Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To facilitate the control of soil erosion and flood damage originating upon lands within the exterior boundaries of the Cache National Forest in the State of Utah.

   Ch. 197 · 52 Stat. 347 · May 11, 1938 · Original text

2. An Act To regulate the leasing of certain Indian lands for mining purposes.

   Ch. 198 · 52 Stat. 347 · May 11, 1938 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance to Sekizo Takahashi of a permit to reenter the United States

   Ch. 196 · 52 Stat. 1302 · May 11, 1938 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the collection and publication of statistics of peanuts by the Department of Agriculture”, approved June 24, 1936.

   Ch. 199 · 52 Stat. 348 · May 12, 1938 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps, and for other purposes”, approved June 28, 1937.

   Ch. 200 · 52 Stat. 349 · May 12, 1938 · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Florenz Gutierrez.

   Ch. 201 · 52 Stat. 1303 · May 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Florenz Gutierrez.

   Ch. 202 · 52 Stat. 1303 · May 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Newton Petersen.

   Ch. 203 · 52 Stat. 1303 · May 12, 1938 · Private law · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Making available additional funds for the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.

   Ch. 204 · 52 Stat. 349 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Fourth International Conference on Private Air Law.

    Ch. 205 · 52 Stat. 350 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the payment of an indemnity to the Norwegian Government in full and final satisfaction of all claims based on the detention and treatment of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Sagatind subsequent to the seizure of this vessel by the United States Coast Guard cutter Seneca on October 12, 1924.

    Ch. 209 · 52 Stat. 350 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

12. An Act Making the 11th day of November in each year a legal holiday.

    Ch. 210 · 52 Stat. 351 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

13. An Act To ratify and confirm Act 23 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1937, extending the time within which revenue bonds may be issued and delivered under Act 174 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1935.

    Ch. 211 · 52 Stat. 351 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

14. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act to incorporate The Howard University.

    Ch. 212 · 52 Stat. 351 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Act of May 27, 1908, authorizing settlement of accounts of deceased officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps.

    Ch. 213 · 52 Stat. 352 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

16. An Act To liberalize the provisions of existing laws governing death-compensation benefits for widows and children of World War veterans, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 214 · 52 Stat. 352 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

17. An Act To improve the efficiency of the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 215 · 52 Stat. 353 · May 13, 1938 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Joseph Zani.

    Ch. 206 · 52 Stat. 1304 · May 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Darwin Engstrand, a minor.

    Ch. 207 · 52 Stat. 1304 · May 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Newark Concrete Pipe Company.

    Ch. 208 · 52 Stat. 1305 · May 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of J. F. Stinson.

    Ch. 216 · 52 Stat. 1305 · May 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Eula Scruggs.

    Ch. 217 · 52 Stat. 1306 · May 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department.

    Ch. 218 · 52 Stat. 1306 · May 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Act of March 2, 1899, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of War to permit allotments from the pay of military personnel and permanent civilian employees under certain conditions.

    Ch. 219 · 52 Stat. 354 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize an appropriation for reconstruction at Fort Niagara, New York, to replace loss by fire.

    Ch. 220 · 52 Stat. 354 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize an appropriation to aid in defraying the expenses of the observance of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, to be held at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from June 29, to July 6, 1938, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 222 · 52 Stat. 354 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 223 · 52 Stat. 356 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

28. An Act To protect the salaries of rural letter carriers who transfer from one rural route to another.

    Ch. 224 · 52 Stat. 377 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

29. An Act To correct United States citizenship status of certain persons born in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes

    Ch. 225 · 52 Stat. 377 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the conveyance by the United States to the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, of a certain tract of land in the townsite of Ketchikan.

    Ch. 226 · 52 Stat. 378 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Acts for promoting the circulation of reading matter among the blind.

    Ch. 227 · 52 Stat. 378 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To permit a compact or agreement between the States of Idaho and Wyoming respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Snake River and its tributaries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 52 Stat. 379 · May 16, 1938 · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Wilson H. Parks, Elsa Parks, and Jessie M. Parks.

    Ch. 221 · 52 Stat. 1308 · May 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of L. M. Crawford.

    Ch. 229 · 52 Stat. 1309 · May 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of William H. Ames.

    Ch. 230 · 52 Stat. 1309 · May 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Guy Salisbury, alias John G. Bowman, alias Alva J. Zenner.

    Ch. 231 · 52 Stat. 1310 · May 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Shelba Jennings.

