Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Doctor A. C. Wade.

   Ch. 679 · 54 Stat. 1350 · August 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of certain claimants on account of loss by fire for which the United States was adjudged liable.

   Ch. 680 · 54 Stat. 1351 · August 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of the widow of Donald D. Elliott.

   Ch. 681 · 54 Stat. 1352 · August 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Treasury Department, the Department of the Interior, and the Army.

   Ch. 682 · 54 Stat. 1352 · August 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of the Charles H. Amos Handle Company.

   Ch. 683 · 54 Stat. 1353 · August 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the protection of certain enlisted men of the Army”, approved August 19, 1937, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 684 · 54 Stat. 788 · August 16, 1940 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Walter Chwalek.

   Ch. 685 · 54 Stat. 1353 · August 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To provide for the registration and regulation of investment companies and investment advisers, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 686 · 54 Stat. 789 · August 22, 1940 · Original text

9. An Act Relating to the issuance by the Secretary of the Interior of a patent to the State of Minnesota for certain lands in that State.

   Ch. 687 · 54 Stat. 858 · August 22, 1940 · Original text

10. An Act To provide for the deposit of certain collections for overtime immigration services to the credit of the appropriation chargeable with the payment for such services, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 688 · 54 Stat. 858 · August 22, 1940 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To strengthen the common defense and to authorize the President to order members and units of reserve components and retired personnel of the Regular Army into active military service.

    Ch. 689 · 54 Stat. 858 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to furnish mats for the reproduction in magazines and newspapers of photographs of national park scenery.

    Ch. 690 · 54 Stat. 861 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

13. An Act Granting to certain claimants the preference right to purchase certain public lands in the State of Florida.

    Ch. 691 · 54 Stat. 861 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept payment of an annual equitable overhead charge in connection with the repayment contract between the United States and the Strawberry Water Users’ Association of Payson, Utah, in full satisfaction of delinquent billings upon the basis of an annual fixed overhead charge, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 692 · 54 Stat. 862 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

15. An Act Relating to transportation of foreign mail by aircraft.

    Ch. 693 · 54 Stat. 862 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

16. Naval Aviation Personnel Act of 1940

    An Act Increasing the number of naval aviators in the line of the Regular Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 694 · 54 Stat. 864 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

17. An Act To permit American vessels to assist in the evacuation from the war zones of certain refugee children.

    Ch. 695 · 54 Stat. 866 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of the Greenlee County Board of Supervisors.

    Ch. 704 · 54 Stat. 866 · August 27, 1940 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Wade Crawford, formerly Superintendent of the Klamath Indian Agency.

    Ch. 696 · 54 Stat. 1353 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act AN ACT For the relief of Nannie E. Teal.

    Ch. 697 · 54 Stat. 1354 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Captain Robert W. Evans.

    Ch. 698 · 54 Stat. 1354 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of John L. Pennington.

    Ch. 699 · 54 Stat. 1355 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act To provide an additional sum for the payment of a claim under the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the reimbursement of certain personnel or former personnel of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps for the value of personal effects destroyed as a result of a fire at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, on October 27, 1938”, approved June 19, 1939.

    Ch. 700 · 54 Stat. 1355 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of James H. Hearon.

    Ch. 701 · 54 Stat. 1355 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Charles P. Madsen.

    Ch. 702 · 54 Stat. 1356 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of George W. Coon.

    Ch. 703 · 54 Stat. 1356 · August 27, 1940 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the transfer of the duplicates of certain books in the Library of Congress to the Beaufort Library of Beaufort., South Carolina.

    Ch. 705 · 54 Stat. 867 · August 30, 1940 · Original text

28. An Act To increase the number of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy.

    Ch. 706 · 54 Stat. 867 · September 4, 1940 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Hazel Thomas.

    Ch. 712 · 54 Stat. 1355 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Guy A. McConoha.

    Ch. 707 · 54 Stat. 1357 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of John P. Shorter.

    Ch. 708 · 54 Stat. 1357 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Suncrest Orchards, Incorporated.

    Ch. 709 · 54 Stat. 1357 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the acquisition of flowage rights and the payment of certain damages in connection with the operation of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho.

    Ch. 710 · 54 Stat. 1358 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Violet Knowlen, a minor.

