Every law Congress has passed

453 laws of the 65th Congress, 1917–1919

1. An Act Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, on account of war expenses and for other purposes.

   Ch. 92 · 40 Stat. 594 · June 4, 1918 · Original text

2. An Act To require numbering and recording of undocumented vessels.

   Ch. 93 · 40 Stat. 602 · June 7, 1918 · Original text

3. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

   Ch. 94 · 40 Stat. 1358 · June 8, 1918 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To provide for appeals from decisions of boards of local inspectors of vessels, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 95 · 40 Stat. 602 · June 10, 1918 · Original text

5. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting pensions to certain enlisted men, soldiers, and officers who served in the Civil War and the War with Mexico,” approved May eleventh, nineteen hundred and twelve.

   Ch. 96 · 40 Stat. 603 · June 10, 1918 · Original text

6. An Act Granting to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii additional powers relative to elections and qualification of electors.

   Ch. 97 · 40 Stat. 604 · June 13, 1918 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section one hundred and one of the Judicial Code.

   Ch. 98 · 40 Stat. 604 · June 13, 1918 · Original text

8. An Act To increase the salary of the United States marshal for the western district of Michigan.

   Ch. 99 · 40 Stat. 605 · June 13, 1918 · Original text

9. An Act To amend section one hundred and eleven of the Judicial Code.

   Ch. 100 · 40 Stat. 605 · June 13, 1918 · Original text

10. An Act To provide for a determination of heirship in cases of deceased members of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma, conferring jurisdiction upon district courts to partition lands belonging to full-blood heirs of allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 101 · 40 Stat. 606 · June 14, 1918 · Original text

11. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Marion and Horry Counties, South Carolina, to construct a bridge across Little Peedee River.

    Ch. 102 · 40 Stat. 606 · June 19, 1918 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize aids to navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 103 · 40 Stat. 607 · June 20, 1918 · Original text

13. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department,” approved September second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended.

    Ch. 104 · 40 Stat. 609 · June 25, 1918 · Original text

14. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,” approved February seventeenth, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 105 · 40 Stat. 616 · June 26, 1918 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a deed to G. H. Beckwith for certain land within the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 106 · 40 Stat. 616 · June 27, 1918 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for vocational rehabilitation and return to civil employment of disabled persons discharged from the military or naval forces of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 107 · 40 Stat. 617 · June 27, 1918 · Original text

17. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 108 · 40 Stat. 620 · June 27, 1918 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a statue of James Buchanan, a former President of the United States.

    Ch. 109 · 40 Stat. 632 · June 27, 1918 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the homestead law in its application to Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 110 · 40 Stat. 632 · June 28, 1918 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue permits for the diversion of water from the Niagara River.

    Ch. 111 · 40 Stat. 633 · June 29, 1918 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Authorizing the readmission to the United States of certain aliens who have been conscripted or have volunteered for service with the military forces of the United States or cobelligerent forces.

    Ch. 112 · 40 Stat. 634 · June 29, 1918 · Original text

22. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 113 · 40 Stat. 634 · July 1, 1918 · Original text

23. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 114 · 40 Stat. 704 · July 1, 1918 · Original text

24. An Act To amend sections forty-four hundred and two, forty-four hundred and four, and forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 115 · 40 Stat. 739 · July 2, 1918 · Original text

25. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 116 · 40 Stat. 741 · July 2, 1918 · Original text

26. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 117 · 40 Stat. 742 · July 2, 1918 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Aurelio Collazo, citizen of Cuba.

    Ch. 118 · 40 Stat. 755 · July 2, 1918 · Original text

28. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 119 · 40 Stat. 1370 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 120 · 40 Stat. 1387 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 121 · 40 Stat. 1403 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 122 · 40 Stat. 1413 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 123 · 40 Stat. 1422 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 124 · 40 Stat. 1432 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 125 · 40 Stat. 1439 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 126 · 40 Stat. 1448 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 127 · 40 Stat. 1458 · July 2, 1918 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To give effect to the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded at Washington, August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 128 · 40 Stat. 755 · July 3, 1918 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, a corporation, to construct bridges across the branches and tributaries of the Big Sandy and their tributaries, in the counties of Buchanan and Dickenson, in the State of Virginia.

