Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Hilda Shell Tsiuug.

   Private Law 89-190 · 79 Stat. 1406 · October 31, 1965 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To give the consent of Congress to the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont to become parties to title II of the Compact on Taxation of Motor Fuels Consumed by Interstate Buses and the Agreement relating to Bus Taxation Proration and Reciprocity.

   Public Law 89-312 · 79 Stat. 1157 · November 1, 1965 · Original text

3. An Act To amend Public Laws 815 and 874. Eighty-first Congress, to provide financial assistance in the construction and operation of public elementary and secondary schools in areas affected by a major disaster; to eliminate inequities in the application of Public Law 815 in certain military base closings; to make uniform eligibility requirements for school districts in Public Law 874; and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-313 · 79 Stat. 1158 · November 1, 1965 · Original text

4. An Act To amend section 18 of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended.

   Public Law 89-314 · 79 Stat. 1162 · November 1, 1965 · Original text

5. An Act To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide certain mailing privileges with respect to members of the United States Armed Forces and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-315 · 79 Stat. 1163 · November 1, 1965 · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of T. W. Holt and Company and/or Holt Import and Export Company.

   Private Law 89-191 · 79 Stat. 1406 · November 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To permit the vessel Little Nancy to be documented for use in the coastwise trade.

   Private Law 89-192 · 79 Stat. 1407 · November 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To provide for the free entry of one mass spectrMueter and one split pole spectrograph for the use of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

   Private Law 89-193 · 79 Stat. 1407 · November 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Margaret Elizabeth and Frederick Henry Todd.

   Private Law 89-194 · 79 Stat. 1408 · November 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To provide for the free entry of one mass spectrometer-gas chromatograph for the use of Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

    Private Law 89-195 · 79 Stat. 1408 · November 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To provide for the free entry of one shadomaster measuring projector for the use of the University of South Dakota.

    Private Law 89-196 · 79 Stat. 1408 · November 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To provide for the free entry of a Craig countercurrent distribution apparatus for the use of Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

    Private Law 89-197 · 79 Stat. 1408 · November 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text

13. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1966

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

    Public Law 89-316 · 79 Stat. 1165 · November 2, 1965 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United States to transfer from the United States to the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain real property in said District.

    Public Law 89-317 · 79 Stat. 1180 · November 2, 1965 · Original text

15. An Act Providing for the acquisition and preservation by the United States of certain items of evidence pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

    Public Law 89-318 · 79 Stat. 1185 · November 2, 1965 · Original text

16. An Act To amend section 113(a) of title 28, United States Code, to provide that Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina shall he held at Clinton.

    Public Law 89-319 · 79 Stat. 1186 · November 2, 1965 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the free entry of a mass spectrometer which was imported during May 1963 for the use of Stanford University, Stanford, California.

    Private Law 89-198 · 79 Stat. 1409 · November 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To provide fur the free entry of one mass spectrometer for the use of the University of Chicago.

    Private Law 89-199 · 79 Stat. 1409 · November 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Bibi Daljeet Kaur.

    Private Law 89-200 · 79 Stat. 1409 · November 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief Of Irving M. Sobin Chemical Company, Incorporated.

    Private Law 89-201 · 79 Stat. 1410 · November 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Diosdado F. Almazan.

    Private Law 89-202 · 79 Stat. 1413 · November 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Providing for the erection of a memorial to the late Doctor Robert H. Goddard, the father of rocketry.

    Public Law 89-320 · 79 Stat. 1186 · November 3, 1965 · Original text

23. Food and Agriculture Act of 1965

    An Act To maintain farm income, to stabilize prices and assure adequate supplies of agricultural commodities, to reduce surpluses, lower Government costs and promote foreign trade, to afford greater economic opportunity in rural areas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-321 · 79 Stat. 1187 · November 3, 1965 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the release of certain quantities of zinc from either the national stockpile or the supplemental stockpile, or both.

    Public Law 89-322 · 79 Stat. 1213 · November 4, 1965 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed six-month waiting period, of approximately two hundred million pounds of nickel from the national stockpile.

    Public Law 89-323 · 79 Stat. 1213 · November 5, 1965 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the loan of naval vessels to friendly foreign countries, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-324 · 79 Stat. 1214 · November 5, 1965 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Authorizing Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

    Public Law 89-325 · 79 Stat. 1215 · November 7, 1965 · Original text

28. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to create a Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved May 1, 190G, as amended.

    Public Law 89-326 · 79 Stat. 1216 · November 7, 1965 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim the month of November its “Water Conservation Mouth,”.

    Public Law 89-327 · 79 Stat. 1217 · November 7, 1965 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the Burt County Bridge Commission, a public body politic and corporate in the county of Burt and State of Nebraska, to refund the outstanding revenue bonds of said Burt County Bridge Commission heretofore issued to finance the cost of the construction of a bridge, together with, the necessary approaches and appurtenances therefor, from a point located in the city of Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, across the Missouri River to a point located in Monona County, Iowa.

    Public Law 89-328 · 79 Stat. 1218 · November 7, 1965 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Nora Isabella Samuelli.

