Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claims arising out of the deaths of Norman Ray Pedron and Carl Franklin Morris.

   Ch. 500 · 61 Stat. 1016 · August 5, 1947 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of A. E. McCartney and others.

   Ch. 501 · 61 Stat. 1017 · August 5, 1947 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To increase the number of authorized aviation stations operated by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 502 · 61 Stat. 786 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

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

   Ch. 503 · 61 Stat. 786 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

5. An Act To define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 504 · 61 Stat. 787 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

6. An Act To amend Public Law 88, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved June 23, 1945.

   Ch. 505 · 61 Stat. 788 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

7. An Act To change the order of priority for payment out of the German special deposit account, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 506 · 61 Stat. 789 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1976).

   Ch. 507 · 61 Stat. 790 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

9. An Act Relating to institutional on-farm training for veterans.

   Ch. 508 · 61 Stat. 791 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

10. An Act To extend the time within which applications may be made to the Railroad Retirement Board for certain refunds from the Unemployment Trust Fund.

    Ch. 509 · 61 Stat. 793 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

11. Social Security Act Amendments of 1947

    An Act To amend the Federal Insurance Contributions Act with respect to rates of tax on employers and employees, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 510 · 61 Stat. 793 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

12. An Act To carry into effect certain parts relating to patents of the treaties of peace with Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania, ratified by the Senate on June 5, 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 511 · 61 Stat. 794 · August 6, 1947 · Original text

13. Officer Personnel Act of 1947

    An Act To provide for the promotion and elimination of officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 512 · 61 Stat. 795 · August 7, 1947 · Original text

14. Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands

    An Act To promote the mining of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, gas, and sulfur on lands acquired by the United States.

    Ch. 513 · 61 Stat. 913 · August 7, 1947 · Original text

15. An Act To amend section 26, title I, chapter 1, of the Act entitled “An Act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 321), as amended by the Act of May 31, 1938 (52 Stat. 588).

    Ch. 514 · 61 Stat. 916 · August 8, 1947 · Original text

16. An Act To terminate certain tax provisions before the end of World War II.

    Ch. 515 · 61 Stat. 917 · August 8, 1947 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber within the Tongass National Forest.

    Ch. 516 · 61 Stat. 920 · August 8, 1947 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To authorize the temporary continuation of regulation of consumer credit.

    Ch. 517 · 61 Stat. 921 · August 8, 1947 · Original text

19. An Act To amend sections 1802 (a), 1802 (b), and 3481 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 518 · 61 Stat. 921 · August 8, 1947 · Original text

20. Sugar Act of 1948

    An Act To regulate commerce among the several States, with the Territories and possessions of the United States, and with foreign countries; to protect the welfare of consumers of sugars and of those engaged in the domestic sugar-producing industry; to promote the export trade of the United States; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 519 · 61 Stat. 922 · August 8, 1947 · Original text

21. Foreign Aid Act of 1947

    An Act To promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States by providing aid to certain foreign countries.

    Ch. 520 · 61 Stat. 934 · December 17, 1947 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the immediate relief of the Navajo and Hopi Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 521 · 61 Stat. 940 · December 19, 1947 · Original text

23. An Act To amend the Act of July 7, 1947, so as to authorize the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government to procure the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof.

    Ch. 522 · 61 Stat. 940 · December 19, 1947 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to publish the names and addresses of persons transacting business on the boards of trade, and the amounts of commodities purchased or sold by them; to furnish to committees of Congress upon request and to make public any such information in his possession; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 523 · 61 Stat. 941 · December 19, 1947 · Original text

25. Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948

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

    Ch. 524 · 61 Stat. 941 · December 23, 1947 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the National Housing Act, as amended.

    Ch. 525 · 61 Stat. 945 · December 27, 1947 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To aid in the stabilization of commodity prices, to aid in further stabilizing the economy of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 526 · 61 Stat. 945 · December 30, 1947 · Original text

28. An Act To extend veterans’ preference benefits to widowed mothers of certain ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen.

