Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Joseph F. Tondre.

   Ch. 379 · 54 Stat. 1285 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Harold W. Kinderman.

   Ch. 380 · 54 Stat. 1285 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing the President to present the Navy Cross to Captain Frank N. Roberts, United States Army.

   Ch. 381 · 54 Stat. 1286 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To provide for the advancement of John L. Hines on the retired list of the Army.

   Ch. 382 · 54 Stat. 1286 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Nadine Sanders.

   Ch. 383 · 54 Stat. 1286 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Andrew Olson.

   Ch. 384 · 54 Stat. 1286 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Roy F. Lassly, former Acting Chief Disbursing Clerk, Department of the Interior.

   Ch. 385 · 54 Stat. 1287 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the Lewis State Bank of Tallahassee, Florida.

   Ch. 386 · 54 Stat. 1287 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Alice C. Wainwright.

   Ch. 387 · 54 Stat. 1288 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Major L. P. Worrall, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 388 · 54 Stat. 1288 · June 15, 1940 · Private law · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect information as to amount and value of all goods produced in State and Federal Prisons.

    Ch. 389 · 54 Stat. 401 · June 17, 1940 · Original text

12. An Act To extend the time limit for cooperation between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Farm Security Administration in the development of farm units on public lands under Federal reclamation projects.

    Ch. 390 · 54 Stat. 402 · June 17, 1940 · Original text

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

    Ch. 391 · 54 Stat. 402 · June 17, 1940 · Original text

14. An Act To extend the provisions of the Forest Exchange Act, as amended, to certain lands, so that they may become parts of the Whitman, Malheur, or Umatilla National Forests.

    Ch. 392 · 54 Stat. 402 · June 17, 1940 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the city of Pierre, South Dakota, to construct, equip, maintain, and operate on Farm Island, South Dakota, certain amusement and recreational facilities; to charge for the use thereof; and for other purposes”, approved August 16, 1937.

    Ch. 393 · 54 Stat. 405 · June 17, 1940 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Edward Smith.

    Ch. 394 · 54 Stat. 1289 · June 17, 1940 · Private law · Original text

17. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 395 · 54 Stat. 406 · June 18, 1940 · Original text

18. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 396 · 54 Stat. 462 · June 18, 1940 · Original text

19. District of Columbia Cooperative Association Act

    An Act To amend the Code of the District of Columbia to provide for the organization and regulation of cooperative associations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 397 · 54 Stat. 480 · June 19, 1940 · Original text

20. An Act To amend an Act to authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, projectiles, and other condemned material in their respective Departments.

    Ch. 398 · 54 Stat. 491 · June 19, 1940 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Authorizing the recognition of the two-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the University of Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and the beginning of university education in the United States, and providing for the representation of the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the anniversary.

    Ch. 399 · 54 Stat. 491 · June 20, 1940 · Original text

22. An Act Providing for the reorganization of the Navy Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 400 · 54 Stat. 492 · June 20, 1940 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Act approved May 24, 1938, entitled “An Act for the relief of the Comision Mixta Demarcadora de Limites Entre Colombia y Panama” and for the relief of Jose Antonio Sossa D.

    Ch. 407 · 54 Stat. 494 · June 20, 1940 · Original text

24. 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. 408 · 54 Stat. 495 · June 20, 1940 · Original text

25. An Act Directing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Albert W. Gabbey a patent to certain lands in the State of Wyoming.

    Ch. 401 · 54 Stat. 1289 · June 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Janet Hendel, nee Judith Shapiro.

    Ch. 402 · 54 Stat. 1289 · June 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Lena Hendel, nee Lena Goldberg.

    Ch. 403 · 54 Stat. 1290 · June 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Kurt Wessely.

    Ch. 404 · 54 Stat. 1290 · June 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Maria Teresa Valdes Thompson.

    Ch. 405 · 54 Stat. 1291 · June 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Zook Palm Nurseries, Incorporated, a Florida corporation.

    Ch. 406 · 54 Stat. 1291 · June 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the alteration of certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States, for the apportionment of the cost of such alterations between the United States and the owners of such bridges, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 409 · 54 Stat. 497 · June 21, 1940 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing a grant to the city of Fargo, North Dakota, of an easement in connection with the construction of water and sewer systems.

