Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Assignment of Claims Act of 1940

   An Act To assist in the national-defense program by amending sections 3477 and 3737 of the Revised Statutes to permit the assignment of claims under public contracts.

   Ch. 779 · 54 Stat. 1029 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

2. First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941

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

   Ch. 780 · 54 Stat. 1030 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the leasing of certain Indian lands subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

   Ch. 781 · 54 Stat. 1057 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of certain former disbursing officers for the Civil Works Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.

   Ch. 782 · 54 Stat. 1057 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

5. An Act To remove the restriction placed upon the use of certain lands acquired in connection with the expansion of Mitchel Field, New York.

   Ch. 783 · 54 Stat. 1058 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

6. An Act To repeal sections 4588 and 4591 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

   Ch. 784 · 54 Stat. 1058 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

7. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon certain United States commissioners to try petty offenses committed on Federal reservations.

   Ch. 785 · 54 Stat. 1058 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, to extend its provisions to fats and oils, cottonseed, cottonseed meal, and peanuts.

   Ch. 786 · 54 Stat. 1059 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

9. An Act To permit the States to extend their sales, use, and income taxes to persons residing or carrying on business, or to transactions occurring, in Federal areas, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 787 · 54 Stat. 1059 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

10. An Act Providing for the barring of claims against the United States.

    Ch. 788 · 54 Stat. 1061 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

11. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Minnesota Department of Highways and the counties of Benton and Stearns in Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.

    Ch. 789 · 54 Stat. 1061 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the acceptance of donations of property for the Vicksburg National Military Park, in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 790 · 54 Stat. 1061 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

13. An Act To provide an eight-hour workday and payment for overtime for dispatchers and mechanics-in-charge in the motor-vehicle service of the Postal Service.

    Ch. 791 · 54 Stat. 1061 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

14. An Act To provide for the regulation of the business of fire, marine, and casualty insurance, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 792 · 54 Stat. 1063 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

15. An Act To amend section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to authorize the Attorney General to approve the title to low-value lands and interests in lands acquired by or on behalf of the United States subject to infirmities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 793 · 54 Stat. 1083 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries in connection with the Grand Coulee Dam project.

    Ch. 794 · 54 Stat. 1085 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing the Indiana State Toll Bridge Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Wabash River at or near Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana.

    Ch. 795 · 54 Stat. 1085 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

18. An Act To restrict or regulate the delivery of checks drawn against funds of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, to addresses outside the United States, its Territories, and possessions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 796 · 54 Stat. 1086 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution Providing for the acquisition by the Railroad Retirement Board of data needed in carrying out the provisions of the Railroad Retirement Acts.

    Ch. 797 · 54 Stat. 1088 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To exempt from the tax on admissions amounts paid for admission tickets sold by authority of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1941.

    Ch. 798 · 54 Stat. 1090 · October 9, 1940 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of the Franco-American Construction Company.

    Ch. 799 · 54 Stat. 1371 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Nell Mullen.

    Ch. 800 · 54 Stat. 1372 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Umberto Tedeschi.

    Ch. 801 · 54 Stat. 1372 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Emma Knutson.

    Ch. 802 · 54 Stat. 1372 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of June Thompson, a minor.

    Ch. 803 · 54 Stat. 1373 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Josefina Alvarado.

    Ch. 804 · 54 Stat. 1373 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Alex Silberstein, Magdalene Silberstein, Alice Silberstein, Eleanor Goldfarb, Lillian Goldfarb, Jackie Goldfarb, and Florence Karp, minors.

    Ch. 805 · 54 Stat. 1373 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Sallie Barr.

    Ch. 806 · 54 Stat. 1374 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Esther Klein.

    Ch. 807 · 54 Stat. 1374 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Rosa Paone.

    Ch. 808 · 54 Stat. 1375 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Major Clarence H. Greene, United States Army, retired.

    Ch. 809 · 54 Stat. 1375 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Isaac Surmany.

    Ch. 810 · 54 Stat. 1376 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of John P. Hart.

    Ch. 811 · 54 Stat. 1376 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of John E. Avery.

    Ch. 812 · 54 Stat. 1376 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the Wallie Motor Company.

