Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Builders Specialities Company.

   Ch. 147 · 56 Stat. 1128 · March 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

2. Joint Resolution To approve and authorize the continuance of certain payments for the hospitalization and care of Leo Mulvey, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 149 · 56 Stat. 1129 · March 5, 1942 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To accept the cession by the State of Michigan of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Isle Royale National Park, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 150 · 56 Stat. 133 · March 6, 1942 · Original text

4. An Act To accept the cession by the State of Washington of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Olympic National Park, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 151 · 56 Stat. 135 · March 6, 1942 · Original text

5. An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Isle Royale National Park, in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 152 · 56 Stat. 138 · March 6, 1942 · Original text

6. An Act To amend subsections (b), (d), and (e) of section 77 of the Judicial Code so as to transfer the county of Meriwether from the Columbus division of the middle district of Georgia to the Newnan division of the northern district of Georgia, and to change the terms of the district court for the Macon and Americus divisions in the middle district of Georgia.

   Ch. 153 · 56 Stat. 139 · March 6, 1942 · Original text

7. An Act To extend and amend Subtitle—Insurance of Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public, Numbered 677, Seventy-sixth Congress) approved June 29, 1940, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 154 · 56 Stat. 140 · March 6, 1942 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Ruth Steward, administratrix of the estate of Luther F. Steward.

   Ch. 155 · 56 Stat. 1129 · March 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Bessie Pearlman and George Roth.

   Ch. 156 · 56 Stat. 1130 · March 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Willie M. Maye.

    Ch. 157 · 56 Stat. 1130 · March 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Joseph Simon, lieutenant commander (SC), United States Navy, and R. D. Lewis.

    Ch. 158 · 56 Stat. 1130 · March 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the payment of a donation to and to provide for the travel at Government expense of persons discharged from the Army of the United States on account of fraudulent enlistment.

    Ch. 159 · 56 Stat. 140 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize mailing of small firearms to officers and employees of enforcement agencies of the United States.

    Ch. 160 · 56 Stat. 141 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

14. An Act To correct the description of land added to the Bryce Canyon National Park pursuant to the Act of February 17, 1931.

    Ch. 161 · 56 Stat. 141 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

15. An Act To adjust the boundaries of the Cedar Breaks National Monument and the Dixie National Forest, in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 162 · 56 Stat. 141 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the establishment of a commissary or canteen at Glenn Dale Sanatorium, Glenn Dale, Maryland.

    Ch. 163 · 56 Stat. 142 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), entitled “An Act authorizing construction of water conservation and utilization projects in the Great Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States”, as amended by the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119).

    Ch. 164 · 56 Stat. 142 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

18. An Act To amend subchapter two of chapter nineteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 165 · 56 Stat. 143 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for continuing payment of pay and allowances of personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including the retired and Reserve components thereof; the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Public Health Service, and civilian employees of the executive departments, independent establishments, and agencies, during periods of absence from post of duty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 166 · 56 Stat. 143 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To direct the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make an investigation and survey to determine the feasibility of the construction of subways in the District of Columbia for both streetcars and vehicular traffic.

    Ch. 167 · 56 Stat. 148 · March 7, 1942 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Catherine Ward.

    Ch. 168 · 56 Stat. 1131 · March 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of William H. Dugdale and wife.

    Ch. 169 · 56 Stat. 1131 · March 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of William H. Evens.

    Ch. 170 · 56 Stat. 1132 · March 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of John J. Jenkins.

    Ch. 171 · 56 Stat. 1132 · March 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Jane Hawk, a minor, and J. L. Hawk.

    Ch. 172 · 56 Stat. 1132 · March 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To amend an Act to provide allowances for uniforms and equipment for certain officers of the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army so as to provide allowances for uniforms and equipment for certain officers of the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 173 · 56 Stat. 148 · March 9, 1942 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Multnomah County, Oregon.

    Ch. 174 · 56 Stat. 149 · March 9, 1942 · Original text

28. An Act To validate settlement claims established on sections 16 and 36 within the area withdrawn for the Matanuska Settlement project in Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 175 · 56 Stat. 150 · March 9, 1942 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of National Heating Company, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 176 · 56 Stat. 1133 · March 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Estella King.

    Ch. 177 · 56 Stat. 1133 · March 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

31. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 178 · 56 Stat. 150 · March 10, 1942 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Act of August 5, 1939, entitled “An Act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government.”

    Ch. 179 · 56 Stat. 170 · March 13, 1942 · Original text

33. An Act To suspend the effectiveness during the existing national emergency of tariff duties on scrap iron, scrap steel, and nonferrous-metal scrap.

