Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 829 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

   Ch. 356 · 46 Stat. 486 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

2. An Act To amend section 640 of the Revised Statutes (section 773, title 28, United States Code).

   Ch. 357 · 46 Stat. 486 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

3. An Act To amend section 1112 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 358 · 46 Stat. 486 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the Court of Claims of the United States to hear and determine the claim of the city of Park Place, heretofore an independent municipality but now a part of the city of Houston, Texas.

   Ch. 359 · 46 Stat. 487 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition of certain property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes,” approved May 21, 1928, relating to the condemnation of land.

   Ch. 360 · 46 Stat. 487 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

6. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Olean, New York, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Olean, New York.

   Ch. 361 · 46 Stat. 487 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Authorizing the immediate appropriation of certain amounts authorized to be appropriated by the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928.

   Ch. 362 · 46 Stat. 488 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the employees’ compensation fund for the fiscal year 1930.

   Ch. 363 · 46 Stat. 488 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Day Corporation for use on May 30, 1930.

   Ch. 364 · 46 Stat. 488 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To provide funds for payment of the expenses of the Marine Band in attending the Fortieth Annual Confederate Veterans’ Reunion.

    Ch. 365 · 46 Stat. 488 · May 29, 1930 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of George Campbell Armstrong.

    Ch. 366 · 46 Stat. 1851 · May 29, 1930 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Captain Charles H. Harlow a commodore on the retired list.

    Ch. 367 · 46 Stat. 1851 · May 29, 1930 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the State of South Carolina for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929.

    Ch. 368 · 46 Stat. 489 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to assume the care, custody, and control of the monument to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the Battle of New Orleans, at Chalmette, Louisiana, and to maintain the monument and grounds surrounding it.

    Ch. 369 · 46 Stat. 489 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the construction of a revetment wall at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.

    Ch. 370 · 46 Stat. 490 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the study, investigation, and survey, for commemorative purposes, of the battle field of Saratoga, New York.

    Ch. 371 · 46 Stat. 490 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt for his leadership in the cause of forest conservation.

    Ch. 372 · 46 Stat. 490 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Ch. 373 · 46 Stat. 491 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing appropriations to be expended under the provisions of sections 4 to 14 of the Act of March 1, 1911, entitled “An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers,” as amended.

    Ch. 374 · 46 Stat. 491 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

20. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers, sailors, and nurses of the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, or the China relief expedition, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 375 · 46 Stat. 492 · June 2, 1930 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of James Albert Couch, otherwise known as Albert Couch.

    Ch. 376 · 46 Stat. 1851 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Howard C. Frink.

    Ch. 377 · 46 Stat. 1851 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Allen Nichols.

    Ch. 378 · 46 Stat. 1852 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of William Taylor Coburn.

    Ch. 379 · 46 Stat. 1852 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To place Norman A. Rosa on the retired list of the Navy.

    Ch. 380 · 46 Stat. 1852 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Thelma Phelps Lester.

    Ch. 381 · 46 Stat. 1852 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Francis J. McDonald.

    Ch. 382 · 46 Stat. 1853 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting six months’ pay to Mary A. Bourgeois.

    Ch. 383 · 46 Stat. 1853 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the Allegheny Forging Company.

    Ch. 384 · 46 Stat. 1853 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of A. H. Cousins.

    Ch. 385 · 46 Stat. 1854 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of J. A. Lemire.

    Ch. 386 · 46 Stat. 1854 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Rolla Duncan.

    Ch. 387 · 46 Stat. 1854 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Eva Broderick for the hire of an automobile by agents of Indian Service.

    Ch. 388 · 46 Stat. 1854 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Verl L. Amsbaugh.

    Ch. 389 · 46 Stat. 1855 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Kurt Falb.

    Ch. 390 · 46 Stat. 1855 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Don A. Spencer.

    Ch. 391 · 46 Stat. 1855 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Goldberg and Levkoff.

    Ch. 392 · 46 Stat. 1855 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To ratify the action of a local board of sales control in respect to contracts between the United States and Goldberg and Levkoff.

