Every law Congress has passed

2,000 laws of the 81st Congress, 1949–1951

1. An Act For the relief of William S. Meany.

   Ch. 200 · 63 Stat. 1113 · June 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Mickey Baine.

   Ch. 201 · 63 Stat. 1113 · June 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Frank O. Ward.

   Ch. 202 · 63 Stat. 1114 · June 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to James Madison Burton.

   Ch. 204 · 63 Stat. 1114 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Clarence M. Scott.

   Ch. 205 · 63 Stat. 1114 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Irene Scott Bassett.

   Ch. 206 · 63 Stat. 1115 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Lavantia Pearson.

   Ch. 207 · 63 Stat. 1115 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Virginia Pearson.

   Ch. 208 · 63 Stat. 1115 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Ethel M. Pearson George.

   Ch. 209 · 63 Stat. 1115 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Leah L. Pearson Louk.

    Ch. 210 · 63 Stat. 1116 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Kathleen Doyle Harris.

    Ch. 211 · 63 Stat. 1116 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to June Scott Skoog.

    Ch. 212 · 63 Stat. 1116 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Mrs. Pearl Scott Loukes.

    Ch. 213 · 63 Stat. 1116 · June 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Ellen Hudson, as administratrix of the estate of Walter R. Hudson.

    Ch. 214 · 63 Stat. 1117 · June 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Louis J. Waline.

    Ch. 215 · 63 Stat. 1117 · June 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of the estate of William E. O’Brien.

    Ch. 216 · 63 Stat. 1118 · June 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of H. Lawrence Hull.

    Ch. 217 · 63 Stat. 1118 · June 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

18. Public Buildings Act of 1949

    An Act To provide for comprehensive planning, for site acquisition in and outside of the District of Columbia, and for the design of Federal building projects outside of the District of Columbia; to authorize the transfer of jurisdiction over certain lands between certain departments and agencies of the United States; and to provide certain additional authority needed in connection with the construction, management, and operation of Federal public buildings; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 218 · 63 Stat. 176 · June 16, 1949 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of William F. Thomas.

    Ch. 219 · 63 Stat. 1118 · June 16, 1949 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 102 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out operations to combat the citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, and the Hall scale.

    Ch. 220 · 63 Stat. 200 · June 17, 1949 · Original text

21. An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock raising and other homesteads by mining activities.

    Ch. 221 · 63 Stat. 200 · June 17, 1949 · Original text

22. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mrs. Florence Benolken.

    Ch. 222 · 63 Stat. 1119 · June 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Frederick W. Lass.

    Ch. 223 · 63 Stat. 1119 · June 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Al W. Hosinski.

    Ch. 224 · 63 Stat. 1120 · June 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To provide benefits for members of the reserve components of the armed forces who suffer disability or death from injuries incurred while engaged in active-duty training for periods of less than thirty days or while engaged in inactive-duty training.

    Ch. 225 · 63 Stat. 201 · June 20, 1949 · Original text

26. Reorganization Act of 1949

    An Act To provide for the reorganization of Government agencies, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 226 · 63 Stat. 203 · June 20, 1949 · Original text

27. Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949

    An Act To provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence Agency, established pursuant to section 102, National Security Act of 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 227 · 63 Stat. 208 · June 20, 1949 · Original text

28. An Act To amend section 16–415 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, to provide for the enforcement of court orders for the payment of temporary and permanent maintenance in the same manner as directed to enforce orders for permanent alimony.

    Ch. 228 · 63 Stat. 213 · June 20, 1949 · Original text

29. An Act To amend section 16–418 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, to provide that an attorney be appointed by the court to defend all uncontested annulment cases.

    Ch. 229 · 63 Stat. 213 · June 20, 1949 · Original text

30. An Act To amend section 13–108 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia to provide for constructive service by publication in annulment actions.

    Ch. 230 · 63 Stat. 214 · June 20, 1949 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional judge for the juvenile court of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 231 · 63 Stat. 214 · June 20, 1949 · Original text

32. An Act Providing for the temporary deferment in certain unavoidable contingencies of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock raising and other home steads by mining activities.

    Ch. 232 · 63 Stat. 214 · June 21, 1949 · Original text

33. An Act To amend section 16–416 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, to conform to the nomenclature and practice prescribed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

    Ch. 233 · 63 Stat. 215 · June 21, 1949 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the sale of certain public lands in Alaska to the Alaska Council of Boy Scouts of America for recreation and other public purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 63 Stat. 216 · June 21, 1949 · Original text

35. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 235 · 63 Stat. 216 · June 22, 1949 · Original text

36. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 236 · 63 Stat. 231 · June 23, 1949 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution To print the monthly publication entitled “Economic Indicators”.

