Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of William Randolph Cason.

   Ch. 300 · 50 Stat. 980 · June 3, 1937 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Miles C. Baxter, Anse Cockran, Sam Cornett, Mrs. Louie Hesterly, and Mrs. George Lovell.

   Ch. 301 · 50 Stat. 980 · June 3, 1937 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of the Great Northern Railway Company.

   Ch. 302 · 50 Stat. 980 · June 7, 1937 · Private law · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for expenses of the Marine Band in attending the United Confederate Veterans Reunion at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1937.

   Ch. 303 · 50 Stat. 250 · June 8, 1937 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Eliza Boykin.

   Ch. 304 · 50 Stat. 981 · June 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

6. 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. 305 · 50 Stat. 250 · June 9, 1937 · Original text

7. An Act Authorizing the State Roads Commission of tile State of Maryland and the State Highway Department of the State of Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Potomac River at or near a point in the vicinity of Point of Rocks in Frederick County and a point near the south end of Loudoun County to take the place of a bridge destroyed by flood in 1936.

   Ch. 306 · 50 Stat. 250 · June 9, 1937 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the county of Wahkiakum, a legal political subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Columbia River between Puget Island and the mainland, Cathlamet, State of Washington.

   Ch. 307 · 50 Stat. 251 · June 9, 1937 · Original text

9. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Saint Louis, Missouri, and Stites, Illinois.

   Ch. 308 · 50 Stat. 251 · June 9, 1937 · Original text

10. An Act To adjust the rank of certain Coast Guard officers on the retired list.

    Ch. 309 · 50 Stat. 252 · June 9, 1937 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of John W. Bolin.

    Ch. 310 · 50 Stat. 981 · June 9, 1937 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Works Progress Administration to lend or give World War relics and other property at Fort Eustis, Virginia, to the American Legion Museum at Newport News, Virginia.

    Ch. 311 · 50 Stat. 252 · June 10, 1937 · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Farley J. Holloman.

    Ch. 312 · 50 Stat. 982 · June 10, 1937 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of John E. Sandage.

    Ch. 313 · 50 Stat. 982 · June 10, 1937 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Frank Cubero.

    Ch. 314 · 50 Stat. 982 · June 10, 1937 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Jacob G. Ackerman.

    Ch. 315 · 50 Stat. 983 · June 10, 1937 · Private law · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To create a Joint Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion and Avoidance.

    Ch. 316 · 50 Stat. 253 · June 11, 1937 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at the New York World’s Fair, to be held at New York City, New York, in 1939.

    Ch. 317 · 50 Stat. 254 · June 11, 1937 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the acquisition of land for cemeterial purposes in the vicinity of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 327 · 50 Stat. 256 · June 11, 1937 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Joseph N. Wenger, United States Navy.

    Ch. 318 · 50 Stat. 983 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of R. R. Purcell.

    Ch. 319 · 50 Stat. 984 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the return of the commission of John Baptiste Ashe as a major in the Continental Army to Martha B. Rogers, nee Ashe.

    Ch. 320 · 50 Stat. 984 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Frank Fisher.

    Ch. 321 · 50 Stat. 984 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting an annuity to Frank W. Carpenter.

    Ch. 322 · 50 Stat. 985 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of James A. Fox.

    Ch. 323 · 50 Stat. 985 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To authorize Austin H. Clark and Ellsworth P. Killip, of the United States National Museum, to accept certain decorations respectively from the Danish and French Governments.

    Ch. 324 · 50 Stat. 986 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Minnie D. Hines.

    Ch. 325 · 50 Stat. 986 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of John Zarnick.

    Ch. 326 · 50 Stat. 986 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of W. B. Greeley.

    Ch. 328 · 50 Stat. 987 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Jordan Roberts.

    Ch. 329 · 50 Stat. 987 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the estate of Charles White.

    Ch. 330 · 50 Stat. 988 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of First Lieutenant R. G. Cuno.

    Ch. 331 · 50 Stat. 988 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Carter R. Young.

    Ch. 332 · 50 Stat. 989 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Howard Hefner.

    Ch. 333 · 50 Stat. 989 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Colonel J. P. Barney.

