Every law Congress has passed

1,724 laws of the 74th Congress, 1935–1937

1. An Act For the relief of Jacob Kaiser.

   Ch. 661 · 49 Stat. 2330 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of F. P. Bolack.

   Ch. 662 · 49 Stat. 2331 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of John Collins.

   Ch. 663 · 49 Stat. 2331 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Frank A. Boyle.

   Ch. 664 · 49 Stat. 2331 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Blanche Knight.

   Ch. 665 · 49 Stat. 2332 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Thomas Berchel Burke.

   Ch. 666 · 49 Stat. 2332 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. Moran.

   Ch. 667 · 49 Stat. 2333 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Irene Magnuson and Oscar L. Magnuson, her husband.

   Ch. 668 · 49 Stat. 2333 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of James L. Park.

   Ch. 669 · 49 Stat. 2333 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Joseph Salinghi.

    Ch. 670 · 49 Stat. 2334 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Joseph E. Moore.

    Ch. 671 · 49 Stat. 2334 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of D. E. Woodward.

    Ch. 672 · 49 Stat. 2335 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Clara Imbesi and Domenick Imbesi.

    Ch. 673 · 49 Stat. 2335 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of W. N. Holbrook.

    Ch. 674 · 49 Stat. 2336 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mrs. David C. Stafford.

    Ch. 675 · 49 Stat. 2336 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of the Great Northern Railway Company.

    Ch. 676 · 49 Stat. 2337 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of the seamen of the steamship Santa Ana.

    Ch. 677 · 49 Stat. 2337 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of R. H. Quynn, lieutenant, United States Navy.

    Ch. 678 · 49 Stat. 2338 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Robert B. Barker.

    Ch. 679 · 49 Stat. 2338 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Emma Hastings.

    Ch. 680 · 49 Stat. 2339 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Cora Fulghum and Ben Peterson.

    Ch. 681 · 49 Stat. 2339 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Carl Hardin, Orville Richardson, and W. E. Payne.

    Ch. 682 · 49 Stat. 2340 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Andrew Smith.

    Ch. 683 · 49 Stat. 2340 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the estates of N. G. Harper and Amos Phillips.

    Ch. 684 · 49 Stat. 2340 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of the P. L. Andrews Corporation.

    Ch. 685 · 49 Stat. 2341 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

26. Joint Resolution For the relief of William W. Brunswick.

    Ch. 686 · 49 Stat. 2341 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to present the Navy Cross to J. Harold Arnold.

    Ch. 687 · 49 Stat. 2342 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for hood control, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 688 · 49 Stat. 1570 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

29. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1936, and June 30, 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 689 · 49 Stat. 1597 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

30. Revenue Act of 1936

    An Act To provide revenue, equalize taxation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 690 · 49 Stat. 1648 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

31. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 691 · 49 Stat. 1757 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and adjust irrigation charges on irrigation lands within projects on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 692 · 49 Stat. 1803 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional district judges for the eastern and western districts of Missouri.

    Ch. 693 · 49 Stat. 1804 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

34. An Act To provide for the appointment of one additional district judge for the eastern, northern, and western districts of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 694 · 49 Stat. 1804 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

35. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the northern and southern districts of West Virginia.

    Ch. 695 · 49 Stat. 1805 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

36. An Act To appoint one additional judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

    Ch. 696 · 49 Stat. 1806 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for an examination and survey to determine the best utilization of the surplus waters of the San Juan River and the Animas River and to determine the feasibility and cost of storing such waters and of diverting them to the Rio Chama and Rio Grande.

    Ch. 697 · 49 Stat. 1806 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve certain lands on the public domain in Nevada for addition to the Walker River Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 698 · 49 Stat. 1806 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

39. An Act To provide a civil government for the Virgin Islands of the United States.

    Ch. 699 · 49 Stat. 1807 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

40. An Act To permit mining within the Glacier Bay National Monument.

    Ch. 700 · 49 Stat. 1817 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

41. An Act To withdraw certain public lands from settlement and entry.

    Ch. 701 · 49 Stat. 1818 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

42. An Act To amend section 36 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended.

    Ch. 702 · 49 Stat. 1818 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

43. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to convey a right-of-way over certain lands situated in Solano County, California, to the State of California for State highway purposes.

    Ch. 703 · 49 Stat. 1819 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

44. An Act Limiting the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code and section 190 of the Revised Statutes of the United States with respect to counsel in certain cases.

    Ch. 704 · 49 Stat. 1820 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

45. An Act To define the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 705 · 49 Stat. 1820 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

46. An Act To amend section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Archives of the United States Government, and for other purposes”, approved June 19, 1934.

    Ch. 706 · 49 Stat. 1821 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

47. An Act To provide an additional place of holding terms of the United States district court in the eastern district of Kentucky, and to amend section 83 of the Judicial Code, as amended.

    Ch. 707 · 49 Stat. 1822 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

48. An Act To amend certain provisions of the Act of March 7, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 210–212).

    Ch. 708 · 49 Stat. 1822 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the transfer of the surplus decommissioned lightship numbered 82 to United States Ship Constitution Post, Numbered 3339, Veterans of Foreign Wars.

    Ch. 709 · 49 Stat. 1823 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

50. An Act To convey certain lands to Clackamas County, Oregon, for public-park purposes.

    Ch. 710 · 49 Stat. 1823 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To provide for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property in connection with the Presidential inaugural ceremonies in 1937.

    Ch. 711 · 49 Stat. 1824 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Authorizing the granting of permits to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 712 · 49 Stat. 1824 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Fixing the date of meeting of the Seventy-fifth Congress.

