Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, for the purpose of making a clerical correction.

   Ch. 741 · 60 Stat. 805 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

2. An Act To permit the Secretary of the Navy to delegate the authority to compromise and settle claims for damages to property under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 742 · 60 Stat. 805 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for refunds to railroad employees in certain cases, so as to place the various States on an equal basis, under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, with respect to contributions of employees.

   Ch. 743 · 60 Stat. 806 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize certain administrative expenses in the Government service, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 744 · 60 Stat. 806 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

5. Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946

   An Act To provide for increased efficiency in the legislative branch of the Government.

   Ch. 753 · 60 Stat. 812 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the use of the funds of any trive of Indians for insurance premiums.

   Ch. 754 · 60 Stat. 852 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

7. An Act To confirm title to certain railroad-grant lands located in the county of Kern, State of California.

   Ch. 755 · 60 Stat. 852 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

8. An Act To enact certain provisions now included in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1946, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 756 · 60 Stat. 853 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

9. An Act To further extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Friar Point, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas.

   Ch. 757 · 60 Stat. 860 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

10. An Act To close the Office of the Recorder of Deeds on Saturdays.

    Ch. 758 · 60 Stat. 860 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

11. An Act To change the name of the Chemical Warfare Service to the Chemical Corps.

    Ch. 759 · 60 Stat. 861 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

12. An Act To provide authorization for the village of Cahokia, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Cahokia, Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 760 · 60 Stat. 861 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the State of Texas, acting through the State Highway Commission of Texas, or the successors thereof, to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate a free bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Del Rio, Texas.

    Ch. 761 · 60 Stat. 862 · August 2, 1946 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of the estate of William Edward Oates.

    Ch. 745 · 60 Stat. 1286 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Walter S. Faulkner.

    Ch. 746 · 60 Stat. 1287 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Edith Frances de Becker Sebald.

    Ch. 747 · 60 Stat. 1287 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of James H. Wilkinson.

    Ch. 748 · 60 Stat. 1287 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To provide for the naturalization of Peter Kim.

    Ch. 749 · 60 Stat. 1288 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of the Crosby Yacht Building and Storage Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 750 · 60 Stat. 1288 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of George D. King.

    Ch. 751 · 60 Stat. 1289 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Elmer D. Thompson and the legal guardian of James Thompson.

    Ch. 752 · 60 Stat. 1289 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Desmark Wright; the estates of Alberta Wright, Desmark Wright, Junior, and Harold Evans; and the legal guardians of Bobby Dennis Wright and Irvin Lee Wright, minors.

    Ch. 762 · 60 Stat. 1289 · August 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces to commemorate the life and perpetuate the ideals and teachings of Booker T. Washington.

    Ch. 763 · 60 Stat. 863 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

24. An Act To grant increased service pensions in certain Spanish-American War cases not included in recent legislation providing increases to other Spanish-American War veterans and their dependents, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 764 · 60 Stat. 863 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the admission of Iowa into the Union as a State.

    Ch. 767 · 60 Stat. 864 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the law relating to the authority of certain employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to make arrests without warrant in certain cases and to search vehicles within certain areas.

    Ch. 768 · 60 Stat. 865 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United States who have lost United States citizenship through voting in a political election in a country not at war with the United States during the Second World War.

    Ch. 769 · 60 Stat. 865 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

28. An Act To discontinue certain reports now required by law.

    Ch. 770 · 60 Stat. 866 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

29. An Act To amend paragraph (1) of section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended.

    Ch. 771 · 60 Stat. 871 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

30. An Act Relating to the disposition of public lands of the United States situated in the State of Oklahoma between the Cimarron base line and the north boundary of the State of Texas.

    Ch. 772 · 60 Stat. 872 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the city and county of San Francisco.

    Ch. 773 · 60 Stat. 872 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

32. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the recognition of the services of the civilian officials and employees, citizens of the United States, engaged in and about the construction of the Panama Canal”, approved May 29, 1944.

    Ch. 774 · 60 Stat. 873 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Commissioner of Patents to designate examiners to serve temporarily as examiners in chief.

