Every law Congress has passed

1,626 laws of the 79th Congress, 1945–1947

1. An Act Providing for the conveyance to the city of Atlantic City, in the State of New Jersey, of lighthouse property at Atlantic City, for public use.

   Ch. 946 · 60 Stat. 975 · August 9, 1946 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Karl E. Bond.

   Ch. 938 · 60 Stat. 1320 · August 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a duplicate of Porterfield scrip certificate numbered 53 to the Muskegon Trust Company, Muskegon, Michigan, as trustee of the John Torrent trust.

   Ch. 939 · 60 Stat. 1320 · August 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of J. P. Kerr and Robert P. Kerr.

   Ch. 940 · 60 Stat. 1321 · August 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Materials Handling Machinery Company, Incorporated.

   Ch. 941 · 60 Stat. 1321 · August 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Lippert Brothers.

   Ch. 942 · 60 Stat. 1321 · August 9, 1946 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Relating to the status of Keetoowah Indians of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, and for other purposes, and authorizing conveyance of the Seger Indian School to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians of Oklahoma.

   Ch. 947 · 60 Stat. 976 · August 10, 1946 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Act of April 29, 1943, so as to afford a preference for veterans in acquiring certain vessels.

   Ch. 948 · 60 Stat. 976 · August 10, 1946 · Original text

9. An Act Relating to the sale by the United States of surplus vessels suitable for fishing.

   Ch. 949 · 60 Stat. 977 · August 10, 1946 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the Veterans’ Administration to appoint and employ retired officers without affecting their retired status, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 950 · 60 Stat. 978 · August 10, 1946 · Original text

11. Social Security Act Amendments of 1946

    An Act To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 951 · 60 Stat. 978 · August 10, 1946 · Original text

12. An Act To provide additional inducements to citizens of the United States to make a career of the United States military or naval service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 952 · 60 Stat. 993 · August 10, 1946 · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Burgess C. Moore, as administrator of the estate of Lela May Tomlinson, deceased, and as legal guardian of Kay Tomlinson and Larry Max Tomlinson, minors.

    Ch. 953 · 60 Stat. 1322 · August 10, 1946 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To establish the Castle Clinton National Monument, in the city of New York, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 954 · 60 Stat. 997 · August 12, 1946 · Original text

15. An Act To establish a national air museum, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 955 · 60 Stat. 997 · August 12, 1946 · Original text

16. An Act Providing for the conveyance to the city of Canton, South Dakota, of the Canton Insane Asylum, located in Lincoln County, South Dakota.

    Ch. 956 · 60 Stat. 998 · August 12, 1946 · Original text

17. Foreign Service Act of 1946

    An Act To improve, strengthen, and expand the Foreign Service of the United States and to consolidate and revise the laws relating to its administration.

    Ch. 957 · 60 Stat. 999 · August 13, 1946 · Original text

18. Hospital Survey and Construction Act

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to the States for surveying their hospitals and public health centers and for planning construction of additional facilities, and to authorize grants to assist in such construction.

    Ch. 958 · 60 Stat. 1040 · August 13, 1946 · Original text

19. An Act To create an Indian Claims Commission, to provide for the powers, duties, and functions thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 959 · 60 Stat. 1049 · August 13, 1946 · Original text

20. An Act Authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting the shores of publicly owned property.

    Ch. 960 · 60 Stat. 1056 · August 13, 1946 · Original text

21. An Act To insure the preservation of technical and economic records of domestic sources of ores of metals and minerals.

    Ch. 961 · 60 Stat. 1057 · August 13, 1946 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the training of officers for the naval service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 962 · 60 Stat. 1057 · August 13, 1946 · Original text

23. An Act To fix the rate of postage on domestic air mail, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 963 · 60 Stat. 1062 · August 14, 1946 · Original text

24. Farmers’ Home Administration Act of 1946

    An Act To simplify and improve credit services to farmers and promote farm ownership by abolishing certain agricultural lending agencies and functions, by defining the lending powers of the Secretary of Agriculture, by authorizing Government insurance of loans to farmers, by creating preferences for loans and insured mortgages to enable veterans to acquire farms, by providing additional specific authority and directions with respect to the liquidation of resettlement projects and rural rehabilitation projects for resettlement purposes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 964 · 60 Stat. 1062 · August 14, 1946 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the Act of March 10, 1934, entitled “An Act to promote the conservation of wildlife, fish, and game, and for other purposes”.

    Ch. 965 · 60 Stat. 1080 · August 14, 1946 · Original text

26. An Act To provide for further research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to improve and facilitate the marketing and distribution of agricultural products.

    Ch. 966 · 60 Stat. 1082 · August 14, 1946 · Original text