Every law Congress has passed

1,283 laws of the 89th Congress, 1965–1967

1. Joint Resolution Extending the date for transmission of the Budget and the Economic Report.

   Public Law 89-1 · 79 Stat. 3 · January 13, 1965 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, for certain activities of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-2 · 79 Stat. 4 · February 11, 1965 · Original text

3. An Act To eliminate the requirement that Federal Reserve banks maintain certain reserves in gold certificates against deposit liabilities.

   Public Law 89-3 · 79 Stat. 5 · March 3, 1965 · Original text

4. Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965

   An Act To provide public works and economic development programs and the planning and coordination needed to assist in development of the Appalachian region.

   Public Law 89-4 · 79 Stat. 5 · March 9, 1965 · Original text

5. An Act To promote public knowledge of progress and achievement in astronautics and related sciences through the designation of a special day in honor of Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard, the father of modern rockets, missiles, and astronautics.

   Public Law 89-5 · 79 Stat. 23 · March 12, 1965 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Inter-American Development Bank Act to authorize the United States to participate in an increase in the resources of the Fund for Special Operations of the Inter-American Development Bank.

   Public Law 89-6 · 79 Stat. 23 · March 24, 1965 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To provide for Bennett Place commemoration.

   Public Law 89-7 · 79 Stat. 24 · March 29, 1965 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to designate the week of May 2 through May 8, 1905, as “Professional Photography Week”.

   Public Law 89-8 · 79 Stat. 25 · March 29, 1965 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the release of certain quantities of zinc, lead, and copper from either the national stockpile or the supplemental stockpile, or both.

   Public Law 89-9 · 79 Stat. 26 · April 2, 1965 · Original text

10. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

    An Act To strengthen and improve educational quality and educational opportunities in the Nation’s elementary and secondary schools.

    Public Law 89-10 · 79 Stat. 27 · April 11, 1965 · Original text

11. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to a compact relating to taxation of motor fuels consumed by interstate buses and to an agreement relating to bus taxation proration and reciprocity.

    Public Law 89-11 · 79 Stat. 58 · April 14, 1965 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. as amended, to provide for acreage-poundage marketing quotas for tobacco, to amend the tobacco price support provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-12 · 79 Stat. 66 · April 16, 1965 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard.

    Public Law 89-13 · 79 Stat. 73 · April 20, 1965 · Original text

14. An Act To increase the amounts authorized for Indian adult vocational education.

    Public Law 89-14 · 79 Stat. 74 · April 22, 1965 · Original text

15. Manpower Act of 1965

    An Act To amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-15 · 79 Stat. 75 · April 26, 1965 · Original text

16. Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1965

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

    Public Law 89-16 · 79 Stat. 81 · April 30, 1965 · Original text

17. An Act To clarify the application of certain annuity increase legislation.

    Public Law 89-17 · 79 Stat. 109 · May 1, 1965 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Making a supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for military functions of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-18 · 79 Stat. 109 · May 7, 1965 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Nez Perce National Historical Park in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-19 · 79 Stat. 110 · May 15, 1965 · Original text

20. An Act To extend for one year the date on which the National Commission on Food Marketing shall make a final report to the President and to the Congress and to provide necessary authorization of appropriations for such Commission.

    Public Law 89-20 · 79 Stat. 111 · May 15, 1965 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize appropriations for procurement of small patrol cutters for the Coast Guard.

    Public Law 89-21 · 79 Stat. 111 · May 21, 1965 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended.

    Public Law 89-22 · 79 Stat. 112 · May 21, 1965 · Original text

23. International Coffee Agreement Act of 1965

    An Act To carry out the obligations of the United States under the International Coffee Agreement, 1962, signed at New York on September 28, 1962, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-23 · 79 Stat. 112 · May 22, 1965 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the Board of Parole of the District of Columbia to discharge a parolee from supervision prior to the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced.

    Public Law 89-24 · 79 Stat. 113 · May 22, 1965 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to promulgate special regulations for the period of the American Legion National Convention of 1966, to be held in Washington, District of Columbia; to authorize the granting of certain permits to The American Legion 1966 Convention Corporation of the District of Columbia on the occasion of such convention, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-25 · 79 Stat. 114 · May 22, 1965 · Original text

26. An Act To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize payment of special allowances to dependents of members of the uniformed services to offset expenses incident to their evacuation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-26 · 79 Stat. 116 · May 22, 1965 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to rent certain property in the District of Columbia for certain office purposes.

    Private Law 89-1 · 79 Stat. 1331 · May 22, 1965 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as amended, in order to continue the authorization for appropriations.

    Public Law 89-27 · 79 Stat. 118 · May 27, 1965 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the disposition of judgment funds on deposit to the credit of the Quinaielt Tribe of Indians.

    Public Law 89-28 · 79 Stat. 118 · May 27, 1965 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution To amend section 316 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend the time by which a lease transferring a tobacco acreage allotment may be filed.

    Public Law 89-29 · 79 Stat. 118 · May 27, 1965 · Original text

31. An Act To transfer certain functions at the Secretary of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-30 · 79 Stat. 118 · June 2, 1965 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize an increase in the International Monetary Fund quota of the United States.

