Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To eliminate the prohibition against the filling of the first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for the District of New Jersey.

   Ch. 248 · 56 Stat. 247 · April 28, 1942 · Original text

2. An Act To suspend during war or a national emergency declared by Congress or by the President the provisions of section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended, relating to certain leases.

   Ch. 249 · 56 Stat. 247 · April 28, 1942 · Original text

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

   Ch. 250 · 56 Stat. 248 · April 28, 1942 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Dora Thompson.

   Ch. 251 · 56 Stat. 1151 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Loard.

   Ch. 252 · 56 Stat. 1151 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Mary J. Crabtree.

   Ch. 253 · 56 Stat. 1151 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Frank S. Mathias and Elsie Mathias.

   Ch. 251 · 56 Stat. 1151 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the Bell Grocery Company.

   Ch. 254 · 56 Stat. 1152 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Clyde Kingery.

   Ch. 255 · 56 Stat. 1152 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of John Snure, Junior.

    Ch. 256 · 56 Stat. 1152 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Agnes S. Hathaway.

    Ch. 257 · 56 Stat. 1153 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Mrs. William Meister.

    Ch. 258 · 56 Stat. 1153 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Pasqualina Lazzaro.

    Ch. 259 · 56 Stat. 1154 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To amend Private Act Numbered 446, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved July 2, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 260 · 56 Stat. 1154 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Tom G. Irving; Thomas G. Irving, Senior; J. E. Irving; Mata D. Irving; L. T. Dale; and Amelia Dale.

    Ch. 262 · 56 Stat. 1155 · April 28, 1942 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to require the registration of certain persons employed by agencies to disseminate propaganda in the United States, and for other purposes”, approved June 8, 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 263 · 56 Stat. 248 · April 29, 1942 · Original text

17. An Act To accept the cession by the States of North Carolina and Tennessee of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 264 · 56 Stat. 258 · April 29, 1942 · Original text

18. An Act To create a Recreation Board for the District of Columbia, to define its duties, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 265 · 56 Stat. 261 · April 29, 1942 · Original text

19. An Act To increase the monthly maximum number of flying hours of air pilots, as limited by the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, because of the military needs arising out of the present war.

    Ch. 266 · 56 Stat. 265 · April 29, 1942 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Eugene Jackson.

    Ch. 267 · 56 Stat. 1155 · April 29, 1942 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Bibiano L. Meer.

    Ch. 268 · 56 Stat. 1156 · April 29, 1942 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Edward Keating and others.

    Ch. 269 · 56 Stat. 1156 · May 1, 1942 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Olive Z. Ressler.

    Ch. 270 · 56 Stat. 1156 · May 1, 1942 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the guardian of Charles Jirinec, an infant.

    Ch. 271 · 56 Stat. 1157 · May 1, 1942 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To amend the 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. 273 · 56 Stat. 265 · May 2, 1942 · Original text

26. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 35, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved April 11, 1941.

    Ch. 277 · 56 Stat. 266 · May 2, 1942 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Howard L. Miller.

    Ch. 269 · 56 Stat. 1156 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of the minor children of Mrs. Jesús Zamora Felix, deceased.

    Ch. 272 · 56 Stat. 1157 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Alice R. Swett.

    Ch. 274 · 56 Stat. 1158 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Alice R. Swett and the estate of Robert S. Swett.

    Ch. 275 · 56 Stat. 1158 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse Carrol D. Ward for the losses sustained by him by reason of the negligence of an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

    Ch. 278 · 56 Stat. 1159 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the Phoenix Construction Associates, a partnership.

    Ch. 279 · 56 Stat. 1159 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Roy F. Lassly, former acting chief disbursing clerk, Department of the Interior, and G. F. Allen, chief disbursing officer, Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department.

    Ch. 280 · 56 Stat. 1160 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

34. 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. 281 · 56 Stat. 1160 · May 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To provide for longevity credit for enlisted men of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and the National Guard of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 282 · 56 Stat. 266 · May 4, 1942 · Original text

36. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact relating to the better utilization of the fisheries (marine, shell, and anadromous) of the Atlantic seaboard and creating the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.

    Ch. 283 · 56 Stat. 267 · May 4, 1942 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Ideal Service Station.

    Ch. 284 · 56 Stat. 1161 · May 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of James A. Quillinan.

    Ch. 285 · 56 Stat. 1162 · May 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of the Clark County Lumber Company.

