Every law Congress has passed

1,157 laws of the 78th Congress, 1943–1945

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

   Ch. 1 · 57 Stat. 3 · February 19, 1943 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Captain Richard Rothwell, United States Marine Corps.

   Ch. 2 · 57 Stat. 647 · February 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Master Gunnery Sergeant Eugene M. Martin, United States Marine Corps.

   Ch. 3 · 57 Stat. 648 · February 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain Navy personnel for personal property lost as a result of the disaster at the East Base, Antarctica, on March 21, 1941.

   Ch. 4 · 57 Stat. 648 · February 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Howard M. Sandus.

   Ch. 5 · 57 Stat. 648 · February 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Charles F. Kegel.

   Ch. 6 · 57 Stat. 649 · March 1, 1943 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional Assistant Attorney General.

   Ch. 7 · 57 Stat. 4 · March 2, 1943 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To provide urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943.

   Ch. 8 · 57 Stat. 4 · March 2, 1943 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Emiliano Lopez and Eliza R. Lopez.

   Ch. 9 · 57 Stat. 649 · March 2, 1943 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to permit consolidations and mergers of domestic telegraph carriers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 10 · 57 Stat. 5 · March 6, 1943 · Original text

11. An Act To amend section 6 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 relating to the payment of rental allowances to certain officers.

    Ch. 11 · 57 Stat. 13 · March 6, 1943 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the city of San Diego for street purposes a parcel of land situated in the city of San Diego and State of California.

    Ch. 12 · 57 Stat. 13 · March 6, 1943 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the attendance of personnel of the Army of the United States as students at educational institutions and other places”.

    Ch. 13 · 57 Stat. 14 · March 6, 1943 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Act approved May 27, 1937 (ch. 269, 50 Stat. 208), by providing substitute and additional authority for the prevention of speculation in lands of the Columbia Basin project, and substitute and additional authority related to the settlement and development of the project, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 14 · 57 Stat. 14 · March 10, 1943 · Original text

15. An Act To extend for one year the provisions of An Act to promote the defense of the United States, approved March 11, 1941.

    Ch. 15 · 57 Stat. 20 · March 11, 1943 · Original text

16. An Act To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended, to grant hospitalization, domiciliary care, and burial benefits in certain World War II cases.

    Ch. 16 · 57 Stat. 21 · March 17, 1943 · Original text

17. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 17 · 57 Stat. 21 · March 18, 1943 · Original text

18. An Act To extend the jurisdiction of naval courts martial in time of war or national emergency to certain persons outside the continental limits of the United States.

    Ch. 18 · 57 Stat. 41 · March 22, 1943 · Original text

19. An Act To amend section 301, World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, to authorize renewal of expiring five-year level premium term policies of those in active military or naval service and certain others outside the continental limits of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 19 · 57 Stat. 41 · March 23, 1943 · Original text

20. An Act To permit the shipment tax-free of certain tobacco products to territories of the United States for the use of members of the military and naval forces of the United States.

    Ch. 20 · 57 Stat. 42 · March 23, 1943 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the National Housing Act, as amended.

    Ch. 21 · 57 Stat. 42 · March 23, 1943 · Original text

22. An Act To amend title I of Public Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, March 20, 1933, and the Veterans Regulations to provide for rehabilitation of disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 22 · 57 Stat. 43 · March 24, 1943 · Original text

23. An Act To amend and clarify certain provisions of law relating to functions of the War Shipping Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 26 · 57 Stat. 45 · March 24, 1943 · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ernestine Fuselier Sigler.

    Ch. 23 · 57 Stat. 650 · March 24, 1943 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Vodie Jackson.

    Ch. 24 · 57 Stat. 650 · March 24, 1943 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Robert T. Groom, Daisy Groom, and Margaret Groom Turpin.

    Ch. 25 · 57 Stat. 650 · March 24, 1943 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Arthur A. Schipke.

    Ch. 27 · 57 Stat. 651 · March 24, 1943 · Private law · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To permit additional sales of wheat for feed.

    Ch. 28 · 57 Stat. 52 · March 25, 1943 · Original text

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

    Ch. 29 · 57 Stat. 52 · March 26, 1943 · Original text

30. Supplemental Naval Appropriation Act, 1943

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

    Ch. 30 · 57 Stat. 52 · March 31, 1943 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Extending the time within which certain acts under the Internal Revenue Code are required to be performed.

    Ch. 31 · 57 Stat. 56 · March 31, 1943 · Original text

32. An Act To provide for a temporary increase in compensation for certain employees of the District of Columbia Government and the White House Police Force.

