Every law Congress has passed

1,626 laws of the 79th Congress, 1945–1947

1. An Act For the relief of Saunders Wholesale, Incorporated.

   Ch. 241 · 60 Stat. 1174 · April 27, 1946 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Relating to the domestic raising of fur-bearing animals.

   Ch. 242 · 60 Stat. 127 · April 30, 1946 · Original text

3. Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946

   An Act For the rehabilitation of the Philippines.

   Ch. 243 · 60 Stat. 128 · April 30, 1946 · Original text

4. Philippine Trade Act of 1946

   An Act To provide for trade relations between the United States and the Philippines, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 244 · 60 Stat. 141 · April 30, 1946 · Original text

5. District of Columbia Servicemen’s Readjustment Enabling Act of 1945

   An Act To effectuate the purposes of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 245 · 60 Stat. 159 · May 1, 1946 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Vannevar Bush as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Ch. 246 · 60 Stat. 160 · May 2, 1946 · Original text

7. War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1947

   An Act Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 247 · 60 Stat. 160 · May 2, 1946 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Surplus Property Act of 1944 with reference to veterans’ preference, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 248 · 60 Stat. 168 · May 3, 1946 · Original text

9. 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. 249 · 60 Stat. 169 · May 9, 1946 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the estate of Michael J. McDonough, deceased.

    Ch. 250 · 60 Stat. 1174 · May 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

11. Federal Airport Act

    An Act To provide Federal aid for the development of public airports.

    Ch. 251 · 60 Stat. 170 · May 13, 1946 · Original text

12. An Act To provide reimbursement for personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of explosions at the naval ammunition depot, Hastings, Nebraska, on April 6, 1944, and September 15, 1944.

    Ch. 252 · 60 Stat. 180 · May 14, 1946 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution To extend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, until July 1, 1946.

    Ch. 253 · 60 Stat. 181 · May 14, 1946 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Aldona Kojas.

    Ch. 254 · 60 Stat. 1175 · May 14, 1946 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Socony-Vacuum Oil Company.

    Ch. 255 · 60 Stat. 1175 · May 14, 1946 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of John C. Spargo.

    Ch. 256 · 60 Stat. 1176 · May 14, 1946 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the Disabled American Veterans in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 257 · 60 Stat. 181 · May 15, 1946 · Original text

18. An Act To make permanent the provisions of the Act of July 11, 1941, prohibiting prostitution in the vicinity of military and naval establishments.

    Ch. 258 · 60 Stat. 182 · May 15, 1946 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of George O. Weems.

    Ch. 259 · 60 Stat. 1176 · May 15, 1946 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, to permit the shipment of relief supplies.

    Ch. 260 · 60 Stat. 182 · May 16, 1946 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the evacuation and return of the remains of certain persons who died and are buried outside the continental limits of the United States.

    Ch. 261 · 60 Stat. 182 · May 16, 1946 · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the Elmira Area Soaring Corporation.

    Ch. 262 · 60 Stat. 1177 · May 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

23. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 263 · 60 Stat. 183 · May 18, 1946 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to provide necessary utilities for veterans’ housing furnished and erected by the National Housing Administrator.

    Ch. 264 · 60 Stat. 203 · May 18, 1946 · Original text

25. An Act To provide additional compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal service

    Ch. 265 · 60 Stat. 203 · May 21, 1946 · Original text

26. An Act To provide for voluntary apprenticeship in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 267 · 60 Stat. 204 · May 21, 1946 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Josephine Benham.

    Ch. 266 · 60 Stat. 1177 · May 21, 1946 · Private law · Original text

28. Veterans’ Emergency Housing Act of 1946

    An Act To expedite the availability of housing for veterans of World War II by expediting the production and allocation of materials for housing purposes and by curbing excessive pricing of new housing, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 268 · 60 Stat. 207 · May 22, 1946 · Original text

29. An Act To continue in effect section 6 of the Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 714), as amended, relating to the exportation of certain commodities.

