Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To make certain Government-owned facilities available for international broadcasting in the furtherance of authorized programs of the Department of State, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 301 · 63 Stat. 408 · July 9, 1949 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation for the work of the President’s Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.

   Ch. 302 · 63 Stat. 409 · July 11, 1949 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of John W. Crumpacker, commander, United States Navy.

   Ch. 303 · 63 Stat. 1129 · July 12, 1949 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To transfer the trawlers Alaska and Oregon from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Fish and Wildlife Service

   Ch. 304 · 63 Stat. 409 · July 13, 1949 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for the certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of any kind of aureomycin, chloramphenicol, and bacitracin, or any derivative thereof.

   Ch. 305 · 63 Stat. 409 · July 13, 1949 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim five and one–tenth acres of land in Washington County, Mississippi, to the Mississippi State College.

   Ch. 306 · 63 Stat. 410 · July 13, 1949 · Original text

7. An Act To repeal the Act of July 24, 1946, relating to the Swan Island Animal Quarantine Station.

   Ch. 307 · 63 Stat. 410 · July 13, 1949 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Act of August 1, 1947, as amended, to authorize the creation of ten professional and scientific positions in the headquarters and research stations of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

   Ch. 332 · 63 Stat. 410 · July 13, 1949 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Helen Louise Oles.

   Ch. 308 · 63 Stat. 1130 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sonia Kaye Johnston.

    Ch. 309 · 63 Stat. 1130 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the estate of Marion Miller.

    Ch. 310 · 63 Stat. 1130 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Murphy and Wischmeyer.

    Ch. 311 · 63 Stat. 1131 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the General Engineering and Dry Dock Corporation.

    Ch. 312 · 63 Stat. 1131 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of the Central Bank, a California corporation, as assignee of John C. Williams, an individual operating under the fictitious name and trade style of Central Machine Works, of Oakland, California.

    Ch. 313 · 63 Stat. 1132 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mexican Fibre and Twine Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 314 · 63 Stat. 1132 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Florence Bryant Peters and E. B. Peters.

    Ch. 315 · 63 Stat. 1132 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Alvin G. Patton.

    Ch. 316 · 63 Stat. 1133 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of the estate of James F. Delahanty, deceased.

    Ch. 317 · 63 Stat. 1133 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Thelma Lee Rynaard.

    Ch. 318 · 63 Stat. 1134 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Thomas M. Bates.

    Ch. 319 · 63 Stat. 1134 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Rebecca Levy.

    Ch. 320 · 63 Stat. 1135 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the estate of the late Manuel Graulau Vélez.

    Ch. 321 · 63 Stat. 1135 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Ignacio Colón Cruz.

    Ch. 322 · 63 Stat. 1135 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Gloria Esther Diaz, Lydia Velez, and Gladys Prieto.

    Ch. 323 · 63 Stat. 1136 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of the estate of Rafael Rebollo.

    Ch. 324 · 63 Stat. 1136 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Erwin F. Earl.

    Ch. 325 · 63 Stat. 1136 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Ray G. Schneyer and Dorothy J. Schneyer.

    Ch. 326 · 63 Stat. 1137 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Louis Brown.

    Ch. 327 · 63 Stat. 1137 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Gertrude H. Westaway, legal guardian of Bobby Niles Johnson, a minor

    Ch. 328 · 63 Stat. 1138 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Toshie Okutomi.

    Ch. 329 · 63 Stat. 1138 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon a certain claim of John E. Parker, his heirs, administrators, or assigns, against the United States.

    Ch. 330 · 63 Stat. 1139 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Robert A. Atlas.

    Ch. 331 · 63 Stat. 1139 · July 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Relating to the payment of fees, expenses, and costs of jurors.

    Ch. 333 · 63 Stat. 411 · July 14, 1949 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Nevada County, California.

    Ch. 335 · 63 Stat. 412 · July 14, 1949 · Original text

35. An Act To provide for further contributions to the International Children’s Emergency Fund.

    Ch. 336 · 63 Stat. 412 · July 14, 1949 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Hoy C. Wong.

    Ch. 334 · 63 Stat. 1139 · July 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Elliott Hewitt.

    Ch. 337 · 63 Stat. 1140 · July 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

38. Housing Act of 1949

    An Act To establish a national housing objective and the policy to be followed in the attainment thereof, to provide Federal aid to assist slum-clearance projects and low-rent public housing projects initiated by local agencies, to provide for financial assistance by the Secretary of Agriculture for farm housing, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 338 · 63 Stat. 413 · July 15, 1949 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Victor R. Browning and Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 339 · 63 Stat. 1140 · July 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To amend section 2680 of title 28, United States Code.

