Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Hans Everson.

   Ch. 800 · 50 Stat. 1079 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Norman E. Sherman and Banks W. Smith.

   Ch. 801 · 50 Stat. 1079 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Arthur T. Worley.

   Ch. 802 · 50 Stat. 1080 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Henry Clay Gibson.

   Ch. 803 · 50 Stat. 1080 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain enlisted men and former enlisted men of the Navy for the value of personal effects lost, damaged, or destroyed during the hurricane in Samoa on January 15, 1931.

   Ch. 804 · 50 Stat. 1081 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To provide an additional sum for the payment of claims under the Act entitled “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”, approved January 21, 1936 (49 Stat. 2212).

   Ch. 805 · 50 Stat. 1081 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Paul H. Norboe.

   Ch. 806 · 50 Stat. 1082 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Charlotte Sweeney, a minor, Howard Sweeney, a minor, William Hintz, and Martha Hintz.

   Ch. 807 · 50 Stat. 1082 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Frank Lee Borney.

   Ch. 808 · 50 Stat. 1083 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Anne E. Felix.

    Ch. 809 · 50 Stat. 1083 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Carolina Maldonado.

    Ch. 810 · 50 Stat. 1084 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Sadie N. Pike and Edward W. Pike.

    Ch. 811 · 50 Stat. 1084 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Helen Niehaus.

    Ch. 812 · 50 Stat. 1085 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the cancelation of deportation proceedings in the case of John Grinwood Taylor.

    Ch. 813 · 50 Stat. 1085 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Ragsdale and Knauss.

    Ch. 814 · 50 Stat. 1085 · August 25, 1937 · Private law · Original text

16. Revenue Act of 1937

    An Act To provide revenue, equalize taxation, prevent tax evasion and avoidance, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 815 · 50 Stat. 813 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution Providing for participation by the United States in the Pan American Exposition to be held in Tampa, Florida, in the year 1939 in commemoration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the landing of Hernando De Soto in Tampa Bay, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 816 · 50 Stat. 831 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Providing for the participation of the United States in the continuing international exposition to be known as Pacific Mercado, to be held in the city of Los Angeles, California, commencing in the year 1940, and in the year 1942 commemorating the landing of Cabrillo, and for other reasons.

    Ch. 817 · 50 Stat. 834 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

19. An Act To require certain common carriers by railroad to install and maintain certain appliances, methods, and systems intended to promote the safety of employees and travelers on railroads, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 818 · 50 Stat. 835 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

20. An Act To provide suitable accommodations for the district court of the United States at Glasgow, Montana.

    Ch. 819 · 50 Stat. 837 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey”, approved July 23, 1935.

    Ch. 820 · 50 Stat. 838 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

22. An Act To permit Members of Congress to enter into agreements under agricultural programs.

    Ch. 821 · 50 Stat. 838 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858; 49 Stat. 1985).

    Ch. 822 · 50 Stat. 839 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to continue the existing system of classification and pay of positions of lighthouse keepers.

    Ch. 823 · 50 Stat. 840 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

25. An Act To convey certain lands to Clackamas County, Oregon, for public-park purposes.

    Ch. 824 · 50 Stat. 840 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

26. An Act To credit laborers in the Postal Service with any fractional part of a year's substitute service toward promotion.

    Ch. 825 · 50 Stat. 840 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

27. An Act Giving superintendents at classified post-office stations credit for substitutes serving under them.

    Ch. 826 · 50 Stat. 841 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the construction of small reservoirs under the Federal reclamation laws.

    Ch. 827 · 50 Stat. 841 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the extension of certain prospecting permits, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 828 · 50 Stat. 842 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

30. An Act To continue in effect a certain lease for the quarters of the post office at Grover, North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 829 · 50 Stat. 842 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

31. An Act To fulfill certain treaty obligations with respect to water levels of the Lake of the Woods.

    Ch. 830 · 50 Stat. 843 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes”, increasing borrowing margin of municipality of Mayaguez.

