Every law Congress has passed

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

1. The Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1949

   An Act Making appropriations for Government corporations and independent executive agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 773 · 62 Stat. 1183 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

2. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for insanity proceedings in the District of Columbia”, approved August 9, 1939.

   Ch. 774 · 62 Stat. 1195 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

3. The Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949

   An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 775 · 62 Stat. 1196 · June 30, 1948 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Charles Duncan Montieth.

   Ch. 776 · 62 Stat. 1413 · June 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To reimburse the James and Phelps Construction Company.

   Ch. 777 · 62 Stat. 1414 · June 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of the Allied Aviation Corporation.

   Ch. 778 · 62 Stat. 1414 · June 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the Cannon Valley Milling Company.

   Ch. 779 · 62 Stat. 1414 · June 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of James W. Adkins and Mary Clark Adkins.

   Ch. 780 · 62 Stat. 1415 · June 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Thomas A. Hanley.

   Ch. 781 · 62 Stat. 1415 · June 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Otto Kraus, receiver of the Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company.

    Ch. 782 · 62 Stat. 1416 · June 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To amend subsection (c) of section 19 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 783 · 62 Stat. 1206 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 784 · 62 Stat. 1206 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

13. An Act To assist by grants-in-aid the Republic of the Philippines in providing medical care and treatment for certain veterans.

    Ch. 785 · 62 Stat. 1210 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution To continue until March 1, 1949, the authority of the United States Maritime Commission to make provision for certain ocean transportation service to, from, and within Alaska.

    Ch. 786 · 62 Stat. 1211 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize an increase in the annual appropriation for the maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory.

    Ch. 787 · 62 Stat. 1213 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

16. An Act To increase the rates of service-connected death compensation payable to certain widows, children, and dependent parents of persons who served in the active military or naval service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 788 · 62 Stat. 1213 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution Relating to the marital deduction, for estate-tax purposes, in the case of life insurance or annuity payments.

    Ch. 789 · 62 Stat. 1214 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for sale to the Crow Tribe of interests in the estates of deceased Crow Indian allottees, and to provide for the sale of certain lands to the Board of County Commissioners of Comanche County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 790 · 62 Stat. 1214 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the procurement and supply of Government headstones or markers for unmarked graves of members of the armed forces dying in the service or after honorable discharge therefrom, and other persons, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 791 · 62 Stat. 1215 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 by redefining certain powers of the Administrator, by authorizing delegation of certain powers by the Civil Aeronautics Board to the Administrator, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 792 · 62 Stat. 1216 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

21. An Act Authorizing a per capita payment of $50 each to the members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation.

    Ch. 793 · 62 Stat. 1218 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Trading With the Enemy Act.

    Ch. 794 · 62 Stat. 1218 · July 1, 1948 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Rose Mary Ammirato, a minor.

    Ch. 795 · 62 Stat. 1416 · July 1, 1948 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Aubrey F. Houston.

    Ch. 796 · 62 Stat. 1417 · July 1, 1948 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of The William J. Burns International Detective Agency.

    Ch. 797 · 62 Stat. 1417 · July 1, 1948 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To extend the time for commencing the construction of a toll bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas.

    Ch. 798 · 62 Stat. 1219 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

27. An Act To provide that the rates of compensation for disabilities incurred in active military or naval service other than in a period of war service shall be equal to 80 per centum of the rates payable for similar disabilities incurred during active service in time of war.

    Ch. 804 · 62 Stat. 1219 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

28. An Act To provide increases of compensation for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who have dependents.

    Ch. 805 · 62 Stat. 1219 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Pensacola National Monument.

    Ch. 806 · 62 Stat. 1220 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to provide annuities for certain Federal employees who have rendered at least twenty years’ service in the investigation, apprehension, or detention of persons suspected or convicted of offenses against the United States.

    Ch. 807 · 62 Stat. 1221 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

31. An Act To create a commission to hear and determine the claims of certain motor carriers.

    Ch. 808 · 62 Stat. 1222 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

32. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the State of New York with respect to offenses committed on Indian reservations within such State.

    Ch. 809 · 62 Stat. 1224 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 in connection with the training of Filipinos as provided for in title III.