    Ch. 334 · 50 Stat. 990 · June 11, 1937 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To continue in effect until June 30, 1939, the Act entitled “An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes”, approved February 22, 1935.

    Ch. 335 · 50 Stat. 257 · June 14, 1937 · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Education Association of the United States”, approved June 30, 1906, as amended.

    Ch. 336 · 50 Stat. 257 · June 14, 1937 · Original text

38. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 626, Seventy-fourth Congress.

    Ch. 337 · 50 Stat. 258 · June 14, 1937 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution Authorizing a modification in the existing project for the improvement of the Illinois Waterway, Illinois, and the abandonment of a portion of the Calumet River.

    Ch. 338 · 50 Stat. 258 · June 14, 1937 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of S. T. Dickinson.

    Ch. 339 · 50 Stat. 990 · June 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of H. G. Carriere, Charles E. Livingston, and John Latham.

    Ch. 340 · 50 Stat. 990 · June 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of John Kelley.

    Ch. 341 · 50 Stat. 991 · June 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Pruett.

    Ch. 342 · 50 Stat. 991 · June 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Naomi Lee Young.

    Ch. 343 · 50 Stat. 992 · June 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Margaret Grace and Alice Shriner.

    Ch. 344 · 50 Stat. 992 · June 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the creation of a memorial to the officers and men of the United States Navy who lost their lives as the result of a boiler explosion that totally destroyed the United States ship Tulip near Saint Inigoes Bay, Maryland, on November 11, 1864, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 348 · 50 Stat. 259 · June 15, 1937 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the Department of Labor to continue to make special statistical studies upon payment of the cost thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 349 · 50 Stat. 259 · June 15, 1937 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for the establishment of Coast Guard stations along the Maine coast.

    Ch. 350 · 50 Stat. 259 · June 15, 1937 · Original text

49. An Act To amend section 112 of the Judicial Code, to provide for the inclusion of Whitman County, Washington, in the northern division of the eastern district of Washington.

    Ch. 351 · 50 Stat. 260 · June 15, 1937 · Original text

50. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Coast Guard air station at the San Francisco Airport; to provide for quick rescue facilities on the San Francisco Bay; to strengthen the Immigration and Customs Service patrol; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 352 · 50 Stat. 260 · June 15, 1937 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Authorizing the selection of a site and the erection of a pedestal for the Albert Gallatin statue in Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 353 · 50 Stat. 260 · June 15, 1937 · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Earl W. Thomas.

    Ch. 345 · 50 Stat. 993 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of the estate of Elmer W. Laub, deceased.

    Ch. 346 · 50 Stat. 993 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Irvin Pendleton.

    Ch. 347 · 50 Stat. 993 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Elmer E. Miller.

    Ch. 354 · 50 Stat. 994 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Dean Scott.

    Ch. 355 · 50 Stat. 994 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Samuel Cripps.

    Ch. 356 · 50 Stat. 994 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Joshua L. Bach.

    Ch. 357 · 50 Stat. 995 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief or 1 Clifford Y. Long.

    Ch. 358 · 50 Stat. 995 · June 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 359 · 50 Stat. 261 · June 16, 1937 · Original text

61. An Act To further extend the period of time during which final proof may be offered by homestead and desert-land entrymen.

    Ch. 361 · 50 Stat. 303 · June 16, 1937 · Original text

62. An Act To expedite the dispatch of vessels from certain ports of call.

    Ch. 362 · 50 Stat. 303 · June 16, 1937 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Joseph M. Cacace, Charles M. Cacace, and Mary E. Clibourne.

    Ch. 360 · 50 Stat. 996 · June 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Edith Lewis White.

    Ch. 363 · 50 Stat. 997 · June 17, 1937 · Private law · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Olmedo Alfaro, a citizen of Ecuador.

    Ch. 364 · 50 Stat. 303 · June 18, 1937 · Original text

66. An Act Awarding a Navy Cross to John W. Thomason and Robert Slover.

    Ch. 365 · 50 Stat. 997 · June 18, 1937 · Private law · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Granting permission to George E. Ijams, civilian employee of the Veterans’ Administration, to accept and wear the decoration bestowed upon him by the Republic of France.

