Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of war conditions.

   Ch. 8 · 64 Stat. A3 · February 10, 1950 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Effie S. Campbell.

   Ch. 9 · 64 Stat. A4 · February 11, 1950 · Private law · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To provide unrestricted entry privileges for Sister Elizabeth Kenny.

   Ch. 10 · 64 Stat. A4 · February 11, 1950 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Donald Francis Wierda

   Ch. 11 · 64 Stat. A5 · February 13, 1950 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Emory T. Wales.

   Ch. 12 · 64 Stat. A5 · February 13, 1950 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the reimbursement of Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company.

   Ch. 13 · 64 Stat. A6 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Riyoko Sato.

   Ch. 14 · 64 Stat. A6 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the estate of William Walter See.

   Ch. 15 · 64 Stat. A7 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Sisters Antoinette Cometti, Mary Gibin, Angela Pelosin, Emma Ghisleni, Elisabetta De Caterin, and Onorina Franzina.

   Ch. 17 · 64 Stat. A7 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Harry Comber.

    Ch. 18 · 64 Stat. A7 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Viktor A. Kravchenko.

    Ch. 19 · 64 Stat. A8 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Penelope Corolyn Cox.

    Ch. 20 · 64 Stat. A8 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Mitsue Shigeno.

    Ch. 21 · 64 Stat. A8 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of the Alamo Irrigation Company.

    Ch. 22 · 64 Stat. A9 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of the estate of Dick Walook, Alfred L. Woods, and Edward Kimoktoak.

    Ch. 23 · 64 Stat. A9 · February 14, 1950 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To provide economic assistance to certain areas of the Far East.

    Ch. 16 · 64 Stat. 5 · February 14, 1950 · Original text

17. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claim arising out of personal injuries sustained by Carl J. Freund and Pauline H. Freund, his wife, of Seattle, Washington.

    Ch. 24 · 64 Stat. A10 · February 15, 1950 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Saul Phillips.

    Ch. 25 · 64 Stat. A10 · February 15, 1950 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Northwest Missouri Fair Association, of Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri.

    Ch. 26 · 64 Stat. A11 · February 15, 1950 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Milton Buechler.

    Ch. 27 · 64 Stat. A11 · February 15, 1950 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Toriko Tateuchi.

    Ch. 28 · 64 Stat. A11 · February 15, 1950 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of James Hung Loo.

    Ch. 29 · 64 Stat. A12 · February 15, 1950 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Calvin D. Lynch and Son; W. Thomas Lockerman; Sudlersville Supply Company; George C. Moore and H. A. Moore; J. McKenny Willis and Son, Incorporated; Hobbs and Jarman; C. S. Thomas; and Royse R. Spring.

    Ch. 30 · 64 Stat. A12 · February 15, 1950 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Abe Lincoln and Elena B. Lincoln.

    Ch. 31 · 64 Stat. A13 · February 17, 1950 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of the Willow River Power Company.

    Ch. 32 · 64 Stat. A13 · February 17, 1950 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Joyce Violet Angel.

    Ch. 33 · 64 Stat. A13 · February 18, 1950 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of F. DuWayne Blankley.

    Ch. 34 · 64 Stat. A14 · February 18, 1950 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of G. H. Lazarus, Junior, and Jesse F. Bewley.

    Ch. 35 · 64 Stat. A14 · February 20, 1950 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to permit the use of additional means, including stamp machines, for payment of tax on distilled spirits, modify loss allowances for distilled spirits, for the transfer and redistillation of spirits, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 36 · 64 Stat. 6 · February 21, 1950 · Original text

30. An Act To amend section 429, Revised Statutes, as amended, and the Act of August 5, 1882, as amended, so as to substitute for the requirement that detailed annual reports be made to the Congress concerning the proceeds of all sales of condemned naval material a requirement that information as to such proceeds be filed with the Committees on Armed Services in the Congress.

    Ch. 37 · 64 Stat. 10 · February 25, 1950 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the attendance of the United States Marine Band at a celebration commemorating the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, to be held at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, April 16 through 19, inclusive, 1950.

    Ch. 38 · 64 Stat. 11 · February 26, 1950 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Edna A. Bauser.

    Ch. 39 · 64 Stat. A15 · February 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Gabe Budwee.

    Ch. 40 · 64 Stat. A15 · March 1, 1950 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Robert B. Workman.

