Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Joint Resolution To provide for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property in connection with the Presidential inaugural ceremonies of 1949.

   Ch. 374 · 62 Stat. 286 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Authorizing the granting of permits to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1949, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 375 · 62 Stat. 287 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, and the Potassium Act of February 7, 1927, in order to promote the development of certain minerals on the public domain; and for other purposes.

   Ch. 379 · 62 Stat. 289 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

4. An Act To provide for the acquisition of the hospital at Camp White, Medford, Oregon, and Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Iowa, for use as domiciliary facilities by the Veterans’ Administration.

   Ch. 380 · 62 Stat. 292 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

5. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to contract for certain powerboat service in Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1338).

   Ch. 381 · 62 Stat. 292 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

6. An Act To reduce in area the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Essex County, Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 382 · 62 Stat. 293 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

7. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Idaho and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact for the division of the waters of the Snake River and its tributaries originating in either of the two States and flowing into the other.

   Ch. 383 · 62 Stat. 294 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

8. An Act To amend section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, designating certain public lands as available home lands.

   Ch. 384 · 62 Stat. 295 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

9. An Act To ratify sections 1 and 2 of Joint Resolution 7 enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii in its regular session of 1947.

   Ch. 385 · 62 Stat. 295 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section 20 (12) of the Interstate Commerce Act, with respect to recourse, by an initial or delivering carrier, against the carrier on whose line loss of, or damage or injury to, property is sustained, on account of expense incurred in defending actions at law.

    Ch. 386 · 62 Stat. 295 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

11. An Act To approve Act Numbered 74 of the Session Laws of 1947 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An act relating to revenue bonds of the Territory of Hawaii”, and Act Numbered 95 of the Session Laws of 1947 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An act relating to Territorial and county public improvements and the financing thereof by the issuance of revenue bonds”.

    Ch. 387 · 62 Stat. 296 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

12. An Act To ratify Act 237 of the Session Laws of Hawaii 1947.

    Ch. 388 · 62 Stat. 296 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize payments to the public school district or districts serving the Fort Peck project, Montana, for the education of dependents of persons engaged on that project.

    Ch. 389 · 62 Stat. 297 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

14. Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers’ Act of 1948

    An Act To provide for the distribution, promotion, separation, and retirement of commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 390 · 62 Stat. 297 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the State of Oklahoma for the use and benefit of the Northeastern State College at Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 391 · 62 Stat. 301 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

16. An Act To eliminate the requirement of oaths in certain land matters, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 392 · 62 Stat. 301 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the addition of certain surplus Government lands to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area project, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 393 · 62 Stat. 301 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

18. An Act To allow service credit for certain enlisted men of the Coast Guard who acted as policemen and guards at the Ivigtut Cryolite Mine, Greenland, during 1940 and 1941.

    Ch. 394 · 62 Stat. 302 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Act of July 23, 1947 (61 Stat. 409) (Public Law Numbered 219 of the Eightieth Congress).

    Ch. 395 · 62 Stat. 302 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 9 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 512).

    Ch. 396 · 62 Stat. 302 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, designating certain public lands as available home lands.

    Ch. 397 · 62 Stat. 303 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

22. An Act To confirm and ratify Act 205 of the session laws of 1947 of the Territory of Hawaii, relating to the issuance of public-improvement bonds.

    Ch. 398 · 62 Stat. 304 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

23. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to allow credit in connection with certain homestead entries for military or naval service rendered during World War II.”

    Ch. 399 · 62 Stat. 305 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

24. Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 400 · 62 Stat. 305 · June 3, 1948 · H. R. 5607 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the conveyance to States, or political subdivisions, of roads leading to certain historical areas administered by the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 401 · 62 Stat. 334 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Act of May 16, 1946 (Public Law 383, Seventy-ninth Congress), as amended, to provide increased allowances for the escorts of repatriated war dead.

    Ch. 402 · 62 Stat. 334 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

27. An Act Relating to the issuance of reentry permits to certain aliens.

    Ch. 403 · 62 Stat. 335 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

28. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia”, approved January 6, 1893, as amended.

    Ch. 404 · 62 Stat. 335 · June 3, 1948 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Caffey Robertson-Smith, Incorporated.

    Ch. 376 · 62 Stat. 1364 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Los Angeles, California.

    Ch. 377 · 62 Stat. 1365 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the Harbor Boat Building Company; the Wilmington Welding and Boiler Works; and B & R Machine Works, of Los Angeles, California.

