Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To provide for the issuance of a flag to the nearest relatives of certain persons who die in service in the land or naval forces of the United States.

   Ch. 301 · 57 Stat. 590 · November 22, 1943 · Original text

2. An Act To amend section 36 of the Criminal Code.

   Ch. 302 · 57 Stat. 591 · November 22, 1943 · Original text

3. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to dispense with unnecessary renewals of oaths of office by civilian employees of the executive departments and independent establishments”, approved August 14, 1937.

   Ch. 303 · 57 Stat. 591 · November 22, 1943 · Original text

4. An Act To provide for a general term of the District Court for the District of Alaska at Anchorage, Alaska.

   Ch. 304 · 57 Stat. 591 · November 22, 1943 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Morris Leff.

   Ch. 305 · 57 Stat. 697 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To authorize settlement of individual claims of naval personnel for damage to private property shipped from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Francisco, California.

   Ch. 306 · 57 Stat. 697 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Sigurd J. E. Wallstedt.

   Ch. 307 · 57 Stat. 698 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the Farrell-Argast Electric Company.

   Ch. 308 · 57 Stat. 698 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of the estate of Hyman Wiener.

   Ch. 309 · 57 Stat. 699 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Fred A. Flanders.

    Ch. 310 · 57 Stat. 699 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Lillian C. Ferreira.

    Ch. 311 · 57 Stat. 699 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Charlee W. Ruckman.

    Ch. 312 · 57 Stat. 700 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Arkansas Power and Light Company.

    Ch. 313 · 57 Stat. 700 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Helen Engell Thompson.

    Ch. 314 · 57 Stat. 701 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ina Mae Shipman.

    Ch. 315 · 57 Stat. 701 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Harold E. Dalton.

    Ch. 316 · 57 Stat. 701 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Andrew Williams.

    Ch. 317 · 57 Stat. 702 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Edward A. Silvia.

    Ch. 318 · 57 Stat. 702 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Marcus O. and Faye D. Rowland, the parents of George L. Rowland, deceased.

    Ch. 319 · 57 Stat. 703 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of John E. Haas.

    Ch. 320 · 57 Stat. 703 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Frank and Nancy Foglia, parents of Frank Foglia, a minor, deceased.

    Ch. 321 · 57 Stat. 703 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of M. C. Roberts.

    Ch. 322 · 57 Stat. 704 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Providing for payment to Nellie Starr McCorkle of accumulated leave accrued and payable to her deceased husband, Captain John Ray McCorkle, under the Act of August 1, 1941 (ch. 348, 55 Stat. 616; 5 U. S. C. sec. 61a).

    Ch. 323 · 57 Stat. 704 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Alice Stamps and Henrietta E. Stamps.

    Ch. 324 · 57 Stat. 705 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Walter R. Jones, Mrs. Norma S. McKinney, and Mrs. Ella Swenson.

    Ch. 325 · 57 Stat. 705 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of the Pacific Construction Company.

    Ch. 326 · 57 Stat. 705 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Harry L. Smith.

    Ch. 327 · 57 Stat. 706 · November 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To facilitate and simplify collection procedure in the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 328 · 57 Stat. 592 · November 28, 1943 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to settle certain claims.

    Ch. 329 · 57 Stat. 593 · November 28, 1943 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the transportation of dependents and household effects of personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard under certain conditions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 330 · 57 Stat. 593 · November 28, 1943 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Act approved January 16, 1936, entitled “An Act to provide for the retirement and retirement annuities of civilian members of the teaching staff at the United States Naval Academy and the Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy.”

    Ch. 331 · 57 Stat. 594 · November 28, 1943 · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 107 of the Judicial Code, as amended, to change the terms of the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

    Ch. 332 · 57 Stat. 595 · December 3, 1943 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution To provide for the appointment of a National Agricultural Jefferson Bicentenary Committee to carry out appropriate exercises and activities in recognition of the services and contributions of Thomas Jefferson to the farmers and the agriculture of the Nation.

    Ch. 333 · 57 Stat. 595 · December 3, 1943 · Original text

34. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of W. I. Dooly.

