Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize annual appropriation to reimburse Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained during any fiscal year in lieu of annual appropriations to restore capital impairment based on annual Treasury appraisals, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-155 · 75 Stat. 391 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the transfer of a Bureau of Reclamation bridge across the Colorado River near Needles, California, to San Bernardino County, California, and Mohave County, Arizona.

   Public Law 87-156 · 75 Stat. 391 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

3. An Act To revise section 4166 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 35) to permit documentation of vessels sold or transferred abroad.

   Public Law 87-157 · 75 Stat. 392 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize and direct the transfer of certain Federal property to the government of American Samoa.

   Public Law 87-158 · 75 Stat. 392 · August 17, 1961 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Naoko Ishiwatari White.

   Private Law 87-147 · 75 Stat. 899 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Jean Goedicke.

   Private Law 87-148 · 75 Stat. 899 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Knud Erik Didriksen.

   Private Law 87-149 · 75 Stat. 899 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Dellarose J. Dowler.

   Private Law 87-150 · 75 Stat. 899 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Vasiliki Yeannakopoulos.

   Private Law 87-151 · 75 Stat. 900 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Mr. Najm Boulos Rihani.

    Private Law 87-152 · 75 Stat. 900 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Giuseppa Lanza Lascuola.

    Private Law 87-153 · 75 Stat. 901 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Blagoje Popadich.

    Private Law 87-154 · 75 Stat. 901 · August 17, 1961 · Private law · Original text

13. Treasury-Post Office Appropriation Act, 1962

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments, and the Tax Court of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-159 · 75 Stat. 393 · August 21, 1961 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Helga G. F. Koehler.

    Private Law 87-155 · 75 Stat. 901 · August 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Fung Wan (Mrs. Jung Gum Goon).

    Private Law 87-156 · 75 Stat. 902 · August 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to adjust the legislative jurisdiction exercised by the United States over lands within the Fort Sheridan Military Reservation, Illinois.

    Public Law 87-160 · 75 Stat. 398 · August 25, 1961 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To provide for recognition of the centennial of the establishment of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-161 · 75 Stat. 399 · August 25, 1961 · Original text

18. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the compact or agreement between the States of North Dakota and Minnesota with respect to the boundary between such States.

    Public Law 87-162 · 75 Stat. 399 · August 25, 1961 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To provide for recognition of the centennial of the establishment of the national system of land-grant universities and colleges.

    Public Law 87-163 · 75 Stat. 400 · August 25, 1961 · Original text

20. An Act To provide travel and transportation allowances for members of the National Guard and reserve components when travel is performed in an active duty or inactive duty training status in compliance with Federal directives.

    Public Law 87-164 · 75 Stat. 401 · August 25, 1961 · Original text

21. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the crediting of certain minority service for the purpose of determining eligibility for retirement, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-165 · 75 Stat. 401 · August 25, 1961 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to reconvey to the town of Malone, New York, certain real property heretofore donated by said town to the United States of America as an Army Reserve Center and never used by the United States.

    Public Law 87-166 · 75 Stat. 401 · August 25, 1961 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the sale of a portion of the former light station property in Scituate, Massachusetts.

    Private Law 87-157 · 75 Stat. 902 · August 25, 1961 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954.

    Public Law 87-167 · 75 Stat. 402 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

25. An Act To approve the amendatory repayment contract negotiated with the Huntley Project Irrigation District, Montana, to authorize its execution, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-168 · 75 Stat. 407 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior during the calendar year 1962 to continue to deliver water to lauds in certain irrigation districts in the State of Washington.

    Public Law 87-169 · 75 Stat. 408 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to permit certain new organizations to sponsor works of improvement thereunder.

    Public Law 87-170 · 75 Stat. 408 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

28. An Act To extend the application of the Federal Boating Act of 1958 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

    Public Law 87-171 · 75 Stat. 408 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-172 · 75 Stat. 409 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

30. An Act To provide for the construction of a shellfisheries research center at Milford, Connecticut.

    Public Law 87-173 · 75 Stat. 409 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955.

    Public Law 87-174 · 75 Stat. 409 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the State of Wyoming with the town of Afton, Wyoming.

    Public Law 87-175 · 75 Stat. 410 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a certain parcel of land to the town of Tellico Plains, Tennessee.

    Public Law 87-176 · 75 Stat. 410 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

34. An Act Relating to documentation and inspection of vessels of the United States.

    Public Law 87-177 · 75 Stat. 410 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the Act of March 24, 1948, which establishes special requirements governing the selection of superintendents of national cemeteries.