    Ch. 286 · 56 Stat. 1162 · May 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To ratify and confirm act 20 of the Special Session Laws of Hawaii, 1941, extending the time within which revenue bonds may be issued and delivered under act 174 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1935.

    Ch. 287 · 56 Stat. 270 · May 5, 1942 · Original text

41. An Act To approve Act Numbered 70 of the Special Session Laws of Hawaii, 1941, reducing the rate of interest on loans and providing for the reamortization of indebtedness to the Farm Loan Board.

    Ch. 288 · 56 Stat. 270 · May 5, 1942 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Vernon Clemons, Junior.

    Ch. 289 · 56 Stat. 1162 · May 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Tommy Huddleston.

    Ch. 290 · 56 Stat. 1163 · May 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Floyd P. Moritzky.

    Ch. 291 · 56 Stat. 1163 · May 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of George C. Dewey.

    Ch. 292 · 56 Stat. 1164 · May 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Frank Sheppard.

    Ch. 293 · 56 Stat. 1164 · May 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, including the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 294 · 56 Stat. 271 · May 7, 1942 · Original text

48. An Act To permit appeals by the United States to the circuit courts of appeals in certain cases.

    Ch. 295 · 56 Stat. 271 · May 9, 1942 · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the conveyance to Sandoval County, New Mexico, of the public land comprising part of the site of the county courthouse.

    Ch. 296 · 56 Stat. 272 · May 9, 1942 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease for the exploitation of silica sand and other nonmetallic minerals, lands withdrawn by Executive Order Numbered 5105, dated May 3, 1929.

    Ch. 297 · 56 Stat. 273 · May 9, 1942 · Original text

51. An Act To reserve certain public lands in California for the benefit of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria.

    Ch. 298 · 56 Stat. 273 · May 9, 1942 · Original text

52. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State of Michigan to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, across the Straits of Mackinac at or near a point between Saint Ignace, Michigan, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan”, approved September 25, 1940.

    Ch. 299 · 56 Stat. 273 · May 9, 1942 · Original text

53. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant easements in certain lands of the Veterans’ Administration Facility, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to the city of Murfreesboro, State of Tennessee, to enable the city to construct and maintain a water-pumping station and pipe line.

    Ch. 300 · 56 Stat. 274 · May 9, 1942 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of dealers in certain articles or commodities rationed under authority of the United States.

    Ch. 301 · 56 Stat. 275 · May 11, 1942 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Lawrence Brizendine.

    Ch. 302 · 56 Stat. 1164 · May 11, 1942 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To change the designation of the Bureau of Navigation of the Department of the Navy to the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

    Ch. 303 · 56 Stat. 276 · May 13, 1942 · Original text

57. An Act To establish the composition of the United States Navy, to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 304 · 56 Stat. 277 · May 13, 1942 · Original text

58. An Act To amend subsection (c) of section 1 of Public, Numbered 846, Seventy-fourth Congress (S. 3055), an Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 306 · 56 Stat. 277 · May 13, 1942 · Original text

59. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant an easement in certain lands of the Veterans’ Administration facility, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, to the State of Missouri for highway purposes.

    Ch. 307 · 56 Stat. 277 · May 13, 1942 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of James Warren.

    Ch. 305 · 56 Stat. 1165 · May 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Murray Freeman.

    Ch. 308 · 56 Stat. 1165 · May 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Floyd Odom.

    Ch. 309 · 56 Stat. 1166 · May 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Joe A, Mumford and the estate of W. C. Mumford.

    Ch. 310 · 56 Stat. 1166 · May 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of M. V. Forsythe.

    Ch. 311 · 56 Stat. 1166 · May 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To establish a Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service with the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 312 · 56 Stat. 278 · May 14, 1942 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 34 (c) of the Customs Administrative Act of 1938 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 1529 (a)).

    Ch. 313 · 56 Stat. 283 · May 14, 1942 · Original text

67. An Act To amend existing law to provide privilege of renewing expiring five-year level-premium term policies for another five-year period.

    Ch. 314 · 56 Stat. 283 · May 14, 1942 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the seventy-sixth anniversary convention of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Indianapolis, Indiana, September 13 to 18, inclusive, 1942.

    Ch. 315 · 56 Stat. 283 · May 14, 1942 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Weslie A. Coulter, Senior.

    Ch. 316 · 56 Stat. 1167 · May 14, 1942 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of J. Furman Richardson.

    Ch. 317 · 56 Stat. 1167 · May 14, 1942 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, to provide for the regulation of freight forwarders.

