Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 40 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, as amended.

   Ch. 79 · 54 Stat. 105 · April 11, 1940 · Original text

2. An Act To reimpose the trust on certain lands allotted to Indians of the Crow Tribe, Montana.

   Ch. 80 · 54 Stat. 106 · April 11, 1940 · Original text

3. An Act To amend section 33 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright”, approved March 4, 1909, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 81 · 54 Stat. 106 · April 11, 1940 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the construction and maintenance of a dike or dam across Stansbury Creek in Baltimore County, Maryland.

   Ch. 82 · 54 Stat. 106 · April 11, 1940 · Original text

5. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Mississippi State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Pearl River at or near Carthage, in the State of Mississippi.

   Ch. 83 · 54 Stat. 107 · April 11, 1940 · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Nathan Kaplan.

   Ch. 84 · 54 Stat. 1251 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Ernest S. Frazier.

   Ch. 85 · 54 Stat. 1251 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Max J. Mobley.

   Ch. 86 · 54 Stat. 1252 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of George Louis Artick.

   Ch. 87 · 54 Stat. 1252 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of George Lancellotta.

    Ch. 88 · 54 Stat. 1252 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Alabama Lewis Poole.

    Ch. 89 · 54 Stat. 1253 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Louis Simons.

    Ch. 90 · 54 Stat. 1253 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Edward J. Gebhart.

    Ch. 91 · 54 Stat. 1254 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Dane Goich.

    Ch. 92 · 54 Stat. 1254 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mary Nouhan.

    Ch. 93 · 54 Stat. 1254 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Stanley Falk, Howard Franklin, Mrs. Nathan Falk, and Rose Winter.

    Ch. 94 · 54 Stat. 1255 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

17. 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. 95 · 54 Stat. 1255 · April 11, 1940 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 96 · 54 Stat. 107 · April 12, 1940 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the joint resolution creating the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission.

    Ch. 97 · 54 Stat. 107 · April 12, 1940 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of W. B. Tucker, Helen W. Tucker, Louie Meadows, and Susie Meadows.

    Ch. 98 · 54 Stat. 1256 · April 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to reopen and readjudicate the case of Carrie Howard Steedman and Eugenia Howard Edmunds.

    Ch. 99 · 54 Stat. 1256 · April 13, 1940 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To provide for terms of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

    Ch. 100 · 54 Stat. 109 · April 17, 1940 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Judicial Code with respect to the continuation of grand juries to finish investigations.

    Ch. 101 · 54 Stat. 110 · April 17, 1940 · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, California.

    Ch. 102 · 54 Stat. 1257 · April 17, 1940 · Private law · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Authorizing Captain William Bowie, former Chief of the Division of Geodesy in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, to accept and wear the decoration of the Cross of Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Sava.

    Ch. 103 · 54 Stat. 1257 · April 17, 1940 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accept, without cost to the United States, a fee-simple conveyance of sixteen and four-tenths acres, more or less, of land at Floyd Bennett Field in the city and State of New York.

    Ch. 104 · 54 Stat. 110 · April 18, 1940 · Original text

27. An Act To amend section 6 of the Organic Act of Alaska.

    Ch. 105 · 54 Stat. 111 · April 18, 1940 · Original text

28. An Act For the transfer of funds to the town of Wrangell, Alaska.

    Ch. 106 · 54 Stat. 111 · April 18, 1940 · Original text

29. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 107 · 54 Stat. 111 · April 18, 1940 · Original text

30. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Nestucca River at Pacific City, Oregon.

    Ch. 108 · 54 Stat. 142 · April 18, 1940 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certain markers for certain graves.

    Ch. 109 · 54 Stat. 142 · April 18, 1940 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Ray E. Nies.

    Ch. 110 · 54 Stat. 1257 · April 18, 1940 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Francisco R. Acosta.

    Ch. 111 · 54 Stat. 1258 · April 18, 1940 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the estate of George B. Spearin, deceased.

    Ch. 112 · 54 Stat. 1258 · April 18, 1940 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of James Henry Rigdon.

    Ch. 113 · 54 Stat. 1259 · April 18, 1940 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Howard Daury.

