Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Kazue Oda Takahashi.

   Ch. 174 · 62 Stat. 1328 · April 5, 1948 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Dave Hougardy.

   Ch. 175 · 62 Stat. 1329 · April 6, 1948 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Susan W. Roe.

   Ch. 176 · 62 Stat. 1329 · April 6, 1948 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To exempt Hawaii and Alaska from the requirements of the Act of April 29, 1902, relating to the procurement of statistics of trade between the United States and its noncontiguous territory.

   Ch. 177 · 62 Stat. 161 · April 7, 1948 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Willian L. Cunliffe.

   Ch. 178 · 62 Stat. 1329 · April 7, 1948 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To reopen the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands to exploration, location, entry, and disposition under the general mining laws.

   Ch. 179 · 62 Stat. 162 · April 8, 1948 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 180 · 62 Stat. 162 · April 9, 1948 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Houston Council, Navy League of the United States, to construct a reflecting pool at the United States naval hospital, Houston, Texas.

   Ch. 181 · 62 Stat. 170 · April 9, 1948 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Clarence J. Wilson and Margaret J. Wilson.

   Ch. 182 · 62 Stat. 1330 · April 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the States of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington to lease their State lands for production of minerals, including leases for exploration for oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons and the extraction thereof, for such terms of years and on such conditions as may be from time to time provided by the legislatures of the respective States.

    Ch. 183 · 62 Stat. 170 · April 13, 1948 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Edwin H. Griggs, or his estate.

    Ch. 184 · 62 Stat. 1330 · April 13, 1948 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the construction, extension, and improvement of a high-school building near Roosevelt, Utah, for the district embracing the east portion of Duchesne County and the west portion of Uintah County.

    Ch. 185 · 62 Stat. 170 · April 15, 1948 · Original text

13. An Act Relating to the construction and disposition of the San Jacinto-San Vicente aqueduct.

    Ch. 186 · 62 Stat. 171 · April 15, 1948 · Original text

14. An Act To provide additional time to the city of Newark, New Jersey, for paying certain installments on the purchase price of the Port Newark Army Base, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 62 Stat. 171 · April 15, 1948 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, to make it applicable to the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.

    Ch. 188 · 62 Stat. 172 · April 15, 1948 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Donat and Laura Laroche.

    Ch. 189 · 62 Stat. 1330 · April 15, 1948 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Merchants Motor Freight.

    Ch. 190 · 62 Stat. 1331 · April 15, 1948 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the construction of a chapel and a library at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, and to authorize the acceptance of private contributions to assist in defraying the cost of construction thereof.

    Ch. 191 · 62 Stat. 172 · April 17, 1948 · Original text

19. An Act To extend the provisions of the Federal Airport Act to the Virgin Islands.

    Ch. 192 · 62 Stat. 173 · April 17, 1948 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Hilario A. Goitia.

    Ch. 193 · 62 Stat. 1331 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Hayato Harris Ozawa.

    Ch. 194 · 62 Stat. 1332 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Esther Ringel.

    Ch. 195 · 62 Stat. 1332 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Betty Isabel Schunke.

    Ch. 196 · 62 Stat. 1332 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Wilhemina Piper Enz.

    Ch. 197 · 62 Stat. 1332 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Keum Nyu Park.

    Ch. 198 · 62 Stat. 1333 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of William B. Moore.

    Ch. 199 · 62 Stat. 1333 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Philip Lee Sjoerdt Huizenga.

    Ch. 200 · 62 Stat. 1333 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of John A. Dilboy.

    Ch. 201 · 62 Stat. 1334 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Margaret Katherine Hume.

    Ch. 202 · 62 Stat. 1334 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of A. J. Sprouffske.

    Ch. 203 · 62 Stat. 1334 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Daisy A. T. Jaegers.

    Ch. 204 · 62 Stat. 1335 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Mitsu M. Kobayashi, who is the wife of Edward T. Kobayashi; a citizen of the United States.

    Ch. 205 · 62 Stat. 1335 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of August Dane Tetuaearo.

    Ch. 206 · 62 Stat. 1335 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Jose Cabral Lorenzo.

    Ch. 207 · 62 Stat. 1336 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Mable Gladys Viducich.

    Ch. 208 · 62 Stat. 1336 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Marian D. McC. Plein.

    Ch. 209 · 62 Stat. 1336 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Technical Sergeant Tsuyoshi Matsumoto.

