Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a stamp commemorative of William Allen White, whose literary genius made such a great contribution in the field of American literature.

   Ch. 474 · 62 Stat. 455 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the construction of shore protective works at the town of Nome, Alaska.

   Ch. 475 · 62 Stat. 455 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the revision of the boundaries of the Caribou National Forest in the State of Idaho.

   Ch. 476 · 62 Stat. 455 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing additional research and investigation into problems and methods relating to the eradication of cattle grubs, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 447 · 62 Stat. 458 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

5. An Act To aid the associations, groups, organizations, and institutions encouraging participation of the youth of the country in athletic and sports programs by making surplus athletic equipment available to such associations, groups, organizations, and institutions, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 478 · 62 Stat. 458 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 479 · 62 Stat. 459 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

7. An Act Supplementing the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the State of Maryland, by and through its State Roads Commission or the successors of said commission, to construct, maintain, and operate certain bridges across streams, rivers, and navigable waters which are wholly or partly within the State”, approved April 7, 1938.

   Ch. 480 · 62 Stat. 463 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

8. National Heart Act

   An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to support research and training in diseases of the heart and circulation, and to aid the States in the development of community programs for the control of these diseases, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 481 · 62 Stat. 464 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, by limiting the liability of certain persons not in possession of aircraft.

   Ch. 482 · 62 Stat. 470 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

10. An Act To provide safety in aviation and to direct a study of the causes and characteristics of thunderstorms and other atmospheric disturbances.

    Ch. 483 · 62 Stat. 470 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Mystic River Bridge Authority, an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, an easement for the construction and operation of bridge approaches over and across lands comprising a part of the United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 484 · 62 Stat. 471 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Commonwealth of Virginia a right-of-way for public-highway purposes in certain lands at Pungo, Virginia.

    Ch. 485 · 62 Stat. 471 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

13. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 432, Seventy–sixth Congress, to include an allowance of expenses incurred by Veterans’ Administration beneficiaries and their attendants in authorized travel for vocational–rehabilitation purposes.

    Ch. 486 · 62 Stat. 471 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

14. An Act To extend for one year certain provisions of section 100 of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, relating to the authority of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to enter into leases for periods not exceeding five years.

    Ch. 487 · 62 Stat. 472 · June 16, 1948 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to sell to Anthony P. Miller, Incorporated, a parcel of unimproved land adjacent to the Anchorage Housing project at Middletown, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 488 · 62 Stat. 1374 · June 16, 1948 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Lorraine Burns Mullen.

    Ch. 489 · 62 Stat. 1374 · June 16, 1948 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Harriet Townsend Bottomley.

    Ch. 490 · 62 Stat. 1375 · June 16, 1948 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act with respect to certain agreements between carriers.

    Ch. 491 · 62 Stat. 472 · June 17, 1948 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Army to have prepared a replica of the Dade Monument for presentation to the State of Florida.

    Ch. 492 · 62 Stat. 474 · June 17, 1948 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 554), as amended, so as to provide reimbursement to the Post Office Department by the Navy Department for shortages in postal accounts occurring while commissioned officers of the Navy and Marine Corps are designated custodians of postal effects.

    Ch. 493 · 62 Stat. 474 · June 17, 1948 · Original text

21. An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.

    Ch. 494 · 62 Stat. 475 · June 17, 1948 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the conveyance to Pinellas County, State of Florida, of certain public lands herein described.

    Ch. 495 · 62 Stat. 475 · June 17, 1948 · Original text

23. An Act To revise the method of issuing patents for public lands.

    Ch. 496 · 62 Stat. 476 · June 17, 1948 · Original text

24. An Act To amend certain provisions of law relating to the naval service so as to authorize the delegation to the Secretary of the Navy of certain discretionary powers vested in the President of the United States.

    Ch. 497 · 62 Stat. 476 · June 17, 1948 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the confirmation of the title to the Saline Lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to D. H. Brush, and others”, approved March 2, 1861 (12 Stat. 891), as amended by the Act of November 29, 1944 (58 Stat. 1036).

    Ch. 498 · 62 Stat. 1375 · June 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of the Tampa Chapter Numbered 113, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

    Ch. 499 · 62 Stat. 1376 · June 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the carrying of mail on star routes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 500 · 62 Stat. 477 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

28. An Act To further amend the thirteenth paragraph of section 127a of the National Defense Act, as amended.

    Ch. 501 · 62 Stat. 477 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the collection and publication of statistical information by the Bureau of the Census.

    Ch. 502 · 62 Stat. 478 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

30. An Act To amend section 35 of chapter III of the Act of June 19, 1934, entitled “An Act to regulate the business of life insurance in the District of Columbia”, as amended, and to repeal section 36 of said chapter III of said Act, as amended, so as to permit certain additional investments.

    Ch. 503 · 62 Stat. 480 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize a mileage allowance of 7 cents per mile for United States marshals and their deputies for travel on official business.