    Ch. 340 · 63 Stat. 444 · July 16, 1949 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for certain adjustments on the promotion list of the Medical ServiceCorps of the Regular Army.

    Ch. 341 · 63 Stat. 444 · July 16, 1949 · Private law · Original text

42. Joint Resolution Extending section 1302 (a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, until June 30, 1950.

    Ch. 342 · 63 Stat. 445 · July 16, 1949 · Original text

43. An Act To make effective in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States governing pleading, practice, and procedure in the district courts of the United States.

    Ch. 343 · 63 Stat. 445 · July 18, 1949 · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Sadako Takagi.

    Ch. 344 · 63 Stat. 1141 · July 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Colonel Wlodzimierz Onacewicz.

    Ch. 345 · 63 Stat. 1141 · July 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Ramon G. Hunter and Arthur Nancett.

    Ch. 346 · 63 Stat. 1141 · July 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To provide an increase in the authorization for the Federal National Mortgage Association.

    Ch. 351 · 63 Stat. 446 · July 19, 1949 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of George Krinopolis.

    Ch. 347 · 63 Stat. 1142 · July 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Leon Nikolaivich Volkov.

    Ch. 348 · 63 Stat. 1142 · July 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Myrtle Ruth Osborne, Marion Walts, and Jessie A. Walts.

    Ch. 349 · 63 Stat. 1143 · July 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the admission into the United States of Jacob Gross, a minor.

    Ch. 350 · 63 Stat. 1143 · July 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To clarify the overtime compensation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.

    Ch. 352 · 63 Stat. 446 · July 20, 1949 · Original text

53. An Act To establish the Medal for Humane Action for award to persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States participating in the current military effort to supply necessities of life to the people of Berlin, Germany.

    Ch. 353 · 63 Stat. 447 · July 20, 1949 · Original text

54. Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 354 · 63 Stat. 447 · July 20, 1949 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Carlton C. Grant and others.

    Ch. 355 · 63 Stat. 1143 · July 20, 1949 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To repeal the provisions of the Alaska Railroad Retirement Act of June 29 1936, as amended, and sections 91 to 107 of the Canal Zone Code and to extend the benefits of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to officers and employees to whom such provisions are applicable.

    Ch. 356 · 63 Stat. 475 · July 21, 1949 · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Army to convey certain lands to the city and county of San Francisco.

    Ch. 357 · 63 Stat. 477 · July 21, 1949 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to effect the payment of certain claims against the United States.

    Ch. 358 · 63 Stat. 478 · July 25, 1949 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Federal Airport Act so as to limit to 10 per centum any increase of the amount stated as a maximum obligation under a grant agreement.

    Ch. 359 · 63 Stat. 478 · July 25, 1949 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 1452, Revised Statutes, relating to Presidential action on the proceedings and decisions of Navy retiring boards.

    Ch. 360 · 63 Stat. 478 · July 25, 1949 · Original text

61. An Act To amend section 205 of the Interstate Commerce Act, relating to joint boards.

    Ch. 361 · 63 Stat. 479 · July 26, 1949 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, to regulate the transportation, packing, marking, and description of explosives and other dangerous articles.

    Ch. 362 · 63 Stat. 480 · July 26, 1949 · Original text

63. An Act To amend the Federal Airport Act so as to provide that minimum rates of wages need be specified only in contracts in excess of $2,000.

    Ch. 363 · 63 Stat. 480 · July 26, 1949 · Original text

64. An Act To extend for one year the authority of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs respecting leases and leased property.

    Ch. 364 · 63 Stat. 481 · July 26, 1949 · Original text

65. An Act Relating to orders to banks doing business in the District of Columbia to stop payment on negotiable instruments payable from deposits in, or payable at, such banks.

    Ch. 365 · 63 Stat. 481 · July 26, 1949 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To provide for on-the-spot audits by the General Accounting Office of the fiscal records of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.

    Ch. 366 · 63 Stat. 482 · July 26, 1949 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of William Henry Tickner.

    Ch. 367 · 63 Stat. 1144 · July 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the admission to, and the permanent residence in, the United States of Poon Lim.

    Ch. 368 · 63 Stat. 1144 · July 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act To increase the salaries of the judges of the Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 369 · 63 Stat. 482 · July 28, 1949 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Lacey C. Zapf.