    Public Law 89-31 · 79 Stat. 119 · June 2, 1965 · Original text

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

    Public Law 89-32 · 79 Stat. 120 · June 2, 1965 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Edward G. Morhauser.

    Private Law 89-2 · 79 Stat. 1331 · June 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of William L. Chatelain, United States Navy, retired.

    Private Law 89-3 · 79 Stat. 1332 · June 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-33 · 79 Stat. 123 · June 5, 1965 · Original text

37. An Act To validate certain payments made to employees of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

    Public Law 89-34 · 79 Stat. 124 · June 5, 1965 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act to permit the listing on labels of certain fibers constituting less than 5 per centum of a textile fiber product.

    Public Law 89-35 · 79 Stat. 124 · June 5, 1965 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of the Jefferson Construction Company.

    Private Law 89-4 · 79 Stat. 1332 · June 5, 1965 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of C. K. Sheaffer and Sons.

    Private Law 89-5 · 79 Stat. 1333 · June 5, 1965 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mauricia Reyes.

    Private Law 89-6 · 79 Stat. 1333 · June 7, 1965 · Private law · Original text

42. National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act

    An Act To provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

    Public Law 89-36 · 79 Stat. 125 · June 8, 1965 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize appropriations during fiscal year 1966 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels, and research, development, test, and evaluation, for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-37 · 79 Stat. 127 · June 11, 1965 · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of the town of Kure Beach, North Carolina.

    Public Law 89-38 · 79 Stat. 129 · June 12, 1965 · Original text

45. An Act To extend the boundaries of the Kaniksu National Forest in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-39 · 79 Stat. 129 · June 14, 1965 · Original text

46. An Act To establish the Veterans Reopened Insurance Fund in the Treasury and to authorize initial capital to operate Insurance programs under title 38, United States Code, section 725.

    Public Law 89-40 · 79 Stat. 129 · June 14, 1965 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Robert L. Yates and others.

    Private Law 89-7 · 79 Stat. 1334 · June 14, 1965 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Vermont Maple Orchards, Incorporated, Burlington, Vermont.

    Private Law 89-8 · 79 Stat. 1334 · June 14, 1965 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Maxie L. Stevens.

    Private Law 89-9 · 79 Stat. 1335 · June 14, 1965 · Private law · Original text

50. Pacific Northwest Disaster Belief Act of 1965

    An Act To provide assistance to the States of California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Idaho for the reconstruction of areas damaged by recent floods and high waters.

    Public Law 89-41 · 79 Stat. 131 · June 17, 1965 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing additional appropriations for prosecution of projects in certain comprehensive river basin plans for flood control, navigation, and other purposes.

    Public Law 89-42 · 79 Stat. 134 · June 18, 1965 · Original text

52. An Act To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before December 31, 1968.

    Public Law 89-43 · 79 Stat. 135 · June 18, 1965 · Original text

53. Excise Tax Reduction Act of 1965

    An Act To reduce excise taxes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-44 · 79 Stat. 136 · June 21, 1965 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act with respect to Government contribution for expenses incurred in the administration of such Act.

    Public Law 89-45 · 79 Stat. 170 · June 22, 1965 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the President to appoint General William F. McKee (United States Air Force, retired) to the office at Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency.

    Public Law 89-46 · 79 Stat. 171 · June 22, 1965 · Original text

56. An Act To extend the Act of September 20, 1961, relating to allotment and assignment of pay, to cover the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-47 · 79 Stat. 171 · June 24, 1965 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Act of July 29, 1954, as amended, to permit transfer of title to movable property to agencies which assume operation and maintenance responsibility for project works serving municipal and industrial functions.

    Public Law 89-48 · 79 Stat. 172 · June 24, 1965 · Original text

58. An Act To provide, for the period beginning on July 1, 1965, and ending on June 30, 1966, a temporary increase Ln the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.

    Public Law 89-49 · 79 Stat. 172 · June 24, 1965 · Original text

59. An Act To amend section 2104 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the time for filing certain claims for mustering-out payments, and, effective July 1, 1966, to repeal chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code.

    Public Law 89-50 · 79 Stat. 173 · June 24, 1965 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of the estate of R. M. Clark.

    Private Law 89-10 · 79 Stat. 1335 · June 24, 1965 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, with respect to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

    Public Law 89-51 · 79 Stat. 173 · June 28, 1965 · Original text

62. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1966

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-52 · 79 Stat. 174 · June 28, 1965 · Original text

63. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1966

    An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and administrative operations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-53 · 79 Stat. 192 · June 28, 1965 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Pecos National Monument in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-54 · 79 Stat. 195 · June 28, 1965 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To extend the Area Redevelopment Act for a period of two months.

    Public Law 89-55 · 79 Stat. 195 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

66. An Act To provide that Commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission shall hereafter be appointed for a term of five years, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-56 · 79 Stat. 195 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

67. Treasury, Post Office, and Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1966

    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, 1966, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-57 · 79 Stat. 196 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1966, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-58 · 79 Stat. 204 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Small Business Act to provide additional assistance for disaster victims.

