Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To increase the authorized enlisted strength of the active list of the Regular Navy and Marine Corps, to increase the authorized number of commissioned officers of the active list of the line of the Regular Navy, and to authorize permanent appointments in the Regular Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 141 · 60 Stat. 92 · April 18, 1946 · Original text

2. An Act To facilitate voting by members of the armed forces and certain others absent from the place of their residence, and to amend Public Law 712, Seventy-seventh Congress, as amended.

   Ch. 142 · 60 Stat. 96 · April 19, 1946 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1946 to pay increased compensation authorized by law to officers and employees of sundry Federal and other agencies.

   Ch. 143 · 60 Stat. 103 · April 19, 1946 · Original text

4. An Act Granting to Guy A. Thompson, trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, debtor, and to his successors and assigns, authority to relocate, maintain, and operate a single-track railway across United States Government reservation at lock numbered 3, White River, Independence County, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 144 · 60 Stat. 116 · April 20, 1946 · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion to deliver to the custody of the State of Arkansas the silver service presented to the United States for the battleship Arkansas.

   Ch. 145 · 60 Stat. 117 · April 20, 1946 · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion to deliver to the custody of the city of New Orleans the silver service and silver bell presented to the United States for the cruiser New Orleans.

   Ch. 146 · 60 Stat. 117 · April 20, 1946 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Lander H. Willis.

   Ch. 147 · 60 Stat. 1141 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Bernice B. Cooper, junior clerk-typist, Weatherford, Texas, rural rehabilitation office, Farm Security Administration, Department of Agriculture.

   Ch. 148 · 60 Stat. 1141 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Gertrude Verbarg.

   Ch. 149 · 60 Stat. 1142 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of John Bell.

    Ch. 150 · 60 Stat. 1142 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of W. E. Noah.

    Ch. 151 · 60 Stat. 1142 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Virge McClure.

    Ch. 152 · 60 Stat. 1143 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Nora R. Neville.

    Ch. 153 · 60 Stat. 1143 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Elias Baumgarten.

    Ch. 154 · 60 Stat. 1143 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lucy Palmisamo and the legal guardian of Anthony Palmisano, Junior.

    Ch. 155 · 60 Stat. 1144 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To grant an honorable discharge from the military service of the United States to William Rosenberg.

    Ch. 156 · 60 Stat. 1144 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Eli L. Scott.

    Ch. 157 · 60 Stat. 1145 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Marie A. Shedd, Mrs. Mande C. Denney, and Mrs. Mabel Glenn Gray.

    Ch. 158 · 60 Stat. 1145 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Mildred Neiffer.

    Ch. 159 · 60 Stat. 1145 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To confer Jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon a certain claim of A. G. Bailey against the United States.

    Ch. 160 · 60 Stat. 1146 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Harry Cohen.

    Ch. 161 · 60 Stat. 1146 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Lee Harrison.

    Ch. 162 · 60 Stat. 1147 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Edward W. Thurber.

    Ch. 163 · 60 Stat. 1147 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the Cape and Vineyard Electric Company.

    Ch. 164 · 60 Stat. 1147 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Catherine V. Sweeney.

    Ch. 165 · 60 Stat. 1148 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Columbus Thomas.

    Ch. 166 · 60 Stat. 1148 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mertie Pike and the estate of Mrs. Burnice Smotherman, deceased.

    Ch. 167 · 60 Stat. 1149 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Joseph Tarantola and Ida Tarantola.

    Ch. 168 · 60 Stat. 1149 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of James Irving Martin, a minor.

    Ch. 169 · 60 Stat. 1149 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of John Doshim.

    Ch. 170 · 60 Stat. 1150 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Wilma Sue Woods, Patsy Woods, Raymond E, Hilliard, and Thomas E. Hilliard, minors.

    Ch. 171 · 60 Stat. 1150 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of B. H. Spann.

    Ch. 172 · 60 Stat. 1151 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Janet McKillip.

    Ch. 173 · 60 Stat. 1151 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Clyde Rownd, Della Rownd, and Benjamin C. Day.

