Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of John C. May and Eva Jenkins May.

   Ch. 41 · 60 Stat. 1116 · February 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Alice A. Murphy.

   Ch. 42 · 60 Stat. 1116 · February 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Jess Hudson.

   Ch. 43 · 60 Stat. 1117 · February 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Robert R. Rowe, Junior.

   Ch. 44 · 60 Stat. 1117 · February 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Charles L. Phillips.

   Ch. 45 · 60 Stat. 1118 · February 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Thomas F. Gray.

   Ch. 46 · 60 Stat. 1118 · March 1, 1946 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the estate of Agnes J. Allberry.

   Ch. 47 · 60 Stat. 1118 · March 2, 1946 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To provide for the barring of certain claims by the United States in connection with Government checks and warrants.

   Ch. 48 · 60 Stat. 31 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

9. An Act To credit certain service performed by members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service prior to reaching eighteen years of age for the purpose of computing longevity pay, or for other pay purposes.

   Ch. 49 · 60 Stat. 32 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Act of August 17, 1937, as amended, relating to the establishment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. 50 · 60 Stat. 32 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

11. An Act To grant the title of public lands to the town of Safford, Arizona, for the use of its municipal water system.

    Ch. 51 · 60 Stat. 33 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize municipalities and public utility districts in the Territory of Alaska to issue revenue bonds for public-works purposes.

    Ch. 52 · 60 Stat. 33 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

13. An Act To ratify and confirm Act 33 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1945, extending the time within which revenue bonds may be issued and delivered under chapter 118, Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1945.

    Ch. 53 · 60 Stat. 34 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

14. An Act To ratify and confirm Act 32 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1945.

    Ch. 54 · 60 Stat. 34 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

15. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Star City, West Virginia.

    Ch. 55 · 60 Stat. 34 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

16. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties, New York, or to either of them, or any agency representing said counties, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Hudson River between the city of Mechanicville and Hemstreet Park in the town of Schaghticoke, New York”, approved April 2, 1941.

    Ch. 56 · 60 Stat. 35 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

17. An Act To provide credit, for past service to substitute employees of the postal service when appointed to regular positions; to extend annual and sick leave benefits to war service indefinite substitute employees; to fix the rate of compensation for temporary substitute rural carriers serving in the place of regular carriers in the armed forces; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 57 · 60 Stat. 35 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

18. An Act To amend section 9 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, approved December 21, 1928.

    Ch. 58 · 60 Stat. 36 · March 6, 1946 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Willie H. Johnson.

    Ch. 59 · 60 Stat. 1119 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of B. Pendino.

    Ch. 60 · 60 Stat. 1119 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Leonard Hutchings.

    Ch. 61 · 60 Stat. 1119 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Max Hirsch.

    Ch. 62 · 60 Stat. 1120 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Charles Zucker.

    Ch. 63 · 60 Stat. 1120 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Solomon Schtierman.

    Ch. 64 · 60 Stat. 1120 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Harry C. Westover.

    Ch. 65 · 60 Stat. 1121 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Arnold Mecham.

    Ch. 66 · 60 Stat. 1121 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Elsie Peter.

    Ch. 67 · 60 Stat. 1121 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Sam Kalak.

    Ch. 68 · 60 Stat. 1122 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of W. D. Jones and Ethel S. Jones.

    Ch. 69 · 60 Stat. 1122 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Forest Eldon Powell.

    Ch. 70 · 60 Stat. 1122 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of R. H. Sindle.

    Ch. 71 · 60 Stat. 1123 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of C. Frank James.

    Ch. 72 · 60 Stat. 1123 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of William Phillips.

    Ch. 73 · 60 Stat. 1124 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the estate of Bobby Messick.

    Ch. 74 · 60 Stat. 1124 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Thomas A. Butler.

    Ch. 75 · 60 Stat. 1124 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Olga Stanik, a minor.

    Ch. 76 · 60 Stat. 1125 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of C. H. Brumfield.

    Ch. 77 · 60 Stat. 1125 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Lucy Delgado and Irma M. Delgado.

    Ch. 78 · 60 Stat. 1126 · March 6, 1946 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Isabel Carlson.

    Ch. 79 · 60 Stat. 1126 · March 7, 1946 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To eliminate the practice by subcontractors, under cost-plus-a-fixed-fee or cost reimbursable contracts of the United States, of paying fees or kick-backs, or of granting gifts or gratuities to employees of a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee or cost reimbursable prime contractors or of higher tier subcontractors for the purpose of securing the award of subcontracts or orders.

