Every law Congress has passed

1,573 laws of the 87th Congress, 1961–1963

1. Joint Resolution To create a joint committee to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the first inaugural of Abraham Lincoln.

   Public Law 87-1 · 75 Stat. 3 · March 1, 1961 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the distribution of copies of the Congressional Record to former Members of Congress requesting such copies.

   Public Law 87-2 · 75 Stat. 5 · March 21, 1961 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the appointment of Dwight David Eisenhower to the active list of the Regular Army, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-3 · 75 Stat. 5 · March 22, 1961 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Relating to the Time for filing a Report on Renegotiation by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.

   Public Law 87-4 · 75 Stat. 6 · March 22, 1961 · Original text

5. An Act To provide a special program for feed grains for 1961.

   Public Law 87-5 · 75 Stat. 6 · March 22, 1961 · Original text

6. Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961

   An Act To provide for the establishment of a temporary program of extended unemployment compensation, to provide for a temporary increase in the rate of the Federal unemployment tax, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-6 · 75 Stat. 8 · March 24, 1961 · Original text

7. Temporary Extended Railroad Unemployment Insurance Benefits Act of 1961

   An Act To provide temporary extended railroad unemployment insurance benefits, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-7 · 75 Stat. 16 · March 24, 1961 · Original text

8. An Act To adjust the amount of funds available for farm operating loans made pursuant to section 21(b) of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended.

   Public Law 87-8 · 75 Stat. 16 · March 29, 1961 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize certain beach erosion control of the shore in San Diego County, California.

   Public Law 87-9 · 75 Stat. 18 · March 29, 1961 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the transitional provisions of the Act approved August 7, 1959, entitled “Nematocide, Plant Regulator, Defoliant, and Desiccant Amendment of 1959”.

    Public Law 87-10 · 75 Stat. 18 · March 29, 1961 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Jerome C. Hunsaker as Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 87-11 · 75 Stat. 19 · March 29, 1961 · Original text

12. An Act To extend the time in which the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission shall submit its final report.

    Public Law 87-12 · 75 Stat. 19 · March 29, 1961 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the sale, without regard to the six-month waiting period prescribed, of certain calcines and matte proposed to be disposed of pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.

    Public Law 87-13 · 75 Stat. 19 · March 29, 1961 · Original text

14. Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-14 · 75 Stat. 20 · March 31, 1961 · Original text

15. An Act To amend and extend the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended.

    Public Law 87-15 · 75 Stat. 40 · March 31, 1961 · Original text

16. An Act To amend section 510 of the Interstate Commerce Act so as to extend for twenty-seven months the loan guaranty authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

    Public Law 87-16 · 75 Stat. 41 · April 1, 1961 · Original text

17. An Act To amend Public Law 86–272 relating to State taxation of interstate commerce.

    Public Law 87-17 · 75 Stat. 41 · April 7, 1961 · Original text

18. An Act To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before June 1, 1963.

    Public Law 87-18 · 75 Stat. 41 · April 7, 1961 · Original text

19. Food Additives Transitional Provisions Amendment of 1961

    An Act To amend the transitional provisions of the Act approved September 6, 1958, entitled “An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives which have not been adequately tested to establish their safety”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-19 · 75 Stat. 42 · April 7, 1961 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To designate the first day of May of each year as Law Day, U.S.A.

    Public Law 87-20 · 75 Stat. 43 · April 7, 1961 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Mobile, Alabama.

    Public Law 87-21 · 75 Stat. 43 · April 24, 1961 · Original text

22. The Practical Nurse Training Extension Act of 1961

    An Act To amend title II of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, relating to practical nurse training, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-22 · 75 Stat. 44 · April 24, 1961 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the payment of per diem to members of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board at the same rate that is authorized for other persons serving the Federal Government without compensation.

    Public Law 87-23 · 75 Stat. 45 · April 24, 1961 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the use of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-24 · 75 Stat. 45 · April 24, 1961 · Original text

25. An Act To permit the Secretary of the Interior to revoke in whole or in part the school and agency farm reserve on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation.

    Public Law 87-25 · 75 Stat. 46 · April 24, 1961 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Michael J. Collins.

    Private Law 87-1 · 75 Stat. 851 · April 24, 1961 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Earl H. Pendell.

