Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Alice Comas, Robert Comas, and Frances Williams.

   Ch. 746 · 56 Stat. 1239 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Clarence A. Houser and his wife, Mrs. Jewel Houser.

   Ch. 747 · 56 Stat. 1240 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Alex Lawson.

   Ch. 748 · 56 Stat. 1240 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of I. Arthur Kramer.

   Ch. 749 · 56 Stat. 1241 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Jane A. Thornton.

   Ch. 750 · 56 Stat. 1241 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of William M. Miller.

   Ch. 751 · 56 Stat. 1242 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Esther Mann.

   Ch. 752 · 56 Stat. 1242 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Bessie Schakett.

   Ch. 753 · 56 Stat. 1242 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Thomas W. Dowd.

   Ch. 754 · 56 Stat. 1243 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ada F. Ogle.

    Ch. 755 · 56 Stat. 1243 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mr. Garland Gailey, of Baldwin, Georgia, and Mrs. Clara Mae Gailey, of Baldwin, Georgia.

    Ch. 756 · 56 Stat. 1244 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Elmore Lee Lane.

    Ch. 757 · 56 Stat. 1244 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Silas Frankel.

    Ch. 758 · 56 Stat. 1244 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Doctor J. M. Scott and Mrs. J. M. Scott.

    Ch. 759 · 56 Stat. 1245 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Arkansas Gazette, Hope Star, the Hope Journal, Arkansas Democrat Company.

    Ch. 760 · 56 Stat. 1245 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 761 · 56 Stat. 1246 · December 17, 1942 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the establishment and operation of a research laboratory in the Pennsylvania anthracite region for investigation of the mining, preparation and utilization of the mining, preparation and utilization of anthracite, for the development of new uses and markets, for improvement of health and safety in mining; and for a comprehensive study of the region to aid in the solution of its economic problems and to make its natural and human resources of maximum usefulness in the war effort.

    Ch. 764 · 56 Stat. 1056 · December 18, 1942 · Original text

18. An Act To amend sections 1305 and 1306 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to eliminate the prohibition against payment of deposits, and interest thereon, of enlisted men until final discharge.

    Ch. 765 · 56 Stat. 1057 · December 18, 1942 · Original text

19. Settlement of Mexican Claims Act of 1942

    An Act To provide for the settlement of certain claims of the Government of the United States on behalf of American nationals against the Government of Mexico.

    Ch. 766 · 56 Stat. 1058 · December 18, 1942 · Original text

20. An Act To further the war effort by authorizing the substitution of other materials for strategic metals used in minor coinage, to authorize the forming of worn and uncurrent standard silver dollars into bars, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 767 · 56 Stat. 1064 · December 18, 1942 · Original text

21. An Act Relating to the appointment and retirement in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve of persons with physical disabilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 768 · 56 Stat. 1066 · December 18, 1942 · Original text

22. An Act Relating to the administration of grazing districts.

    Ch. 769 · 56 Stat. 1067 · December 18, 1942 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of George O. Hanford.

    Ch. 770 · 56 Stat. 1246 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the estate of Elmer White.

    Ch. 771 · 56 Stat. 1247 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To reimburse F. E. Wester for labor and material used in the emergency construction of buildings and utilities at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Escanaba.

    Ch. 772 · 56 Stat. 1247 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of L. H. Miller.

    Ch. 773 · 56 Stat. 1247 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of J. M. Jesse.

    Ch. 774 · 56 Stat. 1248 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Maude Leach.

    Ch. 775 · 56 Stat. 1248 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Joseph F. Gordon.

    Ch. 776 · 56 Stat. 1249 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Colonel Leo A. Luttringer, United States property and disbursing officer for Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 777 · 56 Stat. 1249 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Ensign Donald L. Grunsky.

    Ch. 778 · 56 Stat. 1250 · December 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish fees or charges for services performed or publications furnished by the Department of Commerce.

    Ch. 780 · 56 Stat. 1067 · December 19, 1942 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Fixing the date of meeting of the first session of the Seventy-eighth Congress.

