Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim to the States of Oregon and California, respectively, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake in Oregon and California.

   Ch. 348 · 56 Stat. 323 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

2. An Act To expedite the settlement of claims and accounts incident to certain agricultural adjustment programs, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 349 · 56 Stat. 324 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

3. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico, providing a method for executing leases for grazing and agricultural purposes on lands granted or confirmed to the State of New Mexico by the Act of Congress approved June 20, 1910.

   Ch. 350 · 56 Stat. 325 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

4. An Act To provide that the unexplained absence of any individual for seven years shall be deemed sufficient evidence of death for the purpose of laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration.

   Ch. 351 · 56 Stat. 325 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to issue notes, bonds, and debentures in the sum of $5,000,000,000 in excess of existing authority.

   Ch. 352 · 56 Stat. 326 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

6. 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 (47 Stat. 322), as amended by the Act approved June 20, 1939 (53 Stat. 849).

   Ch. 353 · 56 Stat. 326 · June 5, 1942 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Kathryn O. Sweeney and others.

   Ch. 354 · 56 Stat. 1168 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept the final homestead proof submitted by Henry Martin Coffman.

   Ch. 354 · 56 Stat. 1168 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Lillian Last.

   Ch. 356 · 56 Stat. 1168 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of L. H. Martin.

    Ch. 361 · 56 Stat. 1168 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of James D. G. Alexander.

    Ch. 357 · 56 Stat. 1169 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of George P. Crawford.

    Ch. 358 · 56 Stat. 1169 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Dorothy Silva.

    Ch. 359 · 56 Stat. 1170 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Wiley W. Watkins.

    Ch. 360 · 56 Stat. 1170 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Walter B. Williams, Junior.

    Ch. 362 · 56 Stat. 1171 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Joseph Donatelli and Rose Donatelli.

    Ch. 363 · 56 Stat. 1171 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Alfred Smith.

    Ch. 364 · 56 Stat. 1172 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of James P. Crawford.

    Ch. 365 · 56 Stat. 1172 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of E. M. Conroy.

    Ch. 366 · 56 Stat. 1173 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the San Diego Gas and Electric Company.

    Ch. 367 · 56 Stat. 1173 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Gerney M. Claiborne.

    Ch. 368 · 56 Stat. 1173 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of James M. Hays.

    Ch. 369 · 56 Stat. 1174 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Edwin L. Wade.

    Ch. 370 · 56 Stat. 1174 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of George W. Lyle under the jurisdiction of the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission.

    Ch. 371 · 56 Stat. 1175 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Anna Danielson and Betty Tiedeman.

    Ch. 372 · 56 Stat. 1175 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Glenn A. Hoss.

    Ch. 373 · 56 Stat. 1175 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Luther Herbert Tench and Mrs. Mildred Farmer Tench.

    Ch. 374 · 56 Stat. 1176 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Julia Campbell.

    Ch. 375 · 56 Stat. 1176 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Rudolph Treiber, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 376 · 56 Stat. 1177 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Confirming the claim of Augustin Dominique Tureaud for the Church of Saint Jacques to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, parish of Saint James, said claim being listed as number 392.

    Ch. 377 · 56 Stat. 1177 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Commander Cato D. Glover.

    Ch. 378 · 56 Stat. 1178 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Fred Farner and Doris M. Schroeder.

    Ch. 379 · 56 Stat. 1178 · June 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the disposition of recreational demonstration projects, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 380 · 56 Stat. 326 · June 6, 1942 · Original text

34. An Act To change the name of the Black Warrior National Forest to the William B. Bankhead National Forest.

    Ch. 381 · 56 Stat. 327 · June 6, 1942 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 125 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 216), as amended, so as to authorize citizens of foreign countries who are graduates of Air Corps advanced flying schools and Air Corps service schools to wear aviation badges.