    Ch. 393 · 46 Stat. 1856 · June 2, 1930 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To amend section 180, title 28, United States Code, as amended.

    Ch. 394 · 46 Stat. 495 · June 3, 1930 · Original text

40. An Act To repeal section 144, Title II, of the Act of March 3, 1899, chapter 429 (section 2253 of the Compiled Laws of Alaska).

    Ch. 395 · 46 Stat. 496 · June 3, 1930 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the destruction of duplicate accounts and other papers filed in the offices of clerks of the United States district courts.

    Ch. 396 · 46 Stat. 496 · June 3, 1930 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Albert E. Edwards.

    Ch. 397 · 46 Stat. 1857 · June 4, 1930 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To amend the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended, by extending the time within which applications for benefits thereunder may be filed, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 398 · 46 Stat. 496 · June 5, 1930 · Original text

44. An Act To promote the agriculture of the United States by expanding in the foreign field the service now rendered by the United States Department of Agriculture in acquiring and diffusing useful information regarding agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 399 · 46 Stat. 497 · June 5, 1930 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to settle claims and suits against the District of Columbia,” approved February 11, 1929.

    Ch. 400 · 46 Stat. 499 · June 5, 1930 · Original text

46. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Kanawha River between Henderson and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

    Ch. 401 · 46 Stat. 499 · June 5, 1930 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the settlement of the indebtedness of the German Reich to the United States on account of the awards of the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, and the costs of the United States army of occupation.

    Ch. 402 · 46 Stat. 499 · June 5, 1930 · Original text

48. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of New York to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge across the Hudson River at or near Catskill, Greene County, New York.

    Ch. 403 · 46 Stat. 501 · June 5, 1930 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution Authorizing the appointment of an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Union of South Africa.

    Ch. 404 · 46 Stat. 502 · June 5, 1930 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act of June 27, 1906, conferring authority upon the Secretary of the Interior to fix the size of farm units on desert-land entries when included within national reclamation projects.

    Ch. 405 · 46 Stat. 502 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Act of March 4, 1925, Chap. 521, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 406 · 46 Stat. 503 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

52. An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 407 · 46 Stat. 504 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 108 of the Judicial Code, as amended, so as to change the time of holding court in each of the six divisions of the eastern district of the State of Texas; and to require the clerk to maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Sherman, Beaumont, Texarkana, and Tyler.

    Ch. 408 · 46 Stat. 521 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

54. An Act To amend section 6 of the Act of May 28, 1896.

    Ch. 409 · 46 Stat. 522 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

55. An Act Providing for depositing certain moneys into the reclamation fund.

    Ch. 410 · 46 Stat. 522 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

56. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying tax upon all doge therein, to make such doge personal property, and for other purposes,” as amended.

    Ch. 411 · 46 Stat. 522 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution Providing for the closing of Center Market in the city of Washington.

    Ch. 412 · 46 Stat. 523 · June 6, 1930 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for the classification of extraordinary expenditures contributing to the deficiency of postal revenues.

    Ch. 413 · 46 Stat. 523 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

59. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persona disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment,” approved June 2, 1920, as amended.

    Ch. 414 · 46 Stat. 524 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the dispatch from the mailing post office of metered permit matter of the first class, prepaid at least 2 cents but not fully prepaid, and to authorize the acceptance of third-class matter without stamps affixed in such quantities as may be prescribed.

    Ch. 415 · 46 Stat. 526 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to enlarge tree-planting operations on national forests, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 416 · 46 Stat. 527 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the purchase of a bronze bust of the late Lieutenant Janies Melville Gilliss, United States Navy, to be presented to the Chilean National Observatory.

    Ch. 417 · 46 Stat. 527 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes,” approved May 16, 1928.

    Ch. 418 · 46 Stat. 528 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

64. An Act To provide for the erection of a marker or tablet to the memory of Joseph Hewes, signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, and patriot of the Revolution, at Edenton, North Carolina.

