 86-290 · 74 Stat. A24 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Doctor Deh Chang Tao.

    Private Law 86-291 · 74 Stat. A25 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Alice Anderson.

    Private Law 86-292 · 74 Stat. A25 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Daniel C. Turner.

    Private Law 86-293 · 74 Stat. A26 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of George E. Williams and William L. Johnson.

    Private Law 86-294 · 74 Stat. A26 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Sam Doolittle.

    Private Law 86-295 · 74 Stat. A26 · May 13, 1960 · Private law · Original text

46. Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1961

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-451 · 74 Stat. 93 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

47. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1961

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-455 · 74 Stat. 104 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution To extend the time for tiling of the final report of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission.

    Public Law 86-452 · 74 Stat. 108 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

49. An Act To suspend for two years the Import duty on certain amorphous graphite.

    Public Law 86-453 · 74 Stat. 108 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

50. An Act To remove the requirement that, of the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Ships, one must be specially qualified and experienced in naval engineering and the other must be specially qualified and experienced in naval architecture.

    Public Law 86-454 · 74 Stat. 108 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

51. An Act To continue for a temporary period the existing suspension of duty on certain istle or Tampico fiber.

    Public Law 86-456 · 74 Stat. 119 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

52. 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 86-457 · 74 Stat. 120 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

53. An Act To provide for the conveyance to Orange County, California, of all right, title, and Interest of the United States in and to certain real property situated in Orange County, California.

    Public Law 86-458 · 74 Stat. 123 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

54. Dealer Reserve Income Adjustment Act of 1960

    An Act To provide transitional provisions for the income tax treatment of dealer reserve income.

    Public Law 86-459 · 74 Stat. 124 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the designation of a portion of the District of Columbia as the “Plaza of the Americas”.

    Public Law 86-460 · 74 Stat. 128 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act relating to the Commission of Fine Arts.

    Public Law 86-461 · 74 Stat. 128 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

57. An Act To change the name of the locks and dam numbered 41 on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky.

    Public Law 86-462 · 74 Stat. 128 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require Federal approval for mergers and consolidations of insured banks.

    Public Law 86-462 · 74 Stat. 129 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

59. An Act To extend the Export Control Act of 1949 for two additional years.

    Public Law 86-464 · 74 Stat. 130 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

60. An Act To repeal certain retirement promotion authority of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

    Public Law 86-465 · 74 Stat. 130 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide better facilities for the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws”, to increase the amounts authorized to be expended.

    Public Law 86-466 · 74 Stat. 130 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of the Albertson Water District, Nassau County, New York.

    Public Law 86-467 · 74 Stat. 131 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to provide that its loan provisions shall be applicable to certain other projects, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-468 · 74 Stat. 131 · May 13, 1960 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anne Morgan.

    Private Law 86-296 · 74 Stat. A27 · May 14, 1960 · Private law · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To authorize preliminary study and review in connection with proposed additional building for the Library of Congress.

    Public Law 86-469 · 74 Stat. 132 · May 14, 1960 · Original text

66. An Act To amend section 6659(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the procedure for assessing certain additions to tax, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-470 · 74 Stat. 132 · May 14, 1960 · Original text

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

    Public Law 86-471 · 74 Stat. 134 · May 14, 1960 · Original text

68. Mutual Security Act of 1960

    An Act To amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-472 · 74 Stat. 134 · May 14, 1960 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to resell any two of four C1–SAY–1 type vessels to the Government of the Republic of China for use in Chinese trade in Far East and Near East waters exclusively.

    Public Law 86-473 · 74 Stat. 143 · May 14, 1960 · Original text

70. An Act To amend certain sections of Title 14, United States Code, relating to personnel matters in the United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-474 · 74 Stat. 144 · May 14, 1960 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim the week in May of 1960 in which falls the third Friday of that month as National Transportation Week.

    Public Law 86-475 · 74 Stat. 146 · May 20, 1960 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Gerald Degnan, William C. Williams, Harry Eakon, Jacob Beebe, Thorvald Ohnstad, Evan 8. Henry, Henry Pitmatalik, D. LeRoy Kotila, Bernard Rock, Bud J. Carlson, Charles F. Curtis, and A. N. Dake.

