Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Gertrude Ricketts.

   Ch. 201 · 57 Stat. 682 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Frank Borah.

   Ch. 202 · 57 Stat. 682 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of El Paso Electric Company.

   Ch. 203 · 57 Stat. 682 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of J. Frank Meador.

   Ch. 204 · 57 Stat. 683 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Robert H. Pulliam.

   Ch. 205 · 57 Stat. 683 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Robert N. Bickert.

   Ch. 206 · 57 Stat. 684 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Jennie Walker.

   Ch. 207 · 57 Stat. 684 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To correct an error and to confirm, as of March 2, 1861, the title to certain saline lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to Edward Holden.

   Ch. 208 · 57 Stat. 684 · July 8, 1943 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To relieve newspapers and periodical publications which have voluntarily suspended publication for the duration of the war from payment of second-class application fees upon resumption of publication.

   Ch. 209 · 57 Stat. 390 · July 9, 1943 · Original text

10. An Act Prescribing the salary for the Commissioner of Public Roads and the Commissioner of Public Buildings.

    Ch. 210 · 57 Stat. 390 · July 9, 1943 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 by providing for the postponement of the induction of high-school students who have completed more than half of their academic year.

    Ch. 211 · 57 Stat. 391 · July 9, 1943 · Original text

12. An Act To provide a penalty for the willful violation of regulations or orders respecting the protection or security of vessels, harbors, ports, or water-front facilities.

    Ch. 212 · 57 Stat. 391 · July 9, 1943 · Original text

13. An Act To provide for clerical assistance at post offices, branches, or stations serving military and naval personnel, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 213 · 57 Stat. 391 · July 9, 1943 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of George Henry Bartole and Vernon Wayne Tennyson.

    Ch. 214 · 57 Stat. 685 · July 10, 1943 · Private law · Original text

15. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 215 · 57 Stat. 392 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

16. An Act To establish in the Medical Department of the Army a corps to be known as the Pharmacy Corps.

    Ch. 216 · 57 Stat. 430 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the acceptance on behalf of the United States of a statue of Sir William Blackstone, the work of the late Paul W. Bartlett, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 217 · 57 Stat. 431 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

18. Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1943

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

    Ch. 218 · 57 Stat. 431 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

19. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 219 · 57 Stat. 451 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

20. An Act To approve and consent to the compact, entered into by Iowa and Nebraska establishing the boundary between Iowa and Nebraska.

    Ch. 220 · 57 Stat. 494 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

21. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 221 · 57 Stat. 494 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Relating to the provision of butter for the patients of Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

    Ch. 222 · 57 Stat. 520 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the use for war purposes of silver held or owned by the United States.

    Ch. 223 · 57 Stat. 520 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for emergency flood-control work made necessary by recent floods, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 224 · 57 Stat. 521 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

25. National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations for war agencies in the Executive Office of the President for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 57 Stat. 522 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

26. Second 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, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 229 · 57 Stat. 537 · July 12, 1943 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Florence B. Hutchinson.

    Ch. 225 · 57 Stat. 685 · July 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Leonard L. Gay.

    Ch. 226 · 57 Stat. 686 · July 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of John Rhoden.

    Ch. 227 · 57 Stat. 686 · July 12, 1943 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the deportation of aliens to countries allied with the United States.

    Ch. 230 · 57 Stat. 553 · July 13, 1943 · Original text

31. An Act To increase by one year the period within which certain oyster growers may file claims against the United States in the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 231 · 57 Stat. 553 · July 13, 1943 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the seventy-seventh anniversary convention of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 19 to 23, inclusive, 1943.

    Ch. 232 · 57 Stat. 553 · July 13, 1943 · Original text

33. An Act To provide more adequate and uniform administrative provisions in veterans’ laws pertaining to compensation, pension, and retirement pay payable by the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 233 · 57 Stat. 554 · July 13, 1943 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize black-outs in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved December 26, 1941, as amended.

    Ch. 234 · 57 Stat. 560 · July 13, 1943 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes”, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 236 · 57 Stat. 560 · July 13, 1943 · Original text

36. An Act To permit certain burials in the Scottish Rite Temple in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 237 · 57 Stat. 563 · July 13, 1943 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Forrest W. Dickey.

    Ch. 235 · 57 Stat. 686 · July 13, 1943 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To provide for the establishment of the George Washington Carver National Monument.

