Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 4 (e) of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended.

   Ch. 602 · 63 Stat. 704 · October 5, 1949 · Original text

2. An Act Authorizing transfer of land to the county of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico, for a hospital site.

   Ch. 603 · 63 Stat. 705 · October 5, 1949 · Original text

3. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the State of California over the lands and residents of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in said State, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 604 · 63 Stat. 705 · October 5, 1949 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment to the Boy Scouts of America for use at the Second National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts.

   Ch. 605 · 63 Stat. 706 · October 5, 1949 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Anthony Charles Bartley.

   Ch. 594 · 63 Stat. 1183 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Mike Clipper.

   Ch. 606 · 63 Stat. 1184 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Colonel David R. Wolverton, United States Army, retired.

   Ch. 607 · 63 Stat. 1184 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Edgar Barbre.

   Ch. 608 · 63 Stat. 1184 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Robert E. Bridge and Leslie E. Ensign.

   Ch. 609 · 63 Stat. 1185 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Howard E. Giroux.

    Ch. 610 · 63 Stat. 1185 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Frank G. Moore.

    Ch. 611 · 63 Stat. 1185 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Vivian Newell Price.

    Ch. 612 · 63 Stat. 1186 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Eleanor P. Simmonds, as administratrix of the estate of Norman B. Simmonds, deceased.

    Ch. 613 · 63 Stat. 1186 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Cecil E. Gordon.

    Ch. 614 · 63 Stat. 1187 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To convey certain lands taken from W. W. Stewart by the United States.

    Ch. 615 · 63 Stat. 1187 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of the estate of Elmo Sodergren.

    Ch. 616 · 63 Stat. 1187 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the conveyance of land to the Norfolk County Trust Company in Stoughton, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 617 · 63 Stat. 1188 · October 5, 1949 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved July 7, 1947.

    Ch. 618 · 63 Stat. 706 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the exchange of wildlife refuge lands within the State of Washington.

    Ch. 619 · 63 Stat. 708 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

20. An Act To rename a game sanctuary in the Harney National Forest as the “Norbeck Wildlife Preserve”, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 620 · 63 Stat. 708 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

21. Foreign Aid Appropriation Act, 1950

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

    Ch. 621 · 63 Stat. 709 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Act providing for the admission of the State of Idaho into the Union by increasing the period for which leases may be made of public lands granted to the State by such Act for educational purposes.

    Ch. 622 · 63 Stat. 714 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

23. Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949

    An Act To promote the foreign policy and provide for the defense and general welfare of the United States by furnishing military assistance to foreign nations.

    Ch. 626 · 63 Stat. 714 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Employment Act of 1946 with respect to the Joint Committee on the Economic Report.

    Ch. 627 · 63 Stat. 721 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the construction, extension, and improvement of school buildings in Hoopa, California.

    Ch. 628 · 63 Stat. 722 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the purchase of additional farming land for Leavenworth Penitentiary.

    Ch. 629 · 63 Stat. 722 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

27. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment of irrigation charges on the Flathead Indian irrigation project, Montana, and for other purposes”, approved May 25, 1948.

    Ch. 630 · 63 Stat. 722 · October 6, 1949 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary A. Bailey.

    Ch. 623 · 63 Stat. 1188 · October 6, 1949 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Alfred Baumgarts.

    Ch. 624 · 63 Stat. 1189 · October 6, 1949 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Paul A. Smith as representative of the United States to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization without affecting his status and perquisites as a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

    Ch. 625 · 63 Stat. 1189 · October 6, 1949 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the District Court for the Territory of Alaska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim or claims, of Hilda Links and E. J. Ohman, partners, and Fred L. Kroesing, all of Anchorage, Alaska.

    Ch. 631 · 63 Stat. 1190 · October 6, 1949 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of certain consultants formerly employed by the Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee of the Foreign Economic Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 632 · 63 Stat. 723 · October 7, 1949 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the return of rehabilitation and betterment costs of Federal reclamation projects.

    Ch. 650 · 63 Stat. 724 · October 7, 1949 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Moody L. Smitherman, Junior, a minor, and Moody L. Smitherman.

