78th United States Congress

The Seventy-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945, during the last two years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

• World War II continued (1941–1945)
• June 6, 1944: Battle of Normandy
• November 7, 1944: General elections:
• President Roosevelt was re-elected to a fourth term.
• Senate Democrats kept their majority despite 1-seat net loss.
• House Democrats increased their majority with a 20-seat net gain.

Major legislation

• December 17, 1943: Magnuson Act (Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943), Sess. 1, ch. 344,
• February 3, 1944: Mustering-out Payment Act, Sess. 2, ,
• June 6, 1944: Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill), Sess. 2, ch. 268, ,
• June 27, 1944: Veterans' Preference Act, Sess. 2, ch. 287, ,
• July 1, 1944: Public Health Service Act, Sess. 2, ch.......
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