    Ch. 269 · 60 Stat. 215 · May 23, 1946 · Original text

30. Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946

    An Act To increase the rates of compensation of officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 270 · 60 Stat. 216 · May 24, 1946 · Original text

31. Second Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946

    An Act Reducing or further reducing certain appropriations and contractual authorizations available for the fiscal year 1946, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 271 · 60 Stat. 221 · May 27, 1946 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Margery Anderson Bridges.

    Ch. 272 · 60 Stat. 1177 · May 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Mercy Duke Boehl.

    Ch. 273 · 60 Stat. 1178 · May 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Arthur F. Downs.

    Ch. 274 · 60 Stat. 1178 · May 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Secretary of State to transfer certain silver candelabra to May Morgan Beal.

    Ch. 275 · 60 Stat. 1178 · May 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of R. L. Benton.

    Ch. 276 · 60 Stat. 1179 · May 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 277 · 60 Stat. 229 · May 29, 1946 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Extending the time for the release of powers of appointment for the purposes of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 278 · 60 Stat. 229 · May 29, 1946 · Original text

39. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 279 · 60 Stat. 229 · May 31, 1946 · Original text

40. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States” approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 280 · 60 Stat. 230 · June 3, 1946 · Original text

41. National School Lunch Act

    An Act To provide assistance to the States in the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of school-lunch programs, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 60 Stat. 230 · June 4, 1946 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the delivery of custody of certain articles of historic interest from the United States Ship Nevada and the United States Ship Wyoming to the State of Nevada and the State of Wyoming, respectively.

    Ch. 282 · 60 Stat. 234 · June 8, 1946 · Original text

43. An Act To repeal section 1548 Revised Statutes (34 U. S. C. 592).

    Ch. 283 · 60 Stat. 234 · June 8, 1946 · Original text

44. An Act To provide for the rank of original appointments in the Corps of Civil Engineers of the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 284 · 60 Stat. 235 · June 8, 1946 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the city of San Diego, Texas.

    Ch. 285 · 60 Stat. 235 · June 8, 1946 · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Henry R. Butler.

    Ch. 286 · 60 Stat. 1179 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Sam Dishong.

    Ch. 287 · 60 Stat. 1179 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Piombo Brothers and Company.

    Ch. 288 · 60 Stat. 1180 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Mayer G. Hansen.

    Ch. 289 · 60 Stat. 1180 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Southern California Edison Company, Limited.

    Ch. 290 · 60 Stat. 1181 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Severo Apoluna Dinson and Candilaria Dinson, and the legal guardian of Laura Dinson and the legal guardian of Teresita Dinson.

    Ch. 291 · 60 Stat. 1181 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Gussie Feldman.

    Ch. 292 · 60 Stat. 1182 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Ernst V. Brender.

    Ch. 293 · 60 Stat. 1182 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Ben V. King

    Ch. 294 · 60 Stat. 1182 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the Yakutat Cooperative Market.

    Ch. 295 · 60 Stat. 1183 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Doctor Harry Burstein, Madeline Borvick, and Mrs. Clara Kaufman Truly (formerly Miss Clara M. Kaufman).

    Ch. 296 · 60 Stat. 1183 · June 8, 1946 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To reimburse certain Navy and Marine Corps personnel and former Navy and Marine Corps personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of fires which occurred at various Navy and Marine Corps shore activities.

    Ch. 297 · 60 Stat. 235 · June 10, 1946 · Original text

58. An Act To establish the civilian position of Academic Dean of the Postgraduate School of the Naval Academy and compensation therefor.

    Ch. 298 · 60 Stat. 236 · June 10, 1946 · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of the county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 299 · 60 Stat. 236 · June 10, 1946 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of John Seferian and Laura Seferian.

    Ch. 300 · 60 Stat. 1184 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Douglas Charles McRae, a minor.

    Ch. 301 · 60 Stat. 1184 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Father Peter B. Duffee.

