Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Richard Gammon.

   Ch. 197 · 55 Stat. 924 · June 12, 1941 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Claude W. LaSalle, and the Dauterive Hospital.

   Ch. 198 · 55 Stat. 924 · June 12, 1941 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Major Harold Sorenson.

   Ch. 199 · 55 Stat. 925 · June 13, 1941 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant J. B. Edgar, Junior.

   Ch. 200 · 55 Stat. 925 · June 13, 1941 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of certain United States Commissioners.

   Ch. 201 · 55 Stat. 926 · June 13, 1941 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Robert B. Ayers.

   Ch. 202 · 55 Stat. 926 · June 13, 1941 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1874, and to amend section 8 of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes”, approved May 28, 1896.

   Ch. 203 · 55 Stat. 251 · June 14, 1941 · Original text

8. An Act To amend section 7 of the Act of May 14, 1930 (46 Stat. 326; U. S. C., title 18, sec. 753f), relating to places of confinement and transfers of persons convicted of an offense against the United States.

   Ch. 204 · 55 Stat. 252 · June 14, 1941 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of William J. Furey.

   Ch. 205 · 55 Stat. 927 · June 14, 1941 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Goss.

    Ch. 206 · 55 Stat. 927 · June 14, 1941 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Jess W. Harmon.

    Ch. 207 · 55 Stat. 928 · June 14, 1941 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Arvy A. Lothman.

    Ch. 208 · 55 Stat. 928 · June 17, 1941 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the refusal of visas to aliens whose admission into the United States would endanger the public safety.

    Ch. 209 · 55 Stat. 252 · June 20, 1941 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Act of May 22, 1918 (40 Stat. 559).

    Ch. 210 · 55 Stat. 252 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

15. An Act To amend section 6 of an Act of Congress approved May 20, 1935, entitled “An Act concerning the incorporated town of Seward, Territory of Alaska.”

    Ch. 211 · 55 Stat. 253 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the transportation home of persons who have been arrested and subsequently released without conviction or convicted and placed on probation.

    Ch. 212 · 55 Stat. 254 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

17. An Act To amend section 3528 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to the purchase of metal for minor coins of the United States.

    Ch. 213 · 55 Stat. 255 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act.

    Ch. 214 · 55 Stat. 255 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the use of certain lands for military purposes at the Fort McPherson Military Reservation, Georgia, and the Fort Du Pont Military Reservation, Delaware.

    Ch. 215 · 55 Stat. 256 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, by means of an underpass, to cross New York Avenue Northeast, to extend, construct, maintain, and operate certain industrial side tracks, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 216 · 55 Stat. 256 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, with respect to the making available of conservation materials and soil-conserving or soil-building services.

    Ch. 217 · 55 Stat. 257 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to transfer by quitclaim deed title in certain lands of Veterans’ Administration Facility, Dayton, Ohio, to the county of Montgomery, State of Ohio, for highway-widening purposes.

    Ch. 218 · 55 Stat. 258 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to transfer by quitclaim deed to the Norfolk and Western Railway Company a small piece of land at Veterans’ Administration facility, Roanoke, Virginia.

    Ch. 219 · 55 Stat. 259 · June 21, 1941 · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Jesse W. Pitts.

    Ch. 220 · 55 Stat. 928 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Aloha Motors, Limited.

    Ch. 221 · 55 Stat. 929 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Arthur Gose.

    Ch. 222 · 55 Stat. 929 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of James A. Mills.

    Ch. 223 · 55 Stat. 930 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Bernard E. Warehime.

    Ch. 224 · 55 Stat. 930 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Roy Gard.

    Ch. 225 · 55 Stat. 930 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of John Klasek.

    Ch. 226 · 55 Stat. 931 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Nell Victoria Lea.

    Ch. 227 · 55 Stat. 931 · June 21, 1941 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To extend certain provisions of title X of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

    Ch. 228 · 55 Stat. 259 · June 23, 1941 · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Phillip Christian Holt.

    Ch. 229 · 55 Stat. 931 · June 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To authorize the President of the United States to invite the governments of the countries of the Western Hemisphere to participate in a meeting of the national directors of the meteorological services of those countries, to be held in the United States as soon as practicable, in 1941 or 1942; to invite Regional Commissions III and IV of the International Meteorological Organization to meet concurrently therewith; and to authorize an appropriation for the expenses of organizing and holding such meetings.

