Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Hardy H. Bryant.

   Ch. 573 · 62 Stat. 1382 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of sundry fruit growers of the State of Delaware who sustained losses as the result of the fumigation of apples with methyl bromide in order to comply with the requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture relating to the Japanese beetle quarantine.

   Ch. 574 · 62 Stat. 1383 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Walter Vandahl and Esther S. Vandahl, Allabrada Adams, Mrs. Lucile L. Rice Talbot, Mrs. Gladys Webb, and John E. Webb.

   Ch. 575 · 62 Stat. 1383 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Charles B. Featherstone.

   Ch. 576 · 62 Stat. 1384 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Ernest F. Lutzken.

   Ch. 577 · 62 Stat. 1384 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of the estate of John Deiman.

   Ch. 578 · 62 Stat. 1385 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mae H. Fitzgerald.

   Ch. 579 · 62 Stat. 1385 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Clarence S. Osika.

   Ch. 580 · 62 Stat. 1385 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Emeline Lartigue.

   Ch. 581 · 62 Stat. 1386 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Lester L. Elder and Mrs. Esther E. Elder.

    Ch. 582 · 62 Stat. 1386 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Helen E. Scofield.

    Ch. 583 · 62 Stat. 1387 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Incorporated.

    Ch. 584 · 62 Stat. 1387 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Florence A. W. Arens.

    Ch. 585 · 62 Stat. 1387 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of W. W. DeLoach.

    Ch. 586 · 62 Stat. 1388 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Confirming the claim of Juan Berrar to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, county of Attakapas, now parish of Saint Martin, said claim being listed as number B–690 in the report of the commissioners dated June 1811, so as to include section 2, township 11 south, range 6 east, Louisiana meridian, containing one hundred and thirty-nine and sixty-two one-hundredths acres.

    Ch. 587 · 62 Stat. 1388 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the issuance of a land patent to certain public lands, situated in the county of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, for school purposes.

    Ch. 588 · 62 Stat. 1389 · June 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the issuance of a special postage stamp in commemoration of the dedication of the Palomar Mountain Observatory.

    Ch. 590 · 62 Stat. 567 · June 21, 1948 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in the State of Montana to School District 55, Roosevelt County, Montana.

    Ch. 591 · 62 Stat. 567 · June 21, 1948 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Myrtle Hovde.

    Ch. 592 · 62 Stat. 1389 · June 21, 1948 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To safeguard and consolidate certain areas of exceptional public value within the Superior National Forest, State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 593 · 62 Stat. 568 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

21. An Act To establish the Saratoga National Historical Park, in the State of New York, from the lands that have been acquired by the Federal Government for that purpose pursuant to the Act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 608), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 594 · 62 Stat. 570 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 595 · 62 Stat. 571 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the transfer of certain Federal lands within the Chopawamsic Park to the Secretary of the Navy, the addition of lands surplus to the Department of the Army to this park, the acquisition of additional lands needed to round out the boundaries of this park, to change the name of said park to Prince William Forest Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 596 · 62 Stat. 571 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for the voluntary admission and treatment of mental patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

    Ch. 597 · 62 Stat. 572 · June 22, 1948 · H. R. 6289 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the Coast Guard to operate and maintain ocean stations.

    Ch. 600 · 62 Stat. 574 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

26. An Act To preserve seniority rights of ten-point preference eligibles in the postal service transferring from the position of letter carrier to clerk or from the position of clerk to letter carrier.

    Ch. 601 · 62 Stat. 574 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

27. An Act Relating to the compensation of certain railway postal clerks.

    Ch. 602 · 62 Stat. 575 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

28. An Act To amend section 19 of the Veterans’ Preference Act of June 27, 1944(58 Stat. 387), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 604 · 62 Stat. 575 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

29. An Act To extend the public land laws of the United States to certain lands, consisting of islands, situated in the Red River in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 605 · 62 Stat. 576 · June 22, 1948 · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Marcella Kosterman.

    Ch. 598 · 62 Stat. 1389 · June 22, 1948 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Ernest L. Godfrey.

    Ch. 599 · 62 Stat. 1390 · June 22, 1948 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Hou Chung Chay.

    Ch. 603 · 62 Stat. 1390 · June 22, 1948 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Wladyslav Plywacki.

