Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the Embry-Riddle Company the military reservations of Carlstrom and Dorr Fields, Florida.

   Ch. 597 · 55 Stat. 843 · December 19, 1941 · Original text

2. An Act To provide pensions at wartime rates for officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard disabled in line of duty as a direct result of armed conflict, while engaged in extra hazardous service or while the United States is engaged in war, and for the dependents of those who die from such cause, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 598 · 55 Stat. 844 · December 19, 1941 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of James C. Dyson.

   Ch. 599 · 55 Stat. 986 · December 19, 1941 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of William Corder.

   Ch. 600 · 55 Stat. 986 · December 19, 1941 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Joseph V. Broderick.

   Ch. 601 · 55 Stat. 987 · December 19, 1941 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 by providing for the extension of liability for military service and for the registration of the manpower of the Nation, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 602 · 55 Stat. 844 · December 20, 1941 · Original text

7. An Act To facilitate standardization and uniformity of procedure relating to determination of service connection of injuries or diseases alleged to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service in a war, campaign, or expedition.

   Ch. 603 · 55 Stat. 847 · December 20, 1941 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing advancements from the Federal Works Administrator for the provision of certain defense public works and equipment in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 604 · 55 Stat. 847 · December 20, 1941 · Original text

9. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Board of Public Welfare in and for the District of Columbia, to determine its functions, and for other purposes”, approved March 16, 1926.

   Ch. 605 · 55 Stat. 849 · December 20, 1941 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the Kennelly Furniture Company.

    Ch. 606 · 55 Stat. 987 · December 20, 1941 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Walter M. Anderson.

    Ch. 607 · 55 Stat. 987 · December 20, 1941 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Mars S. Gay.

    Ch. 608 · 55 Stat. 988 · December 20, 1941 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Carl Chalker.

    Ch. 609 · 55 Stat. 988 · December 20, 1941 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Mrs. H. C. Bivins, Henrietta Bivins, and Irvin Tatum.

    Ch. 610 · 55 Stat. 989 · December 20, 1941 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Amending the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, so as to provide for agricultural conservation program payments to farmers whose crops have been acquired under the national-defense program.

    Ch. 611 · 55 Stat. 850 · December 22, 1941 · Original text

16. An Act To amend section 4, Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, July 19, 1939, to authorize hospitalization of retired officers and enlisted men who are war veterans on a parity with other war veterans.

    Ch. 612 · 55 Stat. 850 · December 22, 1941 · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for the certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of insulin, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 613 · 55 Stat. 851 · December 22, 1941 · Original text

18. An Act To suspend the export tax and the reduction of the quota prescribed by section 6 of the Act of March 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456), as amended, for a fixed period, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 617 · 55 Stat. 852 · December 22, 1941 · Original text

19. An Act To permit fifteen-round championship boxing bouts in the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii.

    Ch. 618 · 55 Stat. 853 · December 22, 1941 · Original text

20. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Jane Blackman.

    Ch. 614 · 55 Stat. 989 · December 22, 1941 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of James Roswell Smith.

    Ch. 615 · 55 Stat. 989 · December 22, 1941 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Fred Pierce, Senior, and Mary Pierce.

    Ch. 616 · 55 Stat. 990 · December 22, 1941 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 619 · 55 Stat. 853 · December 23, 1941 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To authorize the commission appointed by the President to conduct an investigation in connection with the attack on Hawaii, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents.

    Ch. 620 · 55 Stat. 853 · December 23, 1941 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To provide additional appropriations incident to the national defense for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1942, and June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 621 · 55 Stat. 855 · December 23, 1941 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Transferring the administration of the homestead projects established in the Virgin Islands from the government of the Virgin Islands to the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 622 · 55 Stat. 857 · December 23, 1941 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of C. D. Henderson.

    Ch. 623 · 55 Stat. 990 · December 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Julius Yuhasz and Arvid Olson.

    Ch. 624 · 55 Stat. 991 · December 23, 1941 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To authorize black-outs in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 625 · 55 Stat. 858 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

30. An Act To extend the period within which the Secretary of Agriculture may carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act by making payments to agricultural producers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 626 · 55 Stat. 860 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for cooperation with Central American republics in the construction of the Inter-American Highway.

    Ch. 627 · 55 Stat. 860 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

32. An Act Extending the provisions of Public Law 47, Seventy-seventh Congress, to State Directors of Selective Service and members of Alien Enemy Hearing Boards.

    Ch. 628 · 55 Stat. 861 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

33. An Act To extend the time for examination of monthly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers of the United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 629 · 55 Stat. 862 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

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

    Ch. 630 · 55 Stat. 862 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Making the fourth Thursday in November a legal holiday.

    Ch. 631 · 55 Stat. 862 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

36. An Act To amend an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to regulate the employment of minors within the District of Columbia”, approved May 29, 1928.

    Ch. 632 · 55 Stat. 863 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes”, approved October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 385).