    Ch. 174 · 60 Stat. 1151 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of David Siskind.

    Ch. 175 · 60 Stat. 1152 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth M. Simmons and Robert H. Simmons.

    Ch. 176 · 60 Stat. 1152 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jean Taube Weller.

    Ch. 177 · 60 Stat. 1153 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Harry F. Vinton, Junior.

    Ch. 178 · 60 Stat. 1153 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ruby Miller.

    Ch. 179 · 60 Stat. 1154 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Mattie Lee Wright.

    Ch. 180 · 60 Stat. 1154 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of George F. Powell

    Ch. 181 · 60 Stat. 1154 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of F. W. Burton.

    Ch. 182 · 60 Stat. 1155 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Cipriano Vasquez.

    Ch. 183 · 60 Stat. 1155 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Braxton B. Folmar and Mary Inez Folmar, William Ernest Evans and Dora Ethel Evans, Joseph Thomas Avery and Maggie M. Avery, Robert H. Phillips and Hattie P. Phillips, and the legal guardian of James T. Avery, a minor.

    Ch. 184 · 60 Stat. 1156 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Fred C. Liter.

    Ch. 185 · 60 Stat. 1156 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Charles Brown, legal guardian of Lula Mae Brown; Charity Hospital of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Dr. Edward H. Maurer.

    Ch. 186 · 60 Stat. 1157 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Addie Pruitt.

    Ch. 187 · 60 Stat. 1157 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

48. AN A For the relief of the estate of Venancio Llacuna and others.

    Ch. 188 · 60 Stat. 1157 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of J. Tom Stephenson.

    Ch. 189 · 60 Stat. 1158 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lucille Scarlett and Charles Scarlett.

    Ch. 190 · 60 Stat. 1158 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of the estate of Eleanor Wilson Lynde, deceased.

    Ch. 191 · 60 Stat. 1159 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Clifford W. Prevatt.

    Ch. 192 · 60 Stat. 1159 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Joseph Schell.

    Ch. 193 · 60 Stat. 1160 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Nicholas T. Stepp.

    Ch. 194 · 60 Stat. 1160 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to determine tile claim of Lewis E. Magwood.

    Ch. 195 · 60 Stat. 1161 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Herman Gelb.

    Ch. 196 · 60 Stat. 1161 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Mrs. May Holland.

    Ch. 197 · 60 Stat. 1161 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Oscar R. Steinert.

    Ch. 198 · 60 Stat. 1162 · April 20, 1946 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the acquisition of Indian lands required in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission lines and other works, Fort Peek project, Montana.

    Ch. 199 · 60 Stat. 118 · April 23, 1946 · Original text

60. An Act To reimburse certain Navy and Marine Corps personnel and former Navy and Marine Corps personnel for personal property lost or destroyed as the result of water damage occurring at certain naval and Marine Corps shore activities.

    Ch. 200 · 60 Stat. 118 · April 23, 1946 · Original text

61. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Valley and McCone, Montana, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Frazer, Montana”, approved August 5, 1939.

    Ch. 201 · 60 Stat. 119 · April 23, 1946 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the United States commissioner for the Sequoia National Park to exercise similar functions for the Kings Canyon National Park.

    Ch. 202 · 60 Stat. 119 · April 23, 1946 · Original text

63. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act creating the City of Clinton Bridge Commission and authorizing said commission and its successors to acquire by purchase or condemnation and to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa, and at or near Fulton, Illinois”, approved December 21, 1944.

    Ch. 203 · 60 Stat. 120 · April 23, 1946 · Original text

64. An Act To revive and reenact the Act granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Department of South Carolina to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Pee Dee River, at or near Cashua Ferry, South Carolina, approved April 30, 1940.

    Ch. 204 · 60 Stat. 120 · April 23, 1946 · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of George Stiles.

    Ch. 205 · 60 Stat. 1162 · April 23, 1946 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Edward Oatneal, John N. Oatneal, Junior, and James R. Oatneal.