    Ch. 606 · 62 Stat. 1391 · June 22, 1948 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Requiring all mails consigned to an airport from a post office or branch, or from an airport to a post office or branch, within a radius of thirty-five, miles of a city in which there has been established a Government-owned vehicle service to be delivered by Government-owned motor vehicles.

    Ch. 607 · 62 Stat. 576 · June 23, 1948 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 608 · 62 Stat. 576 · June 23, 1948 · Original text

36. An Act To amend section 1064 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, relating to admissibility of testimony by a party to a transaction when the other party is incapable of testifying.

    Ch. 609 · 62 Stat. 579 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

37. An Act Relating to salaries of certain officers and employees of the United States and certain officers and employees of Puerto Rico.

    Ch. 610 · 62 Stat. 579 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

38. An Act To permit, subject to certain conditions, mining locations under the mining laws of the United States within that portion of the Harney National Forest, designated as a game sanctuary, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 611 · 62 Stat. 580 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

39. An Act To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), parts I and II, as amended, to establish a presumption of service connection for chronic and tropical diseases.

    Ch. 612 · 62 Stat. 581 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

40. An Act To amend sections 301 (k) and 304 (a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended.

    Ch. 613 · 62 Stat. 582 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free importation of limestone to be used in the manufacture of fertilizer.

    Ch. 614 · 62 Stat. 583 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

42. An Act To confer jurisdiction over the Fort Des Moines Veterans’ Village upon the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 615 · 62 Stat. 583 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the course of instruction at the United States Naval Academy to be given to not exceeding four persons at a time from the Republic of the Philippines.

    Ch. 616 · 62 Stat. 583 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

44. Department of the Navy Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Navy and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 617 · 62 Stat. 584 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution Providing for the ratification by Congress of a contract for the purchase of certain lands and mineral deposits by the United States from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians.

    Ch. 618 · 62 Stat. 596 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

46. National Dental Research Act

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for, foster, and aid in coordinating research relating to dental diseases and conditions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 621 · 62 Stat. 598 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act so as to permit the issuance of free passes to time inspectors of carriers subject to part I of such Act.

    Ch. 622 · 62 Stat. 602 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

48. An Act To increase certain benefits payable under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

    Ch. 623 · 62 Stat. 602 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Act of August 1, 1947, to clarify the position of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to such Act, and to authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish six additional positions in the professional and scientific service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 624 · 62 Stat. 604 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

50. Selective Service Act of 1948

    An Act To provide for the common defense by increasing the strength of the armed forces of the United States, including the reserve components thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 625 · 62 Stat. 604 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Federal Works Administrator to lease for commercial purposes certain space in the building located at 811 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, commonly known as the Lafayette Building.

    Ch. 626 · 62 Stat. 644 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

52. An Act To further perfect the consolidation of the Lighthouse Service with the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 627 · 62 Stat. 644 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

53. An Act To provide pensions for certain widows of veterans of the Spanish-American War, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection.

    Ch. 628 · 62 Stat. 645 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the attendance of the United States Marine Corps Band at the national assembly of the Marine Corps League to be held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 22 to September 25, inclusive, 1948.

    Ch. 629 · 62 Stat. 645 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the addition of certain surplus Government lands to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in the States of Georgia and Tennessee, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 630 · 62 Stat. 646 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 3 of the Standard Time Act of March 19, 1918, as amended, relating to the placing of a certain portion of the State of Idaho in the third time zone.

    Ch. 631 · 62 Stat. 646 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

57. Military Functions Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for military functions administered by the National Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 632 · 62 Stat. 647 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

58. An Act To continue the authorization for the appointment of two additional Assistant Secretaries of State.

    Ch. 633 · 62 Stat. 670 · June 24, 1948 · Original text

59. An Act Conveying all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain lands in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, to the heirs, assigns, and successors in title of William Collins.

    Ch. 619 · 62 Stat. 1391 · June 24, 1948 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Conveying all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain lands in Warren County, Mississippi, to the heirs, assigns, and successors in title of Moses Evans.

    Ch. 620 · 62 Stat. 1391 · June 24, 1948 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Edmund Huppler.

    Ch. 634 · 62 Stat. 1392 · June 24, 1948 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of the Moore Dry Dock Company, of Oakland, California.