    Ch. 210 · 62 Stat. 1336 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Bruce Brothers Grain Company.

    Ch. 211 · 62 Stat. 1337 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Domingo Gandarias.

    Ch. 212 · 62 Stat. 1337 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Olive Irene Milloglav.

    Ch. 213 · 62 Stat. 1337 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Ladislao Vaida, Elena Vaida, and Stefano Vaida.

    Ch. 214 · 62 Stat. 1338 · April 17, 1948 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To amend section 7 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended, to provide for learners’ permits, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 215 · 62 Stat. 173 · April 20, 1948 · Original text

43. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia”, approved February 27, 1929, as amended.

    Ch. 216 · 62 Stat. 174 · April 20, 1948 · Original text

44. An Act To provide that compensation of members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the District of Columbia shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

    Ch. 217 · 62 Stat. 176 · April 20, 1948 · Original text

45. An Act To amend paragraph 1629 of the Tariff Act of 1930 so as to provide for the free importation of exposed X-ray film.

    Ch. 218 · 62 Stat. 176 · April 20, 1948 · Original text

46. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making 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. 219 · 62 Stat. 176 · April 20, 1948 · Original text

47. An Act To exclude certain vendors of newspapers or magazines from certain provisions of the Social Security Act and Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 222 · 62 Stat. 195 · April 20, 1948 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Martin A. King.

    Ch. 220 · 62 Stat. 1338 · April 20, 1948 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of certain officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of war conditions and whose claims for such losses have been considered and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendations of a Treasury claim board.

    Ch. 221 · 62 Stat. 1338 · April 20, 1948 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To provide that appointments of United States commissioners for the Isle Royale, Hawaii, Mammoth Cave, and Olympic National Parks shall be made by the United States district courts without the recommendation and approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

    Ch. 223 · 62 Stat. 196 · April 21, 1948 · Original text

51. An Act To transfer the Remount Service from the Department of the Army to the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 224 · 62 Stat. 197 · April 21, 1948 · Original text

52. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 225 · 62 Stat. 198 · April 21, 1948 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mary D. Briggs, deceased.

    Ch. 226 · 62 Stat. 1339 · April 21, 1948 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Claude T. Thomas, legal guardian of Elizabeth Ann Mervine, a minor, and the estates of Mary L. Poole, deceased, and Hazel S. Thomas, deceased.

    Ch. 227 · 62 Stat. 1339 · April 21, 1948 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To confirm title in fee simple in Thomas Loflin to certain lands in Rankin County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 228 · 62 Stat. 1340 · April 21, 1948 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research on foot-and-mouth disease and other diseases of animals and to amend the Act of May 29, 1884 (23 Stat. 31), as amended, by adding another section.

    Ch. 229 · 62 Stat. 198 · April 24, 1948 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize transfer of surplus real property to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior for consolidation of Federal holdings within areas administered by the National Park Service.

    Ch. 230 · 62 Stat. 199 · April 24, 1948 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution To provide for the commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the establishment of the Department of the Navy.

    Ch. 231 · 62 Stat. 199 · April 26, 1948 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the conveyance to the State of Maryland, for the use of the University of Maryland, of the northern portion of a parcel of land previously constituting a part of the campus of the university and previously conveyed by the State of Maryland to the United States for the use of the Bureau of Mines.

    Ch. 232 · 62 Stat. 200 · April 27, 1948 · Original text

60. An Act To prohibit the operation of gambling ships, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 235 · 62 Stat. 200 · April 27, 1948 · Original text

61. An Act To amend title 17 of the United States Code entitled “Copyrights.”

    Ch. 236 · 62 Stat. 202 · April 27, 1948 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Gentaro Takahashi.

    Ch. 233 · 62 Stat. 1340 · April 27, 1948 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Burnett A. Pyle.

    Ch. 234 · 62 Stat. 1340 · April 27, 1948 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to pay salaries and expenses of the chairman, secretary, and clerk of the Fort Peck General Council, members of the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board, and other committees appointed by said Fort Peck General Council, and official delegates of the Fort Peck Tribes.

    Ch. 237 · 62 Stat. 203 · April 28, 1948 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the sale of certain public lands in San Juan County, Utah, to the Southwest Indian Mission, Incorporated.

