Every law Congress has passed

1,423 laws of the 69th Congress, 1925–1927

1. Independent Offices Act, 1928

   An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 104 · 44 Stat. 1069 · February 11, 1927 · Original text

2. An Act To increase the pensions of certain maimed veterans who have lost limbs or have been totally disabled in the same, in line of duty, in the military or naval service of the United States; and to amend section 4788 of the Revised Statutes of the United States by increasing the rates therein for artificial limbs.

   Ch. 105 · 44 Stat. 1085 · February 11, 1927 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the provision contained in the Act approved March 3, 1915, providing that the Chief of Naval Operations, during the temporary absence of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, shall be next in succession to act as Secretary of the Navy.

   Ch. 106 · 44 Stat. 1086 · February 11, 1927 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain French guns which belong to the United States and are now in the city park at Walla Walla, Washington, to the city of Walla Walla, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 107 · 44 Stat. 1086 · February 11, 1927 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Frederick Marshall.

   Ch. 108 · 44 Stat. 1766 · February 11, 1927 · Private law · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To amend an Act entitled “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 the said war,” approved December 23, 1924.

   Ch. 109 · 44 Stat. 1767 · February 11, 1927 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,” approved September 7, 1916, and Acts in amendment thereof.

   Ch. 110 · 44 Stat. 1086 · February 12, 1927 · Original text

8. An Act To revise the boundary of the Hawaii National Park on the island of Maui in the Territory of Hawaii.

   Ch. 111 · 44 Stat. 1087 · February 12, 1927 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the purchase of certain privately owned land within the Jicarilla Indian Reservation, New Mexico.

   Ch. 112 · 44 Stat. 1089 · February 12, 1927 · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to accept title for post-office site at Olyphant, Pennsylvania, with mineral reservations.

    Ch. 113 · 44 Stat. 1090 · February 12, 1927 · Original text

11. An Act Providing for a grant of land to the county of San Juan, in the State of Washington, for recreational and public-park purposes.

    Ch. 114 · 44 Stat. 1090 · February 12, 1927 · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing the payment of a claim to Alexander J. Thompson.

    Ch. 115 · 44 Stat. 1767 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Henry S. Royce.

    Ch. 116 · 44 Stat. 1767 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Stanton and Jones.

    Ch. 117 · 44 Stat. 1768 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Gordan A. Dennis.

    Ch. 118 · 44 Stat. 1768 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Columbus P. Pierce.

    Ch. 119 · 44 Stat. 1768 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the claim of Moses Steadham, situate in the county of Baldwin, State of Alabama.

    Ch. 120 · 44 Stat. 1768 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to dispose by sale of certain public land in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 121 · 44 Stat. 1769 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Maurice E. Kinsey.

    Ch. 122 · 44 Stat. 1769 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of James Gaynor.

    Ch. 123 · 44 Stat. 1769 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Helene M. Hubrich.

    Ch. 124 · 44 Stat. 1770 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

22. Joint Resolution To approve a sale of land by one Moshulatubba or Mushulatubbe on August 29, 1832.

    Ch. 125 · 44 Stat. 1770 · February 12, 1927 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act To provide for the widening of Nichols Avenue between Good Hope Road and S Street Southeast in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 126 · 44 Stat. 1090 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

24. An Act To establish a national military park at and near Fredericksburg, Virginia, and to mark and preserve historical points connected with the battles of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House, Wilderness, and Chancellorsville, including Salem Church, Virginia.

    Ch. 127 · 44 Stat. 1091 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

25. An Act To furnish public quarters, fuel, and light to certain civilian instructors in the United States Military Academy.

    Ch. 128 · 44 Stat. 1094 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

26. An Act To encourage breeding of riding horses for Army purposes.

    Ch. 129 · 44 Stat. 1095 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

27. An Act For the promotion of rifle practice throughout the United States.

    Ch. 130 · 44 Stat. 1095 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

28. An Act To provide for maintaining, promoting, and advertising the International Trade Exhibition.

    Ch. 131 · 44 Stat. 1095 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

29. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept on behalf of the United States title in fee simple to a certain strip of land and the construction of a bridge across Archers Creek in South Carolina.

    Ch. 132 · 44 Stat. 1095 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

30. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of obsolete aeronautical equipment to accredited schools, colleges, and universities.

    Ch. 133 · 44 Stat. 1096 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the sale of uniforms to individuals separated from the military or naval forces of the United States.

    Ch. 134 · 44 Stat. 1096 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the president of the Rotary Club, of Crawsfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, a bell of a battleship that is now, or may be, in his custody.