    Private Law 89-203 · 79 Stat. 1413 · November 7, 1965 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eleni Baeoia Ciaeco, doctor of medicine.

    Private Law 89-204 · 79 Stat. 1413 · November 7, 1965 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Becky Jo and Charles R. Smith.

    Private Law 89-205 · 79 Stat. 1413 · November 7, 1965 · Private law · Original text

34. Higher Education Act of 1965

    An Act To strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in post-secondary and higher education.

    Public Law 89-329 · 79 Stat. 1219 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 to permit marketing orders applicable to various fruits and vegetables to provide for paid advertising.

    Public Law 89-330 · 79 Stat. 1270 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

36. Sugar Act Amendments of 1965

    An Act To amend and extend the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended.

    Public Law 89-331 · 79 Stat. 1271 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for the right of persons to be represented in matters before Federal agencies.

    Public Law 89-332 · 79 Stat. 1281 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

38. Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1965

    An Act To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to assist in providing more flexibility in the financing and administration of State rehabilitation programs, and to assist in the expansion and improvement of services and facilities provided under such programs, particularly for the mentally retarded and other groups presenting special vocational rehabilitation problems, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-333 · 79 Stat. 1282 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Small Business Act.

    Public Law 89-334 · 79 Stat. 1294 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

40. An Act To provide that the Sag of the United. States of America may be flown for twenty-four hours of each day in Lexington, Massachusetts.

    Public Law 89-335 · 79 Stat. 1294 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

41. An Act To establish the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-336 · 79 Stat. 1295 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended.

    Public Law 89-337 · 79 Stat. 1300 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

43. An Act To name the authorized lock and dam numbered 6 on the Arkansas River in Arkansas and the lake created thereby for David D. Terry.

    Public Law 89-338 · 79 Stat. 1300 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

44. Southeast Hurricane Disaster Belief Act of 1965

    An Act To provide assistance to the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi for the reconstruction of areas damaged by the recent hurricane.

    Public Law 89-339 · 79 Stat. 1301 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution Establishing that the second regular session of the Eighty-ninth Congress convene at noon on Monday, January 10, 1966.

    Public Law 89-340 · 79 Stat. 1302 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

46. An Act To relieve physicians of liability for negligent medical treatment at the scene of an accident in the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 89-341 · 79 Stat. 1302 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

47. An Act To amend, the joint resolution of March 25, 1953, relating to electrical and mechanical office equipment for the use of Members, officers, and committees of the House of Representatives, to remove certain limitations.

    Public Law 89-342 · 79 Stat. 1302 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, to make title III thereof directly applicable to procurement of property and services by executive agencies, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-343 · 79 Stat. 1303 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to authorize reimbursement to a State or political subdivision thereof for sidewalk repair and replacement or to make other arrangements therefor.

    Public Law 89-344 · 79 Stat. 1304 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

50. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey certain property to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

    Public Law 89-345 · 79 Stat. 1304 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

51. An Act To amend sections 9 and 37 of the Shipping’ Act, 1916, and subsection O of the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920.

    Public Law 89-346 · 79 Stat. 1305 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

52. An Act To amend certain criminal laws applicable to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-347 · 79 Stat. 1307 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

53. An Act To discontinue or modify certain reporting requirements of law.

    Public Law 89-348 · 79 Stat. 1310 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

54. An Act To amend title 38 of the United States Code to entitle the children of certain veterans who served in the Armed Forces prior to September 16, 1940, to benefit under the war orphans educational assistance program.

    Public Law 89-349 · 79 Stat. 1313 · November 8, 1965 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Ernest J. Carlin.

    Private Law 89-206 · 79 Stat. 1414 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Ralph S. DeSocio, Junior.

    Private Law 89-207 · 79 Stat. 1414 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To provide for the free entry of a ninety-centimeter split-pole magnetic spectrograph system with orange-peel internal conversion spectrometer attached for the use of the University of Pittsburgh.

    Private Law 89-208 · 79 Stat. 1415 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To provide for the free entry of certain scientific instruments for the use of certain universities.

    Private Law 89-209 · 79 Stat. 1415 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of North Counties Hydro-Electric Company.

    Private Law 89-210 · 79 Stat. 1416 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Anderson G Matsler, senior master sergeant, United States Air Force, retired.

    Private Law 89-211 · 79 Stat. 1416 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Benjamin A. Ramelb.

    Private Law 89-212 · 79 Stat. 1417 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel William T. Schuster, United States Air Force (retired).

    Private Law 89-213 · 79 Stat. 1418 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Kim Sung Jin.

    Private Law 89-214 · 79 Stat. 1418 · November 8, 1965 · Private law · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Extending the date for transmission of the Economic Report.

    Public Law 89-350 · 80 Stat. 3 · January 19, 1966 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim National Ski Week.

    Public Law 89-351 · 80 Stat. 4 · January 21, 1966 · Original text

66. An Act To amend section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from taxation certain nonprofit corporations and associations operated to provide reserve funds for domestic building and loan associations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-352 · 80 Stat. 4 · February 2, 1966 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act with respect to the European Space Research Organization.