    Ch. 41 · 64 Stat. A15 · March 1, 1950 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of C. L. Leffingwell and others.

    Ch. 42 · 64 Stat. A16 · March 1, 1950 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Clarence Herbert Hartman, a minor.

    Ch. 43 · 64 Stat. A16 · March 2, 1950 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of the P. S. Cook Company.

    Ch. 44 · 64 Stat. A17 · March 2, 1950 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Gladys Inez Greenwood.

    Ch. 45 · 64 Stat. A17 · March 2, 1950 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 46 · 64 Stat. A18 · March 2, 1950 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of E. W. Eaton Coal Company.

    Ch. 48 · 64 Stat. A18 · March 3, 1950 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Lloyd D. Lyles.

    Ch. 49 · 64 Stat. A18 · March 3, 1950 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To expedite the rehabilitation of Federal reclamation projects in certain cases.

    Ch. 47 · 64 Stat. 11 · March 3, 1950 · Original text

43. An Act To amend section 482 of the Revised Statutes relating to the Board of Appeals in the United States Patent Office.

    Ch. 50 · 64 Stat. 11 · March 4, 1950 · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Eugenio Maisterrena Barreneche.

    Ch. 51 · 64 Stat. A19 · March 6, 1950 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Monroe Kelly, rear admiral, United States Navy, retired.

    Ch. 56 · 64 Stat. A19 · March 10, 1950 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of John M. Hart.

    Ch. 57 · 64 Stat. A20 · March 10, 1950 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To provide for the utilization as a national cemetery of surplus Army Department-owned military real property at Fort Logan, Colorado.

    Ch. 52 · 64 Stat. 12 · March 10, 1950 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of public airports in the Territory of Alaska”.

    Ch. 53 · 64 Stat. 12 · March 10, 1950 · Original text

49. International Claims Settlement Act of 1949

    An Act To provide for the settlement of certain claims of the Government of the United States on its own behalf and on behalf of American nationals against foreign governments.

    Ch. 54 · 64 Stat. 12 · March 10, 1950 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans’ Administration”, approved January 3, 1946, as amended, to extend the period for which employees may be detailed for training and research, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 55 · 64 Stat. 18 · March 10, 1950 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Maria Margarete Otto.

    Ch. 58 · 64 Stat. A20 · March 11, 1950 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Lloyd Gordon Findley and Malcolm Hearne Findley, a minor.

    Ch. 63 · 64 Stat. A20 · March 16, 1950 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Pierre E. Lefevre.

    Ch. 64 · 64 Stat. A21 · March 16, 1950 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Ernest E. Heintz.

    Ch. 65 · 64 Stat. A21 · March 16, 1950 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of George M. Vaughan.

    Ch. 66 · 64 Stat. A21 · March 16, 1950 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of George K. Haviland.

    Ch. 67 · 64 Stat. A22 · March 16, 1950 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Oregon to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of J. N. Jones and others.

    Ch. 68 · 64 Stat. A22 · March 16, 1950 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Henrique Santos.

    Ch. 69 · 64 Stat. A23 · March 16, 1950 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the sale of certain Indian lands situated in Duchesne and Randlett; Utah, and in and adjacent to Myton, Utah.

    Ch. 59 · 64 Stat. 19 · March 16, 1950 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 81 of the National Defense Act, as amended, to provide for additional officers of the National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States on active duty in the National Guard Bureau.

    Ch. 60 · 64 Stat. 19 · March 16, 1950 · Original text

61. An Act To regulate oleomargarine, to repeal certain taxes relating to oleomargarine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 61 · 64 Stat. 20 · March 16, 1950 · Original text

62. An Act To incorporate the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 62 · 64 Stat. 22 · March 16, 1950 · Original text

63. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 70 · 64 Stat. 24 · March 18, 1950 · Original text

64. An Act To extend the benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 to the Virgin Islands.

    Ch. 71 · 64 Stat. 27 · March 18, 1950 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, construct, operate, and maintain public airports in, or in close proximity to, national parks, monuments, and recreation areas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 72 · 64 Stat. 27 · March 18, 1950 · Original text

66. An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of Idaho and Wyoming relating to the waters of the Snake River.

    Ch. 73 · 64 Stat. 29 · March 21, 1950 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to provide for the removal of sludge.

