Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend sections 2 and 4 of the Act approved June 27, 1942, entitled “An Act to authorize the appointment of commissioned warrant and warrant officers to commissioned rank in the line and staff corps of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and for other purposes”.

   Ch. 101 · 57 Stat. 84 · May 25, 1943 · Original text

2. 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. 102 · 57 Stat. 85 · May 25, 1943 · Original text

3. An Act To amend sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved June 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 262), relating to the establishment of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, and to grant the consent of Congress to such States to enter into a compact providing for the acquisition of property for such park.

   Ch. 103 · 57 Stat. 85 · May 26, 1943 · Original text

4. An Act To grant the consent of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska relating to the waters of the Republican River Basin, to make provisions concerning the exercise of Federal jurisdiction as to those waters, to promote flood control in the Basin, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 104 · 57 Stat. 86 · May 26, 1943 · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing the acquisition and conversion or construction of certain landing craft and district craft for the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 105 · 57 Stat. 92 · May 26, 1943 · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Charles T. Dulin.

   Ch. 106 · 57 Stat. 665 · May 27, 1943 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, because of military operations, to defer or waive payments under nonmineral leases of public lands in Alaska.

   Ch. 107 · 57 Stat. 92 · May 29, 1943 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Azer.

   Ch. 108 · 57 Stat. 666 · May 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the hours of employment and safeguard the health of females employed in the District of Columbia”, approved February 24, 1914.

   Ch. 109 · 57 Stat. 93 · June 1, 1943 · Original text

10. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of O. T. Travis.

    Ch. 110 · 57 Stat. 666 · June 1, 1943 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Howard E. Dickison.

    Ch. 111 · 57 Stat. 667 · June 1, 1943 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Cordie Underwood and Wilbur Kea.

    Ch. 112 · 57 Stat. 667 · June 1, 1943 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Alva Burton Rickey.

    Ch. 113 · 57 Stat. 667 · June 1, 1943 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of H. M. Reid and Company, of Macon, Georgia.

    Ch. 114 · 57 Stat. 668 · June 1, 1943 · Private law · Original text

15. War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 115 · 57 Stat. 93 · June 2, 1943 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Donna Pittel.

    Ch. 116 · 57 Stat. 668 · June 2, 1943 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act to provide for unemployment compensation in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 117 · 57 Stat. 100 · June 4, 1943 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 118 · 57 Stat. 125 · June 7, 1943 · Original text

19. An Act Amending the “Joint resolution making an appropriation to assist in providing a supply and distribution of farm labor for the calendar year 1943”, approved April 29, 1943.

    Ch. 119 · 57 Stat. 125 · June 9, 1943 · Original text

20. Current Tax Payment Act of 1943

    An Act To provide for the current payment of the individual income tax, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 120 · 57 Stat. 126 · June 9, 1943 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 2 of the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939, as amended.

    Ch. 121 · 57 Stat. 150 · June 10, 1943 · Original text

22. Defense Aid Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1943

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations to carry out the provisions of an Act to promote the defense of the United States, approved March 11, 1941, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 122 · 57 Stat. 151 · June 14, 1943 · Original text

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

    Ch. 123 · 57 Stat. 152 · June 14, 1943 · Original text

24. An Act To name certain locks in the Saint Marys River at the falls, Michigan.

    Ch. 124 · 57 Stat. 152 · June 15, 1943 · Original text

25. An Act To abolish certain naval trust funds and deposits thereto, and to simplify naval accounting procedure, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 125 · 57 Stat. 152 · June 15, 1943 · Original text

26. An Act To provide for the training of nurses for the armed forces, governmental and civilian hospitals, health agencies, and war industries, through grants to institutions providing such training, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 126 · 57 Stat. 153 · June 15, 1943 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of the Gulf County Canal, Florida.

    Ch. 127 · 57 Stat. 156 · June 17, 1943 · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the acquisition and conversion or construction of certain auxiliary vessels for the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 128 · 57 Stat. 156 · June 17, 1943 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To continue the temporary increases in postal rates on first-class matter, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 129 · 57 Stat. 157 · June 17, 1943 · Original text

30. An Act To amend section 511 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, relating to ship construction reserve funds, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 130 · 57 Stat. 157 · June 17, 1943 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Authorizing the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to pay the proportionate share of the United States in the annual expenses of the Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee.

