Every law Congress has passed

1,760 laws of the 75th Congress, 1937–1939

1. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress for the loan of certain portraits now located in the Capitol to the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission for exhibition in the Corcoran Art Gallery.

   Ch. 1 · 51 Stat. 3 · November 19, 1937 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To provide for certain expenses incident to the second session of the Seventy-fifth Congress.

   Ch. 2 · 51 Stat. 3 · November 26, 1937 · Original text

3. An Act To amend certain sections of the Federal Credit Union Act approved June 26, 1934 (Public, Numbered 467, Seventy-third Congress).

   Ch. 3 · 51 Stat. 4 · December 6, 1937 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To make the existing appropriations for mileage of Senators and Representatives immediately available for payment.

   Ch. 4 · 51 Stat. 5 · December 8, 1937 · Original text

5. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River between Colbert County and Lauderdale County, Alabama.

   Ch. 5 · 51 Stat. 5 · December 22, 1937 · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Mary Louise Chambers, a minor.

   Ch. 1 · 52 Stat. 1261 · January 10, 1938 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To prohibit the making of photographs, sketches, or maps of vital military and naval defensive installations and equipment, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 2 · 52 Stat. 3 · January 12, 1938 · Original text

8. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Coast Guard.

   Ch. 3 · 52 Stat. 4 · January 12, 1938 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Isador Katz.

   Ch. 4 · 52 Stat. 1262 · January 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Henrietta Wills.

    Ch. 5 · 52 Stat. 1263 · January 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Judd and Detweiler, Incorporated.

    Ch. 6 · 52 Stat. 1263 · January 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of J. L. Myers.

    Ch. 7 · 52 Stat. 1264 · January 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Conferring jurisdiction on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the suit in equity of Theodore Fieldbrave against the United States.

    Ch. 8 · 52 Stat. 1264 · January 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To permit the further extension of the Air Mail Service.

    Ch. 9 · 52 Stat. 6 · January 14, 1938 · Original text

15. An Act To permit the printing of black-and-white illustrations of United States and foreign postage stamps for philatelic purposes.

    Ch. 10 · 52 Stat. 6 · January 27, 1938 · Original text

16. An Act To make confidential certain information furnished to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 11 · 52 Stat. 8 · January 27, 1938 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize an additional number of medical and dental officers for the Army.

    Ch. 12 · 52 Stat. 8 · January 29, 1938 · Original text

18. National Housing Act Amendments of 1938

    An Act To amend the National Housing Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 13 · 52 Stat. 8 · February 3, 1938 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution Making appropriations available for administration of the Sugar Act of 1937 and for crop production and harvesting loans.

    Ch. 14 · 52 Stat. 26 · February 4, 1938 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Harold Garr, Chester H. Peters, Harry B. Swift, Doctor Abraham A. Mills, Charles L. Harris, O. W. Morgan, F. G. E. Carlson, Harold S. Fraine, Owen E. Steele, W. C. Mudge, Junior, George F. Poutasse, Paul P. Pickle, W. D. Hiltbrand, Arthur P. LeBel, K. E. Hill, Annie McGowan, Ralph Thompson, and Rosamond M. MacDonald.

    Ch. 15 · 52 Stat. 1265 · February 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of George Yuhas.

    Ch. 16 · 52 Stat. 1265 · February 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General to adjust and settle the claim of Leo L. Harrison.

    Ch. 17 · 52 Stat. 1266 · February 9, 1938 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Authorizing the adjustment of the claims of Frank Pashley and Brown Garrett.

    Ch. 18 · 52 Stat. 1266 · February 9, 1938 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General to adjust and settle the claim of Irvin H. Johnson.

    Ch. 19 · 52 Stat. 1266 · February 9, 1938 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the issuance of an unrestricted patent to Judson M. Grimmet.

    Ch. 20 · 52 Stat. 1267 · February 9, 1938 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of John Prosser.

    Ch. 21 · 52 Stat. 1267 · February 10, 1938 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.

    Ch. 22 · 52 Stat. 1268 · February 10, 1938 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To provide that residence requirements for judges shall not be held to apply to judges who have retired.

    Ch. 23 · 52 Stat. 28 · February 11, 1938 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize certain officers and employees of Federal penal and correctional institutions to administer oaths.

    Ch. 24 · 52 Stat. 28 · February 11, 1938 · Original text

30. An Act To amend an Act to provide for the retirement of Justices of the Supreme Court.

    Ch. 25 · 52 Stat. 28 · February 11, 1938 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the acquisition of certain lands for and the addition thereof to the Tahoe National Forest, in the State of Nevada, and the acquisition of certain other lands for the completion of the acquisition of the remaining lands within the limits of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in east Tennessee.