    Private Law 87-2 · 75 Stat. 851 · April 24, 1961 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To amend section 201 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

    Public Law 87-26 · 75 Stat. 46 · April 25, 1961 · Original text

29. An Act To establish an effective program to alleviate conditions of substantial and persistent unemployment and underemployment in certain economically distressed areas.

    Public Law 87-27 · 75 Stat. 47 · May 1, 1961 · Original text

30. An Act To amend title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

    Public Law 87-28 · 75 Stat. 64 · May 4, 1961 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from tax income derived by a foreign central bank of issue from obligations of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-29 · 75 Stat. 64 · May 4, 1961 · Original text

32. Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961

    An Act To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, to provide coverage for employees of large enterprises engaged in retail trade or service and of other employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, to increase the minimum wage under the Act to $1.25 an hour, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-30 · 75 Stat. 65 · May 5, 1961 · Original text

33. An Act To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize Federal financial participation in aid to dependent children of unemployed parents, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-31 · 75 Stat. 75 · May 8, 1961 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the joint resolution providing for observance of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the Constitution.

    Public Law 87-32 · 75 Stat. 78 · May 15, 1961 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the temporary release and reapportionment of pooled acreage allotments.

    Public Law 87-33 · 75 Stat. 78 · May 16, 1961 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim the week in May 1961 in which falls the third Friday of that month as National Transportation Week.

    Public Law 87-34 · 75 Stat. 79 · May 16, 1961 · Original text

37. An Act To convey certain land of the Pala Band of Indians to the Diocese of San Diego Education and Welfare Corporation.

    Public Law 87-35 · 75 Stat. 79 · May 19, 1961 · Original text

38. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-36 · 75 Stat. 80 · May 19, 1961 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 87-37 · 75 Stat. 84 · May 20, 1961 · Original text

40. Joint Resolution To amend section 217 of the National Housing Act to provide an interim increase in the authorization for insurance of mortgages by the Federal Housing Administration.

    Public Law 87-38 · 75 Stat. 85 · May 25, 1961 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell duplicates in bronze of a gold medal presented to Robert Frost by the President of the United States.

    Public Law 87-39 · 75 Stat. 85 · May 25, 1961 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Helen Irma Imhoof.

    Private Law 87-3 · 75 Stat. 852 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Edward W. Scott III.

    Private Law 87-4 · 75 Stat. 852 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Mico Delic.

    Private Law 87-5 · 75 Stat. 852 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Hadji Benlevi.

    Private Law 87-177 · 75 Stat. 852 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Alessandro Gellhorn.

    Private Law 87-7 · 75 Stat. 853 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Alpo Franssila Crane.

    Private Law 87-8 · 75 Stat. 853 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Mah Jew Ngee (also known as Peter Jew Mah).

    Private Law 87-9 · 75 Stat. 853 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

49. AN Act For the relief of Harry N. Kouniakis.

    Private Law 87-10 · 75 Stat. 854 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Haruo T. Hendricks.

    Private Law 87-11 · 75 Stat. 854 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Stanley Bulski (Zdzislaw Rekosz).

    Private Law 87-12 · 75 Stat. 854 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Clifford.

    Private Law 87-13 · 75 Stat. 855 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Nicolaos A. Papadimitriou.

    Private Law 87-14 · 75 Stat. 855 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Andreas Rakintozis (also known as Andreas Rakintzis or Rakajes).

    Private Law 87-15 · 75 Stat. 855 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Captain Ernest Mountain.

    Private Law 87-16 · 75 Stat. 855 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Edward P. Wall.

    Private Law 87-17 · 75 Stat. 856 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Kim Hyoung Geun.

    Private Law 87-18 · 75 Stat. 856 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Danica Dopudja.

    Private Law 87-19 · 75 Stat. 856 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Hans E. T. Hansen.

    Private Law 87-20 · 75 Stat. 857 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Maurice Devlin.

    Private Law 87-21 · 75 Stat. 857 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Arthur B. Tindell.

    Private Law 87-22 · 75 Stat. 857 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Benjamin E. Campbell.

    Private Law 87-23 · 75 Stat. 858 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Wladyslaw Figura.

    Private Law 87-24 · 75 Stat. 858 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Mario Menna.

    Private Law 87-25 · 75 Stat. 858 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Erwin P. Milspaugh.

    Private Law 87-26 · 75 Stat. 859 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of the Maritime Museum Association of San Diego.

    Private Law 87-27 · 75 Stat. 859 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Raymond G. Greenhalgh.