    Ch. 635 · 62 Stat. 1392 · June 24, 1948 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the promotion of Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves to the permanent grade of major general, United States Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 635–A · 62 Stat. 1393 · June 24, 1948 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, to provide annuities for certain surviving spouses of annuitants retired prior to April 1, 1948.

    Ch. 636 · 62 Stat. 670 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Permitting the free entry of certain articles imported to promote international good will, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 637 · 62 Stat. 671 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

66. An Act To ratify and confirm amendments to certain contracts for the furnishing of petroleum products to the United States.

    Ch. 643 · 62 Stat. 671 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

67. An Act To codify and enact into law Title 3 of the United States Code, entitled “The President”.

    Ch. 644 · 62 Stat. 672 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

68. An Act To revise, codify, and enact into positive law, Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled “Crimes and Criminal Procedure”.

    Ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 683 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

69. An Act To revise, codify, and enact into law title 28 of the United States Code entitled “Judicial Code and Judiciary”.

    Ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 869 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 647 · 62 Stat. 1009 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the administration of military justice within the United States Air Force, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 648 · 62 Stat. 1014 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Organic Act of Puerto Rico.

    Ch. 649 · 62 Stat. 1015 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

73. An Act To fix the rank of the Assistant to the Chief of Engineers in charge of river and harbor and flood-control improvements.

    Ch. 650 · 62 Stat. 1015 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To increase the sum authorized to be appropriated for the presentation to Eire of a statue of Commodore John Barry.

    Ch. 651 · 62 Stat. 1015 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

75. An Act Relating to the payment of fees, expenses, and costs of jurors.

    Ch. 652 · 62 Stat. 1016 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

76. An Act To amend section 2 of an Act, entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of a probation system in the United States courts, except in the District of Columbia”, approved March 4, 1925, as amended (18 U. S. C. 725).

    Ch. 653 · 62 Stat. 1016 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

77. An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to permit certain expenditures, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 654 · 62 Stat. 1017 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

78. Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 655 · 62 Stat. 1019 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

79. An Act To amend section 332 (a) of the Nationality Act of 1940.

    Ch. 656 · 62 Stat. 1026 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

80. An Act To amend the Act of June 19, 1934, providing for the establishment of the National Archives, so as to provide that certain fees collected by the Archivist shall be available for disbursement in the interest of the National Archives.

    Ch. 657 · 62 Stat. 1026 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

81. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 658 · 62 Stat. 1027 · June 25, 1948 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Frantisek Jiri Pavlik or Georg Pavlik.

    Ch. 638 · 62 Stat. 1393 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Henry Hill.

    Ch. 639 · 62 Stat. 1394 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of William Nally.

    Ch. 640 · 62 Stat. 1394 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Harry A. Light (formerly Mrs. Elsie Purvey).

    Ch. 641 · 62 Stat. 1395 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Dimitri Petrou.

    Ch. 642 · 62 Stat. 1395 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Markoto Iwamatsu, Atsushi Jun Iwamatsu, and Tomoe Iwamatsu.

    Ch. 659 · 62 Stat. 1395 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Sarah Lee Cregg.

    Ch. 660 · 62 Stat. 1396 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Anthony Arancio.

    Ch. 661 · 62 Stat. 1396 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Hiro Higa and Kana Higa.

    Ch. 662 · 62 Stat. 1396 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Miss Rosella M. Kostenbader.

    Ch. 663 · 62 Stat. 1397 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the estate of Vito Abarno.

    Ch. 664 · 62 Stat. 1397 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Robert E. Graham.

    Ch. 665 · 62 Stat. 1398 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the estate of David Jefferson Janow, deceased.

    Ch. 666 · 62 Stat. 1398 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Joseph M. Henry.

    Ch. 667 · 62 Stat. 1398 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary H. Overall and Thomas I. Baker.

    Ch. 668 · 62 Stat. 1399 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Douglas L. Craig.

    Ch. 669 · 62 Stat. 1399 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Gerald S. Furman.

    Ch. 670 · 62 Stat. 1400 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice chiropractic in the District of Columbia to Samuel O. Burdette

    Ch. 671 · 62 Stat. 1400 · June 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the Coast Guard to establish, maintain, and operate aids to navigation.

     Ch. 672 · 62 Stat. 1050 · June 26, 1948 · Original text