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Price control and stabilization. JOINT RESOLUTION Ex-
tending the effective period of the Emergency Price Control
Act of 1942, as amended, and the Stabilization Act of 1942,
as amended_.

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation. JOINT RESOLUTION
To transfer to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the
functions, powers, duties, and records of certain corporations. June 30, 1945...
D. C. Code, amendment. AN ACT To amend section 927 of the
Code of Law of the District of Columbia, relating to insane
criminals__
Inter-American Statistical Institute. AN ACT To amend the
joint resolution of January 27, 1942, entitled "Joint resolution
to enable the United States to become an adhering member of
the Inter-American Statistical Institute".

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merit for uncompensated personnel of the Selective Service
System..
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Canal Zone Code, amendment.
Zone Code.

Mexican Border Service Medal. AN ACT To provide for the
issuance of the Mexican Border Service Medal to certain mem-
bers of the Reserve forces of the Army on active duty in 1916
and 1917..

D. C. Traffic Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend paragraph
(c) of section 6 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, as
amended by Act approved February 27, 1931..
Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. AN ACT To validate titles to
certain lands conveyed by Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes
and to amend the Act entitled "An Act relative to restrictions
applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Okla-
homa", approved January 27, 1933, and to validate State
court judgments in Oklahoma and judgments of the United
States District Courts of the State of Oklahoma__

117 Nurses' Examining Board, D. C. AN ACT To increase the
salary of the executive secretary of the Nurses' Examining
Board of the District of Columbia_.

National service life insurance. AN ACT To extend five-yearlevel-premium-term policies for an additional three years.. 119 Navy mail clerks. AN ACT To permit waiving of the bonds of Navy mail clerks and assistant Navy mail clerks, and for other purposes--.

Government housing facilities. AN ACT To permit members of
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and
Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service, and their dependents,
to occupy certain Government housing facilities on a rental
basis without loss of rental allowances..
Kermit Roosevelt fund. JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for
the establishment, management, and perpetuation of the Ker-
mit Roosevelt fund..

D. C. firemen, salaries. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An
Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metro-
politan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of
Columbia."

Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT Making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes-
Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT Mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal
Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes...
Defense Housing Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend section
204 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of
housing in connection with national defense, and for other
purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended, to increase
the amount authorized to be appropriated therein, and for
other purposes--

Military Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT Making appropria-
tions for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.
Reduction of appropriations. JOINT RESOLUTION Reducing
certain appropriations available in the fiscal year ending June
30, 1945.

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Dog tax, D. C. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act
to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying a tax
upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property,
and for other purposes", approved June 19, 1878, as amended July 5, 1945...
D. C. Alley Dwelling Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend the
District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act, approved June 12,
1934, as amended...
Foreign-trade agreements. AN ACT To extend the authority of
the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and for other purposes---
Gallinger Municipal Hospital, D. C. AN ACT To remove re-
strictions to the appointment of retired officers of the United
States Public Health Service or retired civilian employees of
the United States Government or District of Columbia gov-
ernment as Superintendent of Gallinger Municipal Hospital
in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes-
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945. AN ACT Making
appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for prior fiscal
years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
years ending June 30, 1945, and June 30, 1946, to provide
appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and
for other purposes - -

Government records, disposal. AN ACT To amend the Act
entitled "An Act to provide for the disposal of certain records
of the United States Government".

Postal Service. AN ACT To reclassify the salaries of post-
masters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to estab-
lish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for
other purposes-

Armed forces medal.

AN ACT Providing for a medal for service
in the armed forces during the present war..
D. A. R., conveyance. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of
War to convey to the Captain William Edmiston Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolution a certain building
and tract or parcel of land situated in Montgomery County,
Tennessee..

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Army Medical Corps. AN ACT To give recognition to the non-
combatant services under enemy fire performed by officers
and enlisted men of the Medical Corps of the Army..
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, amendment. AN ACT To
amend section 100 of Public Law Numbered 346, Seventy-
eighth Congress, June 22, 1944, to grant certain priorities
to the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, amendments. 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 penicillin or
any derivative thereof, and for other purposes
Naval petroleum and oil-shale reserves. AN ACT Further amend-
ing the part of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations
for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921,
and for other purposes", approved June 4, 1920, as amended,
relating to the conservation, care, custody, protection, and
operation of the naval petroleum and oil-shale reserves..
Marine Band. AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the
Marine Band at the national encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic to be held at Columbus, Ohio, September
9 to 14, inclusive, 1945...
Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1. JOINT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the production of petroleum for the national
defense from Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1....
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. AN ACT For the relief
of the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District_
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. AN ACT To authorize
an exchange of certain lands with William W. Kiskadden in
connection with the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. July 14, 1945...
Bridge, Mississippi River. AN ACT To revive and reenact the
Act entitled "An Act creating the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge
Commission; defining the authority, power, and duties of said
Commission; and authorizing said Commission and its succes-
sors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge
across the Mississippi River at or near Friar Point, Mississippi,
and Helena, Arkansas, and for other purposes", approved
May 17, 1939.