    Ch. 32 · 57 Stat. 57 · April 1, 1943 · Original text

33. An Act Relating to the selective-service deferment, on occupational grounds, of persons employed by the Federal Government.

    Ch. 33 · 57 Stat. 57 · April 8, 1943 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Frank T. Been.

    Ch. 34 · 57 Stat. 651 · April 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain civilian personnel for personal property lost incident to the emergency evacuation of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition’s East Base, Antarctica, on March 21, 1941, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 35 · 57 Stat. 652 · April 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To authorize certain officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to act as notaries public during the existence of war or a national emergency and six months thereafter.

    Ch. 36 · 57 Stat. 58 · April 9, 1943 · Original text

37. An Act To provide temporary additional compensation for employees in the Postal Service.

    Ch. 37 · 57 Stat. 59 · April 9, 1943 · Original text

38. An Act To amend sections 6 and 11 of the Act approved July 24, 1941, entitled “An Act authorizing the temporary appointment or advancement of certain personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes”, as amended, to provide for the grade of commodore, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 38 · 57 Stat. 59 · April 9, 1943 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1909, as amended by the Act of January 23, 1942, providing for the sale of naval stores, in order to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to permit the sale of naval stores in the continental United States during the war and six months thereafter to civilian officers and employees of the United States, and to other persons at stations where purchase from private agencies is found to be impracticable.

    Ch. 39 · 57 Stat. 60 · April 9, 1943 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to pay the costs of transportation of certain civilian employees, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 40 · 57 Stat. 61 · April 9, 1943 · Original text

41. An Act To effectuate the intent of the Congress as expressed in section 1, paragraph (k) of Public Law 846, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved December 24, 1942, by adding to the list of institutions named in said paragraph the name of the American Tree Association, an institution similar to the institutions so named.

    Ch. 41 · 57 Stat. 61 · April 9, 1943 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Thelma Cannon McGroary.

    Ch. 42 · 57 Stat. 652 · April 9, 1943 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Shumate Investment Company.

    Ch. 43 · 57 Stat. 653 · April 9, 1943 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey to the people of Puerto Rico certain real estate now under the jurisdiction of the United States.

    Ch. 44 · 57 Stat. 61 · April 10, 1943 · Original text

45. An Act To authorize the exchange of lands in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between the War Department and the city of Philadelphia, trustee under the will of Stephen Girard, deceased.

    Ch. 45 · 57 Stat. 62 · April 10, 1943 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the acceptance of a permanent loan to the United States by the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 46 · 57 Stat. 62 · April 10, 1943 · Original text

47. An Act To provide additional pay for personnel of the Army of the United States assigned to diving duty.

    Ch. 47 · 57 Stat. 62 · April 10, 1943 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of H. F. Mathis.

    Ch. 48 · 57 Stat. 653 · April 10, 1943 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Raymond W. Baldwin, Mattie Baldwin, and Clement B. Baldwin.

    Ch. 49 · 57 Stat. 653 · April 10, 1943 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Lee Watts.

    Ch. 50 · 57 Stat. 654 · April 10, 1943 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Albertine Nast.

    Ch. 51 · 57 Stat. 654 · April 10, 1943 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To increase the debt limit of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 52 · 57 Stat. 63 · April 11, 1943 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the exchange of lands between the War Department and the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 53 · 57 Stat. 64 · April 12, 1943 · Original text

54. An Act To amend section 602 (d) (1) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended.

    Ch. 56 · 57 Stat. 64 · April 12, 1943 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Christine Lund.

    Ch. 54 · 57 Stat. 655 · April 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Richard Barker.

    Ch. 55 · 57 Stat. 655 · April 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of the Tours Apartment Hotel.

    Ch. 57 · 57 Stat. 656 · April 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Bernice James.

    Ch. 58 · 57 Stat. 656 · April 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of the estate of Ola Fowler.

    Ch. 59 · 57 Stat. 656 · April 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to consider the claim of Lew O. Calhoun.

    Ch. 60 · 57 Stat. 657 · April 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of the First National Bank of Huntsville, Texas.

    Ch. 61 · 57 Stat. 657 · April 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Suspending certain provisions of sections 12B and 19 of the Federal Reserve Act until six months after the cessation of hostilities in the present war as deter-mined by proclamation of the President or concurrent resolution of the Congress.

    Ch. 62 · 57 Stat. 65 · April 13, 1943 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for the appointment of female physicians and surgeons in the Medical Corps of the Army and Navy.

    Ch. 63 · 57 Stat. 65 · April 16, 1943 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the William Wrigley Junior Company.

