Laws of the 80th Congress

Public Law 80-1 · January 31, 1947 · S.J.Res. 3 JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives. Public Law 80-2 · February 1, 1947 · H.J.Res. 57 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending for fifteen months the period of time during which alcohol plants are permitted to produce sugars or sirups simultaneously with the production of alcohol. Public Law 80-3 · February 19, 1947 · S.J.Res. 4 JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the salaries of certain Senate employees. Public Law 80-4 · February 19, 1947 · S.J.Res. 24 JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for a more effective staff organization for standing committees of the Senate. Public Law 80-5 · February 21, 1947 · H.R. 1353 AN ACT To amend the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended. Public Law 80-6 · February 26, 1947 · H.J.Res. 114 JOINT RESOLUTION To continue the authority of the Maritime Commission to operate vessels until July 1, 1947. Public Law 80-7 · February 26, 1947 · H.J.Res. 121 JOINT RESOLUTION Granting, in the case of income, estate, and gift taxes, deductions for contributions to the United Nations. Public Law 80-8 · February 28, 1947 · S. 568 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Government of Mexico in the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest. Public Law 80-9 · March 7, 1947 · S.J.Res. 33 JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the Act of August 9, 1946 (Public Law 711, Seventy-ninth Congress), for the purpose of allowing the Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission additional time in which to prepare and to subm… Public Law 80-10 · March 7, 1947 · S.J.Res. 60 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District, Arizona, to drill, equip, and acquire wells for use on the San Carlos irrigation project. Public Law 80-11 · March 7, 1947 · S. 235 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Los Angeles, California, an easement for construction and operation of a storm drain in and under certain Government-owned lands situated in that ci… Public Law 80-12 · March 7, 1947 · H.J.Res. 122 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the United States Maritime Commission to make provision for certain ocean transportation service to and from Alaska until July 1, 1948, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-13 · March 7, 1947 · S. 234 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Central of Georgia Railway Company an easement for railway purposes in certain Government-owned lands situated in Bibb County, Georgia. Public Law 80-14 · March 10, 1947 · H.R. 1040 AN ACT To authorize the payment of $425.88 by the United States to the Government of Switzerland. Public Law 80-15 · March 10, 1947 · H.R. 1778 AN ACT To amend the Federal Firearms Act. Public Law 80-16 · March 10, 1947 · H.R. 2045 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 streptomycin, or any derivative ther… Public Law 80-17 · March 11, 1947 · H.R. 1030 AN ACT To continue in effect certain war excise tax rates, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-18 · March 21, 1947 · S. 220 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to American Telephone and Telegraph Company an easement for communication purposes in certain lands situated in Virginia and Maryland. Public Law 80-19 · March 21, 1947 · S. 221 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant and convey to the Virginia Electric and Power Company a perpetual easement in two strips of land comprising portions of the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia,… Public Law 80-20 · March 22, 1947 · H.R. 1968 AN ACT Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-21 · March 26, 1947 · S. 276 AN ACT To provide for payment and settlement of mileage and other travel allowance accounts of military personnel. Public Law 80-22 · March 27, 1947 · H.J.Res. 154 JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for expenses incident to the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest. Public Law 80-23 · March 28, 1947 · S.J.Res. 27 JOINT RESOLUTION Amending the Settlement of Mexican Claims Act of 1942 to provide for the consideration of any claim decided by the General Claims Commission in which the United States filed a petition for rehearing. Public Law 80-24 · March 29, 1947 · H.J.Res. 118 JOINT RESOLUTION To strengthen the common defense by maintaining an adequate domestic rubber-producing industry. Public Law 80-25 · March 29, 1947 · H.J.Res. 159 JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-26 · March 31, 1947 · S. 918 AN ACT To establish an Office of Selective Service Records to liquidate the Selective Service System following the termination of its functions on March 31, 1947, and to preserve and service the Selective Service record… Public Law 80-27 · March 31, 1947 · H.J.Res. 76 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard to waive compliance with the navigation and vessel-inspection laws administered by the Coast Guard. Public Law 80-28 · March 31, 1947 · H.R. 1240 AN ACT To provide for the suspension of navigation and vessel inspection laws, as applied to vessels operated by the War Department, upon the termination of title V, Second War Powers Act, 1942, as amended. Public Law 80-29 · March 31, 1947 · S. 931 AN ACT To extend certain powers of the President under title III of the Second War Powers Act. Public Law 80-30 · March 31, 1947 · H.J.Res. 146 JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the powers and authorities under certain statutes with respect to the distribution and pricing of sugar, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-31 · April 14, 1947 · H.R. 1621 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment and provide services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in France, 1947; and to authoriz… Public Law 80-32 · April 15, 1947 · S. 231 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the city of San Diego a right-of-way over land owned by the United States within the limits of Camp Gillespie, San Diego County, California. Public Law 80-33 · April 15, 1947 · S. 516 AN ACT To authorize the furnishing of steam from the central heating plant to the property of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-34 · April 15, 1947 · H.R. 