Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Dwight W. Clarahan.

   Private Law 87-576 · 76 Stat. 1367 · September 28, 1962 · Private law · Original text

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

   Public Law 87-724 · 76 Stat. 672 · September 29, 1962 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, relating to practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities.

   Public Law 87-725 · 76 Stat. 673 · October 1, 1962 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim May 15 of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week of each year during which such May 15 occurs as Police Week.

   Public Law 87-726 · 76 Stat. 676 · October 1, 1962 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Act of August 20, 1954 (68 Stat. 752), in order to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of additional features of the Talent division of the Rogue River Basin reclamation project, Oregon.

   Public Law 87-727 · 76 Stat. 677 · October 1, 1962 · Original text

6. An Act To approve an amendatory repayment contract negotiated with the Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District, authorize similar contracts with any of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Districts, and to amend the Columbia Basin Project Act of 1943 (57 Stat. 14), as amended, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-728 · 76 Stat. 677 · October 1, 1962 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1982 with regard to reimbursement of the railroad unemployment insurance account.

   Public Law 87-729 · 76 Stat. 679 · October 1, 1962 · Original text

8. An Act For relief of Anthony E. O’Sorlo.

   Private Law 87-577 · 76 Stat. 1368 · October 1, 1962 · Private law · Original text

9. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963

   An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-730 · 76 Stat. 680 · October 2, 1962 · Original text

10. An Act To promote the foreign policy of the United States by authorizing a loan to the United Nations and the appropriation of funds therefor.

    Public Law 87-731 · 76 Stat. 695 · October 2, 1962 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, to add a new section 16A to limit financial and technical assistance for drainage of certain wetlands.

    Public Law 87-732 · 76 Stat. 696 · October 2, 1962 · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of the estate of Gregory J. Kessenich.

    Private Law 87-578 · 76 Stat. 1368 · October 2, 1962 · Private law · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Expressing the determination of the United States with respect to the situation in Cuba.

    Public Law 87-733 · 76 Stat. 697 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

14. An Act To provide for the acquisition of and the payment for individual Indian and tribal lands of the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, required by the United States for the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River, and for the rehabilitation, social, and economic development of the members of the tribe, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-734 · 76 Stat. 698 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

15. An Act To provide tor the acquisition of and the payment for individual Indian and tribal lands of the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, required by the United States for the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River, and for the rehabilitation, social, and economic development of the members of the tribe, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-735 · 76 Stat. 704 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to order units and members in the Ready Reserve to active duty for not more than twelve months, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-736 · 76 Stat. 710 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

17. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended, to increase the fee charged for learners’ permits.

    Public Law 87-737 · 76 Stat. 710 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

18. An Act To amend sections 1 and 5b of chapter V of the Life Insurance Act for the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-738 · 76 Stat. 711 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

19. An Act To permit investment of funds of insurance companies organized within the District of Columbia in obligations of the Inter-American Development Bank.

    Public Law 87-739 · 76 Stat. 715 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Life Insurance Act of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-740 · 76 Stat. 715 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

21. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1963

    An Act Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-741 · 76 Stat. 716 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Act of March 8, 1922, as amended, to extend its provisions to the townsite laws applicable in the State of Alaska.

    Public Law 87-742 · 76 Stat. 740 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

23. An Act To amend section 1208(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize investment of the war risk insurance fund in securities of, or guaranteed by, the United States.

    Public Law 87-743 · 76 Stat. 740 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Act of July 13, 1946, to authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of certain additional toll bridges over or across the Delaware River and Bay.

    Public Law 87-744 · 76 Stat. 741 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1025, as amended, to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to assess reasonable fees for the restoration of motor vehicle operators’ permits and operating privileges after suspension or revocation thereof.

    Public Law 87-745 · 76 Stat. 742 · October 3, 1962 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of certain additional claimants against the United States who suffered personal injuries, property damage, or other loss as a result of the explosion of a munitions truck between Smithfield and Selma, North Carolina on March 7, 1942.

    Private Law 87-579 · 76 Stat. 1369 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Robert Knobbe.

    Private Law 87-580 · 76 Stat. 1369 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of C. W. Jones.

    Private Law 87-581 · 76 Stat. 1370 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Anthony Pirotta.

    Private Law 87-582 · 76 Stat. 1370 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Henry Massari.

    Private Law 87-583 · 76 Stat. 1370 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Chyung Sang Bak.

    Private Law 87-584 · 76 Stat. 1371 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Wilfrid M. Cheshire.

    Private Law 87-585 · 76 Stat. 1371 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Janina Tekla Gruszkos.

