Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Autonia Longfield-Smith.

   Private Law 87-417 · 76 Stat. 1311 · June 12, 1962 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Tina Jane Beland.

   Private Law 87-418 · 76 Stat. 1312 · June 12, 1962 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Adolf M. Bailer.

   Private Law 87-419 · 76 Stat. 1312 · June 12, 1962 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of William Falby.

   Private Law 87-420 · 76 Stat. 1312 · June 12, 1962 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Mildred Ixive Hayley.

   Private Law 87-421 · 76 Stat. 1313 · June 12, 1962 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Navajo Indian irrigation project and the initial stage of the San Juan-Chama project as participating projects of the Colorado River storage project, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-483 · 76 Stat. 96 · June 13, 1962 · Original text

7. An Act To amend title 30 of the United States Code to provide for additional writing or printing on third and fourth class mail.

   Public Law 87-484 · 76 Stat. 102 · June 15, 1962 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution Deferring until July 15, 1962, the Issuance of a proclamation with respect to a national wheat acreage allotment.

   Public Law 87-485 · 76 Stat. 103 · June 15, 1962 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Doctor Ting-Wa Wong.

   Private Law 87-422 · 76 Stat. 1313 · June 15, 1962 · Private law · Original text

10. Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens who are serving in the United States Armed Forces.

    Private Law 87-423 · 76 Stat. 1313 · June 15, 1962 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Franziska Aloisia Fuchs (nee Tercka).

    Private Law 87-424 · 76 Stat. 1314 · June 15, 1962 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To amend section 2385 of title 18 of the United States Code to define the term “organize” as used in that section.

    Public Law 87-486 · 76 Stat. 103 · June 19, 1962 · Original text

13. An Act To amend title 39 of the United States Code to provide for payment for unused compensatory time owing to deceased postal employees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-487 · 76 Stat. 103 · June 19, 1962 · Original text

14. An Act To amend section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956.

    Public Law 87-488 · 76 Stat. 104 · June 19, 1962 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Bureau of the Census to make appropriate reimbursements between the respective appropriations available to the Bureau, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-489 · 76 Stat. 104 · June 19, 1962 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the United States to participate in loans to the International Monetary Fund to strengthen the international monetary system.

    Public Law 87-490 · 76 Stat. 105 · June 19, 1962 · Original text

17. An Act To amend title 39 of the United States Code with respect to the transportation of mail by highway post office service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-491 · 76 Stat. 106 · June 19, 1962 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Anna Isernia Alloca.

    Private Law 87-425 · 76 Stat. 1314 · June 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Angelina Rainone.

    Private Law 87-426 · 76 Stat. 1314 · June 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Janina Maciejewska.

    Private Law 87-427 · 76 Stat. 1315 · June 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Adele Anis Mansour.

    Private Law 87-428 · 76 Stat. 1315 · June 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of James B. Troup and Sylvia Mattiat.

    Private Law 87-429 · 76 Stat. 1315 · June 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Ferdinand A. Hermens.

    Private Law 87-430 · 76 Stat. 1316 · June 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Vincent Edward Hughes, his wife, Carmel Philomena Hughes, and their alien children.

    Private Law 87-431 · 76 Stat. 1316 · June 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Caterina Scalzo (nee LoSchiavo).

    Private Law 87-432 · 76 Stat. 1316 · June 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit certain property to be used for State forestry work, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-492 · 76 Stat. 107 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the conveyance of all right, title, and interest of the United States in a certain tract of land in Jasper County, Georgia, to the Jasper County Board of Education.

    Public Law 87-493 · 76 Stat. 108 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

28. An Act To amend section 6 of the Agricultural Marketing Act, as amended, to reduce the revolving fund available for subscriptions to the capital stock of the banks for cooperatives.

    Public Law 87-494 · 76 Stat. 109 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

29. An Act To reduce the frequency of reports required of the Veterans’ Administration on the use of surplus dairy products.

    Public Law 87-495 · 76 Stat. 109 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

30. An Act To amend title 39 of the United States Code relating to funds received by the Post Office Department from payments for damage to personal property, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-496 · 76 Stat. 109 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

31. An Act To continue for a temporary period the existing suspension of duty on certain amorphous graphite.

    Public Law 87-497 · 76 Stat. 110 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to extend the application thereof to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

    Public Law 87-498 · 76 Stat. 110 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey a certain parcel of land to the city of Mount Shasta, California.

    Public Law 87-499 · 76 Stat. 110 · June 25, 1962 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Maria La Bella.

    Private Law 87-433 · 76 Stat. 1317 · June 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eva London Ritt.