    Ch. 713 · 49 Stat. 1826 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To carry out the intention of Congress with reference to the claims of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota against the United States.

    Ch. 714 · 49 Stat. 1826 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the payment of expenses incurred in an election contest for a seat in the House of Representatives from the Twentieth Congressional District of the State of New York.

    Ch. 715 · 49 Stat. 1827 · June 22, 1936 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Joseph Watkins.

    Ch. 716 · 49 Stat. 2342 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 717 · 49 Stat. 2343 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Annie E. Daniels.

    Ch. 718 · 49 Stat. 2344 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Julia Long.

    Ch. 719 · 49 Stat. 2344 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Merwin A. Kiel.

    Ch. 720 · 49 Stat. 2345 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Brooks-Callaway Company.

    Ch. 721 · 49 Stat. 2345 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Albert Gonzales.

    Ch. 722 · 49 Stat. 2345 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Evelyn Harriett B. Johnstone.

    Ch. 723 · 49 Stat. 2346 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To authorize the issuance of a reentry permit to Tomio Mori Moto and his readmission upon application while such permit remains valid.

    Ch. 724 · 49 Stat. 2346 · June 22, 1936 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 725 · 49 Stat. 1827 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

66. 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, 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 726 · 49 Stat. 1854 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to set apart as a national cemetery certain lands of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation, Minnesota.

    Ch. 727 · 49 Stat. 1888 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

68. An Act To extend the retirement privilege to the Director, Assistant Directors, inspectors, and special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    Ch. 728 · 49 Stat. 1888 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the laws governing inspection of vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 729 · 49 Stat. 1889 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

70. An Act To extend the provisions of certain laws to the island of Puerto Rico.

    Ch. 730 · 49 Stat. 1891 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the purchase by the city of Scappoose, Oregon, of a certain tract of public land revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218).

    Ch. 731 · 49 Stat. 1892 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report on traffic conditions, with recommendations for corrective legislation.

    Ch. 732 · 49 Stat. 1892 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the city of Los Angeles, California, certain public lands in California; and granting rights-of-way over public lands and reserve lands to the city of Los Angeles in Mono County in the State of California.

    Ch. 733 · 49 Stat. 1892 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

74. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925.

    Ch. 734 · 49 Stat. 1894 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize a study of the park, parkway, and recreational-area programs in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 735 · 49 Stat. 1894 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Designating the last Sunday in September as “Gold Star Mother’s Day”, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 736 · 49 Stat. 1895 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a memorial to the late Haym Salomon.

    Ch. 737 · 49 Stat. 1895 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Amending section 5 of Public Resolution Numbered 6, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved March 4, 1935.

    Ch. 738 · 49 Stat. 1896 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To provide certain administrative expenses for the Division of Territories, and Island Possessions, Department of Interior, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 739 · 49 Stat. 1896 · June 23, 1936 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Ethel Armes.

    Ch. 740 · 49 Stat. 2346 · June 23, 1936 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To provide for interest payments on American Embassy drafts.

    Ch. 741 · 49 Stat. 1896 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the Bridgeport Irrigation District.

    Ch. 742 · 49 Stat. 1897 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

83. An Act To amend section 641 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 743 · 49 Stat. 1898 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for a term of court at Durham, North Carolina.

    Ch. 744 · 49 Stat. 1898 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for the collection and publication of statistics of peanuts by the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 745 · 49 Stat. 1898 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

86. An Act Making it a felony to transport in interstate or foreign commerce persons to be employed to obstruct or interfere with the right of peaceful picketing during labor controversies.

    Ch. 746 · 49 Stat. 1899 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

87. An Act To amend the Act of June 6, 1924, entitled “An Act to amend in certain particulars the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 747 · 49 Stat. 1900 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the State of Nevada.

    Ch. 748 · 49 Stat. 1900 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

89. An Act To amend the Act approved February 27, 1931, known as the District of Columbia Traffic Act.

    Ch. 749 · 49 Stat. 1901 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the acquisition of lands in the city of Alameda, county of Alameda, State of California, as a site for a naval air station and to authorize the construction and installation of a naval air station thereon.

    Ch. 750 · 49 Stat. 1901 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the National Defense Act relating to the Medical Administrative Corps.

    Ch. 751 · 49 Stat. 1902 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lease land on the Fort Moultrie (South Carolina) Military Reservation to the owners of certain cottages thereon.

    Ch. 752 · 49 Stat. 1903 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the third circuit.

    Ch. 753 · 49 Stat. 1903 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code.

    Ch. 754 · 49 Stat. 1903 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

95. An Act To provide more effectively for the national defense by further increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Air Corps of the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 755 · 49 Stat. 1907 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the Orland reclamation project, California.

    Ch. 756 · 49 Stat. 1907 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

97. An Act To extend the jurisdiction of the United States Court for China to offenses committed on the high seas.

    Ch. 757 · 49 Stat. 1909 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

98. An Act To increase the pension to certain veterans of the Regular Establishment on the rolls March 19, 1933.

    Ch. 758 · 49 Stat. 1910 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the times and places for holding court for the eastern district of North Carolina”, approved May 10, 1928, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 28, sec. 179; U. S. C., Supp. I, title 28, sec. 179).

    Ch. 759 · 49 Stat. 1910 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Sir Walter Raleigh’s colony on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, known in history as the Lost Colony, and the birth of Virginia Dare, the first child of English parentage to be born on the American continent.

     Ch. 760 · 49 Stat. 1911 · June 24, 1936 · Original text