    Ch. 302 · 60 Stat. 1185 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of George W. Bailey.

    Ch. 303 · 60 Stat. 1185 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Catherine Bode.

    Ch. 304 · 60 Stat. 1185 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lessie L. Bryant and Miss Jimmie Alexander.

    Ch. 305 · 60 Stat. 1186 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of the estate of Michael O. Mello, and Christian O. Mello.

    Ch. 306 · 60 Stat. 1186 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Joseph E. Alarie.

    Ch. 307 · 60 Stat. 1187 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Alice Breon.

    Ch. 308 · 60 Stat. 1187 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Ben Thomas Haynes, a minor.

    Ch. 309 · 60 Stat. 1187 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of James B. McCarty.

    Ch. 310 · 60 Stat. 1188 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Merla Koperski.

    Ch. 311 · 60 Stat. 1188 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Ama L. Normand and the estate of Curtis Joseph Gaspard, deceased.

    Ch. 312 · 60 Stat. 1189 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Vannas H. Hicks.

    Ch. 313 · 60 Stat. 1189 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Carlton G. Jerry.

    Ch. 314 · 60 Stat. 1190 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Philip Naope Kaili and Susie Kaili.

    Ch. 315 · 60 Stat. 1190 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of C. C. Vest

    Ch. 316 · 60 Stat. 1190 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Harry Fleishman.

    Ch. 317 · 60 Stat. 1191 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the estate of Robert Lee Blackmon.

    Ch. 318 · 60 Stat. 1191 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Louis M. Drolet.

    Ch. 319 · 60 Stat. 1192 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Nina E. Schmidt.

    Ch. 320 · 60 Stat. 1192 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of the estate of Obaldino Francis Dias.

    Ch. 321 · 60 Stat. 1193 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Sylvia Wagner.

    Ch. 322 · 60 Stat. 1193 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mary G. Paul.

    Ch. 323 · 60 Stat. 1193 · June 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

84. Administrative Procedure Act

    An Act To improve the administration of justice by prescribing fair administrative procedure.

    Ch. 324 · 60 Stat. 237 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the payment of additional uniform gratuity to reserve officers commissioned from the status of aviation cadets.

    Ch. 325 · 60 Stat. 245 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution creating the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission.

    Ch. 326 · 60 Stat. 245 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution To correct a technical error in the Act approved April 18, 1946 (Public Law 347, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session).

    Ch. 327 · 60 Stat. 245 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

88. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact between Colorado and New Mexico with respect to the waters of Costilla Creek.

    Ch. 328 · 60 Stat. 246 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

89. An Act To protect scenic values along and tributary to the Catalina Highway within the Coronado National Forest, Arizona.

    Ch. 377 · 60 Stat. 254 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment on any and all claims which the Ute Indians, or any tribe, or band thereof, may have against the United States, and for other purposes”, approved June 28, 1938.

    Ch. 378 · 60 Stat. 255 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to lend certain property of the War Department to national veterans’ organizations for use at State and national conventions.

    Ch. 379 · 60 Stat. 256 · June 11, 1946 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of H. H. Ashbrook, and others.

    Ch. 329 · 60 Stat. 1194 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Malcolm K. Burke.

    Ch. 330 · 60 Stat. 1195 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the conveyance of a parcel of land at the naval supply depot, Bayonne, New Jersey, to the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation.

    Ch. 331 · 60 Stat. 1195 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Henrietta Silk.

    Ch. 332 · 60 Stat. 1195 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Luther S. Sykes.

    Ch. 333 · 60 Stat. 1196 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of William F. Schmeltz.

    Ch. 334 · 60 Stat. 1196 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Acchille Guillory and Olivia Guillory.

    Ch. 335 · 60 Stat. 1196 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of George A. West.

    Ch. 336 · 60 Stat. 1197 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Crystal R. Stribling.

     Ch. 337 · 60 Stat. 1197 · June 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text