    Ch. 370 · 63 Stat. 1145 · July 28, 1949 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To authorize a project for the rehabilitation of certain works of the Fort Sumner’ irrigation district in New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 371 · 63 Stat. 483 · July 29, 1949 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force to lend certain property to national veterans’ organizations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 372 · 63 Stat. 483 · August 1, 1949 · Original text

73. An Act Modifying a limitation affecting the pension, compensation, or retirement pay payable on account of an incompetent veteran without dependents during hospitalization, institutional or domiciliary care.

    Ch. 375 · 63 Stat. 484 · August 1, 1949 · Original text

74. An Act To adjust the effective date of certain awards of pensions and compensations payable by the Veterans’ Administration.

    Ch. 376 · 63 Stat. 484 · August 1, 1949 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Amending an Act making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 378 · 63 Stat. 485 · August 1, 1949 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Rudolf A. V. Raff.

    Ch. 373 · 63 Stat. 1145 · August 1, 1949 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the sale of certain allotted inherited land on the Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska.

    Ch. 374 · 63 Stat. 1145 · August 1, 1949 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of James A. Gordon.

    Ch. 377 · 63 Stat. 1145 · August 1, 1949 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.

    Ch. 379 · 63 Stat. 485 · August 2, 1949 · Original text

80. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a freebridge across the Rio Grande at or near Del Rio, Texas.

    Ch. 380 · 63 Stat. 490 · August 2, 1949 · Original text

81. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to authorize the exemption of certain employees of the Library of Congress and of the judicial branch of the Government whose employment is temporary or of uncertain duration.

    Ch. 381 · 63 Stat. 490 · August 2, 1949 · Original text

82. An Act To extend the time for commencing the construction of a toll bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas, to July 31, 1950.

    Ch. 382 · 63 Stat. 490 · August 2, 1949 · Original text

83. An Act To transfer the office of the probation officer of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the office of the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, and the Commission on Mental Health, from the government of the District of Columbia to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for budgetary and administrative purposes.

    Ch. 383 · 63 Stat. 491 · August 2, 1949 · Original text

84. An Act Removing certain restrictions imposed by the Act of March 8, 1888, on certain lands authorized by such Act to be conveyed to the trustees of Porter Academy.

    Ch. 384 · 63 Stat. 492 · August 3, 1949 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Designating June 14 of each year as Flag Day.

    Ch. 385 · 63 Stat. 492 · August 3, 1949 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act regulating the retent on contracts with the District of Columbia”, approved March 31, 1906.

    Ch. 386 · 63 Stat. 493 · August 3, 1949 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 387 · 63 Stat. 493 · August 3, 1949 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Jacob A. Johnson.

    Ch. 388 · 63 Stat. 1146 · August 3, 1949 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Christine Kono.

    Ch. 389 · 63 Stat. 1146 · August 3, 1949 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue duplicates of William Gerard’s script certificates numbered 2, subdivisions 11 and 12, to Blanche H. Weedon and Amos L. Harris, as trustees.

    Ch. 390 · 63 Stat. 1147 · August 3, 1949 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to L. J. Hand a patent in fee to certain lands in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 391 · 63 Stat. 1147 · August 3, 1949 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the payment of employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry for overtime duty performed at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, or analogous products for use in the treatment of domestic animals.

    Ch. 392 · 63 Stat. 495 · August 4, 1949 · Original text

93. An Act To revise, codify, and enact into law, title 14 of the United States Code, entitled “Coast Guard”.

    Ch. 393 · 63 Stat. 495 · August 4, 1949 · Original text

94. An Act To provide increased pensions for widows and children of deceased members and retired members of the Police Department and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 394 · 63 Stat. 565 · August 4, 1949 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Sirkka Siiri Saarelainen.

    Ch. 395 · 63 Stat. 1147 · August 4, 1949 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of certain officers and members of the crew of the steamship Taiyuan.

    Ch. 396 · 63 Stat. 1148 · August 4, 1949 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Doctor Elias Stavropoulos, his wife, and daughter.

    Ch. 397 · 63 Stat. 1148 · August 4, 1949 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Frank E. Blanchard.

    Ch. 398 · 63 Stat. 1149 · August 4, 1949 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Franz Eugene Laub.

    Ch. 399 · 63 Stat. 1149 · August 4, 1949 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Karl Frederick Kucker.

     Ch. 400 · 63 Stat. 1149 · August 4, 1949 · Private law · Original text