Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To provide medical care for certain persons engaged on board a vessel in the care, preservation, or navigation of such vessel.

   Public Law 88-424 · 78 Stat. 398 · August 13, 1964 · Original text

2. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Sarpy County, Nebraska.

   Public Law 88-425 · 78 Stat. 399 · August 13, 1964 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Miladin Kljajin.

   Private Law 88-278 · 78 Stat. 1167 · August 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Edith Annikki McRae.

   Private Law 88-279 · 78 Stat. 1167 · August 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Christiane Antoine Bronas.

   Private Law 88-280 · 78 Stat. 1167 · August 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands In the Newton area, California, to Clarence J. Wilder.

   Private Law 88-281 · 78 Stat. 1168 · August 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To permit the vessel SC–1473 to engage in the fisheries.

   Private Law 88-282 · 78 Stat. 1168 · August 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text

8. Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964

   An Act To adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees In the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-426 · 78 Stat. 400 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Creating a joint committee to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln.

   Public Law 88-427 · 78 Stat. 436 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

10. An Act To further amend the Missing Persons Act to cover certain persons detained in foreign countries against their will, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-428 · 78 Stat. 437 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain lands to the city of Saxman, Alaska.

    Public Law 88-429 · 78 Stat. 438 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

12. An Act To amend section 612, title 38, United States Code, to authorize dental services and treatment in eases where discharges were corrected by competent authority from dishonorable to conditions other than dishonorable.

    Public Law 88-430 · 78 Stat. 438 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

13. An Act To amend section 400 of title 37, United States Code, with regard to the advance movement of dependents and baggage and household effects of members of the uniformed services.

    Public Law 88-431 · 78 Stat. 439 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

14. 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 1965 Girl Scouts Senior Roundup encampment, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-432 · 78 Stat. 440 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

15. An Act To facilitate the performance of medical research and development within the Veterans’ Administration, by providing for the indemnification of contractors.

    Public Law 88-433 · 78 Stat. 441 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

16. An Act To extend certain construction authority to the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs in order to provide adequate veterans’ hospital facilities in Los Angeles, California.

    Public Law 88-434 · 78 Stat. 442 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

17. An Act To validate certain payments of per diem allowances made to members of the Coast Guard.

    Public Law 88-435 · 78 Stat. 443 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

18. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize increased fees for the sale of United States Naval Oceanographic Office publications.

    Public Law 88-436 · 78 Stat. 443 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the extension of certain naval vessel loans now in existence.

    Public Law 88-437 · 78 Stat. 444 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

20. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property under the control of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs.

    Public Law 88-438 · 78 Stat. 444 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

21. An Act To amend subsection (c) of section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, relating to diversity of citizenship.

    Public Law 88-439 · 78 Stat. 445 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property under the control of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs.

    Public Law 88-440 · 78 Stat. 445 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

23. An Act To provide that the price at which the Coast and Geodetic Survey sells certain charts and related material to the public shall not be less than the cost thereof.

    Public Law 88-441 · 78 Stat. 446 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

24. An Act To increase the authorization for appropriation for continuing work in the Missouri River Basin by the Secretary of the Interior.

    Public Law 88-442 · 78 Stat. 446 · August 14, 1964 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Sonja Dolata.

    Private Law 88-283 · 78 Stat. 1168 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Michelle Su Zehr (Lim Myung Im).

    Private Law 88-284 · 78 Stat. 1169 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Tomoe Ishikawa Westley.

    Private Law 88-285 · 78 Stat. 1169 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Helen Marghitsa Georgalas.

    Private Law 88-286 · 78 Stat. 1169 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of John Richard Dolby.

    Private Law 88-287 · 78 Stat. 1170 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Mihailo Radosavljevic.

    Private Law 88-288 · 78 Stat. 1170 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the Industrial Tractor Parts Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 88-289 · 78 Stat. 1170 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Glenn C. Deits and others.

    Private Law 88-290 · 78 Stat. 1170 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To remove a cloud on the title of certain property owned by Wilmer Allers and Jane B. Allers, both of Malin, Oregon.

    Private Law 88-291 · 78 Stat. 1172 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States situated in the State of Virginia.

    Private Law 88-292 · 78 Stat. 1172 · August 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text

35. Hospital and Medical Facilities Amendments of 1964

    An Act To improve the public health through revising, consolidating, and improving the hospital and other medical facilities provisions of the Public Health Service Act.

    Public Law 88-443 · 78 Stat. 447 · August 18, 1964 · Original text

36. An Act To establish a National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress.

    Public Law 88-444 · 78 Stat. 462 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

37. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide that a disability which has been rated at or above a certain percentage for twenty or more years may not thereafter be reduced below such percentage.

