Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide additional pay for personnel of the United States Navy assigned to duty on submarines and to diving duty”, to include additional pay for diving in depths of less than ninety feet under certain conditions, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 448 · 56 Stat. 391 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

2. An Act To extend for two additional years the reduced rates of interest on Federal land bank and Land Bank Commissioner loans.

   Ch. 449 · 56 Stat. 391 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

3. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1943

   An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 450 · 56 Stat. 392 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the appointment of commissioned warrant and warrant officers to commissioned rank in the line and staff corps of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 451 · 56 Stat. 422 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

5. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1943

   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, 1943, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 452 · 56 Stat. 424 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

6. An Act To exempt from duty personal and household effects brought into the United States under Government orders.

   Ch. 453 · 56 Stat. 461 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Continuing the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation as an agency of the United States.

   Ch. 454 · 56 Stat. 461 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To accord privileges of free importation to members of the armed forces of other United Nations, to enemy prisoners of war and civilian internees and detainees, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 455 · 56 Stat. 461 · June 27, 1942 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of E. P. Corley.

   Ch. 456 · 56 Stat. 1192 · June 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of J. C. Lemon, Louis McCoy, and Patricia McCoy.

    Ch. 457 · 56 Stat. 1193 · June 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Francis Corwin Circle.

    Ch. 458 · 56 Stat. 1193 · June 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To provide for a permanent postage rate of 3 cents per pound on books.

    Ch. 459 · 56 Stat. 462 · June 30, 1942 · Original text

13. An Act To provide for the placing in Gallinger Hospital of a memorial to George Earle Chamberlain.

    Ch. 460 · 56 Stat. 462 · June 30, 1942 · Original text

14. An Act To further expedite the prosecution of the war by authorizing the control of the exportation of certain commodities.

    Ch. 461 · 56 Stat. 463 · June 30, 1942 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the better administration of officer personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps during the existing war, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 462 · 56 Stat. 463 · June 30, 1942 · Original text

16. An Act To amend section 13 (d) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

    Ch. 463 · 56 Stat. 465 · June 30, 1942 · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Clarence J. Meteyer, Lester W. Engels, and Dorothy B. Engels.

    Ch. 464 · 56 Stat. 1194 · June 30, 1942 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of David Caron.

    Ch. 465 · 56 Stat. 1194 · June 30, 1942 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To authorize payment to janitors and custodians of the public schools of the District of Columbia for services rendered for local boards of the selective-service system.

    Ch. 466 · 56 Stat. 466 · July 1, 1942 · Original text

20. An Act To exempt custodial employees of the District of Columbia Board of Education from the operation of the provisions of section 6 of the. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act approved May 10, 1916.

    Ch. 467 · 56 Stat. 467 · July 1, 1942 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Madeleine Hammett, Olive Hammett, Walter Young, the estate of Laura O’Malley Young, deceased, and the legal guardian of Laura Elizabeth Young.

    Ch. 468 · 56 Stat. 1194 · July 1, 1942 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of William Tipton, Mrs. William Tipton, and Mrs. Eula Nelson.

    Ch. 469 · 56 Stat. 1195 · July 1, 1942 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of James Gilmore and Marian E, Gilmore.

    Ch. 470 · 56 Stat. 1195 · July 1, 1942 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To amend sections 1 and 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President to requisition certain articles and materials for the use of the United States, and for other purposes”, approved October 10, 1940 (54 Stat. 1090), to continue the Act in effect during the existing war, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 471 · 56 Stat. 467 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

25. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Federal Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 472 · 56 Stat. 468 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

26. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 473 · 56 Stat. 506 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

27. An Act To amend the Defense Highway Act of 1941.

    Ch. 474 · 56 Stat. 562 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

28. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 475 · 56 Stat. 562 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

29. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for prior fiscal years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 476 · 56 Stat. 593 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

30. Military Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 477 · 56 Stat. 611 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Making appropriations to provide war housing and war public works in and near the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 478 · 56 Stat. 633 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

32. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1943

    Joint Resolution Making appropriations for work relief and relief for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943.

    Ch. 479 · 56 Stat. 634 · July 2, 1942 · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of L. W. Marek, Junior.

    Ch. 480 · 56 Stat. 1196 · July 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the estate of Julian B. Wiggins, deceased, and the estate of R. E. Thompson, deceased.

    Ch. 481 · 56 Stat. 1196 · July 2, 1942 · Private law · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Extending the period for which overtime rates of compensation may be paid under certain Acts.

    Ch. 482 · 56 Stat. 645 · July 3, 1942 · Original text

36. An Act To establish the naval procurement fund, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 484 · 56 Stat. 645 · July 3, 1942 · Original text

37. An Act To prescribe the relative rank of members of the Navy Nurse Corps in relation to commissioned officers of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 485 · 56 Stat. 646 · July 3, 1942 · Original text

38. An Act To suspend the requirement for the performance of annual labor on certain mining claims.

    Ch. 486 · 56 Stat. 647 · July 3, 1942 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Ball.