    Ch. 135 · 44 Stat. 1097 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

33. An Act Approving the transaction of the adjutant general of the State of Oregon in issuing property to sufferers from a fire in Astoria, Oregon, and relieving the United States property and disbursing officer of the State of Oregon and the State of Oregon from accountability therefor.

    Ch. 136 · 44 Stat. 1097 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing a survey of the Caloosahatchee River drainage area in Florida, and of Lake Okeechobee and certain territory bordering its shores in Florida.

    Ch. 137 · 44 Stat. 1097 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize an appropriation for reconnaissance work in conjunction with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to determine whether certain lands of the Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Sandia, and Isleta Indians are susceptible of reclamation, drainage, and irrigation.

    Ch. 138 · 44 Stat. 1098 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

36. An Act To amend section 476 and section 4934 of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 139 · 44 Stat. 1098 · February 14, 1927 · Original text

37. An Act To allow and credit the accounts of Joseph R. Hebblethwaite, formerly captain, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, the sum of $237.90 disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States.

    Ch. 140 · 44 Stat. 1770 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the New Braunfels Brewing Company.

    Ch. 141 · 44 Stat. 1771 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Russell W. Simpson.

    Ch. 142 · 44 Stat. 1771 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To authorize payment to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation, for damage to its rolling stock at Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, New Jersey, on August 16, 1922.

    Ch. 143 · 44 Stat. 1771 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Crane Company.

    Ch. 144 · 44 Stat. 1771 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Albert G. Tuxhorn.

    Ch. 145 · 44 Stat. 1771 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of the estate of William C. Perry, late of Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 146 · 44 Stat. 1772 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Captain C. R. Insley.

    Ch. 147 · 44 Stat. 1772 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the Kelly Springfield Motor Truck Company of California.

    Ch. 148 · 44 Stat. 1772 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of the Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Illinois Bell Telephone Company.

    Ch. 149 · 44 Stat. 1773 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Charles C. Hughes.

    Ch. 150 · 44 Stat. 1773 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.

    Ch. 151 · 44 Stat. 1773 · February 14, 1927 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the adjustment of the boundaries of the Black Hills and Harney Forests, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 152 · 44 Stat. 1099 · February 15, 1927 · Original text

50. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Chesapeake Bay from a point in Baltimore County to a point in Kent County in the State of Maryland.

    Ch. 153 · 44 Stat. 1100 · February 15, 1927 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works at Quantico, Virginia.

    Ch. 154 · 44 Stat. 1101 · February 15, 1927 · Original text

52. An Act To regulate the importation of milk and cream into the United States for the purpose of promoting the dairy industry of the United States and protecting the public health.

    Ch. 155 · 44 Stat. 1101 · February 15, 1927 · Original text

53. An Act Authorizing the President to restore Commander George M. Baum, United States Navy, to a place on the list of commanders of the Navy to rank next after Commander David W. Bagley, United States Navy.

    Ch. 156 · 44 Stat. 1103 · February 16, 1927 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for conveyance of certain lands in the State of Alabama for State park and game preserve purposes.

    Ch. 157 · 44 Stat. 1104 · February 17, 1927 · Original text

55. 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, and so forth.

    Ch. 158 · 44 Stat. 1774 · February 17, 1927 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Mary Moore.

    Ch. 159 · 44 Stat. 1785 · February 17, 1927 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Joel C. Clore.

    Ch. 160 · 44 Stat. 1785 · February 17, 1927 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To authorize certain officers of the United States Navy to accept from the Republic of Chile the Order of Merit, first class, and the Order of Merit, second class.

    Ch. 161 · 44 Stat. 1785 · February 17, 1927 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Juneau, Alaska, to issue bonds for the construction and equipment of schools therein, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 162 · 44 Stat. 1104 · February 21, 1927 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Alexander McLaren.

    Ch. 163 · 44 Stat. 1785 · February 21, 1927 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Granting permission to Major Charles Beatty Moore, United States Army, to accept the following decorations, namely, the Legion of Honor tendered him by the Republic of France, and the officers’ cross of the order “Polonia Restituta” tendered him by the Republic of Poland.

    Ch. 164 · 44 Stat. 1786 · February 21, 1927 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Authorizing Dominic I. Murphy, consul general of the United States of America, to accept a silver fruit bowl presented to him by the British Government.