    Ch. 238 · 57 Stat. 563 · July 14, 1943 · Original text

39. An Act To prevent the payment of excessive fees or compensation in connection with the negotiation of war contracts.

    Ch. 239 · 57 Stat. 564 · July 14, 1943 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the appropriation of an additional $200,000.000 to carry out the provisions of title II of 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. 240 · 57 Stat. 565 · July 15, 1943 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution To continue the Commodity Credit Corporation as an agency of the United States, to increase its borrowing power, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 241 · 57 Stat. 566 · July 16, 1943 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), as amended by the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119), relating to water conservation and utilization projects.

    Ch. 242 · 57 Stat. 566 · July 16, 1943 · Original text

43. An Act To designate the Public Library of the District of Columbia a public depository for governmental publications.

    Ch. 243 · 57 Stat. 568 · September 28, 1943 · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Primo Giordanengo and Angie Giordanengo.

    Ch. 244 · 57 Stat. 687 · September 28, 1943 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Angeline Arbuckle.

    Ch. 245 · 57 Stat. 687 · September 28, 1943 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Joseph A. Lassiter.

    Ch. 246 · 57 Stat. 688 · September 28, 1943 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Robert Kish Lee and Elizabeth Kish.

    Ch. 247 · 57 Stat. 688 · September 28, 1943 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To provide for the mailing of annual notices to owners of tax-exempt properties in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 248 · 57 Stat. 568 · September 29, 1943 · Original text

49. An Act To fix the compensation of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia and the Superintendent of the National Training School for Girls.

    Ch. 249 · 57 Stat. 569 · September 29, 1943 · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Doctor J. W. Goin.

    Ch. 250 · 57 Stat. 689 · September 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Samuel Jacobs and Harry Jacobs.

    Ch. 251 · 57 Stat. 689 · September 29, 1943 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Doctor Douglas E. Lawson.

    Ch. 252 · 57 Stat. 689 · September 30, 1943 · Private law · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1944 for emergency maternity and infant care for wives of enlisted men in the armed forces.

    Ch. 253 · 57 Stat. 569 · October 1, 1943 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Velma Pikkarainen.

    Ch. 254 · 57 Stat. 690 · October 1, 1943 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the United States Parcel Post Building Company, of Cleveland, Ohio.

    Ch. 255 · 57 Stat. 690 · October 2, 1943 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to the levying and collecting of taxes and assessments, and for other purposes”, approved June 25, 1938.

    Ch. 256 · 57 Stat. 570 · October 5, 1943 · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Major George E. Golding.

    Ch. 257 · 57 Stat. 691 · October 5, 1943 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To amend the National Housing Act, as now or hereafter amended, so as to give protection to persons in military service, and their dependents, as to certain mortgages.

    Ch. 258 · 57 Stat. 570 · October 14, 1943 · Original text

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

    Ch. 259 · 57 Stat. 571 · October 15, 1943 · Original text

60. An Act To amend the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, approved June 16, 1942.

    Ch. 260 · 57 Stat. 571 · October 18, 1943 · Original text

61. An Act To extend the provisions of the Reclassification Act of February 28, 1925, to include custodial employees in the Postal Service.

    Ch. 261 · 57 Stat. 572 · October 18, 1943 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Howard Morgan.

    Ch. 262 · 57 Stat. 691 · October 18, 1943 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Robert C. Anderson.

    Ch. 263 · 57 Stat. 691 · October 18, 1943 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To authorize a per capita payment of $10 to the members of the Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico from funds on deposit to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.

    Ch. 264 · 57 Stat. 572 · October 19, 1943 · Original text

65. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “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”, approved April 20, 1942.

    Ch. 265 · 57 Stat. 572 · October 19, 1943 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the addition of certain land in the State of Arizona to the Montezuma Castle National Monument.

    Ch. 266 · 57 Stat. 572 · October 19, 1943 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Jacob Wolozin.

    Ch. 267 · 57 Stat. 692 · October 19, 1943 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Kathleen B. Maier.

    Ch. 268 · 57 Stat. 692 · October 19, 1943 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To amend section 11 of the Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942.

    Ch. 269 · 57 Stat. 573 · October 21, 1943 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the conveyance to the State of Virginia, for highway purposes only, of a portion of the Naval Mine Depot Reservation at Yorktown, Virginia.