    Ch. 114 · 54 Stat. 1259 · April 18, 1940 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To authorize certain officers of the Army of the United States to accept such medals, orders, and decorations as have been tendered them by foreign governments.

    Ch. 115 · 54 Stat. 1259 · April 18, 1940 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to sell certain surplus land owned by the United States in Bremerton, Washington.

    Ch. 116 · 54 Stat. 142 · April 20, 1940 · Original text

39. An Act To extend original jurisdiction to district courts in civil suits between citizens of the District of Columbia, the Territories of Hawaii or Alaska, and any State or Territory.

    Ch. 117 · 54 Stat. 143 · April 20, 1940 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the grading and classification of clerks in the Foreign Service of the United States of America, and providing compensation therefor”, approved February 23, 1931, as amended.

    Ch. 118 · 54 Stat. 143 · April 20, 1940 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing appropriations to be made for the disposition of the remains of personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps and certain civilian employees of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 119 · 54 Stat. 144 · April 20, 1940 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of the International Grain Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 120 · 54 Stat. 1260 · April 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of R. D. Torian.

    Ch. 121 · 54 Stat. 1261 · April 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Floyd H. Roberts.

    Ch. 122 · 54 Stat. 1261 · April 20, 1940 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands between the city of San Diego, California, and the United States, and acceptance by gift of certain lands from the city of San Diego, California.

    Ch. 123 · 54 Stat. 145 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

46. An Act To amend the Locomotive Inspection Act of February 17, 3911, as amended, so as to change the title of the chief inspector and assistant chief inspectors of locomotive boilers.

    Ch. 124 · 54 Stat. 148 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

47. An Act To amend section 1 of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers and economists for consultation purposes on important reclamation work”, approved February 28, 1929 (45 Stat. 1406).

    Ch. 125 · 54 Stat. 148 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

48. An Act To reenact section 259 of the Judicial Code, relating to the traveling and subsistence expenses of circuit and district judges.

    Ch. 126 · 54 Stat. 149 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act.

    Ch. 127 · 54 Stat. 149 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

50. An Act To amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels.

    Ch. 128 · 54 Stat. 150 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the reconstruction or replacement of certain bridges necessitated by the Rio Grande canalization project and authorizing appropriation for that purpose.

    Ch. 129 · 54 Stat. 151 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

52. An Act Providing for the incorporation of the United Spanish War Veterans.

    Ch. 130 · 54 Stat. 152 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

53. An Act To regulate, in the District of Columbia, the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 131 · 54 Stat. 154 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit the payment of the costs of repairs, resurfacing, improvement, and enlargement of the Arrowrock Dam in twenty annual installments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 132 · 54 Stat. 155 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize an increase in the White House police force.

    Ch. 133 · 54 Stat. 156 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

56. An Act To change the name of a portion of Twenty-fourth Street Northwest to Williamsburg Lane.

    Ch. 134 · 54 Stat. 156 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

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

    Ch. 135 · 54 Stat. 156 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize and direct the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to accept and maintain a memorial fountain to the members of the Metropolitan Police Department.

    Ch. 136 · 54 Stat. 157 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the construction of a waiting room and comfort station in Commodore Barney Circle, United States Reservation 55–56, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 137 · 54 Stat. 157 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at the Golden Gate International Exposition, to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1940.

    Ch. 138 · 54 Stat. 157 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution Authorizing the granting of permits to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 139 · 54 Stat. 159 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution To provide for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property in connection with the Presidential inaugural ceremonies of 1941.

    Ch. 140 · 54 Stat. 161 · April 22, 1940 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Joseph Sciortino.

    Ch. 141 · 54 Stat. 1261 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the Keuffel and Esser Company of New York.

    Ch. 142 · 54 Stat. 1262 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of the estate of J. D. Warlick.

    Ch. 143 · 54 Stat. 1262 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Charles Sidenstucker.

    Ch. 144 · 54 Stat. 1263 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Robert Faughnan, a minor.

    Ch. 145 · 54 Stat. 1263 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Richard L. Calder.

    Ch. 146 · 54 Stat. 1263 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Marguerite P. Carmack.

    Ch. 147 · 54 Stat. 1264 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Ella Ragotski.

    Ch. 148 · 54 Stat. 1264 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Morrison-Knudsen Company, Incorporated, and W. C. Cole.

