Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To extend the provisions of the Act of October 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 759, ch. 672; 32 D.C. Code 417), to authorize the commitment of persons of unsound mind found on Federal reservations in Loudoun County, Virginia, to Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia.

   Public Law 88-505 · 78 Stat. 638 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the disposition of funds from judgments in favor of the Nehalem Band of the Tillamook Indians and the Tillamook Band of the Tillamook Indiana.

   Public Law 88-506 · 78 Stat. 639 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

3. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1965

   An Act Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-507 · 78 Stat. 640 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, as amended, to provide appeal rights to employees of the Canal Zone Government and the Panama Canal Company.

   Public Law 88-508 · 78 Stat. 666 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

5. An Act To enact subtitle II, “Other Commercial Transactions”, of title 28, “Commercial Instruments and Transactions”, of the District of Columbia Code, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-509 · 78 Stat. 667 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-510 · 78 Stat. 681 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

7. Public Works Appropriation Act, 1965

   An Act Making appropriations for certain civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, the Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Delaware River Basin Commission, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 88-511 · 78 Stat. 681 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

8. An Act To provide for the inclusion of Hopkins County, Texas, within the Paris Division of the Eastern District for the United States District Courts in Texas.

   Public Law 88-512 · 78 Stat. 681 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

9. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish Jurisdiction and venue for appeals from orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Judicial reference eases.

   Public Law 88-513 · 78 Stat. 695 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, as amended.

    Public Law 88-514 · 78 Stat. 696 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

11. An Act To require passenger-carrying motor vehicles purchased for use by the Federal Government to meet certain passenger safety standards.

    Public Law 88-515 · 78 Stat. 696 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Act of May 21, 1928, relation to standards of containers for fruits and vegetables, to permit the use of additional standard containers.

    Public Law 88-516 · 78 Stat. 697 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Act of July 23, 1956, to remove certain residence restrictions upon officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 88-517 · 78 Stat. 698 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Government Corporation Control Act to change the General Accounting Office audit to a calendar year basis in the case of the Federal home loan banks and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.

    Public Law 88-518 · 78 Stat. 698 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

15. An Act To amend subsection (d) of section 1348 of title 28 of the United States Code relating to the jurisdiction of the United States district courts.

    Public Law 88-519 · 78 Stat. 699 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

16. An Act To amend sections 3288 and 3289 of title 18, United States Code, relating to reindictment after dismissal of a defective indictment.

    Public Law 88-520 · 78 Stat. 699 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

17. An Act To permit the use of statistical sampling procedures in the examination of vouchers.

    Public Law 88-521 · 78 Stat. 700 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Act of September 2, 1958, to establish a Commission and Advisory Committee on International Rules of Judicial Procedure, as amended.

    Public Law 88-522 · 78 Stat. 700 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

19. An Act To increase the participation by counties in revenues from the National Wildlife Refuge System by amending the Act of June 15, 1935, relating to such participation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-523 · 78 Stat. 701 · August 30, 1964 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Ethel R. Loop, the widow of Carl R. Loop.

    Private Law 88-297 · 78 Stat. 1175 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of John J. Feeney.

    Private Law 88-298 · 78 Stat. 1175 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the Greater Southeast Community Hospital Foundation, Incorporated.

    Private Law 88-299 · 78 Stat. 1175 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Rolando de la Torre Arceo and John Anthony Arceo.

    Private Law 88-300 · 78 Stat. 1176 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Maisie Magdalene Lim Ketchens.

    Private Law 88-301 · 78 Stat. 1176 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Rosa Stefano Ratajczak.

    Private Law 88-302 · 78 Stat. 1176 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of the estate of Paul F. Ridge.

    Private Law 88-303 · 78 Stat. 1177 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Wilfredo Lacar de Leon.

    Private Law 88-304 · 78 Stat. 1177 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Guiseppa D’Aquanno, Maria D’Aquanno, and Benedicto D’Aquanno.

    Private Law 88-305 · 78 Stat. 1177 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Robert L. Johnston.

    Private Law 88-306 · 78 Stat. 1178 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Chrisoula Baker.

    Private Law 88-307 · 78 Stat. 1178 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Cesira Doddy.

    Private Law 88-308 · 78 Stat. 1179 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Vula Roed.

    Private Law 88-309 · 78 Stat. 1179 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Major Jack J. Shea, United States Air Force.

    Private Law 88-310 · 78 Stat. 1179 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Edeltraud Englisch Franklin.

    Private Law 88-311 · 78 Stat. 1180 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Miss Leonor do Rozario de Medeiros (Leonor Medeiros).