    Ch. 410 · 54 Stat. 503 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the purchase of a site and the erection of a building in the State of Massachusetts for use as a radio-monitoring station, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 411 · 54 Stat. 504 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the sale of lumber and other forest products obtained from the forests on Indian reservations by Indian enterprises.

    Ch. 412 · 54 Stat. 504 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

35. An Act Authorizing the transfer of title of the Hayward Indian School to the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 413 · 54 Stat. 504 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the local delivery rate on certain first-class mail matter.

    Ch. 414 · 54 Stat. 505 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

37. War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, for civil functions administered by the War department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 415 · 54 Stat. 505 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

38. An Act To amend sections 2803 (c) and 2903 of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 416 · 54 Stat. 512 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

39. An Act To eliminate the tax on brandy and wine spirits used in the fortification of wine; to increase the tax on wine; to compensate for the loss of revenue occasioned by the elimination of the tax on brandy and wine spirits used in the fortification of wine; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 417 · 54 Stat. 513 · June 24, 1940 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 2194), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 418 · 54 Stat. 1291 · June 24, 1940 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the expenses of national preparedness by raising revenue and issuing bonds, to provide a method for paying for such bonds, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 419 · 54 Stat. 516 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

42. An Act To transfer the active list of the Construction Corps to the line of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 420 · 54 Stat. 527 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

43. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and. for other purposes.

    Ch. 421 · 54 Stat. 532 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

44. An Act To amend section 210 of the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1073; 47 U. S. C. 210), so as to permit communication utilities to contribute free services to the national defense.

    Ch. 422 · 54 Stat. 570 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

45. An Act To amend section 301 (a) of the Sugar Act of 1937.

    Ch. 423 · 54 Stat. 571 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant to the Road Department of the State of Florida an easement for a road right-of-way over the Coast Guard Reservation at Flagler Beach, Florida.

    Ch. 424 · 54 Stat. 571 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

47. An Act To allow moving expenses to employees in the Railway Mail Service.

    Ch. 425 · 54 Stat. 571 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

48. An Act For the protection against unlawful use of the badge, medal, emblem, or other insignia of veterans’ organizations incorporated by Act of Congress, and providing penalties for the violation thereof.

    Ch. 426 · 54 Stat. 571 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the purchase by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of stock of Federal home-loan banks; to amend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 427 · 54 Stat. 572 · June 25, 1940 · Original text

50. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 428 · 54 Stat. 574 · June 26, 1940 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the convention of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Springfield, Illinois, September 8 to 13, inclusive, 1940.

    Ch. 429 · 54 Stat. 598 · June 26, 1940 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To amend section 4 of Public Resolution Numbered 54, approved November 4, 1939, entitled “Joint resolution to preserve the neutrality and the peace of the United States and to secure the safety of its citizens and their interests.”

    Ch. 431 · 54 Stat. 611 · June 26, 1940 · Original text

53. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1941

    Joint Resolution Making appropriations for work relief and relief, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941.

    Ch. 432 · 54 Stat. 611 · June 26, 1940 · Original text

54. First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 430 · 54 Stat. 628 · June 26, 1940 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Wilbur P. Riddlesbarger and Josephine Riddlesbarger.

    Ch. 435 · 54 Stat. 1288 · June 26, 1940 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Albert L. Barnholtz.

    Ch. 433 · 54 Stat. 1292 · June 26, 1940 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of H. S. Wayman.

    Ch. 434 · 54 Stat. 1292 · June 26, 1940 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Thomas Boyd.

    Ch. 436 · 54 Stat. 1293 · June 26, 1940 · Private law · Original text

59. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1940, and June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 437 · 54 Stat. 628 · June 27, 1940 · Original text

60. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 438 · 54 Stat. 667 · June 28, 1940 · Original text

61. Alien Registration Act, 1940

    Joint Resolution To prohibit certain subversive activities; to amend certain provisions of law with respect to the admission and deportation of aliens; to require the fingerprinting and registration of aliens; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 439 · 54 Stat. 670 · June 28, 1940 · Original text

62. An Act To expedite national defense, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 440 · 54 Stat. 676 · June 28, 1940 · Original text

63. An Act To extend for two additional years the reduced rates of interest on Federal land bank and Land Bank Commissioner loans.