    Private Law 87-434 · 76 Stat. 1317 · June 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Michael Najeeb Metry.

    Private Law 87-435 · 76 Stat. 1317 · June 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to the former owners thereof.

    Private Law 87-436 · 76 Stat. 1318 · June 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 92,187 relating to the badge of the Sons of the American Legion.

    Private Law 87-437 · 76 Stat. 1318 · June 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 55,398 relating to the badge of the American Legion Auxiliary.

    Private Law 87-438 · 76 Stat. 1318 · June 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 54,296 relating to the badge of the American Legion.

    Private Law 87-439 · 76 Stat. 1319 · June 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To amend section 306(a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1049 by increasing per diem rates and to provide reimbursement under certain circumstances for actual expenses incident to travel.

    Public Law 87-500 · 76 Stat. 111 · June 27, 1962 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the provisions of title III of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended.

    Public Law 87-501 · 76 Stat. 111 · June 27, 1962 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize Federal assistance to Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in major disasters.

    Public Law 87-502 · 76 Stat. 111 · June 27, 1962 · Original text

44. An Act To declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States in trust for the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians in Kansas.

    Public Law 87-503 · 76 Stat. 112 · June 27, 1962 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Manuel Arranz Rodriguez.

    Private Law 87-440 · 76 Stat. 1319 · June 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Shunichi Aikawa.

    Private Law 87-441 · 76 Stat. 1319 · June 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Elaine Rozin Recanati.

    Private Law 87-442 · 76 Stat. 1319 · June 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Kim Oarey (Timothy Mark Alt).

    Private Law 87-443 · 76 Stat. 1320 · June 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Sally Ann Barnett.

    Private Law 87-444 · 76 Stat. 1320 · June 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain lands of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe of Indians to the Little Flower Mission of the Saint Cloud Diocese.

    Private Law 87-445 · 76 Stat. 1320 · June 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the First World Conference on National Parks, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-504 · 76 Stat. 112 · June 28, 1962 · Original text

52. An Act To extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-505 · 76 Stat. 112 · June 28, 1962 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, to extend for two years the authority of Federal Reserve banks to purchase United States obligations directly from the Treasury.

    Public Law 87-506 · 76 Stat. 112 · June 28, 1962 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, relating to the regulation of fares for the transportation of schoolchildren in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-507 · 76 Stat. 113 · June 28, 1962 · Original text

55. Tax Rate Extension Act of 1962

    An Act To provide n one-year extension of the existing corporate normal-tax rate and of certain excise-tax rates, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-508 · 76 Stat. 114 · June 28, 1962 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 265 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1016), relating to lump-sum readjustment payments for members of the reserve components who are involuntarily released from active duty, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-509 · 76 Stat. 120 · June 28, 1962 · Original text

57. Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962

    An Act To enable the United States to participate in the assistance rendered to certain migrants and refugees.

    Public Law 87-510 · 76 Stat. 121 · June 28, 1962 · Original text

58. An Act To further amend the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, by providing for an increase in the authorization funds to be granted for the construction of hospital facilities in the District of Columbia; by extending the time in which grants may be made; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-511 · 76 Stat. 124 · July 1, 1962 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for a temporary increase In the public debt limit set forth in. section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.

    Public Law 87-512 · 76 Stat. 124 · July 1, 1962 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-513 · 76 Stat. 125 · July 1, 1962 · Original text

61. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1963, the suspension of duties for metal scrap, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-514 · 76 Stat. 125 · July 1, 1962 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for continuation of authority for regulation of exports, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-515 · 76 Stat. 127 · July 1, 1962 · Original text

63. 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 Wind River Indian irrigation project, Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-516 · 76 Stat. 128 · July 2, 1962 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Providing for the tilling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress.

    Public Law 87-517 · 76 Stat. 128 · July 2, 1962 · Original text

65. An Act To provide greater protection against the introduction and dissemination of diseases of livestock and poultry, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-518 · 76 Stat. 129 · July 2, 1962 · Original text

66. An Act To declare that the United States holds certain lands on the Eastern Cherokee Reservation in trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina.

    Public Law 87-519 · 76 Stat. 132 · July 2, 1962 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for the conveyance of thirty-nine acres of Minnesota Chippewa tribal land on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation to the Saints Mary and Joseph Church, Sawyer, Minnesota.

    Private Law 87-446 · 76 Stat. 1321 · July 2, 1962 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To extend the Renegotiation Act of 1951, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-520 · 76 Stat. 134 · July 3, 1962 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Soil Bank Act so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the harvesting of hay on conservation reserve acreage under certain conditions.

