Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To provide secretaries for circuit and district judges.

   Ch. 300 · 61 Stat. 409 · July 23, 1947 · Original text

2. An Act To integrate certain personnel of the former Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation and the Bureau of Customs into the Regular Coast Guard, to establish the permanent commissioned personnel strength of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 301 · 61 Stat. 409 · July 23, 1947 · Original text

3. An Act To extend temporarily the time for filing applications for patents and for taking action in the United States Patent Office with respect thereto.

   Ch. 302 · 61 Stat. 413 · July 23, 1947 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the Act approved May 7, 1934, granting citizenship to the Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska.

   Ch. 304 · 61 Stat. 414 · July 23, 1947 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Fred Pittelli.

   Ch. 303 · 61 Stat. 997 · July 23, 1947 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska to provide for the exercise of zoning power in town sites on the public lands of the United States.

   Ch. 305 · 61 Stat. 414 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

7. An Act For expenditure of funds for cooperating with the public-school board at Walker, Minnesota, for the extension of public-school facilities to be available to all Indian children in the district.

   Ch. 306 · 61 Stat. 414 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Alaska game law.

   Ch. 307 · 61 Stat. 415 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

9. An Act To transfer the Panama Railroad pension fund to the civil service retirement and disability fund.

   Ch. 308 · 61 Stat. 415 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section 1602 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.

    Ch. 309 · 61 Stat. 416 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Act of February 12, 1925, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 311 · 61 Stat. 416 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

12. 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. 312 · 61 Stat. 417 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act providing for the transfer of the duties authorized and authority conferred by law upon the board of road commissioners in the Territory of Alaska to the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes”, approved June 30, 1932.

    Ch. 313 · 61 Stat. 418 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

14. An Act To declare the ownership of the timber on the allotments on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, and to authorize the sale thereof.

    Ch. 314 · 61 Stat. 418 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

15. An Act To provide additional funds for cooperation with public-school districts (organized and unorganized) in Mahnomen, Itasca, Pine, Becker, and Cass Counties, Minnesota, in the construction, improvement, and extension of school facilities to be available to both Indian and white children.

    Ch. 315 · 61 Stat. 418 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

16. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact relating to the better utilization of the fisheries (marine, shell, and anadromous) of the Pacific coast and creating the Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission.

    Ch. 316 · 61 Stat. 419 · July 24, 1947 · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Erie E. Howe.

    Ch. 310 · 61 Stat. 998 · July 24, 1947 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Alice Scott White a patent in fee to certain land.

    Ch. 317 · 61 Stat. 998 · July 24, 1947 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Becker Little Light

    Ch. 318 · 61 Stat. 998 · July 24, 1947 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Authorizing the sale, under supervision, of land of Richard Little Light.

    Ch. 319 · 61 Stat. 999 · July 24, 1947 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To make surplus property available for the alleviation of damage caused by flood or other catastrophe.

    Ch. 320 · 61 Stat. 422 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

22. An Act To amend Public Law 304, Seventy-seventh Congress.

    Ch. 321 · 61 Stat. 423 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

23. An Act Authorizing the transfer to the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, by the War Assets Administration of a portion of Fort McIntosh at Laredo, Texas, and certain personal property in connection therewith, without exchange of funds or reimbursement.

    Ch. 322 · 61 Stat. 423 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section 12 of the Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942, as amended, and to amend section 2 of the Act of June 16, 1936, as amended, so as to authorize lump-sum payments under the said Acts to the survivors of deceased officers without administration of estates.

    Ch. 323 · 61 Stat. 424 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

25. District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1948

    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, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 324 · 61 Stat. 425 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to express the intent of the Congress with reference to the regulation of the business of insurance”, approved March 9, 1945 (59 Stat. 33).

    Ch. 326 · 61 Stat. 448 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To terminate certain emergency and war powers.

    Ch. 327 · 61 Stat. 449 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the payment of certain sums to jobbers in connection with their logging of timber for the Menominee Indians on the Menominee Reservation during the logging season 1934–1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 328 · 61 Stat. 455 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

29. An Act To amend Public Law 301, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved February 18, 1946, so as to extend the benefits of the Missing Persons Act, approved March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. 143), as amended, to certain members of the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

    Ch. 329 · 61 Stat. 455 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

30. An Act To provide a central authority for standardizing geographic names for the purpose of eliminating duplication in standardizing such names among the Federal departments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 330 · 61 Stat. 456 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Director of the Census to collect, and publish statistics of cottonseed and cottonseed products, and for other purposes”, approved August 7, 1916.