    Ch. 131 · 57 Stat. 159 · June 19, 1943 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution Providing for participation by the United States in the Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense, and authorizing an appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 132 · 57 Stat. 159 · June 19, 1943 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for advances to States for certain Federal grants for the first quarter of the fiscal year 1944.

    Ch. 133 · 57 Stat. 160 · June 19, 1943 · Original text

34. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Calcasieu River at or near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

    Ch. 134 · 57 Stat. 160 · June 22, 1943 · Original text

35. An Act To extend the time within which a suit or suits may be brought under the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1209).

    Ch. 135 · 57 Stat. 160 · June 22, 1943 · Original text

36. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Croix River at or near Hudson, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 136 · 57 Stat. 161 · June 22, 1943 · Original text

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

    Ch. 137 · 57 Stat. 161 · June 22, 1943 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation for work relief in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

    Ch. 138 · 57 Stat. 161 · June 22, 1943 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Peter Cuccio and Violet Cuccio.

    Ch. 139 · 57 Stat. 669 · June 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eliza Ward.

    Ch. 140 · 57 Stat. 669 · June 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Doctor and Mrs. Richard Stever.

    Ch. 141 · 57 Stat. 669 · June 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To provide reemployment rights for persons who leave their positions to serve in the merchant marine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 142 · 57 Stat. 162 · June 23, 1943 · Original text

43. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Memphis, Tennessee.

    Ch. 143 · 57 Stat. 163 · June 23, 1943 · Original text

44. War Labor Disputes Act

    An Act Relating to the use and operation by the United States of certain plants, mines, and facilities in the prosecution of the war, and preventing strikes, lock-outs, and stoppages of production, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 144 · 57 Stat. 163 · June 25, 1943 · Original text

45. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944. and for other purposes.

    Ch. 145 · 57 Stat. 169 · June 26, 1943 · Original text

46. An Act To amend section 32 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended.

    Ch. 146 · 57 Stat. 196 · June 26, 1943 · Original text

47. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and additional appropriations therefor for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1942, and June 30, 1943, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 147 · 57 Stat. 197 · June 26, 1943 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing a reduction in the course of instruction at the Naval Academy”, approved June 3, 1941 (55 Stat. 238).

    Ch. 149 · 57 Stat. 219 · June 26, 1943 · Original text

49. An Act To amend section 7 (c) of the Act of May 21, 1920 (41 Stat. 613), as amended by section 601 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 417).

    Ch. 150 · 57 Stat. 219 · June 26, 1943 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the first paragraph of section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 to provide for allowances to midshipmen of the Naval Reserve for quarters and subsistence when not furnished in kind.

    Ch. 151 · 57 Stat. 219 · June 26, 1943 · Original text

51. An Act For relief of Burton S. Radford.

    Ch. 148 · 57 Stat. 670 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of the heirs of John J. Shields.

    Ch. 152 · 57 Stat. 670 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of W. Cooke.

    Ch. 153 · 57 Stat. 671 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Rachel Acerra.

    Ch. 154 · 57 Stat. 671 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Walter C. Blake.

    Ch. 155 · 57 Stat. 672 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Charles Favors.

    Ch. 156 · 57 Stat. 672 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of James B. Lewis, Jarvis T. Mills, and Richard D. Peters.

    Ch. 157 · 57 Stat. 672 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Inez Smith.

    Ch. 158 · 57 Stat. 673 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of The Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway.

    Ch. 159 · 57 Stat. 673 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Freddie Sanders and Edd Harris.

    Ch. 160 · 57 Stat. 674 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of A. C. Blount and Oscar Williams.

    Ch. 161 · 57 Stat. 674 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Lawrence Anthony, R. E. Murphy, Mary E. Armstrong, and R. E. Murphy as administrator of the estate of Ella Murphy.

    Ch. 162 · 57 Stat. 675 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Charles Francis Fessenden.

    Ch. 163 · 57 Stat. 675 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant M. V. Daven.

    Ch. 164 · 57 Stat. 676 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Joseph F. Bolger.

    Ch. 165 · 57 Stat. 676 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Cinda J. Short.

    Ch. 166 · 57 Stat. 677 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Kindon.

    Ch. 167 · 57 Stat. 677 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Viola Dale.

    Ch. 168 · 57 Stat. 677 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Mary Frances Hutson.

    Ch. 169 · 57 Stat. 678 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Etta Houser Freeman.

    Ch. 170 · 57 Stat. 678 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the reimbursement of certain enlisted men of the Navy for personal property lost in the loss of the Hugh L. Scott.

