Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to grant an easement for highway purposes to the county of Macon, Alabama, in a strip of land located at Veterans’ Administration Facility, Tuskegee, Alabama.

   Ch. 48 · 56 Stat. 83 · February 7, 1942 · Original text

2. An Act To amend section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

   Ch. 49 · 56 Stat. 83 · February 7, 1942 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Francis Howard Robinson.

   Ch. 50 · 56 Stat. 1100 · February 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Mollie S. McHaney.

   Ch. 51 · 56 Stat. 1100 · February 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To extend the time during which orders and marketing agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, may be applicable to hops.

   Ch. 52 · 56 Stat. 85 · February 10, 1942 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Act approved October 24, 1941, entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide salvage facilities, and for other purposes” (Public Law Numbered 280, Seventy-seventh Congress), so as to remove the limitation on the sum authorized to be appropriated annually to effectuate the purposes of the Act.

   Ch. 53 · 56 Stat. 86 · February 10, 1942 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize an appropriation for payment to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of construction costs assessed against certain lands within such district acquired by the United States for the benefit of certain Indians in the State of New Mexico.

   Ch. 54 · 56 Stat. 86 · February 10, 1942 · Original text

8. An Act To increase the earnings of the United States Government life-insurance fund and the national service life-insurance fund by expediting the investment of the moneys thereof, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 55 · 56 Stat. 87 · February 10, 1942 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Act of June 11, 1940 (Public, Numbered 590, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session), providing for the relief of Indians who have paid taxes on allotted land.

   Ch. 56 · 56 Stat. 87 · February 10, 1942 · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing overtime pay for certain employees of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

    Ch. 57 · 56 Stat. 88 · February 10, 1942 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Edna La Blanche Gillette.

    Ch. 58 · 56 Stat. 1100 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Reuben Owen.

    Ch. 59 · 56 Stat. 1101 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Ethel Ray Sowder.

    Ch. 60 · 56 Stat. 1101 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Bertha M. Smith.

    Ch. 61 · 56 Stat. 1102 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Saunders.

    Ch. 62 · 56 Stat. 1102 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Esco Wood.

    Ch. 63 · 56 Stat. 1103 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of G. T. Elliott, Incorporated.

    Ch. 64 · 56 Stat. 1103 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Joseph Keeney.

    Ch. 65 · 56 Stat. 1104 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of A. Paul Johnson.

    Ch. 66 · 56 Stat. 1104 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Doctor Hugh G. Nicholson.

    Ch. 67 · 56 Stat. 1104 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Willard R. Centerwall, formerly superintendent and special disbursing agent at the Tongue River Indian Agency.

    Ch. 68 · 56 Stat. 1105 · February 10, 1942 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 602 (m) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 (Public, Numbered 801, Seventy-sixth Congress), as amended, to enable a person in active service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard to secure such insurance effective as of date of application by advance of active service pay, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 69 · 56 Stat. 88 · February 11, 1942 · Original text

23. An Act For relief of the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Kelly, United States property and disbursing officer for Kentucky.

    Ch. 70 · 56 Stat. 1105 · February 11, 1942 · Private law · Original text

24. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to provide financial aid to China.

    Ch. 71 · 56 Stat. 89 · February 12, 1942 · Original text

25. An Act To release all the interest of the United States in certain land constituting a portion of the right-of-way granted to the Central Pacific Railway Company under the Act of July 1, 1862, as amended and supplemented.

    Ch. 72 · 56 Stat. 89 · February 13, 1942 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Leslie Truax.

    Ch. 74 · 56 Stat. 1099 · February 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of R. V. Thurston and Joseph Hardy, a partnership.

    Ch. 73 · 56 Stat. 1106 · February 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Helen Rauch and Max Rauch.

    Ch. 75 · 56 Stat. 1106 · February 14, 1942 · Private law · Original text

29. District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Parking Facility Act of 1942

    An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to acquire, operate, and regulate public off-street parking facilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 76 · 56 Stat. 90 · February 16, 1942 · Original text

30. An Act To provide for temporary promotion in the Army of the United States of officers commissioned in the Air Corps or assigned to duty with the Air Corps.

    Ch. 77 · 56 Stat. 94 · February 16, 1942 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Carmella Ridgewell.

    Ch. 78 · 56 Stat. 1107 · February 16, 1942 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the Portland Sportwear Manufacturing Company.