    Private Law 88-312 · 78 Stat. 1180 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Danny Hiromi Oyama.

    Private Law 88-313 · 78 Stat. 1180 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Young Soon Kim and Tai Ung Choi.

    Private Law 88-314 · 78 Stat. 1181 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Moni Parvanoft Floroff.

    Private Law 88-315 · 78 Stat. 1181 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Doctor Miguel de Socarraz.

    Private Law 88-316 · 78 Stat. 1181 · August 30, 1964 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the exchange of lands adjacent to the Lassen National Forest in California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-524 · 78 Stat. 702 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

41. The Food Stamp Act of 1964

    An Act To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative Federal-State program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-525 · 78 Stat. 703 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

42. An Act To amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of coal on the public domain and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-526 · 78 Stat. 710 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

43. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-527 · 78 Stat. 711 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

44. An Act To amend further the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended, to provide that part of the patronage refunds paid by a bank for cooperatives shall be in money instead of class C stock after the bank becomes subject to Federal income tax, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-528 · 78 Stat. 736 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

45. An Act To extend for three years the special milk programs for the Armed Forces and veterans hospitals.

    Public Law 88-529 · 78 Stat. 736 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

46. An Act To amend section 25 of title 13, United States Code, relating to the duties of enumerators of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 88-530 · 78 Stat. 737 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

47. An Act To bring certain United States commissioners within the purview of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1059 and the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954.

    Public Law 88-531 · 78 Stat. 737 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

48. An Act To amend section 131 of title 13, United States Code, so as to provide for taking of the economic censuses one year earlier starting in 1968.

    Public Law 88-532 · 78 Stat. 737 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize payment for certain interests in lands within the Allegany Indian Reservation in New York, required by the United States for the Allegheny River ( Kinzua Dam ) project, to provide for the relocation, rehabilitation, social and economic development of the members of the Seneca Nation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-533 · 78 Stat. 737 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-534 · 78 Stat. 743 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

51. An Act To amend title 13, United States Code, to authorize reimbursement of census enumerators for certain telephone tolls and charges.

    Public Law 88-535 · 78 Stat. 744 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the establishment and administration of public recreational facilities at the Sanford Reservoir area, Canadian River project, Texas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-536 · 78 Stat. 744 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

53. An Act To provide for enforcement of rules and regulations for the protection, development, and administration of the national forests and national grasslands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-537 · 78 Stat. 745 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

54. An Act To provide authority for the payment of certain amounts to offset certain expenses of Federal employees assigned to duty on the California offshore islands, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-538 · 78 Stat. 745 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to exportation of imported distilled spirits, wines, and beer, and with respect to the total contract price Of sales of personal property on the Installment plan.

    Public Law 88-539 · 78 Stat. 745 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain Indian lands on the Yakima Indian Reservation, and for other purposes”, approved July 28, 1955.

    Public Law 88-540 · 78 Stat. 747 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

57. An Act To provide for the establishment, of Fort Larned as a national historic site, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-541 · 78 Stat. 748 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Railway Labor Act to provide that the terms of office of members of the National Mediation Board shall expire on July 1.

    Public Law 88-542 · 78 Stat. 748 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize establishment of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, New Hampshire, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-543 · 78 Stat. 749 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

60. An Act To provide for the release and transfer of all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to certain tracts of land in Pender County, North Carolina.

    Public Law 88-544 · 78 Stat. 749 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

61. An Act To provide for the satisfaction of claims arising out of scrip, lieu selection, and similar rights.

    Public Law 88-545 · 78 Stat. 751 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site and the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-546 · 78 Stat. 752 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for the establishment of the John Muir National Historic Site in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-547 · 78 Stat. 753 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of phosphate on the public domain.

    Public Law 88-548 · 78 Stat. 754 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the Smithsonian Institution to employ aliens in a scientific or technical capacity.

    Public Law 88-549 · 78 Stat. 754 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Act of August 10, 1958, to permit purchase of processed food grain products in addition to purchase of flour and cornmeal and donating the same for certain domestic and foreign purposes.

    Public Law 88-550 · 78 Stat. 755 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize a per capita distribution of $350 from funds arising from Judgments in favor of any of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

    Public Law 88-551 · 78 Stat. 755 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

68. An Act To guarantee electric consumers in the Pacific Northwest first call on electric energy generated at Federal hydroelectric plants in that region and to guarantee electric consumers in other regions reciprocal priority, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-552 · 78 Stat. 755 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Sunnyvale, State of California, certain lands in the county of Santa Clara, State of California, in exchange for certain other lands.

