Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To make it a criminal offense to steal, embezzle, or otherwise unlawfully take property from a pipeline, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-654 · 80 Stat. 904 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Quileute Tribe of Indians, Including the Hoh Tribe, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-655 · 80 Stat. 905 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a Judgment in favor of the Nooksack Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-656 · 80 Stat. 906 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

4. An Act To amend certain provisions of existing law concerning the relationship of the Environmental Science Services Administration to the Army and Navy so they will apply with similar effect to the Air Force.

   Public Law 89-657 · 80 Stat. 907 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

5. An Act To establish a contiguous fishery zone beyond the territorial sea of the United States.

   Public Law 89-658 · 80 Stat. 908 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

6. An Act To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Miami Indians of Indiana and Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-659 · 80 Stat. 909 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

7. An Act To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Duwamish Tribe of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 109, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-660 · 80 Stat. 909 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

8. An Act To provide fur the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a Judgment in favor of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-661 · 80 Stat. 911 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

9. An Act To improve the aids to navigation services of the Coast Guard.

   Public Law 89-662 · 80 Stat. 912 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

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

    Public Law 89-663 · 80 Stat. 913 · October 14, 1966 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the President to advance Major General Robert Wesley Colglazier, Junior, to the grade of lieutenant general.

    Private Law 89-348 · 80 Stat. 1666 · October 14, 1966 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-664 · 80 Stat. 913 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

13. An Act To establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-665 · 80 Stat. 915 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Act of September 13, 1962, authorizing the establishment of the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-666 · 80 Stat. 919 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-667 · 80 Stat. 920 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

16. An Act To establish in the State of Michigan the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-668 · 80 Stat. 922 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the conservation, protection, and prolongation of native species of fish and wildlife, including migratory birds, that are threatened with extinction; to consolidate the authorities relating to the administration by the Secretary of the Interior of the National Wildlife Refuge System; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-669 · 80 Stat. 926 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

18. Department of Transportation Act

    An Act To establish a Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-670 · 80 Stat. 931 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Wolf Trap Fann Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-671 · 80 Stat. 950 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts for scientific and technological research, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-672 · 80 Stat. 951 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

21. An Act To grant the consent of the Congress to the acceptance of certain gifts and decorations from foreign governments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-673 · 80 Stat. 952 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

22. National Museum Act of 1966

    An Act Relating to the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 89-674 · 80 Stat. 953 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

23. Clean Air Act Amendments of 1966

    An Act To amend the Clean Air Act so as to authorize grants to air pollution control agencies for maintenance of air pollution control programs in addition to present authority for grants to develop, establish, or improve such programs; make the use of appropriations under the Act more flexible by consolidating the appropriation authorizations under the Act and deleting the provision limiting the total of grants for support of air pollution control programs to 20 per centum of the total appropriation for any year; extend the duration of the programs authorized by the Act; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-675 · 80 Stat. 954 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for the striking of a medal in commemoration of the designation of Ellis Island as a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York City, New York.

    Public Law 89-676 · 80 Stat. 955 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

25. An Act To improve the balance-of-payments position of the United States by permitting the use of reserved foreign currencies in lieu of dollars for current expenditures.

    Public Law 89-677 · 80 Stat. 955 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Public 1’riuter to print for and deliver to the General Services Administration an additional copy of certain publications.

    Public Law 89-678 · 80 Stat. 956 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Federal land bank system in the United States.

    Public Law 89-679 · 80 Stat. 956 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

28. An Act To amend sections 404 and 400 of title 37, United States Code, relating to travel and transportation allowances of certain members of the uniformed services who are retired, discharged, or released from active duty.

    Public Law 89-680 · 80 Stat. 957 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

29. An Act To amend title 28, entitled “Judiciary and Judicial Procedure”, of the United States Code to provide for the reporting of congressional reference cases by commissioners of the United States Court of Claims.

    Public Law 89-681 · 80 Stat. 958 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

30. An Act To amend title 28, entitled “Judiciary and Judicial Procedure”, of the United States Code to provide for the reporting of congressional reference cases by commissioners of the United States Court of Claims.

    Public Law 89-682 · 80 Stat. 958 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

31. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit members of the armed forces to be assigned or detailed to the Environmental Science Services Administration, Department of Commerce.

    Public Law 89-683 · 80 Stat. 960 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

32. District of Columbia Minimum Wage Amendments Act of 1966

    An Act To amend the District of Columbia minimum wage law to provide broader coverage, improved standards of minimum wage and overtime compensation protection, and improved means of enforcement.

    Public Law 89-684 · 80 Stat. 961 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

33. An Act To amend Public Law 89–284 relating to participation of the United States in the HemisFair 1968 Exposition to be held in San Antonio, Texas, in 1968, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-685 · 80 Stat. 971 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Federal Seed Act (53 Stat. 1275), as amended.