    Ch. 79 · 56 Stat. 1107 · February 16, 1942 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Paul E. Cook.

    Ch. 80 · 56 Stat. 1108 · February 16, 1942 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Arthur W. Jorgenson, and the legal guardian of Robert R. Jorgenson, a minor.

    Ch. 81 · 56 Stat. 1108 · February 16, 1942 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the State Compensation Insurance Fund of California.

    Ch. 82 · 56 Stat. 1108 · February 16, 1942 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the estate of Opal June Lindsay, Luck A. Lindsay, Thelma Louise Lindsay, and Laura Kathleen Lindsay.

    Ch. 83 · 56 Stat. 1109 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 84 · 56 Stat. 1109 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of D. H. Dantzler.

    Ch. 85 · 56 Stat. 1110 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Brooks Equipment and Manufacturing Company.

    Ch. 86 · 56 Stat. 1110 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of William Robert Shaneyfelt and Mildred Shaneyfelt.

    Ch. 87 · 56 Stat. 1111 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of J. W. Daughtry.

    Ch. 88 · 56 Stat. 1111 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To provide an additional sum for the payment of a claim under the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the reimbursement of certain Navy and Marine Corps personnel and former Navy and Marine Corps personnel and certain Federal civil employees for personal property lost or damaged as a result of the hurricane and flood at Parris Island, South Carolina, on August 11–12, 1940”, approved April 23, 1941.

    Ch. 89 · 56 Stat. 1111 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Solomon Brown.

    Ch. 90 · 56 Stat. 1112 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Dale L. Barthel and others.

    Ch. 91 · 56 Stat. 1112 · February 18, 1942 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of certain Basque aliens.

    Ch. 92 · 56 Stat. 1113 · February 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Nettie Woolfolk Montague and Jerry L. Woolfolk and others.

    Ch. 93 · 56 Stat. 1114 · February 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Mason C. Brunson.

    Ch. 94 · 56 Stat. 1114 · February 19, 1942 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To extend the time for examination of quarterly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 95 · 56 Stat. 94 · February 20, 1942 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the purchase from appropriations made for the Indian Service of supplies and materials for resale to natives, native cooperative associations, and Indian Service employees stationed in Alaska.

    Ch. 96 · 56 Stat. 95 · February 20, 1942 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the deposit and expenditure of various revenues collected at schools and hospitals operated by the Indian Service in Alaska.

    Ch. 98 · 56 Stat. 95 · February 20, 1942 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of certain individuals in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho.

    Ch. 97 · 56 Stat. 1115 · February 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Lulu Heron.

    Ch. 99 · 56 Stat. 1115 · February 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Edwin B. Formhals.

    Ch. 100 · 56 Stat. 1115 · February 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of John King.

    Ch. 101 · 56 Stat. 1116 · February 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of G. F. Allen, chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 102 · 56 Stat. 1116 · February 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anna M. Paul.

    Ch. 103 · 56 Stat. 1117 · February 20, 1942 · Private law · Original text

57. Joint Resolution Amending section 7 of the Neutrality Act of 1939.

    Ch. 104 · 56 Stat. 95 · February 21, 1942 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the transfer of lands from the United States to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission under certain conditions, and to accept title to another tract to be transferred to the United States.

    Ch. 105 · 56 Stat. 96 · February 21, 1942 · Original text

59. An Act To provide that the Navy ration may include canned or powdered or concentrated fruit or vegetable juices.

    Ch. 106 · 56 Stat. 97 · February 21, 1942 · Original text

60. An Act To provide decentralization of the issuance of orders authorizing the payment of travel expenses in connection with the transfer of civilian employees from one station to another.

    Ch. 107 · 56 Stat. 97 · February 21, 1942 · Original text

61. First 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, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 108 · 56 Stat. 98 · February 21, 1942 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Libby, McNeill and Libby.

    Ch. 109 · 56 Stat. 1117 · February 21, 1942 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To provide for the advancement on the retired list of certain officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

    Ch. 110 · 56 Stat. 120 · February 23, 1942 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lewenczuk.

    Ch. 111 · 56 Stat. 1118 · February 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Katherine McCue.

    Ch. 112 · 56 Stat. 1118 · February 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Relating to lands of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians.

    Ch. 113 · 56 Stat. 121 · February 24, 1942 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of James Wood.