    Ch. 831 · 50 Stat. 843 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

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

    Ch. 832 · 50 Stat. 844 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands at the New Cumberland General Depot, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 833 · 50 Stat. 857 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction and rehabilitation at military posts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 834 · 50 Stat. 857 · August 26, 1937 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Lula G. Sutton and others.

    Ch. 835 · 50 Stat. 1086 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of John T. Armstrong.

    Ch. 836 · 50 Stat. 1086 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of John A. Flagg.

    Ch. 837 · 50 Stat. 1086 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of William A. Devine.

    Ch. 838 · 50 Stat. 1087 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of James A. Lyons.

    Ch. 839 · 50 Stat. 1087 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Hattie Tolbert.

    Ch. 840 · 50 Stat. 1088 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of R. F. Lassly.

    Ch. 841 · 50 Stat. 1088 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Max D. Ordmann.

    Ch. 842 · 50 Stat. 1089 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Vincent Ford.

    Ch. 843 · 50 Stat. 1089 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the Derby Oil Company.

    Ch. 844 · 50 Stat. 1090 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Rosolino Zamito and Maria Zamito.

    Ch. 845 · 50 Stat. 1090 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Charles E. Names.

    Ch. 846 · 50 Stat. 1091 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Oliver Z. Hoge.

    Ch. 847 · 50 Stat. 1091 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Florida O. McLain, widow of Calvin E. McLain.

    Ch. 848 · 50 Stat. 1092 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Orba Caress.

    Ch. 849 · 50 Stat. 1092 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Jerome H. Howard.

    Ch. 850 · 50 Stat. 1092 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Bertha L. Frank.

    Ch. 851 · 50 Stat. 1093 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of John Stevens and the estate of Fred Hausauer, Junior.

    Ch. 852 · 50 Stat. 1093 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Luke Francis Brennan.

    Ch. 853 · 50 Stat. 1094 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act conferring upon the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, southern division, jurisdiction of the claim of Minnie C. de Back against the Alaska Railroad”, approved June 24, 1935.

    Ch. 854 · 50 Stat. 1094 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of H. A. Montgomery.

    Ch. 855 · 50 Stat. 1095 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Alden H. Baker.

    Ch. 856 · 50 Stat. 1095 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company.

    Ch. 857 · 50 Stat. 1095 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Major William W. McCaw.

    Ch. 858 · 50 Stat. 1096 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of R. E. Rainer, R. H. Alderman, and John Harmon.

    Ch. 859 · 50 Stat. 1096 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment, upon the claims of George Perdue, O. B. Ross, Sadie Washington, and the estate of Larry W. Fleming.

    Ch. 860 · 50 Stat. 1097 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the State of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Anthony Caramagno.

    Ch. 861 · 50 Stat. 1097 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Henry T. Sharp, Hilliard B. Atkins, and Theodore S. Meekins.

    Ch. 862 · 50 Stat. 1098 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of John E. T. Clark.

    Ch. 863 · 50 Stat. 1098 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Lon D. Worsham Company.

    Ch. 864 · 50 Stat. 1098 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Gallup’s, Incorporated.

    Ch. 865 · 50 Stat. 1099 · August 26, 1937 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984–988), relating to Indian Lands in Arizona.

    Ch. 866 · 50 Stat. 862 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for preliminary examinations and surveys for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds of the Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers.

    Ch. 867 · 50 Stat. 864 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to relinquish in favor of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, the interest in certain land acquired by the United States under the Federal Reclamation Laws.

    Ch. 868 · 50 Stat. 864 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

70. An Act To approve a compact or agreement between the State of Ohio and the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania relating to Pymatuning Lake.

    Ch. 869 · 50 Stat. 865 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

71. An Act To promote conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States by aiding in the development of facilities for water storage and utilization, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 870 · 50 Stat. 869 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended, to exempt persons traveling between Puerto Rico and the continental United States from the payment of a stamp tax on steamship tickets.

