Laws of the 81st Congress

Public Law 81-1 · January 18, 1949 · S.J.Res. 16 JOINT RESOLUTION Making January 20 and 21, 1949, holidays for Federal employees and employees of the District of Columbia in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia. Public Law 81-2 · January 19, 1949 · S. 103 AN ACT To increase rates of compensation of the President, Vice President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Public Law 81-3 · January 28, 1949 · H.J.Res. 112 JOINT RESOLUTION Making an additional appropriation for disaster relief, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-4 · February 3, 1949 · H.J.Res. 88 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the time for free entry of certain articles imported to promote international good will. Public Law 81-5 · February 7, 1949 · H.J.Res. 136 JOINT RESOLUTION Making a further appropriation for disaster relief, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-6 · February 9, 1949 · S. 547 AN ACT To continue through September 30, 1949, certain authority conferred on the President by section 2 of Public Law 395, Eightieth Congress, regarding voluntary agreements and plans. Public Law 81-7 · February 21, 1949 · H.R. 2402 AN ACT To extend the Office of the War Assets Administrator and the War Assets Administration from February 28, 1949, until June 30, 1949. Public Law 81-8 · February 24, 1949 · H.R. 1252 AN ACT To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 with respect to the eligibility for appointment in the executive branch of the Government of former professional staff members of committees of the Senate and t… Public Law 81-9 · February 25, 1949 · S. 492 AN ACT To amend the Act approved June 29, 1948, entitled "An Act to authorize the issuance of a stamp commemorative of the two-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Alexandria, Virginia". Public Law 81-10 · February 25, 1949 · S. 713 AN ACT To amend Public Law 533 of the Eightieth Congress authorizing the construction of a building for the General Accounting Office on square 518 in the District of Columbia. Public Law 81-11 · February 26, 1949 · S. 548 AN ACT To provide for continuation of authority for the regulation of exports, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-12 · February 28, 1949 · H.J.Res. 92 JOINT RESOLUTION To continue the authority of the Maritime Commission to sell, charter, and operate vessels, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-13 · March 2, 1949 · H.J.Res. 84 JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the acquisition and operation of the Freedom Train by the Archivist of the United States, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-14 · March 4, 1949 · H.R. 54 AN ACT To retrocede to the State of New Mexico exclusive jurisdiction held by the United States over lands within the boundaries of the Los Alamos Project of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Public Law 81-15 · March 10, 1949 · S. 198 AN ACT For the relief of the city and county of San Francisco. Public Law 81-16 · March 12, 1949 · S. 630 AN ACT To amend section 19 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1057), so as to remove the upper age limit for appointment to commissioned grade in the Supply Corps of the Navy. Public Law 81-17 · March 15, 1949 · S. 29 AN ACT To authorize payment of claims based on loss of or damage to property deposited by alien enemies. Public Law 81-18 · March 15, 1949 · S. 593 AN ACT For the relief of certain postal employees. Public Law 81-19 · March 15, 1949 · S.J.Res. 22 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the three hundredth anniversary of Annapolis, Maryland. Public Law 81-20 · March 17, 1949 · S. 170 AN ACT To authorize the transfer of certain property to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-21 · March 17, 1949 · S. 673 AN ACT Relating to the pay and allowances of officers of the Naval Reserve performing active duty in the grade of rear admiral, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-22 · March 23, 1949 · S.J.Res. 56 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending an invitation to the International Olympic Committee to hold the 1956 Olympic Games at Detroit, Michigan. Public Law 81-23 · March 24, 1949 · H.J.Res. 89 JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress. Public Law 81-24 · March 24, 1949 · H.R. 2485 AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the United States Marine Band at the Eighty-third and Final National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 28 to September 1, 1949. Public Law 81-25 · March 24, 1949 · S.J.Res. 36 JOINT RESOLUTION For the authorization of a special contribution by the United States for the relief of Palestine refugees. Public Law 81-26 · March 28, 1949 · S.J.Res. 52 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great Lakes during the period from March 15 to December 15, 1949, inclusive. Public Law 81-27 · March 29, 1949 · S. 271 AN ACT To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the middle district of Georgia. Public Law 81-28 · March 29, 1949 · H.R. 128 AN ACT To provide that acreage planted to cotton in 1949 shall not be used in computing cotton acreage allotments for any subsequent year. Public Law 81-29 · March 29, 1949 · H.R. 253 AN ACT To amend the Act of June 25, 1938, relating to the appointment of postmasters under civil service. Public Law 81-30 · March 30, 1949 · H.R. 2546 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to establish land-based air warning and control installations for the national security, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-31 · March 30, 1949 · H.R. 1731 AN ACT To extend certain provisions of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-32 · March 31, 1949 · S. 135 AN ACT To authorize the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish daylight-saving time in the District. Public Law 81-33 · March 31, 1949 · H.R. 2313 AN ACT To suspend certain import taxes on copper. Public Law 81-34 · March 31, 1949 · H.R. 3910 AN ACT To extend for a temporary period the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act. Public