    Public Law 88-445 · 78 Stat. 464 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

38. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1965

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

    Public Law 88-446 · 78 Stat. 465 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

39. An Act To provide for the settlement of claims of certain inhabitants of the United States living in the area inundated by the sudden Hoods of the Rio Grande as a result of the construction of the Falcon Dam, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-447 · 78 Stat. 481 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

40. Dual Compensation Act

    An Act To simplify, modernize, and consolidate the laws relating to the employment of civilians in more than one position and the laws concerning the civilian employment of retired members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-448 · 78 Stat. 484 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

41. An Act To charter by Act of Congress the Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden.

    Public Law 88-449 · 78 Stat. 496 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

42. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans with urgently needed nursing home care and nursing care facilities while reducing the cost to the United States of caring for such veterans, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-450 · 78 Stat. 500 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Alaska Omnibus Act to provide assistance to the State of Alaska for the reconstruction of areas damaged by the earthquake of March 1064 and subsequent seismic waves, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-451 · 78 Stat. 505 · August 19, 1964 · Original text

44. Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

    An Act To mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States.

    Public Law 88-452 · 78 Stat. 508 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

45. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell Enterprise Rancheria numbered 2 to the State of California, and to distribute the proceeds of the sale to Henry B. Martin, Stanley Martin, Ralph G. Martin, and Vera Martin Kiras.

    Public Law 88-453 · 78 Stat. 534 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

46. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965

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

    Public Law 88-454 · 78 Stat. 535 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

47. Criminal Justice Act of 1964

    An Act To promote the cause of criminal justice by providing for the representation of defendants who are financially unable to obtain an adequate defense in criminal cases in the courts of the United States.

    Public Law 88-455 · 78 Stat. 552 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

48. An Act To approve an order of the Secretary of the Interior canceling irrigation charges against non-Indian-owned lands under the Klamath Indian irrigation project, Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-456 · 78 Stat. 554 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the disposition of the funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Shawnee Tribe or Nation of Indians.

    Public Law 88-457 · 78 Stat. 555 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 15 of the Life Insurance Act to permit any stock life insurance company in the District of Columbia to maintain its record of stockholders at its principal place of business in the District of Columbia or at the office of its designated stock transfer agent in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-458 · 78 Stat. 556 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize Government agencies to provide quarters and facilities to civilian officers and employees of the Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-459 · 78 Stat. 557 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto”, approved June 6, 1892, as amended.

    Public Law 88-460 · 78 Stat. 558 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

53. An Act To convey certain federally owned land to the Cherokee Tribe of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 88-461 · 78 Stat. 559 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for the relocation and reestablishment of the village of Sil Murk and of the members of the Papago Indian Tribe inhabiting the village of Sil Murk, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-462 · 78 Stat. 559 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

55. An Act To place in trust status certain lands on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

    Public Law 88-463 · 78 Stat. 560 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Interior to prepare a roll of persons eligible to receive funds from an Indian Claims Commission judgment in favor of the Snake or Paiute Indians of the former Malheur Reservation in Oregon, to prorate and distribute such funds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-464 · 78 Stat. 563 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

57. An Act To transfer to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community certain lands within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation.

    Public Law 88-465 · 78 Stat. 564 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the joint resolution approved August 20, 1958, granting the consent of Congress to the several States to negotiate and enter into compacts for the purpose of promoting highway traffic safety.

    Public Law 88-466 · 78 Stat. 564 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

59. Securities Acts Amendments of 1964

    An Act To amend the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to extend disclosure requirements to the issuers of additional publicly traded securities, to provide for improved qualification and disciplinary procedures for registered brokers and dealers, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-467 · 78 Stat. 565 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

60. An Act To enable the United States to contribute its share at the expenses of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos as provided in article IS of the protocol to the declaration on the neutrality of Laos.

    Public Law 88-468 · 78 Stat. 581 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To amend section 316 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1038 to extend the time by which a lease transferring a tobacco acreage allotment may be filed.

    Public Law 88-469 · 78 Stat. 581 · August 20, 1964 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the conveyance of ten acres of federally owned land on the White Earth Reservation to the Minnesota Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 88-293 · 78 Stat. 1172 · August 20, 1964 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 88-470 · 78 Stat. 581 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

64. An Act Relating to sick leave benefits for officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, and the White House Police force.

    Public Law 88-471 · 78 Stat. 582 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

65. An Act To increase the partial pay of educational employees of the public schools of tile District of Columbia who are on leave of absence for educational improvement, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-472 · 78 Stat. 584 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for a mutual-aid plan for fire protection by and for the District of Columbia and certain adjacent communities in Maryland and Virginia, and for other purposes.”

