63rd Term of Congress (March 4, 1913 - March 4,1915)

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
03/04/1913	(M) President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States
03/04/1913	Demographics of Senate
03/04/1913	Special Session Begins
03/04/1913	Demographics of House of Representatives
03/04/1913	Demographics of Senate (US map)
03/07/1913	1st Session Begins	63rd Congress, 1st Session 4/7/1913-12/1/1913
03/17/1913	Special Session Ends
07/15/1913	(L) Newlands Labor Act	It creates the National Mediation Board. The National Mediation Board (NMB) is an independent agency of the United States government that coordinates labor-management relations within the U.S. railroad and airline industries.
12/01/1913	1st Session Ends
12/01/1913	2nd Session Begins
12/19/1913	(L) Raker Act	The Raker Act was an act that permitted building of the O'Shaughnessy Dam and flooding of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, California
03/04/1914	(M) New Rule for Senate	The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating.
06/30/1914	(L) Cooperative Funds Act	The Cooperative Funds Act is a law, or series of laws, which authorized the United States Forest Service (FS) to collect donations from private partners to perform FS work. Contributions had to be voluntary, and by cash, check, or money order only. It was also stipulated that there could be no conflict of interest between the donor and the FS.
07/28/1914	(M) Europe	World War I began in Europe
08/15/1914	(M) Panama Canal	The Panama Canal was inagurated
08/15/1914	(L) Foreign Ship Registry Act	The foreign ship registry act was a federal legislation that provided for the admission of foreign-built ships to the American registry.
09/02/1914	(L) War Risk Insurance Act	The War Risk Insurance Act was a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress in 1914 to ensure the availability of marine insurance during World War I. It established a Bureau of War Risk Insurance within the Treasury Department to provide insurance policies and pay claims. In 1917, the War Risk Insurance Act of 1917 amended the insurance program to make life insurance coverage available to sailors in the United States Merchant Marine.
09/26/1914	(L) Federal Trade Commission Act	The Federal Trade Commission Act started the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the president of the United States for seven-year terms
10/24/1914	2nd Session Ends	63rd Congress, 2nd Session 12/1/1913-10/24/1914
11/16/1914	(M) Federal Reserve Bank Opened
12/07/1914	3rd Session Begins
01/28/1915	(L) Coast Guard Act	The Coast Guard Act of 1915 created the U.S. Coast Guard as a new service outwardly modeled on the structure of the U.S. Navy. Its men wore uniforms, and had the responsibility of protecting American coastal cities and waters from hostile attack. It was also authorized to stop, search, and arrest suspected smugglers and other unlawful intruders into American waters.
03/04/1915	(L) River and Harbors Act	The River and Harbors Act of 1915 provided Federal funds for anchorage grounds being built in various rivers and harbors around the country. Many projects were in Maine, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Maryland.
03/14/1915	3rd Session Ends
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03/04/1913 to 03/04/1915	63rd Term of Congress