    Ch. 775 · 60 Stat. 873 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

34. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to The Pennsylvania Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Warren, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 776 · 60 Stat. 874 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

35. An Act To provide for the payment of pension or other benefits withheld from persons for the period they were residing in countries occupied by the enemy forces during World War II.

    Ch. 777 · 60 Stat. 874 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

36. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Susquehanna River at a point between the Borough of Plymouth, in Plymouth Township, and Hanover Township, in the county of Luzerne, and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 778 · 60 Stat. 875 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

37. An Act For the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 779 · 60 Stat. 875 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

38. An Act To name the bridge located on New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks “The Charles A. Langley Bridge”.

    Ch. 780 · 60 Stat. 882 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

39. An Act To permit the members and stockholders of charitable, educational, and religious associations incorporated in the District of Columbia to vote by proxy or by mail.

    Ch. 781 · 60 Stat. 882 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Act of July 11, 1919 (41 Stat. 132), relating to the interchange of property between the Army and the Navy, so as to include the Coast Guard within its provision.

    Ch. 782 · 60 Stat. 883 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

41. An Act To exempt certain vessels from filing passenger lists.

    Ch. 783 · 60 Stat. 883 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize the highway departments of the States of Kentucky and West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near Williamson, West Virginia.

    Ch. 784 · 60 Stat. 883 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the War Shipping Administration and the Maritime Commission to make available certain surplus property to certain maritime academies.

    Ch. 785 · 60 Stat. 884 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Act to provide for the issuance of devices in recognition of services of merchant sailors.

    Ch. 786 · 60 Stat. 884 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

45. An Act To waive certain restrictions of the Hawaiian Organic Act, relating to land exchanges, for the acquisition of certain lands at Hilo, Hawaii.

    Ch. 787 · 60 Stat. 884 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

46. An Act To provide basic authority for the performance of certain functions and activities of the National Park Service.

    Ch. 788 · 60 Stat. 885 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of certain postmasters.

    Ch. 789 · 60 Stat. 886 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

48. An Act To clarify the rights of former owners of real property to reacquire such property under the Surplus Property Act of 1944.

    Ch. 790 · 60 Stat. 886 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

49. An Act To establish and provide for the maintenance and operation of a Veterans’ Canteen Service in the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 791 · 60 Stat. 887 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 121 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to authorize the appointment of three additional deputies for the register of wills.

    Ch. 792 · 60 Stat. 889 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Indiana State Toll Bridge Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge, or a free bridge, across the Ohio River at or near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana.

    Ch. 793 · 60 Stat. 890 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

52. An Act Authorizing the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near a point between Delmar Boulevard and Cole Street in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, and a point opposite thereto in the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois.

    Ch. 794 · 60 Stat. 891 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

53. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Allegheny River, between a point in or near the Borough of Tarentum, in the county of Allegheny, and a point near the boundary of the city of New Kensington and Lower Burrel Township in Westmoreland County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 795 · 60 Stat. 892 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

54. An Act To further amend section 304 of the Naval Reserve Act of 1938, as amended, so as to grant certain benefits to naval personnel engaged in training duty prior to official termination of World War II.

    Ch. 796 · 60 Stat. 892 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

55. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Burkesville, Cumberland County, Kentucky”, approved May 18, 1928.

    Ch. 797 · 60 Stat. 893 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 6 of Public Law Numbered 516 of the Seventy-ninth Congress, approved July 16, 1946.

    Ch. 798 · 60 Stat. 894 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

57. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of July 16, 1946 (Public Law 514, Seventy-ninth Congress), relating to the establishment and operation in the District of Columbia of nurseries and nursery schools, so as to permit payment of compensation for services rendered after June 30, 1946, and prior to the enactment of such Act.

    Ch. 799 · 60 Stat. 894 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution Designating November 19, 1946, the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, as Dedication Day.

    Ch. 800 · 60 Stat. 894 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Granting certain property to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and relinquishing jurisdiction therein.