    Ch. 334 · 57 Stat. 706 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Eddie Percle.

    Ch. 335 · 57 Stat. 707 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the Grafton Boat Works.

    Ch. 336 · 57 Stat. 707 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of the Milford Trust Company and Blanche R. Bennett, as administrators of the estate of Charles E. Reed, deceased.

    Ch. 337 · 57 Stat. 707 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Gerald G. Woods.

    Ch. 338 · 57 Stat. 708 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Ervin S. Finley.

    Ch. 339 · 57 Stat. 708 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Pan American Airways, Incorporated.

    Ch. 340 · 57 Stat. 709 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of certain officers and employees of the foreign service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of war conditions.

    Ch. 341 · 57 Stat. 709 · December 3, 1943 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Amending the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 342 · 57 Stat. 596 · December 5, 1943 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Act providing for the payment of allowance on death of officer or enlisted man to widow, or person designated, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 343 · 57 Stat. 599 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

44. An Act To repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts, to establish quotas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 344 · 57 Stat. 600 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

45. An Act To suspend temporarily the application of sections 3114 and 3115 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.

    Ch. 345 · 57 Stat. 601 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

46. An Act Extending the time within which applications under section 722 of the Internal Revenue Code must be made.

    Ch. 346 · 57 Stat. 601 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

47. An Act To increase the amount of Federal aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States.

    Ch. 347 · 57 Stat. 603 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

48. An Act Providing for the transfer to the custody and control of the Secretary of the Navy of certain lands comprising a portion of Croatan National Forest in the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. 348 · 57 Stat. 603 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

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

    Ch. 349 · 57 Stat. 604 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

50. An Act To provide temporary additional pay for equipment maintenance for each carrier in Rural Mail Delivery Service.

    Ch. 366 · 57 Stat. 604 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the first airplane flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright.

    Ch. 367 · 57 Stat. 605 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To provide for the proper observance of the one hundred and fifty-second anniversary of the adoption of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights.

    Ch. 368 · 57 Stat. 605 · December 17, 1943 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of the estate of Richard Dodge Beale, deceased.

    Ch. 350 · 57 Stat. 710 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Robert Griffin.

    Ch. 351 · 57 Stat. 710 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the estate of Luther Clyde Nanny.

    Ch. 352 · 57 Stat. 711 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Clare A. Miller.

    Ch. 353 · 57 Stat. 711 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Gerald Estell Proctor.

    Ch. 354 · 57 Stat. 712 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mrs. J. D. Price.

    Ch. 355 · 57 Stat. 712 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Ronald A. Cox.

    Ch. 356 · 57 Stat. 712 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Albert Ferguson and Ozelle Ferguson.

    Ch. 357 · 57 Stat. 713 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Marguerite R. McElroy.

    Ch. 358 · 57 Stat. 713 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Mrs. C. W. Selby.

    Ch. 359 · 57 Stat. 714 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Victor H. Loftus, disbursing clerk, American Embassy, Mexico, D. F., Mexico.

    Ch. 360 · 57 Stat. 714 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the Meadow Brook Club.

    Ch. 361 · 57 Stat. 714 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Verna Mae Rossell and Winifred Rossell Mooney.

    Ch. 362 · 57 Stat. 715 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the payment of additional compensation to special counsel in the case of United States against Standard Oil Company of California.

    Ch. 363 · 57 Stat. 715 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Eric W. Rodgers.

    Ch. 364 · 57 Stat. 716 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of William Carroll Knox.

    Ch. 365 · 57 Stat. 716 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad Company.

    Ch. 369 · 57 Stat. 716 · December 17, 1943 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Colonel E. H. Tarbutton.

    Ch. 370 · 57 Stat. 717 · December 18, 1943 · Private law · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To extend the time limit for immunity.

    Ch. 371 · 57 Stat. 605 · December 20, 1943 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the acquisition by exchange of certain lands for addition to the Sequoia National Park.

    Ch. 372 · 57 Stat. 606 · December 21, 1943 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution Fixing the date of meeting of the second session of the Seventy-eighth Congress.