    Ch. 366 · 50 Stat. 997 · June 18, 1937 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the manner of inflicting the punishment of death.

    Ch. 367 · 50 Stat. 304 · June 19, 1937 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Inland Waterways Corporation Act, approved June 3, 1924, as amended; authorizing the Secretary of War to extend the services and operations of the Inland Waterways Corporation to the Savannah River.

    Ch. 368 · 50 Stat. 304 · June 19, 1937 · Original text

70. An Act To amend the Federal Register Act.

    Ch. 369 · 50 Stat. 304 · June 19, 1937 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of the estate of Everett P. Sheridan.

    Ch. 370 · 50 Stat. 998 · June 19, 1937 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Eleanora S. Richardson.

    Ch. 371 · 50 Stat. 998 · June 19, 1937 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Johnson and Joy Johnson, a minor.

    Ch. 372 · 50 Stat. 998 · June 19, 1937 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of William Hayes.

    Ch. 373 · 50 Stat. 999 · June 22, 1937 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of war, catastrophes of nature, and other causes.

    Ch. 374 · 50 Stat. 999 · June 22, 1937 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Rosalie Rose.

    Ch. 375 · 50 Stat. 1002 · June 22, 1937 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To amend the provisions of the pension laws for peace-time service to include Reserve officers and members of the Enlisted Reserves.

    Ch. 376 · 50 Stat. 305 · June 23, 1937 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Antietam.

    Ch. 377 · 50 Stat. 306 · June 24, 1937 · Original text

79. An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.

    Ch. 381 · 50 Stat. 306 · June 24, 1937 · Original text

80. Railroad Retirement Act of 1935

    An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other purposes”, approved August 29, 1935.

    Ch. 382 · 50 Stat. 307 · June 24, 1937 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of the Coast Fir and Cedar Products Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 378 · 50 Stat. 1003 · June 24, 1937 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of A. R. Netterville, Senior.

    Ch. 379 · 50 Stat. 1003 · June 24, 1937 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To amend Private Act Numbered 210, approved August 13, 1935, by substituting as payee therein the Clark Dredging Company in lieu of the Bowers Southern Dredging Company.

    Ch. 380 · 50 Stat. 1004 · June 24, 1937 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To establish a Civilian Conservation Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 383 · 50 Stat. 319 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the original Norfolk (Virginia) land grant and the two-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the city of Norfolk, Virginia, as a borough.

    Ch. 384 · 50 Stat. 322 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

86. An Act To extend the time for purchase and distribution of surplus agricultural commodities for relief purposes and to continue the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation.

    Ch. 385 · 50 Stat. 323 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

87. An Act To further amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the collection and editing of official papers of the Territories of the United States now in the national archives”, approved March 3, 1925, as amended.

    Ch. 386 · 50 Stat. 323 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to defray expenses incident to the dedication of chapels and other World War memorials erected in Europe, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 387 · 50 Stat. 324 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Menominee, Michigan.

    Ch. 390 · 50 Stat. 325 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Manistique, Michigan.

    Ch. 391 · 50 Stat. 325 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

91. Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937

    An Act For the protection of the northern Pacific halibut fishery.

    Ch. 392 · 50 Stat. 325 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To provide for the publication and sale by the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission of certain historical and educational material.

    Ch. 393 · 50 Stat. 328 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

93. An Act To extend the period during which the purposes specified in section 7 (a) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act may be carried out by payments by the Secretary of Agriculture to producers.

    Ch. 395 · 50 Stat. 329 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

94. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 396 · 50 Stat. 329 · June 28, 1937 · Original text

95. An Act To provide an appropriation for the payment of claims of persons who suffered property damage, death, or personal injury due to the explosion at the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, July 10, 1926.

    Ch. 388 · 50 Stat. 1004 · June 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Montrose Grimstead.

    Ch. 389 · 50 Stat. 1004 · June 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Dorothy White, Mrs. Carol M. White, and Charles A. White.

    Ch. 394 · 50 Stat. 1005 · June 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Goldie Durham.

    Ch. 397 · 50 Stat. 1005 · June 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Claude Curteman.

    Ch. 398 · 50 Stat. 1006 · June 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of F. M. Loeffler.

     Ch. 399 · 50 Stat. 1006 · June 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text