    Ch. 230 · 55 Stat. 260 · June 24, 1941 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the President of the United States to dispose of certain public vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 231 · 55 Stat. 260 · June 24, 1941 · Original text

36. An Act To amend sections 4613 and 4614 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to include captures of aircraft as prizes of war.

    Ch. 232 · 55 Stat. 261 · June 24, 1941 · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Act of April 15, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 156; U. S. C., Supp. V, title 34, sec. 842), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 233 · 55 Stat. 261 · June 24, 1941 · Original text

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

    Ch. 234 · 55 Stat. 262 · June 24, 1941 · Original text

39. An Act To adjust certain losses occurring in the redemption of adjusted-service bonds.

    Ch. 235 · 55 Stat. 262 · June 24, 1941 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Major R. Lee.

    Ch. 236 · 55 Stat. 932 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Rinzo Takata.

    Ch. 237 · 55 Stat. 932 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Vernon Atkison.

    Ch. 238 · 55 Stat. 933 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Maggie Lou Morse, administratrix of the estate of Exie Morse.

    Ch. 239 · 55 Stat. 933 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Bert and Marie Freeman.

    Ch. 240 · 55 Stat. 933 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Jack Y. Upham.

    Ch. 241 · 55 Stat. 934 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Cascade Investment Company.

    Ch. 242 · 55 Stat. 934 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Tom Gentry.

    Ch. 243 · 55 Stat. 935 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To validate payments of retired pay made to Pay Clerk Ray Bellamy Veirs, United States Navy, retired, for the period September 21, 1939, to November 15, 1940, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 244 · 55 Stat. 935 · June 24, 1941 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Relating to certain Carey Act lands in Wyoming.

    Ch. 251 · 55 Stat. 263 · June 25, 1941 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 17 of the Joint Service Pay Act approved June 10, 1922, as amended.

    Ch. 252 · 55 Stat. 263 · June 25, 1941 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of certain former certifying and disbursing officers of the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 254 · 55 Stat. 264 · June 25, 1941 · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of the heirs of George P. Eddy.

    Ch. 245 · 55 Stat. 935 · June 25, 1941 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of J. W. and Robert W. Gillespie.

    Ch. 246 · 55 Stat. 936 · June 25, 1941 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Howard Burkette.

    Ch. 247 · 55 Stat. 936 · June 25, 1941 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kerley.

    Ch. 248 · 55 Stat. 937 · June 25, 1941 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Wright and William Francis Agard.

    Ch. 249 · 55 Stat. 937 · June 25, 1941 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Gustav Schmidt.

    Ch. 250 · 55 Stat. 938 · June 25, 1941 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of W. R. Larkin and Dora Larkin, in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho.

    Ch. 253 · 55 Stat. 938 · June 25, 1941 · Private law · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To permit travel by a ship of Canadian registry between American ports.

    Ch. 255 · 55 Stat. 264 · June 26, 1941 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Roche, Connell and Laub Construction Company.

    Ch. 256 · 55 Stat. 938 · June 26, 1941 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lawrence Chlebeck.

    Ch. 257 · 55 Stat. 939 · June 26, 1941 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 258 · 55 Stat. 265 · June 28, 1941 · Original text

63. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 259 · 55 Stat. 303 · June 28, 1941 · Original text

64. An Act To provide for the acquisition and equipment of public works made necessary by the defense program.

    Ch. 260 · 55 Stat. 361 · June 28, 1941 · Original text

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

    Ch. 261 · 55 Stat. 364 · June 28, 1941 · Original text

66. Military Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 262 · 55 Stat. 366 · June 30, 1941 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for the discharge or retirement of enlisted men of the Regular Army and of the Philippine Scouts in certain cases.

    Ch. 263 · 55 Stat. 394 · June 30, 1941 · Original text

68. An Act To extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve notes.

    Ch. 264 · 55 Stat. 395 · June 30, 1941 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the time within which the powers relating to the stabilization fund and alteration of the weight of the dollar may be exercised.

    Ch. 265 · 55 Stat. 395 · June 30, 1941 · Original text

70. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1942

    Joint Resolution Making appropriations for work relief and relief for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942.

