Every law Congress has passed

1,659 laws of the 76th Congress, 1939–1941

1. An Act To extend the provisions of the Forest Exchange Act, as amended, to certainlands so that they may become part of the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.

   Ch. 279 · 54 Stat. 251 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

2. An Act For the benefit of the Indians of the Crow Reservation, Montana, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 280 · 54 Stat. 252 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the conservation and transfer of accumulated sick leave and vacation time due classified civil-service employees who succeed to the position of postmaster, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 281 · 54 Stat. 252 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

4. An Act To repeal the prohibition against the filling of a vacancy in the office of district judge for the southern district of New York.

   Ch. 282 · 54 Stat. 253 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

5. An Act Granting to the regents of the University of New Mexico the right to alienate certain lands conveyed to them under authority of the Act of Congress, approved August 19, 1935 (49 Stat. 659), in exchange for an equivalent amount of land more expediently situated.

   Ch. 283 · 54 Stat. 253 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

6. An Act To repeal certain laws with respect to manifests and vessel permits.

   Ch. 284 · 54 Stat. 254 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

7. An Act To set aside certain lands for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 285 · 54 Stat. 254 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

8. An Act To make it a crime to wreck or attempt to wreck a train engaged in interstate commerce.

   Ch. 286 · 54 Stat. 255 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing the county of Knox, State of Nebraska, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Niobrara, Nebraska.

   Ch. 287 · 54 Stat. 256 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the county of Burt, State of Nebraska, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Decatur, Nebraska.

    Ch. 288 · 54 Stat. 257 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

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

    Ch. 289 · 54 Stat. 258 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, an easement over certain land of the United States in Wayne County, Michigan, for a sewage-disposal line.

    Ch. 290 · 54 Stat. 258 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

13. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Winona, Minnesota.

    Ch. 291 · 54 Stat. 259 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

14. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 292 · 54 Stat. 259 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

15. An Act To accept the grant to the United States of certain land by the State of South Carolina and to authorize its use by the United States Coast Guard.

    Ch. 293 · 54 Stat. 260 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution Authorizing the removal of the statue of John Marshall from its present site on the Capitol Grounds to a new site in proximity to the Supreme Court Building.

    Ch. 294 · 54 Stat. 260 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To authorize compacts or agreements between or among the States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean with respect to fishing in the territorial waters and bays and inlets of the Atlantic Ocean on which such States border, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 295 · 54 Stat. 261 · June 8, 1940 · Original text

18. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Montana to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the estate of Joseph Mihelich.

    Ch. 296 · 54 Stat. 1276 · June 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of J. Frank Kuner, private, uniformed force, United States Secret Service.

    Ch. 297 · 54 Stat. 1277 · June 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of John R. Elliott.

    Ch. 298 · 54 Stat. 1277 · June 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of the Gallup Mercantile Company of Gallup, New Mexico.

    Ch. 299 · 54 Stat. 1277 · June 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the Hermosa-Redondo Hospital, C. Max Anderson, Julian O. Wilke, Curtis A. Wherrv, H Hollie B. Murray, Ruth M. Laird, Sigrid I. Olsen, and Stella S. Guy.

    Ch. 300 · 54 Stat. 1278 · June 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act To amend section 5136 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to authorize charitable contributions by national banking associations.

    Ch. 301 · 54 Stat. 261 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

24. An Act To declare Frankford Creek, Pennsylvania, to be a nonnavigable stream.

    Ch. 302 · 54 Stat. 262 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

25. An Act To extend the existence of the Alaskan International Highway Commission for an additional four years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 303 · 54 Stat. 262 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

26. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.

    Ch. 304 · 54 Stat. 262 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

27. An Act To postpone for one year the date of the transmission to Congress by the United States Coronado Exposition Commission of a statement of its expenditures.

    Ch. 305 · 54 Stat. 263 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Providing for an annual appropriation to meet the share of the United States toward the expenses of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts, and for participation in the meetings of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts and the commissions established by that Committee.

    Ch. 306 · 54 Stat. 263 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Providing for more uniform coverage under the Railroad Retirement Acts of 1935 and 1937, the Carriers Taxing Act of 1937, and subchapter B of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 307 · 54 Stat. 264 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

30. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 313 · 54 Stat. 265 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

31. An Act To facilitate the control of soil erosion and/or flood damage originating upon lands within the exterior boundaries of the Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County, California.

