Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, section 4163, relating to discharge of prisoners.

   Public Law 87-665 · 76 Stat. 552 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

2. An Act To improve due process in the consideration and final adjudication of disputed claims for veterans’ benefits by providing that the claimant shall be furnished a brief statement of the facts and law applicable to the case appealed and afforded an opportunity to reply thereto.

   Public Law 87-666 · 76 Stat. 553 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To amend section 491 of title 18, United States Code, prohibiting certain acts involving the use of tokens, slugs, disks, devices, papers, or other things which are similar in size and shape to the lawful coins or other currency of the United States.

   Public Law 87-667 · 76 Stat. 555 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Extending the duration of copyright protection in certain cases.

   Public Law 87-668 · 76 Stat. 555 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

5. An Act To amend section 2103 of title 28, United States Code, relating to appeals improvidently taken.

   Public Law 87-669 · 76 Stat. 556 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

6. An Act To validate payments of certain special station per diem allowances and certain basic allowances for quarters made in good faith to commissioned officers of the Public Health Service.

   Public Law 87-670 · 76 Stat. 556 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

7. An Act To establish a procedure for the use of independent medical experts by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals.

   Public Law 87-671 · 76 Stat. 557 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

8. An Act To amend section 4281, title 18, of the United States Code to increase from $30 to $100 the amount of gratuity which may be furnished by the Attorney General to prisoners discharged from imprisonment or released on parole.

   Public Law 87-672 · 76 Stat. 557 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Act of January 30, 1913, to provide that the American Hospital of Paris shall have perpetual succession.

   Public Law 87-673 · 76 Stat. 557 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

10. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the restoration of certain widows and children to the rolls upon annulment of their marriages or remarriages, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-674 · 76 Stat. 558 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

11. An Act To repeal certain obsolete provisions of title 38, United States Code, relating to unemployment compensation for Korean conflict veterans.

    Public Law 87-675 · 76 Stat. 558 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to give Puerto Rico the same treatment as a State in the election of Federal Home Loan Bank Directors.

    Public Law 87-676 · 76 Stat. 559 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Act in respect to the salaries of retired referees.

    Public Law 87-677 · 76 Stat. 559 · September 19, 1962 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Georges Khoury.

    Private Law 87-535 · 76 Stat. 1353 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Maria Odelia Campos.

    Private Law 87-536 · 76 Stat. 1353 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Judy Josephine Alcantara.

    Private Law 87-537 · 76 Stat. 1353 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Jacques Tawil.

    Private Law 87-538 · 76 Stat. 1354 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Charles F. Ward, Junior, and Billy W. Crane, Senior.

    Private Law 87-539 · 76 Stat. 1354 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Joao de Freitas Ferreira de Vuseoucelos.

    Private Law 87-540 · 76 Stat. 1355 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Gennaro Prudente.

    Private Law 87-541 · 76 Stat. 1355 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Pagona Pascopoulos.

    Private Law 87-542 · 76 Stat. 1355 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Fotios Sakelaropouloe Kaplan.

    Private Law 87-543 · 76 Stat. 1356 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Hattie and Joseph Patrick, Senior, and for the legal guardian of Betty Ann Smith and the legal guardian of Stanley Smith, and for the legal guardian of James E. Harris, Junior.

    Private Law 87-544 · 76 Stat. 1356 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sun Yee (also known as Mrs. Tom Ooodyou) and her children, Male Har Yee, Shee Bell Yee, and Male Jean Yee.

    Private Law 87-545 · 76 Stat. 1357 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Don Walsh and Lieutenant Lawrence A. Shumaker.

    Private Law 87-546 · 76 Stat. 1357 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Maurizio Placidi.

    Private Law 87-547 · 76 Stat. 1358 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Stella Rosa Pagano.

    Private Law 87-548 · 76 Stat. 1358 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Dario Taquechel.

    Private Law 87-549 · 76 Stat. 1358 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant (junior grade) James B. Stewart.

    Private Law 87-550 · 76 Stat. 1358 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Nihat Ali Ucuncu.

    Private Law 87-551 · 76 Stat. 1359 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Estelle L. Heard.

    Private Law 87-552 · 76 Stat. 1359 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To amend Private Law 86–339.

    Private Law 87-553 · 76 Stat. 1360 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of George Win. Rueff, Incorporated.

    Private Law 87-554 · 76 Stat. 1360 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Edward J. McManus.

    Private Law 87-555 · 76 Stat. 1360 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Vernon J. Wiersma.