    Ch. 318 · 56 Stat. 284 · May 16, 1942 · Original text

72. National Housing Act Amendments of 1942

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

    Ch. 319 · 56 Stat. 301 · May 26, 1942 · Original text

73. An Act To relieve disbursing and certifying officers of the United States of responsibility for overpayments made on transportation accounts under certain circumstances.

    Ch. 320 · 56 Stat. 306 · June 1, 1942 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 32 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended.

    Ch. 321 · 56 Stat. 306 · June 3, 1942 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize an increase of the number of cadets at the United States Military Academy and to provide for maintaining the corps of cadets at authorized strength.

    Ch. 322 · 56 Stat. 306 · June 3, 1942 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Bulgaria and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same.

    Ch. 323 · 56 Stat. 307 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Hungary and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same.

    Ch. 324 · 56 Stat. 307 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Rumania and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same.

    Ch. 325 · 56 Stat. 307 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the conveyance to the State of Illinois, for highway purposes only, a portion of the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.

    Ch. 326 · 56 Stat. 308 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize aircraft flight rations for officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Navy and Marine Corps while engaged in flight operations.

    Ch. 327 · 56 Stat. 308 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the board of trustees. School District Numbered 20, Charleston County, South Carolina, a parcel of land situated in the city of Charleston, South Carolina.

    Ch. 328 · 56 Stat. 308 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the retirement, rank, and pay of heads of staff departments of the Marine Corps.

    Ch. 329 · 56 Stat. 309 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Act approved June 24, 1926, entitled “An Act to authorize the construction and procurement of aircraft and aircraft equipment in the Navy and Marine Corps, and to adjust and define the status of the operating personnel in connection therewith”, so as to provide for the establishment of the designation of naval aviation pilot (airship), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 330 · 56 Stat. 309 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

84. An Act To prescribe certain allowances for cadets of the United States Military Academy undergoing flight training, and for other purposes

    Ch. 331 · 56 Stat. 310 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the marine and war-risk insurance fund.

    Ch. 332 · 56 Stat. 310 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the adjustment of land-ownership lines within the General Grant grove section of the Kings Canyon National Park, California, in order to protect equities established by possession arising in conformity with a certain survey, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 333 · 56 Stat. 310 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Plumas National Forest, California.

    Ch. 334 · 56 Stat. 311 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

88. An Act Validating a certain conveyance, heretofore made by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, and its lessee. Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, involving certain portions of right-of-way in the town of Indio, in the county of Riverside, State of California, acquired under section 23 of the Act of March 3, 1871 (16 Stat. 573).

    Ch. 335 · 56 Stat. 311 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

89. An Act To provide that assistant or deputy heads of certain bureaus in the Department of the Interior shall be appointed under the civil-service laws, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 336 · 56 Stat. 312 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

90. An Act To change the designation of the Fort Marion National Monument, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 337 · 56 Stat. 312 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of persons in connection with the extraction of gold-bearing ore from the Ruck-A-Chucky dam site.

    Ch. 338 · 56 Stat. 313 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the sale of certain public lands in Alaska to the North Pacific Union Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists.

    Ch. 339 · 56 Stat. 313 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

93. An Act Providing for sundry matters affecting the Military Establishment.

    Ch. 340 · 56 Stat. 314 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

94. An Act To accept the cession by the Commonwealth of Kentucky of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Mammoth Cave National Park; to authorize the acquisition of additional lands for the park in accordance with the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 635); to authorize the acceptance of donations of land for the development of a proper entrance road to the park; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 341 · 56 Stat. 317 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

95. An Act To add certain lands to the Boise National Forest, the Salmon National Forest, and the Targhee National Forest in the State of Idaho.

    Ch. 342 · 56 Stat. 320 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act approved August 19, 1937 (50 Stat. 700), entitled “An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to notify the State of Virginia that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Shenandoah National Park, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 343 · 56 Stat. 321 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate the claims of any landowner or water user on the Owyhee reclamation project, Oregon, arising in 1940 by reason of a break in the North Canal of such project.

    Ch. 344 · 56 Stat. 322 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

98. An Act Relating to the transfer to the Secretary of War of certain lands owned by the United States.

    Ch. 345 · 56 Stat. 322 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the lease or sale of public lands for use in connection with the manufacture of arms, ammunition, and implements of war, and so forth.

    Ch. 346 · 56 Stat. 323 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska.

     Ch. 347 · 56 Stat. 323 · June 5, 1942 · Original text