Air Raid Attack Act of 1942

United States statute confirming a civil defense at the commencement of World War II

Air Raid Attack Act of 1942
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Long title	An Act to provide protection of persons and property from bombing attacks in the United States, and for other purposes
Nicknames	Civilian Defense Protection Act of 1942
Enacted by	the 77th United States Congress
Effective	January 27, 1942
Public law	Pub. L. 77–415
Statutes at Large	56 Stat. 19, Chap. 20
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1936 by Robert Rice Reynolds (D–NC) on December 15, 1941 Committee consideration by Senate Committee on Military Affairs, House Committee on Military Affairs Passed the Senate on December 19, 1941 (Passed) Passed the House on January 8, 1942 (187-169, in lieu of H.R. 5727) Reported by the joint conference committee on January 10, 1942; agreed to by the House on January 19, 1942 (335-2) and by the Senate on January 19, 1942 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 27, 1942

Air Raid Attack Act of 1942 was a United States federal statute authorizing the United States civil defense to protect Americans and property from bombing attacks, sabotage, and war hazards upon the United States entry into World War II. The Act of Congress established Civilian Defense regulations prohibiting the obstruction of the duties and rights of local districts, municipals, counties, and State officials.

Senate Bill 1936 was passed by the 77th United States Congressional Session and enacted into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on January 27, 1942.

Origins

The United States confronted espionage activities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation uncloaking the Duquesne Spy Ring in 1941 and Operation Pastorius in 1942. The Imperial Japanese Navy conducted attacks on the West Coast of the United States. The air attack on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii killed 2,403 people and almost wrecked the United States Pacific Fleet. Three months later on March 4, 1942, two Japanese reconnaissance aircraft undertook a limited operation to disrupt repairs of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Oahu, dropping a couple of bombs on the slopes of Tantalus Peak and near the Roosevelt High School.

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