    Public Law 89-686 · 80 Stat. 975 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

35. Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1967

    An Act Milking appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-687 · 80 Stat. 980 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966 to authorize the establishment and operation of sea grant colleges and programs by initiating and supporting programs of education and research in the various fields relating to the development of marine resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-688 · 80 Stat. 980 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

37. Public Works Appropriation Act, 1967

    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 Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal Study Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Water Resources Council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-689 · 80 Stat. 1002 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

38. An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the award of Exemplary Rehabilitation Certificates to certain individuals after considering their character and conduct in civilian life after discharge or dismissal from the armed forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-690 · 80 Stat. 1016 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

39. Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1967

    An Act Making appropriations for Foreign Assistance and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-691 · 80 Stat. 1018 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

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

    Public Law 89-692 · 80 Stat. 1025 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

41. An Act To transfer to the Atomic Energy Commission complete administrative control of approximately seventy-eight acres of public domain land located in the Otowt section near Los Alamos County.

    Public Law 89-693 · 80 Stat. 1026 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

42. Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act

    An Act To authorize the establishment and operation by Gallaudet College of a model secondary school for the deaf to serve the National Capital region.

    Public Law 89-694 · 80 Stat. 1027 · October 15, 1966 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Gabriel A. Nahas and Vera Nahas.

    Private Law 89-349 · 80 Stat. 1666 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the vessel Elva L., owned by Harold Bunker, of Matinicus, Maine, to be documented as a vessel of the United States with coastwise privileges.

    Private Law 89-350 · 80 Stat. 1666 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Doctor Jose Joaquin Diaz Franquiz.

    Private Law 89-351 · 80 Stat. 1667 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Jorge Ajbuszyc Volsky.

    Private Law 89-352 · 80 Stat. 1667 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Doctor Hilda W. Perez de Gonzalez.

    Private Law 89-353 · 80 Stat. 1667 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Doctor Guillermo Rodriguez.

    Private Law 89-354 · 80 Stat. 1667 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Doctor Ezzat N. Asaad.

    Private Law 89-355 · 80 Stat. 1668 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Doctor Blanche L. Asaad.

    Private Law 89-356 · 80 Stat. 1668 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Doctor Julio Sanguily, Junior.

    Private Law 89-357 · 80 Stat. 1668 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Hazel Louise Schuman Strunk.

    Private Law 89-358 · 80 Stat. 1668 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Doctor Alberto L. Martinez.

    Private Law 89-359 · 80 Stat. 1669 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Miss Matsue Sato.

    Private Law 89-360 · 80 Stat. 1669 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Plumas County, California, to C. A. Lundy, and for other purposes.

    Private Law 89-361 · 80 Stat. 1669 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Winston Lloyd McKay.

    Private Law 89-362 · 80 Stat. 1670 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of the estates of certain former members of the United States Navy Band.

    Private Law 89-363 · 80 Stat. 1670 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Inyo County, California, to the personal representative of the estate of Gwilym L. Morris, Dolores G. Morris, George D. Ishmael, and Verna H. Ishmael.

    Private Law 89-364 · 80 Stat. 1671 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate a certain oil and gas lease.

    Private Law 89-365 · 80 Stat. 1672 · October 15, 1966 · Private law · Original text

60. Financial Institutions Supervisory Act of 1966

    An Act To strengthen the regulatory and supervisory authority of Federal agencies over insured banks and Insured savings and loan associations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-695 · 80 Stat. 1027 · October 16, 1966 · Original text

61. An Act Providing a method for determining the amount of compensation to which certain individuals are entitled as reimbursement for damages sustained by them due to the cancellation of their grazing permits by the United States Air Force.

    Private Law 89-366 · 80 Stat. 1672 · October 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To amend chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for price adjustments in contracts for the procurement of milk by the Department of Defense.

    Public Law 89-696 · 80 Stat. 1056 · October 19, 1966 · Original text

63. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-697 · 80 Stat. 1027 · October 27, 1966 · Original text

64. International Education Act of 1966

    An Act To provide for the strengthening of American educational resources for international studies and research.

    Public Law 89-698 · 80 Stat. 1027 · October 29, 1966 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 and the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-699 · 80 Stat. 1073 · October 30, 1966 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and the Railroad Retirement Tax Act to make certain technical changes, to provide for survivor benefits to children ages eighteen to twenty-one, inclusive, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-700 · 80 Stat. 1073 · October 30, 1966 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to develop, through the use of experiment and demonstration plants, practicable and economic means for the production by the commercial fishing industry of fish protein concentrate.

