Displaced Persons Act

Displaced Persons Act of 1948

Long title	An act to authorize for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes
Enacted by	the 80th United States Congress
Effective	June 25, 1948
Citations
Public law	80-774
Statutes at Large	62 Stat. 1009, Chapter 647
Codification
Titles amended	50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections amended	Appendix - Civilian Protection from War Hazards - Admission of Displaced Persons § 1951 - 1965
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2242 Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Passed the Senate on May 27, 1948 (40–33) Reported by the joint conference committee on June 2, 1948; agreed to by the Senate on June 2, 1948 (63–13) and by the House on June 18, 1948 (133–266) Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 25, 1948

The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 (80th Cong., 2d Sess. Ch 647, PL 774) authorized, for a limited period of time, the admission into the United States of 200,000 certain European displaced persons (DPs) for permanent residence.^[1]