    Private Law 87-28 · 75 Stat. 859 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Matthew A. Wojdak, United States Navy (retired).

    Private Law 87-29 · 75 Stat. 860 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Peggy Loene Morrison.

    Private Law 87-30 · 75 Stat. 860 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Terata Kiyoshi Johnston.

    Private Law 87-31 · 75 Stat. 861 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of James Delbert Hodges.

    Private Law 87-32 · 75 Stat. 861 · May 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To waive certain restrictions of the New Mexico Enabling Act with respect to certain sales of lands granted to the State by the United States; and to consent to an amendment of the constitution of the State of New Mexico.

    Public Law 87-40 · 75 Stat. 85 · May 27, 1961 · Original text

73. An Act Making appropriations for the Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-41 · 75 Stat. 86 · May 27, 1961 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To authorize the President of the United States to award posthumously a medal to Doctor Thomas Anthony Dooley III.

    Public Law 87-42 · 75 Stat. 87 · May 27, 1961 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Authorizing the manufacture and presentation of a galvano in commemoration of the golden anniversary of naval aviation.

    Public Law 87-43 · 75 Stat. 87 · May 27, 1961 · Original text

76. An Act To provide for the addition or additions of certain lands to the Effigy Mounds National Monument in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-44 · 75 Stat. 88 · May 27, 1961 · Original text

77. An Act To amend title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the payment of operating-differential subsidy for cruises.

    Public Law 87-45 · 75 Stat. 89 · May 27, 1961 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of A. E. Waterstradt.

    Private Law 87-33 · 75 Stat. 861 · May 27, 1961 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend section 714 of title 32, United States Code, to authorize certain payments of decreased members’ final accounts without the necessity of settlement by General Accounting Office.

    Public Law 87-46 · 75 Stat. 92 · June 16, 1961 · Original text

80. An Act Relating to duty-free imports of Philippine tobacco.

    Public Law 87-47 · 75 Stat. 92 · June 16, 1961 · Original text

81. An Act To terminate the existence of the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-48 · 75 Stat. 92 · June 16, 1961 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 4 of the Employment Act of 1946.

    Public Law 87-49 · 75 Stat. 93 · June 16, 1961 · Original text

83. An Act Giving the consent of Congress to a compact between the State of Arizona and the State of Nevada establishing a boundary between those States.

    Public Law 87-50 · 75 Stat. 93 · June 16, 1961 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Designating the week of October 9–15, 1961, as National American Guild of Variety Artists Week.

    Public Law 87-51 · 75 Stat. 93 · June 16, 1961 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize construction of community support facilities at Los Alamos County, New Mexico.

    Public Law 87-52 · 75 Stat. 94 · June 16, 1961 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Ennis Craft McLaren.

    Private Law 87-34 · 75 Stat. 862 · June 16, 1961 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of In Fil Chung, In Ae Chung, In Sook Chung and In Ja Chung.

    Private Law 87-35 · 75 Stat. 862 · June 16, 1961 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of John G. Tiedemann.

    Private Law 87-36 · 75 Stat. 862 · June 16, 1961 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Samuel Pisar.

    Private Law 87-37 · 75 Stat. 863 · June 16, 1961 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of John Napoli.

    Private Law 87-38 · 75 Stat. 863 · June 16, 1961 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of the Reynolds Feal Corporation, New York, New York, and the Lydick Roofing Company, Fort Worth, Texas.

    Private Law 87-39 · 75 Stat. 863 · June 16, 1961 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To authorize appropriations for aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-53 · 75 Stat. 94 · June 21, 1961 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution Designating the week of May 13–19, 1962, as Police Week and designating May 14, 1962, as Peace Officers Memorial Day.

    Public Law 87-54 · 75 Stat. 94 · June 21, 1961 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution Relating to the time for filing a report on renegotiation by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.

    Public Law 87-55 · 75 Stat. 95 · June 21, 1961 · Original text

95. An Act To change the name of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-56 · 75 Stat. 95 · June 21, 1961 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Djura Zelenbaba.

    Private Law 87-40 · 75 Stat. 864 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Anna B. Prokop.

    Private Law 87-41 · 75 Stat. 864 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Modesita Pitarch-Martin Dauphinais.

    Private Law 87-42 · 75 Stat. 865 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Mary A. Combs.

    Private Law 87-43 · 75 Stat. 865 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Kazimiera Marek.

     Private Law 87-44 · 75 Stat. 866 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text