    Ch. 232 · 52 Stat. 1310 · May 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the Nicolson Seed Farms, a Utah corporation.

    Ch. 233 · 52 Stat. 1311 · May 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To convey to the University of Alaska a tract of land for use as the site of a fur farm experiment station.

    Ch. 234 · 52 Stat. 379 · May 17, 1938 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the conveyance of the Mattapoisett (Ned Point) Lighthouse Reservation at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, to the town of Mattapoisett.

    Ch. 235 · 52 Stat. 380 · May 17, 1938 · Original text

41. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1939

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 236 · 52 Stat. 381 · May 17, 1938 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Act of March 9, 1928, authorizing appropriations to be made for the disposition of remains of military personnel and civilian employees of the Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 237 · 52 Stat. 398 · May 17, 1938 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution To set apart public ground for the Smithsonian Gallery of Art, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 238 · 52 Stat. 399 · May 17, 1938 · Original text

44. An Act To establish the composition of the United States Navy, to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 243 · 52 Stat. 401 · May 17, 1938 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of E. G. Briseno and Hector Briseno, a minor.

    Ch. 239 · 52 Stat. 1311 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Orville Ferguson.

    Ch. 240 · 52 Stat. 1311 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Peter Wettern.

    Ch. 241 · 52 Stat. 1312 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Harry P. Russell, a minor.

    Ch. 242 · 52 Stat. 1312 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of S. T. Roebuck.

    Ch. 244 · 52 Stat. 1313 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Ephriam J. Hicks.

    Ch. 245 · 52 Stat. 1313 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Joe F. Pedlichek.

    Ch. 246 · 52 Stat. 1314 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Frank Scofield.

    Ch. 247 · 52 Stat. 1314 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of John G. Edwards.

    Ch. 248 · 52 Stat. 1314 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Mildred G. Yund.

    Ch. 249 · 52 Stat. 1315 · May 17, 1938 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the completion, maintenance, and operation of the Fort Peck project for navigation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 250 · 52 Stat. 403 · May 18, 1938 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the administration and maintenance of the Natchez Trace Park-way, in the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 251 · 52 Stat. 407 · May 18, 1938 · Original text

57. An Act To amend section 203 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 253 · 52 Stat. 408 · May 18, 1938 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of the New York and Baltimore Transportation Line, Incorporated.

    Ch. 252 · 52 Stat. 1315 · May 18, 1938 · Private law · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Third Pan American Highway Conference.

    Ch. 254 · 52 Stat. 408 · May 20, 1938 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President of the United States to invite the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics to hold its Seventh General Assembly in the United States during the calendar year 1939, and to invite foreign governments to participate in that general assembly; and to authorize an appropriation to assist in meeting the expenses necessary for participation by the United States in the meeting.

    Ch. 255 · 52 Stat. 409 · May 20, 1938 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing the Interstate Bridge Commission of the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Delaware River between points in the city of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York, and the Borough of Matamoras, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 256 · 52 Stat. 409 · May 21, 1938 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Oregon-Washington Board of Trustees to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon”, approved June 13, 1934, as amended.

    Ch. 257 · 52 Stat. 410 · May 21, 1938 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Helene Landesman.

    Ch. 258 · 52 Stat. 1315 · May 21, 1938 · Private law · Original text

64. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 259 · 52 Stat. 410 · May 23, 1938 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for an investigation and report of losses resulting from the campaign for the eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly by the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 260 · 52 Stat. 436 · May 23, 1938 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Act approved August 24, 1935, entitled “An Act to authorize the erection of a suitable memorial to Major General George W. Goethals within the Canal Zone.”

    Ch. 261 · 52 Stat. 436 · May 23, 1938 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer the title and all other interests in the old tower clock from the Escambia County Courthouse Building, acquired by the Government by deed, to the Pensacola Historical Society of Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.

    Ch. 262 · 52 Stat. 437 · May 23, 1938 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution Extending for two years the time within which American claimants may make application for payment, under the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, of awards of the Mixed Claims Commission and the Tripartite Claims Commission, and extending until March 10, 1940, the time within which Hungarian claimants may make application for payment, under the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, of awards of the War Claims Arbiter.

    Ch. 263 · 52 Stat. 437 · May 23, 1938 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General to settle and adjust the claim of H. W. Adelberger, Junior.

    Ch. 264 · 52 Stat. 1316 · May 23, 1938 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To amend section 4132 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.