    Ch. 813 · 54 Stat. 1377 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of F. W. Heaton

    Ch. 814 · 54 Stat. 1377 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of George F. Kermath.

    Ch. 815 · 54 Stat. 1378 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hama Torii Emerson.

    Ch. 816 · 54 Stat. 1378 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Esther Jacobs.

    Ch. 817 · 54 Stat. 1378 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Salvatore Taras.

    Ch. 818 · 54 Stat. 1378 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Walter B. McDougall and Herbert Maier.

    Ch. 819 · 54 Stat. 1379 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Lillian Brown, and Silas Young.

    Ch. 820 · 54 Stat. 1379 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of the parents of Charldean Finch.

    Ch. 821 · 54 Stat. 1380 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Estelle M. Corbett.

    Ch. 822 · 54 Stat. 1380 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Boston and Maine Railroad.

    Ch. 823 · 54 Stat. 1381 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Betty Jane Bear Robe.

    Ch. 824 · 54 Stat. 1381 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Antonio Sabatini.

    Ch. 825 · 54 Stat. 1382 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Allen B. Boyer.

    Ch. 826 · 54 Stat. 1382 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Ernest Lyle Greenwood and Phyllis Joy Greenwood.

    Ch. 827 · 54 Stat. 1382 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To amend the records at the port of New York to show the admission of Steve Zegura, Junior, and B. Dragomir Zegura as aliens admitted for permanent residence.

    Ch. 828 · 54 Stat. 1382 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain officers and men of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the value of personal effects lost, damaged, or destroyed in a fire aboard the Coast and Geodetic Survey launch Mikawe at Norfolk, Virginia, on October 27, 1939.

    Ch. 829 · 54 Stat. 1383 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia to Doctor A. L. Ridings.

    Ch. 830 · 54 Stat. 1383 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Bela Karlovitz.

    Ch. 831 · 54 Stat. 1384 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of William M. Irvine.

    Ch. 832 · 54 Stat. 1384 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Anthony Borsellino.

    Ch. 833 · 54 Stat. 1384 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Henry W. Shurlds and W. H, White a patent to certain lands in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 834 · 54 Stat. 1385 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Ruth Gainey Branscome a patent to certain lands in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 835 · 54 Stat. 1385 · October 9, 1940 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the President to requisition certain articles and materials for the use of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 836 · 54 Stat. 1090 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide better facilities for the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws”, approved June 26, 1930.

    Ch. 837 · 54 Stat. 1091 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

60. An Act To expedite national defense by suspending, during the national emergency, provisions of law that prohibit more than eight hours’ labor in any one day of persons engaged upon work covered by contracts of the United States Maritime Commission, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 838 · 54 Stat. 1092 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution Relating to the conditions for payment with respect to sugarcane harvested from certain plantings in the mainland cane-sugar area.

    Ch. 839 · 54 Stat. 1092 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution Authorizing the participation of the United States in the celebration of a Pan American Aviation Day, to be observed on December 17, of each year, the anniversary of the first successful flight of a heavier-than-air machine.

    Ch. 840 · 54 Stat. 1093 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

63. An Act To simplify the accounts of the Treasurer of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 841 · 54 Stat. 1093 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, approved June 25, 1938, as amended June 20, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 842 · 54 Stat. 1094 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

65. An Act To transfer the essential language of section 518, title IV, of the Tariff Act of 1930, approved June 17, 1930, into the Judicial Code of the United States and to provide for its reenactment as part of said Judicial Code, to take effect from the date of its passage, including the allowance to the judges of the United States Customs Court for traveling expenses incurred for maintenance while absent from New York on official business and to repeal all Acts inconsistent therewith to the extent of such inconsistency, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 843 · 54 Stat. 1101 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing a per capita payment of $10 each to the members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from any funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to their credit.

    Ch. 844 · 54 Stat. 1103 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

67. An Act To further amend the Alaska game law.

    Ch. 845 · 54 Stat. 1103 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

68. An Act To approve Act numbered 65 of the Session Laws of 1939 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An Act to amend Act 29 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1929, granting to J. K. Lota and associates a franchise for electric light, current, and power in Hanalei, Kauai, by including Moloaa within such franchise”.

