Every law Congress has passed

1,506 laws of the 71st Congress, 1929–1931

1. An Act Providing for payment of $25 to each enrolled Chippewa Indian of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.

   Ch. 174 · 46 Stat. 1107 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Act of April 25, 1922, as amended, entitled “An Act authorizing extensions of time for the payment of purchase money due under certain homestead entries and Government-land purchases within the former Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations, North Dakota and South Dakota.”

   Ch. 175 · 46 Stat. 1107 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Act approved March 2, 1929, entitled “An Act to authorize the disposition of unplatted portions of Government town sites on irrigation projects under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes.”

   Ch. 176 · 46 Stat. 1107 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

4. An Act Providing for the sale of Chippewa Indian land to the State of Minnesota.

   Ch. 177 · 46 Stat. 1108 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

5. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the school board at Poplar, Montana, in the extension of the high-school building to be available to Indian children of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

   Ch. 178 · 46 Stat. 1108 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

6. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act approved May 10, 1928, entitled “An Act to extend the period of restriction in lands of certain members of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes.”

   Ch. 179 · 46 Stat. 1108 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

7. An Act To provide for the retention by the United States of a site within the Hot Springs National Park formerly occupied by the Arlington Hotel and Bathhouse, for park and landscape purposes.

   Ch. 180 · 46 Stat. 1109 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the widening of Piney Branch Road northwest in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 181 · 46 Stat. 1109 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

9. An Act For the award of the air-mail flyer’s medal of honor.

   Ch. 182 · 46 Stat. 1110 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the State of Maine and the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

    Ch. 183 · 46 Stat. 1111 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

11. An Act Adjusting the grades and ratings of the Naval Academy Band.

    Ch. 184 · 46 Stat. 1111 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Alaska game law.

    Ch. 185 · 46 Stat. 1111 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

13. An Act To safeguard the validity of permits to use recreational areas in the San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests.

    Ch. 186 · 46 Stat. 1115 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

14. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 46 Stat. 1115 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the President of the United States to establish the Canyon De Chelly National Monument within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona.

    Ch. 188 · 46 Stat. 1161 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

16. Joint Resoution To provide an annual appropriation to meet the quota of the United States toward the expenses of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts.

    Ch. 189 · 46 Stat. 1162 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

17. Joint Resoution To further provide for defraying the expenses of the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico.

    Ch. 190 · 46 Stat. 1162 · February 14, 1931 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Mildred L. Williams.

    Ch. 191 · 46 Stat. 1984 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Rebecca E. Olmsted.

    Ch. 192 · 46 Stat. 1985 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting six months’ pay to Arthur G. Caswell.

    Ch. 193 · 46 Stat. 1985 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Sterling S. Ball.

    Ch. 194 · 46 Stat. 1985 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the promotion on the retired list of the Navy of Stuart L. Johnson, ensign.

    Ch. 195 · 46 Stat. 1985 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Julian E. Gillespie.

    Ch. 196 · 46 Stat. 1986 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Tracy Lee Phillips.

    Ch. 197 · 46 Stat. 1986 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To reimburse William Whitright for expenses incurred as an authorized delegate of the Fort Peck Indians.

    Ch. 198 · 46 Stat. 1986 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To reimburse Charles Thompson for expenses incurred as an authorized delegate of the Fort Peck Indians.

    Ch. 199 · 46 Stat. 1986 · February 14, 1931 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To facilitate work of the Department of Agriculture in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 200 · 46 Stat. 1162 · February 16, 1931 · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the Governor of the State of Florida, as custodian for such State, upon his request, the silver service set presented by the State of Florida for the United States battleship Florida, now out of commission.

    Ch. 201 · 46 Stat. 1163 · February 16, 1931 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Act approved June 2, 1930, providing for a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt for his leadership in the cause of forest conservation.

    Ch. 202 · 46 Stat. 1163 · February 16, 1931 · Original text

30. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 630), and Acts amendatory thereof.

    Ch. 203 · 46 Stat. 1164 · February 16, 1931 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Darold Brundige.

