Every law Congress has passed

861 laws of the 72nd Congress, 1931–1933

1. An Act For the relief of James H. Roache.

   Ch. 580 · 46 Stat. 2159 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Daisy O. Davis.

   Ch. 181 · 46 Stat. 2159 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Claude J. Church.

   Ch. 582 · 46 Stat. 2159 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Thomas L. Lindley, minor son of Frank B. Lindley.

   Ch. 583 · 46 Stat. 2159 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Irene Strauss.

   Ch. 584 · 46 Stat. 2160 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company.

   Ch. 585 · 46 Stat. 2160 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of James M. Booth.

   Ch. 586 · 46 Stat. 2160 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Doctor Cooper Nicholson.

   Ch. 587 · 46 Stat. 2161 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of the Orange Car and Steel Company, of Orange, Texas, successor to the Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company.

   Ch. 588 · 46 Stat. 2161 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting to the Butte Anglers’ Club, of Butte, Montana, a patent to lot 1, section 5, township 2 south, range 9 west, and a patent to the Northern Pacific Railway Company of lot 2 in said section 5.

    Ch. 589 · 46 Stat. 2162 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Herman M. Warr.

    Ch. 590 · 46 Stat. 2162 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Casey McDannell.

    Ch. 591 · 46 Stat. 2162 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Laurin Gosney.

    Ch. 592 · 46 Stat. 2162 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of William. L. Bruhn.

    Ch. 593 · 46 Stat. 2163 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of the estate of the late Doctor W. A. Cox.

    Ch. 594 · 46 Stat. 2163 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Thomas C. Edwards.

    Ch. 595 · 46 Stat. 2163 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Fritz Zoller.

    Ch. 596 · 46 Stat. 2164 · March 5, 1931 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Patrick J. Mulkaren.

    Ch. 597 · 46 Stat. 2164 · March 6, 1931 · Private law · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To permit the temporary entry into the United States under certain conditions of alien participants and officials of the Third Olympic Winter Games and of the games of the Tenth Olympiad to be held in the United States in 1932.

    Ch. 1 · 47 Stat. 1 · December 19, 1931 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Extending the time within which the War Policies Commission is required to submit its final report.

    Ch. 2 · 47 Stat. 2 · December 21, 1931 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To provide additional appropriations for the Veterans’ Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932.

    Ch. 3 · 47 Stat. 2 · December 21, 1931 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the Employment Service, Department of Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932.

    Ch. 4 · 47 Stat. 3 · December 21, 1931 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To authorize the postponement of amounts payable to the United States from foreign governments during the fiscal year 1932, and their repayment over a ten-year period beginning July 1, 1933.

    Ch. 5 · 47 Stat. 3 · December 23, 1931 · Original text

24. An Act Limiting the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code with respect to counsel in the case of the Appalachian Electric Power Company against George Otis Smith, and others.

    Ch. 6 · 47 Stat. 4 · December 24, 1931 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To provide an appropriation for expenses of participation by the United States in a general disarmament conference to be held in Geneva in 1932.

    Ch. 7 · 47 Stat. 4 · January 20, 1932 · Original text

26. An Act To provide emergency financing facilities for financial institutions, to aid in financing agriculture, commerce, and industry, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 8 · 47 Stat. 5 · January 22, 1932 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, to provide for additional capital for Federal land banks, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 9 · 47 Stat. 12 · January 23, 1932 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to enable the United States of America to make payments upon subscriptions to the capital stock of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    Ch. 10 · 47 Stat. 14 · January 27, 1932 · Original text

29. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across Clarks Fork River, near Ione, Pend Oreille County, in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 11 · 47 Stat. 14 · January 28, 1932 · Original text

30. First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932

    An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 12 · 47 Stat. 15 · February 2, 1932 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for expenses of participation by the United States in the general disarmament conference at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1932.

    Ch. 13 · 47 Stat. 35 · February 2, 1932 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay for subscriptions to the capital stock of Federal land banks.

    Ch. 14 · 47 Stat. 36 · February 2, 1932 · Original text

33. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Elk River at or near Kelso, Tennessee.

    Ch. 15 · 47 Stat. 36 · February 4, 1932 · Original text

34. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the French Broad River on the proposed Morristown-Newport Road between Jefferson and Cocke Counties, Tennessee.

    Ch. 16 · 47 Stat. 36 · February 4, 1932 · Original text

35. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the French Broad River on the Dandridge-Newport Road in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 17 · 47 Stat. 37 · February 4, 1932 · Original text

36. An Act To repeal the Act of Congress approved May 31, 1924 (43 Stat. L. 247), entitled “An Act to authorize the setting aside of certain tribal land within the Quinaielt Indian Reservation in Washington, for lighthouse purposes.”