    Ch. 633 · 63 Stat. 1190 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of King V. Clark.

    Ch. 634 · 63 Stat. 1191 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary Capodanno, and the legal guardian of Vincent Capodanno.

    Ch. 635 · 63 Stat. 1191 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Maurice J. Symms.

    Ch. 636 · 63 Stat. 1192 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Jack Phillips.

    Ch. 637 · 63 Stat. 1192 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Mitsuo Higa and Hilo Sugar Company.

    Ch. 638 · 63 Stat. 1192 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Nicholas C. Kalcoutsakis.

    Ch. 639 · 63 Stat. 1193 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Marcia Moss Carroll, a minor, and Charles P. Carroll.

    Ch. 640 · 63 Stat. 1193 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Carl C. Ballard.

    Ch. 641 · 63 Stat. 1193 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Katherine H. Clagett.

    Ch. 642 · 63 Stat. 1194 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Jan Liga.

    Ch. 643 · 63 Stat. 1194 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Zora B. Vulich.

    Ch. 644 · 63 Stat. 1194 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Harry Fuchs.

    Ch. 645 · 63 Stat. 1195 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jack J. O’Connell.

    Ch. 646 · 63 Stat. 1195 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Giovanna Folio Discepolo.

    Ch. 647 · 63 Stat. 1195 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Max Schlederer.

    Ch. 648 · 63 Stat. 1196 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Joe D. Dutton.

    Ch. 649 · 63 Stat. 1196 · October 7, 1949 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to complete construction of the irrigation facilities and to contract with the water users on the Buffalo Rapids project, Montana, increasing the reimbursable construction cost obligation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 651 · 63 Stat. 725 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize completion of the land development and settlement of the Angostura unit of the Missouri Basin project, notwithstanding a limitation of time.

    Ch. 652 · 63 Stat. 725 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

53. An Act To effect an exchange of certain lands in the State of North Carolina between the United States and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 653 · 63 Stat. 726 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

54. An Act To increase compensation for World War I presumptive service-connected cases, provide minimum ratings for service-connected arrested tuberculosis, increase certain disability and death compensation rates, liberalize requirement for dependency allowances, and redefine the terms “line of duty” and “willful misconduct”.

    Ch. 654 · 63 Stat. 731 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to procure for the Everglades National Park with available funds, including those made available by the State of Florida, the remaining lands and interest in lands within the boundary agreed upon between the State of Florida and the Secretary of the Interior, within and a part of that authorized by the Act of May 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 816), and within which the State has already donated its lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 659 · 63 Stat. 733 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945.

    Ch. 660 · 63 Stat. 734 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

57. An Act To clarify the active-duty status of certain officers of the Army of the United States and the Air Force of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 661 · 63 Stat. 737 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

58. Third 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. 662 · 63 Stat. 738 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the granting to the city of Los Angeles, California, of rights-of-way on, over, under, through, and across certain public lands.

    Ch. 663 · 63 Stat. 749 · October 10, 1949 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of the estate of James B. Stirling, deceased.

    Ch. 655 · 63 Stat. 1196 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Curtis R. Enos.

    Ch. 656 · 63 Stat. 1197 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Central Division of the Southern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mabel Colliver.

    Ch. 657 · 63 Stat. 1198 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of J. D. Lecky.

    Ch. 658 · 63 Stat. 1198 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ethel Barrington MacDonald.

    Ch. 664 · 63 Stat. 1199 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Ethel Roth.

    Ch. 665 · 63 Stat. 1199 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Cohen, Goldman and Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 666 · 63 Stat. 1199 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Helen Morren.

    Ch. 667 · 63 Stat. 1200 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of the estate of Maurice G. Evans.

    Ch. 668 · 63 Stat. 1200 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Katherine Gehringer.

    Ch. 669 · 63 Stat. 1200 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of the Belle Isle Cab Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 670 · 63 Stat. 1201 · October 10, 1949 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish and game conservation and rehabilitation in the Eglin Field Reservation.