    Ch. 483 · 56 Stat. 1197 · July 3, 1942 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Carl L. Jones.

    Ch. 487 · 56 Stat. 1197 · July 3, 1942 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To amend sections 12A and 19 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.

    Ch. 488 · 56 Stat. 647 · July 7, 1942 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the appointment of a district judge for the northern district of California in order to fill a vacancy in the office of an additional district judge heretofore authorized for such district.

    Ch. 489 · 56 Stat. 648 · July 7, 1942 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Cleaver Kelley.

    Ch. 490 · 56 Stat. 1197 · July 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Joseph Soulek.

    Ch. 491 · 56 Stat. 1198 · July 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Alvira Manfredi,

    Ch. 492 · 56 Stat. 1198 · July 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

46. Flight Officer Act

    An Act To create the title of flight officer in the Army Air Forces, to amend the Army Aviation Cadet Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 493 · 56 Stat. 649 · July 8, 1942 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the use of a tract of land in California known as the Millerton Rancheria in connection with the Central Valley project, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 494 · 56 Stat. 650 · July 8, 1942 · Original text

48. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to sell and convey to the town of Marmet, West Virginia, two tracts of land to be used for municipal purposes.

    Ch. 495 · 56 Stat. 651 · July 8, 1942 · Original text

49. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the month of July 1942.

    Ch. 496 · 56 Stat. 652 · July 9, 1942 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, with respect to marketing quotas for peanuts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 497 · 56 Stat. 653 · July 9, 1942 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the head of the department or agency using the public domain for war purposes to compensate holders of grazing permits and licenses for losses sustained by reason of such use of public lands for war purposes.

    Ch. 500 · 56 Stat. 654 · July 9, 1942 · Original text

52. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote on the retired list officers who were decorated and recommended for promotion for distinguished service during the World War and who have not attained the rank to which recommended”, so as to confer on any commissioned officer of the army retirement privileges provided in the Act of June 13, 1940.

    Ch. 501 · 56 Stat. 655 · July 9, 1942 · Original text

53. An Act Authorizing the construction of certain auxiliary vessels for the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 502 · 56 Stat. 655 · July 9, 1942 · Original text

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

    Ch. 503 · 56 Stat. 655 · July 9, 1942 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Doris Mongol Rai.

    Ch. 498 · 56 Stat. 1199 · July 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Directing the Attorney Generai to record the lawful admittance for permanent residence of Vivian Chang.

    Ch. 499 · 56 Stat. 1199 · July 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To amend subsection (3) of section 602 (d) of the National Service Life Insurance Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 504 · 56 Stat. 657 · July 11, 1942 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Disabled American Veterans of the World War”, approved June 17, 1932, so as to change the name to “Disabled American Veterans”, and to extend membership eligibility therein to American citizens, honorably discharged from the active military or naval forces of the the United States, or of some country allied with the United States, who have been either wounded, injured, or disabled by reason of such active service during time of war.

    Ch. 505 · 56 Stat. 659 · July 15, 1942 · Original text

59. An Act Authorizing the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, jointly or separately, to acquire bridges now existing or to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Saint Croix River, also known as Lake Saint Croix, at or near Hudson, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 506 · 56 Stat. 661 · July 17, 1942 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 7 (a) of the Act of May 21, 1920 (41 Stat. 613), as amended by section 601 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 417), to authorize interdepartmental procurement by contract, upon orders placed by the War Department, Navy Department, Treasury Department, Civil Aeronautics Administration, and the Maritime Commission.

    Ch. 507 · 56 Stat. 661 · July 20, 1942 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize officers and enlisted men of the armed forces of the United States to accept decorations, orders, medals, and emblems tendered them by governments of cobelligerent nations or other American republics and to create the decorations to be known as the “Legion of Merit”, and the “Medal for Merit”.

    Ch. 508 · 56 Stat. 662 · July 20, 1942 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize temporary appointments in the Army of the United States of officers on duty with the Medical Administrative Corps.

    Ch. 509 · 56 Stat. 663 · July 20, 1942 · Original text

63. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Ferd W. Meile, of Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 510 · 56 Stat. 1199 · July 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Henry Daley, guardian for James Ray Daley and Norman Franklin Daley.

    Ch. 511 · 56 Stat. 1199 · July 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Bella Cosgrove.

    Ch. 512 · 56 Stat. 1200 · July 21, 1942 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Cecile McLaughlin.

    Ch. 513 · 56 Stat. 1200 · July 21, 1942 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Edward P. Reilly.

    Ch. 514 · 56 Stat. 1201 · July 21, 1942 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To convey certain property to the Southwest Texas State Teachers College.

