Every law Congress has passed

1,489 laws of the 77th Congress, 1941–1943

1. An Act To amend section 204 of (he Act entitled “An Act to provide for the termination of Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation; to provide for the settlement of disputes between carriers and their employees; to further amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce’, approved February 4, 1887, as amended, and for other purposes”, approved February 28, 1920.

   Ch. 938 · 54 Stat. 1226 · January 7, 1941 · Original text

2. An Act To permit the relinquishment or modification of certain restrictions upon the use of lands along the Natchez Trace Parkway in the village of French Camp, Mississippi.

   Ch. 939 · 54 Stat. 1227 · January 7, 1941 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Ramsey.

   Ch. 940 · 54 Stat. 1398 · January 7, 1941 · Private law · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To extend the date for filing a report by the United States Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Jefferson.

   Ch. 941 · 54 Stat. 1227 · January 9, 1941 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize major alterations to certain naval vessels.

   Ch. 1 · 55 Stat. 3 · January 29, 1941 · Original text

6. An Act To remove certain limitations on appropriations for the pay of midshipmen, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 2 · 55 Stat. 3 · January 30, 1941 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To amend section 124 of the Internal Revenue Code by extending the time for certification of national-defense facilities and contracts for amortization purposes.

   Ch. 3 · 55 Stat. 4 · January 31, 1941 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing appropriations for additional shipbuilding and ordnance manufacturing facilities and equipment for the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 4 · 55 Stat. 5 · January 31, 1941 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to the United States Maritime Commission for emergency cargo ship construction, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 5 · 55 Stat. 5 · February 6, 1941 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941.

    Ch. 6 · 55 Stat. 7 · February 13, 1941 · Original text

11. An Act To increase the debt limit of the United States, to provide for the Federal taxation of future issues of obligations of the United States and its instrumentalities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 7 · 55 Stat. 7 · February 19, 1941 · Original text

12. Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941

    An Act To provide for the establishment, administration, and maintenance of a Coast Guard Auxiliary and a Coast Guard Reserve.

    Ch. 8 · 55 Stat. 9 · February 19, 1941 · Original text

13. Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1941 urgently required for the Work Projects Administration and certain other Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 9 · 55 Stat. 14 · March 1, 1941 · Original text

14. Excess Profits Tax Amendments of 1941

    An Act To amend certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the excess profits tax, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 10 · 55 Stat. 17 · March 7, 1941 · Original text

15. An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States

    An Act Further to promote the defense of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 11 · 55 Stat. 31 · March 11, 1941 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey certain lands situated in Duval and Brevard Counties, Florida, to the State of Florida for highway purposes.

    Ch. 12 · 55 Stat. 33 · March 14, 1941 · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of John W. Young.

    Ch. 13 · 55 Stat. 887 · March 14, 1941 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of William Boyer.

    Ch. 14 · 55 Stat. 888 · March 14, 1941 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of John Mulhern.

    Ch. 15 · 55 Stat. 888 · March 14, 1941 · Private law · Original text

20. Fourth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making deficiency and supplemental appropriations for the Army and Navy for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 16 · 55 Stat. 34 · March 17, 1941 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Act of May 4, 1898 (30 Stat. 380; U. S. C., title 34, sec. 21), as amended, to authorize the President to appoint additional acting assistant surgeons in time of national emergency.

    Ch. 17 · 55 Stat. 43 · March 17, 1941 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands between the people of Puerto Rico and the United States.

    Ch. 18 · 55 Stat. 43 · March 17, 1941 · Original text

23. An Act Extending the provisions of the Act approved August 27, 1940, entitled “An Act increasing the number of naval aviators in the line of the Regular Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 19 · 55 Stat. 43 · March 17, 1941 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the first paragraph of section 22 of the Act of February 23, 1931 (46 Stat. 1210).

    Ch. 20 · 55 Stat. 44 · March 17, 1941 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To amend the Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 21 · 55 Stat. 44 · March 17, 1941 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Joseph S. Albis, Junior.

    Ch. 22 · 55 Stat. 888 · March 17, 1941 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing the State of Maryland, by and through its State roads commission or the successors of said commission, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Potomac River at or near Sandy Hook, Maryland, to a point opposite in Virginia.

    Ch. 23 · 55 Stat. 45 · March 19, 1941 · Original text

28. An Act To amend section 4 (f) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to provide for extra compensation for overtime of inspectors in charge and radio inspectors of the Field Division of the Engineering Department of the Federal Communications Commission.

    Ch. 24 · 55 Stat. 46 · March 23, 1941 · Original text

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

    Ch. 25 · 55 Stat. 47 · March 23, 1941 · Original text

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

    Ch. 26 · 55 Stat. 49 · March 23, 1941 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the estate of Joe L. McQueen.