    Ch. 846 · 54 Stat. 1104 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

69. An Act To approve Act numbered 214 of the Session Laws of 1939 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An Act to amend Act 105 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1921, granting franchise for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric current for light and power within Kapaa and Waipouli in the district of Kawaihau on the island and county of Kauai, by including within said franchise the entire district of Kawaihau, island of Kauai.”

    Ch. 847 · 54 Stat. 1105 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for uniformity of allowances for the transportation of household goods of civilian officers and employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty.

    Ch. 848 · 54 Stat. 1105 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

    Ch. 849 · 54 Stat. 1106 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing allocation of funds for the construction of Saco Divide unit, Milk River project, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 850 · 54 Stat. 1108 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

73. An Act To consolidate certain exceptions to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and to improve the United States Code.

    Ch. 851 · 54 Stat. 1109 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

74. An Act To further amend the Act of July 30, 1937, authorizing the conveyance of a portion of the Stony Point Light Station Reservation to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.

    Ch. 852 · 54 Stat. 1114 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

75. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Highways and the county of Big Stone, State of Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Whetstone Diversion Channel at or near Ortonville, Minnesota.

    Ch. 853 · 54 Stat. 1114 · October 10, 1940 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of C. Z. Bush and W. D. Kennedy.

    Ch. 854 · 54 Stat. 1386 · October 10, 1940 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Warren Zimmerman.

    Ch. 855 · 54 Stat. 1386 · October 10, 1940 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of James Robert Harman.

    Ch. 856 · 54 Stat. 1386 · October 10, 1940 · Private law · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for national defense housing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 857 · 54 Stat. 1115 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

80. An Act To amend the National Defense Act, as amended, so as to provide for retirement of assistant chiefs of branches and of wing commanders of the Air Corps with the rank and pay of the highest grade held by such officers as assistant chiefs and wing commanders, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 858 · 54 Stat. 1116 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act and other retirement Acts.

    Ch. 859 · 54 Stat. 1116 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the retirement of certain members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the White House Police force, and the members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 860 · 54 Stat. 1118 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

83. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing construction of water conservation and utilization projects in the Great Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States”, approved August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), and an Act entitled “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”, approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 869).

    Ch. 861 · 54 Stat. 1119 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

84. An Act To expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 862 · 54 Stat. 1125 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

85. Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939

    An Act To protect producers, manufacturers, distributors, and consumers from the unrevealed presence of substitutes and mixtures in spun, woven, knitted, felted, or otherwise manufactured wool products, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 871 · 54 Stat. 1128 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

86. An Act To make unlawful the transportation of convict-made goods in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 872 · 54 Stat. 1134 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

87. An Act Relating to changes in the administration of the National Guard of the United States bearing on Federal recognition, pay, allotment of funds, drill, training, and so forth.

    Ch. 875 · 54 Stat. 1134 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

88. An Act To revise and codify the nationality laws of the United States into a comprehensive nationality code.

    Ch. 876 · 54 Stat. 1137 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

89. An Act To amend the Act of June 23, 1938 (52 Stat. 944).

    Ch. 877 · 54 Stat. 1174 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

90. An Act To empower and authorize special agents and such other employees of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior, as are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, to administer oaths in the performance of their official duties.

    Ch. 878 · 54 Stat. 1175 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing special arrangements in the transportation of mail within the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 879 · 54 Stat. 1175 · October 14, 1940 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of William A. Reithel.

    Ch. 863 · 54 Stat. 1387 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Frank Hall.

    Ch. 864 · 54 Stat. 1387 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Joseph B. Rupinski and Maria Zofia Rupinski.

    Ch. 865 · 54 Stat. 1387 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Howard R. M. Browne.

    Ch. 866 · 54 Stat. 1388 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Leo Neumann anti his wife, Alice Neumann.

    Ch. 867 · 54 Stat. 1388 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Ralph W. Daggett, formerly lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army.

    Ch. 868 · 54 Stat. 1388 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Howard Mondt.

    Ch. 869 · 54 Stat. 1389 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Nicholas G. Karas.

    Ch. 870 · 54 Stat. 1389 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of Lambom and Company.

     Ch. 873 · 54 Stat. 1389 · October 14, 1940 · Private law · Original text