Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 111 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the prepayment of certain expenses associated with the travel of veterans to or from a Veterans’ Administration facility or other place, in connection with vocational rehabilitation or counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care.

   Public Law 89-455 · 80 Stat. 208 · June 18, 1966 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Railway Labor Act in order to provide for establishment of special adjustment boards upon the request either of representatives of employees or of carriers to resolve disputes otherwise referable to the National Railroad Adjustment Board, and to make all awards of such Board final.

   Public Law 89-456 · 80 Stat. 208 · June 20, 1966 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act pertaining to the leasing of public lands to States and their political subdivisions.

   Public Law 89-457 · 80 Stat. 210 · June 20, 1966 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize establishment of the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, North Dakota and Montana, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 89-458 · 80 Stat. 211 · June 20, 1966 · Original text

5. An Act To declare that certain federally owned land is held by the United States in trust for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

   Public Law 89-459 · 80 Stat. 211 · June 20, 1966 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the disposal of aluminum from the national stockpile.

   Public Law 89-460 · 80 Stat. 212 · June 21, 1966 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the disposal of celestite from the supplemental stockpile.

   Public Law 89-461 · 80 Stat. 212 · June 21, 1966 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the disposal of cordage fiber (sisal) from the national stockpile.

   Public Law 89-462 · 80 Stat. 212 · June 21, 1966 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the disposal of crocidolite asbestos (harsh) from the supplemental stockpile.

   Public Law 89-463 · 80 Stat. 213 · June 21, 1966 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the disposal of opium from the national stockpile.

    Public Law 89-464 · 80 Stat. 213 · June 21, 1966 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Charlotte Schulz.

    Private Law 89-247 · 80 Stat. 1627 · June 21, 1966 · Private law · Original text

12. Bail Reform Act of 1966

    An Act To revise existing bail practices in courts of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-465 · 80 Stat. 214 · June 22, 1966 · Original text

13. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase dependency and indemnity compensation in certain cases.

    Public Law 89-466 · 80 Stat. 217 · June 22, 1966 · Original text

14. An Act To amend chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, to provide that where a veteran receiving pension under this chapter disappears, the Administrator may pay the pension otherwise payable to the wife and children.

    Public Law 89-467 · 80 Stat. 218 · June 22, 1966 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide that certain forms of copper be admitted free of duty.

    Public Law 89-468 · 80 Stat. 218 · June 23, 1966 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of William F. Kuhlman.

    Private Law 89-248 · 80 Stat. 1627 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Kuniki Nagano Zwiefelhofer.

    Private Law 89-249 · 80 Stat. 1628 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Cho Myung Soon and Cho Myung Hee.

    Private Law 89-250 · 80 Stat. 1628 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Sarah Antoinette Cappadona.

    Private Law 89-251 · 80 Stat. 1628 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Haider Raza and his wife, Irene Raza, and their children, Afzal Anthony and Haider Raymond Raza.

    Private Law 89-252 · 80 Stat. 1628 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Fritz A. Frerichs.

    Private Law 89-253 · 80 Stat. 1629 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of certain employees of the Post Office Department at Eau Gallie, Florida.

    Private Law 89-254 · 80 Stat. 1629 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Elton P. Johnson.

    Private Law 89-255 · 80 Stat. 1630 · June 23, 1966 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the United States Secret Service.

    Public Law 89-469 · 80 Stat. 219 · June 24, 1966 · Original text

25. An Act To amend sections 2275 and 2276 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, With respect to certain lands granted to the States.

    Public Law 89-470 · 80 Stat. 220 · June 24, 1966 · Original text

26. An Act To amend section 316 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 89-471 · 80 Stat. 220 · June 24, 1966 · Original text

27. An Act To provide, for the period beginning on July 1, 1966, and ending on June 30, 1967, a temporary increase in the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.

    Public Law 89-472 · 80 Stat. 221 · June 24, 1966 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Lee Chung Woo.

    Private Law 89-256 · 80 Stat. 1631 · June 24, 1966 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Wanda Olszowa.

    Private Law 89-257 · 80 Stat. 1631 · June 24, 1966 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Evangelia G. Latsis.

    Private Law 89-258 · 80 Stat. 1631 · June 24, 1966 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To authorize any executive department or independent establishment of the Government, or any bureau or office thereof, to make appropriate accounting adjustment or reimbursement between the respective appropriations available to such departments and establishments, or any bureau or office thereof.

    Public Law 89-473 · 80 Stat. 221 · June 29, 1966 · Original text

32. Treasury, Post Office, and Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1967

    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, 1967, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-474 · 80 Stat. 222 · June 29, 1966 · Original text

33. An Act To supplement the Act of October 6, 1964, establishing the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-475 · 80 Stat. 229 · June 29, 1966 · Original text

34. An Act To simplify the admeasurement of small vessels.

    Public Law 89-476 · 80 Stat. 229 · June 29, 1966 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 402(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

    Public Law 89-477 · 80 Stat. 231 · June 29, 1966 · Original text

36. An Act To permit variation of the forty-hour workweek of Federal employees for educational purposes.

    Public Law 89-478 · 80 Stat. 231 · June 29, 1966 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of certain civilian employees and former civilian employees of Region 1 of the Bureau of Reclamation.

