Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1947

   An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 541 · 60 Stat. 446 · July 5, 1946 · Original text

2. An Act To increase the salaries of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, and the members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 542 · 60 Stat. 480 · July 5, 1946 · Original text

3. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 543 · 60 Stat. 481 · July 8, 1946 · Original text

4. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1947

   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, 1947, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 544 · 60 Stat. 501 · July 9, 1946 · Original text

5. An Act To clarify the terms “compensation” and “pension” under laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration.

   Ch. 545 · 60 Stat. 524 · July 9, 1946 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Act incorporating The American Legion so as to redefine eligibility for membership therein.

   Ch. 546 · 60 Stat. 524 · July 9, 1946 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 5296 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to the discharge of indigent convicts for nonpayment of fines.

   Ch. 547 · 60 Stat. 524 · July 10, 1946 · Original text

8. An Act To prescribe and furnish to United States commissioners standard forms and dockets and to furnish United States Code and seal.

   Ch. 548 · 60 Stat. 525 · July 10, 1946 · Original text

9. An Act Concerning the method of payment of the compensation of United States commissioners.

   Ch. 549 · 60 Stat. 526 · July 10, 1946 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Violet Ludokiewich.

    Ch. 550 · 60 Stat. 1248 · July 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Sufronia Andrus.

    Ch. 551 · 60 Stat. 1248 · July 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of the Miami Herald, the Key West Citizen, and the Miami Daily News.

    Ch. 552 · 60 Stat. 1249 · July 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of William H. Morris.

    Ch. 553 · 60 Stat. 1249 · July 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of certain postal employees.

    Ch. 554 · 60 Stat. 1250 · July 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to furnish upon a reimbursement basis certain benefits, services, and supplies to discharged members of the military or naval forces of any nation allied or associated with the United States in World War II in consideration of reciprocal services extended to the United States.

    Ch. 555 · 60 Stat. 526 · July 11, 1946 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize payment for accumulated and accrued annual leave to female dietitians and physical-therapy aides whose civilian appointments were terminated pursuant to section 4 of the Act of December 22, 1942 (56 Stat. 1073).

    Ch. 556 · 60 Stat. 526 · July 11, 1946 · 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. 557 · 60 Stat. 527 · July 11, 1946 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of March 22, 1946, for the purpose of correcting the description of the small parcel of land authorized to be conveyed to the State of Wyoming by such Act.

    Ch. 563 · 60 Stat. 529 · July 11, 1946 · Original text

19. An Act To eliminate the restriction on the number of lots which may be acquired by settlers in the town site of Wadsworth, Nevada.

    Ch. 564 · 60 Stat. 529 · July 11, 1946 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of William J. Simpson and John R. Rogers, Senior.

    Ch. 558 · 60 Stat. 1250 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Frederick Uhrmann.

    Ch. 559 · 60 Stat. 1250 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Arlis Earl Teekell.

    Ch. 560 · 60 Stat. 1251 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Brigadier General Carl H. Seals.

    Ch. 561 · 60 Stat. 1251 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the estate of C. Benjamin Stapleton.

    Ch. 562 · 60 Stat. 1252 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to partition certain lands in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 565 · 60 Stat. 1252 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of the estate of Sybel Spence.

    Ch. 566 · 60 Stat. 1253 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim to the heirs of Jesus Gonzales all right, title, and interest of the United States in a certain described tract of land within the Carson National Forest, New Mexico.

    Ch. 567 · 60 Stat. 1253 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting a renewal of Patent Numbered 113,244 dated February 7, 1939, relating to the flag of the Church of God.

    Ch. 568 · 60 Stat. 1254 · July 11, 1946 · Private law · Original text

29. Coast Guard Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations for the Coast Guard, Treasury Department, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 569 · 60 Stat. 529 · July 12, 1946 · Original text

30. An Act To amend section 32 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended, and section 3 of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 570 · 60 Stat. 532 · July 12, 1946 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Gwynn C. Triplett, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 571 · 60 Stat. 1254 · July 12, 1946 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Warrant Officer Wayne C. Proper.

    Ch. 572 · 60 Stat. 1254 · July 12, 1946 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Frederic P. L. Mills.