    Ch. 633 · 55 Stat. 863 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

38. An Act Relating to the disposition of personal property of certain deceased patients or members of United States Veterans’ Administration facilities.

    Ch. 634 · 55 Stat. 868 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

39. An Act Increasing motor-vehicle-fuel taxes in the District of Columbia for the period January 1, 1942, to June 30, 1951.

    Ch. 635 · 55 Stat. 871 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

40. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 74 of the Seventy-seventh Congress, relating to wheat-marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 636 · 55 Stat. 872 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, approved June 22, 1936.

    Ch. 637 · 55 Stat. 872 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 638 · 55 Stat. 872 · December 26, 1941 · Original text

43. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to execute easement deeds to the city of Los Angeles, California, for the use and occupation of lands and water areas in connection with the Sepulveda Dam and Reservoir project and the Hansen Dam and Reservoir project on the Los Angeles River.

    Ch. 639 · 55 Stat. 873 · December 27, 1941 · Original text

44. An Act To provide for a national cemetery in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. 640 · 55 Stat. 875 · December 29, 1941 · Original text

45. An Act To fix the responsibilities of disbursing and certifying officers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 641 · 55 Stat. 875 · December 29, 1941 · Original text

46. An Act To prohibit the possession of dangerous weapons and explosives on board certain vessels.

    Ch. 642 · 55 Stat. 876 · December 31, 1941 · Original text

47. An Act To incorporate the Union Church of the Canal Zone.

    Ch. 643 · 55 Stat. 877 · December 31, 1941 · Original text

48. An Act To establish a military code for the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 644 · 55 Stat. 879 · December 31, 1941 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the prompt settlement of claims for damages occasioned by Army, Navy, and Marine Corps forces in foreign countries.

    Ch. 645 · 55 Stat. 880 · January 2, 1942 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the employment of nationals of the United States on any public work of the United States in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 646 · 55 Stat. 881 · January 2, 1942 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Fixing the dates of meeting of the second session of the Seventy-seventh Congress and of the first session of the Seventy-eighth Congress.

    Ch. 647 · 55 Stat. 881 · January 2, 1942 · Original text

52. An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming.

    Ch. 648 · 55 Stat. 881 · January 5, 1942 · Original text

53. An Act To give additional powers to the Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 649 · 55 Stat. 882 · January 12, 1942 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act approved April 22, 1941 (Public Law 39, Seventy-seventh Congress), so as to increase the authorized enlisted strength of the Navy and Marine Corps.

    Ch. 1 · 56 Stat. 3 · January 12, 1942 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the District of Columbia License Act so as to permit the transportation of school children and occasional sightseeing operations in the District of Columbia without procurement of a license or payment of a tax in the case of certain vehicles performing such operations in connection with transportation to the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 2 · 56 Stat. 3 · January 15, 1942 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize transfer of enlisted men of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve to the Regular Navy and Marine Corps.

    Ch. 3 · 56 Stat. 5 · January 15, 1942 · Original text

57. An Act To prohibit parking of vehicles upon public or private property in the District of Columbia without the consent of the owner of such property.

    Ch. 4 · 56 Stat. 5 · January 15, 1942 · Original text

58. An Act To appoint Captain Porter M. Hoidale, United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant, senior grade, in the United States Navy Medical Corps.

    Ch. 5 · 56 Stat. 1099 · January 15, 1942 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To regulate the distribution and promotion of commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 6 · 56 Stat. 6 · January 19, 1942 · Original text

60. An Act To promote the national security and defense by establishing daylight saving time.

    Ch. 7 · 56 Stat. 9 · January 20, 1942 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing subsistence allowance provided for aviation cadets to be paid to messes in manner as prescribed by the Act of March 14, 1940 (Public, Numbered 433, Seventy-sixth Congress).

    Ch. 8 · 56 Stat. 9 · January 20, 1942 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Act approved June 23, 1938, entitled “An Act to regulate the distribution, promotion, and retirement of officers of the line of the Navy, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 9 · 56 Stat. 9 · January 20, 1942 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for the rank and title of the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

    Ch. 10 · 56 Stat. 10 · January 20, 1942 · Original text

64. An Act To further amend the Act approved June 23, 1938 (52 Stat. 944), as amended.

    Ch. 11 · 56 Stat. 10 · January 20, 1942 · Original text

65. An Act To create the Limited Service Marine Corps Reserve, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 12 · 56 Stat. 10 · January 20, 1942 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the presentation of a medal to Roland Boucher in recognition of his bravery and heroism in rescuing five children from drowning in Lake Champlain.

    Ch. 13 · 56 Stat. 1099 · January 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940, as amended.

    Ch. 14 · 56 Stat. 11 · January 21, 1942 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1909, as amended, so as to extend commissary privileges to such other persons as may be specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Navy.

    Ch. 15 · 56 Stat. 13 · January 23, 1942 · Original text

69. An Act To amend further the Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May 29, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 16 · 56 Stat. 13 · January 24, 1942 · Original text

70. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the production of alcohol.