    Ch. 441 · 54 Stat. 684 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To make emergency provision for the maintenance of essential vessels affected by the Neutrality Act of 1939, and for adjustment of obligations with respect to such vessels.

    Ch. 442 · 54 Stat. 684 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

65. An Act To divest prize-fight films of their character as subjects of interstate or foreign, commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 443 · 54 Stat. 686 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 444 · 54 Stat. 686 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

67. An Act To give the Supreme Court of the United States authority to prescribe rules of pleading, practice, and procedure with respect to proceedings in criminal cases prior to and including verdict, or finding or plea of guilty.

    Ch. 445 · 54 Stat. 688 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for leave of absence, with pay, for any employee of the United States or of the District of Columbia who may be called upon for jury service in any State court or court of the United States.

    Ch. 446 · 54 Stat. 689 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for marine war-risk insurance and reinsurance and for marine risk reinsurance, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 447 · 54 Stat. 689 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the temporary detail of John L. Savage, an employee of the United States, to service under the Government of the State of New South Wales, Australia, and the Government of the Punjab, India.

    Ch. 448 · 54 Stat. 691 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

71. An Act To amend certain laws governing Federal prisoners, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 449 · 54 Stat. 692 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

72. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act for the retirement of employees cf the Alaska Railroad, Territory of Alaska, who are citizens of the United States”, approved June 29, 1936.

    Ch. 450 · 54 Stat. 693 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the furnishing of steam from the Central Heating Plant to the National Academy of Sciences, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 451 · 54 Stat. 694 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

74. An Act For the marking, care, and maintenance of the Mount of Victory plot in the Cypress Hills Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York.

    Ch. 452 · 54 Stat. 694 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

75. An Act Permitting official mail of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to be transmitted in penalty envelopes.

    Ch. 453 · 54 Stat. 695 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

76. An Act For the exchange of lands adjacent to the San Juan National Forest and the Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado.

    Ch. 454 · 54 Stat. 695 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

77. An Act To prohibit the receipt, possession, or disposition of money or property feloniously taken from a bank organized or operating under the laws of the United States or any member of the Federal Reserve System.

    Ch. 455 · 54 Stat. 695 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as amended, to include as a perishable agricultural commodity cherries in brine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 456 · 54 Stat. 696 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Act to regulate the practice of podiatry in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 457 · 54 Stat. 696 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

80. An Act To grant per diem compensation to the appointed members of the Board of Steam and Other Operating Engineers of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 458 · 54 Stat. 702 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes”, approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 669).

    Ch. 459 · 54 Stat. 702 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

82. An Act For the acquisition of Indian lands for the Grand Coulee Dam and Reservoir, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 460 · 54 Stat. 703 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

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

    Ch. 461 · 54 Stat. 704 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the acquisition of additional land for military purposes.

    Ch. 462 · 54 Stat. 705 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain land to the Conconully Cemetery Association.

    Ch. 492 · 54 Stat. 705 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution To clear title to certain real estate.

    Ch. 493 · 54 Stat. 706 · June 29, 1940 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Edwin Forsman.

    Ch. 463 · 54 Stat. 1294 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Dan Yancey.

    Ch. 464 · 54 Stat. 1294 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Charles Flack.

    Ch. 465 · 54 Stat. 1294 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of James P. Bruce, Junior.

    Ch. 466 · 54 Stat. 1295 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of S. T. Enloe.

    Ch. 467 · 54 Stat. 1295 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Angie Ward.

    Ch. 468 · 54 Stat. 1296 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of John Engblom.

    Ch. 469 · 54 Stat. 1296 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Leland G. Myers.

    Ch. 470 · 54 Stat. 1296 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Rose Bilaitis.

    Ch. 471 · 54 Stat. 1297 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Joe Carter.

    Ch. 472 · 54 Stat. 1297 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Maude Sullivan.

    Ch. 473 · 54 Stat. 1298 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Mary Camastro, a minor.

    Ch. 474 · 54 Stat. 1298 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of Mat Hensley, Arnold Blanton, Lillie Price, Clyde Thorpe, and D. L. Mason.

    Ch. 475 · 54 Stat. 1298 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Stanley V. Smith.

     Ch. 476 · 54 Stat. 1299 · June 29, 1940 · Private law · Original text