    Ch. 27 · 52 Stat. 28 · February 12, 1938 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Heinrich Schmidt, G. m. b. H., of Flensburg, Germany.

    Ch. 26 · 52 Stat. 1268 · February 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands to the Regents of the Agricultural College of New Mexico.

    Ch. 28 · 52 Stat. 29 · February 14, 1938 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To protect foreign diplomatic and consular officers and the buildings and premises occupied by them in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 29 · 52 Stat. 30 · February 15, 1938 · Original text

35. Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

    An Act To provide for the conservation of national soil resources and to provide an adequate and balanced flow of agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce and for other purposes.

    Ch. 30 · 52 Stat. 31 · February 16, 1938 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the annual inspection of all motor vehicles in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 31 · 52 Stat. 78 · February 18, 1938 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cancel obligations of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation incurred in supplying funds for relief at the authorization or direction of Congress, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 32 · 52 Stat. 79 · February 24, 1938 · Original text

38. An Act Amending Acts fixing the rate of payment of irrigation construction costs on the Wapato Indian irrigation project, Yakima, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 33 · 52 Stat. 80 · February 24, 1938 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the Attorney General to compromise suits on certain contracts of insurance.

    Ch. 34 · 52 Stat. 81 · February 24, 1938 · Original text

40. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the Society of the Cincinnati, a corporation of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 35 · 52 Stat. 81 · February 24, 1938 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the construction and equipment of a building for the experiment station of the Bureau of Mines at Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Ch. 36 · 52 Stat. 82 · February 25, 1938 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Criminal Code by providing punishment for impersonation of officers and employees of Government-owned and Government-controlled corporations.

    Ch. 37 · 52 Stat. 82 · February 28, 1938 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for relief purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938.

    Ch. 38 · 52 Stat. 83 · March 2, 1938 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the control of outbreaks of insect pests.

    Ch. 39 · 52 Stat. 83 · March 2, 1938 · Original text

45. An Act To extend the lending authority of the Disaster Loan Corporation to apply to disasters in the year 1938.

    Ch. 40 · 52 Stat. 84 · March 3, 1938 · Original text

46. 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. 41 · 52 Stat. 84 · March 4, 1938 · Original text

47. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 42 · 52 Stat. 85 · March 5, 1938 · Original text

48. An Act Establishing a small claims and conciliation branch in the municipal court of the District of Columbia for improving the administration of justice in small cases and providing assistance to needy litigants, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 43 · 52 Stat. 103 · March 5, 1938 · Original text

49. An Act To maintain unimpaired the capital of the Commodity Credit Corporation at $100,000,000, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 44 · 52 Stat. 107 · March 8, 1938 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Panama City, Florida.

    Ch. 45 · 52 Stat. 109 · March 14, 1938 · Original text

51. An Act To transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury a site for a quarantine station to be located at Galveston, Texas.

    Ch. 46 · 52 Stat. 109 · March 16, 1938 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the appointment of one additional United States district judge for the eastern district of Louisiana.

    Ch. 47 · 52 Stat. 110 · March 18, 1938 · Original text

53. An Act Authorizing the city of Rock Island, Illinois, or its assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois, and to a place at or near the city of Davenport, Iowa.

    Ch. 48 · 52 Stat. 110 · March 18, 1938 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act creating the Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 49 · 52 Stat. 111 · March 21, 1938 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Act approved February 7, 1913, so as to remove restrictions as to the use of the Little Rock Confederate Cemetery, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 50 · 52 Stat. 117 · March 26, 1938 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 42 of title 7 of the Canal Zone Code and section 41 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1917, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 48, sec. 893).

    Ch. 51 · 52 Stat. 118 · March 26, 1938 · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, to accept gifts and bequests of money for the purpose of erecting a building on land now owned by the United States Government at the Naval Academy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 52 · 52 Stat. 119 · March 26, 1938 · Original text

58. An Act Authorizing the appointment of an additional judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

    Ch. 53 · 52 Stat. 120 · March 26, 1938 · Original text

59. An Act Amending section 312 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.

    Ch. 54 · 52 Stat. 120 · March 26, 1938 · Original text

60. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 55 · 52 Stat. 120 · March 28, 1938 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To dedicate the month of April in each year to a voluntary national program for the control of cancer.

    Ch. 56 · 52 Stat. 148 · March 28, 1938 · Original text

62. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to eliminate the requirements of cultivation in connection with certain homestead entries”, approved August 19, 1935.

    Ch. 57 · 52 Stat. 149 · March 31, 1938 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes”, approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 630), as amended.

