 The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 ( Public Law 84 @-@ 830 ) was an Act of Congress passed to improve mental health care in the United States territory of Alaska . It became the focus of a major political controversy after opponents nicknamed it the " Siberia Bill " and denounced it as being part of a communist plot to hospitalize political dissidents and homosexuals. sierpni 1956 @.@ 175 @.@ 223 @.@ 487 @.@ 1047 @.@ 1395 @.@ 1437 @.@ 1401 @.@ 