    Ch. 419 · 46 Stat. 528 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

65. An Act To revise and equalize the rate of pension to certain soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Civil War, to certain widows, former widows of such soldiers, sailors, and marines, and granting pensions and increase of pensions in certain cases.

    Ch. 420 · 46 Stat. 529 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

66. An Act Waiving the limiting period of two years in Executive Order Numbered 4576 to enable the Board of Awards of the Navy Department to consider recommendation of the award of the distinguished-flying cross to members of the Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition.

    Ch. 421 · 46 Stat. 530 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray one-half of the expenses of a joint investigation by the United States and Canada of the probable effects of proposed developments to generate electric power from the movement of the tides in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays.

    Ch. 422 · 46 Stat. 530 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To clarify and amend an Act entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Assiniboine Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March 2, 1927.

    Ch. 423 · 46 Stat. 531 · June 9, 1930 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Clara Thurnes.

    Ch. 424 · 46 Stat. 1857 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Nellie Hickey.

    Ch. 425 · 46 Stat. 1857 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of James P. Hamill.

    Ch. 426 · 46 Stat. 1857 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of John T. Painter.

    Ch. 427 · 46 Stat. 1858 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Francis Linker.

    Ch. 428 · 46 Stat. 1858 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the payment of grazing fees to E. P. McManigal.

    Ch. 429 · 46 Stat. 1858 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

75. 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. 430 · 46 Stat. 1858 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Richard Kirchhoff.

    Ch. 431 · 46 Stat. 1880 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Henry P. Biehl.

    Ch. 432 · 46 Stat. 1880 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To authorize Lieutenant Commander James C. Monfort, of the United States Navy, to accept a decoration conferred upon him by the Government of Italy.

    Ch. 433 · 46 Stat. 1880 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of William Geravis Hill.

    Ch. 434 · 46 Stat. 1880 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Grant R. Kelsey, alias Vincent J. Moran.

    Ch. 435 · 46 Stat. 1881 · June 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

81. Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930

    An Act To suppress unfair and fraudulent practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce.

    Ch. 436 · 46 Stat. 531 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

82. An Act For the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the fifth judicial circuit.

    Ch. 437 · 46 Stat. 538 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

83. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the third judicial circuit.

    Ch. 438 · 46 Stat. 538 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

84. An Act To amend section 601 of subchapter 3 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 439 · 46 Stat. 538 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

85. An Act To create a body corporate by the name of the “Textile Foundation.”

    Ch. 440 · 46 Stat. 539 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the construction of certain bridges and to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of other bridges over the navigable waters of the United States.

    Ch. 441 · 46 Stat. 540 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

87. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct a bridge across the Rock River south of Moline, Illinois.

    Ch. 442 · 46 Stat. 552 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

88. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 443 · 46 Stat. 552 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

89. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Tenth Street in Bettendorf, State of Iowa.

    Ch. 444 · 46 Stat. 552 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

90. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Rockford, Illinois, to construct a bridge across the Rock River at Broadway in the city of Rockford, Winnebago County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 445 · 46 Stat. 553 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

91. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 446 · 46 Stat. 553 · June 10, 1930 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Jacob Scott.

    Ch. 447 · 46 Stat. 1881 · June 10, 1930 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Eugene A. Dubrule.

    Ch. 448 · 46 Stat. 1881 · June 10, 1930 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the Marshall State Bank.

    Ch. 449 · 46 Stat. 1882 · June 10, 1930 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Bessie Blaker.

    Ch. 450 · 46 Stat. 1882 · June 10, 1930 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Ellen B. Monahan.

    Ch. 451 · 46 Stat. 1882 · June 10, 1930 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of T. J. Hillman.

    Ch. 452 · 46 Stat. 1883 · June 10, 1930 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States.

    Ch. 453 · 46 Stat. 1883 · June 10, 1930 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To increase the salaries of certain postmasters of the first class.

    Ch. 454 · 46 Stat. 553 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

100. An Act Establishing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice a division of the Bureau of Investigation to be known as the Division of Identification and Information.

     Ch. 455 · 46 Stat. 554 · June 11, 1930 · Original text