    Ch. 64 · 57 Stat. 658 · April 19, 1943 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Fairbanks, Morse and Company.

    Ch. 65 · 57 Stat. 658 · April 19, 1943 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of the R. S. Howard Company.

    Ch. 66 · 57 Stat. 658 · April 19, 1943 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act approved January 2, 1942, entitled “An Act to provide for the prompt settlement of claims for damages occasioned by Army, Navy, and Marine Corps forces in foreign countries.”

    Ch. 67 · 57 Stat. 66 · April 22, 1943 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To extend the provisions of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 for a period of thirty days.

    Ch. 68 · 57 Stat. 68 · April 24, 1943 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of James W. Kelly.

    Ch. 69 · 57 Stat. 659 · April 24, 1943 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of W. Harold Shackleford.

    Ch. 70 · 57 Stat. 659 · April 24, 1943 · Private law · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To authorize the refund by the War Shipping Administrator of certain freights for transportation on frustrated voyages.

    Ch. 71 · 57 Stat. 68 · April 26, 1943 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Mary Lynn Morrow, Mrs. W. A. Jones, and the estates of Maurice Jones and Mrs. Avis McDonald.

    Ch. 72 · 57 Stat. 660 · April 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Morton Fiedler.

    Ch. 73 · 57 Stat. 660 · April 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Joseph Spear.

    Ch. 74 · 57 Stat. 660 · April 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Vida B. Rogers.

    Ch. 75 · 57 Stat. 661 · April 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To extend the time within which the powers relating to the stabilization fund may be exercised.

    Ch. 76 · 57 Stat. 68 · April 29, 1943 · Original text

77. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. as amended, for the purpose of further regulating interstate and foreign commerce in tobacco, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 80 · 57 Stat. 69 · April 29, 1943 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the return to private ownership of certain vessels formerly used or suitable for use in the fisheries or industries related thereto.

    Ch. 81 · 57 Stat. 69 · April 29, 1943 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to assist in providing a supply and distribution of farm labor for the calendar year 1943.

    Ch. 82 · 57 Stat. 70 · April 29, 1943 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Douglas R. Muther.

    Ch. 77 · 57 Stat. 661 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Reuben T. Little.

    Ch. 78 · 57 Stat. 662 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Arthur G. Klein.

    Ch. 79 · 57 Stat. 662 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Juan Ramirez.

    Ch. 83 · 57 Stat. 662 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of R. E. Cotton Company.

    Ch. 84 · 57 Stat. 663 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Fred Taylor.

    Ch. 85 · 57 Stat. 663 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Charles J. Bair.

    Ch. 86 · 57 Stat. 663 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of the estate of Ted Vaughan, deceased.

    Ch. 87 · 57 Stat. 664 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of George H. Crow.

    Ch. 88 · 57 Stat. 664 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Everett A. Alden; Robert Bruce; Edgar C. Faris, Junior; Kathryn W. Ross; Charles L. Rust; and Frederick C. Wright.

    Ch. 89 · 57 Stat. 665 · April 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To revive and reenact an Act approved June 13, 1934 (48 Stat. 947), as amended, authorizing construction of a toll bridge across the Columbia River, at or near Astoria, Oregon.

    Ch. 90 · 57 Stat. 73 · May 3, 1943 · Original text

91. An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, including the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 91 · 57 Stat. 74 · May 3, 1943 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution Authorizing the execution of certain obligations under the treaties of 1903 and 1936 with Panama, and other commitments.

    Ch. 92 · 57 Stat. 74 · May 3, 1943 · Original text

93. War Overtime Pay Act of 1943

    An Act To provide for the payment of overtime compensation to Government employees, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 93 · 57 Stat. 75 · May 7, 1943 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 57 Stat. 78 · May 7, 1943 · Original text

95. An Act To provide for the expansion of facilities for hospitalization of dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 95 · 57 Stat. 80 · May 10, 1943 · Original text

96. An Act To provide for the issuance of devices in recognition of the services of merchant sailors.

    Ch. 96 · 57 Stat. 81 · May 10, 1943 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To extend the provisions of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 for a period of ninety days.

    Ch. 97 · 57 Stat. 82 · May 21, 1943 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for special assessments for the laying of curbs and gutters.

    Ch. 98 · 57 Stat. 83 · May 25, 1943 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the appointment as ensigns in the Coast Guard of all graduates of the Coast Guard Academy in 1945 and thereafter, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 99 · 57 Stat. 84 · May 25, 1943 · Original text

100. An Act To provide for the reorganization of the Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 100 · 57 Stat. 84 · May 25, 1943 · Original text