    Ch. 80 · 60 Stat. 37 · March 8, 1946 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the coverage of certain drugs under the Federal narcotic laws.

    Ch. 81 · 60 Stat. 38 · March 8, 1946 · Original text

42. Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946

    An Act To provide for the sale of surplus war-built vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 82 · 60 Stat. 41 · March 8, 1946 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the First War Powers Act, 1941.

    Ch. 83 · 60 Stat. 50 · March 8, 1946 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Changing the name of the Shoshone Dam and Reservoir to Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill.

    Ch. 84 · 60 Stat. 54 · March 11, 1946 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Herbert C. Rockwell.

    Ch. 85 · 60 Stat. 1126 · March 13, 1946 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of the Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge Company.

    Ch. 86 · 60 Stat. 1127 · March 13, 1946 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Authorizing sale of the allotment of LeRoy Milliken on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 87 · 60 Stat. 1127 · March 13, 1946 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Alice Yarlott Othermedicine.

    Ch. 88 · 60 Stat. 1128 · March 13, 1946 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Wilbert Keiser.

    Ch. 89 · 60 Stat. 1128 · March 13, 1946 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey certain lands situated within the Fort Douglas Military Reservation to the Shriners’ Hospitals for Crippled Children.

    Ch. 91 · 60 Stat. 55 · March 14, 1946 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, and Memphis Park Commission.

    Ch. 92 · 60 Stat. 55 · March 14, 1946 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the appointment of certain persons as permanent brigadier generals of the line of the Regular Army.

    Ch. 93 · 60 Stat. 56 · March 14, 1946 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Margaret McWilliams.

    Ch. 90 · 60 Stat. 1128 · March 14, 1946 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of the legal guardians of John Buchan and Lawrence Gillingham, minors.

    Ch. 94 · 60 Stat. 1129 · March 15, 1946 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Lieutenant General Walter B. Smith as Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, without affecting his military status and perquisites.

    Ch. 95 · 60 Stat. 1129 · March 15, 1946 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Christopher Dance.

    Ch. 96 · 60 Stat. 1130 · March 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Thomas Sumner.

    Ch. 97 · 60 Stat. 1130 · March 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of the estate of Peter G. Fabian, deceased.

    Ch. 98 · 60 Stat. 1130 · March 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Albert E. Severas.

    Ch. 99 · 60 Stat. 1131 · March 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For relief of Mrs. S. P. Burton.

    Ch. 100 · 60 Stat. 1131 · March 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Florence Mersman.

    Ch. 101 · 60 Stat. 1132 · March 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To relieve certain certain employees of the Veterans’ Administration from financial liability for certain overpayments and allow such credit therefor as is necessary in the accounts of Guy F. Allen, chief disbursing officer.

    Ch. 102 · 60 Stat. 1132 · March 16, 1946 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lionel Comeaux and New Orleans Public Service, Incorporated.

    Ch. 103 · 60 Stat. 1133 · March 18, 1946 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To amend Public Law 277, Seventy-ninth Congress, so as to provide the Coast Guard, at such time as it is transferred back to the Treasury Department, with a system of laws for the settlement of claims, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 104 · 60 Stat. 56 · March 20, 1946 · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Ida Barger, Hazel A. Beecher, Etta Clark, Jesse Ruth France, John W. Nolan, Anna Palubicki, and Frank J. Schrom.

    Ch. 105 · 60 Stat. 1133 · March 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To amend Public Law 30 of the Seventy-ninth Congress, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 106 · 60 Stat. 57 · March 21, 1946 · Original text

67. Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946

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

    Ch. 107 · 60 Stat. 57 · March 22, 1946 · Original text

68. An Act Providing for the transfer of a certain fish hatchery in Comanche County, Oklahoma, to the city of Lawton, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 108 · 60 Stat. 58 · March 22, 1946 · Original text

69. An Act To convey certain lands to the State of Wyoming.

    Ch. 109 · 60 Stat. 58 · March 22, 1946 · Original text

70. An Act To change the designation of Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, in the State of Montana, to “Custer Battlefield National Monument”, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 110 · 60 Stat. 59 · March 22, 1946 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Tendering the thanks of Congress to General of the Army George Catlett Marshall and to Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King and to the members of the armed forces of the United States who served under their direction; and providing for the striking and presentation to General Marshall and Fleet Admiral King of appropriate gold medals in the name of the people of the United States.

