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REPORT NO. 82-156 GOV MAJOR ACTS OF CONGRESS AND TREATIES APPROVED BY THE SENATE 1789-1980 Christopher Dell Stephen W. Stathis Analysts in American National Governent Government Division September 1982 CONmGHnItNA^l JK 1000 B RE filmH C SE HVICA^^ ABSTRACT During the nearly two centuries since the framing of the Constitution, more than 41,000 public bills have been approved by Congress, submitted to the President for his approval and become law. The seven hundred or so acts summarized in this compilation represent the major acts approved by Congress in its efforts to determine national policies to be carried out by the executive branch, to authorize appropriations to carry out these policies, and to fulfill its responsibility of assuring that such actions are being carried out in accordance with congressional intent. Also included are those treaties considered to be of similar importance. An extensive index allows each entry in this work to be located with relative ease. The authors wish to credit Daphine Lee, Larry Nunley, and Lenora Pruitt for the secretarial production of this report. CONTENTS ABSTRACT.................................................................. 111 CONGRESSES: 1st (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791)..................................... 3 2nd (October 24, 1791-March 2, 1793)................................... 7 3rd (December 2, 1793-March 3, 1795).................................. 8 4th (December 7, 1795-March 3, 1797).................................. 9 5th (May 15, 1797-March 3, 1799)....................................... 11 6th (December 2, 1799-March 3, 1801)................................... 13 7th (December 7, 1801-Marh 3, 1803)................................... 14 8th (October 17, 1803-March 3, 1805)....... ........................... 15 9th (December 2, 1805-March 3, 1807)................................... 16 10th (October 26, 1807-March 3, 1809)................................... 17 11th (May 22, 1809-March 3, 1811)...................................... 18 12th (November 4, 1811-March 3, 1813)................................... 19 13th (May 24, 1813-March 3, 1815)...................................... 20 14th (December 4, 1815-March 3, 1817).................... ............... 21 15th (December 1, 1817-March 3, 1819)................................... 22 16th (December 6, 1819-March 3, 1821)................................. 23 17th (December 3, 1821-March 3, 1823), and 18th (December 1, 1823-March 3, 1825)................................... 24 19th (December 5, 1825-March 3, 1827), and 20th (December 3, 1827-March 3, 1829)................................... 25 21st (December 7, 1829-March 3, 1831).................................. 26 22nd (December 5, 1831-March 2, 1833)................................... 27 23rd (Deceaber 2, 1833-March 3, 1835), and 24th (December 7, 1835-March 3, 1837)................................... 29 25th (September 4, 1837-March 3, 1839), and 26th (December 2, 1839-March 3, 1841)................................... 30 27th (May 31, 1841-March 3, 1843)....................................... 31 28th (December 4, 1843-March 3, 1845)................................... 32 29th (December 1, 1845-March 3, 1847)................................... 33 30th (December 6, 1847-March 3, 1849)...... ........ *..............**... 34 31st (December 3, 1849-March 3, 1851), and 32nd (December 1, 1851-March 3, 1853)................................... 35 33rd (December 5, 1853-March 3, 1855)................................... 37 CRS-v 34th (December 3, 1855-March 3, 1857)................................... 39 35th (December 7, 1857-March 3, 1859), and 36th (December 5, 1859-March 3, 1861)................................... 40 37th (July 4, 1861-March 3, 1863).***********........*******............ 42 38th (December 7, 1863-March 3, 1865)................................... 45 39th (December 4, 1865-March 3, 1867)................................... 47 40th (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869)..................................... 49 41st (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871).................................... 51 42nd (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873)...*...*............................. 53 43rd (December 1, 1873-March 3, 1875)................................... 55 "44th (December 6, 1875-March 3, 1877)................................... 57 45th (October 15, 1877-March 3, 1879), and 46th (March 18, 1879-March 3, 1881).................................... 59 47th (December 5, 1881-March 3, 1883).................................. 61 48th (December 3, 1883-March 3, 1885)................................... 63 49th (December 7, 1885-March 3, 18 87 )............................... 64 50th (December 5, 1887-March 3, 1889)................................... 