    Public Law 87-178 · 75 Stat. 411 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to donate dairy products and other agricultural commodities for use in home economics courses”, approved September 13, 1960 (74 Stat. 899), in order to permit the use of donated foods under certain circumstances for training college students.

    Public Law 87-179 · 75 Stat. 411 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

37. An Act To retrocede to North Carolina jurisdiction over the southern, eastbound lanes of North Carolina Highway 24, and the eastern, northbound lanes of United States Highway 17, as these highways traverse and parallel Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

    Public Law 87-180 · 75 Stat. 411 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Act granting the consent of Congress to the negotiation of certain compacts by the States of Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota in order to extend the time for such negotiation.

    Public Law 87-181 · 75 Stat. 412 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-182 · 75 Stat. 412 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

40. An Act To amend section 1732(b) of title 28, United States Code, to permit the photographic reproduction of business records held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity and the introduction of the same in evidence.

    Public Law 87-183 · 75 Stat. 413 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize modification of the project Mississippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minnesota, damage to levee and drainage districts, with particular reference to the Kings Lake Drainage District, Missouri.

    Public Law 87-184 · 75 Stat. 413 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize acceptance of an amendment to the articles of agreement of the International Finance Corporation permitting investment in capital stock.

    Public Law 87-185 · 75 Stat. 413 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

43. An Act To establish a National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Institution, to authorize expansion of the Smithsonian Institution’s facilities for portraying the contributions of the Armed Forces of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-186 · 75 Stat. 414 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

44. An Act To simplify the payment of certain miscellaneous judgments and the payment of certain compromise settlements.

    Public Law 87-187 · 75 Stat. 415 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for advances of pay to members of the armed services in cases of emergency evacuation of military dependents from oversea areas and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-188 · 75 Stat. 416 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

46. An Act To eliminate the right of appeal from the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico to the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

    Public Law 87-189 · 75 Stat. 417 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

47. An Act To dissolve Federal Facilities Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-190 · 75 Stat. 418 · August 30, 1961 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Godofredo M. Herzog.

    Private Law 87-158 · 75 Stat. 903 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Charles F. Tjaden.

    Private Law 87-159 · 75 Stat. 903 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Huan-pin Tso.

    Private Law 87-160 · 75 Stat. 903 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Sang Man Han.

    Private Law 87-161 · 75 Stat. 903 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Alicja Zakrezewska Gawkowski.

    Private Law 87-162 · 75 Stat. 904 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Roger Chong Yeun Dunne.

    Private Law 87-163 · 75 Stat. 904 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of W. B. J. Martin.

    Private Law 87-164 · 75 Stat. 904 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Tyra Fenner Tynes.

    Private Law 87-165 · 75 Stat. 905 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of James D. Jalili.

    Private Law 87-166 · 75 Stat. 905 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Ernest Morris.

    Private Law 87-167 · 75 Stat. 905 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mr. Ernest Hay, Wamego, Kansas.

    Private Law 87-168 · 75 Stat. 906 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Captain Leon B. Ketchum.

    Private Law 87-169 · 75 Stat. 906 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Robert A. St. Onge.

    Private Law 87-170 · 75 Stat. 907 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Joe Kawakami.

    Private Law 87-171 · 75 Stat. 907 · August 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To amend sections 337 and 4200 of the Revised Statutes of the United States so as to eliminate the oath requirement with respect to certain export manifests.

    Public Law 87-191 · 75 Stat. 419 · August 31, 1961 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in order to expedite and improve the administrative process by authorizing the Federal Communications Commission to delegate functions in adjudicatory cases, repealing the review staff provisions, and revising related provisions.

    Public Law 87-192 · 75 Stat. 420 · August 31, 1961 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide water and sewage disposal facilities to the Medora area adjoining the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-193 · 75 Stat. 423 · August 31, 1961 · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Mary Dawn Poison (Emmy Lou Kim) and Joseph King Polson (Sung Sang Moon).

    Private Law 87-172 · 75 Stat. 908 · August 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Norman T. Burgett, Lawrence S. Foote, Richard E. Forsgren, James R. Hart, Ordeen A. Jallen, James M. Lane, David E. Smith, Jack K. Warren, and Anne W. Welsh.

    Private Law 87-173 · 75 Stat. 908 · August 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Georgia Ellen Thomason.