    Ch. 237 · 63 Stat. 264 · June 23, 1949 · Original text

38. An Act Relating to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives.

    Ch. 238 · 63 Stat. 264 · June 23, 1949 · Original text

39. 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 Brown at Brownsville, Texas, and adjacent borrow area, without exchange of funds or reimbursement.

    Ch. 239 · 63 Stat. 265 · June 23, 1949 · Original text

40. An Act To amend section 9 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, so as to grant credit in accordance with such section for service for which, through inadvertence, no deductions from salary are made.

    Ch. 240 · 63 Stat. 266 · June 24, 1949 · Original text

41. An Act To amend sections 130 and 131 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, relating to the notice to be given upon a petition for probate of a will, and to the probate of such will.

    Ch. 241 · 63 Stat. 267 · June 24, 1949 · Original text

42. An Act To amend sections 260, 267, 309, 315, 348, 350, and 361 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, to provide that estates of decedents being administered within the probate court may be settled at the election of the personal representative of the decedent in that court six months after his qualification as such personal representative.

    Ch. 242 · 63 Stat. 268 · June 24, 1949 · Original text

43. An Act To amend section 137 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, relating to the time within which a caveat may be filed to a will after the will has been probated.

    Ch. 243 · 63 Stat. 268 · June 24, 1949 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, to provide a family allowance and a simplified procedure in the settlement of small estates.

    Ch. 244 · 63 Stat. 269 · June 24, 1949 · Original text

45. An Act To amend section 9 of the Act of May 22, 1928, as amended, authorizing and directing a national survey of forest resources.

    Ch. 245 · 63 Stat. 271 · June 25, 1949 · Original text

46. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact.

    Ch. 246 · 63 Stat. 271 · June 25, 1949 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the county of Orange, California, a perpetual easement, for the maintenance and operation of a public highway, and to grant to the Irvine Company, a corporation, a perpetual easement for the maintenance, operation, and use of a water pipe line, in the vicinity of the naval air base, Santa Ana, Orange County, California.

    Ch. 247 · 63 Stat. 276 · June 25, 1949 · Original text

48. An Act To amend section 312 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, so as to provide for the retention of certain officers of the Medical and Dental Corps of the Navy.

    Ch. 248 · 63 Stat. 277 · June 25, 1949 · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Groover O’Connell.

    Ch. 249 · 63 Stat. 1120 · June 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Joel W. Atkinson.

    Ch. 250 · 63 Stat. 1121 · June 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of the estate of the late Anastacio Acosta, and the estate of Domingo Acosta Arizmendi.

    Ch. 251 · 63 Stat. 1121 · June 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 54,296 relating to the badge of The American Legion.

    Ch. 252 · 63 Stat. 1121 · June 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 55,398 relating to the badge of The American Legion Auxiliary.

    Ch. 253 · 63 Stat. 1122 · June 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 92,187 relating to the badge of The Sons of The American Legion.

    Ch. 254 · 63 Stat. 1122 · June 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To authorize completion of construction and development of the Eden project, Wyoming.

    Ch. 255 · 63 Stat. 277 · June 28, 1949 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the collection and publication of cotton statistics.

    Ch. 256 · 63 Stat. 278 · June 28, 1949 · Original text

57. 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, 1950.

    Ch. 257 · 63 Stat. 278 · June 28, 1949 · Original text

58. An Act Relating to loans by Federal agencies for the construction of certain public works.

    Ch. 266 · 63 Stat. 279 · June 28, 1949 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the payment of compensation to the Swiss Government for losses and damages inflicted on Swiss territory during World War II by United States armed forces in violation of neutral rights, and authorizing appropriations therefor.

    Ch. 267 · 63 Stat. 279 · June 28, 1949 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Granting certain extensions of time for tax purposes.

    Ch. 268 · 63 Stat. 280 · June 28, 1949 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Mark H. Potter.

    Ch. 258 · 63 Stat. 1122 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. James Linzay.

    Ch. 259 · 63 Stat. 1123 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Florence Mayfield.

    Ch. 260 · 63 Stat. 1123 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Ellis C. Wagner and Barbara P. Wagner.

    Ch. 261 · 63 Stat. 1123 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of V. O. McMillan and the legal guardian of Carolyn McMillan.

