Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Henry Eugene Godderis.

   Private Law 87-114 · 75 Stat. 888 · July 14, 1961 · Private law · Original text

2. Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1961

   An Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a more effective program of water pollution control, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-88 · 75 Stat. 204 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

3. An Act To extend the provisions of title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, relating to war risk insurance.

   Public Law 87-89 · 75 Stat. 210 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Surplus Property Act of 1944 to revise a restriction on the conveyance of surplus land for historic-monument purposes.

   Public Law 87-90 · 75 Stat. 211 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize agencies of the Government of the United States to pay in advance for required publications, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-91 · 75 Stat. 211 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

6. An Act To continue the authority of the President under title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, to utilize surplus agricultural commodities to assist needy peoples and to promote economic development in underdeveloped areas of the world.

   Public Law 87-92 · 75 Stat. 211 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to clarify the status of the faculty and administrative staff at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, to establish suitable personnel policies for such personnel, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-93 · 75 Stat. 212 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, so as to authorize the use of surplus personal property by State distribution agencies, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-94 · 75 Stat. 213 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free entry of electron microscopes and certain other apparatus imported by, or on behalf of, certain institutions.

   Public Law 87-95 · 75 Stat. 214 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution Providing for the apportionment to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of its share of funds authorized for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963.

    Public Law 87-96 · 75 Stat. 214 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

11. An Act To amend section 4004 of title 38, United States Code, to require that the Board of Veterans’ Appeals render findings of fact and conclusions of law in the opinions setting forth its decisions on appeals.

    Public Law 87-97 · 75 Stat. 215 · July 20, 1961 · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Krste Angeloff.

    Private Law 87-115 · 75 Stat. 888 · July 20, 1961 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Aspasia A. Koumbouris (Kumpuris).

    Private Law 87-116 · 75 Stat. 889 · July 20, 1961 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for salaries and expenses, research and development, construction of facilities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-98 · 75 Stat. 216 · July 21, 1961 · Original text

15. An Act To equalize the provisions of title 38, United States Code, relating to the transportation of the remains of veterans who die in Veterans’ Administration facilities to the place of burial.

    Public Law 87-99 · 75 Stat. 218 · July 21, 1961 · Original text

16. An Act To place Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps graduates (Regulars) in a status comparable with United States Naval Academy graduates.

    Public Law 87-100 · 75 Stat. 218 · July 21, 1961 · Original text

17. An Act To amend section 521 of title 38, United States Code, to provide that certain service shall be creditable for pension purposes.

    Public Law 87-101 · 75 Stat. 218 · July 21, 1961 · Original text

18. An Act To extend the provisions for benefits based on limited periods immediately following discharge from active duty after December 31, 1956, to veterans discharged before that date.

    Public Law 87-102 · 75 Stat. 219 · July 21, 1961 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Wieslawa Alice Klimowski.

    Private Law 87-117 · 75 Stat. 889 · July 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To provide uniformity in certain conditions of entitlement to reenlistment bonuses under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-103 · 75 Stat. 219 · July 25, 1961 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1962.

    Public Law 87-104 · 75 Stat. 220 · July 25, 1961 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Act of September 2, 1960 (74 Stat. 734), in order to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish minimum standards of quality for any variety of grapes and plums covered by such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-105 · 75 Stat. 220 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Act of April 6, 1949, as amended, so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make emergency livestock loans under such Act until December 31, 1961, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-106 · 75 Stat. 220 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution of March 25, 1953, relating to electrical and mechanical office equipment for the use of Members, officers, and committees of the House of Representatives to provide that Members having constituencies of five hundred thousand shall be entitled to an additional $500 worth of equipment; to increase the number of electric typewriters which may be furnished Members; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-107 · 75 Stat. 221 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

25. An Act To repeal the provisions of section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916, as amended, relating to the furnishing of information to the Postmaster General by the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to revenue received by railroads from express companies for the transportation of express matter.

    Public Law 87-108 · 75 Stat. 221 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the prepaid dues income of certain membership organizations to be included in gross income for the taxable years to which the dues relate.

    Public Law 87-109 · 75 Stat. 222 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

27. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1962, the suspension of duties on metal scrap, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-110 · 75 Stat. 224 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately nine acres of land for addition to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-111 · 75 Stat. 224 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

29. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1962

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-112 · 75 Stat. 225 · July 26, 1961 · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Max Bleier.

    Private Law 87-118 · 75 Stat. 889 · July 26, 1961 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Mansureh Rinehart.

