Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Authorizing the State of Alabama to lease or sell and convey all or any part of the Salt Springs land granted to said State by the Act of March 2, 1819.

   Ch. 201 · 59 Stat. 264 · June 29, 1945 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Johnson.

   Ch. 202 · 59 Stat. 727 · June 29, 1945 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. 484), and for other purposes.

   Ch. 203 · 59 Stat. 265 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act, the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 204 · 59 Stat. 265 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

5. 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. 205 · 59 Stat. 270 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to continue to use post-office clerks and city letter carriers interchangeably.

   Ch. 206 · 59 Stat. 270 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President to requisition certain articles and materials for the use of the United States, and for other purposes”, approved October 10, 1940, as amended, for the purpose of continuing it in effect.

   Ch. 207 · 59 Stat. 270 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President of the United States to requisition property required for the defense of the United States”, approved October 16, 1941, as amended, for the purpose of continuing it in effect.

   Ch. 208 · 59 Stat. 271 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

9. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946

   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, 1946, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 209 · 59 Stat. 271 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

10. An Act To extend through December 31, 1945, the termination date under the Renegotiation Act.

    Ch. 210 · 59 Stat. 294 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To continue the temporary increases in postal rates on first-class matter, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 211 · 59 Stat. 295 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

12. Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945

    An Act To improve salary and wage administration in the Federal service; to provide pay for overtime and for night and holiday work; to amend the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; to bring about a reduction in Federal personnel and to establish personnel ceilings for Federal departments and agencies; to require a quarterly analysis of Federal employment; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 212 · 59 Stat. 295 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Act suspending until June 30, 1945, the running of the statute of limitations applicable to violations of the antitrust laws, so as to continue such suspension until June 30, 1946.

    Ch. 213 · 59 Stat. 306 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

14. 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. 214 · 59 Stat. 306 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To transfer to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the functions, powers, duties, and records of certain corporations.

    Ch. 215 · 59 Stat. 310 · June 30, 1945 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Marlin-Rockwell Corporation with respect to the jurisdiction of The Tax Court of the United States to redetermine its excessive profits for its fiscal year ending December 31, 1942, subject to renegotiation under the Renegotiation Act.

    Ch. 216 · 59 Stat. 727 · June 30, 1945 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To amend section 927 of the Code of Law of the District of Columbia, relating to insane criminals.

    Ch. 217 · 59 Stat. 311 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the joint resolution of January 27, 1942, entitled “Joint resolution to enable the United States to become an adhering member of the Inter-American Statistical Institute.”

    Ch. 218 · 59 Stat. 311 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize an award of merit for uncompensated personnel of the Selective Service System.

    Ch. 219 · 59 Stat. 312 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code.

    Ch. 220 · 59 Stat. 312 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the issuance of the Mexican Border Service Medal to certain members of the Reserve forces of the Army on active duty in 1916 and 1917.

    Ch. 221 · 59 Stat. 313 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

22. An Act To amend paragraph (c) of section 6 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, as amended by Act approved February 27, 1931.

    Ch. 222 · 59 Stat. 313 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

23. An Act To validate titles to certain lands conveyed by Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes and to amend the Act entitled “An Act relative to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma”, approved January 27, 1933, and to validate State court judgments in Oklahoma and judgments of the United States District Courts of the State of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 223 · 59 Stat. 313 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

24. An Act To increase the salary of the executive secretary of the Nurses’ Examining Board of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 224 · 59 Stat. 315 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

25. An Act To extend five-year-level-premium-term policies for an additional three years.

    Ch. 225 · 59 Stat. 315 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

26. An Act To permit waiving of the bonds of Navy mail clerks and assistant Navy mail clerks, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 226 · 59 Stat. 315 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

27. An Act To permit members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service, and their dependents, to occupy certain Government housing facilities on a rental basis without loss of rental allowances.

    Ch. 227 · 59 Stat. 316 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To provide for the establishment, management, and perpetuation of the Kermit Roosevelt fund.

    Ch. 228 · 59 Stat. 316 · July 2, 1945 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of camp numbered 1, Alaska Native Brotherhood, Sitka, Alaska.

    Ch. 229 · 59 Stat. 728 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Madeline J. MacDonald.

    Ch. 230 · 59 Stat. 728 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ellen C. Burnett.

    Ch. 231 · 59 Stat. 729 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Daniel B. Johnson.

    Ch. 232 · 59 Stat. 729 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of the Realty Bond and Mortgage Company and Robert W. Keith.

    Ch. 233 · 59 Stat. 729 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of W. A. Smoot, Incorporated.

    Ch. 234 · 59 Stat. 730 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Leonard D. Jackson and Elsie Fowkes Jackson.

    Ch. 235 · 59 Stat. 730 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Harold J. Grim.

    Ch. 236 · 59 Stat. 731 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Mrs. C. J. Rhea, Senior.

    Ch. 237 · 59 Stat. 731 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of M. Elizabeth Quay.

    Ch. 238 · 59 Stat. 732 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Cecilia M. Tonner.

    Ch. 239 · 59 Stat. 732 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Edith M. Powell.

    Ch. 240 · 59 Stat. 732 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Samuel Wadford.

    Ch. 241 · 59 Stat. 733 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Austin Bruce Bowen.

    Ch. 242 · 59 Stat. 733 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge, Incorporated.

    Ch. 243 · 59 Stat. 734 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Charles E. Surmont.

    Ch. 244 · 59 Stat. 734 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Hugh M. Gregory.

    Ch. 245 · 59 Stat. 734 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Hires Turner Glass Company.

    Ch. 246 · 59 Stat. 735 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ada Wert Illinico.

    Ch. 247 · 59 Stat. 735 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of the estate of the late Demetrio Caquías.

