Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Joan Esther Hedin, a minor.

   Ch. 638 · 60 Stat. 1265 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Newton William Lowery.

   Ch. 639 · 60 Stat. 1265 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Andrew M. Halvorsen.

   Ch. 640 · 60 Stat. 1266 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Keaton.

   Ch. 641 · 60 Stat. 1266 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Aeronautical Training Center, Incorporated.

   Ch. 644 · 60 Stat. 1266 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Ivor E. Nicholas.

   Ch. 645 · 60 Stat. 1267 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of E. D. Williams.

   Ch. 646 · 60 Stat. 1267 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of John P. Hayes, postmaster, and the estate of Edward P. McCormack, former postmaster, at Albany, New York.

   Ch. 647 · 60 Stat. 1268 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Justin P. Hopkins.

   Ch. 648 · 60 Stat. 1268 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of A. C. McMeans.

    Ch. 649 · 60 Stat. 1268 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of J. E. and Minerva Mitchell, and Rosie Monroe.

    Ch. 650 · 60 Stat. 1269 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Claude S. Crouse.

    Ch. 651 · 60 Stat. 1269 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Jane O’Malley.

    Ch. 652 · 60 Stat. 1270 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Minnie Jenkins Ward

    Ch. 653 · 60 Stat. 1270 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Walter R. Newcomb, Senior, Corbin A. Newcomb, and Walter R. Newcomb, Junior.

    Ch. 654 · 60 Stat. 1270 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Archibald J. Alcorn.

    Ch. 655 · 60 Stat. 1271 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of the estate of Drury Lee Jordan.

    Ch. 656 · 60 Stat. 1271 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lim Shee Chang.

    Ch. 657 · 60 Stat. 1272 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Marian Antoinette McCloud.

    Ch. 658 · 60 Stat. 1272 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Stephen Lisay.

    Ch. 659 · 60 Stat. 1272 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Charles Booker.

    Ch. 660 · 60 Stat. 1273 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Joseph Ippolito.

    Ch. 661 · 60 Stat. 1273 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Mae Maxine Stone.

    Ch. 662 · 60 Stat. 1273 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of F. B. Sweat.

    Ch. 663 · 60 Stat. 1274 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Charles L. Cannon.

    Ch. 664 · 60 Stat. 1274 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Frances Fitzgerald.

    Ch. 665 · 60 Stat. 1275 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Etta Yoakam.

    Ch. 666 · 60 Stat. 1275 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Elsie Elmhorst.

    Ch. 667 · 60 Stat. 1275 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Frances Krzys.

    Ch. 668 · 60 Stat. 1276 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Brevet First Lieutenant Margaret Utinsky.

    Ch. 669 · 60 Stat. 1276 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of John E. Peterson, James M. Hiler, Vivian Langemo, Floy Sibrie, and Ross Lee Brown.

    Ch. 670 · 60 Stat. 1277 · July 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

32. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 672 · 60 Stat. 679 · July 26, 1946 · Original text

33. An Act To amend section 12 of the Bonneville Project Act, as amended.

    Ch. 673 · 60 Stat. 701 · July 26, 1946 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the city of Anchorage, Alaska, to issue bonds in a sum not to exceed $5,000,000 for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, bettering, repairing, equipping, or acquiring public works of a permanent character, and to provide for the payment thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 674 · 60 Stat. 701 · July 26, 1946 · Original text

35. An Act To reestablish the status of funds of the midshipmen’s store, barber shop, cobbler shop, and tailor shop at the United States Naval Academy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 675 · 60 Stat. 704 · July 26, 1946 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize an exchange of land in Eagle County, Colorado.

    Ch. 676 · 60 Stat. 704 · July 26, 1946 · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended:

    Ch. 677 · 60 Stat. 705 · July 26, 1946 · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the Marine Engine Works and Shipbuilding Corporation, of Tarpon Springs, Florida.

    Ch. 678 · 60 Stat. 1277 · July 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of the Superior Coach Corporation.

    Ch. 679 · 60 Stat. 1277 · July 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Walter J. Barnes Electric Company and Maritime Electric Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 680 · 60 Stat. 1278 · July 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of certain postmasters.