1327 AN ACT To amend existing law to provide privilege of renewing expiring five-year level-premium-term policies for another five-year period. Public Law 80-35 · April 15, 1947 · H.R. 1713 AN ACT To provide for the promotion of substitute employees in the postal service, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-36 · April 16, 1947 · H.R. 1943 AN ACT To establish a permanent Nurse Corps of the Army and the Navy and to establish a Women's Medical Specialist Corps in the Army. Public Law 80-37 · April 16, 1947 · S. 363 AN ACT To amend section 3 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (Public Law 534, Seventy-ninth Congress). Public Law 80-38 · April 25, 1947 · H.R. 731 AN ACT To establish the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park; to erect a monument in memory of Theodore Roosevelt in the village of Medora, North Dakota; and for other purposes. Public Law 80-39 · April 28, 1947 · S. 1009 AN ACT To extend the time within which the municipality of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, may consummate the purchase of the Coast Guard site (commonly known as the Base Six property) which is located at Fort… Public Law 80-40 · April 28, 1947 · H.R. 2102 AN ACT To provide for a six months' extension and final liquidation of the farm labor supply program, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-41 · April 28, 1947 · H.R. 2413 AN ACT To amend the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-42 · April 29, 1947 · H.R. 2404 AN ACT To suspend certain import taxes on copper. Public Law 80-43 · April 30, 1947 · H.J.Res. 140 JOINT RESOLUTION To restore the name of Hoover Dam. Public Law 80-44 · April 30, 1947 · S. 547 AN ACT To provide for annual and sick leave for rural letter carriers. Public Law 80-45 · April 30, 1947 · S. 736 AN ACT Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish daylight saving time in the District of Columbia during 1947. Public Law 80-46 · May 1, 1947 · H.R. 2849 AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-47 · May 8, 1947 · S. 591 AN ACT To amend the Act of January 5, 1905, to incorporate the American National Red Cross. Public Law 80-48 · May 13, 1947 · S.J.Res. 102 JOINT RESOLUTION To permit United States common communications carriers to accord free communication privileges to official participants in the world telecommunications conferences to be held in the United States in 194… Public Law 80-49 · May 14, 1947 · H.R. 2157 AN ACT To relieve employers from certain liabilities and punishments under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the Walsh-Healey Act, and the Bacon-Davis Act, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-50 · May 15, 1947 · H.J.Res. 90 JOINT RESOLUTION To correct an error in the Act approved August 10, 1946 (Public Law 720, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session), relating to the composition of the Naval Reserve. Public Law 80-51 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 173 AN ACT To authorize the sale of certain public land in Alaska to Victory Bible Camp Ground, Incorporated. Public Law 80-52 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 490 AN ACT Providing for the appointment of a United States commissioner for the Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-53 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 492 AN ACT To authorize the juvenile court of the District of Columbia in proper cases to waive jurisdiction in capital offenses and offenses punishable by life imprisonment. Public Law 80-54 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 729 AN ACT To provide that the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia shall alone appoint the United States commissioner for the Shenandoah National Park. Public Law 80-55 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 1363 AN ACT To amend further the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended. Public Law 80-56 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 1365 AN ACT To establish a Chief of Chaplains in the United States Navy, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-57 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 1369 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act providing for the reorganization of the Navy Department, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1940, to amend the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the President to appoint a… Public Law 80-58 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 1381 AN ACT To amend the Act of July 20, 1942 (56 Stat. 662), relating to the acceptance of decorations, orders, medals, and emblems by officers and enlisted men of the armed forces of the United States tendered them by gove… Public Law 80-59 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 2758 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other purposes", approved June 29, 1940. Public Law 80-60 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 2846 AN ACT Authorizing and directing the removal of stone piers in West Executive Avenue between the grounds of the White House and the Department of State Building. Public Law 80-61 · May 15, 1947 · H.R. 1605 AN ACT To amend the Act approved December 28, 1945 (59 Stat. 663), entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of additional commissioned officers in the Regular Army, and for other purposes", as amended by the Act … Public Law 80-62 · May 16, 1947 · H.R. 1359 AN ACT To amend the Act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 556), as amended, so as to increase the total authorized number of commissioned officers of the active list of the Corps of Civil Engineers of the Navy. Public Law 80-63 · May 16, 1947 · H.R. 1367 AN ACT To authorize the construction of experimental submarines, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-64 · May 16, 1947 · H.R. 1368 AN ACT To include civilian officers and employees of the United States Naval Government of Guam among those persons who are entitled to the benefits of Public Law 490 of the Seventy-seventh Congress, approved March 7, 1… Public Law 80-65 · May 16, 1947 · S. 132 AN ACT To relieve collectors of customs of liability for failure to collect certain special tonnage duties and light money, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-66 · May 16, 1947 · S. 460 