Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the laws relating to navigation, and for other purposes.”

   Ch. 673 · 62 Stat. 1051 · June 26, 1948 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the acceptance on behalf of the United States of a statue of General Jose Gervasio Artigas, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 674 · 62 Stat. 1051 · June 26, 1948 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing and binding of Cannon’s Procedure in the House of Representatives and providing that the same shall be subject to copyright by the author.

   Ch. 675 · 62 Stat. 1052 · June 26, 1948 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize an emergency fund for the Bureau of Reclamation to assure the continuous operation of its irrigation and power systems.

   Ch. 676 · 62 Stat. 1052 · June 26, 1948 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the permanent appointment in the Regular Army of one officer in the grade of general and to authorize the permanent appointment in the Regular Air Force of one officer in the grade of general, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 677 · 62 Stat. 1052 · June 26, 1948 · Original text

6. Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1948

   An Act To extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 678 · 62 Stat. 1053 · June 26, 1948 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Doris E. Snyder.

   Ch. 679 · 62 Stat. 1400 · June 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Archie Hamilton and Delbert Hamilton.

   Ch. 680 · 62 Stat. 1401 · June 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of William R. Ramsey.

   Ch. 681 · 62 Stat. 1401 · June 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Dennis Stanton.

    Ch. 682 · 62 Stat. 1402 · June 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of William C. Reese.

    Ch. 683 · 62 Stat. 1402 · June 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of John Watkins.

    Ch. 684 · 62 Stat. 1402 · June 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

13. Foreign Aid Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations for foreign aid, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 685 · 62 Stat. 1054 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Providing for participation by the Government of the United States in the Pan American Railway Congress, and authorizing an appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 686 · 62 Stat. 1060 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Independence National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 687 · 62 Stat. 1061 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940, as amended.

    Ch. 688 · 62 Stat. 1062 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey a certain tract of land in the State of Arkansas to Washington County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 689 · 62 Stat. 1065 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of State to perform certain consular-type functions within the United States and its Territories and possessions.

    Ch. 690 · 62 Stat. 1065 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the Hidalgo Bridge Company, its heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad toll bridge across the Rio Grande, at or near Hidalgo, Texas.

    Ch. 691 · 62 Stat. 1066 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 11 of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate barbers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”.

    Ch. 692 · 62 Stat. 1067 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Act of July 30, 1947, permitting vessels of Canadian registry to transport certain merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and points in the continental United States.

    Ch. 693 · 62 Stat. 1067 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

22. An Act To provide further benefits for certain employees of the United States who are veterans of World War II and lost opportunity for probational civil-service appointments by reason of their service in the armed forces of the United States, and who, due to service-connected disabilities, are unable to perform the duties of the positions for which examinations were taken.

    Ch. 694 · 62 Stat. 1068 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey certain land in Tennessee to the city of Johnson City.

    Ch. 695 · 62 Stat. 1068 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (Public Law 381, Eightieth Congress) and for other purposes.

    Ch. 696 · 62 Stat. 1069 · June 28, 1948 · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing the naturalization of Elizabeth Pickering Winn.

    Ch. 697 · 62 Stat. 1403 · June 28, 1948 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Jenness C. Thomas.

    Ch. 698 · 62 Stat. 1403 · June 28, 1948 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Chester O. Glenn.

    Ch. 699 · 62 Stat. 1403 · June 28, 1948 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of James D. Sigler and Frederick P. Vogelsand III.

    Ch. 700 · 62 Stat. 1404 · June 28, 1948 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Frank A. Constable.

    Ch. 701 · 62 Stat. 1404 · June 28, 1948 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Patricia Schwartz and Beatrice Schwartz.

    Ch. 702 · 62 Stat. 1405 · June 28, 1948 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To amend section 502 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.

    Ch. 703 · 62 Stat. 1070 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

32. Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act

    An Act To provide a Federal charter for the Commodity Credit Corporation.

    Ch. 704 · 62 Stat. 1070 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the issuance of a stamp commemorative of the two-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Alexandria, Virginia.

    Ch. 705 · 62 Stat. 1075 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

34. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code for the purpose of incorporating the Panama Railroad Company.