    Ch. 382 · 56 Stat. 328 · June 6, 1942 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the advancement on the retired list of certain officers of the United States Coast Guard and the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

    Ch. 383 · 56 Stat. 328 · June 6, 1942 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the obligation of funds of the Coast Guard for work or material at Government-owned establishments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 384 · 56 Stat. 328 · June 6, 1942 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941 (Public Law 8, Seventy-seventh Congress), as amended by section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend and clarify certain Acts pertaining to the Coast Guard, and for other purposes”, approved July 11, 1941 (Public Law 166, Seventy-seventh Congress).

    Ch. 385 · 56 Stat. 329 · June 6, 1942 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of the estate of Tom Gentry.

    Ch. 386 · 56 Stat. 1179 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Max Miller and Vera Caroline Miller, and others.

    Ch. 387 · 56 Stat. 1179 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Franklin Benjamin McNew.

    Ch. 388 · 56 Stat. 1180 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Harriett Boswell, guardian of Betty Fisher.

    Ch. 389 · 56 Stat. 1180 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Charles Brauch.

    Ch. 390 · 56 Stat. 1180 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Bob Sampley.

    Ch. 391 · 56 Stat. 1181 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Legg and Loetta Trainer.

    Ch. 392 · 56 Stat. 1181 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Anthony W. Livingston.

    Ch. 393 · 56 Stat. 1182 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of William Edward Fleming.

    Ch. 394 · 56 Stat. 1182 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Eileen Collins Treacy.

    Ch. 395 · 56 Stat. 1182 · June 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

49. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 396 · 56 Stat. 330 · June 8, 1942 · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Harold W. Burch and Lucille M. Burch.

    Ch. 397 · 56 Stat. 1183 · June 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the Beacon Oyster Company, the Point Wharf Oyster Company, and B. J. Rooks and Son.

    Ch. 398 · 56 Stat. 1183 · June 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of L. H. Goodman.

    Ch. 399 · 56 Stat. 1184 · June 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Albert M. Howard.

    Ch. 400 · 56 Stat. 1184 · June 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant William Stewart Walker.

    Ch. 401 · 56 Stat. 1184 · June 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To increase the rate of pension to World War veterans from $30 to $40 per month and for other purposes.

    Ch. 402 · 56 Stat. 350 · June 10, 1942 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide Federal meat inspection during the present war emergency in respect of meat-packing establishments engaged in intrastate commerce only, in order to facilitate the purchase of meat and meat food products by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 403 · 56 Stat. 351 · June 10, 1942 · Original text

57. An Act To mobilize the productive facilities of small business in the interests of successful prosecution of the war, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 404 · 56 Stat. 351 · June 11, 1942 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution Designating June 13, 1942, as MacArthur Day, and authorizing its appropriate observance.

    Ch. 405 · 56 Stat. 358 · June 11, 1942 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of present and former postmasters and acting postmasters, and for other purposes”, to permit payment of total compensation to certain employees of the Postal Service employed in a dual capacity.

    Ch. 406 · 56 Stat. 358 · June 11, 1942 · Original text

60. An Act To add to the Cleveland National Forest, California, certain contiguous lands of the United States which can be most effectively and economically protected and administered as parts of said national forest.

    Ch. 407 · 56 Stat. 358 · June 11, 1942 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Jerry McKinley Thompson.

    Ch. 408 · 56 Stat. 1185 · June 11, 1942 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Edgar B. Dunlap.

    Ch. 409 · 56 Stat. 1185 · June 11, 1942 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of the Quimby-Ryan Engineering Sales Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 410 · 56 Stat. 1186 · June 11, 1942 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the San Francisco Mountain Scenic Boulevard Company.

    Ch. 411 · 56 Stat. 1186 · June 11, 1942 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Primo Giordanengo and Angie Giordanengo.

    Ch. 412 · 56 Stat. 1186 · June 12, 1942 · Private law · Original text

66. Pay Readjustment Act of 1942

    An Act To readjust the pay and allowances of personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service.

    Ch. 413 · 56 Stat. 359 · June 16, 1942 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for the retirement, with advanced rank, of certain officers of the Navy.

