Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To Authorize the exchange of lands acquired by the United States for the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, Oregon, for the purpose of consolidating holdings therein, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 100 · 61 Stat. 129 · June 9, 1947 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the reincorporation of Export-Import Bank of Washington, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 101 · 61 Stat. 130 · June 9, 1947 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize an adequate White House Police force.

   Ch. 102 · 61 Stat. 132 · June 9, 1947 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to continue and establish offices in the territory of the Republic of the Philippines.

   Ch. 103 · 61 Stat. 132 · June 14, 1947 · Original text

5. An Act To amend sections 3533 and 3536 of the Revised Statutes with respect to deviations in standard of ingots and weight of silver coins.

   Ch. 104 · 61 Stat. 132 · June 14, 1947 · Original text

6. An Act To extend until June 30, 1949, the period of time during which persons may serve in certain executive departments and agencies without being prohibited from acting as counsel, agent, or attorney for prosecuting claims against the United States by reason of having so served.

   Ch. 105 · 61 Stat. 133 · June 14, 1947 · Original text

7. 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. 106 · 61 Stat. 133 · June 14, 1947 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant a private right-of-way to Roscoe L. Wood.

   Ch. 107 · 61 Stat. 968 · June 14, 1947 · Private law · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To prepare a revised edition of the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America as published in 1938 as Senate Document 232 of the Seventy-fourth Congress.

   Ch. 108 · 61 Stat. 133 · June 17, 1947 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section 17 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, so as to increase the pay of cadets and midshipmen at the service academies, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 109 · 61 Stat. 134 · June 20, 1947 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Blanche E. Broad.

    Ch. 110 · 61 Stat. 969 · June 20, 1947 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To make criminally liable persons who negligently allow prisoners in their custody to escape.

    Ch. 111 · 61 Stat. 134 · June 21, 1947 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1830, as amended, so as to extend the benefits of such Act to the Official Reporters of Debates in the Senate and persons employed by them in connection with the performance of their duties as such reporters.

    Ch. 112 · 61 Stat. 135 · June 21, 1947 · Original text

14. An Act To grant to the Arthur Alexander Post Numbered 68, The American Legion, of Belzoni, Mississippi, all of the reversionary interest reserved to the United States in lands conveyed to said post pursuant to Act of Congress approved June 29, 1938.

    Ch. 113 · 61 Stat. 135 · June 21, 1947 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes”, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 114 · 61 Stat. 136 · June 21, 1947 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Joseph Ochrimowski.

    Ch. 115 · 61 Stat. 969 · June 21, 1947 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ida Elma Franklin.

    Ch. 116 · 61 Stat. 969 · June 21, 1947 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Elwood L. Keeler.

    Ch. 117 · 61 Stat. 970 · June 21, 1947 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Therese R. Cohen.

    Ch. 118 · 61 Stat. 970 · June 21, 1947 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Gilda Cowan, a minor.

    Ch. 119 · 61 Stat. 970 · June 21, 1947 · Private law · Original text

21. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947

    An Act To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to provide additional facilities for the mediation of labor disputes affecting commerce, to equalize legal responsibilities of labor organizations and employers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 120 · 61 Stat. 136 · June 23, 1947 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for emergency flood-control work made necessary by recent floods, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 121 · 61 Stat. 163 · June 23, 1947 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Marion O. Cassady.

    Ch. 122 · 61 Stat. 971 · June 23, 1947 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Eva Bilobran.

    Ch. 123 · 61 Stat. 971 · June 23, 1947 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office”, approved March 6, 1902 as amended (the collection and publication of statistical information by the Bureau of the Census).

    Ch. 124 · 61 Stat. 163 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

26. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

    An Act To regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 125 · 61 Stat. 163 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands within theShiloh National Military Park, Tennessee, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 126 · 61 Stat. 173 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the patenting of certain public lands to the State of Montana or to the Board of County Commissioners of Hill County, Montana, for public-park purposes.

    Ch. 127 · 61 Stat. 173 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the addition of certain surplus Government lands to the Otter Creek Recreational Demonstration Area, in the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. 128 · 61 Stat. 174 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

30. An Act To grant a certain water right and a certain parcel of land in Clark County, Nevada, to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Ch. 129 · 61 Stat. 176 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District increasing the reimbursable construction cost obligation of the district to the United States for construction of the Mancos project and extending the repayment period.

    Ch. 130 · 61 Stat. 176 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

32. Forest Pest Control Act

    An Act To provide for the protection of forests against destructive insects and diseases, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 141 · 61 Stat. 177 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial to the dead of the First Infantry Division, United States Forces, World War II.

    Ch. 142 · 61 Stat. 178 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

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

    Ch. 143 · 61 Stat. 178 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code in respect of distributions by personal holding companies.

