Every law Congress has passed

1,026 laws of the 88th Congress, 1963–1965

1. Joint Resolution Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, l963, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-1 · 77 Stat. 3 · March 6, 1963 · Original text

2. An Act To extend the induction provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-2 · 77 Stat. 4 · March 28, 1963 · Original text

3. An Act To amend section 904, title 38, United States Code, so that burial allowances might be paid In eases where discharges were changed by competent authority after death of the veteran from dishonorable to conditions other than dishonorable.

   Public Law 88-3 · 77 Stat. 4 · April 2, 1963 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the deduction for child care expenses shall be available to a wife who has been deserted by and cannot locate her husband on the same basis as a single woman.

   Public Law 88-4 · 77 Stat. 4 · April 2, 1963 · Original text

5. An Act To extend the provisions of section 3 of Public Law 87–346, relating to dual rate contracts.

   Public Law 88-5 · 77 Stat. 5 · April 3, 1963 · Original text

6. An Act To proclaim Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States of America.

   Public Law 88-6 · 77 Stat. 5 · April 9, 1963 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Designating the six-day period beginning April 15, 1968, as “National Harmony Week”, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-7 · 77 Stat. 5 · April 9, 1963 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the sale, without regard to the six-month waiting period prescribed, of cadmium proposed to be disposed of pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.

   Public Law 88-8 · 77 Stat. 6 · April 9, 1963 · Original text

9. An Act Relating to the tax treatment of redeemable ground rents.

   Public Law 88-9 · 77 Stat. 6 · April 10, 1963 · Original text

10. An Act Permitting the Secretary of the Interior to continue to deliver water to lands in the third division, Riverton reclamation project, Wyoming.

    Public Law 88-10 · 77 Stat. 8 · April 19, 1963 · Original text

11. An Act To incorporate the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation.

    Public Law 88-11 · 77 Stat. 8 · April 23, 1963 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Art of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 88-12 · 77 Stat. 13 · April 26, 1963 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of John Nicholas Brown ns Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 88-13 · 77 Stat. 13 · April 26, 1963 · Original text

14. An Act To release the right, title, or interest, if any, of the United States in certain streets in the village of Heyburn. Idaho, and to repeal the reverter in jut tent for public reserve.

    Public Law 88-14 · 77 Stat. 13 · April 26, 1963 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Act of April 22, 1960, relative to the transfer of certain public lands to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada.

    Public Law 88-15 · 77 Stat. 14 · April 26, 1963 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize David H. Forman and Julia Forman to bring suit againts the United States to determine title to certain hinds in Maricopa County, Arizona.

    Private Law 88-1 · 77 Stat. 873 · April 26, 1963 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Regarding a homestead entry of Lewis S. Cass.

    Private Law 88-2 · 77 Stat. 874 · April 26, 1963 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land situated in the vicinity of Unalakleet, Alaska, to Mrs. William E. Beltz.

    Private Law 88-3 · 77 Stat. 874 · April 26, 1963 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To amend section 47 of the Bankruptcy Act.

    Public Law 88-16 · 77 Stat. 14 · May 8, 1963 · Original text

20. An Act To amend subdivision d of section 60 of the Bankruptcy Act (11. U.S.C. 96d) ho as to give the court authority on its own motion to reexamine attorney fees paid or to be paid in a bankruptcy proceeding.

    Public Law 88-17 · 77 Stat. 14 · May 8, 1963 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 4103 of title 38 United States Code, with respect to the appointment, of the Chief Medical Director of the Department of Medicine mid Surgery of the Veterans’ Administration.

    Public Law 88-18 · 77 Stat. 15 · May 8, 1963 · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the Association of Universalist Women (a nonprofit corporation in the District of Columbia) to consolidate with the Alliance of Unitarian Women (a nonprofit corporation in the State of Massachusetts).

    Public Law 88-19 · 77 Stat. 15 · May 15, 1963 · Original text

23. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide additional compensation for veterans having the service-connected disability of deafness of both ears.

    Public Law 88-20 · 77 Stat. 17 · May 15, 1963 · Original text

24. An Act To amend title 38, United States rode, to provide increases in rates of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to children and parents of deceased veterans.

    Public Law 88-21 · 77 Stat. 17 · May 15, 1963 · Original text

25. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide additional compensation for veterans suffering the loss or loss of use of both vocal cords, with resulting complete aphonia.

    Public Law 88-22 · 77 Stat. 18 · May 15, 1963 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Designating the week of May 20–26, 1963, as National Actors’ Equity Week.

    Public Law 88-23 · 77 Stat. 18 · May 17, 1963 · Original text

27. An Act To redesignate the Big Hole Battlefield National Monument, to revise the boundaries thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-24 · 77 Stat. 18 · May 17, 1963 · Original text

28. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1963

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

    Public Law 88-25 · 77 Stat. 20 · May 17, 1963 · Original text

29. An Act To validate the homestead entries of Leo F. Reeves.

    Private Law 88-4 · 77 Stat. 874 · May 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

30. Feed Grain Act of 1963

    An Act To extend the feed grain program.