    Ch. 262 · 63 Stat. 1124 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Winston A. Brownie.

    Ch. 263 · 63 Stat. 1124 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Carmen Morales, Aida Morales, and Lydia Cortes.

    Ch. 264 · 63 Stat. 1125 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of J. L. Hitt.

    Ch. 265 · 63 Stat. 1125 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Phil H. Hubbard.

    Ch. 269 · 63 Stat. 1125 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of John Waipa Wilson.

    Ch. 270 · 63 Stat. 1126 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Michael Palazotta.

    Ch. 271 · 63 Stat. 1126 · June 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, so as to provide limitations on the time within which actions may be brought for the recovery of undercharges and overcharges by or against common carriers by motor vehicles, common carriers by water, and freight forwarders.

    Ch. 272 · 63 Stat. 280 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

73. An Act To amend section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, relating to marketing agreements and orders, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders under such section with respect to filberts and almonds.

    Ch. 273 · 63 Stat. 282 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Nationality Act of 1940.

    Ch. 274 · 63 Stat. 282 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

75. Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 275 · 63 Stat. 283 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the National Bank Act and the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 276 · 63 Stat. 298 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

77. An Act To regulate the hours of duty and the pay of civilian keepers of lighthouses and civilians employed on lightships and other vessels of the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 277 · 63 Stat. 299 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

78. An Act To repeal certain obsolete provisions of law relating to the naval service.

    Ch. 278 · 63 Stat. 300 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

79. District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1950

    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, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 279 · 63 Stat. 303 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

80. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 280 · 63 Stat. 324 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution To continue the authority of the Maritime Commission to sell, charter, and operate vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 63 Stat. 349 · June 29, 1949 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Hampton Institute.

    Ch. 282 · 63 Stat. 1127 · June 29, 1949 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of George A. Kirchberger.

    Ch. 283 · 63 Stat. 1127 · June 29, 1949 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Amending Public Law 125, Eightieth Congress, approved June 28, 1947, as amended.

    Ch. 284 · 63 Stat. 350 · June 30, 1949 · Original text

85. Virgin Islands Corporation Act

    An Act To incorporate the Virgin Islands Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 285 · 63 Stat. 350 · June 30, 1949 · Original text

86. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments and funds available for the Export-Import Bank and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 286 · 63 Stat. 356 · June 30, 1949 · Original text

87. An Act To increase the compensation of certain employees of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 287 · 63 Stat. 376 · June 30, 1949 · Original text

88. Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

    An Act To simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 288 · 63 Stat. 377 · June 30, 1949 · Original text

89. An Act To continue for a temporary period certain powers, authority, and discretion in respect to tin and tin products conferred upon the President by the Second Decontrol Act of 1947, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 289 · 63 Stat. 404 · June 30, 1949 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 290 · 63 Stat. 404 · June 30, 1949 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of June C. Dollar.

    Ch. 291 · 63 Stat. 1128 · June 30, 1949 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To continue for a temporary period certain powers, authority, and discretion for the purpose of exercising, administering, and enforcing import controls with respect to fats and oils (including butter), and rice and rice products.

    Ch. 292 · 63 Stat. 405 · July 1, 1949 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Lee F. Bertuccioli.

    Ch. 293 · 63 Stat. 1128 · July 2, 1949 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Sadae Aoki.

    Ch. 294 · 63 Stat. 1128 · July 2, 1949 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Celeste Iris Maeda.

    Ch. 295 · 63 Stat. 1129 · July 2, 1949 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To authorize certain Government printing, binding, and blank-book work elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office if approved by the Joint Committee on Printing.

    Ch. 296 · 63 Stat. 405 · July 5, 1949 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia of a statue of Simon Bolivar.

    Ch. 297 · 63 Stat. 406 · July 5, 1949 · Original text

98. An Act To amend the Act of June 18, 1929.

    Ch. 298 · 63 Stat. 406 · July 6, 1949 · Original text

99. Surplus Fund—Certified Claims Act of 1949

    An Act To permit the Comptroller General to pay claims chargeable against lapsed appropriations and to provide for the return of unexpended balances of such appropriations to the surplus fund.

    Ch. 299 · 63 Stat. 407 · July 6, 1949 · Original text

100. An Act To correct inequities in the pay of certain officers and employees of the Federal Government and of the government of the District of Columbia.

     Ch. 300 · 63 Stat. 407 · July 6, 1949 · Original text