    Ch. 58 · 52 Stat. 149 · March 31, 1938 · Original text

64. An Act Consenting to an interstate compact between the States of Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota relating to the utilization of, the control of the floods of, and the prevention of the pollution of the waters of the Red River of the North and streams tributary thereto.

    Ch. 59 · 52 Stat. 150 · April 2, 1938 · Original text

65. An Act Limiting the duties of the chief clerk and chief inspector of the Health Department of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 60 · 52 Stat. 153 · April 2, 1938 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution Creating a special joint congressional committee to make an investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    Ch. 61 · 52 Stat. 154 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

67. An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 62 · 52 Stat. 156 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant concessions on reservoir sites and other lands in connection with Federal Indian irrigation projects wholly or partly Indian, and to lease the lands in such reserves for agricultural, grazing, and other purposes.

    Ch. 63 · 52 Stat. 193 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing the State of Rhode Island, acting by and through the Jamestown Bridge Commission as an agency of the State, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the west passage of Narragansett Bay between the towns of Jamestown and North Kingstown.

    Ch. 64 · 52 Stat. 194 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the State Highway Departments of North Dakota and Minnesota and the Boards of County Commissioners of Traill County, North Dakota, and Norman County, Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Red River of the North between Caledonia, North Dakota, and Shelly, Minnesota.

    Ch. 65 · 52 Stat. 195 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the city of Vancouver, Washington, to construct and maintain a historical memorial on the Vancouver Barracks Military Reservation, Washington.

    Ch. 66 · 52 Stat. 195 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the completion of the existing project for the protection of the sea wall at Galveston Harbor, Texas.

    Ch. 67 · 52 Stat. 196 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing the State Highway Departments of North Dakota and Minnesota and the Boards of County Commissioners of Traill County, North Dakota, and Polk County, Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Red River of the North westerly of Nielsville, Minnesota.

    Ch. 68 · 52 Stat. 196 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 35 of the Criminal Code, as amended (U. S. C., title 18, sec. 82), relating to purloining, stealing, or injuring property of the United States.

    Ch. 69 · 52 Stat. 197 · April 4, 1938 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Robert Landeau, a minor.

    Ch. 70 · 52 Stat. 1269 · April 4, 1938 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of L. H. Dicke.

    Ch. 71 · 52 Stat. 1269 · April 4, 1938 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as amended, and particularly sections 863, 911, and 914 of the said code.

    Ch. 72 · 52 Stat. 198 · April 5, 1938 · Original text

78. An Act To create a board of inspectors, Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, at Port Arthur, Texas.

    Ch. 73 · 52 Stat. 200 · April 5, 1938 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To authorize compacts or agreements between the States bordering on the Great Lakes with respect to fishing in the waters of the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 74 · 52 Stat. 200 · April 5, 1938 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Tule Finkelstein.

    Ch. 75 · 52 Stat. 1270 · April 5, 1938 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Doris A. Reese.

    Ch. 76 · 52 Stat. 1270 · April 5, 1938 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Lynn E. Barker.

    Ch. 77 · 52 Stat. 1270 · April 5, 1938 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mrs. George Orr.

    Ch. 78 · 52 Stat. 1271 · April 5, 1938 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To amend section 42 of the Act of Congress 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, as amended.

    Ch. 79 · 52 Stat. 200 · April 6, 1938 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange sites at Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, for Coast Guard purposes.

    Ch. 86 · 52 Stat. 201 · April 6, 1938 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the estate of Dessie Masterson.

    Ch. 80 · 52 Stat. 1271 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Charles N. Robinson.

    Ch. 81 · 52 Stat. 1271 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Hugh Ray.

    Ch. 82 · 52 Stat. 1272 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of B. W. Goodenough and wife, Katherine F. Goodenough, and son, Charles Goodenough.

    Ch. 83 · 52 Stat. 1272 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of J. H. Yelton.

    Ch. 84 · 52 Stat. 1273 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Livvie V. Rowe.

    Ch. 85 · 52 Stat. 1273 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the estate of Nick Gruyich.

    Ch. 87 · 52 Stat. 1273 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Joseph Pethersky.

    Ch. 88 · 52 Stat. 1274 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of employees of the Indian Service for destruction by fire of personally-owned property in Government quarters at the Pierre Indian School, South Dakota.

    Ch. 89 · 52 Stat. 1274 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Paul Burress.

    Ch. 90 · 52 Stat. 1275 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Paul Brinza.

    Ch. 91 · 52 Stat. 1275 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Carl J. Scheier.

    Ch. 92 · 52 Stat. 1276 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of William R. Herrick.

    Ch. 93 · 52 Stat. 1276 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of John M. Fraley.

    Ch. 94 · 52 Stat. 1276 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Cyrus M. Lasher.

     Ch. 95 · 52 Stat. 1277 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text