    Ch. 515 · 56 Stat. 664 · July 22, 1942 · Original text

69. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 516 · 56 Stat. 664 · July 22, 1942 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Charles O. DeFord,

    Ch. 517 · 56 Stat. 1201 · July 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jessie A. Beechwood.

    Ch. 518 · 56 Stat. 1201 · July 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Charles E. Yates and the Motor Facts Sales Company.

    Ch. 519 · 56 Stat. 1202 · July 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To promote the national defense and to promptly facilitate and protect the transport of materials and supplies needful to the Military Establishment by authorizing the construction and operation of a pipe line and a navigable barge channel across Florida, and by deepening and enlarging the Intracoastal Waterway from its present eastern terminus to the vicinity of the Mexican border.

    Ch. 520 · 56 Stat. 703 · July 23, 1942 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To amend section 1700 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code to extend to the members of the armed forces of the United Nations the exemption from the tax on admissions in cases where admission is free, and to exempt from tax the amount paid for admissions to theatres and other activities operated by the War Department or the Navy Department within posts, camps, reservations, and other areas maintained by the Military or Naval Establishment.

    Ch. 521 · 56 Stat. 703 · July 23, 1942 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939 so as to provide for the training of civilian aviation technicians and mechanics.

    Ch. 522 · 56 Stat. 704 · July 24, 1942 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Charles L. Lair.

    Ch. 523 · 56 Stat. 1202 · July 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

77. First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 524 · 56 Stat. 704 · July 25, 1942 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the estate of Roy Owen, deceased.

    Ch. 525 · 56 Stat. 1203 · July 25, 1942 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Relating to the jurisdiction over certain lands in the Isle Royale National Park.

    Ch. 526 · 56 Stat. 722 · July 27, 1942 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of George S. Geer.

    Ch. 527 · 56 Stat. 1203 · July 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To provide for the posthumous appointment to commissioned or noncommissioned grade of certain enlisted men and the posthumous promotion of certain commissioned officers and enlisted men.

    Ch. 528 · 56 Stat. 722 · July 28, 1942 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the joint resolution approved August 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 858), as amended, and the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 885), as amended, so as to remove the requirement that medical statements shall be furnished to those persons performing military service thereunder.

    Ch. 529 · 56 Stat. 723 · July 28, 1942 · Original text

83. An Act To establish additional commissioned warrant and warrant grades in the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 530 · 56 Stat. 724 · July 28, 1942 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act to permit exchange of land with private owners.

    Ch. 531 · 56 Stat. 725 · July 28, 1942 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than Members of Congress.

    Ch. 532 · 56 Stat. 725 · July 28, 1942 · Original text

86. An Act To amend 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”, as amended.

    Ch. 533 · 56 Stat. 725 · July 29, 1942 · Original text

87. An Act To grant a preference right to certain oil and gas lessees.

    Ch. 534 · 56 Stat. 726 · July 29, 1942 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code.

    Ch. 536 · 56 Stat. 726 · July 29, 1942 · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Lemuel T. Root, Junior.

    Ch. 535 · 56 Stat. 1203 · July 29, 1942 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To enable the United States Commission for the Celebration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Jefferson to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans.

    Ch. 537 · 56 Stat. 728 · July 30, 1942 · Original text

91. An Act To expedite the war effort by releasing officers and men for duty at sea and their replacement by women in the shore establishment of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 538 · 56 Stat. 730 · July 30, 1942 · Original text

92. An Act To provide increases of pension payable to dependents of veterans of the Regular Establishment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 539 · 56 Stat. 731 · July 30, 1942 · Original text

93. An Act To extend the time limit for cooperation between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Farm Security Administration in the development of farm units on public lands under Federal Reclamation projects.

    Ch. 540 · 56 Stat. 732 · August 1, 1942 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the Bridgeport irrigation district.

    Ch. 541 · 56 Stat. 732 · August 1, 1942 · Original text

95. An Act To amend article of war 50½.

    Ch. 542 · 56 Stat. 732 · August 1, 1942 · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 13 of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

    Ch. 543 · 56 Stat. 733 · August 1, 1942 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore on the Great Lakes during 1942”, approved January 27, 1942 (Public Law 416, Seventy-seventh Congress), to continue it in force during the existing war.

    Ch. 544 · 56 Stat. 735 · August 1, 1942 · Original text

98. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska to negotiate and enter into a compact for the division of the waters of the Republican River.

    Ch. 545 · 56 Stat. 736 · August 4, 1942 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide additional pay for personnel of the United States Navy assigned to duty on submarines and to diving duty”, so as to increase the additional pay of officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy assigned to duty on submarines, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 546 · 56 Stat. 736 · August 4, 1942 · Original text

100. Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942

     An Act To repeal certain laws and to amend other laws relating to naval aviation cadets, to provide for aviation cadets in the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 547 · 56 Stat. 737 · August 4, 1942 · Original text