    Private Law 87-586 · 76 Stat. 1372 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Angelo A. Russo.

    Private Law 87-587 · 76 Stat. 1372 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Rexford R. Cherryman of Williamsburg, Virginia.

    Private Law 87-588 · 76 Stat. 1372 · October 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Act providing for the economic and social development in the Ryukyu Islands.

    Public Law 87-746 · 76 Stat. 742 · October 4, 1962 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for the withdrawal and orderly disposition of mineral interests in certain public lands in Pima County, Arizona.

    Public Law 87-747 · 76 Stat. 743 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

38. An Act To amend chapter 85 of title 28 of the United States Code relating to the Jurisdiction of the United States district courts, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-748 · 76 Stat. 744 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914, as amended.

    Public Law 87-749 · 76 Stat. 745 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

40. An Act To revise the boundaries of the Virgin Islands National Park, Saint John, Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-750 · 76 Stat. 746 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

41. An Act To provide that individuals enlisted into the Armed Forces of the United States shall take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

    Public Law 87-751 · 76 Stat. 748 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

42. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of California to the city of Needles.

    Public Law 87-752 · 76 Stat. 749 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

43. An Act To amend section 9(b) of the Act entitled “An Act to prevent pernicious political activities” (the Hatch Political Activities Act) to reduce the requirement that the Civil Service Commission impose no penalty less than thirty days suspension for any violation of section 9 of the Act.

    Public Law 87-753 · 76 Stat. 750 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the sale of the mineral estate in certain lands.

    Public Law 87-754 · 76 Stat. 750 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

45. An Act To amend section 510(a)(1), Merchant Marine Act, 1936.

    Public Law 87-755 · 76 Stat. 751 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

46. An Act To amend title VIII of the National Housing Act with respect to the authority of the Federal Housing Commissioner to pay certain real property taxes and to make payments in lieu of real property taxes.

    Public Law 87-756 · 76 Stat. 751 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America”, approved March 2, 1907, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-757 · 76 Stat. 752 · October 5, 1962 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Beaver and Sergeant and Mrs. Cecil P. Fisher.

    Private Law 87-589 · 76 Stat. 1373 · October 5, 1962 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Lieuteuaut Commander Joseph P. Mannix.

    Private Law 87-590 · 76 Stat. 1373 · October 5, 1962 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the free entry of one nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer and one mass spectrometer for the use of the University of Illinois.

    Private Law 87-591 · 76 Stat. 1374 · October 5, 1962 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the construction of a National Fisheries Center and Aquarium in the District of Columbia and to provide for its operation.

    Public Law 87-758 · 76 Stat. 752 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To establish the sesquicentennial commission for the celebration of the Battle of New Orleans, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain property within Chalmette National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-759 · 76 Stat. 755 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Authorizing the issuance of a gold medal to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.

    Public Law 87-760 · 76 Stat. 760 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act of July 14, 1955, relating to air pollution control, to authorize appropriations for an additional two-year period, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-761 · 76 Stat. 761 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Oroville-Tonasket unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division. Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-762 · 76 Stat. 761 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 6 of the Act of May 29, 1884.

    Public Law 87-763 · 76 Stat. 762 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

57. An Act To amend section 142 of title 28, United States Code, with regard to furnishing court quarters and accommodations at places where regular terms of court are authorized to be held, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-764 · 76 Stat. 762 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

58. An Act To establish in the Library of Congress a library of musical scores and other instructional materials to further educational, vocational, and cultural opportunities in the field of music for blind persons.

    Public Law 87-765 · 76 Stat. 763 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

59. An Act To consent to the amendment of the Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact and to the participation of certain additional States in such compact in accordance with the terms of such amendment.

    Public Law 87-766 · 76 Stat. 763 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Granting the consent and approval of Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-767 · 76 Stat. 764 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

61. An Act To modify the application of the personal holding company tax in the case of consumer finance companies.

    Public Law 87-768 · 76 Stat. 766 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

62. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Secretary of the Treasury to settle certain claims for damage to, or loss of, property, or personal injury or death, not cognizable under any other law.

    Public Law 87-769 · 76 Stat. 767 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for the exemption of fowling nets from duty, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-770 · 76 Stat. 768 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 514(1) of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended.

    Public Law 87-771 · 76 Stat. 769 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes”, approved July 5, 1946, as amended.

