Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Joseph Di Ciccio.

   Private Law 88-325 · 78 Stat. 1186 · September 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

2. Wilderness Act

   An Act To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-577 · 78 Stat. 890 · September 3, 1964 · Original text

3. Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965

   An Act To establish a land and water conservation fund to assist the States and Federal agencies in meeting present and future outdoor recreation demands and needs of the American people, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-578 · 78 Stat. 897 · September 3, 1964 · Original text

4. National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1964

   An Act To provide for the establishment of a National Council on the Arts to assist in the growth and development of the arts in the United States.

   Public Law 88-579 · 78 Stat. 905 · September 3, 1964 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the mint to inscribe the figure 1984 on all coins minted until adequate supplies of coins are available.

   Public Law 88-580 · 78 Stat. 908 · September 3, 1964 · Original text

6. Nurse Training Act of 1964

   An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the opportunities for training professional nursing personnel, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-581 · 78 Stat. 908 · September 4, 1964 · Original text

7. Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963

   An Act To provide for the registration of contractors of migrant agricultural workers, anti for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-582 · 78 Stat. 920 · September 7, 1964 · Original text

8. An Act To provide for the construction of the Lower Teton division of the Teton Basin Federal reclamation project, Idaho, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-583 · 78 Stat. 925 · September 7, 1964 · Original text

9. An Act To establish Federal agricultural services to Guam, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-584 · 78 Stat. 926 · September 7, 1964 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Thomas M. Talley.

    Private Law 88-326 · 78 Stat. 1186 · September 7, 1964 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mary Lane Laycock.

    Private Law 88-327 · 78 Stat. 1187 · September 7, 1964 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To establish penalties for misuse of feed made available for relieving distress or preservation and maintenance of foundation herds.

    Public Law 88-585 · 78 Stat. 927 · September 11, 1964 · Original text

13. An Act To provide for the appointment of a Commissioner General for United States participation In the Canadian. Universal and International Exhibition, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-586 · 78 Stat. 928 · September 11, 1964 · Original text

14. An Act To establish the Fire Island National Seashore, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-587 · 78 Stat. 928 · September 11, 1964 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept a transfer of certain lands within Everglades National Park, Dade County, Florida, for administration as a part of said park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-588 · 78 Stat. 933 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, in order to Increase the number of new counties In which crop insurance may be offered each year.

    Public Law 88-589 · 78 Stat. 933 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for establishment of the Canyonlands National Park in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-590 · 78 Stat. 934 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the joint resolution establishing the Battle of New Orleans Sesquicentennial Celebration Commission to authorize an appropriation to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under such joint resolution.

    Public Law 88-591 · 78 Stat. 939 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the sale of the United States Animal Quarantine Station, Clifton, New Jersey, to the city of Clifton to provide for the establishment of a new station and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-592 · 78 Stat. 939 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

20. An Act To provide for notice of change in control of management of insured banks, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-593 · 78 Stat. 939 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to carry act a continuing program to reduce nonbeneficial consumptive use of water in the Pecos River Basin, in New Mexico and Texas.

    Public Law 88-594 · 78 Stat. 942 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 511(h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1836, as amended, in order to extend the time for commitment of construction reserve funds.

    Public Law 88-595 · 78 Stat. 943 · September 12, 1964 · Original text

23. An Act For the reilef of Rickert and Laan, Incorporated.

    Private Law 88-328 · 78 Stat. 1187 · September 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the State of New Mexico.

    Public Law 88-596 · 78 Stat. 943 · September 15, 1964 · Original text

25. District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally III Act

    An Act To protect the constitutional rights of certain individuals who are mentally ill, to provide for their care, treatment, and hospitalization, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-597 · 78 Stat. 944 · September 15, 1964 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the Crooked River Federal reclamation project to provide for the irrigation of additional lands.

    Public Law 88-598 · 78 Stat. 954 · September 18, 1964 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Whitestone Coulee unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-599 · 78 Stat. 955 · September 18, 1964 · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing maintenance of flood and arroyo sediment control dams and related works to facilitate Bio Grande canalization project and authorizing appropriations for that purpose.

    Public Law 88-600 · 78 Stat. 956 · September 18, 1964 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize the addition of lauds to Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-601 · 78 Stat. 957 · September 18, 1964 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to The Breaks Interstate Park compact between the Commonwealths of Virginia and Kentucky.

