Every law Congress has passed

1,365 laws of the 80th Congress, 1947–1949

1. Joint Resolution Relating to officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives.

   Ch. 1 · 61 Stat. 3 · January 31, 1947 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Extending for fifteen months the period of time during which alcohol plants are permitted to produce sugars or sirups simultaneously with the production of alcohol.

   Ch. 2 · 61 Stat. 4 · February 1, 1947 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Relating to the salaries of certain Senate employees.

   Ch. 3 · 61 Stat. 4 · February 19, 1947 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Providing for a more effective staff organization for standing committees of the Senate.

   Ch. 4 · 61 Stat. 5 · February 19, 1947 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended.

   Ch. 5 · 61 Stat. 5 · February 21, 1947 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To continue the authority of the Maritime Commission to operate vessels until July 1, 1947.

   Ch. 6 · 61 Stat. 6 · February 26, 1947 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Granting, in the case of income, estate, and gift taxes, deductions for contributions to the United Nations.

   Ch. 7 · 61 Stat. 6 · February 26, 1947 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Government of Mexico in the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest.

   Ch. 8 · 61 Stat. 7 · February 28, 1947 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of August 9, 1946 (Public Law 711, Seventy-ninth Congress), for the purpose of allowing the Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission additional time in which to prepare and to submit its report to the Congress.

   Ch. 9 · 61 Stat. 8 · March 7, 1947 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To authorize the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District, Arizona, to drill, equip, and acquire wells for use on the San Carlos irrigation project.

    Ch. 10 · 61 Stat. 8 · March 7, 1947 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Los Angeles, California, an easement for construction and operation of a storm drain in and under certain Government-owned lands situated in that city.

    Ch. 11 · 61 Stat. 9 · March 7, 1947 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution To authorize the United States Maritime Commission to make provision for certain ocean transportation service to and from Alaska until July 1, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 12 · 61 Stat. 10 · March 7, 1947 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Central of Georgia Railway Company an easement for railway purposes in certain Government-owned lands situated in Bibb County, Georgia.

    Ch. 13 · 61 Stat. 10 · March 7, 1947 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the payment of $425.88 by the United States to the Government of Switzerland.

    Ch. 14 · 61 Stat. 11 · March 10, 1947 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Federal Firearms Act.

    Ch. 15 · 61 Stat. 11 · March 10, 1947 · Original text

16. 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 streptomycin, or any derivative thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 16 · 61 Stat. 11 · March 10, 1947 · Original text

17. Excise Tax Act of 1947

    An Act To continue in effect certain war excise tax rates, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 17 · 61 Stat. 12 · March 11, 1947 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to American Telephone and Telegraph Company an easement for communication purposes in certain lands situated in Virginia and Maryland.

    Ch. 18 · 61 Stat. 13 · March 21, 1947 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant and convey to the Virginia Electric and Power Company a perpetual easement in two strips of land comprising portions of the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 19 · 61 Stat. 14 · March 21, 1947 · Original text

20. Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 20 · 61 Stat. 14 · March 22, 1947 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the terms of office of the President.

    Proposed Constitutional Amendment · 61 Stat. 959 · March 24, 1947 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for payment and settlement of mileage and other travel allowance accounts of military personnel.

    Ch. 21 · 61 Stat. 23 · March 26, 1947 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for expenses incident to the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest.

    Ch. 22 · 61 Stat. 24 · March 27, 1947 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution Amending the Settlement of Mexican Claims Act of 1942 to provide for the consideration of any claim decided by the General Claims Commission in which the United States filed a petition for rehearing.

    Ch. 23 · 61 Stat. 24 · March 28, 1947 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution To strengthen the common defense by maintaining an adequate domestic rubber-producing industry.

    Ch. 24 · 61 Stat. 24 · March 29, 1947 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 25 · 61 Stat. 26 · March 29, 1947 · Original text

27. An Act To establish an Office of Selective Service Records to liquidate the Selective Service System following the termination of its functions on March 31, 1947, and to preserve and service the Selective Service records, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 26 · 61 Stat. 31 · March 31, 1947 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard to waive compliance with the navigation and vessel-inspection laws administered by the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 27 · 61 Stat. 33 · March 31, 1947 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the suspension of navigation and vessel inspection laws, as applied to vessels operated by the War Department, upon the termination of title V, Second War Powers Act, 1942, as amended.

    Ch. 28 · 61 Stat. 33 · March 31, 1947 · Original text

30. First Decontrol Act of 1947

    An Act To extend certain powers of the President under title III of the Second War Powers Act.

    Ch. 29 · 61 Stat. 34 · March 31, 1947 · Original text

31. Sugar Control Extension Act of 1947

    Joint Resolution To extend the powers and authorities under certain statutes with respect to the distribution and pricing of sugar, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 30 · 61 Stat. 35 · March 31, 1947 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment and provide services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in France, 1947; and to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to provide exemption from transportation tax; and further to authorize the Secretary of State to issue passports to bona fide Scouts and Scouters without fee for the application or the issuance of said passports.