    Ch. 871 · 50 Stat. 870 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of former employees of the Federal Subsistence Homesteads Corporations.

    Ch. 872 · 50 Stat. 871 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

74. An Act To make available for national-park purposes certain lands within the area of the proposed Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.

    Ch. 873 · 50 Stat. 871 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

75. An Act Authorizing the establishment of a revolving loan fund for the Klamath Indians, Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 874 · 50 Stat. 872 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

76. An Act Making further provision with respect to the funds of the Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska.

    Ch. 875 · 50 Stat. 873 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

77. An Act Relating to the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands situated in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 876 · 50 Stat. 874 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

78. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936.

    Ch. 877 · 50 Stat. 876 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

79. An Act To extend the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico.

    Ch. 878 · 50 Stat. 881 · August 28, 1937 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Margaret Voorhees, a minor.

    Ch. 879 · 50 Stat. 1099 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of P. S. Everest.

    Ch. 880 · 50 Stat. 1100 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Harry Bryan and Alda Duffield Mullins, and others.

    Ch. 881 · 50 Stat. 1100 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of George H. Stahl and Henry A. Behrens.

    Ch. 882 · 50 Stat. 1100 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of George R. Slate.

    Ch. 883 · 50 Stat. 1100 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of M. M. Twichel.

    Ch. 884 · 50 Stat. 1102 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Lois H. Anthony and Albert J. E. Shay.

    Ch. 885 · 50 Stat. 1102 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of F. A. Gross and others.

    Ch. 886 · 50 Stat. 1102 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Harry A. Garfield, Cyrus Garnsey, Junior, James H. Allport, and Frank E. Harkness.

    Ch. 887 · 50 Stat. 1103 · August 28, 1937 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Fort Donelson National Military Park in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 888 · 50 Stat. 881 · August 30, 1937 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the taking of a census of partial employment, unemployment, and occupations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 889 · 50 Stat. 883 · August 30, 1937 · Original text

91. An Act Relating to certain lands within the boundaries of the Crow Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 890 · 50 Stat. 884 · August 31, 1937 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To permit the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact or agreement respecting the creation of a Potomac Valley conservancy district for the prevention or abatement of harmful pollution of the waters thereof.

    Ch. 891 · 50 Stat. 884 · August 31, 1937 · Original text

93. An Act To carry into effect the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of William W. Danenhower.

    Ch. 892 · 50 Stat. 1103 · August 31, 1937 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Elva T. Shuey.

    Ch. 893 · 50 Stat. 1104 · August 31, 1937 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of the Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, the First National Bank and Trust Company, and the Vicksburg Infirmary, all of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Ch. 894 · 50 Stat. 1104 · August 31, 1937 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Authorizing the conservation, production, exploitation, and sale of helium gas, a mineral resource pertaining to the national defense and to the development of commercial aeronautics, authorizing the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, by the United States of properties for the production of helium gas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 895 · 50 Stat. 885 · September 1, 1937 · Original text

97. United States Housing Act of 1937

    An Act To provide financial assistance to the States and political subdivisions thereof for the elimination of unsafe and insanitary housing conditions, for the eradication of slums, for the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income, and for the reduction of unemployment and the stimulation of business activity, to create a United States Housing Authority, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 896 · 50 Stat. 888 · September 1, 1937 · Original text

98. An Act To provide subsistence for the Eskimos and other natives of Alaska by establishing for them a permanent and self-sustaining economy; to encourage and develop native activity in all branches of the reindeer industry; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 897 · 50 Stat. 900 · September 1, 1937 · Original text

99. An Act To regulate commerce among the several States, with the Territories and possessions of the United States, and with foreign countries; to protect the welfare of consumers of sugars and of those engaged in the domestic sugar-producing industry; to promote the export trade of the United States; to raise revenue; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 898 · 50 Stat. 903 · September 1, 1937 · Original text

100. An Act To provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 899 · 50 Stat. 917 · September 2, 1937 · Original text