Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of the estate of Rees Morgan.

   Ch. 400 · 50 Stat. 1006 · June 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

2. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937

   Joint Resolution Making appropriations for relief purposes.

   Ch. 401 · 50 Stat. 352 · June 29, 1937 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To provide revenue, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 402 · 50 Stat. 358 · June 29, 1937 · Original text

4. 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, 1938, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 403 · 50 Stat. 359 · June 29, 1937 · Original text

5. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 404 · 50 Stat. 395 · June 29, 1937 · Original text

6. Carriers Taxing Act of 1937

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

   Ch. 405 · 50 Stat. 441 · June 29, 1937 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act of May 3, 1928 [45 Stat. L. 484), and for other purposes.

   Ch. 406 · 50 Stat. 441 · June 29, 1937 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To provide that the United States extend to foreign governments invitations to participate in the International Congress of Architects to be held in the United States during the calendar year 1939, and to authorize an appropriation to assist in meeting the expenses of the session.

   Ch. 407 · 50 Stat. 441 · June 29, 1937 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Elbert Arnold Jarrell.

   Ch. 408 · 50 Stat. 1007 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Otis Cordle, a minor.

    Ch. 409 · 50 Stat. 1007 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Louis Abner.

    Ch. 410 · 50 Stat. 1008 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Sarah L. Smith.

    Ch. 411 · 50 Stat. 1008 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of John Knaack.

    Ch. 412 · 50 Stat. 1008 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Leah Levine.

    Ch. 413 · 50 Stat. 1009 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of R. N. Teague and Minnie Teague.

    Ch. 414 · 50 Stat. 1009 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Reverend Harry J. Hill.

    Ch. 415 · 50 Stat. 1010 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of the estate of John E. Callaway.

    Ch. 416 · 50 Stat. 1010 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Albert Retellatto, a minor.

    Ch. 417 · 50 Stat. 1011 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Martin J. Blazevich.

    Ch. 418 · 50 Stat. 1011 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Lucy Jane Ayer.

    Ch. 419 · 50 Stat. 1012 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Sarah E. Palmer.

    Ch. 420 · 50 Stat. 1012 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Charles W. Benton.

    Ch. 421 · 50 Stat. 1012 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Harold Scott and Ellis Marks.

    Ch. 422 · 50 Stat. 1013 · June 29, 1937 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 423 · 50 Stat. 442 · July 1, 1937 · Original text

25. Extension of Appropriations Act, 1938

    An Act Making appropriations for the first half of the month of July 1937, for certain operations of the Federal Government which remain unprovided for on July 1, 1937, through the failure of enactment of the supply bills customarily providing for such operations.

    Ch. 424 · 50 Stat. 468 · July 1, 1937 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Railroad Retirement Account, and other activities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 425 · 50 Stat. 469 · July 1, 1937 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Act relating to the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board of Trustees, approved June 10, 1930, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 426 · 50 Stat. 471 · July 2, 1937 · Original text

28. An Act To provide for the representation of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the annual conference of senior circuit judges.

    Ch. 427 · 50 Stat. 473 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

29. An Act To transfer Crawford County, Iowa, from the southern judicial district of Iowa to the northern judicial district of Iowa.

    Ch. 428 · 50 Stat. 474 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

30. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Puget Sound at or near a point commonly known as The Narrows in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 429 · 50 Stat. 474 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for a term of court at Livingston, Montana.

    Ch. 430 · 50 Stat. 474 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

32. An Act To extend times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at or near Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana.

    Ch. 431 · 50 Stat. 475 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act.

    Ch. 432 · 50 Stat. 475 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland and the State Road Commission of the State of West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Potomac River in Washington County, Maryland, at or near a point opposite Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and a point at or near Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, to take the place of a bridge destroyed by flood.

    Ch. 433 · 50 Stat. 475 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

35. An Act Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland and the State Road Commission of the State of West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Potomac River at or near a point in the vicinity of Hancock, in Washington County, Maryland, and a point near the north end of Morgan County, West Virginia, to take the place of a bridge destroyed by flood.