    Ch. 171 · 57 Stat. 679 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department.

    Ch. 172 · 57 Stat. 679 · June 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

73. Legislative and Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch and for the Judiciary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 173 · 57 Stat. 220 · June 28, 1943 · Original text

74. An Act To extend the effective date of the Act of December 17, 1941, relating to additional safeguards to the radio communications service of ships of the United States.

    Ch. 174 · 57 Stat. 244 · June 28, 1943 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the incorporated city of Anchorage, Alaska, to purchase and improve the electric light and power system of the Anchorage Light and Power Company, Incorporated, an Alaska corporation, and for such purpose to issue bonds in the sum of not to exceed $1,250,000 in excess of present statutory debt limits.

    Ch. 175 · 57 Stat. 245 · June 28, 1943 · Original text

76. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the use of the American National Red Cross in aid of the land and naval forces In time of actual or threatened war.”

    Ch. 176 · 57 Stat. 247 · June 29, 1943 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Giving the consent of the Congress to an agreement between the State of Indiana and the Commonwealth of Kentucky establishing a boundary between said State and said Commonwealth.

    Ch. 177 · 57 Stat. 248 · June 29, 1943 · Original text

78. An Act To equalize certain disability benefits for Army officers.

    Ch. 178 · 57 Stat. 249 · June 29, 1943 · Original text

79. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 179 · 57 Stat. 250 · June 30, 1943 · Original text

80. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to facilitate the contraction, extension, or completion of interstate petroleum pipe lines related to national defense, and to promote interstate commerce”, approved July 30, 1941.

    Ch. 180 · 57 Stat. 270 · June 30, 1943 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President of the United States to requisition property required for the defense of the United States”, approved October 10, 1941, to continue it in effect.

    Ch. 181 · 57 Stat. 271 · June 30, 1943 · Original text

82. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 182 · 57 Stat. 271 · July 1, 1943 · Original text

83. An Act To revise the Alaska game law.

    Ch. 183 · 57 Stat. 301 · July 1, 1943 · Original text

84. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1944

    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, 1944. and for other purposes.

    Ch. 184 · 57 Stat. 312 · July 1, 1943 · Original text

85. Military Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 185 · 57 Stat. 347 · July 1, 1943 · Original text

86. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State of North Dakota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota”, approved February 10, 1932.

    Ch. 186 · 57 Stat. 370 · July 1, 1943 · Original text

87. An Act To establish a Women’s Army Corps for service in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 187 · 57 Stat. 371 · July 1, 1943 · Original text

88. An Act Relating to the sale of horse meat or food products thereof in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 188 · 57 Stat. 372 · July 3, 1943 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the settlement of claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property or personal injury or death caused by military personnel or civilian employees, or otherwise incident to activities, of the War Department or of the Army.

    Ch. 189 · 57 Stat. 372 · July 3, 1943 · Original text

90. Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943

    An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment”, approved June 2, 1920, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 190 · 57 Stat. 374 · July 6, 1943 · Original text

91. An Act To adjust the pay status of warrant officers temporarily commissioned in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 191 · 57 Stat. 380 · July 7, 1943 · Original text

92. An Act To provide for the disposal of certain records of the United States Government.

    Ch. 192 · 57 Stat. 380 · July 7, 1943 · Original text

93. An Act Relating to appointments to the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy in the case of redistricting of congressional districts.

    Ch. 193 · 57 Stat. 383 · July 7, 1943 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas.

    Ch. 194 · 57 Stat. 383 · July 7, 1943 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Relating to the marketing of barley and flue-cured tobacco under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 195 · 57 Stat. 387 · July 7, 1943 · Original text

96. An Act To increase by $300,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for defense housing under the Act of October 14, 1940, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 196 · 57 Stat. 387 · July 7, 1943 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust titles to lands acquired by the United States which are subject to his administration, custody, or control.

    Ch. 197 · 57 Stat. 388 · July 8, 1943 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain patented lands in the Death Valley National Monument for Government lands in the monument.

    Ch. 198 · 57 Stat. 389 · July 8, 1943 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the description of the area affected by the Act of May 28, 1928, entitled “An Act for the relief of the town of Springdale, Utah”, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 199 · 57 Stat. 389 · July 8, 1943 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the use of part of the United States Capitol Grounds east of the Union Station for the parking of motor vehicles.

     Ch. 200 · 57 Stat. 390 · July 8, 1943 · Original text