    Private Law 86-297 · 74 Stat. A27 · May 24, 1960 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Mary Alice Clements.

    Private Law 86-298 · 74 Stat. A28 · May 24, 1960 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Harry L. Arkin.

    Private Law 86-299 · 74 Stat. A28 · May 24, 1960 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To remove the present $5,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the Air Force from settling certain claims arising out of the crash of a United States Air Force aircraft at Little Hock, Arkansas.

    Public Law 86-476 · 74 Stat. 147 · May 24, 1960 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Architect of the Capitol to permit certain temporary and permanent construction work on the Capitol Grounds in connection with the erection of a building on privately owned property adjacent thereto.

    Public Law 86-477 · 74 Stat. 147 · May 26, 1960 · Original text

77. An Act Relating to the election tinder section 1372 of the Internal Revenue Code of 11)54 by the Augusta Furniture Company, Incorporated, of Staunton, Virginia.

    Private Law 86-300 · 74 Stat. A29 · May 29, 1960 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to eliminate the proration of the occupational tax on persons dealing in machine guns and certain other firearms, to reduce occupational and transfer taxes on certain weapons, to make the transferor and transferee jointly liable for the transfer tax on firearms, and to make certain changes in the definition of a firearm.

    Public Law 86-478 · 74 Stat. 149 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

79. An Act To extend until June 30, 1963, the suspension of duty on imports of crude chicory and the reduction in duty on ground chicory.

    Public Law 86-479 · 74 Stat. 150 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to the State of Florida.

    Public Law 86-480 · 74 Stat. 150 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

81. 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 86-481 · 74 Stat. 151 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the loan of one submarine to Canada and the extension of a loan of a naval vessel to the Government of the Republic of China.

    Public Law 86-482 · 74 Stat. 153 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation in connection with the centennial of the birth of General of the Armies John J. Pershing.

    Public Law 86-483 · 74 Stat. 153 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune.

    Public Law 86-484 · 74 Stat. 154 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Architect of the Capitol to present to the Senators and Representative in the Congress from the State of Hawaii the official flag of the United States bearing fifty stars which is first flown over the west front of the United States Capitol.

    Public Law 86-485 · 74 Stat. 154 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize a payment to the Government of Japan.

    Public Law 86-486 · 74 Stat. 155 · June 1, 1960 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing the establishment of a national historic site at Bent’s Old Fort, near La Junta, Colorado.

    Public Law 86-487 · 74 Stat. 155 · June 3, 1960 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct the San Luis unit of the Central Valley project, California, to enter into an agreement with the State of California with respect to the construction and operation of such unit, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 86-488 · 74 Stat. 156 · June 3, 1960 · Original text

89. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Kansas and Nebraska to negotiate and enter into a compact relating to the apportionment of the waters of the Big Blue River and its tributaries as they affect such States.

    Public Law 86-489 · 74 Stat. 160 · June 3, 1960 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Leandro Pastor, Junior, and Pedro Pastor.

    Private Law 86-301 · 74 Stat. A29 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Johan Karel Christoph Schlichter.

    Private Law 86-302 · 74 Stat. A29 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Edward Peter Callas, a minor.

    Private Law 86-303 · 74 Stat. A30 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Richard L. Nuth.

    Private Law 86-304 · 74 Stat. A30 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Ida Magyar.

    Private Law 86-305 · 74 Stat. A30 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Jan P. Wilczynski.

    Private Law 86-306 · 74 Stat. A31 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Josette A. M. Stanton.

    Private Law 86-307 · 74 Stat. A31 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of William J. Barbiero.

    Private Law 86-308 · 74 Stat. A31 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Orville J. Henke.

    Private Law 86-309 · 74 Stat. A32 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Romeo Gasparini.

    Private Law 86-310 · 74 Stat. A32 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of the Philadelphia General Hospital.

     Private Law 86-311 · 74 Stat. A32 · June 8, 1960 · Private law · Original text