    Ch. 706 · 62 Stat. 1075 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the eighty–fifth anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

    Ch. 707 · 62 Stat. 1080 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

36. Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948

    An Act To provide for the elimination of Regular Army and Regular Air Force officers and for the retirement of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Army and the Regular Air Force, and to provide retirement benefits for members of the Reserve components of the Army of the United States, the Air Force of the United States, United States Navy and Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

    Ch. 708 · 62 Stat. 1081 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps in honor and commemoration of Moina Michael, originator of Flanders Field memorial poppy idea.

    Ch. 709 · 62 Stat. 1091 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Authorizing the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Rough Riders (First Volunteer United States Cavalry) of the Spanish-American War.

    Ch. 710 · 62 Stat. 1091 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

39. An Act To transfer administration of the Federal Credit Union Act to the Federal Security Agency.

    Ch. 711 · 62 Stat. 1091 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

40. Joint Resolution To change the name of the Potholes Dam in the Columbia Basin project to O’Sullivan Dam.

    Ch. 712 · 62 Stat. 1092 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the training of air-traffic control-tower operators.

    Ch. 713 · 62 Stat. 1093 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for a Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy and for a Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 714 · 62 Stat. 1094 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

43. An Act Relating to the arming of American vessels.

    Ch. 715 · 62 Stat. 1095 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

44. An Act To prohibit the importation of foreign wiki animals and birds under conditions other than humane, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 716 · 62 Stat. 1096 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for an air parcel-post service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 717 · 62 Stat. 1097 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

46. An Act To provide a revolving fund for the purchase of agricultural commodities and raw materials to be processed in occupied areas and sold.

    Ch. 718 · 62 Stat. 1098 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

47. An Act Authorizing the extension of the functions and duties of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, to military disciplinary barracks.

    Ch. 719 · 62 Stat. 1100 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey a certain parcel of land in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, to the University of Minnesota.

    Ch. 720 · 62 Stat. 1100 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the transfer of horses and equipment owned by the United States Army to the New Mexico Military Institute, a state institution, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 721 · 62 Stat. 1101 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

50. An Act To extend for two years the authority to provide for the maintenance of a domestic tin-smelting industry.

    Ch. 722 · 62 Stat. 1101 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended.

    Ch. 723 · 62 Stat. 1101 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To authorize and direct the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to investigate and study certain matters relating to parking lots in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 724 · 62 Stat. 1102 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Correcting Act establishing the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, as amended.

    Ch. 725 · 62 Stat. 1102 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Providing an extension of time for claiming credit or refund with respect to war losses

    Ch. 726 · 62 Stat. 1102 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

55. An Act To amend section 13 (a) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended.

    Ch. 727 · 62 Stat. 1103 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 624 of the Public Health Service Act so as to provide a minimum allotment of $100,000 to each State for the construction of hospitals.

    Ch. 728 · 62 Stat. 1103 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to convey to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for public-park and golf-course purposes, certain land situated within the boundaries of the Veterans’ Administration center at Cheyenne, Wyoming.

    Ch. 729 · 62 Stat. 1104 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for the extension and improvement of post-office facilities at Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 730 · 62 Stat. 1104 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

59. An Act To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to the State of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 731 · 62 Stat. 1104 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

60. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1948

    An Act To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 732 · 62 Stat. 1105 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

61. An Act To authorize appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation for payments to school districts on certain projects during their construction status.

    Ch. 733 · 62 Stat. 1108 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Act of July 6, 1945 (Public Law 134)

    Ch. 734 · 62 Stat. 1108 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

63. An Act To amend section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1902, as amended.

    Ch. 735 · 62 Stat. 1108 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

64. An Act To amend subsection 602 (f) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, to authorize renewal of level premium term insurance for a second five-year period, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 736 · 62 Stat. 1109 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

65. An Act To provide assistance to certain local school agencies overburdened with war-incurred, or postwar national-defense-incurred, enrollments.

    Ch. 737 · 62 Stat. 1110 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Federal Airport Act.

    Ch. 738 · 62 Stat. 1111 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

67. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1949

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

    Ch. 754 · 62 Stat. 1112 · June 29, 1948 · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of certain Basque aliens.