    Ch. 1 · 62 Stat. 3 · January 19, 1948 · Original text

29. An Act To amend section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 2 · 62 Stat. 4 · January 19, 1948 · Original text

30. An Act To provide increases in the rates of pension payable to veterans of Indian wars and the dependents of such veterans.

    Ch. 3 · 62 Stat. 4 · January 19, 1948 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the dependents of Carl B. Sanborn.

    Ch. 4 · 62 Stat. 1295 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the estate of Ruth Horton Hunter.

    Ch. 5 · 62 Stat. 1296 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of the estate of W. H. Rodgers, deceased.

    Ch. 6 · 62 Stat. 1296 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the estate of Daphne Ward Pope, deceased.

    Ch. 7 · 62 Stat. 1297 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Calvin J. Frederick.

    Ch. 8 · 62 Stat. 1297 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of William P. Gillingham.

    Ch. 9 · 62 Stat. 1297 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Leona McMinn Winkler.

    Ch. 10 · 62 Stat. 1298 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth F. McCombie.

    Ch. 11 · 62 Stat. 1298 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of J. C. Bateman.

    Ch. 12 · 62 Stat. 1298 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Charles J. Smith.

    Ch. 13 · 62 Stat. 1299 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Mattie A. Horner.

    Ch. 14 · 62 Stat. 1299 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Alfred Thomas Freitas.

    Ch. 15 · 62 Stat. 1300 · January 19, 1948 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, as amended.

    Ch. 16 · 62 Stat. 4 · January 26, 1948 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act so as to make such Act applicable to the officers and employees of the National Library for the Blind.

    Ch. 17 · 62 Stat. 5 · January 26, 1948 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Clinton R. Sharp.

    Ch. 18 · 62 Stat. 1300 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of loannis Stephanes.

    Ch. 19 · 62 Stat. 1300 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Anna M. Kinat (Mrs. John P. Taylor).

    Ch. 20 · 62 Stat. 1301 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Yoneko Nakazawa.

    Ch. 21 · 62 Stat. 1301 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Thomas Abadia.

    Ch. 22 · 62 Stat. 1301 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Santiago Naveran.

    Ch. 23 · 62 Stat. 1301 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Antonio Arguinzonis.

    Ch. 24 · 62 Stat. 1302 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Simon Fermin Ibarra.

    Ch. 25 · 62 Stat. 1302 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Pedro Ugalde.

    Ch. 26 · 62 Stat. 1303 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Julian Uriarte.

    Ch. 27 · 62 Stat. 1303 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Juan Llona.

    Ch. 28 · 62 Stat. 1303 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Troy Charles Davis, Junior.

    Ch. 29 · 62 Stat. 1304 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 30 · 62 Stat. 1304 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Ada B. Foss.

    Ch. 31 · 62 Stat. 1304 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Damian Gandiaga.

    Ch. 32 · 62 Stat. 1305 · January 26, 1948 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers’ Home located at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 564).

    Ch. 35 · 62 Stat. 5 · January 27, 1948 · Original text

61. United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948

    An Act To promote the better understanding of the United States among the peoples of the world and to strengthen cooperative international relations.

    Ch. 36 · 62 Stat. 6 · January 27, 1948 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Belmont Properties Corporation.

    Ch. 33 · 62 Stat. 1305 · January 27, 1948 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Colonel William J. Kennard.

    Ch. 34 · 62 Stat. 1305 · January 27, 1948 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Lucy Jefferson Weil.

    Ch. 37 · 62 Stat. 1306 · January 27, 1948 · Private law · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Providing for membership and participation by the United States in the South Pacific Commission and authorizing an appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 38 · 62 Stat. 15 · January 28, 1948 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Oran Curry.

    Ch. 39 · 62 Stat. 1306 · January 29, 1948 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Frank J. Shaughnessy, collector of internal revenue, Syracuse, New York.

    Ch. 40 · 62 Stat. 1307 · January 30, 1948 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Relating to the exchange of certain private and Federal properties within Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 41 · 62 Stat. 16 · January 31, 1948 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution To change the date for filing the report of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report.