    Ch. 270 · 57 Stat. 573 · October 21, 1943 · Original text

71. An Act To establish the grades of commissioned warrant officer and warrant officer in the United States Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 271 · 57 Stat. 574 · October 21, 1943 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of J. E. Martin.

    Ch. 272 · 57 Stat. 693 · October 21, 1943 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the adoption of a report relating to seepage and drainage damages on the Illinois River, Illinois.

    Ch. 273 · 57 Stat. 574 · October 23, 1943 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the President to present, in the name of Congress, a Distinguished Service Cross to George F. Thompson.

    Ch. 274 · 57 Stat. 693 · October 23, 1943 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To amend section 12 of the Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942.

    Ch. 275 · 57 Stat. 574 · October 25, 1943 · Original text

76. An Act To provide for furnishing transportation in Government-owned automotive vehicles for employees of the Veterans’ Administration at field stations in the absence of adequate public or private transportation.

    Ch. 276 · 57 Stat. 575 · October 25, 1943 · Original text

77. An Act To amend the Naval Reserve Act of 1938 so as to provide for the payment of a uniform gratuity to certain officers recalled to active duty.

    Ch. 277 · 57 Stat. 575 · October 25, 1943 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of John P. von Rosenberg.

    Ch. 278 · 57 Stat. 693 · October 25, 1943 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Relating to the application of the excess-profits tax to certain production bonus payments.

    Ch. 279 · 57 Stat. 575 · October 26, 1943 · Original text

80. An Act To permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for steam-heating purposes in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 280 · 57 Stat. 576 · October 26, 1943 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Servicemen’s Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, so as to liberalize family allowances, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 57 Stat. 577 · October 26, 1943 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Western Maryland Dairy, Inc.

    Ch. 282 · 57 Stat. 694 · October 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of J. P. Woolsey.

    Ch. 283 · 57 Stat. 694 · October 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Cleo Pickrell.

    Ch. 284 · 57 Stat. 695 · October 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of the R. B. Walker Funeral Home.

    Ch. 285 · 57 Stat. 695 · October 26, 1943 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To revive and reenact section 9 of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes”, approved August 26, 1937.

    Ch. 286 · 57 Stat. 581 · October 27, 1943 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for reimbursement of officers, enlisted men, and others, in the naval service of the United States for property lost, damaged, or destroyed in such service.

    Ch. 287 · 57 Stat. 582 · October 27, 1943 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Anthony J. Leiberschal.

    Ch. 288 · 57 Stat. 695 · October 27, 1943 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To amend the Act of May 27, 1908, as amended, authorizing settlement of accounts of deceased officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps.

    Ch. 289 · 57 Stat. 583 · October 28, 1943 · Original text

90. An Act Relating to credits against the Victory tax.

    Ch. 290 · 57 Stat. 584 · October 28, 1943 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Rafael Torres.

    Ch. 291 · 57 Stat. 696 · October 28, 1943 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to settle and adjust the claim of J. C. Munn.

    Ch. 292 · 57 Stat. 696 · October 28, 1943 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To provide for the removal of oysters from the waters of York River and Queen Creek, Virginia, affected by sewage disposal emanating from the construction battalion training camp, at Camp Peary, Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 293 · 57 Stat. 585 · November 4, 1943 · Original text

94. An Act Relating to Government and other exemptions from the tax with respect to the transportation of property.

    Ch. 294 · 57 Stat. 585 · November 4, 1943 · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to use post-office clerks and city letter carriers interchangeably.

    Ch. 295 · 57 Stat. 586 · November 4, 1943 · Original text

96. An Act To amend the law of the District of Columbia relating to the carrying of concealed weapons.

    Ch. 296 · 57 Stat. 586 · November 4, 1943 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Naval Reserve Act of 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 297 · 57 Stat. 586 · November 8, 1943 · Original text

98. Public Health Service Act of 1943

    An Act Relating to the organization and functions of the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 298 · 57 Stat. 587 · November 11, 1943 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 409 of the Interstate Commerce Act, relating to joint rates of freight forwarders and common carriers by motor vehicle.

    Ch. 299 · 57 Stat. 590 · November 12, 1943 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Relating to the tenure of office of the present President and Vice President of the Philippines.

     Ch. 300 · 57 Stat. 590 · November 12, 1943 · Original text