| Act |
House Vote |
Senate Vote |
Date of Enactment |
Civil Rights Act of 1960
(Provided for basic changes in U.S. civil rights
laws, including the appointment of voting
referees in civil actions for preventive relief
instituted by the Attorney General.) |
288-95
(April 21) |
71-18
(April 8) |
signed May 6 |
Regulation of Bank Mergers
(Established uniform factors for the federal
banking agencies to consider in passing upon bank
mergers within their respective jurisdictions.) |
passed by voice vote
(April 4) |
passed by voice vote
(May 6) |
signed May 13 |
Mutual Security Act of 1960
(Authorized the apprpriation of $1,366,200,000
for U.S. economic, military, and technical
assistance to foreign Nations in the period July
1, 1960-June 30, 1961.) |
240-138
(May 12) |
passed by voice vote
(May 12) |
signed May 14 |
Defense Production Act Extension
(Extended the Defense Prroduction Act of 1950 to
June 30, 1962) |
passed by voice vote
(June 28) |
passed by voice vote
(June 18) |
signed June 30 |
Public Debt and Tax Rate Extension Act of
1960
(Authorized a temporary increase during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, of
$8,000,000,000 in the permanent national debt
limit of $285,000,000,000 and extended to July 1,
1961, corporate income tax and excise tax rates
due to expire June 30, 1960.) |
passed by voice vote
(June 27) |
61-32
(June 28) |
signed June 30 |
International Development Association Act
(Authorized the President to accept U.S.
membership in the International Development
Association.) |
249-158
(June 29) |
passed by voice vote
(June 29) |
signed June 30 |
Federal Employees Compensation Increase
(Increased rates of basic compensation for postal
and certain other federal employees.) |
378-40
(June 15) |
62-17
(June 17) |
vetoed June 30
veto overridden
(House 345-69, Senate 74-24)
enacted July 1 |
Sugar Act Extension
(Provided for the extension to March 31, 1961, of
the Sugar Act and authorized the President to
adjust Cuba's quota for the remainder of 1960 and
up to March 31, 1961.) |
passed by voice vote
(July 2) |
32-24
(July 2) |
signed July 6 |
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1961
(Appropriated $39,996,608,000 for the U.S. armed
forces in the period July 1, 1960-June 30, 1961.) |
passed by voice vote
(June 30) |
82-4
(June 30) |
signed July 7 |
Federal Highway Act of 1960
(Authorized the appropriation of $1,025,000,000
during each of the fiscal years ending June 30,
1962, and June 30, 1963, for the construction of
primary, secondary, and urban roads.) |
passed by voice vote
(July 2) |
passed by voice vote
(July 2) |
signed July 14 |
Equal Time Requirements
(Suspended the equal time requirements of the
Communications Act of 1934 with respect to the
presidential and vice-presidential candidates
during the 1960 election campaign.) |
passed by voice vote
(August 22) |
passed by voice vote
(June 27) |
signed August 24 |
Latin-American Aid
(Authorized the appropriation of $500,000,000 in
economic aid to Latin America and $100,000,000 in
aid to Chile for earthquake reconstruction.) |
passed by voice vote
(August 31) |
passed by voice vote
(August 31) |
signed September 8 |
Social Security Amendments of 1960
(Amended a number of provisions of the Social
Security Act, including amendments to establish a
new program of federal aid to the states to
provide needy elderly persons with hospital and
medical care.) |
369-17
(August 26) |
74-11
(August 29) |
signed September 13 |
Foreign Tax Credit
(Authorized taxpayers with income from foreign
sources to make an election, for income tax
purposes, between a per-country credit and an
over-all credit and required U.S. corporations to
file an annual report regarding foreign
subsidiaries.) |
passed by voice vote
(August 30) |
passed by voice vote
(August 30) |
signed September 14 |
