Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to operate and maintain a certain tract of land at Valparaiso, Florida, near Eglin Air Force Base, as a recreational facility.

   Ch. 401 · 63 Stat. 566 · August 5, 1949 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the adjustment of the lineal positions of certain officers of the naval service, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 402 · 63 Stat. 567 · August 5, 1949 · Original text

3. An Act To encourage construction of rental housing on or in areas adjacent to Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force installations, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 403 · 63 Stat. 570 · August 8, 1949 · Original text

4. An Act To amend section 6 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended.

   Ch. 404 · 63 Stat. 577 · August 8, 1949 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of experimental submarines, and for other purposes”, approved May 16, 1947.

   Ch. 405 · 63 Stat. 577 · August 8, 1949 · Original text

6. An Act To clarify the laws relating to the compensation of postmasters at fourth-class post offices which have been advanced because of unusual conditions.

   Ch. 406 · 63 Stat. 578 · August 8, 1949 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for control of emergency outbreaks of insects and plant diseases.

   Ch. 407 · 63 Stat. 578 · August 8, 1949 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Daniel Kim.

   Ch. 408 · 63 Stat. 1150 · August 8, 1949 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Teiko Horikawa and Yoshiko Horikawa.

   Ch. 409 · 63 Stat. 1150 · August 8, 1949 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Denise Simeon Boutant.

    Ch. 410 · 63 Stat. 1150 · August 8, 1949 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the Olympic Hotel.

    Ch. 411 · 63 Stat. 1151 · August 9, 1949 · Private law · Original text

12. National Security Act Amendments of 1949

    An Act To reorganize fiscal management in the National Military Establishment to promote economy and efficiency, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 412 · 63 Stat. 578 · August 10, 1949 · Original text

13. An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Shawneetown, Illinois.

    Ch. 413 · 63 Stat. 592 · August 10, 1949 · Original text

14. An Act To provide for the conveyance of a tract of land in Prince Georges County, Maryland, to the State of Maryland for use as a site for a National Guard armory and for training the National Guard or for other military purposes.

    Ch. 414 · 63 Stat. 592 · August 10, 1949 · Original text

15. An Act To revise and codify laws of the Canal Zone regarding the administration of estates, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 415 · 63 Stat. 593 · August 10, 1949 · Original text

16. An Act To revive and reenact, as amended, the Act entitled “An Act creating the City of Clinton Bridge Commission and authorizing said commission and its successors to acquire by purchase or condemnation and to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa, and at or near Fulton, Illinois”, approved December 21, 1944.

    Ch. 416 · 63 Stat. 597 · August 10, 1949 · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Pearl Shizuko Okada Pape.

    Ch. 417 · 63 Stat. 1151 · August 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Margita Kofler.

    Ch. 418 · 63 Stat. 1151 · August 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of John Sewen.

    Ch. 419 · 63 Stat. 1152 · August 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To provide for the coinage of a medal in recognition of the distinguished services of Vice President Alben W. Barkley.

    Ch. 420 · 63 Stat. 599 · August 12, 1949 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 451; 16 U. S. C. 718b), as amended.

    Ch. 421 · 63 Stat. 599 · August 12, 1949 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 422 · 63 Stat. 600 · August 12, 1949 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize progressive partial payments to sponsors under the Federal Airport Act program.

    Ch. 423 · 63 Stat. 603 · August 12, 1949 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the transfer to the Attorney General of a portion of the Vigo plant, formerly the Vigo ordnance plant, near Terre Haute, Indiana, to supplement the farm lands required for the United States prison system.

    Ch. 424 · 63 Stat. 603 · August 12, 1949 · Original text

25. An Act To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Pueblo Indians and the Canoncito Navajo group in New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 425 · 63 Stat. 604 · August 13, 1949 · Original text

26. An Act To fix the United States share of project costs, under the Federal Airport Act, involved in installation of high intensity lighting on CAA designated instrument landing runways.

    Ch. 426 · 63 Stat. 605 · August 15, 1949 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States for continuing paleontological investigations in areas which will be flooded by the construction of Government dams.

    Ch. 427 · 63 Stat. 606 · August 15, 1949 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain lands to the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Arizona, Incorporated, of Tucson, Arizona, to consolidate the Desert Laboratory Experimental Area of the Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 428 · 63 Stat. 606 · August 15, 1949 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Harry C. Metts.

    Ch. 429 · 63 Stat. 1152 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of the estate of Josephine Pereira.

    Ch. 430 · 63 Stat. 1152 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the estate of Kenneth N. Peel.

    Ch. 431 · 63 Stat. 1153 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the estate of W. M. West.

