Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Indiana to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Wabash River at or near Peru, Indiana.

   Ch. 100 · 53 Stat. 623 · April 26, 1939 · Original text

2. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Warren, Ohio, to construct, maintain, and operate a free footbridge over Mahoning River, near Stiles Street Northwest, Warren, Ohio.

   Ch. 101 · 53 Stat. 623 · April 26, 1939 · Original text

3. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois, to a place at or near the city of Davenport, Iowa.

   Ch. 102 · 53 Stat. 624 · April 26, 1939 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Act approved April 27, 1937, entitled “An Act to simplify accounting.”

   Ch. 103 · 53 Stat. 624 · April 26, 1939 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution approved June 16, 1938, entitled “Joint resolution to create a Temporary National Economic Committee.”

   Ch. 104 · 53 Stat. 624 · April 26, 1939 · Original text

6. An Act To allow credit in the accounts of certain former disbursing officers of the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 105 · 53 Stat. 1453 · April 26, 1939 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Relating to the importation of distilled spirits for consumption at the New York World’s Fair, 1939, and the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, and to duties on certain articles to be exhibited at the New York World’s Fair, 1939.

   Ch. 106 · 53 Stat. 625 · April 29, 1939 · Original text

8. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939

   An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1939, and June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 107 · 53 Stat. 626 · May 2, 1939 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Junius Alexander.

   Ch. 108 · 53 Stat. 1454 · May 2, 1939 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To provide domiciliary care, medical and hospital treatment, and burial benefits to certain veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Boxer Rebellion.

    Ch. 109 · 53 Stat. 652 · May 3, 1939 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the temporary detail of United States employees, possessing special qualifications, to governments of American republics and the Philippines, and for other purposes”, approved May 25, 1938.

    Ch. 110 · 53 Stat. 652 · May 3, 1939 · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Ernest O. Robinette and others.

    Ch. 111 · 53 Stat. 1454 · May 3, 1939 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Katherine Patterson.

    Ch. 112 · 53 Stat. 1454 · May 3, 1939 · Private law · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Making supplemental appropriations for printing and binding and stationery for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.

    Ch. 113 · 53 Stat. 653 · May 6, 1939 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to terminate certain leases of the Long Island Railroad Company.

    Ch. 114 · 53 Stat. 654 · May 6, 1939 · Original text

16. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 115 · 53 Stat. 654 · May 6, 1939 · Original text

17. An Act To amend section 90 of the Judicial Code, as amended, with respect to the terms of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

    Ch. 116 · 53 Stat. 684 · May 8, 1939 · Original text

18. An Act Making inapplicable certain reversionary provisions in the Act of March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1450), and a certain deed executed by the Secretary of War, in the matter of a lease to be entered into by the United States for the use of a part of the former Fort Armistead Military Reservation for air-navigation purposes.

    Ch. 117 · 53 Stat. 685 · May 8, 1939 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the promotion on the retired list of the Navy of Fred G. Leith.

    Ch. 118 · 53 Stat. 1455 · May 8, 1939 · Private law · Original text

20. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 119 · 53 Stat. 685 · May 10, 1939 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Bozzani Motors, Limited.

    Ch. 120 · 53 Stat. 1456 · May 10, 1939 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 78 of the Judicial Code, relating to the district of Idaho.

    Ch. 121 · 53 Stat. 738 · May 11, 1939 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to exchange obsolete, unsuitable, and unserviceable machines and tools pertaining to the manufacture or repair of ordnance matériel for new machines and tools.

    Ch. 122 · 53 Stat. 739 · May 11, 1939 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution Designating August 19 of each year as National Aviation Day.

    Ch. 123 · 53 Stat. 739 · May 11, 1939 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of L. M. Bell and M. M. Bell.

    Ch. 124 · 53 Stat. 1456 · May 11, 1939 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of W, F. Towson.

    Ch. 125 · 53 Stat. 1457 · May 11, 1939 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the appraisal of the pneumatic mail tube systems in New York and Boston.

    Ch. 126 · 53 Stat. 740 · May 12, 1939 · Original text

28. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes”, approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920, so as to confer on the commanding general, General Headquarters Air Force, the same retirement privileges now enjoyed by chiefs of branches.

    Ch. 127 · 53 Stat. 740 · May 12, 1939 · Original text

29. An Act To provide time credits for substitutes in the pneumatic-tube service.

    Ch. 128 · 53 Stat. 740 · May 12, 1939 · Original text

30. An Act To provide a differential in pay for night work to pneumatic-tube-system employees in the Postal Service.

    Ch. 129 · 53 Stat. 741 · May 12, 1939 · Original text

31. An Act To extend the provisions of the forty-hour law to pneumatic-tube-system employees in the Postal Service

    Ch. 130 · 53 Stat. 741 · May 12, 1939 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to invite other nations to participate in the Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Sacramento by Captain John A. Sutter.