    Ch. 781 · 56 Stat. 1067 · December 19, 1942 · Original text

34. An Act Granting permission to Hugh S. Cumming, Surgeon General (retired) of the United States Public Health Service, to accept certain decorations bestowed upon him by the Republics of Colombia, Haiti, and Chile.

    Ch. 779 · 56 Stat. 1250 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Anna J. Krogoll.

    Ch. 782 · 56 Stat. 1250 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of William E. Averitt.

    Ch. 783 · 56 Stat. 1251 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mrs. H. L. Smith, deceased.

    Ch. 784 · 56 Stat. 1251 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ching Shee (Ching Toy Wun).

    Ch. 785 · 56 Stat. 1251 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of William R. Ivey.

    Ch. 786 · 56 Stat. 1252 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Ronald Leroy Chen.

    Ch. 787 · 56 Stat. 1252 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Litchfield Brothers, Aurora, North Carolina.

    Ch. 788 · 56 Stat. 1252 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Grover C. Wedgwood.

    Ch. 789 · 56 Stat. 1253 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Mrs. J. C. Tommey.

    Ch. 790 · 56 Stat. 1253 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Mrs. James Q. Mattox.

    Ch. 791 · 56 Stat. 1254 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Madeline Fiori.

    Ch. 792 · 56 Stat. 1254 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Bernice Pyke, Arthur P, Fenton, Carl E. Moore, and Clifford W. Pollock.

    Ch. 793 · 56 Stat. 1254 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Ralph B. Randall, rural rehabilitation supervisor. Farm Security Administration, Visalia, California.

    Ch. 794 · 56 Stat. 1255 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of William F. Perkins, rural rehabilitation supervisor, Farm Security Administration, Pinal County, Arizona.

    Ch. 795 · 56 Stat. 1255 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Warren M. Engstrand, grant supervisor, Farm Security Administration, Bakersfield, California.

    Ch. 796 · 56 Stat. 1255 · December 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Amending the provisions governing the issuance of patent for certain lands to the town of Fletcher, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 797 · 56 Stat. 1067 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

51. An Act Extending until April 30, 1943, the period for which overtime rates of compensation may be paid under the Acts of June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676), October 21, 1940 (54 Stat. 1205), and June 3, 1941 (55 Stat. 241), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 798 · 56 Stat. 1068 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for conveyance of lands to the town of Cordova, Alaska.

    Ch. 799 · 56 Stat. 1069 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the exchange of lands not in Federal ownership within the Olympic National Park, Washington, for national forest lands in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 800 · 56 Stat. 1070 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

54. An Act To permit the reemployment of persons retired under the Alaska Railroad Retirement Act.

    Ch. 801 · 56 Stat. 1070 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize increases in wages for certain employees of The Alaska Railroad for services rendered from September 1, 1941, to December 31, 1941, inclusive.

    Ch. 802 · 56 Stat. 1071 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize payment by the departments and agencies of the United States, notwithstanding section 89 of the Act of April 30, 1900 (31 Stat. 141), for the use, during a limited period, of certain wharves of the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 803 · 56 Stat. 1071 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1943, so as to authorize the use of public-school buildings in the District of Columbia as and for day nurseries and nursery schools, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 804 · 56 Stat. 1072 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

58. An Act To increase the pay and allowances of members of the Army Nurse Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 805 · 56 Stat. 1072 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To amend Public Law Numbered 623, approved June 22, 1942, entitled “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. 806 · 56 Stat. 1074 · December 22, 1942 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Mrs. William Butak, Dorothy Clyde, Mrs. Albert Westcott, Mrs. Albert Meyer, Florence Johnson, Marie Grill, Mrs. Leo Maloney, Marian McDonald, Mrs. Edward Beier, Mrs. E. L. Bly, Mrs. Lucien Miller, Lois Kehnl, Reka Berg, Mrs. Ollis Klicker, Wilma Vogler and Mary Chisholm.

    Ch. 807 · 56 Stat. 1256 · December 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To relieve certain employees of the Veterans’ Administration from financial liability for certain overpayments and allow such credit therefor as is necessary in the accounts of certain disbursing officers.