    Ch. 711 · 54 Stat. 1358 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Pearl Waldrep Stubbs.

    Ch. 713 · 54 Stat. 1359 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Mary Janiec and Ignatz Janiec.

    Ch. 714 · 54 Stat. 1360 · September 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

37. Federal Highway Act of 1940

    An Act To amend the Federal Aid Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 715 · 54 Stat. 867 · September 5, 1940 · Original text

38. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Lester P. Barlow against the United States.

    Ch. 716 · 54 Stat. 1360 · September 6, 1940 · Private law · Original text

39. Second 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. 717 · 54 Stat. 872 · September 9, 1940 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act approved March 4, 1925, entitled “An Act providing for sundry matters affecting the naval service, and for other purposes”, as amended.

    Ch. 718 · 54 Stat. 884 · September 11, 1940 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution To authorize Jesse H. Jones, Federal Loan Administrator, to be appointed to, and to perform the duties of, the Office of Secretary of Commerce.

    Ch. 719 · 54 Stat. 885 · September 13, 1940 · Original text

42. Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

    An Act To provide for the common defense by increasing the personnel of the armed forces of the United States and providing for its training.

    Ch. 720 · 54 Stat. 885 · September 16, 1940 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans for the development of deposits of strategic and critical minerals which in the opinion of the Corporation would be of value to the United States in time of war, and to authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make more adequate loans for mineral developmental purposes.

    Ch. 721 · 54 Stat. 897 · September 16, 1940 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Act to regulate commerce, approved February 4, 1887, as amended, so as to provide for unified regulation of carriers by railroad, motor vehicle, and water, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 722 · 54 Stat. 898 · September 18, 1940 · Original text

45. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 723 · 54 Stat. 956 · September 18, 1940 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accept on behalf of the United States certain lands in the city of National City, California.

    Ch. 724 · 54 Stat. 956 · September 21, 1940 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To authorize Commander Howard L. Vickery to hold the office of a member of the United States Maritime Commission.

    Ch. 725 · 54 Stat. 958 · September 24, 1940 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941.

    Ch. 726 · 54 Stat. 958 · September 24, 1940 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the disposition of certain photographed records of the United States Government, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 727 · 54 Stat. 958 · September 24, 1940 · Original text

50. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title.

    Ch. 728 · 54 Stat. 959 · September 24, 1940 · Original text

51. An Act To extend the age limits for applicants for appointment as midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy.

    Ch. 729 · 54 Stat. 959 · September 24, 1940 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To establish a Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Jefferson.

    Ch. 730 · 54 Stat. 960 · September 24, 1940 · Original text

53. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim or claims of the Recording and Computing Machines Company, of Dayton, Ohio.

    Ch. 731 · 54 Stat. 1361 · September 24, 1940 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Xenophon George Panos.

    Ch. 732 · 54 Stat. 1361 · September 24, 1940 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Michigan to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, across the Straits of Mackinac at or near a point between Saint Ignace, Michigan, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

    Ch. 733 · 54 Stat. 961 · September 25, 1940 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for increasing the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 734 · 54 Stat. 961 · September 26, 1940 · Original text

57. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Memphis, Tennessee.

    Ch. 735 · 54 Stat. 962 · September 27, 1940 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for the advancement on the retired list of any officer of the Navy or Marine Corps retired pursuant to the provisions of section 13 or 15 (e) of the Act of June 23, 1938.

    Ch. 736 · 54 Stat. 962 · October 4, 1940 · Original text

59. An Act To further amend section 13a of the National Defense Act so as to authorize officers detailed for training and duty as aircraft observers to be so rated, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 742 · 54 Stat. 963 · October 4, 1940 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of W. J. Hance.

    Ch. 737 · 54 Stat. 1361 · October 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Louis St. Jacques.

    Ch. 738 · 54 Stat. 1362 · October 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of James Murphy, Senior.

    Ch. 739 · 54 Stat. 1362 · October 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Louis A. Charland.

    Ch. 740 · 54 Stat. 1362 · October 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of John A. Kames.

    Ch. 741 · 54 Stat. 1363 · October 4, 1940 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the burial and funeral expenses of deceased veterans of the Regular Establishment who were discharged for disability incurred in the service in line of duty, or in receipt of pension for service connected disability.