    Ch. 432 · 63 Stat. 1153 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Arthur Earl Troiel, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 433 · 63 Stat. 1154 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Charlie Hales.

    Ch. 434 · 63 Stat. 1154 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Paul C. Juneau.

    Ch. 435 · 63 Stat. 1155 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Opal Hayes and D. A. Hayes.

    Ch. 436 · 63 Stat. 1155 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To transfer a tower located on the Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge to the International Peace Garden, Incorporated, North Dakota.

    Ch. 437 · 63 Stat. 1155 · August 15, 1949 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint contracting officers to make contracts in amounts not exceeding $3,000.

    Ch. 438 · 63 Stat. 607 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

39. An Act To provide for a research and development program in the Post Office Department.

    Ch. 439 · 63 Stat. 608 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land in Missoula County, Montana, to the State of Montana for the use and benefit of Montana State University.

    Ch. 440 · 63 Stat. 608 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

41. An Act To grant time to employees in the executive branch of the Government to participate, without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave, in funerals for deceased members of the armed forces returned to the United States for burial.

    Ch. 441 · 63 Stat. 608 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

42. An Act To declare the waterway (in which is located the Brewery Street Channel) from Brewery Street southeastward to a line running south thirty-three degrees fifty-three minutes thirty-six seconds west from the south side of Chestnut Street at New Haven, Connecticut, a nonnavigable stream.

    Ch. 442 · 63 Stat. 609 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, to provide that the annuities of certain officers and employees engaged in the enforcement of the criminal laws of the United States shall be computed on the basis of their average basic salaries for any five consecutive years of allowable service.

    Ch. 443 · 63 Stat. 609 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

44. An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, section 90, to create a Swainsboro Division in the southern district of Georgia, with terms of court to be held at Swainsboro.

    Ch. 444 · 63 Stat. 610 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the transfer of the vessel Black Mallard to the State of Louisiana for the use and benefit of the department of wildlife and fisheries of such State.

    Ch. 445 · 63 Stat. 610 · August 16, 1949 · Original text

46. An Act To permit the motor vessel FLB–5005 to engage in the fisheries.

    Ch. 446 · 63 Stat. 1156 · August 16, 1949 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of E. Neill Raymond.

    Ch. 447 · 63 Stat. 1156 · August 16, 1949 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of C. H. Dutton Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    Ch. 448 · 63 Stat. 1156 · August 16, 1949 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the conveyance by the United States to Frank C. Wilson of certain lands formerly owned by him.

    Ch. 449 · 63 Stat. 1157 · August 16, 1949 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Herbert L. Hunter.

    Ch. 450 · 63 Stat. 1157 · August 16, 1949 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To provide authorization for additional funds for the extension and improvement of post-office facilities at Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 451 · 63 Stat. 610 · August 17, 1949 · Original text

52. An Act To extend to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey the provisions of the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946.

    Ch. 452 · 63 Stat. 611 · August 17, 1949 · Original text

53. An Act To exempt certain volatile fruit-flavor concentrates from the tax on liquors.

    Ch. 453 · 63 Stat. 611 · August 17, 1949 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Extending for two years the existing privilege of free importation of gifts from members of the armed forces of the United States on duty abroad.

    Ch. 454 · 63 Stat. 612 · August 17, 1949 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the development, administration, and maintenance of the Suitland Parkway in the State of Maryland as an extension of the park system of the District of Columbia and its environs by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 457 · 63 Stat. 612 · August 17, 1949 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the taxation of Indian land holdings in the town of Lodge Grass, Montana, to assist in financing a municipal water supply and sewerage system.

    Ch. 464 · 63 Stat. 613 · August 17, 1949 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution creating the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, approved June 16, 1938.

    Ch. 465 · 63 Stat. 613 · August 17, 1949 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of John Aaron Whitt.

    Ch. 455 · 63 Stat. 1157 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Ida Hoheisel, executrix of the estate of John Hoheisel.

    Ch. 456 · 63 Stat. 1158 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Lawrence Fontenot.

    Ch. 458 · 63 Stat. 1158 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Agnese R. Mundy.

    Ch. 459 · 63 Stat. 1158 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Yakima, Washington, and others.

    Ch. 460 · 63 Stat. 1159 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of James B. DeHart.

    Ch. 461 · 63 Stat. 1159 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Ever Ready Supply Company and Harold A. Dahlborg.

    Ch. 462 · 63 Stat. 1160 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Miriam G. Wornum.

    Ch. 463 · 63 Stat. 1160 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Louis Esposito.

    Ch. 466 · 63 Stat. 1160 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Skio Takayama Hull.