    Public Law 88-26 · 77 Stat. 44 · May 20, 1963 · Original text

31. An Act To amend section 3238 of title 18, United States Code.

    Public Law 88-27 · 77 Stat. 48 · May 23, 1963 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize appropriations during fiscal year 19M for procurement, research, development, test, and evaluation of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-28 · 77 Stat. 48 · May 23, 1963 · Original text

33. An Act To promote the coordination and development of effective programs relating to outdoor recreation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-29 · 77 Stat. 49 · May 28, 1963 · Original text

34. An Act To amend title IX of the Social Security Act with respect to the amount authorized to be made available to the States out of the employment security administration account for certain administrative expenses, to reduce the rate of the Federal unemployment tax for the calendar year 1963, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-31 · 77 Stat. 15 · May 29, 1963 · Original text

35. An Act Tu provide, for the periods ending June 30, 1963, and August 31, 1963, temporary Increases in the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.

    Public Law 88-30 · 77 Stat. 50 · May 29, 1963 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on corkboard insulation.

    Public Law 88-32 · 77 Stat. 52 · May 29, 1963 · Original text

37. An Act To change the name of Harpers Ferry National Monument to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

    Public Law 88-33 · 77 Stat. 52 · May 29, 1963 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize survey and establishment of a townsite for the Juneau Indian Village in Alaska.

    Public Law 88-34 · 77 Stat. 52 · May 29, 1963 · Original text

39. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of Nevada to the county of Lincoln, State of Nevada.

    Public Law 88-35 · 77 Stat. 53 · May 29, 1963 · Original text

40. An Act To repeal certain legislation relating to the purchase of silver, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-36 · 77 Stat. 54 · June 4, 1963 · Original text

41. An Act To consolidate Vicksburg National Military Park and to provide for certain adjustment necessitated by the installation of a park tour road, and for other purpose.

    Public Law 88-37 · 77 Stat. 55 · June 4, 1963 · Original text

42. Equal Pay Act of 1963

    An Act To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods tor commerce.

    Public Law 88-38 · 77 Stat. 56 · June 10, 1963 · Original text

43. Treasury, Post Office, and Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1964

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-39 · 77 Stat. 58 · June 13, 1963 · Original text

44. An Act To amend section 632 of title 36, United States Code, to provide for an extension of die program of grants-in-aid to the Republic of the Philippines for the hospitalization of certain veterans.

    Public Law 88-40 · 77 Stat. 66 · June 13, 1963 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of certain aliens.

    Private Law 88-5 · 77 Stat. 875 · June 19, 1963 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment, and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America for use in the 1964 National Jamboree, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-41 · 77 Stat. 66 · June 21, 1963 · Original text

47. An Act To amend Public Law 86–272, as amended, with reflect to the reporting date.

    Public Law 88-42 · 77 Stat. 67 · June 21, 1963 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize modification of the repayment contract with the Grand Valley Water Users’ Association.

    Public Law 88-43 · 77 Stat. 67 · June 21, 1963 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the renewal of certain municipal, domestic, and industrial water supply contracts entered into under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-44 · 77 Stat. 68 · June 21, 1963 · Original text

50. An Act To require authorization for certain appropriations for the Coast Guard, anti for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-45 · 77 Stat. 68 · June 21, 1963 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the withdrawal and reservation for the use of the Department of the Air Force of certain public lands of the United States at Cuddeback Lake Air Force Range, California, for defense purposes.

    Public Law 88-46 · 77 Stat. 69 · June 21, 1963 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To authorize the continued use of certain lands within the Sequoia National Park by portions of an existing hydroelectric project.

    Public Law 88-47 · 77 Stat. 70 · June 21, 1963 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Claude V. Wells.

    Private Law 88-6 · 77 Stat. 875 · June 21, 1963 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Meibom Keat.

    Private Law 88-7 · 77 Stat. 876 · June 21, 1963 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Ronnie E. Hunter.

    Private Law 88-8 · 77 Stat. 876 · June 21, 1963 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Robert O. Nelson and Harold E. Johnson.

    Private Law 88-9 · 77 Stat. 877 · June 21, 1963 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To extend for one year the petted daring which responsibility for the placement and foster rare of dependent children, under the program of aid to families with dependent children under title IV of the Social Security Act, may be exercised by a public agency other than the agency administering such aid under the State plan.

    Public Law 88-48 · 77 Stat. 70 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

58. An Act To extend until June 30, 1960, the suspension of duty on imports of crude chicory find the reduction in duty on ground chicory.

    Public Law 88-49 · 77 Stat. 71 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

59. An Act To continue until the clone of June 30, 1964, the suspension of duties for metal scrap, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-50 · 77 Stat. 71 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

60. An Act To provide a three-year suspension of certain restrictions in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, on the withdrawal from the Treasury of postal appropriations.

    Public Law 88-51 · 77 Stat. 71 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

61. Tax Rate Extension Act of 1963

    An Act To provide a one-year extension of the existing corporate normal-fax rate and of certain excise-tax rates.

