Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To provide a method of financing the acquisition and construction by the city of Duluth of certain bridges across the Saint Louis River, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 701 · 63 Stat. 885 · October 20, 1949 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize reimbursement to the appropriations of the Bureau of Narcotics of moneys expended for the purchase of narcotics.

   Ch. 702 · 63 Stat. 886 · October 20, 1949 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the construction and equipment of a radio laboratory building for the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce.

   Ch. 703 · 63 Stat. 886 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

4. An Act To remove certain lands from the operation of Public Law 545, Seventy-seventh Congress.

   Ch. 704 · 63 Stat. 886 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

5. An Act Relating to the compensation of certain employees of the Panama Canal.

   Ch. 705 · 63 Stat. 887 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the appointment of three additional judges of the municipal court for the District of Columbia and to prescribe the qualifications of appointees to the municipal court and the municipal court of appeals, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 706 · 63 Stat. 887 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize an appropriation to complete the International Peace Garden, North Dakota.

   Ch. 707 · 63 Stat. 888 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

8. An Act Directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Palm BeachCounty, Florida.

   Ch. 708 · 63 Stat. 888 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

9. An Act To clarify exemption from taxation of certain property of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

   Ch. 709 · 63 Stat. 888 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

10. An Act To remove the requirement of residence in the District of Columbia for membership on the Commission on Mental Health.

    Ch. 710 · 63 Stat. 889 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

11. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 40,029, relating to the badge of The Holy Name Society.

    Ch. 711 · 63 Stat. 889 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

12. An Act To extend the time for the collection of tolls to amortize the cost, including reasonable interest and financing cost, of the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Brownville, Nebraska.

    Ch. 712 · 63 Stat. 889 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Federal Credit Union Act.

    Ch. 713 · 63 Stat. 890 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion to preserve or dispose of material removed from the Executive Mansion during the period of renovation.

    Ch. 714 · 63 Stat. 890 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

15. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Ch. 720 · 63 Stat. 891 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the refund to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission of the sum advanced for certain water facilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 721 · 63 Stat. 897 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

17. Hospital Survey and Construction Amendments of 1949

    An Act To amend the Hospital Survey and Construction Act (title VI of the Public Health Service Act), to extend its duration and provide greater financial assistance in the construction of hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 722 · 63 Stat. 898 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

18. An Act To increase the allowance for equipment maintenance of rural carriers by 1 cent per mile per day for each scheduled mile or major fraction thereof.

    Ch. 723 · 63 Stat. 902 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

19. An Act To amend section 6 of the Federal Airport Act.

    Ch. 724 · 63 Stat. 903 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the withdrawal of public notices in the Yuma reclamation project, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 725 · 63 Stat. 903 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Crow Indian Tribe of Montana the title to certain buffalo.

    Public Law 81-726 · 63 Stat. 904 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the making of necessary improvements in the cemetery plots at the Blue Grass Ordnance Depot, Richmond, Kentucky.

    Ch. 727 · 63 Stat. 904 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the construction and equipment of a guided-missile research laboratory building for the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce.

    Ch. 728 · 63 Stat. 905 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 729 · 63 Stat. 905 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the installation of a carillon in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia, in memory of World War II dead.

    Ch. 730 · 63 Stat. 907 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to construct and the President of the United States to present to the people of Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland, on behalf of the people of the United States, a hospital or dispensary for heroic services to the officers and men of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 731 · 63 Stat. 907 · October 25, 1949 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey a certain tract of land in the State of Arizona to Lillian I. Anderson.

    Ch. 715 · 63 Stat. 1205 · October 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Dora Fruman.

    Ch. 716 · 63 Stat. 1206 · October 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Dora M. Barton.

    Ch. 717 · 63 Stat. 1207 · October 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice chiropractic in the District of Columbia to Abraham J. Ehrlich.

    Ch. 718 · 63 Stat. 1207 · October 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Extending the time for payment of the sums authorized for the relief of the owners of certain properties abutting Eastern Avenue in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 719 · 63 Stat. 1208 · October 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Alexis Leger.

    Ch. 732 · 63 Stat. 1208 · October 25, 1949 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To provide basic authority for the performance of certain functions and activities of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 733 · 63 Stat. 907 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

34. An Act Providing for a location survey for a railroad connecting the existing railroad system serving the United States and Canada and terminating at Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, with the railroad system serving Alaska and terminating at Fairbanks, Alaska.