    Ch. 165 · 44 Stat. 1786 · February 21, 1927 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the acceptance by the Navy Department of a site for an aviation training field in the vicinity of Pensacola, Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 166 · 44 Stat. 1105 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

64. An Act Making appropriations for the military and non military activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 44 Stat. 1106 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

65. An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 168 · 44 Stat. 1146 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

66. An Act For the regulation of radio communications, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 169 · 44 Stat. 1162 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

67. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Paducah Board of Trade, Incorporated, of Paducah, Kentucky, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River.

    Ch. 170 · 44 Stat. 1175 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

68. An Act Providing for the cession to the State of Virginia of sovereignty over a tract of land located at Battery Cove, near Alexandria, Virginia.

    Ch. 171 · 44 Stat. 1176 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the eradication or control of the European corn borer.

    Ch. 172 · 44 Stat. 1177 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey to the Association Siervas de Maria, San Juan, Porto Rico, certain property in the city of San Juan, Porto Rico.

    Ch. 186 · 44 Stat. 1177 · February 23, 1927 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Captain Ellis E. Haring and Edward F. Batchelor.

    Ch. 173 · 44 Stat. 1786 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the payment of the amount of an adjusted-service certificate to Irving D’Forrest Parks, beneficiary designated by Corporal Steve McNeil Parks, deceased.

    Ch. 174 · 44 Stat. 1786 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Wooten.

    Ch. 175 · 44 Stat. 1787 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Hunter-Brown Company.

    Ch. 176 · 44 Stat. 1787 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Elisha K. Henson.

    Ch. 177 · 44 Stat. 1787 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of H. W. Krueger and H. J. Selmer, bondsmen for the Green Bay Dry Dock Company, in their contract for the construction of certain steel barges and a dredge for the Government of the United States.

    Ch. 178 · 44 Stat. 1788 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Authorizing the Court of Claims of the United States to hear and determine the claim of H. C. Ericsson.

    Ch. 179 · 44 Stat. 1788 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Kentucky-Wyoming Oil Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 180 · 44 Stat. 1788 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Homer H. Hacker.

    Ch. 181 · 44 Stat. 1789 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the Columbus Hospital, Great Falls, Montana, for the treatment of disabled Government employees.

    Ch. 182 · 44 Stat. 1789 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of the National Surety Company.

    Ch. 183 · 44 Stat. 1789 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the Capital Paper Company.

    Ch. 184 · 44 Stat. 1789 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of George H. Cecil.

    Ch. 185 · 44 Stat. 1790 · February 23, 1927 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To limit the application of the internal-revenue tax upon passage tickets.

    Ch. 187 · 44 Stat. 1178 · February 24, 1927 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the erection of a statue of Henry Clay.

    Ch. 188 · 44 Stat. 1178 · February 24, 1927 · Original text

86. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 189 · 44 Stat. 1178 · February 24, 1927 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Delaware River Towing Line.

    Ch. 190 · 44 Stat. 1790 · February 24, 1927 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To further amend the national banking laws and the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 191 · 44 Stat. 1224 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

89. An Act To confer United States citizenship upon certain inhabitants of the Virgin Islands and to extend the naturalization laws thereto

    Ch. 192 · 44 Stat. 1234 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 193 · 44 Stat. 1235 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the United States Veterans Bureau to accept a title to lands required for a hospital site in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

    Ch. 194 · 44 Stat. 1236 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

92. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Weirton Bridge and Development Company for the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River near Steubenville, Ohio,” approved May 7, 1926.

    Ch. 195 · 44 Stat. 1236 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

93. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near the town of Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, to a point opposite thereto in the city of Pomeroy Meigs County, Ohio.

    Ch. 196 · 44 Stat. 1237 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

94. An Act To revise the boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 197 · 44 Stat. 1238 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

95. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to John R. Scott, Thomas J. Scott, E. E. Green, and Baxter L. Brown, their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 198 · 44 Stat. 1240 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Ohio River approximately midway between the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana.

    Ch. 199 · 44 Stat. 1242 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

97. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto and/or a toll bridge across the water between the mainland at or near Cedar Point and Dauphin Island.

    Ch. 200 · 44 Stat. 1242 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

98. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tug Fork of Big Sandy River at Devon, Mingo County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 201 · 44 Stat. 1244 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for public highways in the Virgin Islands of the United States.

    Ch. 202 · 44 Stat. 1244 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

100. An Act Authorizing an appropriation of $8,600,000 for the purchase of seed grain, feed, and fertilizer to be supplied to farmers in the crop-failure areas of the United States, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 203 · 44 Stat. 1245 · February 25, 1927 · Original text