Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the conveyance by the United States to the town of Bristol, Maine, of a portion of the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Reservation, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 200 · 53 Stat. 816 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the United States mining laws applicable to the area known as the watershed of the headwaters of the Bonito River in the Lincoln National Forest within the State of New Mexico.

   Ch. 201 · 53 Stat. 817 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

3. An Act To convey certain property to the city of El Campo, Texas.

   Ch. 202 · 53 Stat. 818 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

4. An Act To add certain lands to the Papago Indian Reservation in Arizona.

   Ch. 203 · 53 Stat. 819 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the disposal of the Portland, Oregon, old courthouse building.

   Ch. 204 · 53 Stat. 819 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

6. Naval Aviation Reserve Act of 1939

   An Act To authorize commissioning aviation cadets in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserves upon completion of training, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 205 · 53 Stat. 819 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To provide for the lending to the Virginia Military Institute of the equestrian portrait of General Winfield Scott now stored in the Capitol.

   Ch. 206 · 53 Stat. 821 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the control of outbreaks of insect pests.

   Ch. 207 · 53 Stat. 821 · June 13, 1939 · Original text

9. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1940

   An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 208 · 53 Stat. 822 · June 16, 1939 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section 243 of the Penal Code of the United States, as amended by the Act of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 378), relating to the marking of packages containing wild animals and birds and parts thereof.

    Ch. 209 · 53 Stat. 840 · June 19, 1939 · Original text

11. An Act To modify the provisions of section 14 of the Act of June 30, 1834, and section 10 of the Act of June 22, 1874, relating to the Indians.

    Ch. 210 · 53 Stat. 840 · June 19, 1939 · Original text

12. An Act To make effective in the district court for the Territory of Hawaii rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States governing pleading, practice, and procedure in the district courts of the United States.

    Ch. 211 · 53 Stat. 841 · June 19, 1939 · Original text

13. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 370, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 906).

    Ch. 212 · 53 Stat. 841 · June 19, 1939 · Original text

14. 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.

    Ch. 213 · 53 Stat. 1463 · June 19, 1939 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To extend to June 16, 1942, the period within which certain loans to executive officers of member banks of the Federal Reserve System may be renewed or extended.

    Ch. 214 · 53 Stat. 842 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the grant of a sewer right-of-way and operation of sewage-treatment plant on the Fort Niagara Military Reservation, New York, by the village of Youngstown, New York.

    Ch. 215 · 53 Stat. 842 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the disposal of cemetery lots.

    Ch. 220 · 53 Stat. 843 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

18. An Act To dispense with particular allegations as to renunciation of allegiance in petitions for naturalization and in the oath of renunciation of foreign allegiance, by omitting the name of “the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty” of which the petitioner for naturalization is a subject or citizen.

    Ch. 224 · 53 Stat. 843 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

19. An Act Relating to benefit assessments from condemnation proceedings for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of alleys or minor streets.

    Ch. 225 · 53 Stat. 844 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate proceedings in adoption in the District of Columbia”, approved August 25, 1937.

    Ch. 226 · 53 Stat. 844 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, approved June 25, 1938.

    Ch. 227 · 53 Stat. 845 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the widening of Wisconsin Avenue in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 53 Stat. 849 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

23. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company to extend its present track connection with the United States navy yard so as to provide adequate railroad facilities in connection with the development of Buzzards Point as an industrial area in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved June 18, 1932 (Public, Numbered 187, Seventy-second Congress).

    Ch. 229 · 53 Stat. 849 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

24. An Act To grant permission for the construction, maintenance, and use of a certain underground conduit for electrical lines in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 230 · 53 Stat. 850 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925 (43 Stat. 1119).

    Ch. 231 · 53 Stat. 850 · June 20, 1939 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Jessie Denning Van Eimeren, A. C. Van Eimeren, and Clara Adolph.

    Ch. 216 · 53 Stat. 1464 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the Wisconsin Milling Company and Wisconsin Telephone Company.

    Ch. 217 · 53 Stat. 1464 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Kenneth B. Clark.

    Ch. 218 · 53 Stat. 1465 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Adam Casper.

    Ch. 219 · 53 Stat. 1465 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Frances Virginia McCloud.

    Ch. 221 · 53 Stat. 1465 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of W. Elisabeth Beitz.

    Ch. 222 · 53 Stat. 1466 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Charlotte J. Gilbert.

    Ch. 223 · 53 Stat. 1466 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Russell Anderegg, a minor, and George W. Anderegg.

    Ch. 232 · 53 Stat. 1466 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of A W. Evans.