    Public Law 88-553 · 78 Stat. 759 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

70. An Act To continue for a temporary period certain existing rules relating to the deductibility of accrued vacation pay and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-554 · 78 Stat. 761 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To designate the powerhouse on Clear Creek at the head of Whiskeytown Reservoir, in the State of California, as Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse.

    Public Law 88-555 · 78 Stat. 764 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Life Insurance Company Act of the District of Columbia (48 Stat. 1145), approved June 19, 1934, as amended.

    Public Law 88-556 · 78 Stat. 764 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the exchange of public domain lands heretofore withdrawn and reserved for the use of the Hanford project of the Atomic Energy Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-557 · 78 Stat. 766 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

74. Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act of 1964

    An Act To provide for the settlement of claims against the United States by members of the uniformed services and civilian officers and employees of the United States for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to their service, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-558 · 78 Stat. 767 · August 31, 1964 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the free entry of certain articles imported for the use of certain universities.

    Private Law 88-317 · 78 Stat. 1182 · August 31, 1964 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Julian A. Erskine.

    Private Law 88-318 · 78 Stat. 1182 · August 31, 1964 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Saint Francis Levee District, Arkansas.

    Private Law 88-319 · 78 Stat. 1183 · August 31, 1964 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Lim Sam Soon.

    Private Law 88-320 · 78 Stat. 1183 · August 31, 1964 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the disposition of the judgment funds on deposit to the credit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Tongue River Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Public Law 88-559 · 78 Stat. 768 · September 1, 1964 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of the Boren Clay Products Company.

    Private Law 88-321 · 78 Stat. 1184 · September 1, 1964 · Private law · Original text

81. Housing Act of 1964

    An Act To extend and amend laws relating to housing, urban renewal, and community facilities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-560 · 78 Stat. 769 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the payment of compensation, including severance damages, for rights-of-way acquired by the United States in connection with reclamation projects the construction of which commenced after January 1, 1961.

    Public Law 88-561 · 78 Stat. 808 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

83. An Act To remove certain conditions subject to which certain real property in South Boston, Massachusetts, was authorized to be conveyed to the Massachusetts Port Authority.

    Public Law 88-562 · 78 Stat. 808 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

84. Interest Equalization Tax Act

    An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1054 to impose a tax on acquisitions of certain foreign securities in order to equalize costs of longer-term financing in the United States and in markets abroad, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-563 · 78 Stat. 809 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

85. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Sales Tax Act, as amended, relating to certain sales to common carriers or sleeping-car companies.

    Public Law 88-564 · 78 Stat. 847 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Dixie project, Utah, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-565 · 78 Stat. 848 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

87. An Act To promote the conservation of the Nation’s wildlife resources on the Pacific flyway in the Tule Lake, Lower Klamath, Upper Klamath, and Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuges in Oregon and California and to aid in the administration of the Klamath reclamation project.

    Public Law 88-567 · 78 Stat. 850 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

88. An Act To provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Savery-Pot Hook, Bostwick Park, and Fruitland Mesa participating reclamation projects under the Colorado River Storage Project Act.

    Public Law 88-568 · 78 Stat. 852 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim October 9 in each year as Leif Erikson Day.

    Public Law 88-566 · 78 Stat. 853 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the Act of March 10, 1964.

    Public Law 88-569 · 78 Stat. 853 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

91. An Act Relating to the release of liability under bonds filed under section 44(d) of the internal Revenue Code of 1939 with respect to certain installment obligations transmitted at death, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to certain reacquisitions of real property.

    Public Law 88-570 · 78 Stat. 854 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to correct certain inequities with respect to the taxation of life insurance companies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-571 · 78 Stat. 857 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire the building constructed on the Fort Jay Military Reservation, New York, by the Young Men’s Christian Association.

    Public Law 88-572 · 78 Stat. 861 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

94. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965

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

    Public Law 88-573 · 78 Stat. 862 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the State of California certain lands in the county of Monterey, State of California, in exchange for certain other lands.

    Public Law 88-574 · 78 Stat. 876 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

96. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, as amended, the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 88-575 · 78 Stat. 880 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

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

    Public Law 88-576 · 78 Stat. 887 · September 2, 1964 · Original text

98. An Act To compensate certain parties for the loss of their leasehold interests in lands taken by the United States in connection With the Red Rock Reservoir project.

    Private Law 88-322 · 78 Stat. 1184 · September 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of World Games, Incorporated.

    Private Law 88-323 · 78 Stat. 1185 · September 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of E. A. Rolfe, Junior.

     Private Law 88-324 · 78 Stat. 1185 · September 2, 1964 · Private law · Original text