    Ch. 681 · 60 Stat. 1278 · July 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To amend further the Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May 29, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 682 · 60 Stat. 705 · July 27, 1946 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Decatur County in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 683 · 60 Stat. 706 · July 27, 1946 · Original text

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

    Ch. 684 · 60 Stat. 706 · July 27, 1946 · Original text

45. An Act To extend, for an additional year, the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, and the taxes with respect to sugar.

    Ch. 685 · 60 Stat. 706 · July 27, 1946 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution To authorize the making of settlement on account of certain currency destroyed at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 686 · 60 Stat. 707 · July 27, 1946 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Edwin Doyle Parrish.

    Ch. 687 · 60 Stat. 1279 · July 27, 1946 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Daniel S. Bagley, Junior, and Daniel S. Bagley, Senior.

    Ch. 688 · 60 Stat. 1279 · July 27, 1946 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Chatham M. Towers.

    Ch. 689 · 60 Stat. 1280 · July 27, 1946 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of William A. Pixley.

    Ch. 690 · 60 Stat. 1280 · July 27, 1946 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Opal Riley and Robert R. Riley.

    Ch. 691 · 60 Stat. 1281 · July 27, 1946 · Private law · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in Springerville, Arizona, of a memorial to Gustav Becker.

    Ch. 692 · 60 Stat. 708 · July 29, 1946 · Original text

53. An Act To provide for two beads of departments of military science and tactics in the public schools of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 693 · 60 Stat. 708 · July 29, 1946 · Original text

54. An Act To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, to provide for the design and construction of dams so that they will serve as foundations for highway bridges, to provide for the design and construction of highway bridges upon and across such dams, to authorize the granting of easements and rights-of-way in connection therewith, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 694 · 60 Stat. 709 · July 29, 1946 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the Poultry Producers of Central California.

    Ch. 695 · 60 Stat. 1281 · July 29, 1946 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the Maryland Sanitary Manufacturing Corporation of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 696 · 60 Stat. 1282 · July 29, 1946 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of the estate of Jasper A. Mealer.

    Ch. 697 · 60 Stat. 1282 · July 29, 1946 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to continue administration of and ultimately liquidate Federal rural rehabilitation projects, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 698 · 60 Stat. 711 · July 30, 1946 · Original text

59. An Act To abolish the Santa Rosa Island National Monument and to provide for the conveyance to Escambia County, State of Florida, of that portion of Santa Rosa Island which is under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 699 · 60 Stat. 712 · July 30, 1946 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Providing for membership and participation by the United States in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and authorizing an appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 700 · 60 Stat. 712 · July 30, 1946 · Original text

61. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment in any and all claims which the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Indians of the Flathead Reservation in Montana, or any tribe or band thereof, may have against the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 701 · 60 Stat. 715 · July 30, 1946 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of James Lemuel Muzzall, a minor.

    Ch. 702 · 60 Stat. 1283 · July 30, 1946 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Andre Dacharry.

    Ch. 703 · 60 Stat. 1283 · July 30, 1946 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To fix the salaries of certain judges of the United States.

    Ch. 704 · 60 Stat. 716 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize increases in the salary rates of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia whose pay is fixed and regulated by the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1945, as amended.

    Ch. 705 · 60 Stat. 717 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct the Lewiston Orchards project, Idaho, in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws.

    Ch. 706 · 60 Stat. 717 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

67. An Act To define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 707 · 60 Stat. 718 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

68. An Act To amend section 201 (g) of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1138–1139; 8 U. S. C. 601).

    Ch. 708 · 60 Stat. 721 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Acts, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and subchapter B of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 709 · 60 Stat. 722 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the return of the Grand River Dam project to the Grand River Dam Authority and the adjustment and settlement of accounts between the authority and the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 710 · 60 Stat. 743 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Federal Credit Union Act.

    Ch. 711 · 60 Stat. 744 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

72. An Act To provide a method for payment in certain Government establishments of overtime, leave, and holiday compensation on the basis of night rates pursuant to certain decisions of the Comptroller General, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 712 · 60 Stat. 747 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing Gus A. Guerra, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande, at or near Rio Grande City, Texas.