    Ch. 671 · 63 Stat. 759 · October 11, 1949 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the detention, care, and treatment of persons of unsound mind in certain Federal reservations in Virginia and Maryland.

    Ch. 672 · 63 Stat. 759 · October 11, 1949 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

    Ch. 673 · 63 Stat. 762 · October 11, 1949 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To provide for the reforestation and revegetation of the forest and range lands of the national forests, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 674 · 63 Stat. 762 · October 11, 1949 · Original text

75. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Edward Gray, Senior; Edward Gray, Junior; Bertha Mae Gray; Bertha Patmon; and Lindsay Gardner, all of the city of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan.

    Ch. 675 · 63 Stat. 1201 · October 11, 1949 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Central Division of the Southern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Eunice Hayes, Kathryn Hayes, and Florence Hayes Gaines.

    Ch. 676 · 63 Stat. 1202 · October 11, 1949 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hilda De Silva.

    Ch. 677 · 63 Stat. 1202 · October 11, 1949 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To increase the rates of compensation of certain employees of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans’ Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 678 · 63 Stat. 764 · October 12, 1949 · Original text

79. The Interior Department Appropriation Act. 1950

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

    Ch. 680 · 63 Stat. 765 · October 12, 1949 · Original text

80. Career Compensation Act of 1949

    An Act To provide pay, allowances, and physical disability retirement for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service, the reserve components thereof, the National Guard, and the Air National Guard, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 681 · 63 Stat. 802 · October 12, 1949 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Doctor Leon L. Konchegul.

    Ch. 679 · 63 Stat. 1203 · October 12, 1949 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Joseph R. Gregory.

    Ch. 682 · 63 Stat. 1203 · October 12, 1949 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Claudia Weitlanner.

    Ch. 683 · 63 Stat. 1203 · October 12, 1949 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Toshiko Keyser.

    Ch. 684 · 63 Stat. 1204 · October 12, 1949 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To provide for the advance planning of non-Federal public works.

    Ch. 685 · 63 Stat. 841 · October 13, 1949 · Original text

86. District of Columbia Teachers’ Leave Act of 1949

    An Act To provide cumulative sick and emergency leave with pay for teachers and attendance officers in the employ of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 686 · 63 Stat. 842 · October 13, 1949 · Original text

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

    Ch. 687 · 63 Stat. 844 · October 13, 1949 · Original text

88. Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 688 · 63 Stat. 845 · October 13, 1949 · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the widow of Robert V. Holland.

    Ch. 689 · 63 Stat. 1204 · October 13, 1949 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the American River Basin development, California, for irrigation and reclamation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 690 · 63 Stat. 852 · October 14, 1949 · Original text

91. Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Amendments of 1949

    An Act To amend the Act approved September 7, 1916 (ch. 458, 39 Stat. 742), entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes”, as amended, by extending coverage to civilian officers of the United States and by making benefits more realistic in terms of present wage rates, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 691 · 63 Stat. 854 · October 14, 1949 · Original text

92. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950

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

    Ch. 694 · 63 Stat. 869 · October 14, 1949 · Original text

93. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Central Division of the Southern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Frank Haegele.

    Ch. 692 · 63 Stat. 1204 · October 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Miguel A. Viera for damages sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Army truck at Leghorn, Italy, on January 11, 1946.

    Ch. 693 · 63 Stat. 1205 · October 14, 1949 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To increase rates of compensation of the heads and assistant heads of executive departments and independent agencies.

    Ch. 695 · 63 Stat. 880 · October 15, 1949 · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended.

    Ch. 696 · 63 Stat. 882 · October 18, 1949 · Original text

97. An Act To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to extend financial assistance to homestead entrymen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 697 · 63 Stat. 883 · October 19, 1949 · Original text

98. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act so as to make such Act applicable to the officers and employees of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf.

    Ch. 698 · 63 Stat. 884 · October 19, 1949 · Original text

99. An Act To assist States in collecting sales and use taxes on cigarettes.

    Ch. 698 · 63 Stat. 884 · October 19, 1949 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Leon Moore.

     Ch. 700 · 63 Stat. 1205 · October 19, 1949 · Private law · Original text