    Ch. 238 · 62 Stat. 203 · April 28, 1948 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To establish the Fort Sumter National Monument in the State of South Carolina.

    Ch. 239 · 62 Stat. 204 · April 28, 1948 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Eva L. Dudley, Grace M. Collins, and Guy B. Slater.

    Ch. 240 · 62 Stat. 1341 · April 28, 1948 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Act of August 13, 1940 (54 Stat. 784), so as to extend the jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Territory of Hawaii, over Canton and Enderbury Islands.

    Ch. 241 · 62 Stat. 204 · April 29, 1948 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish daylight saving time in the District.

    Ch. 242 · 62 Stat. 205 · April 29, 1948 · Original text

70. An Act To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, as amended.

    Ch. 243 · 62 Stat. 205 · April 29, 1948 · Original text

71. An Act Providing for payment of $50 to each enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Indian Tribe from funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.

    Ch. 244 · 62 Stat. 206 · April 30, 1948 · Original text

72. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved July 16, 1947.

    Ch. 246 · 62 Stat. 206 · May 3, 1948 · Original text

73. An Act To amend paragraph 1803 (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, relating to firewood and other woods.

    Ch. 247 · 62 Stat. 207 · May 3, 1948 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Fire District Numbered 1 of the town of Colchester, Vermont.

    Ch. 245 · 62 Stat. 1341 · May 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Growing Four Times.

    Ch. 248 · 62 Stat. 1342 · May 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Claude E. Milliken.

    Ch. 249 · 62 Stat. 1342 · May 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Sylvester T. Starling.

    Ch. 250 · 62 Stat. 1342 · May 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the estate of Anthony D. Chamberlain, deceased.

    Ch. 251 · 62 Stat. 1343 · May 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of the estate of T. L. Morris.

    Ch. 252 · 62 Stat. 1343 · May 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Darwin Slump.

    Ch. 253 · 62 Stat. 1344 · May 3, 1948 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the payment of certain claims for medical treatment of persons in the naval service; to repeal section 1586 of the Revised Statutes; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 254 · 62 Stat. 208 · May 4, 1948 · Original text

82. An Act To provide additional subsistence allowances and to raise the ceilings on wages and allowances pertaining to certain veterans.

    Ch. 255 · 62 Stat. 208 · May 4, 1948 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide salvage facilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 256 · 62 Stat. 209 · May 4, 1948 · Original text

84. An Act To amend sections 212 (b) and 231 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 257 · 62 Stat. 210 · May 4, 1948 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution To provide for the issuance of a special postage stamp in honor of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 258 · 62 Stat. 211 · May 4, 1948 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Dudley Tarver.

    Ch. 259 · 62 Stat. 1344 · May 4, 1948 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Margaret Lee Novick and others.

    Ch. 260 · 62 Stat. 1344 · May 4, 1948 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Joseph W. Beyer.

    Ch. 261 · 62 Stat. 1345 · May 4, 1948 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Bessie B. Blacknall.

    Ch. 262 · 62 Stat. 1345 · May 4, 1948 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coulter.

    Ch. 263 · 62 Stat. 1346 · May 4, 1948 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of James C. Smith, Stephen A. Bodkin, Charles A. Marlin, Andrew J. Perlik, and Albert N. James.

    Ch. 264 · 62 Stat. 1346 · May 4, 1948 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of James Harold Nesbitt, a minor.

    Ch. 265 · 62 Stat. 1346 · May 5, 1948 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To authorize loans for Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 266 · 62 Stat. 211 · May 7, 1948 · Original text

94. An Act To equalize retirement benefits among members of the Nurse Corps of the Army and the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 267 · 62 Stat. 211 · May 7, 1948 · Original text

95. An Act To amend section 40 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (39 Stat. 728), as amended.

    Ch. 269 · 62 Stat. 212 · May 10, 1948 · Original text

96. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 213 · 62 Stat. 213 · May 10, 1948 · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of the estate of Carl R. Nall.

    Ch. 268 · 62 Stat. 1347 · May 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Carl W. Sundstrom.

    Ch. 271 · 62 Stat. 1347 · May 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Louis L. Williams, Junior.

    Ch. 272 · 62 Stat. 1347 · May 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Lizzie Reynolds, administratrix of the estate of Grace Reynolds, deceased.

     Ch. 273 · 62 Stat. 1348 · May 10, 1948 · Private law · Original text