66 51st (December 2, 1889-March 3, 1891).................................. 67 52nd (December 7, 1891-March 3, 1893)................................... 69 53rd (August 7, 1893-March 3, 1895), and 54th (December 2, 1895-March 3, 1897)................................... 70 55th (March 15, 1897-March 3, 1899).................................... 72 56th (December 4, 1899-March 3, 1901)................................ 74 57th (December 2, 1901-March 3, 1903), and 58th (November 9, 1903-March 3, 1905)................................. 76 59th (December 4, 1905-March 3, 1907), and 60th (December 2, 1907-March 3, 1909)................................ 79 61st (March 15, 1909-March 3, 1911)...............a..................... 81 62nd (April 4, 1911-March 3, 1913)...................................... 83 63rd (April 7, 1913-March 3, 1915)................................... 85 64th (December 6, 1915-March 3, 1917)............. ....... .... 87 65th (April 2, 1917-March 3, 1919)...................................... 90 66th (May 19, 1919-March 3, 1921)....................................... 93 67th (April 11, 1921-March 3, 1923)....0............................... 95 68th (December 3, 1923-March 3, 1925)................................... 98 69th (December 7, 1925-March 3, 1927).................................. 100 70th (December 5, 1927-March 3, 1929)................................... 102 71st (April 15, 1929-March 3, 1931).................................... 104 72nd (December 7, 1931-March 3, 1933).................................. 106 73rd (March 9, 1933-June 18, 1934)...................................... 108 74th (January 3, 1935-June 20, 1936)................................... 115 75th (January 5, 1937-June 16, 1938)................................... 119 76th (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941)................................. 122 77th (January 3, 1941-December 16, 1942).................................. 124 78th (January 6, 1943-December 19, 1944)................................ 127 79th (January 3, 1945-August 2, 1946).................................. 129 80th (January 3, 1947-December 31, 1948)............................... 132 CRS-vi 81st (February 3, 1949-January 2, 1951)................................. 135 82nd (January 3, 1951-July 7, 1952)..................................... 138 83rd (January 3, 1953-December 2, 1954)................................. 140 84th (January 5, 1955-July 27, 1956)................................... 144 85th (January 3, 1957-August 24, 1958)............................ ... 147 86th (January 7, 1959-September 1, 1960).............................. 150 87th (January 3, 1961-October 13, 1962)................................. 153 88th (January 9, 1963-October 3, 1964).................................. 158 89th (January 4, 1965-October 22, 1966)................................. 161 90th (January 10, 1967-October 14, 1968)................................ 167 91st (January 3, 1969-January 2, 1971)................................. 173 92nd (January 21, 1971-October 18, 1972)................................ 179 93rd (January 3, 1973-December 20, 1974)............................... 183 94th (January 14, 1975-October 1, 1976)................................. 189 95th (January 4, 1977-October 15, 1978)................................. 196 96th (January 15, 1979-December 16, 1980)............................... 205 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................. 215 IND X......... ............................................................ 218 INTRODUCTION On November 15, 1777, a year and a half after the Declaration of Independence was signed, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. Ratification of the Articles, the first effort by Americans to provide a written constitution for "the United States of America," was finally completed early in 1781. Under the Articles the States retained control over most essential governmental functions, and Congress-in which each State had an equal vote-was the sole organ of central government. In their attempt to avoid anything like the centralized system under which Great Britain had ruled her colonies, however, the colonists left their own government too weak to perform its necessary functions and duties. Almost from the outset, this loose confederation of thirteen States was beset with serious problems. These for the most part resulted from basic defects in the Articles themselves which failed to give Congress control over taxation and trade, made no provisions for a Federal executive or judiciary, and avoided any sanctions which would have made possible enforcement of its decisions. Even when the inadequacies of the Articles became glaringly apparent, unanimous consent for amendments was impossible to obtain. As a consequence the States found it necessary