    Ch. 734 · 63 Stat. 908 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

35. An Act To amend and supplement the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 653), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 735 · 63 Stat. 909 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

36. Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949

    An Act To provide for the amendment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 736 · 63 Stat. 910 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution To clarify the status of the Architect of the Capitol under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

    Ch. 737 · 63 Stat. 920 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

38. An Act To amend Public Law 885, Eightieth Congress, chapter 813, second session.

    Ch. 739 · 63 Stat. 921 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

39. An Act To provide for the furnishing of quarters at Brunswick, Georgia, for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

    Ch. 740 · 63 Stat. 921 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

40. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue sewer bonds.

    Ch. 741 · 63 Stat. 921 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

41. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue bonds for the construction of certain public-park improvements in the city of Honolulu.

    Ch. 742 · 63 Stat. 922 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

42. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue flood-control bonds.

    Ch. 743 · 63 Stat. 922 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the furnishing of quarters at Thomasville, Georgia, for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

    Ch. 744 · 63 Stat. 923 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

44. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue bonds for the purpose of defraying the city and county’s share of the cost of public improvements constructed pursuant to improvement district proceedings.

    Ch. 745 · 63 Stat. 923 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

45. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the county of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, to issue public improvement bonds.

    Ch. 746 · 63 Stat. 924 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain lands of the United States situated in Iosco County, Michigan, for lands within the national forests of Michigan, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 747 · 63 Stat. 925 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Federal Airport Act so as to authorize appropriations for projects in the Virgin Islands.

    Ch. 751 · 63 Stat. 925 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

48. An Act To amend section 16 of the Hawaiian Organic Act relative to disqualification of legislators.

    Ch. 752 · 63 Stat. 926 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

49. An Act To extend the benefits of section 23 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico.

    Ch. 753 · 63 Stat. 926 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the issuance of certain public-improvement bonds by the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 754 · 63 Stat. 926 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

51. An Act To further the policy enunciated in the Historic Sites Act (49 Stat. 666) and to facilitate public participation in the preservation of sites, buildings, and objects of national significance or interest and providing a national trust for historic preservation.

    Ch. 755 · 63 Stat. 927 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

52. An Act To ratify and confirm Act 251 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1949.

    Ch. 756 · 63 Stat. 929 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

53. An Act To amend the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1943, approved October 26, 1942 (56 Stat. 990, 999), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 757 · 63 Stat. 930 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

54. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to a compact or agreement between the State of Tennessee and the State of Missouri concerning a Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Commission, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 758 · 63 Stat. 930 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

55. An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to School District Numbered 5, Linn County, Oregon.

    Ch. 759 · 63 Stat. 932 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for certain improvements relating to the Capitol Power Plant, its distribution systems, and the buildings and grounds served by the plant, including proposed additions.

    Ch. 760 · 63 Stat. 933 · October 26, 1949 · Original text

57. An Act Providing for the conveyance to the Franciscan Fathers of California of approximately forty acres of land located on the Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, Monterey County, California.

    Ch. 738 · 63 Stat. 1208 · October 26, 1949 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of George Seeman Jensen.

    Ch. 748 · 63 Stat. 1209 · October 26, 1949 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Konstantinos Yannopoulos.

    Ch. 749 · 63 Stat. 1209 · October 26, 1949 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the sale of certain allotted inherited land on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

    Ch. 750 · 63 Stat. 1210 · October 26, 1949 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To legalize the admission into the United States of Edmea Pacho.

    Ch. 761 · 63 Stat. 1210 · October 26, 1949 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Mary Thomas Schiek.

    Ch. 762 · 63 Stat. 1210 · October 26, 1949 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Itzchak Shafer.

    Ch. 763 · 63 Stat. 1211 · October 26, 1949 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to proceed with construction at stations of the Alaska Communication System.

    Ch. 764 · 63 Stat. 934 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

65. An Act To promote the national defense by authorizing a unitary plan for construction or transsonic and supersonic wind-tunnel facilities and the establishment of an Air Engineering Development Center.

    Ch. 766 · 63 Stat. 936 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

66. Uniform Common-Trust Fund Act

    An Act Concerning common-trust funds and to make uniform the law with reference thereto.

    Ch. 767 · 63 Stat. 938 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

67. An Act To extend to the Territory of Alaska the benefits of certain Acts of Congress, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 768 · 63 Stat. 939 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the government of the Virgin Islands or any municipality thereof to issue bonds and other obligations.

    Ch. 769 · 63 Stat. 940 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

69. An Act To approve contracts negotiated with the Belle Fourche Irrigation District, the Deaver Irrigation District, the Westland Irrigation District, the Stanfield Irrigation District, the Vale Oregon Irrigation District, and the Prosser Irrigation District, to authorize their execution, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 770 · 63 Stat. 941 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 771 · 63 Stat. 943 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

71. International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949

    An Act To give effect to the International Wheat Agreement signed by the United States and other countries relating to the stabilization of supplies and prices in the international wheat market.