    Ch. 713 · 60 Stat. 748 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

74. An Act To provide benefits for certain employees of the United States who are veterans of World War II and lost opportunity for probational civil-service appointments by reason of their service in the armed forces of the United States.

    Ch. 714 · 60 Stat. 749 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 717 · 60 Stat. 749 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the use by industry of silver held or owned by the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 718 · 60 Stat. 750 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the establishment of a geophysical institute at the University of Alaska.

    Ch. 719 · 60 Stat. 750 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

78. An Act To provide for the uniform administration of efficiency ratings.

    Ch. 720 · 60 Stat. 751 · July 31, 1946 · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Standard Dredging Corporation.

    Ch. 715 · 60 Stat. 1283 · July 31, 1946 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary Francoline and Mrs. Rose Wallace.

    Ch. 716 · 60 Stat. 1284 · July 31, 1946 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To amend section 21 of the Act of May 28, 1896 (29 Stat. 184; 28 U. S. C., sec. 597), prescribing fees of United States commissioners.

    Ch. 721 · 60 Stat. 752 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing rehabilitation on the island of Guam.

    Ch. 722 · 60 Stat. 753 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Surplus Property Act of 1944 to designate the Department of State as the disposal agency for surplus property outside the continental United States, its Territories and possessions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 723 · 60 Stat. 754 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

84. Atomic Energy Act of 1946

    An Act For the development and control of atomic energy.

    Ch. 724 · 60 Stat. 755 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

85. An Act To amend the Act of June 8, 1936, relating to vocational education, so as to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories.

    Ch. 725 · 60 Stat. 775 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

86. An Act To amend Revised Statutes, 4921 (U. S. C. A., title 35, Patents, sec. 70), providing that damages be ascertained on the basis of compensation for infringement.

    Ch. 726 · 60 Stat. 778 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

87. An Act To establish an Office of Naval Research in the Department of the Navy; to plan, foster, and encourage scientific research in recognition of its paramount importance as related to the maintenance of future naval power, and the preservation of national security; to provide within the Department of the Navy a single office, which, by contract and otherwise, shall be able to obtain, coordinate, and make available to all bureaus and activities of the Department of the Navy, world-wide scientific information and the necessary services for conducting specialized and imaginative research; to establish a Naval Research Advisory Committee consisting of persons preeminent in the fields of science and research, to consult with and advise the Chief of such Office in matters pertaining to research.

    Ch. 727 · 60 Stat. 779 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

88. Insurance Act of 1946

    An Act To amend certain provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 728 · 60 Stat. 781 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

89. An Act To establish the Office of Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.

    Ch. 729 · 60 Stat. 789 · August 1, 1946 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Duane N. Thompson.

    Ch. 730 · 60 Stat. 1284 · August 1, 1946 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Michael Joseph Bennett, a minor.

    Ch. 731 · 60 Stat. 1285 · August 1, 1946 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Wayne Parker.

    Ch. 732 · 60 Stat. 1285 · August 1, 1946 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Louise Zerweck.

    Ch. 733 · 60 Stat. 1286 · August 1, 1946 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Arthur A. Guarino.

    Ch. 734 · 60 Stat. 1286 · August 1, 1946 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To make it a criminal offense for certain escaped convicts to travel from one State to another.

    Ch. 735 · 60 Stat. 789 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

96. District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945

    An Act To provide for the replanning and rebuilding of slum, blighted, and other areas of the District of Columbia and the assembly, by purchase or condemnation, of real property in such areas and the sale or lease thereof for the redevelopment of such area in accordance with said plans; and to provide for the organization of, procedure for, and the financing of such planning, acquisition, and sale or lease; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 736 · 60 Stat. 790 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

97. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Rhode Island to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sakonnet River between the towns of Tiverton and Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 737 · 60 Stat. 803 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to acquire in fee or otherwise certain lands and rights in land on the island of Guam, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 738 · 60 Stat. 803 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

99. An Act To permit the Secretary of the Navy to delegate the authority to compromise and settle claims against the United States caused by vessels of the Navy or in the naval service, or for towage or salvage services to such vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 739 · 60 Stat. 803 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

100. An Act To further amend the Act of January 16, 1936, as amended, 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. 740 · 60 Stat. 804 · August 2, 1946 · Original text