    Ch. 27 · 55 Stat. 889 · March 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Edith Platt.

    Ch. 28 · 55 Stat. 889 · March 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Daisy Fitzpatrick.

    Ch. 29 · 55 Stat. 890 · March 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

34. Defense Aid Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the national defense to provide aid to the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 30 · 55 Stat. 53 · March 27, 1941 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the National Housing Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 31 · 55 Stat. 55 · March 28, 1941 · Original text

36. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 32 · 55 Stat. 62 · April 1, 1941 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of M. F. O’Donnell.

    Ch. 33 · 55 Stat. 890 · April 1, 1941 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Henry L. Munt.

    Ch. 34 · 55 Stat. 890 · April 1, 1941 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties, New York, or to either of them, or any agency representing said counties, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Hudson River between the city of Mechanicville and Hemstreet Park in the town of Schaghticoke, New York.

    Ch. 35 · 55 Stat. 87 · April 2, 1941 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Mary Madeline Zwalinski and Ilene Mary Zwalinski, a minor.

    Ch. 36 · 55 Stat. 891 · April 2, 1941 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Helen Louise Giles.

    Ch. 37 · 55 Stat. 891 · April 2, 1941 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of James P. Melican.

    Ch. 38 · 55 Stat. 892 · April 2, 1941 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, for the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in peanuts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 39 · 55 Stat. 88 · April 3, 1941 · Original text

44. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 40 · 55 Stat. 92 · April 5, 1941 · Original text

45. Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making deficiency and supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 41 · 55 Stat. 123 · April 5, 1941 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make analyses of fiber properties, spinning tests, and other tests of the quality of cotton samples submitted to him.

    Ch. 42 · 55 Stat. 131 · April 7, 1941 · Original text

47. An Act Relating to foreign accounts in Federal Reserve banks and insured banks.

    Ch. 43 · 55 Stat. 131 · April 7, 1941 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Maude Wilcox.

    Ch. 44 · 55 Stat. 892 · April 7, 1941 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Worth Gallaher.

    Ch. 45 · 55 Stat. 893 · April 7, 1941 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Mabel Foote Ramsey.

    Ch. 46 · 55 Stat. 893 · April 7, 1941 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Ernest H. Steinberg.

    Ch. 47 · 55 Stat. 893 · April 7, 1941 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Dollie C. Pichette.

    Ch. 48 · 55 Stat. 894 · April 7, 1941 · Private law · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Affirming and approving nonrecognition of the transfer of any geographic region in this hemisphere from one non-American power to another non-American power, and providing for consultation with other American republics in the event that such transfer should appear likely.

    Ch. 49 · 55 Stat. 133 · April 10, 1941 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of the Johnson Flying Service, Incorporated.

    Ch. 50 · 55 Stat. 894 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Mrs. J. E. Purtymun and Mrs. B. H. Russell.

    Ch. 51 · 55 Stat. 894 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Elmer Lindrud.

    Ch. 52 · 55 Stat. 895 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to adjust and settle the claim of J. H. Redding, Incorporated.

    Ch. 53 · 55 Stat. 895 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Virginia Bowen, Willie W. Hudson, and John L. Walker.

    Ch. 54 · 55 Stat. 896 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Addie Myers.

    Ch. 55 · 55 Stat. 896 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Ervine J. Stenson.

    Ch. 56 · 55 Stat. 897 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Blanche W. Stout.

    Ch. 57 · 55 Stat. 897 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Dan A. Tarpley, Ernest H. Tarpley, and Pearl Tarpley.

    Ch. 58 · 55 Stat. 897 · April 10, 1941 · Private law · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To carry out the obligations of the United States under the Inter-American Coffee Agreement, signed at Washington on November 28, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 59 · 55 Stat. 133 · April 11, 1941 · Original text

64. An Act To extend the provisions of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 for a period of two years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 64 · 55 Stat. 134 · April 11, 1941 · Original text

65. An Act To relieve disbursing officers, certifying officers, and payees in respect of certain payments made in contravention of appropriation restrictions regarding citizenship status.

    Ch. 69 · 55 Stat. 136 · April 11, 1941 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department.

    Ch. 70 · 55 Stat. 136 · April 11, 1941 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Jesus Leyvas.

    Ch. 60 · 55 Stat. 898 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Hilda C. Allstrom.

    Ch. 61 · 55 Stat. 898 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the estate of Henry H. Denhardt, deceased, of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

    Ch. 62 · 55 Stat. 899 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Mattie E. Baumgarten.

    Ch. 63 · 55 Stat. 899 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of the Convertible Door Manufacturing Company.