    Private Law 87-174 · 75 Stat. 909 · August 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Shim Dong Nyu (Kim Christine May).

    Private Law 87-175 · 75 Stat. 909 · August 31, 1961 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To improve the active duty promotion opportunity of Air Force officers from the grade of major to the grade of lieutenant colonel.

    Public Law 87-194 · 75 Stat. 424 · September 1, 1961 · Original text

70. An Act To promote the foreign policy, security, and general welfare of the United States by assisting peoples of the world in their efforts toward economic development and internal and external security, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-195 · 75 Stat. 424 · September 4, 1961 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 so as to authorize and direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study and investigation of the adequacy, for the protection of investors, of the rules of national securities exchanges and national securities associations.

    Public Law 87-196 · 75 Stat. 465 · September 5, 1961 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide for the application of Federal criminal law to certain events occurring on board aircraft in air commerce.

    Public Law 87-197 · 75 Stat. 466 · September 5, 1961 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Small Business Act to increase by $20,000,000 the amount available for regular business loans thereunder.

    Public Law 87-198 · 75 Stat. 468 · September 5, 1961 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 216(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to permit the appointment of United States nationals to the Merchant Marine Academy.

    Public Law 87-199 · 75 Stat. 468 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide for lease and transfer of tobacco acreage allotments.

    Public Law 87-200 · 75 Stat. 469 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the appropriation of $150,000 for use toward the construction of a United States Pacific War Memorial.

    Public Law 87-201 · 75 Stat. 470 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon to acquire land within the boundaries of their reservation.

    Public Law 87-202 · 75 Stat. 470 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Act relating to the small claims and conciliation branch of the municipal court of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-203 · 75 Stat. 470 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States situated in Hawaii to the State of Hawaii.

    Public Law 87-204 · 75 Stat. 471 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the use of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Potawatomi Nation of Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-205 · 75 Stat. 474 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

81. An Act To amend various sections of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-206 · 75 Stat. 475 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of certain members and former members of the uniformed services erroneously in receipt of family separation allowances.

    Public Law 87-207 · 75 Stat. 480 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

83. An Act To amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to accept gifts and bequests of personal property for the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

    Public Law 87-208 · 75 Stat. 480 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for a national hog cholera eradication program.

    Public Law 87-209 · 75 Stat. 481 · September 6, 1961 · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Maria Dolores Villar Salinas, Angela Casanova Cabello, Carmen Guenaga Anchustegui, and Flora Casals Pons.

    Private Law 87-176 · 75 Stat. 909 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Anna Lekos.

    Private Law 87-177 · 75 Stat. 910 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Giuseppa Alonzi.

    Private Law 87-178 · 75 Stat. 910 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Anastasia Stassinopoulos.

    Private Law 87-179 · 75 Stat. 910 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Aideh Kobler.

    Private Law 87-180 · 75 Stat. 910 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests, of the United States in lands located in the State of Florida to the record owners of the surface thereof.

    Private Law 87-181 · 75 Stat. 911 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in lands located in the State of Florida to the record owners of the surface thereof.

    Private Law 87-182 · 75 Stat. 911 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands to Purvis C. Vickers, Robert I. Vickers, and Joseph M. Vickers, a copartnership doing business as Vickers Brothers.

    Private Law 87-183 · 75 Stat. 912 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the U.S. Display Corporation.

    Private Law 87-184 · 75 Stat. 913 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in lands located in Highlands County in the State of Florida to the record owners of the surface thereof.

    Private Law 87-185 · 75 Stat. 913 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Earl Gupton.

    Private Law 87-186 · 75 Stat. 914 · September 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and title IV of the National Housing Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-210 · 75 Stat. 482 · September 8, 1961 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to simplify and improve the election and appointment of directors of the Federal home loan banks.

    Public Law 87-211 · 75 Stat. 486 · September 8, 1961 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to make emergency payments to persons who are injured or whose property is damaged as a result of aircraft or missile accidents, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-212 · 75 Stat. 488 · September 8, 1961 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing the establishment of a national historic site at Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas.

    Public Law 87-213 · 75 Stat. 488 · September 8, 1961 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution”, approved June 9, 1906 (34 Stat. 227), in order to remove the statutory limitation on the amount of property such society may receive, purchase, hold, sell, and convey at any one time.

     Public Law 87-214 · 75 Stat. 489 · September 8, 1961 · Original text