    Ch. 573 · 60 Stat. 1255 · July 12, 1946 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To encourage and protect oil refineries not having their own source of supply for crude oil by extending preference to such refineries in disposing of royalty oil under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act.

    Ch. 574 · 60 Stat. 533 · July 13, 1946 · Original text

35. An Act Authorizing the State of Delaware, by and through its State highway department, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Delaware River near Wilmington, Delaware.

    Ch. 575 · 60 Stat. 533 · July 13, 1946 · Original text

36. An Act To provide that every Saturday shall be a holiday for banks and building and loan associations in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 576 · 60 Stat. 534 · July 13, 1946 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution To implement further the purposes of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act by authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out an agreement with the United Kingdom, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 577 · 60 Stat. 535 · July 15, 1946 · Original text

38. An Act To govern distribution of war trophies and devices.

    Ch. 578 · 60 Stat. 535 · July 16, 1946 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to accept gifts, devises, and bequests in behalf of the general post fund for the use of veterans and for the sale and conveyance of any such property under certain circumstances and the covering of the proceeds thereof into the post fund, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 579 · 60 Stat. 537 · July 16, 1946 · Original text

40. An Act To provide assistance to the Republic of China in augmenting and maintaining a Naval Establishment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 580 · 60 Stat. 539 · July 16, 1946 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the national convention of the United Spanish War Veterans, to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 4 to 10, inclusive, 1946.

    Ch. 581 · 60 Stat. 540 · July 16, 1946 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize and direct the Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia to establish and operate in the public schools and other suitable locations a system of nurseries and nursery schools for day care of school-age and under-school-age children, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 582 · 60 Stat. 540 · July 16, 1946 · Original text

43. Military Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 583 · 60 Stat. 541 · July 16, 1946 · Original text

44. An Act Authorizing and directing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to construct two four-lane bridges to replace the existing Fourteenth Street or Highway Bridge across the Potomac River, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 586 · 60 Stat. 566 · July 16, 1946 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of John Leberman.

    Ch. 584 · 60 Stat. 1255 · July 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Lofts and Son.

    Ch. 585 · 60 Stat. 1256 · July 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To permit renewal of certain trade-mark registrations after expiry thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 587 · 60 Stat. 568 · July 17, 1946 · Original text

48. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 588 · 60 Stat. 568 · July 20, 1946 · Original text

49. Government Corporations Appropriations Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations for Government corporations and independent executive agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 589 · 60 Stat. 586 · July 20, 1946 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Act of June 7, 1939 (53 Stat, 811), as amended, relating to the acquisition of stocks of strategic and critical materials for national defense purposes.

    Ch. 590 · 60 Stat. 596 · July 23, 1946 · Original text

51. Third 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, to provide appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 591 · 60 Stat. 600 · July 23, 1946 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To provide for the establishment of an international animal quarantine station on Swan Island, and to permit the entry therein of animals from any country and the subsequent importation of such animals into other parts of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 592 · 60 Stat. 633 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

53. An Act Authorizing the State of Indiana to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Wabash River at or near Montezuma, Indiana.

    Ch. 593 · 60 Stat. 633 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

54. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Iowa State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Des Moines River at or near the town of Eddyville, Iowa.

    Ch. 594 · 60 Stat. 633 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 595 · 60 Stat. 634 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

56. Flood Control Act of 1946

    An Act Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 596 · 60 Stat. 641 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

57. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a toll bridge across the Saint Louis River between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 597 · 60 Stat. 653 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

58. An Act To clarify the law relating to the filling of the first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for the eastern district, of Pennsylvania, and to provide for the appointment of an additional United States district judge for the eastern, middle, and western districts of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 600 · 60 Stat. 654 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

59. An Act To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, so as to increase the limit of amounts payable thereunder in connection with the funeral and burial of deceased veterans.

    Ch. 601 · 60 Stat. 654 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

60. An Act Authorizing the appointment of an additional judge for the district of Delaware.

    Ch. 602 · 60 Stat. 654 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer a vessel to the American Antarctic Association, Incorporated.

    Ch. 603 · 60 Stat. 655 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize revisions in the boundary of the Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 604 · 60 Stat. 655 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

63. An Act To amend sections 4 and 8 of the Act of September 2, 1937, as amended.

    Ch. 605 · 60 Stat. 656 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the law relating to larceny in interstate or foreign commerce.