    Ch. 414 · 56 Stat. 370 · June 16, 1942 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Act relating to preventing the publication of inventions in the national interest, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 415 · 56 Stat. 370 · June 16, 1942 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To extend certain emergency laws relating to the merchant marine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 416 · 56 Stat. 370 · June 16, 1942 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the fifty-second annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans to be held at Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 23 to 26, inclusive, 1942.

    Ch. 417 · 56 Stat. 371 · June 16, 1942 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the construction or acquisition of additional naval aircraft, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 418 · 56 Stat. 371 · June 16, 1942 · Original text

72. An Act To provide rental allowances for officers without dependents on sea duty when deprived of quarters on board ship.

    Ch. 419 · 56 Stat. 371 · June 19, 1942 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize inclusion of service on active duty as service on the active list in computation of service of commissioned warrant officers in the Navy for pay purposes.

    Ch. 420 · 56 Stat. 372 · June 19, 1942 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the charging of fees for brand inspection under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended.

    Ch. 421 · 56 Stat. 372 · June 19, 1942 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the fiscal year 1942 for the training and education of defense workers.

    Ch. 422 · 56 Stat. 373 · June 19, 1942 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Jeff Roberts.

    Ch. 423 · 56 Stat. 1187 · June 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of A. Mack Dodd and Henry Dodd.

    Ch. 424 · 56 Stat. 1187 · June 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Leanna M. Stright.

    Ch. 425 · 56 Stat. 1188 · June 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend section 24 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917.

    Ch. 426 · 56 Stat. 373 · June 20, 1942 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to assign officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force to duty in the detective bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 427 · 56 Stat. 374 · June 20, 1942 · Original text

81. An Act To amend paragraph 31 of section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1902, as amended.

    Ch. 428 · 56 Stat. 375 · June 20, 1942 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Alice W. Miller.

    Ch. 429 · 56 Stat. 1188 · June 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of James E. Savage.

    Ch. 430 · 56 Stat. 1188 · June 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice chiropractic in the District of Columbia to Doctor Wesley K. Harris.

    Ch. 431 · 56 Stat. 1189 · June 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To facilitate the employment by defense contractors of certain former members of the land and naval forces, including the Coast Guard, of the United States.

    Ch. 432 · 56 Stat. 375 · June 22, 1942 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Income Tax Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 433 · 56 Stat. 376 · June 22, 1942 · Original text

87. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 434 · 56 Stat. 377 · June 22, 1942 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To codify and emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America.

    Ch. 435 · 56 Stat. 377 · June 22, 1942 · Original text

89. An Act To make permanently effective the Act regulating interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products.

    Ch. 436 · 56 Stat. 381 · June 22, 1942 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Annie Brown.

    Ch. 437 · 56 Stat. 1189 · June 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Chan Tsork-ying.

    Ch. 438 · 56 Stat. 1189 · June 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Catherine R. Johnson.

    Ch. 439 · 56 Stat. 1190 · June 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of G. H. Condon, M. E. Cannon, W. J. Esterle, C. C. Gasaway, James F. Retallack, and L. G. Yinger.

    Ch. 440 · 56 Stat. 1190 · June 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of F. A. Holmes, former United States disbursing clerk for the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 441 · 56 Stat. 1191 · June 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To provide family allowances for the dependents of enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 443 · 56 Stat. 381 · June 23, 1942 · Original text

96. Title VIII, Naval Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making additional appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1941, 1942, and 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 444 · 56 Stat. 387 · June 23, 1942 · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of E. A. Wailes, receiver of Delta Oil Company.

    Ch. 442 · 56 Stat. 1191 · June 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Harvey C. Artis.

    Ch. 445 · 56 Stat. 1191 · June 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To provide additional compensation for Joseph Sharfsin, Esquire, for professional services rendered the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 446 · 56 Stat. 1192 · June 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To prevent the making of photographs and sketches of military or naval reservations, naval vessels, and other naval and military properties, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 447 · 56 Stat. 390 · June 25, 1942 · Original text