    Ch. 42 · 62 Stat. 16 · February 2, 1948 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Frankie Stalnaker.

    Ch. 43 · 62 Stat. 1307 · February 2, 1948 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the filing of actions in State courts to quiet title to lands described in a treaty between the United States and the Delaware Indians, dated October 3, 1818.

    Ch. 44 · 62 Stat. 17 · February 5, 1948 · Original text

72. An Act To empower the Secretary of the Interior to grant rights-of-way for various purposes across lands of individual Indians or Indian tribes, communities, bands or nations.

    Ch. 45 · 62 Stat. 17 · February 5, 1948 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the granting of certificates of competency to certain members of the Osage Indian Tribe in Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 46 · 62 Stat. 18 · February 5, 1948 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of John T. Hollandsworth, Junior.

    Ch. 47 · 62 Stat. 1307 · February 5, 1948 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Act of June 28, 1935, entitled “An Act to authorize participation by the United States in the Interparliamentary Union”.

    Ch. 48 · 62 Stat. 19 · February 6, 1948 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Isenhart.

    Ch. 49 · 62 Stat. 1307 · February 9, 1948 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Willie Ruth Chapman.

    Ch. 50 · 62 Stat. 1308 · February 9, 1948 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Making it a petty offense to enter any national-forest land while it is closed to the public.

    Ch. 51 · 62 Stat. 19 · February 10, 1948 · Original text

79. An Act To provide increased subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing certain courses under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 52 · 62 Stat. 19 · February 14, 1948 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section 30 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 2, sec. 25).

    Ch. 53 · 62 Stat. 20 · February 18, 1948 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Francesco and Natalia Picchi.

    Ch. 54 · 62 Stat. 1308 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elfreida Sakowsky Passant, alias Elfreida Sakowsky, alias Elfreida Pogue.

    Ch. 55 · 62 Stat. 1308 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Ruston Jamsetji Patell.

    Ch. 56 · 62 Stat. 1309 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Riyoko Patell.

    Ch. 57 · 62 Stat. 1309 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Audrey Ellen Gooch.

    Ch. 58 · 62 Stat. 1309 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of August W. Dietz.

    Ch. 59 · 62 Stat. 1310 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Maria Hedwig Feresz.

    Ch. 60 · 62 Stat. 1310 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the estate of John F. Hopperton, a minor, deceased.

    Ch. 61 · 62 Stat. 1310 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Daisy Park Farrow.

    Ch. 62 · 62 Stat. 1311 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Antone G. Pina.

    Ch. 63 · 62 Stat. 1311 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain land in the town of Cheverly, Prince Georges County, Maryland.

    Ch. 64 · 62 Stat. 1311 · February 18, 1948 · Private law · Original text

92. Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947

    An Act To facilitate procurement of supplies and services by the Departments of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, the Coast Guard, and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 65 · 62 Stat. 21 · February 19, 1948 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section 1, and provisions (6), (7), and (8) of section 3, and provision (3) of section 4 of chapter V of the Act or June 19, 1934, entitled “An Act to regulate the business of life insurance in the District of Columbia”, and to add sections 5a, 5b, and 5c thereto.

    Ch. 66 · 62 Stat. 27 · February 19, 1948 · Original text

94. An Act To provide for the free importation of synthetic-rubber scrap.

    Ch. 67 · 62 Stat. 34 · February 25, 1948 · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing the sale of undisposed of lots in Michel addition to the town of Polson, Montana.

    Ch. 68 · 62 Stat. 35 · February 25, 1948 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Yoneo Sakai.

    Ch. 69 · 62 Stat. 1312 · February 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hilda Margaret McGrew.

    Ch. 70 · 62 Stat. 1312 · February 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Anna Kong Mei.

    Ch. 71 · 62 Stat. 1312 · February 25, 1948 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To permit the issuance of unrestricted deeds for town-site lands held by Alaska natives, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 72 · 62 Stat. 35 · February 26, 1948 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands of the L’Anse Band of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.

     Ch. 73 · 62 Stat. 35 · February 27, 1948 · Original text