    Ch. 434 · 50 Stat. 476 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

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

    Ch. 435 · 50 Stat. 477 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

37. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Snake River between Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.

    Ch. 436 · 50 Stat. 477 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution To amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend section 4471 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended.”

    Ch. 438 · 50 Stat. 477 · July 5, 1937 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Angelo and Auro Cattaneo.

    Ch. 437 · 50 Stat. 1013 · July 5, 1937 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of James Philip Coyle.

    Ch. 439 · 50 Stat. 1014 · July 6, 1937 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of the Jackson Casket and Manufacturing Company.

    Ch. 440 · 50 Stat. 1014 · July 6, 1937 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Act of May 25, 1933 (48 Stat. 73).

    Ch. 441 · 50 Stat. 477 · July 8, 1937 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lease to Old Fort Niagara Association, Incorporated, portions of the Fort Niagara Military Reservation, New York.

    Ch. 442 · 50 Stat. 478 · July 8, 1937 · Original text

44. An Act Authorizing cash relief for certain employees of the Panama Canal not coming within the provisions of the Canal Zone Retirement Act.

    Ch. 443 · 50 Stat. 478 · July 8, 1937 · Original text

45. Government Losses in Shipment Act

    An Act To dispense with the necessity for insurance by the Government against loss or damage to valuables in shipment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 444 · 50 Stat. 479 · July 8, 1937 · Original text

46. An Act To permit the temporary entry into the United States under certain conditions of alien participants and officials of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Silver Jubilee Camp to be held in the United States in 1937.

    Ch. 445 · 50 Stat. 484 · July 8, 1937 · Original text

47. An Act Validating and confirming certain mineral patents issued for lands situated in township 5 south, range 15 east, Montana principal meridian, in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 468 · 50 Stat. 485 · July 8, 1937 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of E. W. Garrison.

    Ch. 446 · 50 Stat. 1014 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Clifford R. George and Mabel 1 D. George.

    Ch. 447 · 50 Stat. 1015 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Paul J. Francis.

    Ch. 448 · 50 Stat. 1015 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Lonnie O. Ledford.

    Ch. 449 · 50 Stat. 1016 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Timothy Joseph McCarthy.

    Ch. 450 · 50 Stat. 1016 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of E. P. Lewis.

    Ch. 451 · 50 Stat. 1016 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of John H. Wykle.

    Ch. 452 · 50 Stat. 1017 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of H. E. Wingard.

    Ch. 453 · 50 Stat. 1017 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of John L. Summers, former disbursing clerk, Treasury Department; and Frank White, G. F. Allen, H. T. Tate, and W. O. Woods, former Treasurers of the United States.

    Ch. 454 · 50 Stat. 1017 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Richard T. Edwards.

    Ch. 455 · 50 Stat. 1018 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Frank A. Smith.

    Ch. 456 · 50 Stat. 1018 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of certain former disbursing officers of the Veterans’ Administration and of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Federal Board for Vocational Education, and the United States Veterans’ Bureau (now Veterans’ Administration).

    Ch. 457 · 50 Stat. 1019 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Dorothy McCourt.

    Ch. 458 · 50 Stat. 1021 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of John Brennan.

    Ch. 459 · 50 Stat. 1021 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Raymond E. Payne and Anna R. Payne.

    Ch. 460 · 50 Stat. 1022 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Porter.

    Ch. 461 · 50 Stat. 1022 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Laura E. Alexander.

    Ch. 462 · 50 Stat. 1023 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of the Northwestern Ohio Mutual Rodded Fire Insurance Company.

    Ch. 463 · 50 Stat. 1023 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of C. O. Eastman.

    Ch. 464 · 50 Stat. 1024 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of A. L. Mallery.

    Ch. 465 · 50 Stat. 1024 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Charles B. Murphy.

    Ch. 466 · 50 Stat. 1024 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

69. Joint Resolution Authorizing certain retired officers or employees of the United States to accept such decorations, orders, medals, or presents as have been tendered them by foreign Governments.