    Ch. 606 · 60 Stat. 656 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

65. An Act Relating to the construction and maintenance of building and improvements for banking purposes on the Fort Ord Military Reservation, California.

    Ch. 607 · 60 Stat. 658 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

66. An Act To amend section 6 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 608 · 60 Stat. 658 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

67. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact for the division of the waters of the Bear River and its tributaries.

    Ch. 609 · 60 Stat. 658 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize school districts in Alaska to issue bonds for school construction, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 610 · 60 Stat. 659 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

69. An Act Relating to mail service on Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hampshire.

    Ch. 151 · 60 Stat. 659 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

70. An Act To include the beads of executive departments and independent agencies within the purview of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930.

    Ch. 612 · 60 Stat. 659 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the Indiana State Toil Bridge Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or a free bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Indiana.

    Ch. 613 · 60 Stat. 660 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

72. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Calcasieu River at or near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

    Ch. 614 · 60 Stat. 660 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Nebraska-Iowa Bridge Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River between Washington County, Nebraska, and Harrison County, Iowa”, approved March 6, 1928.

    Ch. 615 · 60 Stat. 661 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Relating to cotton marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 616 · 60 Stat. 662 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Relating to peanut marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 617 · 60 Stat. 663 · July 24, 1946 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Harold H. Rhodes.

    Ch. 598 · 60 Stat. 1256 · July 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of the Western Union Telegraph Company.

    Ch. 599 · 60 Stat. 1257 · July 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell and convey to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company a right-of-way and easement for railroad purposes across a portion of Camp Cooke Military Reservation, California.

    Ch. 618 · 60 Stat. 1257 · July 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To extend the period within which the Secretary of Agriculture may carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act by making payments to agricultural producers.

    Ch. 642 · 60 Stat. 663 · July 25, 1946 · Original text

80. An Act For the acquisition of buildings and grounds in foreign countries for the use of the Government of the United States of America.

    Ch. 643 · 60 Stat. 663 · July 25, 1946 · Original text

81. Price Control Extension Act of 1946

    Joint Resolution Extending the effective period of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, and the Stabilization Act of 1942, as amended.

    Ch. 671 · 60 Stat. 664 · July 25, 1946 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Eleanor McCloskey, also known as Evelyn Mary Mikalauskas.

    Ch. 619 · 60 Stat. 1257 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of the Hatheway Patterson Corporation.

    Ch. 620 · 60 Stat. 1258 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of David M. Matteson.

    Ch. 621 · 60 Stat. 1258 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Arcadio Saldaña Agosto.

    Ch. 622 · 60 Stat. 1258 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling Clinic, Rosetta Snyder, Virginia Barron, Doctor Paul H. Cope, and Doctor J. E. Ricketts.

    Ch. 623 · 60 Stat. 1259 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Doctor William A. Schumacher and Magdalen M. Schumacher.

    Ch. 624 · 60 Stat. 1259 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Susan S. Wiseman.

    Ch. 625 · 60 Stat. 1260 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of J. B. Shropshire.

    Ch. 626 · 60 Stat. 1260 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Gaylon Dhu.

    Ch. 627 · 60 Stat. 1260 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mrs. W. H. (Agnes) Holmes.

    Ch. 628 · 60 Stat. 1261 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Fred W. Grant.

    Ch. 629 · 60 Stat. 1261 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Johnnie Pollock, a minor.

    Ch. 630 · 60 Stat. 1262 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Warren H. Thompson and Madeline Parent.

    Ch. 631 · 60 Stat. 1262 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Roy Hesselmeyer.

    Ch. 632 · 60 Stat. 1262 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Jesús Lassalle and Mrs. America Bonet Medina.

    Ch. 633 · 60 Stat. 1263 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of the estate of the late Alberto López Ramos.

    Ch. 634 · 60 Stat. 1263 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Charles Marvin Smith.

    Ch. 635 · 60 Stat. 1264 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Dolores Joyce.

    Ch. 636 · 60 Stat. 1264 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For relief of the estates of Katherine Delores Booth and Agnes Jane True.

     Ch. 637 · 60 Stat. 1264 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text