Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Commander David V. Kyrklund.

   Private Law 87-661 · 76 Stat. 1401 · October 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Kenneth E. Fousse and others.

   Private Law 87-662 · 76 Stat. 1402 · October 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to extend for three additional years the authorization for grants for the construction of facilities for research in the sciences related to health, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-838 · 76 Stat. 1072 · October 17, 1962 · Original text

4. An Act To revise and codify the general and permanent laws relating to and in force in the Canal Zone and to enact the Canal Zone Code, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-845 · October 18, 1962

5. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to develop American flag carriers and promote the foreign commerce of the United States through the use of mobile trade fairs.

   Public Law 87-839 · 76 Stat. 1074 · October 18, 1962 · Original text

6. Gambling Devices Act of 1962

   An Act To amend the Act of January 2, 1951, prohibiting the transportation of gambling devices in interstate and foreign commerce.

   Public Law 87-840 · 76 Stat. 1075 · October 18, 1962 · Original text

7. An Act Authorizing an appropriation to enable the United States to extend an invitation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to hold a World Food Congress in the United States in 1963.

   Public Law 87-841 · 76 Stat. 1078 · October 18, 1962 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To direct the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission to consider possible changes in the winning design for the proposed memorial or the selection of a new design for such memorial.

   Public Law 87-842 · 76 Stat. 1078 · October 18, 1962 · Original text

9. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1068

   Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purpose.

   Public Law 87-843 · 76 Stat. 1080 · October 18, 1962 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

    Public Law 87-844 · 76 Stat. 1106 · October 18, 1962 · Original text

11. An Act To revise and codify the general and permanent laws relating to and in force in the Canal Zone and to enact the Canal Zone Code, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-845 · 76 Stat. 1106 · October 18, 1962 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain lands within the Clark Hill Reservoir, Savannah River. Georgia-South Carolina, to the Georgia-Carolina Council, Incorporated, Boy Scouts of America, for recreation and camping purposes.

    Private Law 87-663 · 76 Stat. 1402 · October 18, 1962 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Major C. Todd, Junior, and the estate of Ira T. Todd, Senior.

    Private Law 87-664 · 76 Stat. 1403 · October 18, 1962 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of G. W. Todd and the estate of Lloyd Parks.

    Private Law 87-665 · 76 Stat. 1404 · October 18, 1962 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel William A. Carter, United States Air Force.

    Private Law 87-666 · 76 Stat. 1404 · October 18, 1962 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Major Clara May Matthews.

    Private Law 87-667 · 76 Stat. 1405 · October 18, 1962 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Sergeant Ernest I. Aguilar.

    Private Law 87-668 · 76 Stat. 1405 · October 18, 1962 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To amend the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, to provide compensation for certain World War II losses.

    Public Law 87-846 · 76 Stat. 1107 · October 22, 1962 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1049, as amended, to provide for a Federal telecommunications fund.

    Public Law 87-847 · 76 Stat. 1117 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey by quitclaim deed a parcel of land in Prince Georges County, Maryland, to the Silver Hill Voluntary Fire Department and Rescue Squad.

    Public Law 87-848 · 76 Stat. 1118 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

21. An Act To strengthen the criminal laws relating to bribery, graft, and conflicts of interest, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-849 · 76 Stat. 1119 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

22. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide for the repair or replacement for veterans of certain prosthetic or other appliances damaged or destroyed as a result of certain accidents.

    Public Law 87-850 · 76 Stat. 1126 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

23. An Act To provide relief for residential occupants of unpatented mining claims upon which valuable improvements have been placed, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-851 · 76 Stat. 1127 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize executive agencies to grant easements in, over, or upon real property of the United States under the control of such agencies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-852 · 76 Stat. 1129 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Elmore County, Abibiumi.

    Public Law 87-853 · 76 Stat. 1130 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the designation of certain contract carriers as carriers of bonded merchandise.

    Public Law 87-854 · 76 Stat. 1130 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Life Insurance Act of the District of Columbia to permit certain policies to be issued to members of duly organized national veterans’ organizations.

    Public Law 87-855 · 76 Stat. 1131 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize certain banks to invest in corporations whose purpose is to provide clerical services for them, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-856 · 76 Stat. 1132 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act.

    Public Law 87-857 · 76 Stat. 1133 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to the conditions under which the special constructive sale price rule is to apply for purposes of certain manufacturers excise taxes and relating to the taxation of life insurance companies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-858 · 76 Stat. 1134 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

31. An Act To continue for an additional three-year period the existing suspensions of the tax on the first domestic processing of coconut oil, palm oil, palm-kernel oil, and fatty acids, salts, combinations, or mixtures thereof.

    Public Law 87-859 · 76 Stat. 1138 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Act of July 2, 1948. so us to repeal portions thereof relating to residual rights in certain land on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.

    Public Law 87-860 · 76 Stat. 1138 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended.