    Ch. 144 · 61 Stat. 179 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize payment of allowances to three inspectors of the Metropolitan Police force for the use of their privately owned motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 145 · 61 Stat. 179 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

37. An Act To amend paragraph 8 of part VII, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, to authorize an appropriation of $3,000,000 as a revolving fund in lieu of $1,500,000 now authorized, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 146 · 61 Stat. 180 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

38. An Act To amend further section 4 of the Public Debt Act of 1941, as amended, and clarify its application, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 147 · 61 Stat. 180 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Paonia Federal reclamation project, Colorado.

    Ch. 148 · 61 Stat. 181 · June 25, 1947 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Robert B. Jones.

    Ch. 131 · 61 Stat. 972 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Alva R. Moore.

    Ch. 132 · 61 Stat. 972 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of John H. Gradwell.

    Ch. 133 · 61 Stat. 973 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Robert C. Birkes.

    Ch. 134 · 61 Stat. 973 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Francis Eugene Hardin, a minor.

    Ch. 135 · 61 Stat. 973 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the estate of Rubert W. Alexander.

    Ch. 136 · 61 Stat. 974 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of certain owners of land who suffered loss by fire in Lake Landing Township, Hyde County, North Carolina.

    Ch. 137 · 61 Stat. 974 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of the estate of Thomas Gambacorto.

    Ch. 138 · 61 Stat. 975 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Colonel Frank R. Loyd.

    Ch. 139 · 61 Stat. 976 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Sylvia De Cicco.

    Ch. 140 · 61 Stat. 976 · June 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to permit the delivery of water from the District of Columbia and Arlington County water systems to the Falls Church or other water systems in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia in Virginia.

    Ch. 149 · 61 Stat. 181 · June 26, 1947 · Original text

51. An Act To admit the American-owned ferry Crosline to American registry and to permit its use in coastwise trade.

    Ch. 150 · 61 Stat. 182 · June 26, 1947 · Original text

52. An Act To amend section 2 (a) of the National Housing Act, as amended.

    Ch. 152 · 61 Stat. 182 · June 26, 1947 · Original text

53. An Act To declare the policy of the United States with respect to the allocation of costs of construction of the Coachella Division of the All-American Canal irrigation project, California.

    Ch. 153 · 61 Stat. 183 · June 26, 1947 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia to make certain changes in its certificate of incorporation with respect to stated objects.

    Ch. 151 · 61 Stat. 976 · June 26, 1947 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of A. A. Pelletier and P. C. Silk.

    Ch. 154 · 61 Stat. 977 · June 26, 1947 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Southeastern Sand and Gravel Company.

    Ch. 155 · 61 Stat. 977 · June 26, 1947 · Private law · Original text

57. Second Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1947

    An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 156 · 61 Stat. 183 · June 27, 1947 · Original text

58. An Act To continue a system of nurseries and nursery schools for the day care of school-age and under-school-age children in the District of Columbia through June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 157 · 61 Stat. 188 · June 27, 1947 · Original text

59. An Act Authorizing certain agreements with respect to rights in helium-bearing gas lands in the Navajo Indian Reservation, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 158 · 61 Stat. 189 · June 27, 1947 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution To strengthen the common defense and to meet industrial needs for tin by providing for the maintenance of a domestic tin-smelting industry.

    Ch. 159 · 61 Stat. 190 · June 28, 1947 · Original text

61. An Act To extend the period of validity of the Act to facilitate the admission into the United States of the alien fiancees or fiances of members of the armed forces of the United States.

    Ch. 160 · 61 Stat. 190 · June 28, 1947 · Original text

62. An Act To continue temporary authority of the Maritime Commission until March 1, 1948.

    Ch. 161 · 61 Stat. 190 · June 28, 1947 · Original text

63. An Act To stimulate volunteer enlistments in the Regular Military Establishment of the United States.

    Ch. 162 · 61 Stat. 191 · June 28, 1947 · Original text

64. Housing and Rent Act of 1947

    An Act Relative to maximum rents on housing accommodations; to repeal certain provisions of Public Law 388, Seventy-ninth Congress, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 163 · 61 Stat. 193 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

65. An Act To continue the Commodity Credit Corporation as an agency of the United States until June 30, 1948.

    Ch. 164 · 61 Stat. 201 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

66. An Act To extend until July 1, 1949, the period during which income from agricultural labor and nursing services may be disregarded by the States in making old-age assistance payments without prejudicing their rights to grants-in-aid under the Social Security Act.

    Ch. 165 · 61 Stat. 202 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution To extend the succession, lending powers, and the functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    Ch. 166 · 61 Stat. 202 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To recognize uncompensated services rendered the Nation under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 61 Stat. 210 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

69. An Act To permit certain naval personnel to count all active service rendered under temporary appointment as warrant or commissioned officers in the United States Navy and the United States Naval Reserve, or in the United States Marine Corps and the United States Marine Corps Reserve, for purposes of promotion to commissioned warrant officer in the United States Navy or the United States Marine Corps, respectively.