Law 81-35 · March 31, 1949 · H.J.Res. 203 JOINT RESOLUTION To maintain the status quo with respect to the exemption, from the tax on transportation of persons, of foreign travel via Newfoundland. Public Law 81-36 · April 2, 1949 · H.R. 2216 AN ACT To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide for an Under Secretary of Defense. Public Law 81-37 · April 6, 1949 · S. 790 AN ACT To grant the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. Public Law 81-38 · April 6, 1949 · H.R. 2101 AN ACT To abolish the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Washington, District of Columbia, and transfer its functions to the Secretary of Agriculture, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make disaster … Public Law 81-39 · April 14, 1949 · S. 629 AN ACT To authorize the disposition of certain lost, abandoned, or unclaimed personal property coming into the possession of the Treasury Department, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Depart… Public Law 81-40 · April 14, 1949 · H.R. 3856 AN ACT To provide for a Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion. Public Law 81-41 · April 14, 1949 · S. 278 AN ACT To prevent retroactive checkage of payments erroneously made to certain retired officers of the Naval Reserve, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-42 · April 15, 1949 · H.J.Res. 212 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing appropriations to the Federal Security Administrator in addition to those authorized under title V, part 2, of the Social Security Act, as amended, to provide for meeting emergency needs of … Public Law 81-43 · April 15, 1949 · H.J.Res. 222 JOINT RESOLUTION Making an additional appropriation for the Veterans' Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-44 · April 19, 1949 · H.R. 1579 AN ACT To amend the Printing Act of January 12, 1895, as amended, with respect to the printing of extra copies of congressional hearings and other documents. Public Law 81-45 · April 19, 1949 · H.R. 1757 AN ACT To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, as amended. Public Law 81-46 · April 19, 1949 · H.R. 1998 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the conveyance to Pinellas County, State of Florida, of certain public lands herein described", approved June 17, 1948 (Public Law 666, Eightieth Congress), for th… Public Law 81-47 · April 19, 1949 · S. 1209 AN ACT To amend the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948. Public Law 81-48 · April 19, 1949 · H.R. 1959 AN ACT For the relief of the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Public Law 81-49 · April 20, 1949 · H.R. 220 AN ACT To amend section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to revise the Alaska game law", approved July 1, 1943, as amended (57 Stat. 301). Public Law 81-50 · April 20, 1949 · H.J.Res. 186 JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the time for use of construction reserve funds established under section 511 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. Public Law 81-51 · April 21, 1949 · H.J.Res. 160 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize completion of the processing of the visa cases, and admission into the United States, of certain alien fiancés, and fiancées of members, or of former members, of the armed forces of the Uni… Public Law 81-52 · April 23, 1949 · S. 851 AN ACT To promote the settlement and development of the Territory of Alaska by facilitating the construction of necessary housing therein, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-53 · April 23, 1949 · H.R. 1755 AN ACT To authorize a $100 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation. Public Law 81-54 · April 25, 1949 · H.R. 164 AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands to the Churntown Elementary School District, California. Public Law 81-55 · April 25, 1949 · H.R. 779 AN ACT To amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide additional time for bringing suit against the United States in the case of certain tort claims, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-56 · May 6, 1949 · H.R. 4152 AN ACT To approve repayment contracts negotiated with the Bitter Root irrigation district, the Shasta View irrigation district, the Okanogan irrigation district, the Willwood irrigation district, the Uncompahgre Valley … Public Law 81-57 · May 6, 1949 · H.R. 1401 AN ACT Relating to the disposition of certain recreational demonstration project lands by the State of Michigan to the Mount Hope Cemetery Association of Waterloo, Michigan. Public Law 81-58 · May 7, 1949 · S. 796 AN ACT To establish the grade of General of the Air Force, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-59 · May 10, 1949 · S. 635 AN ACT To increase the fees of witnesses in the United States courts and before United States commissioners, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-60 · May 11, 1949 · H.R. 1741 AN ACT To authorize the establishment of a joint long-range proving ground for guided missiles, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-61 · May 12, 1949 · S. 270 AN ACT To change the name of Culbertson Dam on the Republican River in the State of Nebraska to "Trenton Dam" and to name the body of water arising behind such dam "Swanson Lake". Public Law 81-62 · May 12, 1949 · H.J.Res. 226 JOINT RESOLUTION Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1949, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-63 · May 17, 1949 · H.R. 3932 AN ACT To exempt artificial limbs from duty if imported for personal use and not for sale. Public Law 81-64 · May 17, 1949 · H.J.Res. 91 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the cancellation and release of an agreement dated December 31, 1923, entered into between the Port of Seattle and the United States of America, represented by the United States Shipping Bo… Public Law 81-65 · May 19, 1949 · H.R. 2440 AN ACT To authorize the Public Housing Commissioner to sell the suburban resettlement projects known as Greenbelt, Maryland; Greendale, Wisconsin; and Greenhills, Ohio, without regard to provisions of law requiring comp… Public Law 