    Ch. 467 · 50 Stat. 1025 · July 8, 1937 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To provide for the acquisition of certain lands for, and the addition thereof to, the Yosemite National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 469 · 50 Stat. 485 · July 9, 1937 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code.

    Ch. 470 · 50 Stat. 486 · July 9, 1937 · Original text

72. An Act To amend Public Act Numbered 467, Seventy-third Congress, entitled “Federal Credit Union Act.”

    Ch. 471 · 50 Stat. 487 · July 9, 1937 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the stamp provisions of the Bottling in Bond Act.

    Ch. 472 · 50 Stat. 487 · July 9, 1937 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Providing for the participation of the United States in the world’s fair to be held by the San Francisco Bay Exposition, Incorporated, in the city of San Francisco during the year 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 473 · 50 Stat. 488 · July 9, 1937 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Authorizing Federal participation in the New York World’s Fair 1939.

    Ch. 474 · 50 Stat. 493 · July 9, 1937 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Frank S. Walker.

    Ch. 475 · 50 Stat. 1025 · July 9, 1937 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Dominga Pardo.

    Ch. 476 · 50 Stat. 1026 · July 9, 1937 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Allie Rankin.

    Ch. 477 · 50 Stat. 1026 · July 9, 1937 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of W. R. Fuchs.

    Ch. 478 · 50 Stat. 1026 · July 9, 1937 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muzio.

    Ch. 479 · 50 Stat. 1027 · July 9, 1937 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Willard Webster.

    Ch. 480 · 50 Stat. 1027 · July 9, 1937 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 460, chapter 44, title II, of the Act entitled “An Act to define and punish crimes in the District of Alaska and to provide a code of criminal procedure for said District”, approved March 3, 1899, as amended.

    Ch. 481 · 50 Stat. 497 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920.

    Ch. 482 · 50 Stat. 497 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

84. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue sewer bonds.

    Ch. 483 · 50 Stat. 507 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to create a public corporate authority authorized to engage in slum clearance and housing undertakings and to issue bonds of the authority, to authorize said legislature to provide for financial assistance to said authority by the Territory and its political subdivisions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 484 · 50 Stat. 508 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

86. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 485 · 50 Stat. 508 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

87. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes”, approved August 3, 1935.

    Ch. 486 · 50 Stat. 509 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code.

    Ch. 487 · 50 Stat. 509 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Authorizing the disposal of certain lands held by the Panama Railroad Company on Manzanillo Island, Republic of Panama.

    Ch. 488 · 50 Stat. 511 · July 10, 1937 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Adele Fowlkes.

    Ch. 489 · 50 Stat. 1028 · July 10, 1937 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of W. D. Davis.

    Ch. 490 · 50 Stat. 1028 · July 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of certain employees of the Division of Investigation, Department of the Interior, and certain disbursing officers of the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 491 · 50 Stat. 1029 · July 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To extend the benefits of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to certain employees in the legislative and judicial branches of the Government.

    Ch. 494 · 50 Stat. 512 · July 13, 1937 · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing John Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, to accept the decoration tendered him by the Belgian Government.

    Ch. 492 · 50 Stat. 1030 · July 13, 1937 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing the naturalization of James Lincoln Hartley, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 493 · 50 Stat. 1030 · July 13, 1937 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Validating homestead entry Billings 029004 of Lillian J. Glinn.

    Ch. 495 · 50 Stat. 1030 · July 13, 1937 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of the Charles T. Miller Hospital, Incorporated, at Saint Paul, Minnesota; Doctor Edgar T. Herrmann; Ruth Kehoe, nurse; and Catherine Foley, nurse.

    Ch. 496 · 50 Stat. 1030 · July 13, 1937 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the advancement on the retired list of the Navy of Clyde J. Nesser, a lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy, retired.

    Ch. 497 · 50 Stat. 1031 · July 13, 1937 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of George E. Shockley.

    Ch. 498 · 50 Stat. 1031 · July 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Mildred Moore.

     Ch. 499 · 50 Stat. 1031 · July 15, 1937 · Private law · Original text