    Public Law 87-521 · 76 Stat. 135 · July 3, 1962 · Original text

70. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purismes”, approved March 3, 1925, as amended (2 U.S.C. 158), relating to deposits with the Treasurer of the United States of gifts and bequests to the Library of Congress and to raise the statutory limitation provided for in that section.

    Public Law 87-522 · 76 Stat. 135 · July 3, 1962 · Original text

71. An Act To incorporate the Metropolitan Police Relief Association of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-523 · 76 Stat. 135 · July 5, 1962 · Original text

72. An Act To provide that lands within the exterior boundaries of a national forest acquired under section 8 of the Act of June 28, 1934, as amended (43 Ü.S.C. 315g), may be added to the national forest.

    Public Law 87-524 · 76 Stat. 140 · July 9, 1962 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing the Dow Chemical Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Heath Crossing, Texas.

    Public Law 87-525 · 76 Stat. 140 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

74. An Act To amend title 14, United States Code, entitled “Coast Guard”, to extend the application of certain laws relating to the military services to the Coast Guard for purposes of uniformity.

    Public Law 87-526 · 76 Stat. 141 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, to provide for supplemental air carriers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-528 · 76 Stat. 143 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to give the Federal Communications Commission certain regulatory authority over television receiving apparatus.

    Public Law 87-529 · 76 Stat. 150 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution To amend section 310 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend the time by which a lease transferring a tobacco acreage allotment may be filed.

    Public Law 87-530 · 76 Stat. 151 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

78. An Act To amend section 302 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 U.S.C. 252), to increase the basic allowance for quarters of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-531 · 76 Stat. 152 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the San Benito International Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Los Indios, Texas, and to authorize the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas.

    Public Law 87-532 · 76 Stat. 153 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

80. An Act To change the name of the Hydrographic Office to United States Naval Oceanographic Office.

    Public Law 87-533 · 76 Stat. 154 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

81. An Act To supplement certain provisions of Federal law incorporating the Texas and Pacific Railway Company in order to give certain additional authority to such company.

    Public Law 87-527 · 76 Stat. 412 · July 10, 1962 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to the Carolina Power and Light Company.

    Private Law 87-447 · 76 Stat. 1321 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Joey Kim Purdy.

    Private Law 87-448 · 76 Stat. 1322 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Hajitne Sumitani.

    Private Law 87-449 · 76 Stat. 1322 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Lise Marie Berthe Marguerite De Simone.

    Private Law 87-450 · 76 Stat. 1323 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Byron Wong.

    Private Law 87-451 · 76 Stat. 1323 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Filomena F. Schenkenberger.

    Private Law 87-452 · 76 Stat. 1323 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Patricia Kim Bell (Kim Booshin).

    Private Law 87-453 · 76 Stat. 1324 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Lee Hwa Sun.

    Private Law 87-454 · 76 Stat. 1324 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Susan Holt Lerke (Choi Sun Hee).

    Private Law 87-455 · 76 Stat. 1324 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Ernst Fraenkel and his wife, Hanna Fraenkel.

    Private Law 87-456 · 76 Stat. 1324 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Yoon So Shim.

    Private Law 87-457 · 76 Stat. 1325 · July 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To repeal certain obsolete provisions of law relating to the mints and assay offices, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-534 · 76 Stat. 155 · July 11, 1962 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Tio Sien Tjiong.

    Private Law 87-458 · 76 Stat. 1325 · July 11, 1962 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Alexandra Callas.

    Private Law 87-459 · 76 Stat. 1325 · July 11, 1962 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of John Axel Arvidson.

    Private Law 87-460 · 76 Stat. 1326 · July 12, 1962 · Private law · Original text

97. Sugar Act Amendments of 1962

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

    Public Law 87-535 · 76 Stat. 156 · July 13, 1962 · Original text

98. An Act To amend section 6(d) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 456(d)) to authorize certain persons who complete a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program to be appointed as commissioned officers in the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

    Public Law 87-536 · 76 Stat. 167 · July 18, 1962 · Original text

99. An Act To provide uniform computation of retired pay for enlisted members retired prior to June 1, 1958, under section 4 of the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945, as amended by section 6(a) of the Act of August 10, 1946 (60 Stat. 995).

    Public Law 87-537 · 76 Stat. 168 · July 18, 1962 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Providing for the designation of the week commencing October 14, 1962, as “National Public Works Week”.

     Public Law 87-538 · 76 Stat. 168 · July 18, 1962 · Original text