AN ACT To amend section 327 (h) of the Nationality Act of 1940. Public Law 80-67 · May 16, 1947 · S. 534 AN ACT To authorize additional allowances of good time and the payment of compensation to prison inmates performing exceptionally meritorious or outstanding services. Public Law 80-68 · May 16, 1947 · S. 64 AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a dam across Dan River in North Carolina. Public Law 80-69 · May 16, 1947 · S. 214 AN ACT To change the name of the Lugert-Altus irrigation project in the State of Oklahoma to the W. C. Austin project. Public Law 80-70 · May 16, 1947 · H.R. 450 AN ACT Providing for the conveyance to the town of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, of Marblehead Military Reservation for public use. Public Law 80-71 · May 16, 1947 · H.J.Res. 116 JOINT RESOLUTION To correct technical errors in the Act approved August 13, 1946 (Public Law 729, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session). Public Law 80-72 · May 19, 1947 · S. 273 AN ACT To limit the time within which the General Accounting Office shall make final settlement of the monthly or quarterly accounts of fiscal officers, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-73 · May 19, 1947 · H.R. 804 AN ACT Authorizing the reduction of certain accrued interest charges payable by the Farmers' Irrigation District, North Platte project. Public Law 80-74 · May 19, 1947 · H.R. 1098 AN ACT To authorize the segregation and expenditure of trust funds held in joint ownership by the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation. Public Law 80-75 · May 22, 1947 · S. 938 AN ACT To provide for assistance to Greece and Turkey. Public Law 80-76 · May 26, 1947 · H.R. 3245 AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-77 · May 27, 1947 · H.R. 193 AN ACT To amend section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; 30 U. S. C., sec. 191), as amended. Public Law 80-78 · May 27, 1947 · H.R. 1584 AN ACT Authorizing the erection and operation of a memorial museum and shop on the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho. Public Law 80-79 · May 27, 1947 · H.R. 2123 AN ACT To amend the Locomotive Inspection Act of February 17, 1911, as amended. Public Law 80-80 · May 29, 1947 · H.R. 3029 AN ACT To provide for the acquisition of a site and for preparation of plans and specifications for a courthouse to accommodate the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District Court of t… Public Law 80-81 · May 31, 1947 · H.R. 236 AN ACT To amend the Nationality Act of 1940 so as to permit naturalization proceedings to be had at places other than in the office of the clerk or in open court in the case of sick or physically disabled individuals. Public Law 80-82 · May 31, 1947 · H.R. 603 AN ACT To amend an Act of September 27, 1944, relating to credit for military or naval service in connection with certain homestead entries. Public Law 80-83 · May 31, 1947 · H.R. 1844 AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to grant easements in lands belonging to the United States under his supervision and control, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-84 · May 31, 1947 · H.J.Res. 153 JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for relief assistance to the people of countries devastated by war. Public Law 80-85 · May 31, 1947 · S. 854 AN ACT To amend section 502 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes". Public Law 80-86 · June 4, 1947 · S.J.Res. 107 JOINT RESOLUTION Limiting the application of provisions of Federal law to counsel employed under S. Res. 46. Public Law 80-87 · June 5, 1947 · S. 565 AN ACT To amend section 3539 of the Revised Statutes, relating to taking trial pieces of coins. Public Law 80-88 · June 9, 1947 · S. 583 AN ACT To authorize the exchange of lands acquired by the United States for the Silver Creek recreational demonstration project, Oregon, for the purpose of consolidating holdings therein, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-89 · June 9, 1947 · S. 993 AN ACT To provide for the reincorporation of Export-Import Bank of Washington, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-90 · June 9, 1947 · S. 1022 AN ACT To authorize an adequate White House Police force. Public Law 80-91 · June 14, 1947 · S.J.Res. 115 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to continue and establish offices in the territory of the Republic of the Philippines. Public Law 80-92 · June 14, 1947 · S. 566 AN ACT To amend sections 3533 and 3536 of the Revised Statutes with respect to deviations in standard of ingots and weight of silver coins. Public Law 80-93 · June 14, 1947 · S. 1073 AN ACT To extend until June 30, 1949, the period of time during which persons may serve in certain executive departments and agencies without being prohibited from acting as counsel, agent, or attorney for prosecuting c… Public Law 80-94 · June 14, 1947 · S. 1135 AN ACT To extend for one year certain provisions of section 100 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, relating to the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to enter into leases for peri… Public Law 80-95 · June 17, 1947 · S.J.Res. 69 JOINT RESOLUTION To prepare a revised edition of the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America as published in 1938 as Senate Document 232 of the Seventy-fourth Congress. Public Law 80-96 · June 20, 1947 · S. 321 AN ACT To amend section 17 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, so as to increase the pay of cadets and midshipmen at the service academies, and for other purposes. Public Law 80-97 · June 21, 1947 · S. 26 AN ACT To make criminally liable persons who negligently allow prisoners in their custody to escape. Public Law 80-98 · June 21, 1947 · S. 125 AN ACT To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, so as to extend the benefits of such Act to the Official Reporters of Debates in the Senate and persons employed by them in connection with t… Public Law 80-99 · June 21, 1947 · H.R. 1412 AN ACT To grant to the Arthur Alexander Post Numbered 68, The American Legion, of Belzoni, Mississippi, all of the reversionary interest reserved to the United States in lands conveyed to said post pursuant to Act of Co… Public Law 80-100 · June 21, 1947 · H.R. 1874 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and …