    Ch. 31 · 61 Stat. 37 · April 14, 1947 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the city of San Diego a right-of-way over land owned by the United States within the limits of Camp Gillespie, San Diego County, California.

    Ch. 32 · 61 Stat. 39 · April 15, 1947 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the furnishing of steam from the central heating plant to the property of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 33 · 61 Stat. 39 · April 15, 1947 · Original text

35. An Act To amend existing law to provide privilege of renewing expiring five-year level-premium-term policies for another five-year period.

    Ch. 34 · 61 Stat. 39 · April 15, 1947 · Original text

36. An Act To provide for the promotion of substitute employees in the postal service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 35 · 61 Stat. 40 · April 15, 1947 · Original text

37. Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947

    An Act To establish a permanent Nurse Corps of the Army and the Navy and to establish a Women’s Medical Specialist Corps in the Army.

    Ch. 38 · 61 Stat. 41 · April 16, 1947 · Original text

38. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (Public Law 534, Seventy-ninth Congress).

    Ch. 39 · 61 Stat. 52 · April 16, 1947 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Andrew Chiarodo.

    Ch. 36 · 61 Stat. 963 · April 16, 1947 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Lillian M. Lorraine.

    Ch. 37 · 61 Stat. 963 · April 16, 1947 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Major General Laurence S. Kuter as representative of the United States to the Interim Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization or its successor, without affecting his military status and perquisites.

    Ch. 40 · 61 Stat. 964 · April 18, 1947 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To establish the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park; to erect a monument in memory of Theodore Roosevelt in the village of Medora, North Dakota; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 41 · 61 Stat. 52 · April 25, 1947 · Original text

43. An Act To extend the time within which the municipality of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, may consummate the purchase of the Coast Guard site (commonly known as the Base Six property) which is located at Fort Lauderdale.

    Ch. 42 · 61 Stat. 54 · April 28, 1947 · Original text

44. An Act To provide for a six months’ extension and final liquidation of the farm labor supply program, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 43 · 61 Stat. 55 · April 28, 1947 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 44 · 61 Stat. 56 · April 28, 1947 · Original text

46. An Act To suspend certain import taxes on copper.

    Ch. 45 · 61 Stat. 56 · April 29, 1947 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To restore the name of Hoover Dam.

    Ch. 46 · 61 Stat. 56 · April 30, 1947 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for annual and sick leave for rural letter carriers.

    Ch. 47 · 61 Stat. 57 · April 30, 1947 · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish daylight saving time in the District of Columbia during 1947.

    Ch. 48 · 61 Stat. 57 · April 30, 1947 · Original text

50. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 49 · 61 Stat. 58 · May 1, 1947 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Act of January 5, 1905, to incorporate the American National Red Cross.

    Public Law 80-50 · 61 Stat. 80 · May 8, 1947 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To permit United States common communications carriers to accord free communication privileges to official participants in the world telecommunications conferences to be held in the United States in 1947.

    Ch. 51 · 61 Stat. 83 · May 13, 1947 · Original text

53. Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947

    An Act To relieve employers from certain liabilities and punishments under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the Walsh-Healey Act, and the Bacon-Davis Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 52 · 61 Stat. 84 · May 14, 1947 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To correct an error in the Act approved August 10, 1946 (Public Law 720, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session), relating to the composition of the Naval Reserve.

    Ch. 53 · 61 Stat. 90 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the sale of certain public land in Alaska to Victory Bible Camp Ground, Incorporated.

    Ch. 54 · 61 Stat. 90 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

56. An Act Providing for the appointment of a United States commissioner for the Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 55 · 61 Stat. 91 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the juvenile court of the District of Columbia in proper cases to waive jurisdiction in capital offenses and offenses punishable by life imprisonment.

    Ch. 56 · 61 Stat. 92 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

58. An Act To provide that the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia shall alone appoint the United States commissioner for the Shenandoah National Park.

    Ch. 57 · 61 Stat. 92 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

59. An Act To amend further the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended.

    Ch. 58 · 61 Stat. 92 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

60. An Act To establish a Chief of Chaplains in the United States Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 59 · 61 Stat. 93 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act providing for the reorganization of the Navy Department, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1940, to amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the President to appoint an Under Secretary of War during national emergencies, fixing the compensation of the Under Secretary of War, and authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe duties”, approved December 16, 1940, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 60 · 61 Stat. 93 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Act of July 20, 1942 (56 Stat. 662), relating to the acceptance of decorations, orders, medals, and emblems by officers and enlisted men of the armed forces of the United States tendered them by governments of cobelligerent nations or other American Republics.

    Ch. 61 · 61 Stat. 93 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other purposes”, approved June 29, 1940.

    Ch. 62 · 61 Stat. 94 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

64. An Act Authorizing and directing the removal of stone piers in West Executive Avenue between the grounds of the White House and the Department of State Building.

    Ch. 63 · 61 Stat. 95 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Act approved December 28, 1945 (59 Stat. 663), entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of additional commissioned officers in the Regular Army, and for other purposes”, as amended by the Act of August 8, 1946 (Public Law 670, Seventy-ninth Congress).