    Ch. 114 · 56 Stat. 1118 · February 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of the Branchland Pipe and Supply Company.

    Ch. 115 · 56 Stat. 1119 · February 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of O. C. Ousley.

    Ch. 116 · 56 Stat. 1119 · February 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of H. D. Bateman, Henry G. Conner, Junior, executor of the last will and testament of P. L. Woodard, and J. M. Creech.

    Ch. 117 · 56 Stat. 1120 · February 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Catharine Schultze.

    Ch. 118 · 56 Stat. 1120 · February 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of the Burlington Auto Company.

    Ch. 119 · 56 Stat. 1120 · February 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mary E. Philpot, Sandra G. Philpot, and Mrs. R. L. Keckler.

    Ch. 120 · 56 Stat. 1121 · February 25, 1942 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Hiram O. Lester, Grace D. Lester, and Florence E. Dawson.

    Ch. 121 · 56 Stat. 1121 · February 25, 1942 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of Allen Pope, his heirs or personal representatives, against the United States.

    Ch. 122 · 56 Stat. 1122 · February 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To extend the time within which the amount of any national marketing quota for tobacco, proclaimed under section 312 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, may be increased.

    Ch. 123 · 56 Stat. 121 · February 28, 1942 · Original text

77. An Act To abolish certain fees charged by clerks of the district courts; and to exempt defendants in condemnation proceedings from the payment of filing fees in certain instances.

    Ch. 124 · 56 Stat. 122 · March 3, 1942 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the estate of Charles D. Talbert, deceased.

    Ch. 125 · 56 Stat. 1123 · March 3, 1942 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the zoning of the District of Columbia and the regulation of the location, height, bulk, and uses of buildings and other structures and of the uses of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1938.

    Ch. 126 · 56 Stat. 122 · March 4, 1942 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the States of Arizona and California, jointly or separately, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Colorado River at or near Needles, California.

    Ch. 127 · 56 Stat. 122 · March 4, 1942 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to permit the vestry of Rock Creek Parish to utilize for burial sites certain land within its present holdings in Rock Creek Cemetery.

    Ch. 128 · 56 Stat. 123 · March 4, 1942 · Original text

82. An Act To change the name of Conduit Road in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 129 · 56 Stat. 123 · March 4, 1942 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To authorize the United States Maritime Commission to acquire certain lands in Nassau County, New York.

    Ch. 130 · 56 Stat. 124 · March 4, 1942 · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Richard Bove.

    Ch. 131 · 56 Stat. 1123 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Jean N. Burton and Laura Jones.

    Ch. 132 · 56 Stat. 1124 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of J. G. Fox.

    Ch. 133 · 56 Stat. 1124 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of John E. Newman.

    Ch. 134 · 56 Stat. 1125 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Lonnie Bales.

    Ch. 135 · 56 Stat. 1125 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Andrew Wichmann.

    Ch. 136 · 56 Stat. 1125 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the Louis Puccinelli Bail Bond Company.

    Ch. 137 · 56 Stat. 1126 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Noel Wright and Bunny Wright.

    Ch. 138 · 56 Stat. 1126 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Conmy.

    Ch. 139 · 56 Stat. 1127 · March 4, 1942 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To provide for the planting of guayule and other rubber-bearing plants and to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses.

    Ch. 140 · 56 Stat. 126 · March 5, 1942 · Original text

94. Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942

    An Act Making additional appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 141 · 56 Stat. 128 · March 5, 1942 · Original text

95. An Act To vest absolute in the city of Dearborn the title to lot 19 of the Detroit Arsenal grounds subdivision, Wayne County, Michigan.

    Ch. 142 · 56 Stat. 132 · March 5, 1942 · Original text

96. An Act To transfer Blair County, Pennsylvania, from the western judicial district of Pennsylvania to the middle judicial district of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 143 · 56 Stat. 132 · March 5, 1942 · Original text

97. An Act To revise the boundaries of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park in the States of Georgia and Tennessee.

    Ch. 148 · 56 Stat. 133 · March 5, 1942 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of C. M. Sherrod and Daisy Mimms, administratrix of the estate of Arthur Mimms.

    Ch. 144 · 56 Stat. 1127 · March 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of G. F. Brown.

    Ch. 145 · 56 Stat. 1127 · March 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of H. Earle Russell.

     Ch. 146 · 56 Stat. 1128 · March 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text