    Ch. 801 · 60 Stat. 895 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

60. An Act To modify sections 4 and 20 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934, with reference to certain funds collected in connection with the operation of Indian Service irrigation projects, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 802 · 60 Stat. 895 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

61. An Act To provide for the establishment of a modern, adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 803 · 60 Stat. 896 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

62. An Act To provide for the disposition of vessels, trophies, relics, and material of historical interest by the Secretary of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 804 · 60 Stat. 897 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Act entitled “Compensation for injury, death, or detention of employees of contractors with the United States outside the United States”, as amended, for the purpose of making the 100 per centum earning provisions effective as of January 1, 1942.

    Ch. 805 · 60 Stat. 899 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

64. An Act Granting a right-of-way at a revised location to the West Shore Railroad Company, the New York Central Railroad Company, lessee, across a portion of the military reservation at West Point.

    Ch. 806 · 60 Stat. 900 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the return of certain securities to the Philippine Commonwealth Government.

    Ch. 807 · 60 Stat. 900 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

66. An Act To provide that the unexpended proceeds from the sale of 50-cent pieces coined in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of tire city of Albany, New York, may be paid into the general fund of such city.

    Ch. 808 · 60 Stat. 900 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the continuance of the acceptance by the Treasury of deposits of public moneys from the Philippine Islands.

    Ch. 809 · 60 Stat. 901 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

68. An Act To amend further the Act of April 6, 1938, as amended by the Act of July 9, 1941, entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange sites at Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, for Coast Guard purposes”.

    Ch. 810 · 60 Stat. 901 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To extend the succession, lending powers, and the functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    Ch. 811 · 60 Stat. 901 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize relief in certain cases where work, supplies, or services have been furnished for the Government under contracts during the war.

    Ch. 864 · 60 Stat. 902 · August 7, 1946 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Roy M. Davidson.

    Ch. 765 · 60 Stat. 1290 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Joseph E. Bennett.

    Ch. 766 · 60 Stat. 1290 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Andreas Andersen.

    Ch. 812 · 60 Stat. 1291 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Elmer C. Hadlen.

    Ch. 813 · 60 Stat. 1291 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of the estate of Estelle Daniel Boyle, deceased, and E. B. Rosegarten.

    Ch. 814 · 60 Stat. 1292 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of certain Basque aliens.

    Ch. 815 · 60 Stat. 1292 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams, Junior.

    Ch. 816 · 60 Stat. 1292 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of William Tolar Smith.

    Ch. 817 · 60 Stat. 1293 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Leroy A. Robbins.

    Ch. 818 · 60 Stat. 1293 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of J. L. Harris.

    Ch. 819 · 60 Stat. 1294 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Moses Tennenbaum.

    Ch. 820 · 60 Stat. 1294 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of W. C. Jones, Myrtle M. Jones, and W. W. Tilghman.

    Ch. 821 · 60 Stat. 1294 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Coy C. Brown.

    Ch. 822 · 60 Stat. 1295 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of William F. Patchell, Junior.

    Ch. 823 · 60 Stat. 1295 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Edward A. Mason.

    Ch. 824 · 60 Stat. 1296 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Clyde O. Payne.

    Ch. 825 · 60 Stat. 1296 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Viola McKinney.

    Ch. 826 · 60 Stat. 1296 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Martin A. Tucker and Emma M. Tucker.

    Ch. 827 · 60 Stat. 1297 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Authorizing the President of the United States to award a special medal to General of the Armies of the United States John J. Pershing.

    Ch. 828 · 60 Stat. 1297 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain land of Alice Scott White on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 829 · 60 Stat. 1298 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of James B. McGoldrick.

    Ch. 830 · 60 Stat. 1298 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Rudolph K. Bartels, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 831 · 60 Stat. 1298 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Charles Martin.

    Ch. 832 · 60 Stat. 1299 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Francis T. Lillie and Lois E. Lillie.

    Ch. 833 · 60 Stat. 1299 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary D. Johnson.

    Ch. 834 · 60 Stat. 1300 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the estate of Harry Wright.

    Ch. 835 · 60 Stat. 1300 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Joseph A. Brown.

    Ch. 836 · 60 Stat. 1300 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Ethel Guenther.

    Ch. 837 · 60 Stat. 1301 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Albert Whilden.

    Ch. 838 · 60 Stat. 1301 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property to Roy C. Lammers.

     Ch. 839 · 60 Stat. 1302 · August 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text