    Ch. 378 · 62 Stat. 1365 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Michel Ferapontow.

    Ch. 405 · 62 Stat. 1365 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Dora Greenbaum (Brenner).

    Ch. 406 · 62 Stat. 1366 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Filiberto A. Bonaventura.

    Ch. 407 · 62 Stat. 1366 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Colbert H. Cannon.

    Ch. 408 · 62 Stat. 1366 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Doctor Timothy C. H. Liang and Doctor Esther Chang Liang.

    Ch. 409 · 62 Stat. 1367 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Margaret K. Cahn.

    Ch. 410 · 62 Stat. 1367 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Charlotte D. Wang, Harvey S. P. Wang, and Arthur Y. P. Wang.

    Ch. 411 · 62 Stat. 1367 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of James M. Dingwall, Junior; Aileen Reynolds; Bert Woolslayer; and Mrs. Maisie Purser Davis.

    Ch. 412 · 62 Stat. 1368 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Theodore Loetsch.

    Ch. 413 · 62 Stat. 1368 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army or his duly authorized representative to quitclaim a perpetual easement over certain lands adjacent to the Fort Myers Army Airfield, Florida.

    Ch. 414 · 62 Stat. 1369 · June 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Authorizing modifications in the repayment contracts with the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District Numbered 1 and the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District Numbered 2.

    Ch. 415 · 62 Stat. 336 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the State of Minnesota to condemn lands owned by the United States in the county of Cass, State of Minnesota, for fish propagation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 416 · 62 Stat. 337 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

44. An Act To provide adequate school facilities within Yellowstone National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 417 · 62 Stat. 338 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

45. An Act To establish a District of Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 418 · 62 Stat. 339 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

46. An Act To continue for a temporary period certain powers, authority, and discretion conferred on the President by the Second Decontrol Act of 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 419 · 62 Stat. 342 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To provide for the issuance of a special postage stamp series in honor of volunteer firemen.

    Ch. 420 · 62 Stat. 343 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Fort Kearney in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 421 · 62 Stat. 343 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a stamp commemorative of the golden anniversary of the consolidation of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond, which boroughs now comprise New York City.

    Ch. 422 · 62 Stat. 343 · June 4, 1948 · Original text

50. An Act Relating to the meat-inspection service of the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 423 · 62 Stat. 344 · June 5, 1948 · Original text

51. An Act To amend section 10 of the Act establishing a National Archives of the United States Government.

    Ch. 424 · 62 Stat. 344 · June 8, 1948 · Original text

52. An Act To amend paragraph 813 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

    Ch. 425 · 62 Stat. 344 · June 8, 1948 · Original text

53. An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1949, the present suspension of import duties on scrap iron, scrap steel, and nonferrous metal scrap.

    Ch. 426 · 62 Stat. 344 · June 8, 1948 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the International Industrial Exposition, Incorporated, Atlantic City, New Jersey, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 427 · 62 Stat. 345 · June 8, 1948 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the treatment of sexual psychopaths in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 428 · 62 Stat. 346 · June 9, 1948 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Robert E. Lauritzen.

    Ch. 429 · 62 Stat. 1369 · June 9, 1948 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Powell Townsite, Wyoming, Shoshone reclamation project, Wyoming, to the James S. McDonald Post 5054, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Powell, Wyoming.

    Ch. 430 · 62 Stat. 1370 · June 9, 1948 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Edgar Wikner Percival.

    Ch. 431 · 62 Stat. 1370 · June 9, 1948 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Thomas A. W. Elder.

    Ch. 432 · 62 Stat. 1371 · June 9, 1948 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 13 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, to provide for the disposition of surplus real property to States, political subdivisions, and municipalities for use as public parks, recreational areas, and historic monument sites, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 433 · 62 Stat. 350 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the Civil Service Act to remove certain discrimination with respect to the appointment of persons having any physical handicap to positions in the classified civil service.

    Ch. 434 · 62 Stat. 351 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to have made by the Public Roads Administration and the National Park Service a joint reconnaissance survey of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Great Falls, Maryland, and Cumberland, Maryland, and to report to the Congress upon the advisability and practicability of constructing thereon a parkway, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 435 · 62 Stat. 351 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for the disposal of surplus sand at Fort Story, Virginia.

    Ch. 436 · 62 Stat. 352 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Act of April 25, 1947, relating to the establishment of the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 437 · 62 Stat. 352 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the one-hundredth anniversary of the poultry industry in the United States.