    Ch. 314 · 54 Stat. 297 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Indiana who have paid taxes on allotted lands for which patents in fee were issued without application by or consent of the allottees and subsequently canceled, and for the reimbursement of public subdivisions by whom judgments for such claims have been paid.

    Ch. 315 · 54 Stat. 298 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

33. An Act To facilitate the control of soil erosion and/or flood damage originating upon lands within the exterior boundaries of the Angeles National Forest, California.

    Ch. 316 · 54 Stat. 299 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing the selection of a site in the District of Columbia and the erection thereon of a statue of George Washington.

    Ch. 317 · 54 Stat. 299 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of North Carolina for use in connection with the Blue Ridge Parkway certain land within the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. 318 · 54 Stat. 299 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the service pension Acts pertaining to the War with Spain, Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition to include certain continuous service.

    Ch. 319 · 54 Stat. 301 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

37. An Act To transfer the site and buildings of the Tomah Indian School to the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 320 · 54 Stat. 301 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

38. An Act To establish the Hot Springs division of the Western Judicial District of Arkansas.

    Ch. 321 · 54 Stat. 302 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

39. An Act To transfer certain Indian lands to the Grand River Dam Authority, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 322 · 54 Stat. 303 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Criminal Code so as to confer concurrent jurisdiction on courts of the United States over crimes committed on certain Federal reservations.

    Ch. 323 · 54 Stat. 304 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

41. An Act To amend section 4370 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., 1034 edition, title 46, sec. 316).

    Ch. 324 · 54 Stat. 304 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

42. An Act To limit the interpretation of the term “products of American fisheries’’.

    Ch. 325 · 54 Stat. 305 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

43. An Act Making it a misdemeanor to stow away on vessels and providing punishment therefor.

    Ch. 326 · 54 Stat. 306 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To make temporary emergency provision for the determination of foreign construction costs under section 502 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

    Ch. 327 · 54 Stat. 306 · June 11, 1940 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Thomas G. Abbitt.

    Ch. 308 · 54 Stat. 1278 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Le Roy Breithaupt.

    Ch. 309 · 54 Stat. 1279 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Walter R. Maguire.

    Ch. 310 · 54 Stat. 1279 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Barnet Warren.

    Ch. 311 · 54 Stat. 1279 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Erich Hecht, Grete J. L. Hecht, and Erich F. Hecht, Junior.

    Ch. 312 · 54 Stat. 1280 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Bruno Arena.

    Ch. 328 · 54 Stat. 1280 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Walter J. Hogan and W. R. Larkin, in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho.

    Ch. 329 · 54 Stat. 1280 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Parr.

    Ch. 330 · 54 Stat. 1281 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Verle S. Ward.

    Ch. 331 · 54 Stat. 1281 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Esther Ross.

    Ch. 332 · 54 Stat. 1281 · June 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

55. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1941

    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, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 333 · 54 Stat. 307 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant to the State of Montana for the use and benefit of the Montana School of Mines a patent to a certain tract of land.

    Ch. 334 · 54 Stat. 343 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

57. An Act To provide for a change in the time for holding court at Rock Hill and Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    Ch. 335 · 54 Stat. 344 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 73 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii”, approved April 30, 1900, as amended.

    Ch. 336 · 54 Stat. 345 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the examination of civilian nautical schools and for the inspection of vessels used in connection therewith, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 337 · 54 Stat. 346 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

60. An Act To amend sections 798 and 800 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, relating to murder in the first degree.

    Ch. 339 · 54 Stat. 347 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

61. An Act Relating to the hours of service of persons employed upon the Government-owned Wiota-Fort Peck Railroad in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 340 · 54 Stat. 348 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

62. An Act To amend section 107 of the Judicial Code, as amended, to eliminate the requirement that suitable accommodations for holding the court at Winchester, Tennessee, be provided by the local authorities.

    Ch. 341 · 54 Stat. 348 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

63. An Act To provide educational employees of the public schools of the District of Columbia with leave of absence, with part pay, for purposes of educational improvement, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 342 · 54 Stat. 349 · June 12, 1940 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the cancelation of deportation proceedings in the case of John L. Harder and children, Paul William Harder, Irvin W. Harder, Edna Justina Harder, Elsie Anna Harder, and Elizabeth Harder.

    Ch. 338 · 54 Stat. 1282 · June 12, 1940 · Private law · Original text

65. Military Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 343 · 54 Stat. 350 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the promotion of promotion-list officers of the Army after specified years of service in grade, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 344 · 54 Stat. 379 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

67. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement for division of the waters of the Little Missouri River.