    Private Law 87-556 · 76 Stat. 1361 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Charles Gambino.

    Private Law 87-557 · 76 Stat. 1361 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Librande P. Caltagirone.

    Private Law 87-558 · 76 Stat. 1361 · September 19, 1962 · Private law · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Granting consent of Congress to the State of Delaware and the State of New Jersey to enter into a compact to establish the Delaware River and Bay Authority for the development of the area in both States bordering the Delaware River and Bay.

    Public Law 87-678 · 76 Stat. 560 · September 20, 1962 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution Providing for the designation of the period October 1962 through October 1963 as “National Safety Council Fiftieth Anniversary Year”.

    Public Law 87-679 · 76 Stat. 569 · September 20, 1962 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Cooperative Forest Management Act.

    Public Law 87-680 · 76 Stat. 569 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Act, as amended.

    Public Law 87-681 · 76 Stat. 570 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

42. An Act To extend to fishermen the same treatment accorded farmers in relation to estimated income tax.

    Public Law 87-682 · 76 Stat. 575 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Act of June 6, 1924, chapter 270 (43 Stat. 463), relating to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, as amended by the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 781; 40 U.S.C. 71).

    Public Law 87-683 · 76 Stat. 575 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

44. An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-684 · 76 Stat. 576 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

45. An Act To amend section 9 of the Act of May 22, 1928, as amended, authorizing and directing a national survey of forest resources.

    Public Law 87-685 · 76 Stat. 579 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

46. The Act for the Regulation of Credit Life Insurance and Credit Accident and Health Insurance

    An Act To provide for the regulation of credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-686 · 76 Stat. 580 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

47. An Act To correct certain land descriptions in the Act entitled “An Act to declare that the United States holds in trust for the pueblos of Santa Ana, Zia, Jemez, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Isleta, and San Ildefonso certain public domain lands”.

    Public Law 87-687 · 76 Stat. 585 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the application of certain laws to American Samoa.

    Public Law 87-688 · 76 Stat. 586 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

49. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 681), and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-689 · 76 Stat. 587 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the relief of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard.

    Public Law 87-690 · 76 Stat. 588 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

51. An Act To amend provisions of law relating to personal property coming into the custody of the property clerk, Metropolitan Police Department, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-691 · 76 Stat. 589 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

52. An Act To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for family clinics for domestic agricultural migratory workers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-692 · 76 Stat. 592 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

53. An Act To provide for the recovery from tortiously liable third persons of the coat of hospital and medical care and treatment furnished by the United States.

    Public Law 87-693 · 76 Stat. 593 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

54. An Act To repeal section 557 and to amend section 559 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901.

    Public Law 87-694 · 76 Stat. 594 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the use of lauds in the Garrison Dam project by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.

    Public Law 87-695 · 76 Stat. 594 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

56. An Act To declare that certain lands of the United States are held by the United States in trust for the Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Reservation.

    Public Law 87-696 · 76 Stat. 595 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

57. An Act To provide for a reduction in the workweek of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-697 · 76 Stat. 596 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Act of August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 868) with respect to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah.

    Public Law 87-698 · 76 Stat. 597 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

59. An Act To amend section 128 of title 28, United States Code, to constitute Richland, Washington, a place of holding court for the eastern district of Washington, southern division, and to waive section 142 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, southern division, holding court at Richland, Washington.

    Public Law 87-699 · 76 Stat. 598 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

60. An Act To relieve owners of abutting property from certain assessments in connection with the repair of alleys and sidewalks in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-700 · 76 Stat. 598 · September 25, 1962 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Soon Tai Lim.

    Private Law 87-559 · 76 Stat. 1362 · September 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Annie Yasuko Bower.

    Private Law 87-560 · 76 Stat. 1362 · September 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of San-Man Inn of Manning, Incorporated.

    Private Law 87-561 · 76 Stat. 1362 · September 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Mrs. A. R. Lendian.

    Private Law 87-562 · 76 Stat. 1363 · September 25, 1962 · Private law · Original text

65. 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 87-701 · 76 Stat. 599 · September 26, 1962 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To provide for the coinage of a medal in recognition of the distinguished services of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

    Public Law 87-702 · 76 Stat. 605 · September 26, 1962 · Original text

67. Food and Agriculture Act of 1962

    An Act To improve and protect farm income, to reduce costs of farm programs to the Federal Government, to reduce the Federal Government’s excessive stocks of agricultural commodities, to maintain reasonable and stable prices of agricultural commodities and products to consumers, to provide adequate supplies of agricultural commodities for domestic and foreign needs, to conserve natural resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-703 · 76 Stat. 605 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates of honorable service in lieu of certificates of disenrollment to certain persons who served as temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve during World War II.