    Ch. 504 · 62 Stat. 484 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

32. An Act To credit certain service performed by employees of the postal service who are transferred from one position to another within the service for purposes of determining eligibility for promotion.

    Ch. 505 · 62 Stat. 484 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the training of officers for the naval service, and for other purposes”, approved August 13, 1946, as amended.

    Ch. 506 · 62 Stat. 485 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

34. An Act To amend sections 1301 and 1303 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, relating to liability for causing death by wrongful act.

    Ch. 507 · 62 Stat. 487 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

35. An Act To amend sections 235 and 327 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 508 · 62 Stat. 487 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

36. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to make provision for the care and treatment of members of the National Guard, Organized Reserves, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and Citizens’ Military Training Camps who are injured or contract diseases while engaged in military training, and for other purposes”, approved June 15, 1936, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 509 · 62 Stat. 488 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize credit in certain accounts of United States property and disbursing officers under the War Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 510 · 62 Stat. 488 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

38. An Act To provide for retention in the service of certain disabled Army and Air Force personnel, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 511 · 62 Stat. 489 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Act of Congress entitled “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”, approved March 6, 1946.

    Ch. 512 · 62 Stat. 489 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

40. An Act To transfer certain lands at Camp Phillips, Kansas, to the Department of the Army.

    Ch. 513 · 62 Stat. 490 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

41. An Act To repeal section 1 of the Act of April 20, 1874, prescribing regulations governing inquiries to be made in connection with disbursements made by disbursing officers of the Army (18 Stat. 33; 10 U. S. C. 174).

    Ch. 514 · 62 Stat. 490 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Act entitled “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”, approved July 6, 1945, so as to provide promotions for temporary employees of the custodial service.

    Ch. 515 · 62 Stat. 490 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

43. An Act To restore certain lands to the town site of Wadsworth, Nevada.

    Ch. 516 · 62 Stat. 491 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

44. An Act To convey certain land to the city of Pierre, South Dakota.

    Ch. 517 · 62 Stat. 491 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

45. An Act To increase the maximum travel allowance for railway postal clerks and substitute railway postal clerks.

    Ch. 518 · 62 Stat. 491 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Army and Navy Union, United States of America, Department of Illinois, to construct a recreational park on the grounds of the United States naval hospital, United States naval training center, Great Lakes, Illinois.

    Ch. 519 · 62 Stat. 492 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Lanham Act so as to permit the sale of certain permanent war housing thereunder to veterans at a purchase price not in excess of the cost of construction.

    Ch. 520 · 62 Stat. 492 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the President, in his discretion, to permit the stoppage of work on certain combatant vessels.

    Ch. 521 · 62 Stat. 492 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the recording and releasing of liens by entries on certificates of title for motor vehicles and trailers, and for other purposes”, approved July 2, 1940, as amended.

    Ch. 522 · 62 Stat. 493 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, to make further provision for the recording of title to, interests in, and encumbrances upon certain aircraft, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 523 · 62 Stat. 493 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force to return certain lands situated in Puerto Rico, in accordance with the terms of the conveyances to the United States Government, and final judgments in certain condemnation proceedings.

    Ch. 524 · 62 Stat. 495 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a lien for moneys due hospitals for services rendered in cases caused by negligence or fault of others and providing for the recording and enforcing of such liens”, approved June 30, 1939.

    Ch. 525 · 62 Stat. 496 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

53. An Act For the extension of admiralty jurisdiction

    Ch. 526 · 62 Stat. 496 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act of May 29, 1944, providing for the recognition of the services of the civilian officials and employees, citizens of the United States, engaged in and about the construction of the Panama Canal

    Ch. 527 · 62 Stat. 497 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Act of March 10, 1934, entitled “An Act to promote the conservation of wildlife, fish, and game, and for other purposes”, as amended by the Act approved August 14, 1946.

    Ch. 528 · 62 Stat. 497 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

56. An Act To extend the authorized maturity date of certain bridge revenue bonds to be issued in connection with the refunding of the acquisition cost of the bridge across the Missouri River at Rulo, Nebraska.

    Ch. 529 · 62 Stat. 497 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to classify the officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1906, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 530 · 62 Stat. 498 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Territory of Alaska the title to the Army vessel Hygiene.

    Ch. 531 · 62 Stat. 499 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

59. An Act To increase the size of the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 532 · 62 Stat. 499 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize assistance to certain veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing which they require by reason of the nature of their service-connected disabilities.

    Ch. 533 · 62 Stat. 500 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize the conveyance by the Secretary of the Interior to the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, of certain lands lying in the bed of Roaches Run, Arlington County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 534 · 62 Stat. 501 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

62. An Act To enlarge the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

    Ch. 535 · 62 Stat. 502 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

63. An Act To transfer Pelican Rock in Crescent City Harbor, Del Norte County, California, to that county.

    Ch. 536 · 62 Stat. 503 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 1700 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code so as to exempt hospitalized servicemen and veterans from the admissions tax when admitted free.