    Ch. 233 · 53 Stat. 1467 · June 20, 1939 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To extend further time for naturalization to alien veterans of the World War under the Act approved May 25, 1932 (47 Stat. 165), to extend the same privileges to certain veterans of countries allied with the United States during the World War, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 53 Stat. 851 · June 21, 1939 · Original text

36. An Act To define the status of certain lands purchased for the Choctaw Indians, Mississippi.

    Ch. 235 · 53 Stat. 851 · June 21, 1939 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the furnishing of steam from the Central Heating Plant to the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 236 · 53 Stat. 852 · June 21, 1939 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution To provide that the United States extend to foreign governments invitations to participate in the Seventh International Congress for the Rheumatic Diseases to be held in the United States during the calendar year 1940, and to authorize an appropriation to assist in meeting the expenses of the session.

    Ch. 237 · 53 Stat. 852 · June 21, 1939 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 238 · 53 Stat. 853 · June 22, 1939 · Original text

40. An Act To ratify and confirm certain interest rates on loans made from the revolving fund authorized by section 6 of the Agricultural Marketing Act, approved June 15, 1929 (46 Stat. 11), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 239 · 53 Stat. 853 · June 22, 1939 · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Roland P. Winstead.

    Ch. 240 · 53 Stat. 1467 · June 22, 1939 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of George Houston.

    Ch. 241 · 53 Stat. 1467 · June 22, 1939 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To provide for temporary postponement of the operations of certain provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

    Ch. 242 · 53 Stat. 853 · June 23, 1939 · Original text

44. Coast Guard Reserve Act of 1939

    An Act To establish a Coast Guard Reserve to be composed of owners of motorboats and yachts.

    Ch. 243 · 53 Stat. 854 · June 23, 1939 · Original text

45. Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939

    An Act To provide for the training of civil aircraft pilots, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 244 · 53 Stat. 855 · June 27, 1939 · Original text

46. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain enlisted men or former enlisted men of the United States Navy for the value of personal effects lost in the hurricane at the Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, on September 21, 1938.

    Ch. 245 · 53 Stat. 1468 · June 27, 1939 · Private law · Original text

47. War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1940

    An Act Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 246 · 53 Stat. 856 · June 28, 1939 · Original text

48. Revenue Act of 1939

    An Act To provide revenue, equalize taxation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 247 · 53 Stat. 862 · June 29, 1939 · Original text

49. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Department of Commerce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 248 · 53 Stat. 885 · June 29, 1939 · Original text

50. Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1940

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

    Ch. 249 · 53 Stat. 920 · June 29, 1939 · Original text

51. An Act To continue in effect until June 30, 1942, the Act entitled “An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes”, approved February 22, 1935, as amended.

    Ch. 250 · 53 Stat. 927 · June 29, 1939 · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Joseph N. Thiele.

    Ch. 251 · 53 Stat. 1468 · June 29, 1939 · Private law · Original text

53. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1939

    Joint Resolution Making appropriations for work relief and relief, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940.

    Ch. 252 · 53 Stat. 927 · June 30, 1939 · Original text

54. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 253 · 53 Stat. 939 · June 30, 1939 · Original text

55. Urgent Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal years 1939 and 1940

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

    Ch. 254 · 53 Stat. 980 · June 30, 1939 · Original text

56. An Act To establish, a lien for moneys due hospitals for services rendered in cases caused by negligence or fault of others and providing for the recording and enforcing of such liens.

    Ch. 255 · 53 Stat. 990 · June 30, 1939 · Original text

57. An Act To extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve notes.

    Ch. 256 · 53 Stat. 991 · June 30, 1939 · Original text

58. An Act To extend the time within which annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States may be commenced, for the year commencing at 12 o’clock meridian July 1, 1938.

    Ch. 257 · 53 Stat. 991 · June 30, 1939 · Original text

59. Supplemental Military Appropriation Act, 1940

    An Act Making additional appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 258 · 53 Stat. 992 · July 1, 1939 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Providing an appropriation for the month of July 1939, for the Petroleum Conservation Division, Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 259 · 53 Stat. 998 · July 1, 1939 · Original text

61. An Act To extend the time within which the powers relating to the stabilization fund and alteration of the weight of the dollar may be exercised.

    Ch. 260 · 53 Stat. 998 · July 6, 1939 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution Providing for the presentation through the American Minister to Greece of a certain monument to the people of Greece.

    Ch. 261 · 53 Stat. 999 · July 6, 1939 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Evelyn Gurley-Kane.

    Ch. 262 · 53 Stat. 1468 · July 10, 1939 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To provide national flags for the burial of honorably discharged former service men and women.

