Every law Congress has passed

1,724 laws of the 74th Congress, 1935–1937

1. An Act To provide for the Andrew Johnson Homestead National Monument.

   Ch. 801 · 49 Stat. 958 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Inland Waterways Corporation Act, approved June 3, 1924, as amended.

   Ch. 802 · 49 Stat. 958 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

3. An Act Amending section 5 of Public Law Numbered 264, Seventy-third Congress, approved May 29, 1934, relative to the appointment of Naval Academy graduates as ensigns in the Navy.

   Ch. 803 · 49 Stat. 959 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

4. An Act Relative to limitation of shipowners’ liability.

   Ch. 804 · 49 Stat. 960 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing construction, operation, and maintenance of Rio Grande canalization project and authorizing appropriation for that purpose.

   Ch. 805 · 49 Stat. 961 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

6. An Act To provide additional funds for the completion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 806 · 49 Stat. 962 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

7. An Act Limiting the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code and section 190 of the Revised Statutes of the United States with respect to counsel in certain cases.

   Ch. 807 · 49 Stat. 962 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize cooperation with the several States for the purpose of stimulating the acquisition, development, and proper administration and management of State forests and coordinating Federal and State activities in carrying out a national program of forest-land management, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 808 · 49 Stat. 963 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

9. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

   Ch. 809 · 49 Stat. 965 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

10. An Act To withdraw and restore to their previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii certain Hawaiian homes lands now in use as an airplane landing field.

    Ch. 810 · 49 Stat. 966 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the transfer of a certain military reservation to the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 811 · 49 Stat. 967 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

12. Railroad Retirement Act of 1935

    An Act To establish a retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 812 · 49 Stat. 967 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

13. An Act To levy an excise tax upon carriers and an income tax upon their employees, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 813 · 49 Stat. 974 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution To authorize the acceptance of bids for Government contracts made subject to codes of fair competition.

    Ch. 815 · 49 Stat. 990 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To extend the time within which contracts may be modified or canceled under the provisions of section 5 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934.

    Ch. 816 · 49 Stat. 991 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

16. Federal Alcohol Administration Act

    An Act To further protect the revenue derived from distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages, to regulate interstate and foreign commerce and enforce the postal Laws with respect thereto, to enforce the twenty-first amendment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 814 · 49 Stat. 1597 · August 29, 1935 · Original text

17. An Act For the allowance of certain claims for extra labor above the legal day of eight hours at the several navy yards and shore stations certified by the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 817 · 49 Stat. 2200 · August 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Virden Thompson.

    Ch. 818 · 49 Stat. 2202 · August 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of John S. Cannell, deceased.

    Ch. 819 · 49 Stat. 2203 · August 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Herman W. Bensel.

    Ch. 820 · 49 Stat. 2203 · August 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Clarence F. Jobson.

    Ch. 821 · 49 Stat. 2203 · August 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Charles Pine.

    Ch. 822 · 49 Stat. 2204 · August 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of John Livingston and Mrs. John Livingston.

    Ch. 823 · 49 Stat. 2204 · August 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

24. Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935

    An Act To stabilize the bituminous coal-mining industry and promote its interstate commerce; to provide for cooperative marketing of bituminous coal; to levy a tax on bituminous coal and provide for a drawback under certain conditions; to declare the production, distribution, and use of bituminous coal to be affected with a national public interest; to conserve the bituminous coal resources of the United States; to provide for the general welfare, and for other purposes; and providing penalties.

    Ch. 824 · 49 Stat. 991 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the Act approved March 3, 1931, relating to the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on public buildings.

    Ch. 825 · 49 Stat. 1011 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

26. An Act To provide for the donation of certain Army equipment to posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

    Ch. 826 · 49 Stat. 1013 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

27. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with Cannon Ball School District, Sioux County, North Dakota, for extension of public-school buildings to be available for Indian children.

    Ch. 827 · 49 Stat. 1013 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

28. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with Fort Yates School District, Sioux County, North Dakota, for extension of public-school buildings to be available for Indian children.

    Ch. 828 · 49 Stat. 1014 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

29. Revenue Act of 1935

    An Act To provide revenue, equalize taxation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 829 · 49 Stat. 1014 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the National Defense Act.

    Ch. 830 · 49 Stat. 1028 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

31. An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 831 · 49 Stat. 1028 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin to submit claims to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 832 · 49 Stat. 1049 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the construction of certain bridges and to extend the times for commencing and/or completing the construction of other bridges over the navigable waters of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 833 · 49 Stat. 1051 · August 30, 1935 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of George W. Rhine, doing business under the name of Rhine and Company.

    Ch. 834 · 49 Stat. 2205 · August 30, 1935 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the Bell Oil and Gas Company.

