Laws of the 81st Congress

Public Law 81-101 · June 13, 1949 · H.R. 1158 AN ACT To provide for the conveyance by the United States to the city of Marfa, Texas, of certain lands formerly owned by that city. Public Law 81-102 · June 13, 1949 · S. 690 AN ACT To authorize the furnishing of water to the Yuma auxiliary project, Arizona, through the works of the Gila project, Arizona, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-103 · June 13, 1949 · S. 1270 AN ACT To repeal that part of section 3 of the Act of June 24, 1926 (44 Stat. 767), as amended, and that part of section 13a of the Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 166), as amended, relating to the percentage, in time of … Public Law 81-104 · June 13, 1949 · S. 799 AN ACT Relating to the pay and allowances of officers of the Naval Establishment appointed to permanent grades. Public Law 81-105 · June 16, 1949 · S. 714 AN ACT To provide for comprehensive planning, for site acquisition in and outside of the District of Columbia, and for the design of Federal building projects outside of the District of Columbia; to authorize the transf… Public Law 81-106 · June 17, 1949 · H.R. 4263 AN ACT To amend section 102 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out operations to combat the citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, and the Hall sc… Public Law 81-107 · June 17, 1949 · H.R. 1754 AN ACT Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock raising and other homesteads by mining activit… Public Law 81-108 · June 20, 1949 · S. 213 AN ACT To provide benefits for members of the reserve components of the armed forces who suffer disability or death from injuries incurred while engaged in active-duty training for periods of less than thirty days or wh… Public Law 81-109 · June 20, 1949 · H.R. 2361 AN ACT To provide for the reorganization of Government agencies, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-110 · June 20, 1949 · H.R. 2663 AN ACT To provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence Agency, established pursuant to section 102, National Security Act of 1947, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-111 · June 20, 1949 · S. 1125 AN ACT To amend section 16-415 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, to provide for the enforcement of court orders for the payment of temporary and permanent maintenance in the same manner as directed to enf… Public Law 81-112 · June 20, 1949 · S. 1133 AN ACT To amend section 16-418 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, to provide that an attorney be appointed by the court to defend all uncontested annulment cases. Public Law 81-113 · June 20, 1949 · S. 1134 AN ACT To amend section 13-108 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia to provide for constructive service by publication in annulment actions. Public Law 81-114 · June 20, 1949 · S. 1557 AN ACT To provide for the appointment of an additional judge for the juvenile court of the District of Columbia. Public Law 81-115 · June 21, 1949 · H.R. 3754 AN ACT Providing for the temporary deferment in certain unavoidable contingencies of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock… Public Law 81-116 · June 21, 1949 · S. 1129 AN ACT To amend section 16-416 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, to conform to the nomenclature and practice prescribed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Public Law 81-117 · June 21, 1949 · H.R. 1337 AN ACT To authorize the sale of certain public lands in Alaska to the Alaska Council of Boy Scouts of America for recreation and other public purposes. Public Law 81-118 · June 22, 1949 · H.R. 5060 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-119 · June 23, 1949 · H.R. 4046 AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-120 · June 23, 1949 · S.J.Res. 55 JOINT RESOLUTION To print the monthly publication entitled "Economic Indicators". Public Law 81-121 · June 23, 1949 · H.R. 4583 AN ACT Relating to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives. Public Law 81-122 · June 23, 1949 · H.R. 1338 AN ACT Authorizing the transfer to the United States section, International Boundary and Water Commission, by the War Assets Administration of a portion of Fort Brown at Brownsville, Texas, and adjacent borrow area, wit… Public Law 81-123 · June 24, 1949 · S. 1023 AN ACT To amend section 9 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, so as to grant credit in accordance with such section for service for which, through inadvertence, no deductions from salary are… Public Law 81-124 · June 24, 1949 · S. 1127 AN ACT To amend sections 130 and 131 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, relating to the notice to be given upon a petition for probate of a will… Public Law 81-125 · June 24, 1949 · S. 1131 AN ACT To amend sections 260, 267, 309, 315, 348, 350, and 361 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, to provide that estates of decedents being adm… Public Law 81-126 · June 24, 1949 · S. 1132 AN ACT To amend section 137 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, relating to the time within which a caveat may be filed to a will after the will … Public Law 81-127 · June 24, 1949 · S. 1135 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, to provide a family allowance and a simplified procedure in the settlement of small estates. Public Law 81-128 · June 25, 1949 · S. 979 AN ACT To amend section 9 of the Act of May 22, 1928, as amended, authorizing and directing a national survey of forest resources. Public Law 81-129 · June 25, 1949 · S. 1659 AN ACT Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact. Public Law 81-130 · June 25, 1949 · H.R. 263 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the county of Orange, California, a perpetual easement for the maintenance and operation of a public highway, and to grant to the Irvine Company, a corporation, … Public Law 81-131 · June 25, 1949 · H.R. 4516 AN ACT To amend section 312 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, so as to provide for the retention of certain officers of the Medical