    Private Law 89-259 · 80 Stat. 1632 · June 29, 1966 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Chamizal National Memorial in the city of El Paso, Texas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-479 · 80 Stat. 232 · June 30, 1966 · Original text

39. An Act To extend the Renegotiation Act of 1951.

    Public Law 89-480 · 80 Stat. 232 · June 30, 1966 · Original text

40. Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1967, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-481 · 80 Stat. 233 · June 30, 1966 · Original text

41. An Act To extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-482 · 80 Stat. 235 · June 30, 1966 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the provisions of title III of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended.

    Public Law 89-483 · 80 Stat. 235 · June 30, 1966 · Original text

43. An Act To amend section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, to extend for two years the authority of Federal Reserve banks to purchase United States obligations directly from the Treasury.

    Public Law 89-484 · 80 Stat. 235 · June 30, 1966 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.

    Public Law 89-485 · 80 Stat. 236 · July 1, 1966 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 89-486 · 80 Stat. 244 · July 4, 1966 · Original text

46. An Act To amend section 3 of the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 324, of the Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238), to clarify and protect the right of the public to information, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-487 · 80 Stat. 250 · July 4, 1966 · Original text

47. Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Amendments of 1966

    An Act To amend the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act to improve its benefits, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-488 · 80 Stat. 252 · July 4, 1966 · Original text

48. An Act To remove a restriction on certain real property heretofore conveyed to the State of California.

    Public Law 89-489 · 80 Stat. 257 · July 4, 1966 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and to provide transportation and other services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the Twelfth Boy Scouts World Jamboree and Twenty-first Boy Scouts World Conference to be held in the United States of America in 1967, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-490 · 80 Stat. 258 · July 4, 1966 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-491 · 80 Stat. 259 · July 4, 1966 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Honorable Eugene J. Keogh, of New York. a Member of the House of Representatives, to accept the award of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

    Private Law 89-260 · 80 Stat. 1634 · July 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To provide for an additional Assistant Postmaster General to further the research and development and construction engineering programs of the Post Office Department, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-492 · 80 Stat. 262 · July 5, 1966 · Original text

53. An Act To transfer certain functions from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions and to certain other agencies of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-493 · 80 Stat. 263 · July 5, 1966 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for an increase in the annuities payable from the District of Colum-’ bia teachers’ retirement and annuity fund, to revise the method of determining the cost of living increases in such annuities, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-494 · 80 Stat. 266 · July 5, 1966 · Original text

55. An Act To amend sections 1, 17a, 64a (5), 67(b), 67c, and 70c of the Bankruptcy Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-495 · 80 Stat. 268 · July 5, 1966 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Act with respect to limiting the priority and nondischargeability of taxes in bankruptcy.

    Public Law 89-496 · 80 Stat. 270 · July 5, 1966 · Original text

57. An Act To amend title 1 of the United States Code to provide for the admissibility in evidence of the slip laws and the Treaties and Other International Acts Series; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-497 · 80 Stat. 271 · July 8, 1966 · Original text

58. An Act To revive and reenact as amended the Act entitled “An Act creating the City of Clinton Bridge Commission and authorizing said commission and its successors to acquire by purchase or condemnation and to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa, and at or near Fulton, Illinois,” approved December 21, 1944.

    Public Law 89-498 · 80 Stat. 272 · July 8, 1966 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Act of July 26, 1956, to authorize the Muscatine Bridge Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Muscatine, Iowa, and the town of Drury, Illinois.

    Public Law 89-499 · 80 Stat. 274 · July 8, 1966 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Harry C. Engle.

    Private Law 89-261 · 80 Stat. 1634 · July 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Joseph K. Bellek.

    Private Law 89-262 · 80 Stat. 1635 · July 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Arthur Hill.

    Private Law 89-263 · 80 Stat. 1635 · July 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Eugene J. Bennett.

    Private Law 89-264 · 80 Stat. 1636 · July 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Charles W. Pittman, Junior, United States Navy.

    Private Law 89-265 · 80 Stat. 1636 · July 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Charles T. Davis, Junior, Sallie M. Davis, and Nora D. White.

    Private Law 89-266 · 80 Stat. 1637 · July 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To permit certain transfers of Post Office Department appropriations.

    Public Law 89-500 · 80 Stat. 274 · July 12, 1966 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1967 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, and research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to maintain parity between military and civilian pay, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-501 · 80 Stat. 275 · July 13, 1966 · Original text

68. An Act To enable cottongrowers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research and promotion to improve the competitive position of, and to expand markets for, cotton.