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Purchase of public lands in Alaska. AN ACT To amend an
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the purchase of public
lands for home and other sites", approved June 1, 1938 (52
Stat. 609)_
Bridge, Saint Croix River. AN ACT To extend the times for
commencing and completing the construction of a bridge
across the Saint Croix River at or near Hudson, Wisconsin___
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College. AN ACT To transfer certain lands situated in
Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to board of supervisors of Louisi-
ana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College---

San Carlos Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend section 3 of
the San Carlos Act (43 Stat. 475-476), as supplemented and
amended, and for other purposes.
Cheyenne, Wyo. AN ACT Authorizing the conveyance of
certain lands to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming..
D. C. police and firemen, salaries. AN ACT To provide for an
adjustment of salaries of the Metropolitan Police, the United
States Park Police, the White House Police, and the members
of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, to con-
form with the increased cost of living in the District of Colum-
bia...
Bridge, Missouri River. AN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to the State of North Dakota to construct, main-
tain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri
River_

Bridge, Yellowstone River. AN ACT Authorizing the con-
struction of a free highway bridge across the Yellowstone
River near Fairview, Montana...

Bridge, Columbia River. AN ACT To extend the times for
commencing and completing the construction of a bridge
across the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon.
U. S. Capitol. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the appro-
priation for the roofs and skylights over the Senate and House
wings of the Capitol, and for other purposes.
National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT
Making appropriations for war agencies for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.--
San Carlos Irrigation project, Ariz. AN ACT To authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to modify the provisions of a contract
for the purchase of a power plant for use in connection with
the San Carlos irrigation project...

D. C. Teachers' Salary Act of 1945. AN ACT To fix and regulate
the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees
of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and
for other purposes - -
Treaty of Greene Ville Celebration. JOINT RESOLUTION TO
provide for the observance and celebration of the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the treaty with the
Indians of the Northwest Territory, known as the Treaty of
Greene Ville...

Pymatuning Lake compact. AN ACT To permit amendment of
the existing compact or agreement between the State of Ohio
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to Pyma-
tuning Lake.

160-A. D. C. Teachers' Salary Act, 1945, amendment. JOINT RESOLU-
TION To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary
Act of 1945.

U. S. Employees' Compensation Act, amendments. AN ACT
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation
for employees of the United States suffering injuries while
in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes",
as amended...

Roseburg Rifle Range, Oreg. AN ACT To provide the transfer
by the Secretary of War of the Roseburg Rifle Range, Douglas
County, Oregon, to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
and for other purposes-

Marketing of tobacco. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the
marketing of fire-cured and dark air-cured tobacco under the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended..
Subsidy payments. AN ACT Relating to the payment of sub-
sidies by the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation___.

Toll bridges. AN ACT To amend section 8 of the Act entitled
"An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to provide that
the United States shall aid the States in the construction of
rural post roads, and for other purposes', approved July 11,
1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes",
approved July 13, 1943.
Shore-line investigations. AN ACT Authorizing general shore-
line investigations at Federal expense, and to repeal an Act
for the improvement and protection of the beaches along the
shores of the United States, approved June 26, 1936---
Springfield Township, Pa. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to grant and convey to Springfield Township,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, certain lands of the
United States in Springfield Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, for highway purposes and for ornamental-park
purposes.-.

Territorial papers of the U. S. AN ACT To authorize the Secre-
tary of State to continue to completion the collecting, editing,
and publishing of official papers relating to the Territories of
the United States____

Merchant seamen's service insignia. AN ACT To amend the Act
entitled "An Act to provide for the issuance of devices in recog-
nition of the services of merchant sailors", approved May 10,
1943 (57 Stat. 81), and for other purposes _ _
Damages by U. S. forces abroad. AN ACT To amend the Act
approved January 2, 1942, as amended, approved April 22,
1943, entitled "An Act to provide for the prompt settlement
of claims for damages occasioned by Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps forces in foreign countries".
Bretton Woods Agreements Act. AN ACT To provide for the
participation of the United States in the International Mone-
tary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.---.

