Every law Congress has passed

1,506 laws of the 71st Congress, 1929–1931

1. An Act For the relief of Captain P. J. Willett, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 156 · 46 Stat. 1635 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Arthur W. Babcock, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 157 · 46 Stat. 1635 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Edward F. Ney, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 158 · 46 Stat. 1636 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Henry Guilmette, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 159 · 46 Stat. 1636 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Edward Mixon, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 160 · 46 Stat. 1636 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Archy W. Barnes, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 161 · 46 Stat. 1637 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Captain William L. F. Simonpietri, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 162 · 46 Stat. 1637 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Captain John H. Merriam, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 163 · 46 Stat. 1637 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Cochran, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

   Ch. 164 · 46 Stat. 1637 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To authorize a cash award to William P. Flood for beneficial suggestions resulting in improvement in naval material.

    Ch. 165 · 46 Stat. 1638 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at Mount Carmel, Illinois.

    Ch. 166 · 46 Stat. 167 · April 15, 1930 · Original text

12. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a national military park at the battle field of Stones River, Tennessee,” approved March 3, 1927.

    Ch. 167 · 46 Stat. 167 · April 15, 1930 · Original text

13. An Act To provide for the acceptance of a donation of land and the construction thereon of suitable buildings and appurtenances for the forest products laboratory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 168 · 46 Stat. 167 · April 15, 1930 · Original text

14. An Act Providing compensation to the Crow Indians for Custer Battle Field National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 169 · 46 Stat. 168 · April 15, 1930 · Original text

15. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to erect a marker or tablet on the site of the battle between Nez Perces Indians under Chief Joseph and the command of Nelson A. Miles.

    Ch. 170 · 46 Stat. 169 · April 15, 1930 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize per capita payments to the Indians of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.

    Ch. 171 · 46 Stat. 169 · April 15, 1930 · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of the Gray Artesian Well Company.

    Ch. 172 · 46 Stat. 1638 · April 15, 1930 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To amend sections 401, 402, and 404 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928.

    Ch. 173 · 46 Stat. 169 · April 17, 1930 · Original text

19. An Act To amend section 366 of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 174 · 46 Stat. 170 · April 17, 1930 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.

    Ch. 175 · 46 Stat. 170 · April 17, 1930 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved March 16, 1926, establishing a Board of Public Welfare in and for the District of Columbia, to determine its functions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 176 · 46 Stat. 170 · April 17, 1930 · Original text

22. An Act To exempt from cancellation certain desert-land entries in Riverside County, California.

    Ch. 177 · 46 Stat. 171 · April 17, 1930 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize Brigadier General William S. Thayer, Auxiliary Officers’ Reserve Corps, and Brigadier General William H. Welch, Auxiliary Officers’ Reserve Corps, to accept the awards of the French Legion of Honor.

    Ch. 178 · 46 Stat. 1638 · April 17, 1930 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the superintendent of public works of the State of New York to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Hudson River at the southerly extremity of the city of Troy.

    Ch. 179 · 46 Stat. 171 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

25. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to rebuild, reconstruct, maintain, and operate the existing railroad bridge across the Cumberland River near the town of Burnside, in the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. 180 · 46 Stat. 172 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

26. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Smithland, Kentucky.

    Ch. 181 · 46 Stat. 172 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

27. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of certain bridges in the State of Tennessee.

    Ch. 182 · 46 Stat. 172 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

28. An Act To provide for the construction of a vessel for the Coast Guard for rescue and assistance work on Lake Michigan.

    Ch. 183 · 46 Stat. 173 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

29. 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, 1931, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 184 · 46 Stat. 173 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize an appropriation for purchasing twenty acres for addition to the Hot Springs Reserve on the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming.

    Ch. 185 · 46 Stat. 218 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1929, entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a children’s tuberculosis sanatorium.”

    Ch. 186 · 46 Stat. 218 · April 18, 1930 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the maintenance of central warehouses in national parks and national monuments and authorizing appropriations for the purchase of supplies and materials to be kept in said warehouses.

    Ch. 187 · 46 Stat. 219 · April 18, 1930 · 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. 188 · 46 Stat. 1639 · April 18, 1930 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the United States Shipping Board to sell certain property of the United States situated in the city of Hoboken, New Jersey.

    Ch. 189 · 46 Stat. 219 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 1 of an Act entitled “An Act to revise the north, northeast, and east boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park in the States of Montana and Wyoming, and for other purposes,” approved March 1, 1929, being Public Act Numbered 888 of the Seventieth Congress.

    Ch. 190 · 46 Stat. 220 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain land now within the Lassen Volcanic National Park for certain private land adjoining the park and to adjust the park boundary accordingly, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 191 · 46 Stat. 222 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make engineering and economic investigations and studies of conditions in Palo Verde and Cibola Valleys and vicinity on the Colorado River, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 192 · 46 Stat. 222 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

38. An Act Authorizing the exchange of six hundred and sixty-three square feet of property acquired for the park system for two thousand four hundred and thirty-six square feet of neighboring property, all in the Klingle Ford Valley, for addition to the park system of the National Capital.