    Ch. 67 · 61 Stat. 95 · May 15, 1947 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To authorize Herschel V. Johnson, Deputy Representative of the United States to the Security Council of the United Nations, to be reappointed to the Foreign Service.

    Ch. 64 · 61 Stat. 964 · May 15, 1947 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Lieutenant Commander Paul A. Smith as alternate representative of the United States to the Interim Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization or its successor, and as representative of the United States to the Air Navigation Committee of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization, without affecting his status and perquisites as an officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

    Ch. 65 · 61 Stat. 965 · May 15, 1947 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Wilma E. Baker.

    Ch. 66 · 61 Stat. 966 · May 15, 1947 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 556), as amended, so as to increase the total authorized number of commissioned officers of the active list of the Corps of Civil Engineers of the Navy.

    Ch. 68 · 61 Stat. 96 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the construction of experimental submarines, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 69 · 61 Stat. 96 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

71. An Act To include civilian officers and employees of the United States Naval Government of Guam among those persons who are entitled to the benefits of Public Law 490 of the Seventy-seventh Congress, approved March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. 143), as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 70 · 61 Stat. 96 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

72. An Act To relieve collections of customs of liability for failure to collect certain special tonnage duties and light money, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 71 · 61 Stat. 97 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

73. An Act To amend section 327 (h) of the Nationality Act of 1940.

    Ch. 72 · 61 Stat. 97 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize additional allowances of good time and the payment of compensation of prison inmates performing exceptionally meritorious or outstanding services.

    Ch. 73 · 61 Stat. 97 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

75. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a dam across Dan River in North Carolina.

    Ch. 74 · 61 Stat. 98 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

76. An Act To change the name of the Lugert-Altus irrigation project in the State of Oklahoma to the W. C. Austin project.

    Ch. 75 · 61 Stat. 99 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

77. Providing for the conveyance to the town of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, of Marblehead Military Reservation for public use.

    Ch. 76 · 61 Stat. 99 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To correct technical errors in the Act approved August 13, 1946 (Public Law 729, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session).

    Ch. 77 · 61 Stat. 99 · May 16, 1947 · Original text

79. An Act To limit the time within which the General Accounting Office shall make final settlement of the monthly or quarterly accounts of fiscal officers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 78 · 61 Stat. 101 · May 19, 1947 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the reduction of certain accrued interest charges payable by the Farmers’ Irrigation District, North Platte project.

    Ch. 79 · 61 Stat. 101 · May 19, 1947 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the segregation and expenditure of trust funds held in joint ownership by the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation.

    Ch. 80 · 61 Stat. 102 · May 19, 1947 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for assistance to Greece and Turkey.

    Ch. 81 · 61 Stat. 103 · May 22, 1947 · Original text

83. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 82 · 61 Stat. 106 · May 26, 1947 · Original text

84. An Act To amend section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; 30 U. S. C., sec. 191), as amended.

    Ch. 83 · 61 Stat. 119 · May 27, 1947 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the erection and operation of a memorial museum and shop on the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho.

    Ch. 84 · 61 Stat. 120 · May 27, 1947 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Locomotive Inspection Act of February 17, 1911, as amended.

    Ch. 85 · 61 Stat. 120 · May 27, 1947 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for the acquisition of a site and for preparation of plans and specifications for a courthouse to accommodate the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 86 · 61 Stat. 120 · May 29, 1947 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Nationality Act of 1940 so as to permit naturalization proceedings to be had at places other than in the office of the clerk or in open court in the case of sick or physically disabled individuals.

    Ch. 87 · 61 Stat. 121 · May 31, 1947 · Original text

89. An Act To amend an Act of September 27, 1944, relating to credit for military or naval service in connection with certain homestead entries.

    Ch. 88 · 61 Stat. 123 · May 31, 1947 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to grant easements in lands belonging to the United States under his supervision and control, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 89 · 61 Stat. 124 · May 31, 1947 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Providing for relief assistance to the people of countries devastated by war.

    Ch. 90 · 61 Stat. 125 · May 31, 1947 · Original text

92. An Act To amend section 502 (a) of the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”.

    Ch. 91 · 61 Stat. 128 · May 31, 1947 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of W. H. Baker and Walter Baker.

    Ch. 92 · 61 Stat. 966 · May 31, 1947 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Charles N. Bemis.

    Ch. 93 · 61 Stat. 966 · May 31, 1947 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of the estate of Archie S. Woods, deceased.

    Ch. 94 · 61 Stat. 967 · May 31, 1947 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the estate of Nellie P. Dunn, deceased.

    Ch. 95 · 61 Stat. 967 · May 31, 1947 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Isaac B. Jones.

    Ch. 96 · 61 Stat. 968 · May 31, 1947 · Private law · Original text

98. Joint Resolution Limiting the application of provisions of Federal law to counsel employed under S. Res. 46.

    Ch. 97 · 61 Stat. 129 · June 4, 1947 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 3539 of the Revised Statutes, relating to taking trial pieces of coins.

    Ch. 98 · 61 Stat. 129 · June 5, 1947 · Original text

100. An Act To legalize the admission into the United States of Frank Schindler.

     Ch. 99 · 61 Stat. 968 · June 5, 1947 · Private law · Original text