    Ch. 808 · 56 Stat. 1256 · December 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Etta A. Thompson, Marion E. Graham, Ruth Irene Morgan, and Alice K. Weber.

    Ch. 809 · 56 Stat. 1257 · December 22, 1942 · Private law · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Extending seasons greetings to our armed forces.

    Ch. 810 · 56 Stat. 1077 · December 23, 1942 · Original text

64. Federal Reports Act of 1942

    An Act To coordinate Federal reporting services, to eliminate duplication and reduce the cost of such services, and to minimize the burdens of furnishing information to Federal agencies.

    Ch. 811 · 56 Stat. 1078 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

65. An Act To encourage the discovery of oil and gas on the public domain during the continuance of the present war.

    Ch. 812 · 56 Stat. 1080 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the probate and distribution of restricted estates not exceeding $2,500 in value of deceased Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 813 · 56 Stat. 1080 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

67. An Act To reimpose the trust on certain lands allotted to Indians of the Klamath River Reservation, California.

    Ch. 814 · 56 Stat. 1081 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

68. An Act To eliminate certain lands from the Wapato Indian irrigation project, Yakima Reservation, Washington, cancel and adjust certain charges, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 815 · 56 Stat. 1081 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

69. An Act To provide relief to the owners of former Indian-owned land within the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 816 · 56 Stat. 1082 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern and western districts of Missouri.

    Ch. 817 · 56 Stat. 1083 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for means of egress for buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 818 · 56 Stat. 1083 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Nationality Act of 1940, to preserve the nationality of naturalized veterans of the Spanish-American War and of the World War, and of their wives, minor children, and dependent parents.

    Ch. 819 · 56 Stat. 1085 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of the Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia, from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy.

    Ch. 820 · 56 Stat. 1085 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the orderly transaction of the public business in the event of the death or of the resignation or separation from office of the Chief Disbursing Officer.

    Ch. 821 · 56 Stat. 1086 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands or interest in lands for the Geological Survey.

    Ch. 822 · 56 Stat. 1086 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

76. An Act To protect the public health by the prevention of certain practices leading to dental disorders; and to prevent the circumvention of certain State or Territorial laws regulating the practice of dentistry.

    Ch. 823 · 56 Stat. 1087 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

77. An Act To amend the Act of April 20, 1918, as amended, entitled “An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes”.

    Ch. 824 · 56 Stat. 1087 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

78. An Act Relating to the payment of fees, expenses, and costs of witnesses and jurors and the accounting therefor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 825 · 56 Stat. 1088 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

79. An Act To define the real property exempt from taxation in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 826 · 56 Stat. 1089 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the northern district of Alabama.

    Ch. 827 · 56 Stat. 1092 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

81. An Act To amend sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Act approved March 7, 1942 (Public Law 490, Seventy-seventh Congress), providing for continuing pay and allowances of certain missing persons.

    Ch. 828 · 56 Stat. 1092 · December 24, 1942 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to settle and adjust the claims of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Young Women’s Christian Association, the Richland County Post Numbered 6 of The American Legion, and C. J. Nairn, all of Columbia, South Carolina.

    Ch. 829 · 56 Stat. 1257 · December 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of the Midwest Oil Company.

    Ch. 830 · 56 Stat. 1258 · December 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Lillian J. Delavergne and Myrla Delavergne.

    Ch. 831 · 56 Stat. 1258 · December 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of John Sweeney.

    Ch. 832 · 56 Stat. 1259 · December 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of D, X. Sanders.

    Ch. 833 · 56 Stat. 1259 · December 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of the Upham Telephone and Electric Company, Upham, North Dakota.

    Ch. 834 · 56 Stat. 1259 · December 26, 1942 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Judicial Code to authorize the Chief Justice of the United States to assign circuit judges to temporary duty in circuits other than their own.

    Ch. 835 · 56 Stat. 1094 · December 29, 1942 · Original text

89. An Act To further insure the protection of vessels in wartime by amending the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    Ch. 836 · 56 Stat. 1096 · December 29, 1942 · Original text