    Ch. 111 · 60 Stat. 1134 · March 22, 1946 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the permanent appointment in the grades of General of the Army, Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy, general in the Marine Corps, and admiral in the Coast Guard, respectively, of certain individuals who have served in such grades during the Second World War.

    Ch. 112 · 60 Stat. 59 · March 23, 1946 · Original text

73. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1047, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 113 · 60 Stat. 60 · March 28, 1946 · Original text

74. Second Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946

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

    Ch. 114 · 60 Stat. 82 · March 28, 1946 · Original text

75. An Act To amend section 502 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, so as to authorize the appropriation of funds necessary to provide additional temporary housing units for distressed families of servicemen and for veterans and their families.

    Ch. 118 · 60 Stat. 85 · March 28, 1946 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Kathleen Lawton McGuire.

    Ch. 115 · 60 Stat. 1135 · March 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of George W. Murrell; Kirby Murrell, a minor; and the estate of Mamie W. Murrell, deceased.

    Ch. 116 · 60 Stat. 1135 · March 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Raymond C. Campbell.

    Ch. 117 · 60 Stat. 1136 · March 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of the village of Cold Spring, Minnesota.

    Ch. 119 · 60 Stat. 1136 · March 28, 1946 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Relating to pay and allowances of officers of the retired list of the Regular Navy and Coast Guard performing active duty in the rank of rear admiral.

    Ch. 120 · 60 Stat. 86 · April 8, 1946 · Original text

81. An Act To amend Public Law 779 of the Seventy–seventh Congress, entitled “An Act to provide for furnishing transportation for certain Government and other personnel necessary for the effective prosecution of the war, and for other purposes”, approved December 1, 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 121 · 60 Stat. 86 · April 9, 1946 · Original text

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

    Ch. 122 · 60 Stat. 87 · April 9, 1946 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of the estate of Howard Francis Waldron.

    Ch. 123 · 60 Stat. 1136 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of A. F. Crawford.

    Ch. 124 · 60 Stat. 1137 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Alice Condon.

    Ch. 125 · 60 Stat. 1137 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Alfred Osterhoff, doing business as Illini Reefer Transit, Champaign, Illinois.

    Ch. 126 · 60 Stat. 1138 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Edith Roberta Moore.

    Ch. 127 · 60 Stat. 1138 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Catherin Gilbert.

    Ch. 128 · 60 Stat. 1138 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Gordon Cole Hart.

    Ch. 129 · 60 Stat. 1139 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Isabel N. Mifflin.

    Ch. 130 · 60 Stat. 1139 · April 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of James F. Desmond.

    Ch. 131 · 60 Stat. 1140 · April 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of A. L. Clem and Ida M. Bryant.

    Ch. 132 · 60 Stat. 1140 · April 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the Danvers Shoe Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 133 · 60 Stat. 1140 · April 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish standard weights and measures for the District of Columbia; to define the duties of the Superintendent of Weights, Measures, and Markets of the District of Columbia; and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1921, as amended.

    Ch. 134 · 60 Stat. 88 · April 11, 1946 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for veterans’ housing and related expenses.

    Ch. 135 · 60 Stat. 88 · April 12, 1946 · Original text

96. An Act To quiet title to certain school-district property in Enid, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 136 · 60 Stat. 88 · April 13, 1946 · Original text

97. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the county of Burt, State of Nebraska, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Decatur, Nebraska”, approved June 8, 1940.

    Ch. 137 · 60 Stat. 89 · April 13, 1946 · Original text

98. An Act To amend title V of the Communications Act of 1934 so as to prohibit certain coercive practices affecting radio broadcasting.

    Ch. 138 · 60 Stat. 89 · April 16, 1946 · Original text

99. An Act To extend the privilege of retirement to the judges of the District Court for the District of Alaska, the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone.

    Ch. 139 · 60 Stat. 90 · April 16, 1946 · Original text

100. An Act To establish an office of Under Secretary of Labor, and three offices of Assistant. Secretary of Labor, and to abolish the existing office of Assistant Secretary of Labor and the existing office of Second Assistant Secretary of Labor.

     Ch. 140 · 60 Stat. 91 · April 17, 1946 · Original text