    Ch. 331 · 61 Stat. 457 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

32. An Act To confer upon the Governor of Alaska the power to pardon and remit fines and forfeitures for offenses against laws of the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 332 · 61 Stat. 459 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Natural Gas Act approved June 21, 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 333 · 61 Stat. 459 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

34. An Act To enable the Osage Tribal Council to determine the bonus value of tracts offered for lease for oil, gas, and other mining purposes, Osage Mineral Reservation, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 334 · 61 Stat. 459 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

35. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 337 · 61 Stat. 460 · July 25, 1947 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Persis M. Nichols.

    Ch. 325 · 61 Stat. 999 · July 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Glenna J. Howrey.

    Ch. 335 · 61 Stat. 999 · July 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Roman Toporow.

    Ch. 336 · 61 Stat. 1000 · July 25, 1947 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to allow credits to and relieve certain disbursing and certifying officers of the War and Navy Departments in the settlement of certain accounts.

    Ch. 338 · 61 Stat. 493 · July 26, 1947 · Original text

40. An Act To extend provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to the Virgin Islands.

    Ch. 339 · 61 Stat. 493 · July 26, 1947 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to defer the collection of certain irrigation construction charges against lands under the Flathead Indian irrigation project.

    Ch. 340 · 61 Stat. 494 · July 26, 1947 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To provide for the appointment of Robert V. Fleming as a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Ch. 341 · 61 Stat. 494 · July 26, 1947 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act with respect to contribution rates after termination of military service.

    Ch. 342 · 61 Stat. 494 · July 26, 1947 · Original text

44. National Security Act of 1947

    An Act To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the national security.

    Ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 495 · July 26, 1947 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946 to provide that bonds issued under such Act shall be redeemable at any time after September 1, 1947, to permit settlement and compensation under such Act to be made in cash, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 344 · 61 Stat. 510 · July 26, 1947 · Original text

46. Sockeye Salmon Fishery Act of 1947

    An Act To provide for the protection, preservation, and extension of the sockeye salmon fishery of the Fraser River system, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 345 · 61 Stat. 511 · July 29, 1947 · Original text

47. The Supplemental Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for Government corporations and independent executive agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 346 · 61 Stat. 514 · July 29, 1947 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the creation of a game refuge in the Francis Marion National Forest in the State of South Carolina.

    Ch. 347 · 61 Stat. 516 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

49. An Act To regulate the interstate transportation of black bass and other game fish, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 348 · 61 Stat. 517 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the issuance of a special series of commemorative stamps in honor of Gold Star Mothers.

    Ch. 349 · 61 Stat. 518 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

51. An Act To transfer jurisdiction of certain lands comprising a portion of Acadia National Park, Maine, from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 350 · 61 Stat. 519 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the addition of certain revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands to the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 351 · 61 Stat. 519 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 352 · 61 Stat. 520 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to provide for the return of the amount of deductions from the compensation of any employee who is separated from the service or transferred to a position not within the purview of such Act before completing ten years of service.

    Ch. 353 · 61 Stat. 521 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

55. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497, 5 U. S. C., sec. 488), fixing the price of copies of records furnished by the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 354 · 61 Stat. 521 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act of July 6, 1945, relating to the classification and compensation of employees of the postal service, so as to provide proper recompense in the form of compensatory time for overtime performed by supervisors.

    Ch. 355 · 61 Stat. 522 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

57. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 356 · 61 Stat. 523 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

58. Military Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 357 · 61 Stat. 551 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

59. The Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations for Government corporations and independent executive agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 358 · 61 Stat. 574 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

60. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 359 · 61 Stat. 585 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

61. An Act To provide increases in the rates of pension payable to Spanish-American War and Civil War veterans and their dependents.

    Ch. 360 · 61 Stat. 610 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

62. The Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 361 · 61 Stat. 610 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

63. An Act To relocate the boundaries and reduce the area of the Gila Federal reclamation project, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 382 · 61 Stat. 628 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 2455 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to increase the size of isolated or disconnected tracts or parcels of the public domain which may be sold, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 383 · 61 Stat. 630 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

65. An Act To amend section 12 of the Immigration Act of 1917.

    Ch. 384 · 61 Stat. 630 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the National Convention of The American Legion to be held in New York, New York, August 28 to 31, 1947, and the National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, September 4 to 9, 1947.