    Public Law 88-602 · 78 Stat. 957 · September 18, 1964 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain land in Grand Junction, Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-603 · 78 Stat. 958 · September 18, 1964 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain property at Independence National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-604 · 78 Stat. 958 · September 18, 1964 · Original text

33. Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-605 · 78 Stat. 959 · September 19, 1964 · Original text

34. An Act For the establishment of a Public Land Law Review Commission to study existing laws and procedures relating to the administration of the public lands of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-606 · 78 Stat. 982 · September 19, 1964 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize anti direct that certain lands exclusively administered by the Secretary of the Interior be classified in order to provide for their disposal or Interim management under principles of multiple use and to produce a sustained yield of products and services, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-607 · 78 Stat. 986 · September 19, 1964 · Original text

36. An Act To provide temporary authority for the sale of certain public lands.

    Public Law 88-608 · 78 Stat. 988 · September 19, 1964 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for an investigation and study to determine a site for the construction of a sea level canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

    Public Law 88-609 · 78 Stat. 990 · September 22, 1964 · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Yih-Ho Pao and his wife, Joanne T. Pao.

    Private Law 88-329 · 78 Stat. 1188 · September 22, 1964 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To provide for recognition by the United States of Alaska’s one hundredth anniversary under the American Hag, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-610 · 78 Stat. 990 · September 24, 1964 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Arthur Wendell Bolta.

    Private Law 88-330 · 78 Stat. 1188 · September 24, 1964 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Glenda Williams.

    Private Law 88-331 · 78 Stat. 1188 · September 24, 1964 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Hattie Lu.

    Private Law 88-332 · 78 Stat. 1189 · September 24, 1964 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Francisco Navarro-Paz.

    Private Law 88-333 · 78 Stat. 1189 · September 24, 1964 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Giuseppe DiCenso.

    Private Law 88-334 · 78 Stat. 1189 · September 24, 1964 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Czeslaw (Chester) Kaluzny.

    Private Law 88-335 · 78 Stat. 1190 · September 24, 1964 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Joanne Irene Taylor.

    Private Law 88-336 · 78 Stat. 1190 · September 24, 1964 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to accept gifts and bequests for the purposes of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-611 · 78 Stat. 991 · October 2, 1964 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution Authorizing the United Spanish War Veterans to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

    Public Law 88-612 · 78 Stat. 992 · October 2, 1964 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the payment of expenses incident to the evacuation of dependents of military personnel from Panama and Cyprus.

    Public Law 88-613 · 78 Stat. 992 · October 2, 1964 · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of certain officers of the naval service erroneously in receipt of compensation based upon an incorrect computation of service for basic pay.

    Public Law 88-614 · 78 Stat. 993 · October 2, 1964 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed six-month waiting period, of antimony from the national stockpile and the supplemental stock-pile.

    Public Law 88-615 · 78 Stat. 993 · October 2, 1964 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize certain veterans’ benefits for disability or death resulting from injuries sustained prior to January 1, 1957, by reservists while proceeding directly to or returning directly from active duty for training or inactive duty training.

    Public Law 88-616 · 78 Stat. 994 · October 2, 1964 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed six-month waiting period, of approximately nine million five hundred thousand pounds of sisal from the national stockpile.

    Public Law 88-617 · 78 Stat. 994 · October 2, 1964 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Patti Jean Fulton.

    Private Law 88-337 · 78 Stat. 1190 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant John P. Mann.

    Private Law 88-338 · 78 Stat. 1191 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Jack B. Fisher.

    Private Law 88-339 · 78 Stat. 1191 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Gordon W. McGrew.

    Private Law 88-340 · 78 Stat. 1192 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Patrick J. Clyne.

    Private Law 88-341 · 78 Stat. 1192 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Captain Charles H. Glassett, Junior.

    Private Law 88-342 · 78 Stat. 1193 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lois Graybill.

    Private Law 88-343 · 78 Stat. 1193 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Marvin S. Kline.

    Private Law 88-344 · 78 Stat. 1194 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of the Quality Bedding Company.

    Private Law 88-345 · 78 Stat. 1194 · October 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of certain commissioned officers of the Army or Air Force who were erroneously paid uniform allowance under the provisions of section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1941), as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-618 · 78 Stat. 994 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

64. An Act To improve judicial procedures for serving documents, obtaining evidence, and proving documents in litigation with international aspects.

    Public Law 88-619 · 78 Stat. 995 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the promotion of qualified Reserve officers of the Army arid the Air Force to existing unit vacancies.

    Public Law 88-620 · 78 Stat. 999 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

66. An Act To clarify the status of members of the National Guard while attending or instructing at National Guard schools established under the authority of the Secretary of the Army or Secretary of the Air Force, as the ease may be. and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-621 · 78 Stat. 999 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

67. An Act To establish in the Treasury a correctional industries fund for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-622 · 78 Stat. 1000 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the promulgation of rules of practice and procedure under the Bankruptcy Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-623 · 78 Stat. 1001 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize Reserve officers to combine service in more than one reserve component in computing the four years of satisfactory Federal service necessary to qualify for the uniform maintenance allowance.