81-66 · May 19, 1949 · S.J.Res. 42 JOINT RESOLUTION Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact relating to the better utilization of the fisheries (marine, shell, and anadromous) of the Gulf Coast and creating the Gulf States … Public Law 81-67 · May 21, 1949 · S. 1185 AN ACT To provide that all employees of the Veterans' Canteen Service shall be paid from funds of the Service, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-68 · May 23, 1949 · S. 460 AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reconvey to the Helena Chamber of Commerce certain described parcels of land situated in the city of Helena, Montana. Public Law 81-69 · May 23, 1949 · S. 461 AN ACT To clarify the provisions of section 602 (u) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended. Public Law 81-70 · May 24, 1949 · S. 812 AN ACT To protect scenic values along Oak Creek Canyon and certain tributaries thereof within the Coconino National Forest, Arizona. Public Law 81-71 · May 24, 1949 · H.R. 2632 AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-72 · May 24, 1949 · H.R. 3762 AN ACT To amend title 18, entitled, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and title 28, entitled, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, of the United States Code, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-73 · May 26, 1949 · S. 1704 AN ACT To strengthen and improve the organization and administration of the Department of State, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-74 · May 26, 1949 · S.J.Res. 61 JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating Memorial Day, 1949, as a day for a Nation-wide prayer for peace. Public Law 81-75 · May 27, 1949 · S. 326 AN ACT To amend the War Claims Act of 1948. Public Law 81-76 · May 27, 1949 · H.R. 3704 AN ACT To provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia. Public Law 81-77 · May 27, 1949 · H.R. 3259 AN ACT To add to the Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park, Kentucky, certain land acquired by the United States for that purpose. Public Law 81-78 · May 31, 1949 · H.J.Res. 200 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission to proceed with plans for the celebration and commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the seat of … Public Law 81-79 · May 31, 1949 · H.R. 55 AN ACT To include certain lands in the Carson National Forest, New Mexico, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-80 · May 31, 1949 · H.R. 2906 AN ACT To provide a one year's extension of time for the disposition of farm labor camps to public or semipublic agencies or nonprofit associations of farmers. Public Law 81-81 · May 31, 1949 · H.R. 3396 AN ACT To amend the law relating to timber operations on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. Public Law 81-82 · May 31, 1949 · H.R. 4151 AN ACT To grant the consent of the United States to the Arkansas River compact. Public Law 81-83 · June 2, 1949 · H.R. 2566 AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement for division of the waters of the Yellowstone River. Public Law 81-84 · June 3, 1949 · H.R. 2285 AN ACT To amend title 17 of the United States Code entitled "Copyrights", with respect to relaxation of provisions governing copyright of foreign works. Public Law 81-85 · June 7, 1949 · S. 900 AN ACT To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-86 · June 7, 1949 · H.R. 967 AN ACT For the relief of the city of El Paso, Texas. Public Law 81-87 · June 8, 1949 · H.R. 1357 AN ACT To authorize the establishment of the Saint Croix Island National Monument, in the State of Maine. Public Law 81-88 · June 8, 1949 · H.R. 3341 AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the United States Marine Band at the Fifty-ninth Annual Reunion of Confederate Veterans to be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 27 through September 29, 1949. Public Law 81-89 · June 8, 1949 · H.R. 1222 AN ACT To authorize the exchange of certain fishery facilities within the State of Washington. Public Law 81-90 · June 8, 1949 · S.J.Res. 12 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President to proclaim the week in which June 6, 1949, occurs as Patrick Henry Week in commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the death of Patrick Henry. Public Law 81-91 · June 9, 1949 · H.R. 3334 AN ACT To grant the consent of Congress to the Pecos River compact. Public Law 81-92 · June 9, 1949 · H.R. 3005 AN ACT To regulate subsistence expenses and mileage allowances of civilian officers and employees of the Government. Public Law 81-93 · June 10, 1949 · S. 30 AN ACT To provide for the settlement of claims of persons employed in Federal penal and correctional institutions for damage to or loss or destruction of personal property occurring incident to their service. Public Law 81-94 · June 10, 1949 · S. 353 AN ACT To protect scenic values along and tributary to Aspen Basin Road, and contiguous scenic area, within the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Public Law 81-95 · June 10, 1949 · S. 715 AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Act of 1948. Public Law 81-96 · June 10, 1949 · S. 1181 AN ACT To authorize the appointment of officers on the active list of the Philippine Scouts in the Regular Army, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-97 · June 10, 1949 · S. 1219 AN ACT Removing certain restrictions and conditions imposed by section 2 of the Act of May 27, 1936, on certain of the lands conveyed by such Act to the city of Charleston, South Carolina; and for other purposes. Public Law 81-98 · June 10, 1949 · S. 1229 AN ACT To enable certain former officers or employees of the United States separated from the service subsequent to January 23, 1942, to elect to forfeit their rights to civil-service retirement annuities and to obtain … Public Law 81-99 · June 10, 1949 · H.R. 3181 AN ACT To provide for more effective conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-100 · June 13, 1949 · S. 314 AN ACT Authorizing the transfer of a certain tract of land in the Robinson Remount Station to the city of Crawford, Nebraska, and for other purposes.