    Ch. 131 · 53 Stat. 741 · May 12, 1939 · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of the Louisiana National Bank of Baton Rouge and the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company of New Orleans.

    Ch. 132 · 53 Stat. 1457 · May 12, 1939 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To amend the statutes providing punishment for transmitting threatening communications.

    Ch. 133 · 53 Stat. 742 · May 15, 1939 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the mailing of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person, to officers of the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 134 · 53 Stat. 744 · May 15, 1939 · Original text

36. An Act Granting postal employees credit for Saturday in annual and sick leave law, thereby conforming to the forty-hour workweek or five-day-week law.

    Ch. 135 · 53 Stat. 745 · May 15, 1939 · Original text

37. An Act Limiting working hours of pneumatic-tube-system employees to eight in ten hours a day.

    Ch. 136 · 53 Stat. 745 · May 15, 1939 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the United States Lighthouse Service.

    Ch. 137 · 53 Stat. 746 · May 15, 1939 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Lofts and Son.

    Ch. 138 · 53 Stat. 1458 · May 16, 1939 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Creating the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission; defining the authority, power, and duties of said Commission; and authorizing said Commission and its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Friar Point, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 139 · 53 Stat. 747 · May 17, 1939 · Original text

41. An Act To provide that records certified by the Court of Claims to the Supreme Court, in response to writs of certiorari, may include material portions of the evidence, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 140 · 53 Stat. 752 · May 22, 1939 · Original text

42. An Act To prohibit reproductions of official badges, identification cards, and other insignia.

    Ch. 141 · 53 Stat. 752 · May 22, 1939 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize a sale of the old Carson City (Nevada) Mint site and building notwithstanding the provisions of Joint Resolution Numbered 18 of February 23, 1865.

    Ch. 142 · 53 Stat. 753 · May 22, 1939 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept real estate devised to the United States by the late Lizzie Beck, of Mena, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 143 · 53 Stat. 753 · May 22, 1939 · Original text

45. An Act Relating to the disposition of funds derived from the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands.

    Ch. 144 · 53 Stat. 753 · May 24, 1939 · Original text

46. An Act To further extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota.

    Ch. 145 · 53 Stat. 754 · May 24, 1939 · Original text

47. An Act To increase further the efficiency of the Coast Guard by authorizing the retirement under certain conditions of enlisted personnel thereof with twenty or more years of service.

    Ch. 146 · 53 Stat. 755 · May 24, 1939 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Port Authority of Duluth, Minnesota, and the Harbor Commission of Superior, Wisconsin, to construct a highway bridge across the Saint Louis River from Rice’s Point in Duluth, Minnesota, to Superior in Wisconsin”, approved June 30, 1938.

    Ch. 147 · 53 Stat. 756 · May 24, 1939 · Original text

49. An Act To readjust the commissioned personnel of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 148 · 53 Stat. 756 · May 24, 1939 · Original text

50. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 149 · 53 Stat. 757 · May 25, 1939 · Original text

51. An Act To extend the time during which orders and marketing agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, may be applicable to hops.

    Ch. 150 · 53 Stat. 782 · May 26, 1939 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1492), entitled “An Act to establish load lines for American vessels, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 151 · 53 Stat. 783 · May 26, 1939 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the transfer to the State of Minnesota of the Fort Snelling Bridge at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

    Ch. 152 · 53 Stat. 783 · May 26, 1939 · Original text

54. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to execute an easement deed to the city of Duluth for park, recreational, and other public purposes covering certain federally owned lands.

    Ch. 153 · 53 Stat. 784 · May 26, 1939 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the correction of the list of approved Pine Ridge lost allotment claims, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 154 · 53 Stat. 784 · May 26, 1939 · Original text

56. An Act Giving the consent and approval of Congress to the Rio Grande compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on March 18, 1938.

    Ch. 155 · 53 Stat. 785 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize further relief to water users on United States reclamation projects and on Indian reclamation projects.

    Ch. 156 · 53 Stat. 792 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, to make its provisions applicable to apples produced in the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

    Ch. 157 · 53 Stat. 793 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

59. An Act To amend section 10 (b), (c), and (d) of the Act of June 26, 1884, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 599), relative to the allotment of wages by seamen.

    Ch. 158 · 53 Stat. 794 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 4335 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to change of masters of vessels.

    Ch. 159 · 53 Stat. 794 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

61. An Act To amend section 4325 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, relative to renewal of licenses of vessels.

    Ch. 160 · 53 Stat. 795 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to provide for the sale of aviation supplies and services to aircraft operated by foreign military and air attaches accredited to the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 161 · 53 Stat. 795 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the International Petroleum Exposition at Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be held May 18 to May 25, 1940.

    Ch. 162 · 53 Stat. 796 · May 31, 1939 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of John J. Trimble.