    Public Law 89-353 · 80 Stat. 5 · February 2, 1966 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1930 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to change the method of computing the retired pay of judges of the Tax Court of the United States.

    Public Law 89-354 · 80 Stat. 5 · February 2, 1966 · Original text

69. An Act To provide for participation of the United States In the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in Dude County, Florida, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-355 · 80 Stat. 5 · February 19, 1966 · Original text

70. An Act To establish a procedure for the review of proposed bank mergers so as to eliminate the necessity for the dissolution of merged banks, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-356 · 80 Stat. 7 · February 21, 1966 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to enable the United States to extend an invitation to the World Health Organization to hold the Twenty-second World Health Assembly in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1969.

    Public Law 89-357 · 80 Stat. 10 · March 1, 1966 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Frank E. Lipp.

    Private Law 89-215 · 80 Stat. 1615 · March 1, 1966 · Private law · Original text

73. Veterans

    An Act To provide readjustment assistance to veterans who serve in the Armed Forces during the induction period.

    Public Law 89-358 · 80 Stat. 12 · March 3, 1966 · Original text

74. An Act Amending certain estate tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939.

    Public Law 89-359 · 80 Stat. 28 · March 7, 1966 · Original text

75. An Act To extend the statutory burial allowance to certain veterans whose deaths occur as a result of a service-connected disability.

    Public Law 89-360 · 80 Stat. 29 · March 7, 1966 · Original text

76. An Act To provide statutory authority for the Deputy Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to assume the duties of Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator, or during a vacancy In that office, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-361 · 80 Stat. 29 · March 7, 1966 · Original text

77. An Act To amend section 3203, title 38, United States Code, to restrict the conditions under which benefits are immediately reduced upon readmission of veterans for hospitalization or other institutional care.

    Public Law 89-362 · 80 Stat. 30 · March 7, 1966 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to give to the Indians of the Pueblos of Acoma, Sandia, Santa Ana, and Zia the beneficial interest in certain federally owned lands heretofore set aside for school or administrative purposes.

    Public Law 89-363 · 80 Stat. 30 · March 7, 1966 · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Mary F. Morse.

    Private Law 89-216 · 80 Stat. 1616 · March 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Master Sergeant Bernard L. La Mountain, United States Air Force (retired).

    Private Law 89-217 · 80 Stat. 1616 · March 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harwell Hogan.

    Private Law 89-218 · 80 Stat. 1617 · March 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the free entry of certain stained glass and cement windows for Our Lady of the Angels Seminary of Glenmont, New York.

    Private Law 89-219 · 80 Stat. 1617 · March 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To cancel any unpaid reimbursable construction costs of the Wind River Indian Irrigation project, Wyoming, chargeable against certain non-Indian lands.

    Public Law 89-364 · 80 Stat. 31 · March 8, 1966 · Original text

84. An Act Relating to the tax treatment of certain amounts paid to certain members and former members of the uniformed services and to their survivors.

    Public Law 89-365 · 80 Stat. 32 · March 8, 1966 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Cape Lookout National Seashore In the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-366 · 80 Stat. 33 · March 10, 1966 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Loneta Hackney.

    Private Law 89-220 · 80 Stat. 1617 · March 14, 1966 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Chizuyo Hoshizaki.

    Private Law 89-221 · 80 Stat. 1618 · March 14, 1966 · Private law · Original text

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

    Public Law 89-367 · 80 Stat. 35 · March 15, 1966 · Original text

89. Tax Adjustment Act of 1966

    An Act To provide for graduated withholding of Income tax from wages, to require declarations of estimated tax with respect to self-employment income, to accelerate current payments of estimated income tax by corporations, to postpone certain excise tax rate reductions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-368 · 80 Stat. 38 · March 15, 1966 · Original text

90. Asian Development Bank Act

    An Act To provide for the participation of the United States in the Asian Development Bank.

    Public Law 89-369 · 80 Stat. 71 · March 16, 1966 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of certain classes of civilian employees of naval installations erroneously in receipt of certain wages due to misinterpretation of certain personnel instructions.

    Public Law 89-370 · 80 Stat. 73 · March 17, 1966 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Eligio Ciardiello.

    Private Law 89-222 · 80 Stat. 1618 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the estate of Bart Briscoe Edgar, deceased.

    Private Law 89-223 · 80 Stat. 1618 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Louis Shchuchinski.

    Private Law 89-224 · 80 Stat. 1619 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Muhammad Sarwar.

    Private Law 89-225 · 80 Stat. 1619 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Jack Ralph Walker.

    Private Law 89-226 · 80 Stat. 1619 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Edwin F. Hower.

    Private Law 89-227 · 80 Stat. 1620 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Donald F. Farrell.

    Private Law 89-228 · 80 Stat. 1620 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Joseph B. Stevens.

    Private Law 89-229 · 80 Stat. 1621 · March 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes.

     Public Law 89-371 · 80 Stat. 74 · March 18, 1966 · Original text