    Public Law 89-701 · 80 Stat. 1073 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

68. Fur Seal Act of 1966

    An Act To protect and conserve the North Pacific fur seals, to provide for the administration of the Pribilof Islands, to conserve the fur seals and other wildlife on the Pribilof Islands, and to protect sea otters on the high seas.

    Public Law 89-702 · 80 Stat. 1091 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the month of May of each year as “Steelmark Month”.

    Public Law 89-703 · 80 Stat. 1099 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution Fixing the time of assembly of the Ninetieth Congress.

    Public Law 89-704 · 80 Stat. 1099 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

71. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to set aside funds for research into spinal cord injuries and diseases.

    Public Law 89-705 · 80 Stat. 1099 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1901, to permit the appointment of new trustees in deeds of trust in the District of Columbia by agreement of the parties.

    Public Law 89-706 · 80 Stat. 1099 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the provisions of title 18 of the United States Code relating to offenses committed in Indian country.

    Public Law 89-707 · 80 Stat. 1100 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the acquisition and preservation of the real property known as the Ansley Wilcox House in Buffalo, New York, as a national historic site.

    Public Law 89-708 · 80 Stat. 1101 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

75. Veterinary Medical Education Act of 1966

    An Act To authorize a program for the construction of facilities for the teaching of veterinary medicine and a program of loans for students of veterinary medicine.

    Public Law 89-709 · 80 Stat. 1103 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the issuance of certificates of citizenship in the Canal Zone.

    Public Law 89-710 · 80 Stat. 1104 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

77. An Act Relating to applications for writs of habeas corpus by persons in custody pursuant to judgments of State courts.

    Public Law 89-711 · 80 Stat. 1104 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

78. An Act To grant increased benefits to persons receiving cash relief under the Panama Canal Cash Relief Act of July 8, 1937.

    Public Law 89-712 · 80 Stat. 1106 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to promote savings under the Internal Revenue Service’s automatic data processing system.

    Public Law 89-713 · 80 Stat. 1107 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section 1391 of title 28 of the United States Code relating to venue.

    Public Law 89-714 · 80 Stat. 1111 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize long-term leases on the San Xavier and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-715 · 80 Stat. 1112 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 4339 of title 10. United States Code.

    Public Law 89-716 · 80 Stat. 1113 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

83. An Act To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-717 · 80 Stat. 1113 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

84. An Act To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to codify recent military law, and to improve the Code.

    Public Law 89-718 · 80 Stat. 1113 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

85. Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966

    An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the priority and effect of Federal tax liens and levies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-719 · 80 Stat. 1125 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

86. An Act To provide for the control or elimination of jellyfish and other such pests in the coastal waters of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-720 · 80 Stat. 1149 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

87. An Act Relating to interest on income tax refunds made within 45 days after the filing of the tax return, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-721 · 80 Stat. 1150 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for additions to a reserve for certain guaranteed debt obligations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-722 · 80 Stat. 1151 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the disposal of industrial diamond stones from the national stock-pile and the supplemental stockpile.

    Public Law 89-723 · 80 Stat. 1153 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the disposal of fused crude aluminum oxide from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.

    Public Law 89-724 · 80 Stat. 1153 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

91. An Act To amend title 39 United States Code, with respect to mailing privileges of members of the United States Armed Forces and other Federal Government personnel overseas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-725 · 80 Stat. 1154 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the disposal of battery-grade synthetic manganese dioxide from the national stockpile.

    Public Law 89-726 · 80 Stat. 1155 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

93. An Act To give the consent of Congress to the State of Massachusetts to become a party to the agreement relating to bus taxation proration and reciprocity as set forth in title II of the Act of April 14, 1965 (79 Stat. 60), and consented to by Congress in that Act and in the Act of November 1, 1965 (79 Stat. 1157).

    Public Law 89-727 · 80 Stat. 1156 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Act of August 14, 1964, to authorize payments of any amounts authorized under the Act to the estates of persons who would have been eligible for payments under the authority of the Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-728 · 80 Stat. 1156 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to settle and pay certain claims arising out of the taking of the 1960 decennial census.

    Public Law 89-729 · 80 Stat. 1156 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

96. An Act To liberalize the provisions for payment to parents and children of dependency and indemnity compensation. and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-730 · 80 Stat. 1157 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize an increase in the number of Marine Corps officers who may serve in the combined grades of brigadier general and major general.

    Public Law 89-731 · 80 Stat. 1160 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

98. An Act To adjust the status of Cuban refugees to that of lawful permanent residents of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-732 · 80 Stat. 1161 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish an Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations”, approved September 24, 1959.

    Public Law 89-733 · 80 Stat. 1162 · November 2, 1966 · Original text

100. An Act To establish rates of compensation for certain positions within the Smithsonian Institution.

     Public Law 89-734 · 80 Stat. 1163 · November 2, 1966 · Original text