    Ch. 168 · 61 Stat. 210 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the county of Pittsburg, Oklahoma, a perpetual easement for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a public highway over a portion of the United States naval ammunition depot, McAlester, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 169 · 61 Stat. 210 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the designation of Army mail clerks and assistant Army mail clerks”, approved August 21, 1941 (55 Stat. 656), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 170 · 61 Stat. 211 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize patenting of certain lands to Public Hospital District Numbered 2, Clallam County, Washington, for hospital purposes.

    Ch. 171 · 61 Stat. 211 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

73. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the school board of the Moclips-Aloha District for the construction and equipment of a new school building in the town of Moclips, Grays Harbor County, Washington, to be available to both Indian and non-Indian children.

    Ch. 172 · 61 Stat. 211 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, State of Maryland, a permanent easement for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and servicing a subterranean water main in, on, and across the land of the United States Coast Guard station called “Lazaretto depot”, Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 173 · 61 Stat. 212 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, State of Maryland, a permanent easement for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and servicing two subterranean water mains in, on, and across the land of Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland.

    Ch. 174 · 61 Stat. 212 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the Eighty-first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 10 to 14, 1947.

    Ch. 175 · 61 Stat. 212 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

77. An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 181 · 61 Stat. 213 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Act with respect to qualifications of part-time referees in bankruptcy.

    Ch. 182 · 61 Stat. 213 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To provide for permanent rates of postage on mail matter of the first class, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 183 · 61 Stat. 213 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution To continue for a temporary period of fifteen days certain controls now exercised by the President under the Second War Powers Act, 1942, and under the Export Control Act.

    Ch. 184 · 61 Stat. 214 · June 30, 1947 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Authorizing the presentation of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Rear Admiral Charles E. Rosendahl, United States Navy.

    Ch. 176 · 61 Stat. 978 · June 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to issue posthumously to the late Roy Stanley Geiger, lieutenant general, United States Marine Corps, a commission as general, United States Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 177 · 61 Stat. 978 · June 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Claude R. Hall and Florence V. Hall.

    Ch. 178 · 61 Stat. 978 · June 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Fuku Kurokawa Thurn.

    Ch. 179 · 61 Stat. 979 · June 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Frederick Faber Wesche (formerly Ann Maureen Bell).

    Ch. 180 · 61 Stat. 979 · June 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

86. Joint Resolution Providing for membership and participation by the United States in the International Refugee Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 185 · 61 Stat. 214 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

87. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 186 · 61 Stat. 216 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

88. An Act To preserve historic graveyards in abandoned military posts.

    Ch. 187 · 61 Stat. 234 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

89. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the management and operation of naval plantations, outside the continental United States”, approved June 28, 1944.

    Ch. 188 · 61 Stat. 234 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to appoint, for supply duty only, officers of the line of the Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 189 · 61 Stat. 235 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Acts of October 14, 1942 (56 Stat. 786), as amended, and November 28, 1943 (57 Stat. 593), as amended, so as to authorize transportation of dependents and household effects of personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to overseas bases.

    Ch. 190 · 61 Stat. 236 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

92. An Act Relinquishing to the State of Illinois certain right, title, or interest of the United States of America, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 191 · 61 Stat. 237 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

93. An Act To amend existing laws relating to military leave of certain employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia so as to equalize rights to leave of absence and reemployment for such employees who are members of the Enlisted or Officers’ Reserve Corps, the National Guard or the Naval Reserve, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 192 · 61 Stat. 238 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

94. An Act To provide seniority benefits for certain officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who are veterans of World War II and lost opportunity for promotion by reason of their service in the armed forces of the United States.

    Ch. 193 · 61 Stat. 240 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

95. An Act To correct an error in section 342 (b) (8) of the Nationality Act of 1940, as amended.

    Ch. 194 · 61 Stat. 240 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To grant authority for the erection of a permanent building for the American National Red Cross, District of Columbia Chapter, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 195 · 61 Stat. 241 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to the Marine Corps dead of all wars.

    Ch. 196 · 61 Stat. 242 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

98. An Act To further amend section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, so as to provide for the clothing allowance of enlisted men of the Army, Marine Corps, and Marine Corps Reserve.

    Ch. 202 · 61 Stat. 242 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to pay certain expenses incident to training, attendance, and participation of personnel of the Army of the United States and of the naval service, respectively, in the Seventh Winter Sports Olympic Games and the Fourteenth Olympic Games and for future Olympic games.

    Ch. 203 · 61 Stat. 243 · July 1, 1947 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Allen T. Feamster, Junior.

     Ch. 197 · 61 Stat. 979 · July 1, 1947 · Private law · Original text