    Ch. 193 · 46 Stat. 222 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

39. An Act Authorizing the State Highway Board of Georgia, in cooperation with the State Highway Department of South Carolina, the city of Augusta, and Richmond County, Georgia, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Savannah River at or near Fifth Street, Augusta, Georgia.

    Ch. 194 · 46 Stat. 224 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

40. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near the mouth of Clarks River.

    Ch. 195 · 46 Stat. 224 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

41. An Act To legalize a bridge across the American Channel of the Detroit River leading from the mainland to Grosse Isle, Michigan, and about sixteen miles below the city of Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 196 · 46 Stat. 224 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the extension of the boundary limits of the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the establishment of which is authorized by the Act approved May 22, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 616).

    Ch. 197 · 46 Stat. 225 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to enable the mothers and widows of the deceased soldiers, sailors, and marines of the American forces now interred in the cemeteries of Europe to make a pilgrimage to these cemeteries,” approved March 2, 1929.

    Ch. 198 · 46 Stat. 225 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

44. An Act To provide for a survey of the Choctawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama, with a view to the prevention and control of its floods.

    Ch. 199 · 46 Stat. 226 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the exercise of sole and exclusive jurisdiction by the United States over the Hawaii National Park in the Territory of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 200 · 46 Stat. 227 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

46. Independent Offices Act, 1931

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 201 · 46 Stat. 229 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

47. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Lake Champlain at or near Rouses Point, New York, and a point at or near Alburgh, Vermont.

    Ch. 202 · 46 Stat. 248 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct investigations of cotton ginning.

    Ch. 203 · 46 Stat. 248 · April 19, 1930 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution Providing for the observance and commemoration of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of the Monongahela, and establishing a commission to be known as the United States Battle of the Monongahela Commission.

    Ch. 204 · 46 Stat. 249 · April 21, 1930 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 43 of the Act of May 25, 1926, entitled “An Act to adjust water-right charges, to grant certain other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 205 · 46 Stat. 249 · April 23, 1930 · Original text

51. An Act To add certain lands to the Helena National Forest in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 206 · 46 Stat. 250 · April 23, 1930 · Original text

52. An Act To amend sections 6 and 9 of the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 207 · 46 Stat. 250 · April 23, 1930 · Original text

53. An Act To amend paragraph (11) of section 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.

    Ch. 208 · 46 Stat. 251 · April 23, 1930 · Original text

54. An Act To provide for a uniform retirement date for authorized retirements of Federal personnel.

    Ch. 209 · 46 Stat. 253 · April 23, 1930 · Original text

55. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to readjust the commissioned personnel of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes,” approved March 2, 1929.

    Ch. 210 · 46 Stat. 253 · April 23, 1930 · Original text

56. An Act To fix the rank and pay of the commandant of the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 211 · 46 Stat. 253 · April 23, 1930 · Original text

57. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Saint Croix River at or near Stillwater, Minnesota.

    Ch. 212 · 46 Stat. 253 · April 24, 1930 · Original text

58. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Berks County, State of Pennsylvania, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Schuylkill River at or near Reading, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 213 · 46 Stat. 254 · April 24, 1930 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To extend the provisions of the joint resolution for the relief of farmers in certain storm, flood, and/or drought stricken areas, approved March 3, 1930.

    Ch. 214 · 46 Stat. 254 · April 24, 1930 · Original text

60. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Helena S. Raskob to construct a dam across Robins Cove, a tributary of Chester River, Queen Annes County, Maryland.

    Ch. 215 · 46 Stat. 254 · April 25, 1930 · Original text

61. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Hastings, Minnesota.

    Ch. 216 · 46 Stat. 255 · April 25, 1930 · Original text

62. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the village of Clearwater, Minnesota.

    Ch. 217 · 46 Stat. 255 · April 25, 1930 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the twelfth national convention of the American Legion at Boston, Massachusetts, during the month of October, 1930.

    Ch. 218 · 46 Stat. 255 · April 25, 1930 · Original text

64. An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 219 · 46 Stat. 256 · April 28, 1930 · Original text

65. An Act To amend an Act regulating the height of buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910.

    Ch. 220 · 46 Stat. 258 · April 29, 1930 · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to erect a monument as a memorial to the deceased Indian chiefs and ex-service men of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of Indians.

    Ch. 221 · 46 Stat. 258 · April 29, 1930 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the attorney general of the State of California to bring suit in the Court of Claims on behalf of the Indians of California.

    Ch. 222 · 46 Stat. 259 · April 29, 1930 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1925, as amended by the Acts of June 3, 1926, and May 17, 1928, further to encourage commercial aviation.

    Ch. 223 · 46 Stat. 259 · April 29, 1930 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To pay the judgment rendered by the United States Court of Claims to the Iowa Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 224 · 46 Stat. 260 · April 29, 1930 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of the American Foreign Trade Corporation and Fils d’Aslan Fresco.