    Ch. 467 · 63 Stat. 1161 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Samuel Fadem.

    Ch. 468 · 63 Stat. 1161 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Charles W. Miles.

    Ch. 469 · 63 Stat. 1161 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of John B. Boyle.

    Ch. 470 · 63 Stat. 1162 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of George M. Beesley, Edward D. Sexton, and Herman J. Williams.

    Ch. 471 · 63 Stat. 1162 · August 17, 1949 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Lake County, Montana, a patent in fee to certain Indian lands.

    Ch. 472 · 63 Stat. 614 · August 18, 1949 · Original text

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

    Ch. 473 · 63 Stat. 614 · August 18, 1949 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the conferring of the degree of bachelor of science upon graduates of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

    Ch. 476 · 63 Stat. 614 · August 18, 1949 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize acquisition by the county of Missoula, State of Montana, of certain lands for public–use purposes.

    Ch. 477 · 63 Stat. 615 · August 18, 1949 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the establishment of fish hatcheries in the States of Georgia and Michigan; to authorize the rehabilitation and expansion of rearing ponds and fish cultural facilities in the States of New York and Colorado; to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a continuing study of shad of the Atlantic coast; and to amend the Act of August 8, 1946, relating to investigation and eradication of predatory sea lampreys of the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 478 · 63 Stat. 615 · August 18, 1949 · Original text

77. An Act Relating to the policing of the building and grounds of the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Ch. 479 · 63 Stat. 616 · August 18, 1949 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Harvey M. Lifset, formerly a major in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 474 · 63 Stat. 1162 · August 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Loretta B. Powell.

    Ch. 475 · 63 Stat. 1163 · August 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Dorothy Vicencio.

    Ch. 480 · 63 Stat. 1163 · August 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Lois E. Lillie.

    Ch. 481 · 63 Stat. 1163 · August 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of J. W. Greenwood, Junior.

    Ch. 482 · 63 Stat. 1164 · August 18, 1949 · Private law · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Authorizing Federal participation in the International Exposition for the Bicentennial of the Founding of Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti, 1949.

    Ch. 483 · 63 Stat. 618 · August 19, 1949 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for the preparation of a plan for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the building of the Soo Locks.

    Ch. 484 · 63 Stat. 620 · August 19, 1949 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the lease of the Federal correctional institution at Sandstone, Minnesota, to the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 485 · 63 Stat. 620 · August 19, 1949 · Original text

86. An Act To extend the time within which legislative employees may come within the purview of the Civil Service Retirement Act.

    Ch. 486 · 63 Stat. 621 · August 19, 1949 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize an appropriation in aid of a system of drainage and sanitation for the city of Polson, Montana.

    Ch. 487 · 63 Stat. 621 · August 19, 1949 · Original text

88. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the school board of Klamath County, Oregon, for the construction, extension, and improvement of public-school facilities in Klamath County, Oregon, to be available to all Indian and non-Indian children without discrimination.

    Ch. 488 · 63 Stat. 621 · August 19, 1949 · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Harriett Patterson Rogers.

    Ch. 489 · 63 Stat. 1164 · August 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Albert Burns.

    Ch. 490 · 63 Stat. 1165 · August 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Nelson Bell.

    Ch. 491 · 63 Stat. 1165 · August 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes”, approved July 6, 1945, so as to provide annual automatic within-grade promotions for hourly employees of the custodial service.

    Ch. 492 · 63 Stat. 622 · August 22, 1949 · Original text

93. An Act To provide transportation on Canadian vessels between Skagway, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, between Haines, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation.

    Ch. 493 · 63 Stat. 622 · August 22, 1949 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States for continuing ethnological researches on the American Indians”, approved April 10, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 494 · 63 Stat. 623 · August 22, 1949 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of W. P. Bartel.

    Ch. 495 · 63 Stat. 1165 · August 22, 1949 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Freda Wahler.

    Ch. 496 · 63 Stat. 1166 · August 22, 1949 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Public Utility District Numbered 1, of Cowlitz County, Washington.

    Ch. 497 · 63 Stat. 623 · August 23, 1949 · Original text

98. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code to permit the use of additional means, including stamp machines, for payment of tax on fermented malt liquors, provide for the establishment of brewery bottling house on brewery premises, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 498 · 63 Stat. 624 · August 23, 1949 · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Lester B. McAllister and others.

    Ch. 499 · 63 Stat. 1166 · August 23, 1949 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the survey of a proposed Mississippi River Parkway for the purpose of determining the feasibility of such a national parkway, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 500 · 63 Stat. 626 · August 24, 1949 · Original text