    Ch. 739 · 62 Stat. 1405 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Santiago Solabarrieta.

    Ch. 740 · 62 Stat. 1406 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Lydia A. Thompson.

    Ch. 741 · 62 Stat. 1406 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anna V. Reyer, Alexander A. Reyer, and Vitaly A. Reyer.

    Ch. 742 · 62 Stat. 1407 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Stefan Magura and Michal Magura.

    Ch. 743 · 62 Stat. 1407 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of sundry residents of Alaska, veterans of World War II.

    Ch. 744 · 62 Stat. 1407 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Leon Nikolaivich Volkov.

    Ch. 745 · 62 Stat. 1409 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Kam Fong Chun, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Dias, Joseph De Souza, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ayres, and Jose Oducado.

    Ch. 746 · 62 Stat. 1410 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the Territory of Hawaii to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claims of the executors and trustees of the estate of L. L. McCandless, deceased, as their interests may appear, against the United States of America.

    Ch. 747 · 62 Stat. 1410 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of the Growers Fertilizer Company, a Florida corporation.

    Ch. 748 · 62 Stat. 1411 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of George Cleve Williams.

    Ch. 749 · 62 Stat. 1411 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of the Cypress Creek Drainage District of the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 750 · 62 Stat. 1412 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of the Sumner County Colored Fair Association.

    Ch. 751 · 62 Stat. 1412 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Charles M. Davis.

    Ch. 752 · 62 Stat. 1412 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For reimbursement of the Hawaiian Dredging Company, Limited.

    Ch. 753 · 62 Stat. 1413 · June 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to proclaim February 1 as National Freedom Day.

    Ch. 755 · 62 Stat. 1150 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Providing for acceptance by the United States of America of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization Instrument of Amendment, and further authorizing an appropriation for payment of the United States share of the expenses of membership and for expenses of participation by the United States.

    Ch. 756 · 62 Stat. 1151 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Consenting to an interstate boundary compact by and between the States of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

    Ch. 757 · 62 Stat. 1152 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

86. Water Pollution Control Act

    An Act To provide for water pollution control activities in the Public Health Service of the Federal Security Agency and in the Federal Works Agency, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 758 · 62 Stat. 1155 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

87. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 759 · 62 Stat. 1161 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

88. An Act Validating certain conveyances of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company and waiving, relinquishing, and disclaiming all title and all right of reverted and forfeiture of the United States of America to the lands described in said conveyances.

    Ch. 760 · 62 Stat. 1161 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for certain administrative expenses in the Post Office Department, including retainment of pneumatic-tube systems, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 761 · 62 Stat. 1163 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

90. An Act To terminate the retirement system of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and to transfer that retirement fund to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

    Ch. 762 · 62 Stat. 1163 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

91. An Act To include as allowable service under the Act of July 6, 1945, service performed in the military forces and on war transfer by employees in the field service of the Post Office Department.

    Ch. 763 · 62 Stat. 1165 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

92. An Act To amend section 11 of the Act approved June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 317), relating to Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 764 · 62 Stat. 1165 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Act approved May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), as amended, to revise the roll of the Indians of California provided therein.

    Ch. 765 · 62 Stat. 1166 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

94. An Act To delay the liquidation of mineral interests reserved to the United States as required by the Farmers’ Home Administration Act of 1946, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 766 · 62 Stat. 1166 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

95. An Act To promote the interests of the Fort Hall Indian Irrigation project, Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 767 · 62 Stat. 1167 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

96. An Act To continue the Virgin Islands Company as an agency of the United States.

    Ch. 768 · 62 Stat. 1170 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

97. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title.

    Ch. 769 · 62 Stat. 1171 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

98. An Act To make imported beer and other similar imported fermented liquors subject to the internal-revenue tax on fermented liquor.

    Ch. 770 · 62 Stat. 1171 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 771 · 62 Stat. 1171 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

100. An Act To amend and supplement section 2 of the Act approved August 30, 1935, relating to the construction and financing of toll bridges over the Delaware River by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey.

     Ch. 772 · 62 Stat. 1183 · June 30, 1948 · Original text