    Public Law 89-502 · 80 Stat. 279 · July 13, 1966 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Attorney General to transfer to the Smithsonian Institution title to certain objects of art.

    Public Law 89-503 · 80 Stat. 287 · July 18, 1966 · Original text

70. Federal Salary and Fringe Benefits Act of 1966

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

    Public Law 89-504 · 80 Stat. 288 · July 18, 1966 · Original text

71. An Act To establish a statute of limitations for certain actions brought by the Government

    Public Law 89-505 · 80 Stat. 304 · July 18, 1966 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Federal Tort Claims Act to authorize increased agency consideration of tort claims against the Government, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-506 · 80 Stat. 306 · July 18, 1966 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for judgments for costs against the United States.

    Public Law 89-507 · 80 Stat. 308 · July 18, 1966 · Original text

74. Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966

    An Act To avoid unnecessary litigation by providing for the collection of claims of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-508 · 80 Stat. 308 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

75. the National Air Museum Amendments Act of 1965

    An Act To amend Public Law 722 of the Seventy-ninth Congress and Public Law 85–935, relating to the National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 89-509 · 80 Stat. 310 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

76. An Act To amend section 6 of the Southern Nevada Project Act (Act of October 22, 1965; 79 Stat. 1068).

    Public Law 89-510 · 80 Stat. 312 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

77. Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1966

    An Act To extend and amend the Library Services and Construction Act.

    Public Law 89-511 · 80 Stat. 313 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Classification Act of 1949 to authorize the establishment of hazardous duty pay in certain cases.

    Public Law 89-512 · 80 Stat. 313 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Act of October 4, 1961, to facilitate the efficient preservation and protection of certain lands in Prince Georges and Charles Counties, Maryland, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-513 · 80 Stat. 319 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to promulgate special regulations for the period of the ninety-third annual session of the Imperial Council, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, to be held in Washington, District of Columbia, in July 1967, to authorize the granting of certain permits to Imperial Shrine Convention, 1967, Incorporated, on the occasions of such sessions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-514 · 80 Stat. 320 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

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

    Public Law 89-515 · 80 Stat. 322 · July 19, 1966 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for reimbursement of certain moving expenses of employees, and to authorize payment of expenses for storage of household goods and personal effects of employees assigned to isolated duty stations within the continental United States.

    Public Law 89-516 · 80 Stat. 323 · July 21, 1966 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept a donation by the State of Indiana of the George Rogers Clark Memorial for establishment as the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-517 · 80 Stat. 325 · July 23, 1966 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Practical Nurses’ Licensing Act, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-518 · 80 Stat. 326 · July 25, 1966 · Original text

85. District of Columbia Bail Agency Act

    An Act To establish the District of Columbia Bail Agency, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-519 · 80 Stat. 327 · July 26, 1966 · Original text

86. An Act To make further provision for the retirement of the Comptroller General.

    Public Law 89-520 · 80 Stat. 329 · July 26, 1966 · Original text

87. An Act To amend the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate In screw-worm eradication in Mexico.

    Public Law 89-521 · 80 Stat. 330 · July 27, 1966 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land In Wyoming to Clara Dozier Wire.

    Private Law 89-267 · 80 Stat. 1637 · July 28, 1966 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To amend the Acts of March 3, 1931, and October 9, 1962, relating to the furnishing of books and other materials to the blind so as to authorize the furnishing of such books and other materials to other handicapped persons.

    Public Law 89-522 · 80 Stat. 330 · July 30, 1966 · Original text

90. An Act To amend section 4071 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1854.

    Public Law 89-523 · 80 Stat. 330 · August 1, 1966 · Original text

91. An Act To set aside certain lands in Montana for the Indians of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana.

    Public Law 89-524 · 80 Stat. 330 · August 1, 1966 · Original text

92. An Act To amend various provisions of the laws administered by the Farm Credit Administration to improve operations thereunder, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 89-525 · 80 Stat. 330 · August 2, 1966 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section 116 of title 28, United States Code, relating to the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma.

    Public Law 89-526 · 80 Stat. 335 · August 4, 1966 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Leonardo Russo.

    Private Law 89-268 · 80 Stat. 1637 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Jacobo Temel.

    Private Law 89-269 · 80 Stat. 1638 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mr. Leonardo Tusa.

    Private Law 89-270 · 80 Stat. 1638 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Bryan George Simpson.

    Private Law 89-271 · 80 Stat. 1638 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Michel Fahim Daniel.

    Private Law 89-272 · 80 Stat. 1639 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anna Michalska Holoweckyj (formerly Mrs. Anna Zalewski).

    Private Law 89-273 · 80 Stat. 1639 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Major Donald W. Ottaway, United States Air Force.

     Private Law 89-274 · 80 Stat. 1639 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text