    Public Law 87-861 · 76 Stat. 1139 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

34. An Act To amend section 203 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, with respect to communication service for the transmission of voice, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through the use of electricity.

    Public Law 87-862 · 76 Stat. 1139 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the maximum limitations on the amount allowable as a deduction for medical, dental, etc., expenses, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-863 · 76 Stat. 1141 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Fixing the time of assembly of the Eighty-eighth Congress.

    Public Law 87-864 · 76 Stat. 1144 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

37. An Act To permit the Postmaster General to extend contract mail routes up to one hundred miles during the contract term, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-865 · 76 Stat. 1144 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

38. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962

    An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1904 and 19(10 for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-866 · 76 Stat. 1145 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

39. District of Columbia Appropriation Act. 1963

    An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable In whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-867 · 76 Stat. 1150 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

40. Vaccination Assistance Act of 1962

    An Act To assist States and communities to carry out intensive vaccination programs designed to protect their populations, particularly all preschool children, against poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.

    Public Law 87-868 · 76 Stat. 1155 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

41. An Act To facilitate the work of the Forest Service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-869 · 76 Stat. 1157 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

42. An Act Relating to the income tax treatment of terminal railroad corporations and their shareholders, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-870 · 76 Stat. 1158 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of civilian employees of the New York Naval Shipyard and the San Francisco Naval Shipyard erroneously in receipt of certain wages due to a misinterpretation of a Navy civilian personnel Instruction.

    Public Law 87-871 · 76 Stat. 1162 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

44. Foreign Aid and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963

    An Act Making appropriations for Foreign Aid and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-872 · 76 Stat. 1163 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

45. An Act To increase the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia in civil actions, to change the names of the court, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-873 · 76 Stat. 1171 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

46. River and Harbor Art of

    An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-874 · 76 Stat. 1173 · October 23, 1962 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of First Lieutenant Charles M. Cox, United States Army (retired).

    Private Law 87-669 · 76 Stat. 1405 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Foug Yee Hin.

    Private Law 87-670 · 76 Stat. 1406 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Fur the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Gustave M. Minton, Junior, United States Air Force.

    Private Law 87-671 · 76 Stat. 1406 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Kim Chong Koo.

    Private Law 87-672 · 76 Stat. 1407 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Doctor Felix Nabor Sabates.

    Private Law 87-673 · 76 Stat. 1407 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Doctor Hans J. V. Tiedemann and family.

    Private Law 87-674 · 76 Stat. 1407 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Doctor Walter H. Duisberg.

    Private Law 87-675 · 76 Stat. 1408 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Molly Kwauk.

    Private Law 87-676 · 76 Stat. 1408 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To amend Private Law 87–197.

    Private Law 87-677 · 76 Stat. 1409 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. Fitzpatrick and Peter D. Power.

    Private Law 87-678 · 76 Stat. 1409 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Lester A. Kocher.

    Private Law 87-679 · 76 Stat. 1409 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Dorothy H. Johnson.

    Private Law 87-680 · 76 Stat. 1410 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Kenyon B. Zahner.

    Private Law 87-681 · 76 Stat. 1410 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Don C. Jensen and Bruce E. Woolner.

    Private Law 87-682 · 76 Stat. 1410 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of George Edward Ixioiiard.

    Private Law 87-683 · 76 Stat. 1411 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Jane Froman, Gypsy Markoff, and Jean Rosen.

    Private Law 87-684 · 76 Stat. 1411 · October 23, 1962 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To grant emergency officer s retirement benefits to certain persons who did not qualify therefor because their applications were not submitted before May 25, 1929.

    Public Law 87-875 · 76 Stat. 1198 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

64. An Act To grant emergency officer s retirement benefits to certain persons who did not qualify therefor because their applications were not submitted before May 25, 1929.

    Public Law 87-876 · 76 Stat. 1199 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

65. An Act To amend section 502 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-877 · 76 Stat. 1200 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

66. An Act To validate the coverage of certain State and local employees in the State of Arkansas under the agreement entered into by such State pursuant to section 218 of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-878 · 76 Stat. 1202 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

67. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963

    An Act Milking appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-879 · 76 Stat. 1203 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

68. Public Works Appropriation Act, 1963

    An Act Making appropriations for certain civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority and certain river basin commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-880 · 76 Stat. 1216 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955, as amended, and to provide for the adjustment of annuities paid from the District of Columbia teachers’ retirement and annuity fund.

    Public Law 87-881 · 76 Stat. 1229 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1058, as amended, to increase salaries, to adjust pay alinement, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-882 · 76 Stat. 1239 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To establish a Commission to develop and execute plans for the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-883 · 76 Stat. 1244 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution To provide protection for the golden eagle.

    Public Law 87-884 · 76 Stat. 1246 · October 24, 1962 · Original text

73. An Act To facilitate the entry of alien skilled specialists and certain relatives of United States citizens, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-885 · 76 Stat. 1247 · October 24, 1962 · Original text