    Ch. 129 · 40 Stat. 757 · July 3, 1918 · Original text

39. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 130 · 40 Stat. 757 · July 3, 1918 · Original text

40. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell and convey certain land to the city of Faribault, Minnesotta.

    Ch. 131 · 40 Stat. 1466 · July 3, 1918 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 132 · 40 Stat. 1466 · July 3, 1918 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 133 · 40 Stat. 1471 · July 3, 1918 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 134 · 40 Stat. 1472 · July 3, 1918 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 135 · 40 Stat. 1477 · July 3, 1918 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 136 · 40 Stat. 1478 · July 3, 1918 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 137 · 40 Stat. 815 · July 8, 1918 · Original text

47. An Act Providing for the protection of the uniform of friendly nations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 138 · 40 Stat. 821 · July 8, 1918 · Original text

48. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 139 · 40 Stat. 821 · July 8, 1918 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for certain necessary operations of the Government and of the District of Columbia for the months of July and August, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 140 · 40 Stat. 843 · July 8, 1918 · Original text

50. An Act For the construction of a private conduit across Michigan Avenue northeast, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 141 · 40 Stat. 1483 · July 8, 1918 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To authorize an additional issue of bonds to meet expenditures for the national security and defense, and, for the purpose of assisting in the prosecution of the war, to extend additional credit to foreign Governments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 142 · 40 Stat. 844 · July 9, 1918 · Original text

52. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen.

    Ch. 143 · 40 Stat. 845 · July 9, 1918 · Original text

53. An Act To equip the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, for the manufacture of supplies for the use of the Government, for the compensation of prisoners for their labor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 144 · 40 Stat. 896 · July 10, 1918 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the war-risk insurance Act.

    Ch. 145 · 40 Stat. 897 · July 11, 1918 · Original text

55. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and of Wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 146 · 40 Stat. 1484 · July 11, 1918 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 147 · 40 Stat. 1486 · July 11, 1918 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 148 · 40 Stat. 1489 · July 11, 1918 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county commissioners of Trumbull County, Ohio, to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River in the State of Ohio.

    Ch. 149 · 40 Stat. 899 · July 12, 1918 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Providing for the disposition of moneys represented in the Alfred Bernard Nobel peace prize, awarded in nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 150 · 40 Stat. 899 · July 12, 1918 · Original text

60. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the P. M. C. Coal Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Tug River, connecting Pike County, Kentucky, and Mingo County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 151 · 40 Stat. 899 · July 15, 1918 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the Act approved September seventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled “An Act to establish a United States Shipping Board for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxiliary and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign countries; to regulate carriers by water in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States; and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 152 · 40 Stat. 900 · July 15, 1918 · Original text

62. An Act To pension widows and minor children of officers and enlisted men who served in the War with Spain, Philippine insurrection, or in China.

    Ch. 153 · 40 Stat. 903 · July 16, 1918 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To authorize the President, in time of war, to supervise or take possession and assume control of any telegraph, telephone, marine cable, or radio system or systems or any part thereof and to operate the same in such manner as may be needful or desirable for the duration of the war, and to provide just compensation therefor.

    Ch. 154 · 40 Stat. 904 · July 16, 1918 · Original text

64. An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 155 · 40 Stat. 904 · July 18, 1918 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the appointment of a commission to standardize screw threads.

    Ch. 156 · 40 Stat. 912 · July 18, 1918 · Original text

66. An Act To confer on the President power to prescribe charter rates and freight rates and to requisition vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 157 · 40 Stat. 913 · July 18, 1918 · Original text

67. An Act For the establishment of Oswego, in the State of New York, as a port of entry for immediate transportation without appraisement of dutiable merchandise.

    Ch. 158 · 40 Stat. 916 · July 20, 1918 · Original text

68. An Act For the establishment of Bar Harbor, in the State of Maine, as a port of entry and delivery for the immediate transportation without appraisement of dutiable merchandise.

    Ch. 159 · 40 Stat. 917 · July 20, 1918 · Original text

69. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 160 · 40 Stat. 1491 · July 20, 1918 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To validate certain public-land entries.

    Ch. 161 · 40 Stat. 917 · July 25, 1918 · Original text

71. An Act To repeal the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National German-American Alliance,” approved February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and seven.