    Ch. 263 · 53 Stat. 999 · July 11, 1939 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near the city of Monterey, California.

    Ch. 264 · 53 Stat. 1000 · July 12, 1939 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the procurement, without advertising, of certain aircraft parts and instruments or aeronautical accessories, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 265 · 53 Stat. 1000 · July 13, 1939 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of disbursing officers and other officers and employees of the United States for disallowances and charges on account of airplane travel.

    Ch. 266 · 53 Stat. 1000 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the status of warrant officers and of enlisted men of the Regular Army who serve as commissioned officers.

    Ch. 267 · 53 Stat. 1001 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a revocable license to the Union Pacific Railroad Company to maintain certain railroad trackage on the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation.

    Ch. 268 · 53 Stat. 1001 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for a Deputy Chief of Staff, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 269 · 53 Stat. 1002 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Taylor Grazing Act.

    Ch. 270 · 53 Stat. 1002 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize appropriation for the construction of a medical school building at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 271 · 53 Stat. 1003 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

73. An Act To prescribe rules for the enrollment of Menominee Indian children born to enrolled parents, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 272 · 53 Stat. 1003 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to invite foreign countries to participate in the San Diego-Cabrillo Quadricentennial Celebration, to be held in 1942.

    Ch. 273 · 53 Stat. 1003 · July 14, 1939 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of A. C. Williams, administrator of the estate of his wife, Julia F. Williams.

    Ch. 274 · 53 Stat. 1469 · July 14, 1939 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Andrew J. Crockett and Walter Crockett.

    Ch. 275 · 53 Stat. 1469 · July 14, 1939 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Loyd J. Palmer.

    Ch. 276 · 53 Stat. 1470 · July 14, 1939 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.

    Ch. 277 · 53 Stat. 1470 · July 14, 1939 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Naomi Straley and Bonnie Straley.

    Ch. 278 · 53 Stat. 1470 · July 14, 1939 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to adjust and settle the claim of E. Devlin, Incorporated.

    Ch. 279 · 53 Stat. 1470 · July 14, 1939 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of John Chastain and Mollie Chastain, his wife.

    Ch. 280 · 53 Stat. 1470 · July 14, 1939 · Private law · Original text

82. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1940

    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, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 53 Stat. 1004 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

83. An Act To amend and clarify the provisions of the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 282 · 53 Stat. 1042 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the purchase of equipment and supplies for experimental and test purposes.

    Ch. 283 · 53 Stat. 1042 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

85. An Act To extend the benefits of the United States Employees’ Compensation Act to members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and of the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army who are physically injured in line of duty while performing active duty or engaged in authorized training, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 284 · 53 Stat. 1042 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

86. An Act To provide for acceptance and cashing of Government pay checks of retired naval personnel and members of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserves by commissary stores and ship’s stores ashore, located outside the continental limits of the United States.

    Ch. 285 · 53 Stat. 1043 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the payment of burial expenses and expenses in connection with last illness and death of native employees who die while serving in offices abroad of executive departments of the United States Government.

    Ch. 286 · 53 Stat. 1043 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

88. An Act To amend section 4a of the 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.

    Ch. 287 · 53 Stat. 1044 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

89. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the establishment of a permanent instruction staff at the United States Coast Guard Academy”, approved April 16, 1937.

    Ch. 288 · 53 Stat. 1044 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

90. An Act To amend section 1223 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 289 · 53 Stat. 1045 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution To amend the Act to authorize alterations and repairs to certain naval vessels, and for other purposes, approved April 20, 1939.

    Ch. 290 · 53 Stat. 1045 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1939, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski.

    Ch. 291 · 53 Stat. 1045 · July 15, 1939 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Dica Perkins.

    Ch. 292 · 53 Stat. 1470 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Howard Arthur Beswick.

    Ch. 293 · 53 Stat. 1470 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Anthony Coniglio.

    Ch. 294 · 53 Stat. 1473 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Quitman Smith.

    Ch. 295 · 53 Stat. 1473 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act To authorize certain officers and enlisted men of the United States Army to accept such medals, orders, and decorations as have been tendered them by foreign governments in appreciation of services rendered.

    Ch. 296 · 53 Stat. 1473 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Ray Wimmer.

    Ch. 297 · 53 Stat. 1474 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To authorize Major Andrew S. Rowan, United States Army, retired, to accept the Order Carlos Manuel de Céspedes tendered him by the Government of Cuba in appreciation of services rendered.

    Ch. 298 · 53 Stat. 1475 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Albert Pina Afonso, a minor.

     Ch. 299 · 53 Stat. 1475 · July 15, 1939 · Private law · Original text