and Dental Corps of the Navy. Public Law 81-132 · June 28, 1949 · S. 55 AN ACT To authorize completion of construction and development of the Eden project, Wyoming. Public Law 81-133 · June 28, 1949 · H.R. 3444 AN ACT To provide for the collection and publication of cotton statistics. Public Law 81-134 · June 28, 1949 · H.R. 3967 AN ACT To continue a system of nurseries and nursery schools for the day care of school-age and under-school-age children in the District of Columbia through June 30, 1950. Public Law 81-135 · June 28, 1949 · H.R. 1771 AN ACT Relating to loans by Federal agencies for the construction of certain public works. Public Law 81-136 · June 28, 1949 · H.R. 4392 AN ACT To provide for the payment of compensation to the Swiss Government for losses and damages inflicted on Swiss territory during World War II by United States armed forces in violation of neutral rights, and authori… Public Law 81-137 · June 28, 1949 · H.J.Res. 276 JOINT RESOLUTION Granting certain extensions of time for tax purposes. Public Law 81-138 · June 29, 1949 · S. 257 AN ACT To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, so as to provide limitations on the time within which actions may be brought for the recovery of under-charges and overcharges by or against common carriers by mo… Public Law 81-139 · June 29, 1949 · S. 1089 AN ACT To amend section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, relating to marketing agreements and orders, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue orders under such section with respect to filberts and almon… Public Law 81-140 · June 29, 1949 · H.R. 1837 AN ACT To amend the Nationality Act of 1940. Public Law 81-141 · June 29, 1949 · H.R. 3333 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-142 · June 29, 1949 · H.R. 4332 AN ACT To amend the National Bank Act and the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-143 · June 29, 1949 · H.R. 4471 AN ACT To regulate the hours of duty and the pay of civilian keepers of lighthouses and civilians employed on lightships and other vessels of the Coast Guard. Public Law 81-144 · June 29, 1949 · S. 1794 AN ACT To repeal certain obsolete provisions of law relating to the naval service. Public Law 81-145 · June 29, 1949 · H.R. 3082 AN ACT Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for oth… Public Law 81-146 · June 29, 1949 · H.R. 3997 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-147 · June 29, 1949 · H.J.Res. 235 JOINT RESOLUTION To continue the authority of the Maritime Commission to sell, charter, and operate vessels, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-148 · June 30, 1949 · S. 1433 AN ACT Amending Public Law 125, Eightieth Congress, approved June 28, 1947, as amended. Public Law 81-149 · June 30, 1949 · H.R. 2989 AN ACT To incorporate the Virgin Islands Corporation, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-150 · June 30, 1949 · H.R. 3083 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments and funds available for the Export-Import Bank and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other… Public Law 81-151 · June 30, 1949 · H.R. 3088 AN ACT To increase the compensation of certain employees of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-152 · June 30, 1949 · H.R. 4754 AN ACT To simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-153 · June 30, 1949 · H.R. 5044 AN ACT To continue for a temporary period certain powers, authority, and discretion in respect to tin and tin products conferred upon the President by the Second Decontrol Act of 1947, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-154 · June 30, 1949 · H.J.Res. 284 JOINT RESOLUTION Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1950, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-155 · July 1, 1949 · H.R. 5240 AN ACT To continue for a temporary period certain powers, authority, and discretion for the purpose of exercising, administering, and enforcing import controls with respect to fats and oils (including butter), and rice … Public Law 81-156 · July 5, 1949 · H.R. 4878 AN ACT To authorize certain Government printing, binding, and blank-book work elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office if approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. Public Law 81-157 · July 5, 1949 · H.J.Res. 240 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia of a statue of Simon Bolivar. Public Law 81-158 · July 6, 1949 · H.R. 3198 AN ACT To amend the Act of June 18, 1929. Public Law 81-159 · July 6, 1949 · H.R. 3549 AN ACT To permit the Comptroller General to pay claims chargeable against lapsed appropriations and to provide for the return of unexpended balances of such appropriations to the surplus fund. Public Law 81-160 · July 6, 1949 · H.R. 5100 AN ACT To correct inequities in the pay of certain officers and employees of the Federal Government and of the government of the District of Columbia. Public Law 81-161 · July 9, 1949 · H.R. 2282 AN ACT To make certain Government-owned facilities available for international broadcasting in the furtherance of authorized programs of the Department of State, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-162 · July 11, 1949 · H.J.Res. 228 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing an appropriation for the work of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Public Law 81-163 · July 13, 1949 · H.R. 4252 AN ACT To transfer the trawlers Alaska and Oregon from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Fish and Wildlife Service Public Law 81-164 · July 13, 1949 · H.R. 3151 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 aureomycin, chloramphenicol, and bac… Public Law 81-165 · July 13, 1949 · H.R. 3680 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim five and one-tenth acres of land in Washington County, Mississippi, to the Mississippi State College. Public Law 81-166 · July 13, 1949 · H.R. 3717 AN ACT To repeal the Act of July 24, 1946, relating to the Swan Island Animal Quarantine Station. Public Law 81-167 · July 13, 1949 · H.R. 20 AN ACT To amend the Act of August 1, 1947, as amended, to