    Public Law 88-473 · 78 Stat. 585 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for the disposition of judgment funds now on deposit to the credit of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 88-474 · 78 Stat. 585 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Horizontal Property Act of the District of Columbia to permit a condominium unit to be located on more than one floor of a building, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-475 · 78 Stat. 586 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act to allow credit to certain members of the United States Secret Service Division for periods of prior police service.

    Public Law 88-476 · 78 Stat. 586 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Graff House site for inclusion in Independence National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-477 · 78 Stat. 587 · August 21, 1964 · Original text

71. An Act To amend title 12 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, in order to remove certain limitations with reflect to war risk insurance issued under the provisions of such title.

    Public Law 88-478 · 78 Stat. 587 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

72. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1965

    An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-479 · 78 Stat. 588 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

73. An Act To extend the authority of the Postmaster General to enter into leases of real property for periods not exceeding thirty years, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-480 · 78 Stat. 593 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

74. An Act To provide hospital, domiciliary, and medical care for non-service-connected disabilities to recipients of the Medal of Honor.

    Public Law 88-481 · 78 Stat. 593 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the free importation of certain wild animals, and to provide for the imposition of quotas on certain meat and meat products.

    Public Law 88-482 · 78 Stat. 594 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

76. An Act To declare that eighty acres of land acquired for the Flandreau Boarding School is held by the United States in trust for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.

    Public Law 88-483 · 78 Stat. 595 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

77. An Act To amend section 341 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1934, relating to collapsible corporations, and to amend section 543(a)(2) of such Code, relating to the inclusion of rents in personal holding company income.

    Public Law 88-484 · 78 Stat. 596 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

78. An Act To provide for the settlement of claims of certain residents of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

    Public Law 88-485 · 78 Stat. 598 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove dangerous or unsafe buildings and parts thereof, and for other purposes”, approved March 1, 1899, as amended.

    Public Law 88-486 · 78 Stat. 599 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

80. An Act To promote the economic and social development of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-487 · 78 Stat. 601 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-488 · 78 Stat. 602 · August 22, 1964 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Elfriede Unterholzer Sharble.

    Private Law 88-294 · 78 Stat. 1173 · August 22, 1964 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Frank Mramor.

    Private Law 88-295 · 78 Stat. 1173 · August 22, 1964 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the United Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction—Prince Hall Affiliation.

    Private Law 88-296 · 78 Stat. 1173 · August 22, 1964 · Private law · Original text

85. Private Ownership of Special Nuclear Materials Act

    An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-489 · 78 Stat. 602 · August 26, 1964 · Original text

86. An Act To amend section 41(a) of the Trading With the Enemy Act.

    Public Law 88-490 · 78 Stat. 607 · August 26, 1964 · Original text

87. An Act To preserve the jurisdiction of the Congress over construction of hydroelectric projects on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.

    Public Law 88-491 · 78 Stat. 607 · August 27, 1964 · Original text

88. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-492 · 78 Stat. 608 · August 27, 1964 · Original text

89. An Act To provide authority to protect heads of foreign states and other officials.

    Public Law 88-493 · 78 Stat. 610 · August 27, 1964 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relinquish to the State of Wyoming Jurisdiction over those lauds within the Medicine Bow National Forest known as the Pole Mountain District.

    Public Law 88-494 · 78 Stat. 611 · August 27, 1964 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to condemn certain property in the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, within the boundary of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-495 · 78 Stat. 611 · August 27, 1964 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution Extending recognition to the International Exposition for Southern California in the year 1968 and authorizing the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the several States of the Union and foreign countries to take part in the exposition.

    Public Law 88-496 · 78 Stat. 612 · August 27, 1964 · Original text

93. Graduate Public Health Training Amendments of 1964

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization for assistance in the provision of graduate or specialized public health training, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-497 · 78 Stat. 613 · August 27, 1964 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Act of June 12, I960, for the correction of iniquities in the construction of fishing vessels, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-498 · 78 Stat. 614 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

95. Administrative Conference Act

    An Act To provide for continuous improvement of the administrative procedure of Federal agencies by creating an Administrative Conference of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-499 · 78 Stat. 615 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction, of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California, to the county of Kern, State of California.

    Public Law 88-500 · 78 Stat. 618 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

97. An Act To retrocede to the State of Kansas exclusive jurisdiction over certain State highways bordering Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation and the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth.

    Public Law 88-501 · 78 Stat. 619 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the county of Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Public Law 88-502 · 78 Stat. 619 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

99. District of Columbia Securities Act

    An Act To provide for the regulation of the business of selling securities in the District of Columbia and for the licensing of persons engaged therein, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-503 · 78 Stat. 620 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

100. An Act To provide for audit of accounts of private corporations established under Federal law.

     Public Law 88-504 · 78 Stat. 635 · August 30, 1964 · Original text