    Private Law 87-119 · 75 Stat. 890 · July 26, 1961 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Kejen Pi Corsa.

    Private Law 87-120 · 75 Stat. 890 · July 26, 1961 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Jack Konko.

    Private Law 87-121 · 75 Stat. 890 · July 26, 1961 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sode Hatta.

    Private Law 87-122 · 75 Stat. 890 · July 26, 1961 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Tome Takamoto.

    Private Law 87-123 · 75 Stat. 891 · July 26, 1961 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Manuel Martinez-Lopez.

    Private Law 87-124 · 75 Stat. 891 · July 26, 1961 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To provide for the indexing and microfilming of certain records of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Alaska in the collections of the Library of Congress.

    Public Law 87-113 · 75 Stat. 241 · July 31, 1961 · Original text

38. An Act To make permanent certain increases in annuities payable from the civil service retirement and disability fund.

    Public Law 87-114 · 75 Stat. 241 · July 31, 1961 · Original text

39. An Act Consenting to the amendment of the compact between the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio relating to Pymatuning Lake.

    Public Law 87-115 · 75 Stat. 242 · July 31, 1961 · Original text

40. Joint Resolution To extend through June 30, 1962, the life of the United States Citizens Commission on North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

    Public Law 87-116 · 75 Stat. 242 · July 31, 1961 · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Kazuko (Wm. R.) Zittle.

    Private Law 87-125 · 75 Stat. 891 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Maria Giovanna Hopkins.

    Private Law 87-126 · 75 Stat. 892 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Anna Catania Puglisi.

    Private Law 87-127 · 75 Stat. 892 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of the dependents or estate of Carroll O. Switzer.

    Private Law 87-128 · 75 Stat. 892 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Jung Ngon Woon.

    Private Law 87-129 · 75 Stat. 893 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Wong Lau Sau Kam.

    Private Law 87-130 · 75 Stat. 893 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Vicenta A. Messer.

    Private Law 87-131 · 75 Stat. 893 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Manuel Nido.

    Private Law 87-132 · 75 Stat. 893 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Nick George Boudoures.

    Private Law 87-133 · 75 Stat. 894 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Lee Shee Won.

    Private Law 87-134 · 75 Stat. 894 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Adela Michiko Flores.

    Private Law 87-135 · 75 Stat. 894 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Ricaredo Bernabe Dela Cena.

    Private Law 87-136 · 75 Stat. 895 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mr. Louis Fischer, Feger Seafoods, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Stuart.

    Private Law 87-137 · 75 Stat. 895 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Eva Nowik.

    Private Law 87-138 · 75 Stat. 895 · July 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

55. 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 87-117 · 75 Stat. 242 · August 1, 1961 · Original text

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

    Public Law 87-118 · 75 Stat. 243 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

57. An Act To create the Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge.

    Public Law 87-119 · 75 Stat. 243 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain property in the State of California to the county of Trinity.

    Public Law 87-120 · 75 Stat. 244 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To provide for amending section 3 of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act (64 Stat. 319), as amended (64 Stat. 458).

    Public Law 87-121 · 75 Stat. 245 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

60. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1962

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1982, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-122 · 75 Stat. 246 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

61. An Act To reassign officers designated for supply duty as officers not restricted in the performance of duty in the Marine Corps.

    Public Law 87-123 · 75 Stat. 263 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in Lassen County, California, to the city of Susanville, California.

    Public Law 87-124 · 75 Stat. 267 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

63. General Government Matters, Department of Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1962

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Commerce, and sundry agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-125 · 75 Stat. 268 · August 3, 1961 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Hyacinth Louise Miller.

    Private Law 87-139 · 75 Stat. 896 · August 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Engineman First Class William J. Stevens.

    Private Law 87-140 · 75 Stat. 896 · August 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Amina Youssif Cosino (nee Simaan).

    Private Law 87-141 · 75 Stat. 896 · August 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Earl H. Spero.

    Private Law 87-142 · 75 Stat. 897 · August 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Habib Mattar Nacol.

    Private Law 87-143 · 75 Stat. 897 · August 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To provide for the relief of certain enlisted members of the Air Force.

    Private Law 87-144 · 75 Stat. 897 · August 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To provide for the establishment of Cape Cod National Seashore.