    Ch. 248 · 59 Stat. 736 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of the White Van Line, Incorporated, of South Bend, Indiana.

    Ch. 249 · 59 Stat. 736 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of the Grandview Hospital.

    Ch. 250 · 59 Stat. 736 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Betty Ellen Edwards.

    Ch. 251 · 59 Stat. 737 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Joseph Wyzynski.

    Ch. 252 · 59 Stat. 737 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Stewart Martin, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 253 · 59 Stat. 738 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Jane Thayer.

    Ch. 254 · 59 Stat. 738 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Alice Walker.

    Ch. 255 · 59 Stat. 738 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the Tobey Hospital.

    Ch. 256 · 59 Stat. 739 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of the estate of Herschel Adams, deceased, and Pleas Baker.

    Ch. 257 · 59 Stat. 739 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jane Strang.

    Ch. 258 · 59 Stat. 740 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Nelson R. Park.

    Ch. 259 · 59 Stat. 740 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Henry B. Tucker, deceased.

    Ch. 260 · 59 Stat. 740 · July 2, 1945 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 261 · 59 Stat. 318 · July 3, 1945 · Original text

62. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 262 · 59 Stat. 318 · July 3, 1945 · Original text

63. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1946

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 263 · 59 Stat. 361 · July 3, 1945 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 204 of the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940, as amended, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated therein, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 264 · 59 Stat. 383 · July 3, 1945 · Original text

65. Military Appropriation Act, 1946

    An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 265 · 59 Stat. 384 · July 3, 1945 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution Reducing certain appropriations available in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945.

    Ch. 266 · 59 Stat. 407 · July 3, 1945 · Original text

67. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes”, approved June 19, 1878, as amended.

    Ch. 267 · 59 Stat. 409 · July 5, 1945 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act, approved June 12, 1934, as amended.

    Ch. 268 · 59 Stat. 410 · July 5, 1945 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 269 · 59 Stat. 410 · July 5, 1945 · Original text

70. An Act To remove restrictions to the appointment of retired officers of the United States Public Health Service or retired civilian employees of the United States Government or District of Columbia government as Superintendent of Gallinger Municipal Hospital in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 270 · 59 Stat. 411 · July 5, 1945 · Original text

71. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1945, and June 30, 1946, to provide appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 271 · 59 Stat. 412 · July 5, 1945 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the President to appoint General Omar N. Bradley to the office of Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, without affecting his military status and perquisites.

    Ch. 272 · 59 Stat. 741 · July 5, 1945 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the disposal of certain records of the United States Government”.

    Ch. 273 · 59 Stat. 434 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

74. An Act To reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 274 · 59 Stat. 435 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

75. An Act Providing for a medal for service in the armed forces during the present war.

    Ch. 275 · 59 Stat. 461 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey to the Captain William Edmiston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution a certain building and tract or parcel of land situated in Montgomery County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 278 · 59 Stat. 462 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

77. An Act To give recognition to the noncombatant services under enemy fire performed by officers and enlisted men of the Medical Corps of the Army.

    Ch. 279 · 59 Stat. 462 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

78. An Act To amend section 100 of Public Law Numbered 346, Seventy-eighth Congress, June 22, 1944, to grant certain priorities to the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 280 · 59 Stat. 463 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for the certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of any kind of penicillin or any derivative thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 59 Stat. 463 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

80. An Act Further amending the part of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations tor the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes”, approved June 4, 1920, as amended, relating to the conservation, care, custody, protection, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil-shale reserves.

    Ch. 282 · 59 Stat. 465 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Columbus, Ohio, September 9 to 14, inclusive, 1945.

    Ch. 283 · 59 Stat. 465 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Authorizing the production of petroleum for the national defense from Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1.

    Ch. 284 · 59 Stat. 465 · July 6, 1945 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Harriette E. Harris.

    Ch. 276 · 59 Stat. 741 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To reimburse certain naval personnel and former naval personnel for personal property lost or damaged as a result of a fire in the bachelor officers’ quarters known as Macqueripe Annex, located at the United States naval operating base, Trinidad, British West Indies, on June 11, 1944.

    Ch. 277 · 59 Stat. 742 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sadie L. Dance.

    Ch. 285 · 59 Stat. 742 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Betty Jane Ritter.

    Ch. 286 · 59 Stat. 743 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Beatrice Brown Waggoner.

    Ch. 287 · 59 Stat. 743 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To provide reimbursement for personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed as the result of an explosion at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, on September 17, 1943.

    Ch. 288 · 59 Stat. 743 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Dorothy M. Moon.

    Ch. 289 · 59 Stat. 744 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ethel Farkas.

    Ch. 290 · 59 Stat. 744 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary Ellen Keegan Herzog, Francis James Keegan, and Sergeant John Keegan.

    Ch. 291 · 59 Stat. 745 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of D. W. Key.

    Ch. 292 · 59 Stat. 745 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Osborne E. McKay.

    Ch. 293 · 59 Stat. 745 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Harland Bartholomew and Associates.

    Ch. 294 · 59 Stat. 746 · July 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District.

    Ch. 295 · 59 Stat. 466 · July 14, 1945 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize an exchange of certain lands with William W. Kiskadden in connection with the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

    Ch. 296 · 59 Stat. 466 · July 14, 1945 · Original text

97. 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. 297 · 59 Stat. 467 · July 14, 1945 · Original text

98. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the purchase of public lands for home and other sites”, approved June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609).

    Ch. 298 · 59 Stat. 467 · July 14, 1945 · Original text

99. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Croix River at or near Hudson, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 299 · 59 Stat. 468 · July 14, 1945 · Original text

100. An Act To transfer certain lands situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

     Ch. 300 · 59 Stat. 468 · July 14, 1945 · Original text