    Ch. 204 · 46 Stat. 1987 · February 16, 1931 · Private law · Original text

32. For the relief of Eugenia A. Helston.

    Ch. 205 · 46 Stat. 1987 · February 16, 1931 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To provide a shorter work week for postal employees, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 206 · 46 Stat. 1164 · February 17, 1931 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction of a storehouse for ammunition at Fort Benjamin Harrison.

    Ch. 207 · 46 Stat. 1165 · February 17, 1931 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize exchange of lands with owners of private-land holdings within the Chaco Canyon National Monument New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 208 · 46 Stat. 1165 · February 17, 1931 · Original text

36. An Act To adjust the boundaries and for the addition of certain lands to the Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 209 · 46 Stat. 1166 · February 17, 1931 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution To amend the paragraphs relating to drought and/or storm or hail-stricken areas as contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1932.

    Ch. 210 · 46 Stat. 1167 · February 17, 1931 · Original text

38. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 211 · 46 Stat. 1987 · February 17, 1931 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 212 · 46 Stat. 2038 · February 17, 1931 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For compensation in behalf of John M. Flynn.

    Ch. 213 · 46 Stat. 2063 · February 17, 1931 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Andrew J. Brown.

    Ch. 214 · 46 Stat. 2063 · February 17, 1931 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 215 · 46 Stat. 2064 · February 17, 1931 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and so forth, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 216 · 46 Stat. 2094 · February 17, 1931 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the disposition of certain public lands in the State of Nevada.

    Ch. 217 · 46 Stat. 1167 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Organic Act of Porto Rico, approved March 2, 1917.

    Ch. 218 · 46 Stat. 1168 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

46. An Act To extend the time for construction of a free highway bridge across the Sabine River where Louisiana Highway Numbered 21 meets Texas Highway Numbered 45.

    Ch. 219 · 46 Stat. 1169 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

47. An Act Authorizing the State of Louisiana and the State of Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sabine River where Louisiana Highway Numbered 6 meets Texas Highway Numbered 21.

    Ch. 220 · 46 Stat. 1169 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

48. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Danville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 221 · 46 Stat. 1170 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

49. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of New Hampshire to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or dike across Little Bay at or near Fox Point.

    Ch. 222 · 46 Stat. 1170 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the Thirteenth National Convention of the American Legion at Detroit, Michigan, during the month of September, 1931.

    Ch. 223 · 46 Stat. 1171 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the deportation of aliens convicted and sentenced for violation of any law regulating traffic in narcotics.

    Ch. 224 · 46 Stat. 1171 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize appropriation for construction at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Benning, Georgia; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 225 · 46 Stat. 1172 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

53. An Act To reserve for public use rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and small islands along the seacoast of Orange County, California.

    Ch. 226 · 46 Stat. 1172 · February 18, 1931 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant David O. Bowman, Medical Corps, United States Navy.

    Ch. 227 · 46 Stat. 2114 · February 18, 1931 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the erection of a tablet or marker to be placed at some suitable point between Hartwell, Georgia, and Alfords Bridge in the county of Hart, State of Georgia, on the national highway between the States of Georgia and South Carolina, to commemorate the memory of Nancy Hart.”

    Ch. 228 · 46 Stat. 1173 · February 19, 1931 · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver to the State of Utah the silver service which was in use on the battleship Utah.

    Ch. 229 · 46 Stat. 1173 · February 19, 1931 · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Commercial Loan and Trust Company, Monticello, Arkansas.

    Ch. 230 · 46 Stat. 2115 · February 19, 1931 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Federal Highway Act.

    Ch. 231 · 46 Stat. 1173 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

59. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Culbertson, Montana.

    Ch. 232 · 46 Stat. 1174 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

60. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Indiana.

    Ch. 233 · 46 Stat. 1174 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

61. An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 46 Stat. 1174 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to resell the undisposed of portion of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, approximately three hundred and twenty-eight acres, and to also authorize the appraisal of property disposed of under authority contained in the Acts of Congress approved July 9, 1918, and July 11, 1919, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 235 · 46 Stat. 1191 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

63. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of bridge across the Missouri River at or near Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, and at or near South Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 236 · 46 Stat. 1192 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare and manufacture a medal in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and of the establishment of the independence of the United States.