    Ch. 180 · 56 Stat. 171 · March 13, 1942 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of John H. Durnil.

    Ch. 181 · 56 Stat. 1134 · March 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of John Huff.

    Ch. 182 · 56 Stat. 1134 · March 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of David B. Byrne.

    Ch. 183 · 56 Stat. 1135 · March 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Nell Mahoney.

    Ch. 184 · 56 Stat. 1135 · March 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the estate of John J. Murray.

    Ch. 185 · 56 Stat. 1135 · March 13, 1942 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for the coordination of the forwarding and similar servicing of water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States.

    Ch. 186 · 56 Stat. 171 · March 14, 1942 · Original text

40. An Act Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy, additional ordnance manufacturing and production facilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 56 Stat. 172 · March 17, 1942 · Original text

41. An Act To legalize a bridge across Bayou Lafourche at Valentine, Louisiana.

    Ch. 188 · 56 Stat. 172 · March 21, 1942 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize the transfer of the custody of a portion of the Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Navy.

    Ch. 189 · 56 Stat. 173 · March 21, 1942 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the Federal Works Administrator to acquire title, on behalf of the United States, to not more than thirty-five acres of land subject to certain reservations in the grantors.

    Ch. 190 · 56 Stat. 173 · March 21, 1942 · Original text

44. An Act To provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones.

    Ch. 191 · 56 Stat. 173 · March 21, 1942 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Robert Lee Phillips and for the six minor children of Robert Lee Phillips and the late Estelle Phillips, namely, Robert Lee Phillips, Junior, James Rudolph Phillips, Katherine Phillips, Richard Eugene Phillips, Charles Ray Phillips, and David Delano Phillips.

    Ch. 192 · 56 Stat. 1136 · March 21, 1942 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the State of Michigan, acting through the International Bridge Authority of Michigan, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, across the Saint Marys River, from a point in or near the city of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to a point in the Province of Ontario, Canada”, approved December 16, 1940.

    Ch. 196 · 56 Stat. 174 · March 23, 1942 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Pauline Caton Robertson.

    Ch. 193 · 56 Stat. 1136 · March 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Mrs. Nazaria Garcia, of Winslow, Arizona.

    Ch. 194 · 56 Stat. 1137 · March 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of the estate of O. K. Himley.

    Ch. 195 · 56 Stat. 1137 · March 23, 1942 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to release the claim of the United States to certain land within Coconino County, Arizona.

    Ch. 197 · 56 Stat. 174 · March 27, 1942 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the financing of the War Damage Corporation, to amend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 198 · 56 Stat. 174 · March 27, 1942 · Original text

52. Second War Powers Act, 1942

    An Act To further expedite the prosecution of the war.

    Ch. 199 · 56 Stat. 176 · March 27, 1942 · Original text

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

    Ch. 200 · 56 Stat. 187 · March 27, 1942 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to fix the hours of duty of postal employees, and for other purposes”, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, so as to permit payment for overtime for Saturday service in lieu of compensatory time.

    Ch. 201 · 56 Stat. 188 · March 27, 1942 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of James Franklin Smith.

    Ch. 202 · 56 Stat. 1138 · March 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Bessie Walden.

    Ch. 203 · 56 Stat. 1138 · March 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To authorize certain officers and enlisted men of the Army of the United States to accept emblems, medals, orders, and decorations that have been tendered them by governments of the Western Hemisphere.

    Ch. 204 · 56 Stat. 1138 · March 27, 1942 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To increase the debt limit of the United States, to further amend the Second Liberty Bond Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 205 · 56 Stat. 189 · March 28, 1942 · Original text

59. An Act To limit the initial base pay of $21 per month for enlisted men in the Army and Marine Corps to those of the seventh grade.

    Ch. 206 · 56 Stat. 190 · March 28, 1942 · Original text

60. An Act To consolidate the Police Court of the District of Columbia and the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, to be known as “The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia”, to create “The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia”, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 207 · 56 Stat. 190 · April 1, 1942 · Original text

61. An Act To provide for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United States who have lost United States citizenship through service with the allied forces of the United States during the first or second World War.

    Ch. 208 · 56 Stat. 198 · April 2, 1942 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the acquisition by the United States of lands lying between the present boundary of the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, and the new boundary of Fort Dix, in the county of Ocean and State of New Jersey.