    Public Law 87-704 · 76 Stat. 632 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, as amended.

    Public Law 87-705 · 76 Stat. 633 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the upper division of the Baker Ferlerai reclamation project, Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-706 · 76 Stat. 634 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

71. An Act To amend part I of the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide that the provisions of section 4(1) thereof, relating to long-and short-haul charges, shall not apply to express companies.

    Public Law 87-707 · 76 Stat. 635 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Act of February 28, 1901, to insure that policemen and firemen in the District of Columbia will receive medical care for all injuries and diseases.

    Public Law 87-708 · 76 Stat. 635 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

73. Uniform Partnership Act

    An Act To provide for the formation of partnerships in the District of Columbia and to make uniform the law with respect thereto.

    Public Law 87-709 · 76 Stat. 636 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a seven-year net operating loss carryover for certain regulated transportation corporations.

    Public Law 87-710 · 76 Stat. 648 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

75. An Act To amend Public Law 86–184, an Act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of West Virginia into the Union as a State.

    Public Law 87-711 · 76 Stat. 650 · September 27, 1962 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Heghine Tomassian.

    Private Law 87-563 · 76 Stat. 1363 · September 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Su-Fen Chen.

    Private Law 87-564 · 76 Stat. 1363 · September 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Jeno Nagy.

    Private Law 87-565 · 76 Stat. 1364 · September 27, 1962 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Padre Island National Seashore.

    Public Law 87-712 · 76 Stat. 650 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

80. An Act To exclude deposits of petrified wood from appropriation under the United States mining laws.

    Public Law 87-713 · 76 Stat. 652 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

81. An Act To assure continued fish and wildlife benefits from the national fish and wildlife conservation areas by authorizing their appropriate incidental or secondary use for public recreation to the extent that such use is compatible with the primary purposes of such areas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-714 · 76 Stat. 653 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the production and distribution of educational and training films for use by deaf persons, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-715 · 76 Stat. 654 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

83. Uniform Limited Partnership Act

    An Act To provide that the Uniform Limited Partnership Act shall apply in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-716 · 76 Stat. 655 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

84. An Act To amend certain lending limitations on real estate and construction loans applicable to national banks.

    Public Law 87-717 · 76 Stat. 662 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

85. An Act To provide further for cooperation with States in administration and enforcement of certain Federal laws.

    Public Law 87-718 · 76 Stat. 663 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, to provide for the disposal of federally owned properties at Los Alamos, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-719 · 76 Stat. 664 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

87. An Act To aathorlze the sale, without regard to the six-month waiting period prescribed, of chestnut extract proposed to be disposed of pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.

    Public Law 87-720 · 76 Stat. 666 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

88. An Act To amend section 5155 of the Revised Statutes relating to bank branches which may be retained upon conversion or consolidation or merger.

    Public Law 87-721 · 76 Stat. 667 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

89. An Act To place authority over the trust powers of national banks in the Comptroller of the Currency.

    Public Law 87-722 · 76 Stat. 668 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

90. Senior Citizens Housing Act of 1962

    An Act To provide additional funds under section 202(a)(4) of the Housing Act of 1959, and to amend title V of the Housing Act of 1940, in order to provide low and moderate cost housing, both urban and rural, for the elderly.

    Public Law 87-723 · 76 Stat. 670 · September 28, 1962 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Hratch Samuel Arukian.

    Private Law 87-566 · 76 Stat. 1364 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Yuk-Kan Cheuk.

    Private Law 87-567 · 76 Stat. 1364 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Jung Hae.

    Private Law 87-568 · 76 Stat. 1364 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Pietro Dattoli.

    Private Law 87-569 · 76 Stat. 1365 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of William Thomas Dendy.

    Private Law 87-570 · 76 Stat. 1365 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Takako Coughlin.

    Private Law 87-571 · 76 Stat. 1365 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the free entry of certain stained glass for’ Saint Joseph’s Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 87-572 · 76 Stat. 1366 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Anna Caporossi Crisconi.

    Private Law 87-573 · 76 Stat. 1366 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain phosphate rights to the Doctor P. Phillips Foundation of Orlando, Florida.

    Private Law 87-574 · 76 Stat. 1367 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Tadeusz Sochacki.

     Private Law 87-575 · 76 Stat. 1367 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text