Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 5021 of title 18, United States Code.

   Public Law 87-336 · 75 Stat. 750 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

2. An Act To waive section 142 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division, holding court at Lafayette, Louisiana.

   Public Law 87-337 · 75 Stat. 750 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

3. An Act To amend section 35 of title 18, United States Code.

   Public Law 87-338 · 75 Stat. 751 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act of 1960.

   Public Law 87-339 · 75 Stat. 751 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

5. An Act To disclaim interest in certain rights in certain lands in the State of Nevada.

   Public Law 87-340 · 75 Stat. 751 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

6. Small Business Investment Act Amendments of 1961

   An Act To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-341 · 75 Stat. 752 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

7. An Act To strengthen the Federal Firearms Act.

   Public Law 87-342 · 75 Stat. 757 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

8. An Act To amend further the Federal Farm Loan Act and the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-343 · 75 Stat. 758 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

9. An Act To extend for two additional years the expired provisions of Public Laws 815 and 874, Eighty-first Congress, and the National Defense Education Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 87-344 · 75 Stat. 759 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

10. An Act To amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-345 · 75 Stat. 761 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, to authorize ocean common carriers and conferences thereof serving the foreign commerce of the United States to enter into effective and fair dual rate contracts with shippers and consignees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-346 · 75 Stat. 762 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

12. An Act To stabilize the mining of lead and zinc by small domestic producers on public, Indian, and other lands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-347 · 75 Stat. 766 · October 3, 1961 · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Nishan Der Simonian.

    Private Law 87-266 · 75 Stat. 948 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of David Lew Huie.

    Private Law 87-267 · 75 Stat. 948 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Max Haleck.

    Private Law 87-268 · 75 Stat. 948 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Renee Deri.

    Private Law 87-269 · 75 Stat. 948 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Margherita Ferrelli D’Amico.

    Private Law 87-270 · 75 Stat. 949 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Heripsime Hovnanian.

    Private Law 87-271 · 75 Stat. 949 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Johann Czernopolsky.

    Private Law 87-272 · 75 Stat. 949 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Fares Salem Salman Hamarneh.

    Private Law 87-273 · 75 Stat. 950 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Annemarie Herrmann.

    Private Law 87-274 · 75 Stat. 950 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Kabalan Farris.

    Private Law 87-275 · 75 Stat. 951 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Doctor John Lopinto Arzaga.

    Private Law 87-276 · 75 Stat. 951 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Captain Jacob Haberle.

    Private Law 87-277 · 75 Stat. 951 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Lucille Collins.

    Private Law 87-278 · 75 Stat. 952 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Salvatore Cairo.

    Private Law 87-279 · 75 Stat. 952 · October 3, 1961 · Private law · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Fixing the beginning of the second regular session of the Eighty-seventh Congress.

    Public Law 87-348 · 75 Stat. 769 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

28. An Act To amend the Acts of March 3, 1901, and June 28, 1944, so as to exempt the District of Columbia from paying fees in any of the courts of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-349 · 75 Stat. 769 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act with respect to interest earnings on special Treasury issues held by the civil service retirement and disability fund, with respect to employees of agricultural stabilization and conservation county committees, and with respect to certain other categories of persons subject to such Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-350 · 75 Stat. 770 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Act of June 22, 1948, as amended, relating to certain areas within the Superior National Forest, in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-351 · 75 Stat. 772 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

31. An Act To redesignate the Jefferson Division of the Eastern District of Texas as the Marshall Division.

    Public Law 87-352 · 75 Stat. 772 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

32. An Act To abolish the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-353 · 75 Stat. 773 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

33. An Act To facilitate the protection of consumers of articles of merchandise composed in whole or in part of gold or silver from fraudulent misrepresentation concerning the quality thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-354 · 75 Stat. 775 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing the National Capital Transportation Agency to carry out part 1 of its transit development program and to further the objectives of the Act approved July 14, 1960 (74 Stat 537).

    Public Law 87-355 · 75 Stat. 776 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 207 of the Military Construction Act of 1960 in order to clarify the authority granted under such section to the Secretary of the Navy to exchange certain lands owned by the United States for lands owned by the State of Oregon.

    Public Law 87-356 · 75 Stat. 777 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

36. An Act To provide a two-year extension of the existing provision for a minimum wheat acreage allotment in the Tulelake area of California.