Tax Adjustment Act of 1945. AN ACT To facilitate reconver-
sion, and for other purposes..
Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. AN ACT To provide for in-
creasing the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank of
Washington, and for other purposes..
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. JOINT
RESOLUTION_Providing for membership of the United
States in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations__

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Borough of Beach Haven, N. J. AN ACT For the relief of the
Borough of Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey -
National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. JOINT
RESOLUTION To establish the first week in October of each
year as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week... Aug. 11, 1945___
Internal Revenue Code, amendment. AN ACT To amend sec-
tions 2720 (a) and 3260 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code
relating to the transfer tax, and the tax on manufacturers and
dealers, in the case of certain small-game guns _ _
Ozark National Forest, Ark. AN ACT To amend paragraph 682
of title 16 of the United States Code...
Sebastian Martin grant lands, N. Mex. AN ACT To authorize
the War Food Administrator or the Secretary of Agriculture
to adjust boundary disputes by settling claims to certain so-
called Sebastian Martin grant lands, in the State of New
Mexico__

Internal Revenue Code, amendment. AN ACT To exempt cer-
tain mechanical pencils having precious metals as essential
parts from the tax with respect to jewelry, and so forth...
Surplus Property Administrator. AN ACT To provide for ad-
ministration of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 by a Surplus
Property Administrator..

Veterans Regulations, amendment. AN ACT To amend the
Veterans Regulations to provide additional rates of compen-
sation or pension and remedy inequalities as to specific service-
incurred disabilities in excess of total disability.
Alaska, sale of public lands. AN ACT To authorize the sale of
certain public lands in Alaska to the Catholic bishop of
Alaska, in trust for the Roman Catholic Church.
National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, amendment. AN ACT To
amend the Act of October 29, 1919, entitled "An Act to
punish the transportation of stolen motor vehicles in inter-
state or foreign commerce.".

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U. S. Antarctic Expedition of 1939–1941. AN ACT To provide
for the presentation of medals to members of the United States
Antarctic Expedition of 1939-1941.
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard personnel, transportation.
AN ACT To provide for pay and allowances and transporta-
tion and subsistence of personnel discharged or released from
the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard because of under
age at the time of enlistment, and for other purposes--
Daylight saving time, termination. AN ACT To provide for
termination of daylight saving time..
Alaska land offices, functions. AN ACT To authorize the Com-
missioner of the General Land Office and the registers of the
land offices in Alaska to perform functions under the Alaska
real property ownership declaration law
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital. JOINT RESOLUTION
To provide for designation of the Veterans' Administration
Hospital at Crugers-on-Hudson, near Peekskill, New York,
as "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital".

Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945. AN ACT
To stimulate volunteer enlistments in the Regular Military
and Naval Establishments of the United States.
Pulaski's Memorial Day. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing
the President of the United States of America to proclaim
October 11, 1945, General Pulaski's Memorial Day for the
observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier
General Casimir Pulaski__

Arlington, Virginia, exchange of lands. AN ACT To authorize
the exchange of certain lands in the vicinity of the War De-
partment Pentagon Building in Arlington, Virginia......-
Nationality Act of 1940, amendment. AN ACT To amend the
Nationality Act of 1940 to preserve the nationality of citizens
residing abroad__.

Bridge, Saint Lawrence River. AN ACT To revive and reenact
the Act entitled "An Act creating the Saint Lawrence Bridge
Commission and authorizing said Commission and its successors
to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint
Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York", ap-
proved June 14, 1933, as amended..
Alaska, postmasters. AN ACT To provide further for the ap-
pointment of postmasters for fourth-class post offices in the
Territory of Alaska..

Toll bridge, Saint Louis River. AN ACT To revive and re-
enact the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the city of Duluth,
in the State of Minnesota, to construct a toll bridge across
the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and
Wisconsin, and for other purposes", approved August 7,
1939

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Spring Common Bridge, Youngstown, Ohio. AN ACT Author-
izing the reconstruction of the Spring Common Bridge on
Mahoning Avenue, across the Mahoning River in the mu-
nicipality of Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio-----
Kansas, additional district judge. AN ACT Authorizing the
appointment of an additional judge for the district of Kansas. Oct. 16, 1945...
Iowa, conveyance. AN ACT To provide for the conveyance to
the State of Iowa of the Agricultural Byproducts Laboratory
on the campus of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts..

Surplus Property Act of 1944, amendment. JOINT RESOLU-
TION To extend in the case of aluminum plants and facilities
the time during which disposition of such plants and facilities
is prohibited under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as
amended.

Bonneville Project Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend the
Bonneville Project Act--
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, State of Kentucky.
JOINT RESOLUTION To facilitate the execution of sub-
section (d) of section 13 of the Railroad Unemployment In-
surance Act, as amended..

Ben Hill County, Georgia. AN ACT To transfer Ben Hill
County, Georgia, from the Waycross division of the southern
judicial district of Georgia to the Americus division of the
middle judicial district of Georgia..

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. AN ACT For the relief of
the State of California..

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