    Ch. 149 · 54 Stat. 1265 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of O’Brien Brothers, Incorporated, New York City, New York.

    Ch. 150 · 54 Stat. 1265 · April 22, 1940 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Tom Kelly.

    Ch. 151 · 54 Stat. 1266 · April 23, 1940 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To amend an Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress, approved June 18, 1929, so as to change the date of subsequent apportionments.

    Ch. 152 · 54 Stat. 162 · April 25, 1940 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Naval Reserve Act of 1938 (Public, Numbered 732, 52 Stat. 1175).

    Ch. 153 · 54 Stat. 162 · April 25, 1940 · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing the adoption for the Foreign Service of an accounting procedure in the matter of disbursement of funds appropriated for the Department of State.

    Ch. 154 · 54 Stat. 163 · April 25, 1940 · Original text

77. An Act To amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels, to regulate equipment of certain motorboats on the navigable waters of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 155 · 54 Stat. 163 · April 25, 1940 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the provisions of law relating to the use of private vehicles for official travel in order to effect economy and better administration.

    Ch. 156 · 54 Stat. 167 · April 25, 1940 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies.

    Ch. 157 · 54 Stat. 168 · April 25, 1940 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution To amend section 5 of Public Law Numbered 360, Sixty-sixth Congress.

    Ch. 158 · 54 Stat. 168 · April 25, 1940 · Original text

81. An Act For forest protection against the white-pine blister rust, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 159 · 54 Stat. 168 · April 26, 1940 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Act of August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. 414; U. S. C., title 31, sec. 679).

    Ch. 175 · 54 Stat. 163 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

83. An Act To provide for rearrangement of the location of the several boards of local inspectors.

    Ch. 160 · 54 Stat. 169 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

84. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the General State Authority, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and/or the Pennsylvania Bridge and Tunnel Commission, either singly or jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near the city of Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 161 · 54 Stat. 169 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

85. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the General State Authority, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and/or the Pennsylvania Bridge and Tunnel Commission, either singly or jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near the city of Millersburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 162 · 54 Stat. 170 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

86. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River between the village of Barryville, New York, and the village of Shohola, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 163 · 54 Stat. 171 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

87. An Act To amend section 35B of the United States Criminal Code to prohibit purchase or receipt in pledge of clothing and other supplies issued to veterans maintained in Veterans’ Administration facilities.

    Ch. 164 · 54 Stat. 171 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

88. An Act Providing for sick leave for substitute postal employees.

    Ch. 165 · 54 Stat. 171 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

89. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

    Ch. 166 · 54 Stat. 172 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

90. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge or bridges across the Saint Louis River at or near the city of Duluth, Minnesota, and the city of Superior, Wisconsin, and to amend the Act of August 7, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 54 Stat. 172 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

91. An Act Amending Acts extending the franking privilege to widows of ex-Presidents of the United States.

    Ch. 168 · 54 Stat. 172 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing The Superior Oil Company, a California corporation, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge or causeway, and approaches thereto, across the old channel of the Wabash River from Cut-Off Island, Posey County, Indiana, to White County, Illinois.

    Ch. 169 · 54 Stat. 173 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

93. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Susquehanna River, at or near Wyalusing, between Terry and Wyalusing Townships, in the county of Bradford, and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 170 · 54 Stat. 173 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

94. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near the cities of Dubuque, Iowa, and East Dubuque, Illinois, and to amend the Act of July 18, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 171 · 54 Stat. 174 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended by the Act of June 30, 1932 (ch. 314, sec. 209, 47 Stat. 405).

    Ch. 172 · 54 Stat. 174 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Little Falls, Minnesota.

    Ch. 173 · 54 Stat. 174 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

97. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Department of South Carolina to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Great Pee Dee River, at or near Cashua Ferry, South Carolina.

    Ch. 174 · 54 Stat. 175 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the transfer of United States prisoners in certain cases.

    Ch. 176 · 54 Stat. 175 · April 30, 1940 · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Gerald Henry Simpson.

    Ch. 177 · 54 Stat. 1266 · April 30, 1940 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Esther Cottingham Grab.

     Ch. 178 · 54 Stat. 1266 · April 30, 1940 · Private law · Original text