    Ch. 162 · 40 Stat. 917 · July 30, 1918 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the payment of indemnities to the Government of Greece for injuries inflicted on its nationals during riots occurring in South. Omaha, Nebraska, February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 163 · 40 Stat. 917 · August 30, 1918 · Original text

73. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 164 · 40 Stat. 918 · August 31, 1918 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the importation without the payment of duty of sundry articles for the American National Red Cross to be donated or used by it solely to or for the benefit of the land or naval forces of the United States or its allies, or for the relief of the civilian population of the United States or of its allies.

    Ch. 165 · 40 Stat. 954 · August 31, 1918 · Original text

75. An Act Amending the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. 166 · 40 Stat. 955 · August 31, 1918 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for certain necessary operations of the Government for the month of September, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 40 Stat. 957 · August 31, 1918 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey to the city of Bozeman, Montana, certain land for alley purposes.

    Ch. 168 · 40 Stat. 957 · September 10, 1918 · Original text

78. An Act Extending the time for the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near the city of Fairmont, West Virginia.

    Ch. 169 · 40 Stat. 958 · September 11, 1918 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to establish zones in which intoxicating liquors may not be sold, manufactured, or distributed.

    Ch. 170 · 40 Stat. 958 · September 12, 1918 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the State of Montana to select other lands in lieu of lands in section sixteen, township two north, range thirty east, within the limits of the Huntley irrigation project and the ceded portion of Crow Indian Reservation in said State.

    Ch. 171 · 40 Stat. 958 · September 13, 1918 · Original text

81. An Act To approve mutual cessions of territory by the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota and the consequent changes in the boundary line between said States.

    Ch. 172 · 40 Stat. 959 · September 13, 1918 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Amending section eight of the amendment to the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. 173 · 40 Stat. 960 · September 13, 1918 · Original text

83. District of Columbia minimum-wage law

    An Act To protect the lives and health and morals of women and minor workers in the District of Columbia, and to establish a Minimum Wage Board, and define its powers and duties, and to provide for the fixing of minimum wages for such workers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 174 · 40 Stat. 960 · September 19, 1918 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the resurvey or retracement of lands heretofore returned as surveyed public lands of the United States under certain conditions.

    Ch. 175 · 40 Stat. 965 · September 21, 1918 · Original text

85. An Act To supplement the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 176 · 40 Stat. 965 · September 24, 1918 · Original text

86. An Act To amend and reenact sections four, eleven, sixteen, nineteen, and twenty-two of the Act approved December twenty-third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and known as the Federal reserve Act, and sections fifty-two hundred and eight and fifty-two hundred and nine, Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 177 · 40 Stat. 967 · September 26, 1918 · Original text

87. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen.

    Ch. 178 · 40 Stat. 973 · October 1, 1918 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To aid in combating “Spanish influenza” and other communicable diseases.

    Ch. 179 · 40 Stat. 1008 · October 1, 1918 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for certain necessary operations of the Government for the month of October, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 180 · 40 Stat. 1008 · October 1, 1918 · Original text

90. An Act To provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.

    Ch. 181 · 40 Stat. 1009 · October 5, 1918 · Original text

91. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 182 · 40 Stat. 1503 · October 5, 1918 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 183 · 40 Stat. 1515 · October 5, 1918 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 184 · 40 Stat. 1522 · October 5, 1918 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the health officer of the District of Columbia to permit the disinterment of the bodies of Eliza Hill Bowles, Bernice Worthen Bowles, and Bessie Vivian Bowles.

    Ch. 185 · 40 Stat. 1527 · October 10, 1918 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To exclude and expel from the United States aliens who are members of the anarchistic and similar classes.

    Ch. 186 · 40 Stat. 1012 · October 16, 1918 · Original text

96. An Act To prevent corrupt practices in the election of Senators, Representatives, or Delegates in Congress.

    Ch. 187 · 40 Stat. 1013 · October 16, 1918 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to purchase from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a large dry dock and appurtenant lands.

    Ch. 188 · 40 Stat. 1013 · October 17, 1918 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, its lessees, successors, and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Susquehanna River from the city of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to the borough of Lemoyne, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 189 · 40 Stat. 1013 · October 19, 1918 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution Authorizing the readmission to the United States of certain aliens who have been conscripted or have volunteered for service with the military forces of the United States or cobelligerent forces.

    Ch. 190 · 40 Stat. 1014 · October 19, 1918 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent for certain land to school district numbered nine, of Sanders County, Montana.

     Ch. 191 · 40 Stat. 1014 · October 21, 1918 · Original text