    Public Law 87-357 · 75 Stat. 778 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for apportioning the expense of maintaining and operating the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River from, Jones Point, Virginia, to Maryland.

    Public Law 87-358 · 75 Stat. 778 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Act approved July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 526), relating to the establishment of a register in the Department of Commerce of certain motor vehicle operators’ licenses.

    Public Law 87-359 · 75 Stat. 779 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park”, approved April 30, 1890.

    Public Law 87-360 · 75 Stat. 779 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of the State of Louisiana.

    Public Law 87-361 · 75 Stat. 779 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution To provide for the preservation and protection of certain lands in Prince Georges and Charles Counties, Maryland, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-362 · 75 Stat. 780 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To waive certain provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 so as to permit the agreement for cooperation between the United States and France to be made immediately effective.

    Public Law 87-363 · 75 Stat. 782 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Authorizing the creation of a commission to consider and formulate plans for the construction in the District of Columbia of an appropriate permanent memorial to the memory of Woodrow Wilson.

    Public Law 87-364 · 75 Stat. 783 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the Inter-American Children’s Institute.

    Public Law 87-365 · 75 Stat. 784 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

45. An Act To amend sections 1 and 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 87-366 · 75 Stat. 784 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

46. An Act To increase the limitation on the number of positions which may be placed in the top grades of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to provide certain additional research and development positions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-367 · 75 Stat. 785 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

47. An Act To amend section 1073 of title 18, United States Code, the Fugitive Felon Act.

    Public Law 87-368 · 75 Stat. 795 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

48. An Act To repeal section 791 of title 18 of the United States Code so as to extend the application of chapter 37 of title 18, relating to espionage and censorship.

    Public Law 87-369 · 75 Stat. 795 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and incorporate therein provisions for the payment of annuities to widows and certain dependents of the judges of the Tax Court of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-370 · 75 Stat. 796 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

50. An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit the transportation of fraudulent State tax stamps in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-371 · 75 Stat. 802 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

51. An Act To amend section 109 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, so as to remove the limitation on the maximum capital of the General Supply Fund.

    Public Law 87-372 · 75 Stat. 802 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the construction of a fireproof annex building for use of the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-373 · 75 Stat. 803 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 308(c) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretaries concerned to prescribe a reasonable monetary allowance for the transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings.

    Public Law 87-374 · 75 Stat. 804 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize longer term leases of Indian lands on the Dania Reservation in Florida.

    Public Law 87-375 · 75 Stat. 804 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey certain lands in the State of Iowa.

    Public Law 87-376 · 75 Stat. 805 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

56. An Act To provide outpatient medical and dental treatment for veterans of the Indian wars on the same basis as such treatment is furnished to veterans of the Spanish-American War, and to extend the time within which certain children eligible for benefits under the War Orphans Educational Assistance Act of 1956 may complete their education.

    Public Law 87-377 · 75 Stat. 806 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

57. An Act To provide for more effective participation in the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-378 · 75 Stat. 807 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

58. An Act To place in trust status certain lands on the Grow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-379 · 75 Stat. 809 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

59. An Act To increase monthly disability and death compensation payable pursuant to the War Hazards Compensation Act.

    Public Law 87-380 · 75 Stat. 809 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

60. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to annuities based on retired or retainer pay, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-381 · 75 Stat. 810 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

61. An Act To amend section 6(a) of the Virgin Islands Corporation Act.

    Public Law 87-382 · 75 Stat. 812 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

62. An Act To promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl by the acquisition of wetlands and other essential waterfowl habitat, and for other purposes

    Public Law 87-383 · 75 Stat. 813 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to dispose of certain land, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-384 · 75 Stat. 813 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

64. An Act To amend chapter 47 (Uniform Code of Military Justice) of title 10, United States Code, to provide a specific statutory authority for prosecution of bad check offenses.

    Public Law 87-385 · 75 Stat. 814 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Flood Control Act of 1958 to extend the time within which land in certain reservoir projects in Texas may be reconveyed to the former owners thereof.

    Public Law 87-386 · 75 Stat. 814 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the loan of naval vessels to friendly foreign countries and the extension of certain naval vessel loans now in existence.