    Ch. 206 · 60 Stat. 1163 · April 23, 1946 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of H. A. Edd.

    Ch. 207 · 60 Stat. 1163 · April 23, 1946 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jud Hendry and her daughter, Gladys Hendry.

    Ch. 208 · 60 Stat. 1164 · April 23, 1946 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the Morgan Creamery Company.

    Ch. 209 · 60 Stat. 1164 · April 23, 1946 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of New Mexico for the payment of operation and maintenance charges on certain Pueblo Indian lands.

    Ch. 210 · 60 Stat. 121 · April 24, 1946 · Original text

71. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in building numbered 141 at the United States naval repair base, San Diego, California, on May 1, 1945.

    Ch. 211 · 60 Stat. 121 · April 24, 1946 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Montgomery County, Mississippi, districts 2 and 3.

    Ch. 212 · 60 Stat. 121 · April 24, 1946 · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Grenada County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 213 · 60 Stat. 122 · April 24, 1946 · Original text

74. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Connecticut, acting by and through any agency or commission thereof, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Connecticut River at or near Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

    Ch. 214 · 60 Stat. 122 · April 24, 1946 · Original text

75. An Act Authorizing the village of Baudette, State of Minnesota, its public successors or public assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rainy River at or near Baudette, Minnesota.

    Ch. 215 · 60 Stat. 123 · April 24, 1946 · Original text

76. An Act To amend paragraph 8 of part VII, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, to authorize an appropriation of $1,500,000 as a revolving fund in lieu of $500,000 now authorized.

    Ch. 216 · 60 Stat. 124 · April 24, 1946 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Salvatore Carbone.

    Ch. 217 · 60 Stat. 1164 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Trixie Minnie Twigg.

    Ch. 218 · 60 Stat. 1165 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Albert Cantalupo, Emma Cantalupo and the legal guardian of John Cantalupo, a minor.

    Ch. 219 · 60 Stat. 1165 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ollie Patton.

    Ch. 220 · 60 Stat. 1166 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Orvis Welch.

    Ch. 221 · 60 Stat. 1166 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of owners of land and personal property of the Fort Knox area of Hardin County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 222 · 60 Stat. 1166 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For relief of land and personal property owners of Fort Knox area of Meade County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 223 · 60 Stat. 1167 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Grant Logan.

    Ch. 224 · 60 Stat. 1168 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. James Sherry.

    Ch. 225 · 60 Stat. 1168 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of James Lynch.

    Ch. 226 · 60 Stat. 1169 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Evelyn Merritt.

    Ch. 227 · 60 Stat. 1169 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Ernest Pedro Ferreira.

    Ch. 228 · 60 Stat. 1170 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Frank E. Wilmot.

    Ch. 229 · 60 Stat. 1170 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the estate of Chancie Lee Brisbin, deceased.

    Ch. 230 · 60 Stat. 1171 · April 24, 1946 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Esther L. Berg.

    Ch. 231 · 60 Stat. 1171 · April 25, 1946 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the Borough of Park Ridge, Park Ridge, New Jersey.

    Ch. 232 · 60 Stat. 124 · April 26, 1946 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution To authorize suitable participation by the United States in the observance of the two-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Princeton University.

    Ch. 233 · 60 Stat. 125 · April 26, 1946 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Hutchinson’s Boat Works, Incorporated, and others.

    Ch. 234 · 60 Stat. 1171 · April 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Herman Feinberg.

    Ch. 235 · 60 Stat. 1172 · April 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Rae Glauber.

    Ch. 236 · 60 Stat. 1172 · April 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Frank Mitchell and J. L. Price.

    Ch. 237 · 60 Stat. 1173 · April 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of James Herbert Keith, a minor.

    Ch. 238 · 60 Stat. 1173 · April 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of the Calvert Distilling Company.

    Ch. 239 · 60 Stat. 1174 · April 26, 1946 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To provide for payment of travel allowances and transportation and for transportation of dependents of members of the military and naval forces, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 240 · 60 Stat. 126 · April 27, 1946 · Original text