    Ch. 373 · 57 Stat. 607 · December 21, 1943 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To permit the importation from foreign countries free of duty, during a period of ninety days, of certain grains and other products to be used for livestock and poultry feed, and suspending for two months the increase in the tax rates under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.

    Ch. 375 · 57 Stat. 607 · December 22, 1943 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the extension of certain oil and gas leases.

    Ch. 376 · 57 Stat. 608 · December 22, 1943 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Samuel Margolin.

    Ch. 374 · 57 Stat. 717 · December 22, 1943 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To limit private suits for penalties and damages arising out of frauds against the United States.

    Ch. 377 · 57 Stat. 608 · December 23, 1943 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, as amended.

    Ch. 378 · 57 Stat. 609 · December 23, 1943 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey to The State Hospital at Goldsboro, Goldsboro, North Carolina, a certain tract of land, situated in Wayne County, North Carolina.

    Ch. 379 · 57 Stat. 610 · December 23, 1943 · Original text

80. First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1944

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 380 · 57 Stat. 611 · December 23, 1943 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Extending until January 31, 1944, the provisions of the Act of April 29, 1943, making an appropriation to assist in providing a supply and distribution of farm labor for the calendar year 1943.

    Ch. 381 · 57 Stat. 643 · December 23, 1943 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing and binding of a revised edition of Cannon’s Procedure in the House of Representatives and providing that the same shall be subject to copyright by the author.

    Ch. 382 · 57 Stat. 643 · December 23, 1943 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Continuing the Commodity Credit Corporation as an agency of the United States.

    Ch. 383 · 57 Stat. 643 · December 23, 1943 · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Samuel J. D. Marshall.

    Ch. 384 · 57 Stat. 718 · December 23, 1943 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 1 · 58 Stat. 3 · January 18, 1944 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Nationality Act of 1940.

    Ch. 2 · 58 Stat. 4 · January 20, 1944 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the appointment of court reporters in the district courts of the United States, to fix their duties, to provide for their compensation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3 · 58 Stat. 5 · January 20, 1944 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for contingent expenses of the Senate.

    Ch. 4 · 58 Stat. 7 · January 21, 1944 · Original text

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

    Ch. 5 · 58 Stat. 7 · January 28, 1944 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the presentation of silver medals to certain members of the Peary Polar Expedition of 1908–1909.

    Ch. 6 · 58 Stat. 935 · January 28, 1944 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Johnny Newton Strickland.

    Ch. 7 · 58 Stat. 936 · January 28, 1944 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Jose C. Romero all right, title, and interest of the United States in a certain described tract of land within the Carson National Forest, New Mexico.

    Ch. 8 · 58 Stat. 936 · January 28, 1944 · Private law · Original text

93. Mustering-Out Payment Act of 1944

    An Act To provide for mustering-out payments to members of the armed forces, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 9 · 58 Stat. 8 · February 3, 1944 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of C. J. Toole.

    Ch. 10 · 58 Stat. 937 · February 4, 1944 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Paul W. Busbey, Mrs. Paul W. Busbey, Paula Busbey, and Mrs. Louisa Busbey.

    Ch. 11 · 58 Stat. 937 · February 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Carl Swanson, Geraldine Cecelia Swanson, a minor, and Almer Swanson.

    Ch. 12 · 58 Stat. 938 · February 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

97. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to proclaim February 11, 1944, as Edison Day in commemoration of the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison.

    Ch. 13 · 58 Stat. 10 · February 9, 1944 · Original text

98. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act creating the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission; defining the authority, power, and duties of said Commission; and authorizing said Commission and its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Friar Point, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas, and for other purposes”, approved May 17, 1939.

    Ch. 14 · 58 Stat. 11 · February 12, 1944 · Original text

99. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a railroad bridge across the Missouri River at or near Randolph, Missouri.

    Ch. 15 · 58 Stat. 11 · February 12, 1944 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to assist in providing a supply and distribution of farm labor for the calendar year 1944.

     Ch. 16 · 58 Stat. 11 · February 14, 1944 · Original text