    Ch. 537 · 62 Stat. 504 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 538 · 62 Stat. 504 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize Commodity Credit Corporation to make adjustment payments to certain producers of raw cane sugar in Puerto Rico and Hawaii.

    Ch. 539 · 62 Stat. 504 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

67. An Act To prevent retroactive checkage of retired pay in the cases of certain enlisted men and warrant officers appointed or advanced to commissioned rank or grade under the Act of July 24, 1941 (55 Stat. 603), as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 540 · 62 Stat. 505 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

68. An Act To amend further the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, as amended, to permit certain payments to be made to surviving brothers and sisters, and nieces and nephews, of deceased members and former members of the armed forces.

    Ch. 541 · 62 Stat. 506 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

69. An Act To continue a system of nurseries and nursery schools for the day care of school-age and under-school-age children of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 542 · 62 Stat. 507 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

70. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (exclusive of the Farm Credit Administration) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 543 · 62 Stat. 507 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

71. An Act To extend the provisions of title VI of the Public Health Service Act to the Virgin Islands.

    Ch. 544 · 62 Stat. 531 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

72. An Act To repeal an Act approved August 24, 1894, entitled “An Act to authorize the purchasers of the property and franchises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to organize a corporation, and to confer upon the same all the powers, privileges, and franchises vested in that company”, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

    Ch. 545 · 62 Stat. 532 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Fort Vancouver National Monument, in the State of Washington, to include the site of the old Hudson’s Bay Company stockade, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 546 · 62 Stat. 532 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 202 of title II of the Army-Navy Medical Services Corps Act of 1947, as amended, to remove the present restriction on appointments to the Navy Medical Service Corps.

    Ch. 547 · 62 Stat. 533 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the acquisition of lands for grazing and related purposes.

    Ch. 548 · 62 Stat. 533 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

76. An Act To permit the landing of halibut by Canadian fishing vessels to Alaskan ports, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 549 · 62 Stat. 533 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

77. An Act To transfer certain land in Langlade County, Wisconsin, to the United States Forest Service.

    Ch. 550 · 62 Stat. 534 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

78. An Act To amend title 1 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, so as to increase the interest rate on title I loans, to provide for the redemption of nondelinquent insured mortgages, to authorize advances for the preservation and protection of the insured loan security, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 551 · 62 Stat. 534 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the extension of leases of certain land in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 552 · 62 Stat. 536 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the establishment of internships in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans’ Administration.

    Ch. 553 · 62 Stat. 536 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the provisions of title VI of the Public Health Service Act relating to standards of maintenance and operation for hospitals receiving aid under that title.

    Ch. 554 · 62 Stat. 536 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

82. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1949

    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, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 555 · 62 Stat. 537 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

83. An Act To provide for the temporary free importation of lead.

    Ch. 556 · 62 Stat. 559 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to transfer a portion of the Veterans’ Administration center at Los Angeles, California, to the State of California for the use of the University of California.

    Ch. 557 · 62 Stat. 559 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

85. The Supplemental Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1949

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

    Ch. 558 · 62 Stat. 560 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Parking Facility Act of 1942, approved February 16, 1942.

    Ch. 559 · 62 Stat. 565 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

87. An Act To aid in the development of improved prosthetic appliances, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 560 · 62 Stat. 566 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

88. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claims of the owners of the fee-simple titles and leasehold interests in lands leased to the United States by the city of Macon, Georgia, for use as a part of the site of Camp Wheeler, Georgia.

    Ch. 589 · 62 Stat. 566 · June 19, 1948 · Original text

89. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of John J. Higgins, and others.

    Ch. 561 · 62 Stat. 1376 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Warren H. McKenney.

    Ch. 562 · 62 Stat. 1377 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Christine West and Mrs. Jesse West.

    Ch. 563 · 62 Stat. 1377 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of James R. Walsh.

    Ch. 564 · 62 Stat. 1378 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Harry Daniels.

    Ch. 565 · 62 Stat. 1378 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the owners of certain properties abutting Eastern Avenue in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 566 · 62 Stat. 1379 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of W. A. Knox, W. L. M. Knox, and Frank C. Morris, operating as Knox Lumber Sales Company, of Thomson, Georgia.

    Ch. 567 · 62 Stat. 1380 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Lewis.

    Ch. 568 · 62 Stat. 1380 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Elsie L. Rosenow.

    Ch. 569 · 62 Stat. 1380 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Annie L. Taylor and William Benjamin Taylor.

    Ch. 570 · 62 Stat. 1381 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Elbert Spivey.

    Ch. 571 · 62 Stat. 1381 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Carrie M. Lee.

     Ch. 572 · 62 Stat. 1382 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text