    Ch. 225 · 46 Stat. 1742 · May 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 226 · 46 Stat. 261 · May 5, 1930 · Original text

72. An Act To repeal section 4579 and amend section 4578 of the Revised Statutes of the United States respecting compensation of vessels for transporting seamen.

    Ch. 227 · 46 Stat. 261 · May 7, 1930 · Original text

73. An Act To effect the consolidation of the Turkey Thicket Playground, Recreation and Athletic Field.

    Ch. 228 · 46 Stat. 262 · May 8, 1930 · Original text

74. An Act To declare valid the title to certain Indian lands.

    Ch. 229 · 46 Stat. 263 · May 9, 1930 · Original text

75. An Act To extend to Government postal cards the provision for defacing the stamps on Government-stamped envelopes by mailers.

    Ch. 230 · 46 Stat. 264 · May 9, 1930 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to charge for services rendered in disposing of undelivered mail in those cases where it is considered proper for the Postal Service to dispose of such mail by sale or to dispose of collect-on-delivery mail without collection of the collect-on-delivery charges or for a greater or less amount than stated when mailed.

    Ch. 231 · 46 Stat. 264 · May 9, 1930 · Original text

77. An Act Granting land in Wrangell, Alaska, to the town of Wrangell, Alaska.

    Ch. 232 · 46 Stat. 264 · May 9, 1930 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress on the advisability and practicability of establishing a national park to be known as the Apostle Islands National Park in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 233 · 46 Stat. 264 · May 9, 1930 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Yosemite National Park, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 46 Stat. 265 · May 9, 1930 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Providing for the participation by the United States in the International Conference on Load Lines, to be held in London, England, in 1930.

    Ch. 235 · 46 Stat. 265 · May 9, 1930 · Original text

81. An Act Authorizing the heirs of Elijah D. Myers to purchase land in section 7, township 28 south, range 11 west, Willamette meridian, county of Coos, State of Oregon.

    Ch. 236 · 46 Stat. 1742 · May 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To remove the age limit of persons who may be confined at the United States industrial reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio.

    Ch. 237 · 46 Stat. 265 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

83. An Act To convey to the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, certain Government land for street purposes.

    Ch. 238 · 46 Stat. 266 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the city of Salem, Massachusetts, and to the Salem Marine Society, of Salem, Massachusetts, the silver-service set and bronze clock, respectively, which have been in use on the cruiser Salem.

    Ch. 239 · 46 Stat. 266 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the president of the Lions Club, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, a bell of any naval vessel that is now, or may be, in his custody; and to the president of the Rotary Club, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, a steering wheel of any naval vessel that is now, or may be, in his custody.

    Ch. 240 · 46 Stat. 267 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

86. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Charleston Museum, of Charleston, South Carolina, the ship’s bell, war record, and silver service of the cruiser Charleston that is now, or may be in his custody.

    Ch. 241 · 46 Stat. 267 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing the attendance of the Marine Band at the Confederate Veterans’ reunion to be held at Biloxi, Mississippi.

    Ch. 242 · 46 Stat. 267 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

88. An Act Authorizing payment of six months’ death gratuity to beneficiaries of transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve who die while on active duty.

    Ch. 243 · 46 Stat. 267 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Authorizing the use of tribal funds belonging to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of Indians in South Dakota to pay expenses and compensation of the members of the tribal business committee for services in connection with their pipestone claim.

    Ch. 244 · 46 Stat. 816 · May 12, 1930 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Kenneth M. Orr.

    Ch. 245 · 46 Stat. 1742 · May 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Marmaduke H. Floyd.

    Ch. 246 · 46 Stat. 1743 · May 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To authorize credit in the disbursing accounts of certain officers of the Army of the United States for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department.

    Ch. 247 · 46 Stat. 1743 · May 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To authorize an appropriation for construction at Fort McKinley, Portland, Maine.

    Ch. 248 · 46 Stat. 268 · May 13, 1930 · Original text

94. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at or near Arlington, Oregon.

    Ch. 249 · 46 Stat. 269 · May 13, 1930 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to close certain portions of streets and alleys for public-school purposes.

    Ch. 250 · 46 Stat. 269 · May 13, 1930 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Indiana.

    Ch. 251 · 46 Stat. 269 · May 13, 1930 · Original text

97. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Hudson River at Stillwater, New York.

    Ch. 252 · 46 Stat. 269 · May 13, 1930 · Original text

98. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Ohio River at or near Henderson, Kentucky.

    Ch. 253 · 46 Stat. 270 · May 13, 1930 · Original text

99. An Act To establish a hospital for defective delinquents.

    Ch. 254 · 46 Stat. 270 · May 13, 1930 · Original text

100. An Act To amend an Act providing for the parole of United States prisoners, approved June 25, 1910, as amended.

     Ch. 255 · 46 Stat. 272 · May 13, 1930 · Original text