    Ch. 209 · 56 Stat. 198 · April 6, 1942 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize cases under the Expediting Act of February 11, 1903, to be heard and determined by courts constituted in the same manner as courts constituted to hear and determine cases involving the constitutionality of Acts of Congress, and further to define the powers of a district judge in certain suits.

    Ch. 210 · 56 Stat. 198 · April 6, 1942 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Act known as the “Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930” (46 Stat. 531), approved June 10, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 211 · 56 Stat. 200 · April 6, 1942 · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel S. W. McIlwain.

    Ch. 212 · 56 Stat. 1139 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Henry J. McCloskey.

    Ch. 213 · 56 Stat. 1140 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Edna B. Crook.

    Ch. 214 · 56 Stat. 1140 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Geoffrey Orme.

    Ch. 215 · 56 Stat. 1140 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of George Garcavy.

    Ch. 216 · 56 Stat. 1141 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Johnston-Hall Hospital, Calhoun, Georgia, and Doctor Z. V. Johnston, Calhoun, Georgia.

    Ch. 217 · 56 Stat. 1141 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Emmett Armstrong.

    Ch. 218 · 56 Stat. 1142 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Daniel Elliott and Helen Elliott.

    Ch. 219 · 56 Stat. 1142 · April 6, 1942 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the payment for accumulative or accrued annual leave to certain employees of the United States, its Territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, who voluntarily enlist or otherwise enter the military or naval forces of the United States.

    Ch. 220 · 56 Stat. 200 · April 7, 1942 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Albert Edward Whiteside.

    Ch. 221 · 56 Stat. 1142 · April 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Karl K. Wilkes.

    Ch. 222 · 56 Stat. 1143 · April 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of the estate of Charles L. Clark.

    Ch. 223 · 56 Stat. 1143 · April 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of A. L. Freeman.

    Ch. 224 · 56 Stat. 1143 · April 7, 1942 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

    Ch. 225 · 56 Stat. 201 · April 8, 1942 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code by setting new maximum limits on allowances for losses of distilled spirits by leakage or evaporation while in internal revenue bonded warehouses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 226 · 56 Stat. 201 · April 8, 1942 · Original text

80. An Act To extend the crediting of military service under the Railroad Retirement Acts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 227 · 56 Stat. 204 · April 8, 1942 · Original text

81. an act To authorize the renewal of the lease of the old naval hospital in the District of Columbia for an additional period of fifteen years.

    Ch. 228 · 56 Stat. 211 · April 8, 1942 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Edd Nevins.

    Ch. 229 · 56 Stat. 1144 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Martin N. Mayrath.

    Ch. 230 · 56 Stat. 1144 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Martin J. Price.

    Ch. 231 · 56 Stat. 1145 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Ida Baird.

    Ch. 232 · 56 Stat. 1145 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Onie Martin and Betty Martin.

    Ch. 233 · 56 Stat. 1145 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of William Horsman.

    Ch. 234 · 56 Stat. 1146 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

88. 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, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 235 · 56 Stat. 1146 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilder Temple.

    Ch. 236 · 56 Stat. 1149 · April 8, 1942 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eddie A. Schneider.

    Ch. 237 · 56 Stat. 1149 · April 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Allene Ruhlman and John P. Ruhlman.

    Ch. 238 · 56 Stat. 1149 · April 9, 1942 · Private law · Original text

92. 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. 239 · 56 Stat. 212 · April 10, 1942 · Original text

93. An Act To amend war-risk insurance provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, in order to expedite ocean transportation and assist the war effort.

    Ch. 240 · 56 Stat. 214 · April 11, 1942 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution To provide decorations for outstanding conduct or service by persons serving in the American merchant marine.

    Ch. 241 · 56 Stat. 217 · April 11, 1942 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Lewis J. and Mary Black.

    Ch. 242 · 56 Stat. 1150 · April 15, 1942 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the village of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

    Ch. 243 · 56 Stat. 217 · April 20, 1942 · Original text

97. An Act To amend certain provisions of law relative to the withdrawal of brandy for fortification of wines and production of wines, brandy, and fruit spirits so as to remove therefrom certain unnecessary restrictions.

    Ch. 244 · 56 Stat. 218 · April 20, 1942 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Jacques Hailpern, Max Hailpern, and Sally Hailpern Zaharia.

    Ch. 245 · 56 Stat. 1150 · April 24, 1942 · Private law · Original text

99. War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 246 · 56 Stat. 219 · April 28, 1942 · Original text

100. Sixth 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. 247 · 56 Stat. 226 · April 28, 1942 · Original text