    Ch. 772 · 63 Stat. 945 · October 27, 1949 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the advancement of commissioned Warrant Officer Chester A. Davis, United States Marine Corps (retired) to the rank of lieutenant colonel on the retired list.

    Ch. 765 · 63 Stat. 1211 · October 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the appointment of Colonel Kenneth D. Nichols, O–17498, professor of the United States Military Academy, in the permanent grade of colonel, Regular Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 773 · 63 Stat. 1211 · October 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Herminia Ricart.

    Ch. 774 · 63 Stat. 1212 · October 27, 1949 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1950.

    Ch. 775 · 63 Stat. 947 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Rural Electrification Act to provide for rural telephones, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 776 · 63 Stat. 948 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the construction of a research laboratory for the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, at a location to be selected by the Secretary of Defense.

    Ch. 777 · 63 Stat. 950 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

78. An Act To amend the Act of January 16, 1883, an Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States.

    Ch. 778 · 63 Stat. 950 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To amend the Act of June 30, 1949, which increased the compensation of certain employees of the District of Columbia, so as to clarify the provisions relating to retired policemen and firemen.

    Ch. 779 · 63 Stat. 951 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Relating to the sale of certain shipyard facilities at Orange, Texas.

    Ch. 780 · 63 Stat. 951 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

81. An Act To provide additional compensation and other benefits for postmasters, officers, and employees in the postal field service.

    Ch. 781 · 63 Stat. 952 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

82. Classification Act of 1949

    An Act To establish a standard schedule of rates of basic compensation for certain employees of the Federal Government; to provide an equitable system for fixing and adjusting the rates of basic compensation of individual employees; to repeal the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 782 · 63 Stat. 954 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

83. Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950

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

    Ch. 783 · 63 Stat. 973 · October 28, 1949 · Original text

84. An Act To discontinue the operation of village delivery service in second-class post offices, to transfer village carriers in such offices to the city delivery service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 784 · 63 Stat. 984 · October 29, 1949 · Original text

85. An Act To amend the Postal Pay Act of 1945, approved July 6, 1945, so as to provide promotions for temporary employees of the mail equipment shops.

    Ch. 785 · 63 Stat. 984 · October 29, 1949 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, to authorize loans through national farm-loan associations in Puerto Rico; to modify the limitations on Federal land-bank loans to any one borrower; to repeal provisions for subscriptions to paid-in surplus of Federal land banks and cover the entire amount appropriated therefor into the surplus fund of the Treasury; to effect certain economies in reporting and recording payments on mortgages deposited with the registrars as bond collateral, and canceling the mortgage and satisfying and discharging the lien of record; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 786 · 63 Stat. 985 · October 29, 1949 · Original text

87. National Military Establishment Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations for the National Security Council, the National Security Resources Board, and for military functions administered by the National Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 787 · 63 Stat. 987 · October 29, 1949 · H. R. 4146 · Original text

88. An Act To increase the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service.

    Ch. 788 · 63 Stat. 1026 · October 29, 1949 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for parity in awards of disability compensation.

    Ch. 789 · 63 Stat. 1026 · October 29, 1949 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To vest title to certain lands of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, in the United States, and to provide compensation therefor.

    Ch. 790 · 63 Stat. 1026 · October 29, 1949 · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the construction, extension, and improvement of a county hospital at Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide facilities for the treatment of Indians.

    Ch. 791 · 63 Stat. 1049 · October 31, 1949 · Original text

92. Agricultural Act of 1949

    An Act To stabilize prices of agricultural commodities.

    Ch. 792 · 63 Stat. 1051 · October 31, 1949 · Original text

93. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to determine the amounts due to and render judgment upon the claims of the employees of The Alaska Railroad for overtime work performed.

    Ch. 793 · 63 Stat. 1062 · November 1, 1949 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim February 6, 1950, as National Children’s Dental Health Day.

    Ch. 1 · 64 Stat. 3 · February 1, 1950 · Original text

95. An Act To amend section 5 of the Federal Firearms Act.

    Ch. 2 · 64 Stat. 3 · February 7, 1950 · Original text

96. An Act To transfer funds to the town of Craig, Alaska.

    Ch. 3 · 64 Stat. 4 · February 8, 1950 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for exemption from duty of certain metallic impurities in tin ores and concentrates when such impurities are not recovered.

    Ch. 4 · 64 Stat. 4 · February 8, 1950 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of August Michela, a minor.

    Ch. 7 · 64 Stat. A3 · February 9, 1950 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To authorize grants under the Federal Airport Act for minor projects at major airports, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 5 · 64 Stat. 4 · February 9, 1950 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize relief of authorized certifying officers of terminated war agencies in liquidation by the Treasury Department.

     Ch. 6 · 64 Stat. 5 · February 9, 1950 · Original text