    Ch. 163 · 53 Stat. 1458 · May 31, 1939 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of the Atlas Powder Company.

    Ch. 164 · 53 Stat. 1458 · May 31, 1939 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Melvin Gerard Alvey.

    Ch. 166 · 53 Stat. 1458 · May 31, 1939 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 165 · 53 Stat. 1459 · May 31, 1939 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To authorize necessary facilities for the Coast Guard in the interest of national defense and the performance of its maritime police functions.

    Ch. 167 · 53 Stat. 797 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

69. An Act To amend section 4498 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, relative to the renewal of licenses of vessels.

    Ch. 168 · 53 Stat. 798 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

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

    Ch. 169 · 53 Stat. 798 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to convey a certain tract of land to the State of Oregon for use as a public park and recreational site.

    Ch. 170 · 53 Stat. 802 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution Authorizing the payment of salaries of the officers and employees of Congress on the first workday preceding the last day of any month when the last day falls on Sunday or a legal holiday.

    Ch. 171 · 53 Stat. 802 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the construction of certain vessels for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 172 · 53 Stat. 803 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

74. An Act Providing for the transfusion of blood by members and former members of the Military Establishment, and by employees of the United States Government.

    Ch. 173 · 53 Stat. 803 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey certain lands owned by the United States for other lands needed in connection with the expansion of West Point Military Reservation, New York, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 174 · 53 Stat. 803 · June 2, 1939 · Original text

76. An Act To amend certain sections of the National Housing Act.

    Ch. 175 · 53 Stat. 804 · June 3, 1939 · Original text

77. An Act Permitting the War Department to transfer old horses and mules to the care of reputable humane organizations.

    Ch. 176 · 53 Stat. 808 · June 3, 1939 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Homer C. Stroud.

    Ch. 177 · 53 Stat. 1460 · June 3, 1939 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Bernard Woodruff.

    Ch. 178 · 53 Stat. 1460 · June 3, 1939 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Harry L. Smigell.

    Ch. 179 · 53 Stat. 1461 · June 3, 1939 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To establish the position of Under Secretary in the Department of Commerce.

    Ch. 180 · 53 Stat. 808 · June 5, 1939 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution To define the status of the Under Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 181 · 53 Stat. 809 · June 5, 1939 · Original text

83. An Act To prohibit the unauthorized use of the name or insignia of the 4–H clubs, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 184 · 53 Stat. 809 · June 5, 1939 · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of R. H. Gray.

    Ch. 182 · 53 Stat. 1461 · June 5, 1939 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of John T. Clarkson.

    Ch. 183 · 53 Stat. 1461 · June 5, 1939 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To authorize certain officers and employees to administer oaths to expense accounts.

    Ch. 185 · 53 Stat. 810 · June 6, 1939 · Original text

87. An Act To amend section 509 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

    Ch. 186 · 53 Stat. 810 · June 6, 1939 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of R. Dove and Laura J. Dove.

    Ch. 187 · 53 Stat. 1462 · June 6, 1939 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Edgar Green.

    Ch. 188 · 53 Stat. 1462 · June 6, 1939 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Grace Rouse.

    Ch. 189 · 53 Stat. 1463 · June 6, 1939 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the common defense by acquiring stocks of strategic and critical materials essential to the needs of industry for the manufacture of supplies for the armed forces and the civilian population in time of a national emergency, and to encourage, as far as possible, the further development of strategic and critical materials within the United States for common defense.

    Ch. 190 · 53 Stat. 811 · June 7, 1939 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”, approved March 3, 1931.

    Ch. 191 · 53 Stat. 812 · June 7, 1939 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to accept on behalf of the United States a conveyance of certain lands on Government Island from the city of Alameda, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 192 · 53 Stat. 813 · June 7, 1939 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution Providing that reorganization plans numbered I and II shall take effect on July 1, 1939.

    Ch. 193 · 53 Stat. 813 · June 7, 1939 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Stanley Mercuri.

    Ch. 194 · 53 Stat. 1463 · June 7, 1939 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To provide for an additional midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 195 · 53 Stat. 814 · June 8, 1939 · Original text

97. 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 ten, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1909, as amended, so as to extend commissary privileges to civilian officers and employees of the United States at naval stations beyond the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska.

    Ch. 196 · 53 Stat. 814 · June 10, 1939 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the confiscation of firearms in possession of persons convicted of felony and disposition thereof.

    Ch. 197 · 53 Stat. 814 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

99. An Act To add certain lands of the Front Royal Quartermaster Depot Military Reservation, Virginia, to the Shenandoah National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 198 · 53 Stat. 815 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the use of War Department equipment for the Confederate Veterans’ 1939 reunion at Trinidad, Colorado, August 22, 23, 24, and 25, 1939.

     Ch. 199 · 53 Stat. 816 · June 13, 1939 · Original text