    Ch. 65 · 55 Stat. 899 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of the Missoula Mercantile Company.

    Ch. 66 · 55 Stat. 900 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of John McAlister, Incorporated.

    Ch. 67 · 55 Stat. 900 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Glen E. Robinson, doing business as the Robinson Marine Construction Company.

    Ch. 68 · 55 Stat. 901 · April 11, 1941 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To create the White County Bridge Commission; defining the authority, power, and duties of said Commission; and authorizing said Commission and its successors and assigns to purchase, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Wabash River at or near New Harmony, Indiana, and to purchase, maintain and operate certain ferries.

    Ch. 71 · 55 Stat. 140 · April 12, 1941 · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey a portion of the lighthouse reservation, Biloxi, Mississippi, to the city of Biloxi.

    Ch. 72 · 55 Stat. 145 · April 12, 1941 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Rudolph Mundt.

    Ch. 73 · 55 Stat. 901 · April 12, 1941 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To increase the authorized enlisted strength of the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 74 · 55 Stat. 145 · April 22, 1941 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution authorizing Federal participation in the New York World’s Fair, 1939”, to provide for an extension in the life of the Commission, to authorize the transfer of property to other departments and branches of the Government without consideration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 75 · 55 Stat. 146 · April 23, 1941 · Original text

80. An Act To provide an additional sum for the payment of claims under the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the reimbursement of certain officers and enlisted men or former officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps for personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed as a result of the earthquake which occurred at Managua, Nicaragua, on March 31, 1931”, approved January 21, 1936 (49 Stat. 2212).

    Ch. 76 · 55 Stat. 902 · April 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To provide for the reimbursement, of certain Navy and Marine Corps personnel and former Navy and Marine Corps personnel and certain Federal civil employees for personal property lost or damaged as a result of the hurricane and flood at Parris Island, South Carolina, on August 11–12, 1940.

    Ch. 77 · 55 Stat. 902 · April 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To provide an additional sum for the payment of claims 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. 78 · 55 Stat. 903 · April 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1941, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemcration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski.

    Ch. 79 · 55 Stat. 146 · April 24, 1941 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Act of October 14, 1940, relating to defense housing, by authorizing an additional appropriation of $150,000,000, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 80 · 55 Stat. 147 · April 29, 1941 · Original text

85. An Act To expedite the national defense by clarifying the application of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 793), as to the requirement of mandatory performance and payment bonds in connection with supply contracts.

    Ch. 81 · 55 Stat. 147 · April 29, 1941 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the construction and maintenance of overhanging walks on the highway bridge, route numbered 36, at Highlands, New Jersey, for public use.

    Ch. 82 · 55 Stat. 147 · May 1, 1941 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for the appointment of one additional United States district judge for the northern district of Ohio.

    Ch. 83 · 55 Stat. 148 · May 1, 1941 · Original text

88. An Act To make emergency provision for certain activities of the United States Maritime Commission, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 84 · 55 Stat. 148 · May 2, 1941 · Original text

89. An Act To limit the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code and section 190 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, with respect to counsel in certain matters.

    Ch. 85 · 55 Stat. 150 · May 5, 1941 · Original text

90. Naval Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 86 · 55 Stat. 151 · May 6, 1941 · Original text

91. An Act Relating to certain inspections and investigations in coal mines for the purpose of obtaining information relating to health and safety conditions, accidents, and occupational diseases therein, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 87 · 55 Stat. 177 · May 7, 1941 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana.

    Ch. 88 · 55 Stat. 180 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

93. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of Davidson County, of the State of Tennessee, to construct, maintain, and operate, a free highway bridge across the Cumberland River at a point approximately one and three-fourths miles below Clees Ferry, connecting a belt-line highway in Davidson County, State of Tennessee, known as the Old Hickory Boulevard.

    Ch. 89 · 55 Stat. 181 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

94. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge 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, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 90 · 55 Stat. 181 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

95. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 91 · 55 Stat. 182 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near the city of Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 92 · 55 Stat. 182 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

97. An Act To amend an Act to provide for a Union Railroad Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 93 · 55 Stat. 182 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Attorney General to grant easements to States over lands belonging to the United States under his supervision and control.

    Ch. 94 · 55 Stat. 183 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

99. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the commissioners of Mahoning County, Ohio, to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mahoning River in the village of Lowellville, Mahoning County, Ohio.

    Ch. 95 · 55 Stat. 183 · May 9, 1941 · Original text

100. An Act To exempt from internal-revenue taxes, on the basis of reciprocity, articles imported by consular officers and employees of foreign states for their personal or official use.

     Ch. 96 · 55 Stat. 184 · May 9, 1941 · Original text