    Public Law 89-59 · 79 Stat. 206 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the Mann Creek Federal reclamation project, Idaho, in order to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for such project (Act of August 16, 1962; 76 Stat. 388).

    Public Law 89-60 · 79 Stat. 207 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

71. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1967, the existing suspension of duties for metal scrap.

    Public Law 89-61 · 79 Stat. 207 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the exemption from duty for returning residents, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-62 · 79 Stat. 208 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for continuation of authority for regulation of exports, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-63 · 79 Stat. 209 · June 30, 1965 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 35 of title 18 of the United States Code relating to the imparting or conveying of false information.

    Public Law 89-64 · 79 Stat. 210 · July 7, 1965 · Original text

75. An Act To remove the present $9,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the Air Force from settling and paying certain claims arising out of the crash of a United States aircraft at Wichita, Kansas.

    Public Law 89-65 · 79 Stat. 211 · July 7, 1965 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act. 1888, to provide for the continuation of authority to develop American-flag carriers and promote the foreign commerce of the United States through the use of mobile trade fairs.

    Public Law 89-66 · 79 Stat. 211 · July 7, 1965 · Original text

77. An Act To amend provisions of law relating to the settlement of admiralty claims.

    Public Law 89-67 · 79 Stat. 212 · July 7, 1965 · Original text

78. An Act To make section 1952 of title 18, United States Code, applicable to travel in aid of arson.

    Public Law 89-68 · 79 Stat. 212 · July 7, 1965 · Original text

79. An Act To extend the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1991.

    Public Law 89-69 · 79 Stat. 212 · July 8, 1965 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the inclusion of years of service as Judge of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska in the computation of years of Federal judicial service for judges of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

    Public Law 89-70 · 79 Stat. 213 · July 8, 1965 · Original text

81. An Act To equalize certain penalties in the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933.

    Public Law 89-71 · 79 Stat. 213 · July 9, 1965 · Original text

82. Federal Water Project Recreation Act

    An Act To provide uniform policies with respect to recreation and fish and wildlife benefits and costs of Federal multiple-purpose water resource projects, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-72 · 79 Stat. 213 · July 9, 1965 · Original text

83. Older Americans Act of 1965

    An Act To provide assistance in the development of new or improved, programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the “Administration on Aging”.

    Public Law 89-73 · 79 Stat. 218 · July 14, 1965 · Original text

84. Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965

    An Act To protect the public health and safety by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish special controls for depressant and stimulant drugs and counterfeit drugs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-74 · 79 Stat. 226 · July 15, 1965 · Original text

85. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1966

    An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia am! other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-75 · 79 Stat. 226 · July 16, 1965 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the port of Portland, Oregon.

    Public Law 89-76 · 79 Stat. 242 · July 16, 1965 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Salvador Munoz-Tostado.

    Private Law 89-11 · 79 Stat. 1336 · July 16, 1965 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Loretta Negrin.

    Private Law 89-12 · 79 Stat. 1336 · July 16, 1965 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Chief Warrant Officer Edward E. Kreiss.

    Private Law 89-13 · 79 Stat. 1336 · July 16, 1965 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To amend Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress, with respect to the construction of school facilities for children In Puerto Rico, Wake Island, Guam, or the Virgin Islands for whom local educational agencies are unable to provide education, to amend section 8(a) of Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, relating to conditions of employment of teachers in dependents’ schools, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-77 · 79 Stat. 243 · July 21, 1965 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Small Business Act.

    Public Law 89-78 · 79 Stat. 243 · July 21, 1965 · Original text

92. An Act To continue the authority of domestic banks to pay interest on time deposits of foreign governments at rates differing from those applicable to domestic depositors.

    Public Law 89-79 · 79 Stat. 243 · July 21, 1965 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Robert O. Overton, Marjorie C. Overton, and Sally Eitel.

    Private Law 89-14 · 79 Stat. 1337 · July 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text

94. Water Resources Planning Act

    An Act To provide for the optimum development of the Nation’s natural resources through the coordinated planning of water and related land resources, through the establishment of a water resources council and river basin commissions, and by providing financial assistance to the States in order to Increase State participation in such planning.

    Public Law 89-80 · 79 Stat. 243 · July 22, 1965 · Original text

95. Coinage Act of 1965

    An Act To provide for the coinage of the United States.

    Public Law 89-81 · 79 Stat. 243 · July 23, 1965 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1966.

    Public Law 89-82 · 79 Stat. 258 · July 24, 1965 · Original text

97. An Act To fix the fees payable to the Patent Office, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-83 · 79 Stat. 259 · July 24, 1965 · Original text

98. An Act To amend the Act establishing the United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico.

    Public Law 89-84 · 79 Stat. 261 · July 24, 1965 · Original text

99. An Act To amend see Lion 4 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make loans for the financing and refinancing of new and used fishing vessels, and to extend the term during which the Secretary can make fisheries loans under the Act.

    Public Law 89-85 · 79 Stat. 261 · July 24, 1965 · Original text

100. An Act To amend sections 20a and 214 of the Interstate Commerce Act.

     Public Law 89-86 · 79 Stat. 261 · July 24, 1965 · Original text