    Ch. 18 · 47 Stat. 37 · February 4, 1932 · Original text

37. An Act To establish a minimum area for a Shenandoah National Park, for administration, protection, and general development by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 19 · 47 Stat. 37 · February 4, 1932 · Original text

38. 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. 20 · 47 Stat. 1627 · February 4, 1932 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Choctawhatchee River, near Freeport, Florida.

    Ch. 21 · 47 Stat. 38 · February 5, 1932 · Original text

40. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Michigan and Berrien County, or either of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Joseph River.

    Ch. 22 · 47 Stat. 38 · February 5, 1932 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the sale of parts of a cemetery reserve made for the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 23 · 47 Stat. 39 · February 6, 1932 · Original text

42. An Act Providing for the participation of the United States in A Century of Progress (the Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration) to be held at Chicago, Illinois, in 1933, authorizing an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 24 · 47 Stat. 39 · February 8, 1932 · Original text

43. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of South Carolina to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Waccamaw River.

    Ch. 25 · 47 Stat. 42 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

44. An Act To amend section 3 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, approved June 13, 1902, as amended and supplemented.

    Ch. 26 · 47 Stat. 42 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

45. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of County Commissioners of Mahoning County, Ohio, to construct a free overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at Struthers, Mahoning County, Ohio.

    Ch. 27 · 47 Stat. 43 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

46. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of North Dakota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota.

    Ch. 28 · 47 Stat. 43 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

47. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Culbertson, Montana.

    Ch. 29 · 47 Stat. 43 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River southerly from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation at or near the point known and designated as the Power-site Crossing, in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 30 · 47 Stat. 44 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

49. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River near and above the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Ch. 31 · 47 Stat. 44 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

50. An Act Authorizing Sullivan County, Indiana, to construct, maintain, and operate a public toll bridge across the Wabash River at a point in said county to a point opposite on the Illinois shore.

    Ch. 32 · 47 Stat. 44 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

51. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Ch. 33 · 47 Stat. 45 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

52. An Act Authorizing the States of Minnesota and North Dakota, the county of Polk, Minnesota, the county of Grand Forks, North Dakota, or any one or more of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Red River of the North at or near Bygland, Minnesota.

    Ch. 34 · 47 Stat. 46 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

53. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission, and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge in combination with a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Ch. 35 · 47 Stat. 46 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

54. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of County Commissioners of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Monongahela River between the city of Pittsburgh and the borough of Homestead, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 36 · 47 Stat. 47 · February 10, 1932 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Harvey K. Meyer, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 37 · 47 Stat. 1656 · February 10, 1932 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Exempting building and loan associations from being adjudged bankrupts.

    Ch. 38 · 47 Stat. 47 · February 11, 1932 · Original text

57. An Act Respecting the qualifications of the assessor of the District of Columbia to testify in condemnation proceedings.

    Ch. 39 · 47 Stat. 48 · February 11, 1932 · Original text

58. An Act To relieve the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of certain ministerial duties.

    Ch. 40 · 47 Stat. 48 · February 11, 1932 · Original text

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

    Ch. 41 · 47 Stat. 48 · February 11, 1932 · Original text

60. An Act Authorizing the modification of the existing project for the Willamette River between Oregon City and Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. 42 · 47 Stat. 49 · February 11, 1932 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to reduce the penalty of the bond of the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, of Brazoria County, Texas, furnished as surety for its doing certain work on the improvement of Freeport Harbor, Texas.

    Ch. 43 · 47 Stat. 49 · February 11, 1932 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of F. P. Case.

    Ch. 44 · 47 Stat. 1656 · February 11, 1932 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Providing for payment of $25 to each enrolled Chippewa Indian of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.

    Ch. 45 · 47 Stat. 49 · February 12, 1932 · Original text

64. An Act To reserve certain land on the public domain in Utah for addition to the Skull Valley Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 46 · 47 Stat. 50 · February 12, 1932 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize associations of employees in the District of Columbia to adopt a device to designate the products of the labor of their members, to punish illegal use or imitation of such device, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 47 · 47 Stat. 50 · February 18, 1932 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the incorporation of the District of Columbia Commission, George Washington Bicentennial.

    Ch. 48 · 47 Stat. 51 · February 18, 1932 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Doctor Luis H. DeBayle.

    Ch. 49 · 47 Stat. 1656 · February 18, 1932 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Poplar, Montana.

    Ch. 50 · 47 Stat. 52 · February 20, 1932 · Original text

69. An Act To transfer Lavaca County from the Houston division to the Victoria division of the southern judicial district of Texas.

    Ch. 51 · 47 Stat. 52 · February 20, 1932 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title.

    Ch. 52 · 47 Stat. 53 · February 23, 1932 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the William Robert Smith Memorial Association of El Paso, Texas, to construct a memorial in honor of William Robert Smith, former Member of Congress from the sixteenth district of Texas.