    Ch. 810 · 62 Stat. 1224 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

34. National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948

    An Act To promote the common defense by providing for the retention and maintenance of a national reserve of industrial productive capacity, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 811 · 62 Stat. 1225 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

35. An Act Providing for the more expeditious determination of certain claims filed by Ute Indians.

    Ch. 812 · 62 Stat. 1228 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to sell and convey to Okaloosa County, State of Florida, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a portion of Santa Rosa Island, Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 813 · 62 Stat. 1229 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the Attorney General to adjudicate certain claims resulting from evacuation of certain persons of Japanese ancestry under military orders.

    Ch. 814 · 62 Stat. 1231 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

38. An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain lands in Park County, Wyoming, to the State of Wyoming.

    Ch. 815 · 62 Stat. 1233 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

39. An Act To amend the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944 to extend the benefits of such Act to certain mothers of veterans.

    Ch. 816 · 62 Stat. 1233 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force to donate excess and surplus property for educational purposes.

    Ch. 817 · 62 Stat. 1233 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for making available the Government-owned alcohol plants at Muscatine, Iowa, Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska, for the production of products from agricultural commodities in the furtherance of authorized programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 818 · 62 Stat. 1234 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands and interests therein between the city of San Diego, California, and the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 819 · 62 Stat. 1235 · July 2, 1948 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Gabel Construction Company.

    Ch. 799 · 62 Stat. 1417 · July 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of the Massman Construction Company.

    Ch. 800 · 62 Stat. 1418 · July 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the estate of Rudolph Maximilian Goepp, Junior.

    Ch. 801 · 62 Stat. 1418 · July 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Captain Carroll C. Garretson.

    Ch. 802 · 62 Stat. 1419 · July 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of E. Brevard Walker, trading as E. B. Walker Lumber Company.

    Ch. 803 · 62 Stat. 1419 · July 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of the United States Radiator Corporation of Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 820 · 62 Stat. 1420 · July 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To reimburse the Luther Brothers Construction Company.

    Ch. 821 · 62 Stat. 1420 · July 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To provide for the payment of revenues from certain lands into the tribal funds of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 822 · 62 Stat. 1237 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

51. An Act To provide assistance in the recruitment and distribution of farm labor for the increased production, harvesting, and preparation for market of agricultural commodities to meet domestic needs and foreign commitment.

    Ch. 823 · 62 Stat. 1238 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of Juliette Low, founder and organizer of Girl Scouting in the United States of America.

    Ch. 824 · 62 Stat. 1239 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 5, Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 825 · 62 Stat. 1239 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

54. War Claims Act of 1948

    An Act To amend the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended; to create a commission to make an inquiry and report with respect to war claims; and to provide for relief for internees in certain cases.

    Ch. 826 · 62 Stat. 1240 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

55. Agricultural Act of 1948

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to stabilize prices of agricultural commodities; to amend section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 827 · 62 Stat. 1247 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for extension of the terms of office of the present members of the Atomic Energy Commission.

    Ch. 828 · 62 Stat. 1259 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

57. An Act To permit refund or credit to brewers of taxes paid on beer lost in bottling operations.

    Ch. 829 · 62 Stat. 1259 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

58. Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948

    An Act To provide for permanent postal rates and to provide pay increases for Government employees.

    Ch. 830 · 62 Stat. 1260 · July 3, 1948 · Original text

59. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the joint claims of Silas Mason Company, Incorporated; Walsh Construction Company; and Atkinson-Kier Company.

    Ch. 831 · 62 Stat. 1421 · July 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

60. Housing Act of 1948

    An Act To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 832 · 62 Stat. 1268 · August 10, 1948 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To provide for an extension of time within which the Joint Committee on Labor-Management Relations shall make its final report.

    Ch. 833 · 62 Stat. 1286 · August 10, 1948 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution To authorize the President, following appropriation of the necessary funds by the Congress, to bring into effect on the part of the United States the loan agreement of the United States of America and the United Nations signed at Lake Success, New York, March 23, 1948.

    Ch. 834 · 62 Stat. 1286 · August 11, 1948 · Original text

63. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1949

    Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the Housing and Home Finance Agency and the Veterans’ Administration.

    Ch. 835 · 62 Stat. 1289 · August 13, 1948 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To aid in protecting the Nation’s economy against inflationary pressures.

    Ch. 836 · 62 Stat. 1291 · August 16, 1948 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To extend for sixty days the time within which the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government may make a report of its findings and recommendations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 837 · 62 Stat. 1292 · December 31, 1948 · Original text