    Ch. 385 · 61 Stat. 632 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

67. An Act To transfer part of block 14 and the school building thereon of Petersburg town site, Alaska, used for school purposes, to the town of Petersburg, Alaska.

    Ch. 386 · 61 Stat. 632 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

68. An Act To permit vessels of Canadian registry to transport certain merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and points in the continental United States.

    Ch. 387 · 61 Stat. 632 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

69. An Act To codify and enact into positive law, title 1 of the United States Code, entitled “General Provisions”.

    Ch. 388 · 61 Stat. 633 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

70. An Act To codify and enact into positive law title 4 of the United States Code, entitled “Flag and seal, Seat of Government, and the States”.

    Ch. 389 · 61 Stat. 641 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

71. An Act To codify and enact into positive law title 6 of the United States Code, entitled “Official and Penal Bonds”.

    Ch. 390 · 61 Stat. 646 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

72. An Act To codify and enact into positive law title 17 of the United States Code, entitled “Copyrights”.

    Ch. 391 · 61 Stat. 652 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

73. An Act To codify and enact into positive law, title 9 of the United States Code, entitled “Arbitration”.

    Ch. 392 · 61 Stat. 669 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Act of April 14, 1930, to provide increased retired pay for certain members of the former Life Saving Service.

    Ch. 393 · 61 Stat. 674 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

75. An Act To permit the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War to supply utilities and related services to welfare activities, and persons whose businesses or residences are in the immediate vicinity of naval or military activities and require utilities or related services not otherwise obtainable locally, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 394 · 61 Stat. 675 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

76. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Pennsylvania Power & Light Company to construct, maintain, and operate a dam in the Susquehanna River.

    Ch. 395 · 61 Stat. 675 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

77. An Act To ratify and confirm Act 10 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1947, extending the time within which revenue bonds may be issued and delivered under chapter 118, Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1945.

    Ch. 396 · 61 Stat. 676 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

78. An Act To provide for the establishment of a temporary Congressional Aviation Policy Board.

    Ch. 397 · 61 Stat. 676 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the Veterans’ Administration to acquire certain land as a site for the proposed Veterans’ Administration facility at Clarksburg, West Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 398 · 61 Stat. 677 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

80. An Act To expedite the disposition of Government surplus airports, airport facilities, and equipment and to assure their disposition in such manner as will best encourage and foster the development of civilian aviation and preserve for national defense purposes a strong, efficient, and properly maintained Nationwide system of public airports, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 404 · 61 Stat. 678 · July 30, 1947 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Julian M. Thomas.

    Ch. 362 · 61 Stat. 1000 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of William D. McCormick.

    Ch. 363 · 61 Stat. 1000 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Walter R. and Kathryn Marshall.

    Ch. 364 · 61 Stat. 1001 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Lewis H. Rich.

    Ch. 365 · 61 Stat. 1001 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Harley Shores.

    Ch. 366 · 61 Stat. 1002 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Charles W. Taylor, Junior.

    Ch. 367 · 61 Stat. 1002 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Myron R. Leard.

    Ch. 368 · 61 Stat. 1002 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of George Corenevsky.

    Ch. 369 · 61 Stat. 1003 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Georgia Lanser.

    Ch. 370 · 61 Stat. 1003 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the estate of George W. Coombs.

    Ch. 371 · 61 Stat. 1004 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Ralph Stanfield, a minor.

    Ch. 372 · 61 Stat. 1004 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To provide for the naturalization of certain United States Army personnel—Yugoslav fliers.

    Ch. 373 · 61 Stat. 1004 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Owen R. Brewster.

    Ch. 374 · 61 Stat. 1005 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Elmer A. Norris.

    Ch. 375 · 61 Stat. 1005 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Ruth A. Hairston.

    Ch. 376 · 61 Stat. 1006 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the firm of Barrett and Hilp.

    Ch. 377 · 61 Stat. 1006 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim two acres of land near Muirkirk, Maryland, to the Queens Chapel Methodist Church.

    Ch. 378 · 61 Stat. 1007 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Mack Gene Odom, a minor.

    Ch. 379 · 61 Stat. 1007 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of George Wesley Hobbs, a minor.

    Ch. 380 · 61 Stat. 1007 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of J. Rutledge Alford.

     Ch. 381 · 61 Stat. 1008 · July 30, 1947 · Private law · Original text