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Research Laboratory. In 1948, it was named for George W. Lewis, 

 NACA Director of Aeronautical Research, 1924-47. (Public Law 

 667; 54 Stat. 599) 



July 31, 1940: A joint resolution appropriating $25 million for fiscal 

 year 1941 to the Tennessee Valley Authority for facilities needed 

 for the national defense. (Public Law 95; 54 Stat. 781) 



May 7, 1941: An act providing for annual inspections of coal mines 

 by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the U.S. Bureau 

 of Mines to assure health and safety conditions, to determine 

 basis for expenditure of public funds toward this goal or for edu- 

 cational materials and to obtain information for Congress on ac- 

 cidents, occupational diseases and other matters for legislative 

 action. (Public Law 49; 55 Stat. 177) 



June 28, 1941: Office of Scientific Research and Development 

 (OSRD) in the Office of Emergency Management was created by 

 President Roosevelt by Executive Order 8807. 



July 16, 1941: A joint resolution appropriating an additional sum of 

 $40 million for the Tennessee Valley Fund for fiscal year 1942. 



August 21, 1941: An act prohibiting foreign patenting of an inven- 

 tion made in the United States, except when licensed to do so by 

 the Commissioner of Patents. (Public Law 239; 55 Stat. 657) 



September 24, 1941: An act authorizing funds for construction of an 

 Army Medical Library and Museum in the District of Columbia. 

 (Public Law 256; 55 Stat. 731) 



October 31, 1942: An act giving the Government power to fix royal- 

 ties for the use of inventions needed in the prosecution of the 

 war. (Public Law 768; 56 Stat. 1013) 



April 16, 1943: Female physicians and surgeons in the Medical 

 Corps of the Army and Navy were authorized by this Act. Per- 

 sons so appointed were commissioned in Army or the Naval Re- 

 serve. (Public Law 38; 57 Stat. 65) 



July 12, 1943: A Pharmacy Corps was established in the Medical 

 Department of the Army. (Public Law 130; 57 Stat. 430) 



November 11, 1943: Public Health Service Act of 1943. Set forth the 

 organization and structure of the Public Health Service, includ- 

 ing provisions for its operation in time of war and the effect of 

 the war upon commissioned officers of the corps. (Public Law 

 184; 57 Stat. 587) (This act was repealed by a more comprehen- 

 sive act of July 1, 1944) 



April 5, 1944: The Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of 

 Mines was authorized to construct and operate demonstration 

 plants to produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal, oil shales, agri- 

 cultural and forestry products and other substances, for wartime 

 needs. In this connection the Secretary of Interior was author- 

 ized to conduct laboratory research and development work. To 

 acquire patent rights, to contract for plant construction and oper- 

 ations, to cooperate with other public or private agencies toward 

 this end, and to sell the products of the plants at cost with priori- 

 ty to Federal and State agencies. (Public Law 290; 58 Stat. 190) 



July 1, 1944: The Public Health Service Act consolidated and re- 

 vised laws pertaining to the Public Health Service and divided 

 the Service into the Office of the Surgeon General, Bureau of 

 Medical Services, Bureau of State Services, and the National In- 

 stitute of Health. The act gave the Surgeon General broad 