    Ch. 835 · 49 Stat. 2205 · August 30, 1935 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley; to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of Government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes” approved May 18, 1933.

    Ch. 836 · 49 Stat. 1075 · August 31, 1935 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution Providing for the prohibition of the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to belligerent countries; the prohibition of the transportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war by vessels of the United States for the use of belligerent states; for the registration and licensing of persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, exporting, or importing arms, ammunition, or implements of war; and restricting travel by American citizens on belligerent ships during war.

    Ch. 837 · 49 Stat. 1081 · August 31, 1935 · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the estate of Harry F. Stern.

    Ch. 838 · 49 Stat. 2206 · August 31, 1935 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To refer the claim of the Menominee Tribe of Indians to the Court of Claims with the absolute right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Ch. 839 · 49 Stat. 1085 · September 3, 1935 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the immediate settlement of the obligation of the Joe Graham Post of the American Legion arising out of the purchase of the Ship Island Military Reservation.

    Ch. 840 · 49 Stat. 1089 · September 4, 1935 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide additional pay for personnel of the United States Navy assigned to duty on submarines and to diving duty”, to include officers assigned to duty at submarine training tanks and diving units, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1 · 49 Stat. 1091 · January 16, 1936 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of certain officers on the retired list of the Navy and Marine Corps, who have been commended for their performance of duty in actual combat with the enemy during the World War.

    Ch. 2 · 49 Stat. 1092 · January 16, 1936 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the retirement and retirement annuities of civilian members of the teaching staffs at the United States Naval Academy and the Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy.

    Ch. 3 · 49 Stat. 1092 · January 16, 1936 · Original text

44. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Saline, Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Miami, Missouri.

    Ch. 4 · 49 Stat. 1093 · January 16, 1936 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Homer H. Adams.

    Ch. 5 · 49 Stat. 2207 · January 16, 1936 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Doris Allen.

    Ch. 6 · 49 Stat. 2207 · January 16, 1936 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To reserve certain public-domain lands in Nevada and Oregon as a grazing reserve for Indians of Fort McDermitt, Nevada.

    Ch. 7 · 49 Stat. 1094 · January 17, 1936 · Original text

48. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of William E. B. Grant.

    Ch. 8 · 49 Stat. 2208 · January 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of R. G. Andis.

    Ch. 9 · 49 Stat. 2208 · January 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of the estate of Joseph Y. Underwood.

    Ch. 10 · 49 Stat. 2208 · January 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey to the University of Oregon certain lands forming a part of the Coos Head River and Harbor Reservation.

    Ch. 11 · 49 Stat. 1095 · January 20, 1936 · Original text

52. An Act To empower the health officer of the District of Columbia to authorize the opening of graves, and the disinterment and reinterment of dead bodies, in cases where death has been caused by certain contagious diseases.

    Ch. 12 · 49 Stat. 1095 · January 20, 1936 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 24 of the Judicial Code by conferring on district courts additional jurisdiction of bills of interpleader, and of bills in the nature of interpleader.

    Ch. 13 · 49 Stat. 1096 · January 20, 1936 · Original text

54. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Francis B. Kennedy.

    Ch. 14 · 49 Stat. 2209 · January 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of F. Mansfield and Sons Company, and others.

    Ch. 15 · 49 Stat. 2209 · January 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Constantin Gilia.

    Ch. 16 · 49 Stat. 2210 · January 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of C. R. Whitlock.

    Ch. 17 · 49 Stat. 2210 · January 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Guiry Brothers Wall Paper and Paint Company.

    Ch. 18 · 49 Stat. 2210 · January 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia to Doctor Pak Chue Chan.

    Ch. 19 · 49 Stat. 2211 · January 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia to Doctor Ronald A. Cox.

    Ch. 20 · 49 Stat. 2211 · January 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To provide for the payment of compensation and expenses of the Railroad Retirement Board as established and operated pursuant to section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act of June 27, 1934, and to provide for the winding up of its affairs and the disposition of its property and records, and to make an appropriation for such purposes.

    Ch. 21 · 49 Stat. 1097 · January 21, 1936 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Anna Hathaway.

    Ch. 22 · 49 Stat. 2211 · January 21, 1936 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Douglas B. Espy.

    Ch. 23 · 49 Stat. 2212 · January 21, 1936 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain officers and enlisted men or former officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps for personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed as a result of the earthquake which occurred at Managua, Nicaragua, on March 31, 1931.

    Ch. 24 · 49 Stat. 2212 · January 21, 1936 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To amend paragraph (f) of section 4 of the Communications Act of 1934.

    Ch. 25 · 49 Stat. 1098 · January 22, 1936 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of George W. Hallowell, Junior.

    Ch. 26 · 49 Stat. 2213 · January 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Henry Hilbun.