authorize the creation of ten professional and scientific positions in the headquarters and research stations of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Public Law 81-168 · July 14, 1949 · S. 1042 AN ACT Relating to the payment of fees, expenses, and costs of jurors. Public Law 81-169 · July 14, 1949 · H.R. 52 AN ACT For the relief of Nevada County, California. Public Law 81-170 · July 14, 1949 · H.R. 2785 AN ACT To provide for further contributions to the International Children's Emergency Fund. Public Law 81-171 · July 15, 1949 · S. 1070 AN ACT To establish a national housing objective and the policy to be followed in the attainment thereof, to provide Federal aid to assist slum-clearance projects and low-rent public housing projects initiated by local … Public Law 81-172 · July 16, 1949 · S. 1168 AN ACT To amend section 2680 of title 28, United States Code. Public Law 81-173 · July 16, 1949 · S. 1688 AN ACT To provide for certain adjustments on the promotion list of the Medical Service Corps of the Regular Army. Public Law 81-174 · July 16, 1949 · H.J.Res. 287 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending section 1302 (a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, until June 30, 1950. Public Law 81-175 · July 18, 1949 · S. 70 AN ACT To make effective in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States governing pleading, practice, and procedure in the district courts of the United Sta… Public Law 81-176 · July 19, 1949 · S.J.Res. 114 JOINT RESOLUTION To provide an increase in the authorization for the Federal National Mortgage Association. Public Law 81-177 · July 20, 1949 · H.R. 858 AN ACT To clarify the overtime compensation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended. Public Law 81-178 · July 20, 1949 · H.R. 2737 AN ACT To establish the Medal for Humane Action for award to persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States participating in the current military effort to supply necessities of life to the people of B… Public Law 81-179 · July 20, 1949 · H.R. 4016 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1950, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-180 · July 21, 1949 · S. 1359 AN ACT To repeal the provisions of the Alaska Railroad Retirement Act of June 29, 1936, as amended, and sections 91 to 107 of the Canal Zone Code and to extend the benefits of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29,… Public Law 81-181 · July 21, 1949 · S. 863 AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Army to convey certain lands to the city and county of San Francisco. Public Law 81-182 · July 25, 1949 · S. 937 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to effect the payment of certain claims against the United States. Public Law 81-183 · July 25, 1949 · S. 1280 AN ACT To amend the Federal Airport Act so as to limit to 10 per centum any increase of the amount stated as a maximum obligation under a grant agreement. Public Law 81-184 · July 25, 1949 · S. 1639 AN ACT To amend section 1452, Revised Statutes, relating to Presidential action on the proceedings and decisions of Navy retiring boards. Public Law 81-185 · July 26, 1949 · S. 255 AN ACT To amend section 205 of the Interstate Commerce Act, relating to joint boards. Public Law 81-186 · July 26, 1949 · S. 447 AN ACT To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, to regulate the transportation, packing, marking, and description of explosives and other dangerous articles. Public Law 81-187 · July 26, 1949 · S. 1279 AN ACT To amend the Federal Airport Act so as to provide that minimum rates of wages need be specified only in contracts in excess of $2,000. Public Law 81-188 · July 26, 1949 · S. 2010 AN ACT To extend for one year the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs respecting leases and leased property. Public Law 81-189 · July 26, 1949 · H.R. 2104 AN ACT Relating to orders to banks doing business in the District of Columbia to stop payment on negotiable instruments payable from deposits in, or payable at, such banks. Public Law 81-190 · July 26, 1949 · H.J.Res. 298 JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for on-the-spot audits by the General Accounting Office of the fiscal records of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. Public Law 81-191 · July 28, 1949 · H.R. 3901 AN ACT To increase the salaries of the judges of the Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia. Public Law 81-192 · July 29, 1949 · S. 276 AN ACT To authorize a project for the rehabilitation of certain works of the Fort Sumner irrigation district in New Mexico, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-193 · August 1, 1949 · H.R. 4646 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force to lend certain property to national veterans' organizations, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-194 · August 1, 1949 · S. 266 AN ACT Modifying a limitation affecting the pension, compensation, or retirement pay payable on account of an incompetent veteran without dependents during hospitalization, institutional or domiciliary care. Public Law 81-195 · August 1, 1949 · S. 811 AN ACT To adjust the effective date of certain awards of pensions and compensations payable by the Veterans' Administration. Public Law 81-196 · August 1, 1949 · H.J.Res. 329 JOINT RESOLUTION Amending an Act making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1950, and for other purposes. Public Law 81-197 · August 2, 1949 · S. 256 AN ACT To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended. Public Law 81-198 · August 2, 1949 · H.R. 1360 AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Del Rio, Texas. Public Law 81-199 · August 2, 1949 · H.R. 3512 AN ACT To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to authorize the exemption of certain employees of the Library of Congress and of the judicial branch of the Government whose employment is t… Public Law 81-200 · August 2, 1949 · H.R. 4022 AN ACT To extend the time for commencing the construction of a toll bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas, to July 31, 1950.