    Ch. 266 · 55 Stat. 396 · July 1, 1941 · Original text

71. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 267 · 55 Stat. 408 · July 1, 1941 · Original text

72. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 268 · 55 Stat. 446 · July 1, 1941 · Original text

73. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 269 · 55 Stat. 466 · July 1, 1941 · Original text

74. An Act To extend the life and increase the credit resources of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 270 · 55 Stat. 498 · July 1, 1941 · Original text

75. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1942

    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, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 271 · 55 Stat. 499 · July 1, 1941 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act to regulate the use of administration expenses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 272 · 55 Stat. 540 · July 1, 1941 · Original text

77. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 273 · 55 Stat. 541 · July 3, 1941 · Original text

78. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases on certain lands.

    Ch. 274 · 55 Stat. 577 · July 3, 1941 · Original text

79. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of April 3, 1939 (53 Stat. 556), so as to make its provisions applicable to personnel of all components of the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 275 · 55 Stat. 577 · July 3, 1941 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of August 27, 1935, as amended.

    Ch. 276 · 55 Stat. 578 · July 3, 1941 · Original text

81. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Norfolk and Western Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tug Fork of Big Sandy River near Nolan, Mingo County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 277 · 55 Stat. 578 · July 8, 1941 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 353 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    Ch. 278 · 55 Stat. 579 · July 8, 1941 · Original text

83. An Act Relating to the manning of certain vessels of five hundred gross tons and less.

    Ch. 279 · 55 Stat. 579 · July 8, 1941 · Original text

84. An Act Relating to the manning of certain sail vessels.

    Ch. 280 · 55 Stat. 579 · July 8, 1941 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey certain lands to the State of West Virginia.

    Ch. 281 · 55 Stat. 580 · July 8, 1941 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Act of April 6, 1938 (52 Stat. 201), entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange sites at Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, for Coast Guard purposes”.

    Ch. 282 · 55 Stat. 580 · July 9, 1941 · Original text

87. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to make unlawful the transportation of convict-made goods in interstate commerce, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940.

    Ch. 283 · 55 Stat. 581 · July 9, 1941 · Original text

88. National Archives Trust Fund Board Act

    An Act To establish a National Archives Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 284 · 55 Stat. 581 · July 9, 1941 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange certain land owned by the United States for a site for a road right-of-way needed for access to the Coast Guard Light Station Reservation, Au Sable, Michigan.

    Ch. 285 · 55 Stat. 582 · July 9, 1941 · Original text

90. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to cancel patent in fee issued to Lizzie Smith.

    Ch. 286 · 55 Stat. 939 · July 9, 1941 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To prohibit prostitution within such reasonable distance of military and/or naval establishments as the Secretaries of War and/or Navy shall determine to be needful to the efficiency, health, and welfare of the Army and/or Navy.

    Ch. 287 · 55 Stat. 583 · July 11, 1941 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing the construction of a crypt for the remains of Gutzon and Mary Borglum.

    Ch. 288 · 55 Stat. 584 · July 11, 1941 · Original text

93. An Act To supplement the navigation laws and facilitate the maintenance of discipline on board vessels of the United States.

    Ch. 289 · 55 Stat. 584 · July 11, 1941 · Original text

94. An Act To amend and clarify certain Acts pertaining to the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 290 · 55 Stat. 584 · July 11, 1941 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to exchange certain land located within the Fort Missoula Military Reservation, Montana, for certain land owned by the Missoula Chamber of Commerce, of Missoula, Montana.

    Ch. 291 · 55 Stat. 588 · July 14, 1941 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the course of instruction at the United States Naval Academy to be given to not exceeding twenty persons at a time from the American republics, other than the United States.

    Ch. 292 · 55 Stat. 589 · July 14, 1941 · Original text

97. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Friar Point, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas.

    Ch. 293 · 55 Stat. 590 · July 14, 1941 · Original text

98. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the village of Cassville, Wisconsin, or its assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Cassville, Wisconsin, and to a place at or near the village of Guttenberg, Iowa”, approved August 7, 1939.

    Ch. 294 · 55 Stat. 590 · July 14, 1941 · Original text

99. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon.

    Ch. 295 · 55 Stat. 590 · July 14, 1941 · Original text

100. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the temporary detail of John L, Savage, an employee of the United States, to service under the government of the State of New South Wales, Australia, and the government of the Punjab, India” (Act of June 29, 1940, Public, Numbered 678, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session).

     Ch. 296 · 55 Stat. 591 · July 14, 1941 · Original text