    Ch. 237 · 46 Stat. 1192 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

65. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of California to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Bay of San Francisco from the Rincon Hill district in San Francisco by way of Goat Island to Oakland.

    Ch. 238 · 46 Stat. 1192 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

66. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Mound City, Illinois.

    Ch. 239 · 46 Stat. 1193 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing Dalles City, a municipal corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Columbia River at or near The Dalles, Oregon.

    Ch. 240 · 46 Stat. 1193 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

68. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River approximately midway between the cities of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana.

    Ch. 241 · 46 Stat. 1195 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the construction on Government Island, Alameda, California, of buildings required by the Bureau of Public Roads and Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department.

    Ch. 242 · 46 Stat. 1196 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

70. An Act to Authorize the Secretary of Commerce to purchase land and to construct buildings and facilities suitable for radio research investigations.

    Ch. 243 · 46 Stat. 1196 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the southern district of Illinois.

    Ch. 244 · 46 Stat. 1196 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of Michigan.

    Ch. 245 · 46 Stat. 1197 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for special assessments for the paving of roadways and the laying of curbs and gutters.

    Ch. 246 · 46 Stat. 1197 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing an appropriation of the sum of $15,000 to defray the expenses of the Pan American Commercial Conference, to be held in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1931.

    Ch. 247 · 46 Stat. 1199 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

75. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to exchange with the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company lands on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River near the west end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge.

    Ch. 248 · 46 Stat. 1200 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Territories of the United States under the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor.”

    Ch. 249 · 46 Stat. 1200 · February 20, 1931 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of William S. McWilliams.

    Ch. 250 · 46 Stat. 2115 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Charles Smith.

    Ch. 251 · 46 Stat. 2115 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Abram H. Johnson.

    Ch. 252 · 46 Stat. 2115 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of George Selby.

    Ch. 253 · 46 Stat. 2116 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Mary Neaf.

    Ch. 254 · 46 Stat. 2116 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. Hayden.

    Ch. 255 · 46 Stat. 2116 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of William Parish.

    Ch. 256 · 46 Stat. 2116 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Thomas F. Sutton.

    Ch. 257 · 46 Stat. 2117 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Anna E. Stratton.

    Ch. 258 · 46 Stat. 2117 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of William L. Wiles.

    Ch. 259 · 46 Stat. 2117 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Frederick Rasmussen.

    Ch. 260 · 46 Stat. 2117 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Joseph Bratten.

    Ch. 261 · 46 Stat. 2118 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Lillian N. Lakin.

    Ch. 262 · 46 Stat. 2118 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Mary C. Bolling.

    Ch. 263 · 46 Stat. 2118 · February 20, 1931 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To provide for conveyance of certain lands in the State of Alabama to vocational or other educational uses or to dispose of the lands upon condition that they shall be used for such purposes.

    Ch. 264 · 46 Stat. 1201 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

92. An Act To reserve four hundred and forty acres of public domain land for addition to the Temecula or Pechanga Reservation, California.

    Ch. 265 · 46 Stat. 1201 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing the sale of surplus power developed under the Grand Valley reclamation project, Colorado.

    Ch. 266 · 46 Stat. 1202 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

94. An Act To reserve certain lands on the public domain in Arizona for the use and benefit of the Papago Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 267 · 46 Stat. 1202 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the disposition of effects of persons dying while subject to military law.

    Ch. 268 · 46 Stat. 1203 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

96. An Act To amend the Act of May 23, 1930 (46 Stat. 378).

    Ch. 269 · 46 Stat. 1204 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the fourth proviso to section 24 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended.

    Ch. 270 · 46 Stat. 1205 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

98. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for allotments held in trust by the United States.”

    Ch. 271 · 46 Stat. 1205 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize exchanges of land with owners of private land holdings within the Craters of the Moon National Monument.

    Ch. 272 · 46 Stat. 1206 · February 21, 1931 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Mrs. A. K. Root.

     Ch. 273 · 46 Stat. 2118 · February 21, 1931 · Private law · Original text