Congressional Timeline: 77th Congress (January 3, 1941, to December 16, 1942) Page 1

77th Congress

77th Congress

May 17, 1941
Lend-Lease Act

December 8, 1941
Declaration of a State of War with Japan

December 11, 1941
Declaration of a State of War with Germany

December 11, 1941
Declaration of a State of War with Italy

December 18, 1941
First War Powers Act

December 20, 1941
Selective Training & Service Act of 1940 Amendments

January 30, 1942
Emergency Price Control Act of 1942

March 27, 1942
Second War Powers Act

May 14, 1942
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Act

October 2, 1942
Stabilization Act of 1942

October 21, 1942
Revenue Act of 1942

November 13, 1942
Teenage Draft Act of 1942

Timeline: January 3, 1941, to December 16, 1942

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77th Congress
1st Session, January 3, 1941, to January 2, 1942
2nd Session, January 5, 1942, to December 16, 1942

Partisan Composition of the House
Partisan Composition of the Senate
Black Americans Serving in this Congress
Women Serving in this Congress

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congressional Leaders:
Senate Majority Leader: Alben Barkley (D-KY)
Senate Minority Leader: Charles L. McNary (R-OR)
Speaker of the House: Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
Majority Leader of the House: John W. McCormack (D-MA)
Minority Leader of the House: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA)

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May 17, 1941

Lend-Lease Act

Authorized the president “to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of” any defense article to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States” without regard to the terms of any existing legislation. Initially appropriated $7 billion and authorized disposal of $1.3 billion of existing government property.

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Signing Ceremony

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December 8, 1941

Declaration of a State of War with Japan

Authorized and directed the president “to deploy of the entire naval and military forces of the United States, and the resources of the Government to carry on the war against the Imperial Government of Japan; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.”

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

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December 11, 1941

Declaration of a State of War with Germany

Authorized and directed the president “to deploy of the entire naval and military forces of the United States, and the resources of the Government to carry on the war against the Government of Germany; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.”

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Signing Ceremony

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December 11, 1941

Declaration of a State of War with Italy

Authorized and directed the president “to deploy of the entire naval and military forces of the United States, and the resources of the Government to carry on the war against the Government of Italy; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.”

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Benito Mussolini, Dictator of Italy

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1941

77th Congress

May 17, 1941

Lend-Lease Act

December 8, 1941

Declaration of

a State of War

with Japan

December 11, 1941

Declaration of

a State of War

with Germany

December 11, 1941

Declaration of

a State of War

with Italy

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