    Public Law 87-772 · 76 Stat. 769 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

66. An Act To provide criminal penalties for trafficking in phonograph records tearing forged or counterfeit labels.

    Public Law 87-773 · 76 Stat. 775 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

67. An Act To eliminate the requirements for certain detailed estimates in the annual budgets.

    Public Law 87-774 · 76 Stat. 775 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the disposition of judgment funds of the Cherokee Nation or Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 87-775 · 76 Stat. 776 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 to provide a more reasonable allowance for transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings by certain governmental officers and employees upon their transfer from one official station to another.

    Public Law 87-776 · 76 Stat. 777 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

70. An Act To amend section 6112 of title 10, United States Code.

    Public Law 87-777 · 76 Stat. 777 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the conveyance of all right, title, and Interest of the United States reserved or retained in certain lands heretofore conveyed to the city of El Paso, Texas.

    Public Law 87-778 · 76 Stat. 778 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933 and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.

    Public Law 87-779 · 76 Stat. 778 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution Providing for the establishment of an annual National School Lunch Week.

    Public Law 87-780 · 76 Stat. 779 · October 9, 1962 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of E. La Ree Smoot Carpenter.

    Private Law 87-592 · 76 Stat. 1374 · October 9, 1962 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Relating to the effective date of the qualification of the joint pension plan for employees of Local Unions 645, 1507, and 1511, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America as a qualified trust under section 401 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

    Private Law 87-593 · 76 Stat. 1374 · October 9, 1962 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To provide tax relief to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America local 863 pension fund and the contributors thereto.

    Private Law 87-594 · 76 Stat. 1375 · October 9, 1962 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Relating to the effective date of the qualification of Bricklayers Local 45 (Buffalo, New York) pension fund as a qualified trust under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

    Private Law 87-595 · 76 Stat. 1375 · October 9, 1962 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in the State of Maryland to the Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Greenbelt, Maryland, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 87-596 · 76 Stat. 1375 · October 9, 1962 · Private law · Original text

79. Drug Amendments of 1962

    An Act To protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to assure the safety, effectiveness, and reliability of drugs, authorize standardization of drug names, and clarify and strengthen existing inspection authority; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-781 · 76 Stat. 780 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section 511(h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, in order to extend the time for commitment of construction reserve funds.

    Public Law 87-782 · 76 Stat. 796 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Granting consent of the Congress to a compact entered Into between the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia for the creation of the Potomac River Compact of 1958.

    Public Law 87-783 · 76 Stat. 797 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Act directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of Nevada to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada in order to extend for five years the time for selecting such lands.

    Public Law 87-784 · 76 Stat. 804 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, for the purpose of including the Southern Ute Indian Reservation among reservations excepted from the twenty-five year lease limitation.

    Public Law 87-785 · 76 Stat. 805 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 so as to permit donations of surplus personal property to schools for the mentally retarded, schools for the physically handicapped, radio and television stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as educational radio or educational television stations, and public libraries.

    Public Law 87-786 · 76 Stat. 805 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

85. An Act To extend for two years the period for which payments in lieu of taxes may be made with respect to certain real property transferred by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its subsidiaries to other Government departments.

    Public Law 87-787 · 76 Stat. 805 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and ass let the several States in carrying on a program of forestry research, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-788 · 76 Stat. 806 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Fort Saint Marks National Historic Site.

    Public Law 87-789 · 76 Stat. 807 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

88. An Act To extend for a temporary period the existing provisions of law relating to the free importation of personal and household effects brought into the United States under Government orders, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-790 · 76 Stat. 808 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize reimbursement to appropriations of the United States Secret Service of moneys expended for the purchase of counterfeits.

    Public Law 87-791 · 76 Stat. 809 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

90. Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962

    An Act To encourage the establishment of voluntary pension plans by self-employed individuals.

    Public Law 87-792 · 76 Stat. 809 · October 10, 1962 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Dinko Dorcic.

    Private Law 87-597 · 76 Stat. 1377 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Robert J. Scanlan.

    Private Law 87-598 · 76 Stat. 1377 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Karl Heinz Agar.

    Private Law 87-599 · 76 Stat. 1377 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Anna Marie Erdelyi.

    Private Law 87-600 · 76 Stat. 1378 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Sebastians Santoro.

    Private Law 87-601 · 76 Stat. 1378 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Arild Ericksen Sandli.

    Private Law 87-602 · 76 Stat. 1378 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Carmelo Rafala.

    Private Law 87-603 · 76 Stat. 1379 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Sumiko Takahashi.

    Private Law 87-604 · 76 Stat. 1379 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Raymond Chester Hendon.

    Private Law 87-605 · 76 Stat. 1380 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Anna Sciamanna Misticoni.

     Private Law 87-606 · 76 Stat. 1380 · October 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text