    Public Law 88-624 · 78 Stat. 1002 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

70. Food Additives Transitional Provisions Amendment of 1964

    An Act To further amend the transitional provisions of the Act approved September 6, 1958, entitled “An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit, the use in food of additives which have not been adequately tested to establish their safety”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-625 · 78 Stat. 1002 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

71. An Act To disclaim any title of the United States to certain real property in Modoc County, California.

    Public Law 88-626 · 78 Stat. 1003 · October 3, 1964 · Original text

72. An Act To amend title 28 of the United States Code to transfer the counties of Genesee and Shiawassee in the State of Michigan from the Northern Division to the Southern Division of the Eastern Judicial District and to authorize a term of court at. Ann Arbor.

    Public Law 88-627 · 78 Stat. 1003 · October 6, 1964 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day.

    Public Law 88-628 · 78 Stat. 1003 · October 6, 1964 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to pay relocation costs made necessary by actions of the District of Columbia government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-629 · 78 Stat. 1004 · October 6, 1964 · Original text

75. An Act To establish the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-630 · 78 Stat. 1005 · October 6, 1964 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 so as to authorize certain teachers employed by the Board of Education of the District of Columbia to participate In a health benefits plan established pursuant to such Act, to amend the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 so as to extend Insurance coverage to such teachers, to provide for retroactive salary increases for certain civilian employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-631 · 78 Stat. 1007 · October 6, 1964 · Original text

77. An Act To extend the Osage mineral reservation for an indefinite period.

    Public Law 88-632 · 78 Stat. 1008 · October 6, 1964 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Mike Mizokami, Sam Mizokami, Tom Mizokami, and Hatsnyo Mizokami.

    Private Law 88-346 · 78 Stat. 1195 · October 6, 1964 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Robert E. McKee General Contractor Inc., and Kaufman and Broad Bull ding Company, a joint venture.

    Private Law 88-347 · 78 Stat. 1195 · October 6, 1964 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Connecticut Beverage Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 88-348 · 78 Stat. 1195 · October 6, 1964 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Earnest O. Scott.

    Private Law 88-349 · 78 Stat. 1196 · October 6, 1964 · Private law · Original text

82. Foreign Assistance Act of 1964

    An Act To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1001, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-633 · 78 Stat. 1009 · October 7, 1964 · Original text

83. Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965

    An Act Making appropriations for Foreign Assistance and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-634 · 78 Stat. 1015 · October 7, 1964 · Original text

84. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1965

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-635 · 78 Stat. 1023 · October 7, 1964 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the crediting of certain military service for purposes of reserve retired pay.

    Public Law 88-636 · 78 Stat. 1034 · October 8, 1964 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize removal of a flight hazard at the United States Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia.

    Public Law 88-637 · 78 Stat. 1034 · October 8, 1964 · Original text

87. An Act To extend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1934, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-638 · 78 Stat. 1035 · October 8, 1964 · Original text

88. An Act To provide an adequate basis for administration of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona and Nevada, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-639 · 78 Stat. 1039 · October 8, 1964 · Original text

89. An Act To increase the appropriation authorization for the completion of the construction of the irrigation and power systems of the Flathead Indian irrigation project. Montana.

    Public Law 88-640 · 78 Stat. 1042 · October 8, 1964 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land of the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Association, Inc.

    Private Law 88-350 · 78 Stat. 1196 · October 8, 1964 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To extend the period during which Federal payments may be made for foster care in child-care institutions under the program of aid to families with dependent Children under title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-641 · 78 Stat. 1042 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Act of July 13, 1959, so as to extend the period of time within which certain construction may be undertaken by the State of Missouri on lands conveyed to such State by the United States.

    Public Law 88-642 · 78 Stat. 1042 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

93. Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees

    An Act To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System for a limited number of employees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-643 · 78 Stat. 1043 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

94. District of Columbia Judges Retirement Act of 1964

    An Act To modify the retirement benefits of the judges of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, mid the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-644 · 78 Stat. 1055 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the Act of June 29, 1960, to authorize additional extensions of time for final proof by certain entry men tinder the desert land laws and to make such additional extensions available to the successors in interest of such entrymen.

    Public Law 88-645 · 78 Stat. 1062 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

96. An Act To designate as the Graham Burke Pumping Plant tile pumping plant being constructed in the State of Arkansas as part of the White River backwater unit of the Lower Mississippi River flood control project.

    Public Law 88-646 · 78 Stat. 1062 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

97. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Vitalization Act of 1964

    An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to vitalize the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-647 · 78 Stat. 1063 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

98. An Act To change the name of the canal, known as the Ray Head-Manasquan Canal and as the Manasquan River-Barnegat Bay Canal, to Point Pleasant Canal.

    Public Law 88-648 · 78 Stat. 1074 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution Fixing the time of assembly of the Eighty-ninth Congress.

    Public Law 88-649 · 78 Stat. 1074 · October 13, 1964 · Original text

100. An Act To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide full retroactivity for disability determinations, to extend the period within which ministers may elect coverage, and to validate wages erroneously reported for certain engineering aides employed by soil and water conservation districts in Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 88-650 · 78 Stat. 1075 · October 13, 1964 · Original text