    Ch. 265 · 52 Stat. 437 · May 24, 1938 · Original text

71. An Act To grant relief to persons erroneously convicted in courts of the United States.

    Ch. 266 · 52 Stat. 438 · May 24, 1938 · Original text

72. An Act To impose additional duties upon the United States Public Health Service in connection with the investigation and control of the venereal diseases.

    Ch. 267 · 52 Stat. 439 · May 24, 1938 · Original text

73. An Act Granting pensions and increases 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. 268 · 52 Stat. 440 · May 24, 1938 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Stanley A. Jerman, receiver for A. J. Peters Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 269 · 52 Stat. 1316 · May 24, 1938 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Sherm Sletholm, Loneata Sletholm, Lulu Yates, Madeline Yates, and the estate of Ella A. Morris.

    Ch. 270 · 52 Stat. 1317 · May 24, 1938 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of the Comision Mixta Demarcadora de Limites Entre Colombia y Panama.

    Ch. 271 · 52 Stat. 1317 · May 24, 1938 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Lord Harrison.

    Ch. 272 · 52 Stat. 1318 · May 24, 1938 · Private law · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for grants to States for unemployment compensation administration, Social Security Board, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938.

    Ch. 273 · 52 Stat. 441 · May 25, 1938 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the purchase and distribution of products of the fishing industry.

    Ch. 274 · 52 Stat. 441 · May 25, 1938 · Original text

80. An Act To provide additional funds for buildings for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States.

    Ch. 275 · 52 Stat. 441 · May 25, 1938 · Original text

81. An Act To amend section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.

    Ch. 276 · 52 Stat. 442 · May 25, 1938 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing the temporary detail of United States employees, possessing special qualifications, to governments of American Republics and the Philippines, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 277 · 52 Stat. 442 · May 25, 1938 · Original text

83. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General to settle and adjust the claim of Tiffany Construction Company.

    Ch. 278 · 52 Stat. 1318 · May 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge, known as the Smith Point Bridge, across navigable waters at or near Mastic, southerly to Fire Island, Suffolk County, New York.

    Ch. 281 · 52 Stat. 409 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

85. An Act For the inclusion of certain lands in the Kaniksu National Forest in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 279 · 52 Stat. 443 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

86. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River between Rockport, Indiana, and Owensboro, Kentucky.

    Ch. 280 · 52 Stat. 444 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

87. 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. 282 · 52 Stat. 445 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

88. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 692, Seventy-fourth Congress, second, session.

    Ch. 283 · 52 Stat. 446 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

89. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to construct, maintain, and operate toll bridges, known as the Long Island Loop Bridges, across navigable waters at or near East Marion to Shelter Island, and Shelter Island to North Haven, Suffolk County, New York.

    Ch. 284 · 52 Stat. 446 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended.

    Ch. 285 · 52 Stat. 447 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

91. An Act To equalize certain allowances for quarters and subsistence of enlisted men of the Coast Guard with those of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

    Ch. 288 · 52 Stat. 447 · May 26, 1938 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of William A. Patterson, Albert E. Rust, Louis Pfeiffer; and John L. Nesbitt and Cora B. Geller, as executors under the will of James T. Bentley.

    Ch. 286 · 52 Stat. 1318 · May 26, 1938 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the estate of F. Gray Griswold.

    Ch. 287 · 52 Stat. 1319 · May 26, 1938 · Private law · Original text

94. Revenue Act of 1938

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

    Ch. 289 · 52 Stat. 447 · May 28, 1938 · Original text

95. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional judges for certain United States district courts, circuit courts of appeals, and certain courts of the United States for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 290 · 52 Stat. 584 · May 31, 1938 · Original text

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

    Ch. 291 · 52 Stat. 585 · May 31, 1938 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.

    Ch. 292 · 52 Stat. 586 · May 31, 1938 · Original text

98. An Act To amend section 40 of the United States Employees’ Compensation Act, as amended.

    Ch. 293 · 52 Stat. 586 · May 31, 1938 · Original text

99. An Act To protect the telescope and scientific observations to be carried on at the observatory site on Palomar Mountain, by withdrawal of certain public land included within the Cleveland National Forest, California, from location and entry under the mining laws.

    Ch. 294 · 52 Stat. 587 · May 31, 1938 · Original text

100. An Act To amend the laws of Alaska imposing taxes for carrying on business and trade.

     Ch. 295 · 52 Stat. 587 · May 31, 1938 · Original text