    Public Law 87-126 · 75 Stat. 284 · August 7, 1961 · Original text

71. An Act To amend section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended.

    Public Law 87-127 · 75 Stat. 293 · August 7, 1961 · Original text

72. Agricultural Act of 1961

    An Act To improve and protect farm prices and farm income, to increase farmer participation in the development of farm programs, to adjust supplies of agricultural commodities in line with the requirements therefor, to improve distribution and expand exports of agricultural commodities, to liberalize and extend farm credit services, to protect the interest of consumers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-128 · 75 Stat. 294 · August 8, 1961 · Original text

73. An Act To add certain federally owned land to the Lassen Volcanic National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-129 · 75 Stat. 319 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

74. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1962

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-130 · 75 Stat. 320 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

75. An Act To include Ackia Battleground National Monument, Mississippi, and Meriwether Lewis National Monument, Tennessee, in the Natchez Trace Parkway, and to provide appropriate designations for them, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-131 · 75 Stat. 335 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

76. An Act To amend paragraph 1798(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 to reduce temporarily the exemption from duty enjoyed by returning residents, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-132 · 75 Stat. 335 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

77. An Act To provide additional lands for the Tupelo National Battlefield site, Mississippi, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-133 · 75 Stat. 336 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

78. An Act To provide additional lands at, and change the name of, the Fort Necessity National Battlefield site, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-134 · 75 Stat. 336 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for an appropriation of a sum not to exceed $35,000 with which to make a survey of a proposed national parkway from the Blue Ridge Parkway at Tennessee Bald or Beech Gap southwest and running into the State of Georgia.

    Public Law 87-135 · 75 Stat. 337 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands at Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, to provide access to certain ruins in the monument, to add certain federally owned lands to the monument, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-136 · 75 Stat. 337 · August 10, 1961 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land in the Big Sandy Rancheria, California, and to accept other land in exchange therefor.

    Private Law 87-145 · 75 Stat. 898 · August 10, 1961 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Doctor Louis Karel Dupre.

    Private Law 87-146 · 75 Stat. 898 · August 10, 1961 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To provide for one additional Assistant Secretary of Labor in the Department of Labor.

    Public Law 87-137 · 75 Stat. 338 · August 11, 1961 · Original text

84. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of special pension payable to certain persons awarded the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-138 · 75 Stat. 339 · August 14, 1961 · Original text

85. An Act To increase the maximum rates of per diem allowance for employees of the Government traveling on official business, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-139 · 75 Stat. 339 · August 14, 1961 · Original text

86. An Act To amend section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 to authorize the transportation of dependents and baggage and household effects of certain retired members.

    Public Law 87-140 · 75 Stat. 341 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

87. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1962

    An Act Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-141 · 75 Stat. 342 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

88. An Act To amend section 3579, title 10, United States Code, to provide that commissioned officers of the Medical Service Corps may exercise command outside the Army Medical Service when directed by proper authority.

    Public Law 87-142 · 75 Stat. 364 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

89. An Act To amend sections 3253 and 8253 of title 10, United States Code.

    Public Law 87-143 · 75 Stat. 364 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

90. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1962

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-144 · 75 Stat. 365 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949 with respect to special pay for diving duty, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-145 · 75 Stat. 382 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain property in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-146 · 75 Stat. 383 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Act of March 8, 1922, as amended, pertaining to isolated tracts, to extend its provisions to public sales.

    Public Law 87-147 · 75 Stat. 384 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

94. An Act To revise the boundaries of the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-148 · 75 Stat. 384 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and provide certain services to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America for use at the 1962 Girl Scouts senior roundup encampment, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-149 · 75 Stat. 387 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

96. An Act To grant eighty-one acres of public domain to the Cocopah Indians in Arizona.

    Public Law 87-150 · 75 Stat. 387 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the disposal of certain Federal property on the Minidoka project, Idaho, Shoshone project, Wyoming, and Yakima project, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-151 · 75 Stat. 388 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the use of Commodity Credit Corporation owned surplus grain by the States for emergency use in the feeding of resident game birds and other resident wildlife; to authorize the use of such surplus grain by the Secretary of the Interior for emergency use in the feeding of migratory birds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-152 · 75 Stat. 389 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

99. An Act To make nationals, American and foreign, eligible for certain scholarships under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended.

    Public Law 87-153 · 75 Stat. 390 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

100. An Act To supplement and amend the Act of June 30, 1948, relating to the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, and to approve an order of the Secretary of the Interior issued under the Act of June 22, 1936.

     Public Law 87-154 · 75 Stat. 390 · August 17, 1961 · Original text