    Ch. 438 · 62 Stat. 354 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the American Turners Society in the United States.

    Ch. 439 · 62 Stat. 354 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for payment of salaries covering periods of separation from the Government service in the case of persons improperly removed from such service.

    Ch. 447 · 62 Stat. 354 · June 10, 1948 · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Ern Wright.

    Ch. 440 · 62 Stat. 1371 · June 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Irma M. Pierce and Charles Z. Pierce.

    Ch. 441 · 62 Stat. 1371 · June 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Jack O’Donnell Graves.

    Ch. 442 · 62 Stat. 1372 · June 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of E. W. Strong.

    Ch. 443 · 62 Stat. 1372 · June 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Gudrun Emma Ericsson.

    Ch. 444 · 62 Stat. 1373 · June 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of William M. Looney.

    Ch. 445 · 62 Stat. 1373 · June 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Basque aliens.

    Ch. 446 · 62 Stat. 1373 · June 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To amend section 303 of the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”.

    Ch. 448 · 62 Stat. 356 · June 11, 1948 · Original text

76. Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948

    An Act To establish the Women’s Army Corps in the Regular Army, to authorize the enlistment and appointment of women in the Regular Air Force, Regular Navy and Marine Corps, and in the Reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 449 · 62 Stat. 356 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force to proceed with construction at military installations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 450 · 62 Stat. 375 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the payment of a lump sum, in the amount of $85,000, to the village of Highland Falls, New York, as a contribution toward the cost of construction of a water-filtration plant, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 451 · 62 Stat. 381 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

79. An Act To remove the statutory limit of appropriation expenditures for repairs or changes to a vessel of the Navy.

    Ch. 452 · 62 Stat. 382 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance, under Federal reclamation laws, of the Kennewick division of the Yakima project, Washington.

    Ch. 453 · 62 Stat. 382 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

81. An Act To amend paragraph 1772 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 454 · 62 Stat. 383 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

82. An Act To add certain lands to the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 455 · 62 Stat. 384 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

83. An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved February 9, 1881, which granted a right-of-way for railroad purposes through certain lands of the United States in Richmond County, New York.

    Ch. 456 · 62 Stat. 385 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

84. An Act To amend section 303 (e) of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.

    Ch. 457 · 62 Stat. 386 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

85. An Act To withdraw certain land as available land within the meaning of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 108), as amended, and to restore it to its previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 458 · 62 Stat. 387 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution To extend the time for the release, free of estate and gift tax, of powers of appointment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 459 · 62 Stat. 387 · June 12, 1948 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue to John F. Compton, formerly John Crazy Bull, a patent in fee to certain land.

    Ch. 460 · 62 Stat. 1374 · June 12, 1948 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to James P. Love a patent to certain lands in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 461 · 62 Stat. 1374 · June 12, 1948 · Private law · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Providing for appropriate observance of the two-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Washington and Lee University.

    Ch. 462 · 62 Stat. 388 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

90. An Act To provide a method of paying certain unsettled claims for damages sustained as a result of the explosions at Port Chicago, California, on July 17, 1944, in the amounts found to be due by the Secretary of the Navy.

    Ch. 463 · 62 Stat. 389 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

91. An Act To amend sections 207, 213, 215, 216, 220, 222, and 225, of title 2 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended.

    Ch. 464 · 62 Stat. 390 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

92. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 465 · 62 Stat. 394 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

93. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 466 · 62 Stat. 408 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

94. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 467 · 62 Stat. 423 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To maintain the status quo in respect of certain employment taxes and social-security benefits pending action by Congress on extended social-security coverage.

    Ch. 468 · 62 Stat. 438 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution Providing for membership and participation by the United States in the World Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 469 · 62 Stat. 441 · June 14, 1948 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct the Preston Bench project, Idaho, in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws.

    Ch. 470 · 62 Stat. 442 · June 15, 1948 · Original text

98. Golden Nematode Act

    An Act To provide for the protection of potato and tomato production from the golden nematode, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 471 · 62 Stat. 442 · June 15, 1948 · Original text

99. The Supplemental Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the Federal Security Agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 472 · 62 Stat. 443 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

100. International Aviation Facilities Act

     An Act To encourage the development of an international air-transportation system adapted to the needs of the foreign commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 473 · 62 Stat. 450 · June 16, 1948 · Original text