    Ch. 345 · 54 Stat. 382 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

68. An Act To promote on the retired list officers who were decorated and recommended for promotion for distinguished service during the World War and who have not attained the rank to which recommended.

    Ch. 346 · 54 Stat. 382 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 662), so as to provide uniformity in the pay of all civilian employees of the Navy Department appointed for duty beyond the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska.

    Ch. 347 · 54 Stat. 383 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

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

    Ch. 348 · 54 Stat. 383 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the sale of fuel, electric current, ice, and water at isolated naval stations.

    Ch. 349 · 54 Stat. 383 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

72. An Act To provide that fines for failure to pay license taxes in Alaska shall be disposed of as provided for the disposition of such taxes.

    Ch. 350 · 54 Stat. 384 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

73. An Act To prevent retardation in promotion and in pay and allowances of permanent professors of the United States Military Academy appointed by the President from the commissioned officers of the Regular Army.

    Ch. 351 · 54 Stat. 385 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

74. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Secretary of the Interior and the State of Washington to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge across the Spokane River, Washington.

    Ch. 352 · 54 Stat. 385 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

75. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Secretary of the Interior and Stevens County, State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge across the Kettle River, near Marcus, Washington.

    Ch. 353 · 54 Stat. 385 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

76. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Secretary of the Interior and the Great Northern Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate two railroad bridges across the Kettle River, near Marcus, Washington.

    Ch. 354 · 54 Stat. 386 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

77. An Act To donate to the city of Seattle a totem pole carved by the Alaskan native Civilian Conservation Corps.

    Ch. 355 · 54 Stat. 386 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement for pipe lines across public lands reserved for military purposes in the parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana.

    Ch. 356 · 54 Stat. 386 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

79. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to grant to the city of Port Lauderdale, Florida, an casement or easements authorizing such city to construct and maintain a highway and utility facilities over the United States Coast Guard Reservation known as base six at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

    Ch. 357 · 54 Stat. 387 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

80. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code.

    Ch. 358 · 54 Stat. 387 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

81. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act providing punishment for the killing or assaulting of Federal officers.

    Ch. 359 · 54 Stat. 391 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 360 · 54 Stat. 392 · June 13, 1940 · Original text

83. An Act To repeal the provisions of Private Law Numbered 347, Seventy-first Congress,pertaining to Victoria Kessel.

    Ch. 361 · 54 Stat. 1282 · June 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of John A. Farrell.

    Ch. 362 · 54 Stat. 1282 · June 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the issuance to Orville Wright of honorary aircraft pilot’s certificate numbered 1.

    Ch. 363 · 54 Stat. 1283 · June 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 364 · 54 Stat. 394 · June 14, 1940 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretaries of War and of the Navy to assist the governments of American republics to increase their military and naval establishments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 365 · 54 Stat. 396 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Federal Credit Union Act (June 26, 1934, ch. 750, par. 1, 48 Stat. 1216, sec. 1761).

    Ch. 366 · 54 Stat. 398 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

89. An Act To facilitate and simplify national-forest administration.

    Ch. 367 · 54 Stat. 398 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To authorize the postponement of payment of amounts payable to the United States by the Republic of Finland on Its indebtedness under agreements between that Republic and the United States dated May 1, 1923, and May 23, 1932.

    Ch. 371 · 54 Stat. 398 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

91. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement for division of the waters of the Yellowstone River.

    Ch. 372 · 54 Stat. 399 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

92. An Act To require the payment of prevailing rates of wages on Federal public works in Alaska and Hawaii.

    Ch. 373 · 54 Stat. 399 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

93. An Act To regulate the number of warrant and commissioned warrant officers in the Marine Corps.

    Ch. 374 · 54 Stat. 400 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the construction or acquisition of naval aircraft, the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 375 · 54 Stat. 400 · June 15, 1940 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Harry Huston.

    Ch. 368 · 54 Stat. 1283 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the presentation of a special gold medal to William Sinnott.

    Ch. 369 · 54 Stat. 1283 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Laura Trice Converse.

    Ch. 370 · 54 Stat. 1283 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the Acme Die-Casting Corporation.

    Ch. 376 · 54 Stat. 1284 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Thermal Syndicate, Limited.

    Ch. 377 · 54 Stat. 1284 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Charles B. Chrystal.

     Ch. 378 · 54 Stat. 1284 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text