Archive Report
Archive Report
The Sixty-ninth Congress, which passed out of existence March 4, 1927, enacted 879 public laws and public resolutions. Its legislative output exceeded that of any previous Congress. Appropriations during the Sixty-ninth Congress totaled $8,665,063,066, an increase of $766,298,761 over the total appropriations of the last preceding Congress.
Among the outstanding public measures approved by the Sixty-ninth Congress during the 225 days it was in session were the following:
First session | Second session |
Revenue act of 1926, embodying essential feature of Mellon tax plan. | Pepper-McFadden banking act, with federal reserve charter extension. |
Foreign debt funding acts. | Radio regulation act. |
$165,000,000 highway aid program. | Prohibition reorganization act. |
$165,000,000 public building program. | $71,870,000 river and harbor act, with Cape Cod Canal purchase. |
Army and Navy aviation programs. | |
Commercial air navigation act. | Naval appropriation act, with 3 cruiser construction appropriation opposed by ... |