    Ch. 743 · 54 Stat. 963 · October 5, 1940 · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant an easement in certain land to the city of Memphis, Tennessee, for street-widening purposes.

    Ch. 744 · 54 Stat. 964 · October 5, 1940 · Original text

67. An Act To amend section 4021 of the Revised Statutes and to repeal section 4023 of the Revised Statutes relating to establishment of postal agencies.

    Ch. 745 · 54 Stat. 965 · October 5, 1940 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant an easement in a small strip of land at Veterans’ Administration Facility, Los Angeles, California, to the county of Los Angeles, California, for sidewalk purposes.

    Ch. 746 · 54 Stat. 965 · October 5, 1940 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Emelie Witzenbacher.

    Ch. 747 · 54 Stat. 1363 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Roland Hanson, a minor, and Doctor E. A. Julien.

    Ch. 748 · 54 Stat. 1364 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Euel Caidwell.

    Ch. 749 · 54 Stat. 1364 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of La Vera Hampton.

    Ch. 750 · 54 Stat. 1364 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Charles F. Martin, a minor.

    Ch. 751 · 54 Stat. 1365 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of David J. Williams, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 752 · 54 Stat. 1365 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Regina Howell.

    Ch. 753 · 54 Stat. 1366 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of John Toepel, Robert Scott, Widmer Smith, and Louis Knowlton.

    Ch. 754 · 54 Stat. 1366 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Joe L. McQueen.

    Ch. 755 · 54 Stat. 1367 · October 5, 1940 · Private law · Original text

78. Third 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. 756 · 54 Stat. 965 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

79. Second Revenue Act of 1940

    An Act To provide revenue, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 757 · 54 Stat. 974 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution To authorize the United States Maritime Commission to furnish to the State of Pennsylvania a vessel suitable for the use of the Pennsylvania State nautical school, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 758 · 54 Stat. 1018 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933.

    Ch. 759 · 54 Stat. 1019 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

82. An Act To re-form the lease for the Sellwood station of the Portland (Oregon) post office.

    Ch. 760 · 54 Stat. 1019 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

83. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with public school districts (organized and unorganized) in Mahnomen, Itasca, Pine, Saint Louis, Clearwater, Koochiching, and Becker Counties, Minnesota, in the construction, improvement, and extension of school facilities to be available to both Indian and white children.

    Ch. 761 · 54 Stat. 1020 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

84. An Act Relating to the statue of retired officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States, and to amend section 113 of the Criminal Code.

    Ch. 762 · 54 Stat. 1021 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the conveyance to the Commonwealth of Virginia of a portion of the naval reservation known as Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia.

    Ch. 763 · 54 Stat. 1022 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

86. An Act To amend section 3483 of the Internal Revenue Code, formerly section 404 of the Sugar Act of 1937.

    Ch. 764 · 54 Stat. 1022 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the appointment of graduates of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to the line of the Regular Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 765 · 54 Stat. 1023 · October 8, 1940 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Ben L. Kessinger and M. Carlisle Minor.

    Ch. 766 · 54 Stat. 1367 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the estate of Alfred Batrack.

    Ch. 767 · 54 Stat. 1367 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Wasyl Kuhnatycki.

    Ch. 768 · 54 Stat. 1368 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Henry J. Wise.

    Ch. 769 · 54 Stat. 1368 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Arthur Joseph Reiber, a minor.

    Ch. 770 · 54 Stat. 1369 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Paul J. Kohanik.

    Ch. 771 · 54 Stat. 1369 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of John J. Murphy.

    Ch. 772 · 54 Stat. 1369 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Albert DePonti.

    Ch. 773 · 54 Stat. 1370 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the estate of James A. Rivera.

    Ch. 774 · 54 Stat. 1370 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of George R. Stringer.

    Ch. 775 · 54 Stat. 1371 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Rufus E. Farmer.

    Ch. 776 · 54 Stat. 1371 · October 8, 1940 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 4472 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, Sec. 465) to provide for the safe carriage of explosives or other dangerous or semidangerous articles or substances on board vessels; to make more effective the provisions of the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, relating to the carriage of dangerous goods; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 777 · 54 Stat. 1023 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to order retired commissioned and warrant officers of the Coast Guard to active duty during time of national emergency, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 778 · 54 Stat. 1029 · October 9, 1940 · Original text