    Ch. 74 · 64 Stat. 35 · March 24, 1950 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To suspend the application of certain Federal laws with respect to attorneys employed by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in connection with the investigation ordered by S. Res. 231, Eighty-first Congress.

    Ch. 75 · 64 Stat. 35 · March 24, 1950 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the transfer to the Attorney General of the United States of a portion of the Vigo plant, formerly the Vigo ordnance plant, near Terre Haute, Indiana, for use in connection with the United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute.

    Ch. 76 · 64 Stat. 36 · March 27, 1950 · Original text

70. Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1950

    An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 77 · 64 Stat. 37 · March 27, 1950 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Bertie Grace Chan Leong.

    Ch. 80 · 64 Stat. A23 · March 31, 1950 · Private law · Original text

72. Joint Resolution To authorize the disposal of withdrawn public tracts too small to be classed as a farm unit under the Reclamation Act.

    Ch. 78 · 64 Stat. 39 · March 31, 1950 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing the erection of a monument to the memory of Henry Milton Brainard at Cape Arago Light Station in Coos County, Oregon.

    Ch. 79 · 64 Stat. 40 · March 31, 1950 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Relating to cotton and peanut acreage allotments and marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and to price support for potatoes.

    Ch. 81 · 64 Stat. 40 · March 31, 1950 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of John Joseph McKay.

    Ch. 82 · 64 Stat. A23 · April 10, 1950 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lorraine Malone

    Ch. 83 · 64 Stat. A24 · April 10, 1950 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Earl B. Hochwalt.

    Ch. 84 · 64 Stat. A24 · April 10, 1950 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Jackson Riley Holland.

    Ch. 85 · 64 Stat. A24 · April 10, 1950 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To promote the national defense and to contribute to more effective aeronautical research by authorizing professional personnel of the National Advisory committee for Aeronautics to attend accredited graduate schools for research and study.

    Ch. 86 · 64 Stat. 43 · April 11, 1950 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Arthur O. Fisher.

    Ch. 87 · 64 Stat. A25 · April 17, 1950 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Theodore Constantin Trancu and his wife.

    Ch. 88 · 64 Stat. A25 · April 17, 1950 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the extension of officers’ retirement benefits to certain persons who while serving as enlisted men in the Army of the United States during World War II were given battlefield promotions to officer grade and were incapacitated for active service as a result of enemy action.

    Ch. 89 · 64 Stat. 44 · April 17, 1950 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Primitive Urcelay-Ruiz.

    Ch. 90 · 64 Stat. A25 · April 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Peter Michael El-Hini.

    Ch. 91 · 64 Stat. A25 · April 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the President to appoint Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Bonesteel as Executive Director of the European Coordinating Committee under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, without affecting his military status and perquisites.

    Ch. 93 · 64 Stat. A26 · April 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To promote the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and a better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 92 · 64 Stat. 44 · April 19, 1950 · Original text

87. Housing Act of 1950

    An Act To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 64 Stat. 48 · April 20, 1950 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of J. R. Holden, R. C. Biggadike, and John Hoffman.

    Ch. 98 · 64 Stat. A26 · April 24, 1950 · Private law · Original text

89. Joint Resolution To authorize the award posthumously of an appropriate decoration to members of the crew of the United States Navy Privateer who lost their lives in or over the Baltic Sea on April 8, 1950, while in the performance of duty.

    Ch. 95 · 64 Stat. 82 · April 24, 1950 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Relating to the continuance on the pay rolls of certain employees in cases of death or resignation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners.

    Ch. 96 · 64 Stat. 82 · April 24, 1950 · Original text

91. An Act To facilitate and simplify the work of the Forest Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 97 · 64 Stat. 82 · April 24, 1950 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Victor V. Greg.

    Ch. 99 · 64 Stat. A27 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the estate of William Kraus.

    Ch. 100 · 64 Stat. A27 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Antonio Rojas Vêlez.

    Ch. 101 · 64 Stat. A28 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of the estate of Ovidio Vêzquez.

    Ch. 102 · 64 Stat. A28 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Alejo Padilla.

    Ch. 103 · 64 Stat. A28 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Charles G. McCormack, captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy.

    Ch. 104 · 64 Stat. A29 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Juana Pagán.

    Ch. 109 · 64 Stat. A29 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Mary C. Mangle.

    Ch. 110 · 64 Stat. A29 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Joseph W. Greer.

     Ch. 111 · 64 Stat. A30 · April 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text