    Ch. 53 · 47 Stat. 53 · February 23, 1932 · Original text

72. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Catawissa Railroad Company to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near Catawissa, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 54 · 47 Stat. 53 · February 23, 1932 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing the Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads and the State Highway Department of the State of Connecticut to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Pawcatuck River near the location of the present Broad Street Bridge between Westerly, Rhode Island, and Stonington, Connecticut.

    Ch. 55 · 47 Stat. 54 · February 23, 1932 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Amending section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July 3, 1930, relating to the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Illinois River and Minneapolis.

    Ch. 56 · 47 Stat. 55 · February 24, 1932 · Original text

75. An Act Authorizing an addition to the Cache National Forest, Idaho.

    Ch. 57 · 47 Stat. 55 · February 25, 1932 · Original text

76. An Act To improve the facilities of the Federal reserve system for the service of commerce, industry, and agriculture, to provide means for meeting the needs of member banks in exceptional circumstances, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 58 · 47 Stat. 56 · February 27, 1932 · Original text

77. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge agross the Pecatonica River at Harrison, in Winnebago County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 59 · 47 Stat. 57 · February 29, 1932 · Original text

78. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Kankakee River at Momence, in Kankakee County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 60 · 47 Stat. 58 · February 29, 1932 · Original text

79. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Fox River at Algonquin, in McHenry County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 61 · 47 Stat. 58 · February 29, 1932 · Original text

80. An Act Granting authority to the Texas State Highway Commission to maintain and operate, as constructed, a free highway bridge across Trinity River between the counties of Navarro and Henderson, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 62 · 47 Stat. 58 · February 29, 1932 · Original text

81. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain and operate a free highway bridge across Rock River at Byron, in Ogle County State of Illinois.

    Ch. 63 · 47 Stat. 59 · February 29, 1932 · Original text

82. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Rock River at Byron, in Ogle County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 64 · 47 Stat. 59 · February 29, 1932 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Neal D. Borum.

    Ch. 65 · 47 Stat. 1657 · February 29, 1932 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Thomas C. LaForge.

    Ch. 66 · 47 Stat. 1657 · March 1, 1932 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing issuance of patents in fee to Benjamin Spottedhorse and Horse Spottedhorse for certain lands.

    Ch. 67 · 47 Stat. 1657 · March 1, 1932 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Lemuel Simpson.

    Ch. 68 · 47 Stat. 1658 · March 1, 1932 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act To excuse certain persons from residence upon homestead lands during 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932, in the drought-stricken areas.

    Ch. 69 · 47 Stat. 59 · March 2, 1932 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to aid in the establishment of agricultural-credit corporations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 70 · 47 Stat. 60 · March 3, 1932 · Original text

89. An Act To approve Act numbered 256 of the session laws of 1931 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An Act to authorize and provide for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric current for light and power within the districts of North Kona and South Kona, on the island and county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii.”

    Ch. 71 · 47 Stat. 61 · March 5, 1932 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Authorizing the distribution of Government-owned wheat to the American National Red Cross and other organizations for relief of distress.

    Ch. 72 · 47 Stat. 61 · March 7, 1932 · Original text

91. An Act Regulating the use of appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department.

    Ch. 73 · 47 Stat. 62 · March 8, 1932 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing Vernon W. O’Connor, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rainy River at or near Baudette, Minnesota.

    Ch. 74 · 47 Stat. 62 · March 8, 1932 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to print and distribute additional sets of the writings of George Washington.

    Ch. 75 · 47 Stat. 63 · March 10, 1932 · Original text

94. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Connecticut River State Bridge Commission, a statutory commission of the State of Connecticut created and existing under the provisions of special act numbered 496 of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, 1931 session, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Connecticut River.

    Ch. 76 · 47 Stat. 64 · March 11, 1932 · Original text

95. An Act To extend the times for the commencement and completion of the bridge of the county of Norman and the town and village of Halstad, in said county, in the State of Minnesota, and the county of Traill and the town of Herberg, in said county, in the State of North Dakota, across the Red River of the North on the boundary line between said States.

    Ch. 77 · 47 Stat. 65 · March 11, 1932 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to make an investigation as to the possibility of establishing a six-hour day for railway employees.

    Ch. 78 · 47 Stat. 65 · March 15, 1932 · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Anna Marie Sanford, widow of William Richard Sanford, deceased.

    Ch. 79 · 47 Stat. 1658 · March 15, 1932 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Amending the Public Building Act approved March 4, 1931, authorizing acquisition of building sites and construction of public buildings at Hibbing, Minnesota, and other places.

    Ch. 80 · 47 Stat. 65 · March 16, 1932 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate and to enter into an agreement regarding the south boundary of the post-office site at Plattsburg, New York.

    Ch. 81 · 47 Stat. 66 · March 16, 1932 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the relief of I. L. Lyons and Company.

     Ch. 82 · 47 Stat. 1658 · March 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text