    Public Law 88-52 · 77 Stat. 72 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

62. An Act To continue for two years the existing reduction of the exemption from duty enjoyed by returning residents, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-53 · 77 Stat. 73 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Amending section 221 of the National Housing Act to extend for two years the broadened eligibility presently provided for mortgage insurance thereunder.

    Public Law 88-54 · 77 Stat. 73 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1964, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-55 · 77 Stat. 74 · June 29, 1963 · Original text

65. An Act To designate the Bear Creek Dam on the Lehigh River, Pennsylvania, as the Francis E. Walter Dam.

    Public Law 88-56 · 77 Stat. 75 · July 8, 1963 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Act known as the “Life Insurance Act” of the District of Columbia, approved June 19, 1934, and the Act known as the “Fire and Casualty Act” of the District of Columbia, approved October 3, 1940.

    Public Law 88-57 · 77 Stat. 76 · July 8, 1963 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for an additional Assistant Secretary in the Treasury Department.

    Public Law 88-58 · 77 Stat. 76 · July 8, 1963 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 to provide additional choice of health benefits plans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-59 · 77 Stat. 76 · July 8, 1963 · Original text

69. 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 88-60 · 77 Stat. 77 · July 8, 1963 · Original text

70. An Act To amend section 407 of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended.

    Public Law 88-61 · 77 Stat. 79 · July 8, 1963 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To change the name of Short Mountain Lock and Dam and Reservoir in the State of Oklahoma to Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam and Reservoir.

    Public Law 88-62 · 77 Stat. 79 · July 8, 1963 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the sale of certain reserved mineral interests of the United States in certain real property owned by Jack D. Wishart and Juanita H. Wishart.

    Private Law 88-10 · 77 Stat. 877 · July 8, 1963 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Miss Ann Super.

    Private Law 88-11 · 77 Stat. 878 · July 11, 1963 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Carmela Calabrese DiVito.

    Private Law 88-12 · 77 Stat. 878 · July 11, 1963 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Mario Rodrigues Fonseca.

    Private Law 88-13 · 77 Stat. 878 · July 11, 1963 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Assunta DiLella Codetta.

    Private Law 88-14 · 77 Stat. 879 · July 11, 1963 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Josephine Maria (Bonaccorso) Bowtell.

    Private Law 88-15 · 77 Stat. 879 · July 11, 1963 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Leroy Smallenberger, a referee in bankruptcy.

    Private Law 88-16 · 77 Stat. 879 · July 11, 1963 · Private law · Original text

79. 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 88-63 · 77 Stat. 79 · July 17, 1963 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for increased wheat acreage allotments in the Tulelake area of California.

    Public Law 88-64 · 77 Stat. 79 · July 17, 1963 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Providing for acceptance by the United States of America of an instrument for the amendment of the constitution of the International Labor Organization.

    Public Law 88-65 · 77 Stat. 80 · July 17, 1963 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Yoo Chul Soo.

    Private Law 88-17 · 77 Stat. 879 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Danusia Radochouski.

    Private Law 88-18 · 77 Stat. 880 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Act of June 29, 1960 (Private Law 86–354).

    Private Law 88-19 · 77 Stat. 880 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Yeng Burdick.

    Private Law 88-20 · 77 Stat. 880 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Domenico Martino.

    Private Law 88-21 · 77 Stat. 881 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Millie Gail Mesa.

    Private Law 88-22 · 77 Stat. 881 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Peter Hopeton Maylor.

    Private Law 88-23 · 77 Stat. 881 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Zofia Miecielica.

    Private Law 88-24 · 77 Stat. 881 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Enrico Petrucci.

    Private Law 88-25 · 77 Stat. 882 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Lawrence E. Bird.

    Private Law 88-26 · 77 Stat. 882 · July 17, 1963 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To extend the principles of equitable adjudication to sales under the Alaska Public Sale Act.

    Public Law 88-66 · 77 Stat. 80 · July 19, 1963 · Original text

93. An Act To repeal the Inland Waterways Corporation Act.

    Public Law 88-67 · 77 Stat. 81 · July 19, 1963 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend for two additional years the provisions permitting the lease of tobacco acreage allotments.

    Public Law 88-68 · 77 Stat. 81 · July 19, 1963 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To amend tile joint resolution providing for United States participation in the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property.

    Public Law 88-69 · 77 Stat. 82 · July 19, 1963 · Original text

96. An Act To amend the legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, to provide for reimbursement of transportation expenses for Members of the House of Represents fives.

    Public Law 88-70 · 77 Stat. 82 · July 19, 1963 · Original text

97. An Act To provide medical care for certain Coast and Geodetic Survey retired ships officers and crew members and their dependents, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-71 · 77 Stat. 83 · July 19, 1963 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, mid for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-72 · 77 Stat. 84 · July 22, 1963 · Original text

99. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, Nevada, at fair market value, certain public lands in the State of Nevada.

    Public Law 88-73 · 77 Stat. 88 · July 22, 1963 · Original text

100. An Act To assist the States to provide additional facilities for research at the State agricultural experiment stations.

     Public Law 88-74 · 77 Stat. 90 · July 22, 1963 · Original text