    Ch. 17 · 56 Stat. 17 · January 24, 1942 · Original text

71. An Act To amend section 606 of the Communications Act of 1934 for the purpose of granting to the President, in time of war or threatened war, certain powers with respect to communications by wire.

    Ch. 18 · 56 Stat. 18 · January 26, 1942 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution To maintain the secrecy of military information.

    Ch. 19 · 56 Stat. 19 · January 26, 1942 · Original text

73. An Act To provide protection of persons and property from bombing attacks in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 20 · 56 Stat. 19 · January 27, 1942 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore on the Great Lakes during 1942.

    Ch. 21 · 56 Stat. 19 · January 27, 1942 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To enable the United States to become an adhering member of the Inter American Statistical Institute.

    Ch. 22 · 56 Stat. 20 · January 27, 1942 · Original text

76. An Act Validating certain conveyances heretofore made by Central Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, involving certain portions of right-of-way, in the city of Tracy, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, and in the town of Elk Grove, in the county of Sacramento, State of California, acquired by Central Pacific Railway Company under the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1862 (12 Stat. L. 489), as amended by the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. L. 356).

    Ch. 23 · 56 Stat. 20 · January 27, 1942 · Original text

77. An Act To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indians; and to carry out certain obligations to certain enrolled Indians under tribal agreement.

    Ch. 24 · 56 Stat. 21 · January 29, 1942 · Original text

78. An Act Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy, additional shipbuilding and ship-repair facilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 25 · 56 Stat. 23 · January 29, 1942 · Original text

79. Emergency Price Control Act of 1942

    An Act To further the national defense and security by checking speculative and excessive price rises, price dislocations, and inflationary tendencies, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 26 · 56 Stat. 23 · January 30, 1942 · Original text

80. Fourth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1942, and June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 27 · 56 Stat. 37 · January 30, 1942 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board to allocate one-half of the income from certain property to the Smithsonian Institution.

    Ch. 28 · 56 Stat. 39 · January 30, 1942 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 3 of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended.

    Ch. 29 · 56 Stat. 39 · January 30, 1942 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the sale, exchange, or other disposition of certain securities held by the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Ch. 30 · 56 Stat. 40 · January 31, 1942 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for regulating, inspecting, cleaning, and, when necessary, disinfecting railway cars, other vehicles, and other materials entering the United States from Mexico.

    Ch. 31 · 56 Stat. 40 · January 31, 1942 · Original text

85. An Act To amend section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, so as to provide for separate appropriation accounts for administrative expenses of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, so as to modify the 1 and 2 per centum limitations on administrative expenses and to provide over-all limitations in lieu thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 32 · 56 Stat. 41 · January 31, 1942 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 33 · 56 Stat. 42 · February 2, 1942 · Original text

87. An Act To amend section 3 (a) of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes”, approved June 2, 1939 (53 Stat. 800), so as to transfer the administration of the Naval Supply Depot, Oakland, to the Commandant, Twelfth Naval District.

    Ch. 34 · 56 Stat. 47 · February 3, 1942 · Original text

88. An Act To provide for performance of the duties of chiefs of bureau and the Judge Advocate General in the Navy Department, and the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 35 · 56 Stat. 47 · February 3, 1942 · Original text

89. An Act To increase the period for which leases may be made of public lands granted to the State of Idaho for educational purposes by the Act of July 3, 1890.

    Ch. 36 · 56 Stat. 48 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

90. An Act To prohibit payment of money allowance for subsistence and rental to retired officers of the Navy or Marine Corps for any period when not employed on active duty.

    Ch. 37 · 56 Stat. 48 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant an easement in certain lands of the Veterans’ Administration facility, Togus, Maine, to the State of Maine, for road-widening purposes.

    Ch. 38 · 56 Stat. 48 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant an easement in certain lands of the Veterans’ Administration Facility, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Rutherford County, Tennessee, for highway purposes.

    Ch. 39 · 56 Stat. 49 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the attendance of personnel of the Army of the United States as students at educational institutions and other places.

    Ch. 40 · 56 Stat. 50 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution To amend section 124 of the Internal Revenue Code to simplify the procedure in connection with amortization of certain facilities.

    Ch. 41 · 56 Stat. 50 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

95. An Act To provide pay for officers in accordance with the rank and grade in which they were inducted and served in the land forces.

    Ch. 42 · 56 Stat. 50 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

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

    Ch. 43 · 56 Stat. 51 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the adjustment of tobacco, wheat, and cotton-marketing quotas and acreage allotments in certain cases where farm land is acquired by the United States for defense purposes.

    Ch. 44 · 56 Stat. 51 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the construction of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 45 · 56 Stat. 53 · February 6, 1942 · Original text

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

    Ch. 46 · 56 Stat. 53 · February 7, 1942 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To authorize the President of the United States to render financial aid to China, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 47 · 56 Stat. 82 · February 7, 1942 · Original text