    Ch. 27 · 49 Stat. 2213 · January 23, 1936 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of certain persons whose cotton was destroyed by fires in the Ouachita Warehouse, Camden, Arkansas.

    Ch. 28 · 49 Stat. 2214 · January 23, 1936 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act forbidding the transportation of any person in interstate or foreign commerce, kidnaped, or otherwise unlawfully detained, and making such Act a felony”, as amended.

    Ch. 29 · 49 Stat. 1099 · January 24, 1936 · Original text

70. An Act Giving jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the Cherokee Fuel Company.

    Ch. 30 · 49 Stat. 2215 · January 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of Alta Melvin and Tommy Melvin.

    Ch. 31 · 49 Stat. 2215 · January 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the immediate payment of World War adjusted service certificates, for the cancelation of unpaid interest accrued on loans secured by such certificates, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 32 · 49 Stat. 1099 · January 27, 1936 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing the Perry County Bridge Commission of Perry County, Indiana, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Indiana.

    Ch. 33 · 49 Stat. 1103 · January 27, 1936 · Original text

74. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge and causeway across the water between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point, and Dauphin Island, Alabama.

    Ch. 34 · 49 Stat. 1104 · January 27, 1936 · Original text

75. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon.

    Ch. 35 · 49 Stat. 1104 · January 27, 1936 · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Norway in settlement of all claims for reimbursement on account of losses sustained by the owner and crew of the Norwegian steamer Tampen.

    Ch. 36 · 49 Stat. 1104 · January 27, 1936 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain moneys to “Funds of Federal prisoners.”

    Ch. 37 · 49 Stat. 2216 · January 27, 1936 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Otto Misch Company.

    Ch. 38 · 49 Stat. 2216 · January 27, 1936 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To provide an official seal for the United States Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 39 · 49 Stat. 1105 · January 31, 1936 · Original text

80. An Act To Amend the Act of May 18, 1934, Providing Punishment for Killing or Assaulting Federal Officers.

    Ch. 40 · 49 Stat. 1105 · February 8, 1936 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the Arkansas River and Fourche Bayou with a view to the control of floods in the vicinity of Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Ch. 41 · 49 Stat. 1105 · February 8, 1936 · Original text

82. An Act To repeal the Kerr Tobacco Act, the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, and the Potato Act of 1935.

    Ch. 42 · 49 Stat. 1106 · February 10, 1936 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of the State of New Mexico.

    Ch. 43 · 49 Stat. 1106 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

84. An Act To reimpose and extend the trust period on lands reserved for the Pala Band of Mission Indians, California.

    Ch. 44 · 49 Stat. 1106 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize credit in disbursing officers’ accounts covering shipment of privately owned automobiles from October 12, 1927, to October 10, 1929.

    Ch. 45 · 49 Stat. 1107 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to grant to the State of California an easement over certain land of the United States in Tehama County, California, for highway purposes.

    Ch. 46 · 49 Stat. 1107 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

87. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the participation of the United States in the California Pacific International Exposition to be held at San Diego, California, in 1935 and 1936; authorizing an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes”, approved March 7, 1935, to provide for participation in the California Pacific International Exposition to be held at San Diego, California, in 1936, to authorize an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 47 · 49 Stat. 1107 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

88. An Act To grant to the State of California a retrocession of jurisdiction over certain rights-of-way granted to the State of California over certain roads about to be constructed in the Presidio of San Francisco Military Reservation and Fort Baker Military Reservation.

    Ch. 48 · 49 Stat. 1108 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

89. Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936

    An Act Making appropriations to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for prior fiscal years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 49 · 49 Stat. 1109 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the leasing of restricted Indian lands of Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 50 · 49 Stat. 1135 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

91. An Act To provide that funds allocated to Puerto Rico under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 may be expended for permanent rehabilitation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 51 · 49 Stat. 1135 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution providing for the participation of the United States in the Texas Centennial Exposition and celebrations to be held in the State of Texas during the years 1935 and 1936, and authorizing the President to invite foreign countries and nations to participate therein, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 52 · 49 Stat. 1136 · February 11, 1936 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Robert A. J. English, United States Navy.

    Ch. 53 · 49 Stat. 2217 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company.

    Ch. 54 · 49 Stat. 2217 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Adelphia Bank and Trust Company of Philadelphia.

    Ch. 55 · 49 Stat. 2217 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Julia M. Crowell.

    Ch. 56 · 49 Stat. 2218 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Ludwig Larson.

    Ch. 57 · 49 Stat. 2218 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of S. M. Price.

    Ch. 58 · 49 Stat. 2218 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Major Edwin F. Ely, Finance Department; Captain Reyburn Engles, Quartermaster Corps; and others.

    Ch. 59 · 49 Stat. 2219 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Major Joseph H. Hickey.

     Ch. 60 · 49 Stat. 2219 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text