    Public Law 87-387 · 75 Stat. 815 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

67. An Act To modify the project for the Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin to provide for the abandonment of the Twenty-first Avenue West Channel, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-388 · 75 Stat. 816 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Act of August 12, 1955, relating to elections in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-389 · 75 Stat. 817 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

69. An Act To further amend section 201 (i) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-390 · 75 Stat. 820 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

70. An Act To amend and clarify the reemployment provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-391 · 75 Stat. 821 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

71. An Act To amend section 303(a) of title 23, United States Code, relating to the organization of the Bureau of Public Roads, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-392 · 75 Stat. 822 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

72. An Act To remove the present $5,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the Air Force from settling certain claims arising out of the crash of a United States Air Force aircraft at Midwest City, Oklahoma.

    Public Law 87-393 · 75 Stat. 823 · October 4, 1961 · Original text

73. An Act Relating to deportation of certain aliens.

    Private Law 87-280 · 75 Stat. 952 · October 4, 1961 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Kim Dom Yong.

    Private Law 87-281 · 75 Stat. 954 · October 4, 1961 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Yoko Takayashiki.

    Private Law 87-282 · 75 Stat. 954 · October 4, 1961 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 87-283 · 75 Stat. 955 · October 4, 1961 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Maria Luisa Reis (nee) Loys.

    Private Law 87-284 · 75 Stat. 955 · October 4, 1961 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Freeport Harbor project, Texas.

    Public Law 87-394 · 75 Stat. 823 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

79. Community Health Services and Facilities Act of 1961

    An Act To assist in expanding and improving community facilities and services for the health care of aged and other persons, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-395 · 75 Stat. 824 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

80. An Act To amend title 14 of the United States Code to provide for an expansion of the functions of the Coast Guard.

    Public Law 87-396 · 75 Stat. 827 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the use of identifying numbers.

    Public Law 87-397 · 75 Stat. 828 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the State of New Hampshire.

    Public Law 87-398 · 75 Stat. 829 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Act of June 19, 1948, relating to the workweek of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-399 · 75 Stat. 830 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

84. An Act To amend title II of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 with respect to the periods for which loans under that title are made.

    Public Law 87-400 · 75 Stat. 832 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

85. An Act To amend section 510 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide for the trade-in of obsolete vessels in connection with the construction of new vessels, either at the time of executing the construction contract or at the time of delivery of the new vessel.

    Public Law 87-401 · 75 Stat. 833 · October 5, 1961 · Original text

86. An Act To change the name of the Playa del Rey Inlet and Harbor, Venice, California, to the “Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, California”.

    Public Law 87-402 · 76 Stat. 3 · February 2, 1962 · Original text

87. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 so as to provide that a distribution of stock made to an individual (or certain corporations) pursuant to an order enforcing the antitrust laws shall not be treated as a dividend distribution but shall be treated as a return of capital; and to provide that the amount of such a distribution made to a corporation shall be the fair market value of the distribution.

    Public Law 87-403 · 76 Stat. 4 · February 2, 1962 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution Making supplemental appropriations for the Veterans Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-404 · 76 Stat. 8 · February 13, 1962 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize an additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce.

    Public Law 87-405 · 76 Stat. 9 · February 16, 1962 · Original text

90. An Act Extending to Guam the power to enter into certain interstate compacts relating to the enforcement of the criminal laws and policies of the States.

    Public Law 87-406 · 76 Stat. 9 · February 16, 1962 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Elwood Brunken.

    Private Law 87-285 · 76 Stat. 1263 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Howard B. Schmutz.

    Private Law 87-286 · 76 Stat. 1263 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Kenneth Stultz.

    Private Law 87-287 · 76 Stat. 1264 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Anthony Robert Lowry (Antonio Piantadosi).

    Private Law 87-288 · 76 Stat. 1264 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Giles L. Matthews.

    Private Law 87-289 · 76 Stat. 1265 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ann W. Edwards.

    Private Law 87-290 · 76 Stat. 1265 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Alessandro Bottero.

    Private Law 87-291 · 76 Stat. 1265 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Dimitri Elias Sartan.

    Private Law 87-292 · 76 Stat. 1266 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Walter H. Hanson.

    Private Law 87-293 · 76 Stat. 1266 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Mary C. Atkinson.

     Private Law 87-294 · 76 Stat. 1266 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text