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97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.

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329 laws of the 114th Congress, 2015–2017

  1. GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016

    An Act To eliminate or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office.

    Public Law 114-301 · 130 Stat. 1514 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016

    An Act To provide adequate protections for whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    Public Law 114-302 · 130 Stat. 1516 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  3. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the “Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 114-303 · 130 Stat. 1518 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  4. United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016

    An Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 to promote cooperative homeland security research and antiterrorism programs relating to cybersecurity, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-304 · 130 Stat. 1519 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  5. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Chalan Kanoa VLG in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, as the “Segundo T. Sablan and CNMI Fallen Military Heroes Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 114-305 · 130 Stat. 1521 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  6. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 830 Kuhn Drive in Chula Vista, California, as the “Jonathan ‘J.D.’ De Guzman Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 114-306 · 130 Stat. 1522 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  7. An Act To allow the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for certain airport projects.

    Public Law 114-307 · 130 Stat. 1523 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  8. Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016

    An Act To provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or misappropriated by the Nazis.

    Public Law 114-308 · 130 Stat. 1524 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  9. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 560 East Pleasant Valley Road, Port Hueneme, California, as the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion “Seabees” Fallen Heroes Post Office Building.

    Public Law 114-309 · 130 Stat. 1529 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  10. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, as the “Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 114-310 · 130 Stat. 1530 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  11. Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016

    An Act To provide an increase in premium pay for protective services during 2016, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-311 · 130 Stat. 1531 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  12. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 North Main Street in Florence, Arizona, as the “Adolfo ‘Harpo’ Celaya Post Office”.

    Public Law 114-312 · 130 Stat. 1533 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  13. An Act To name the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in Long Beach, California, the “Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center”.

    Public Law 114-313 · 130 Stat. 1534 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  14. An Act To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in New Jersey.

    Public Law 114-314 · 130 Stat. 1535 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  15. Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-315 · 130 Stat. 1536 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  16. Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

    An Act To ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses committed by United States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives.

    Public Law 114-316 · 130 Stat. 1593 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  17. Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016

    An Act To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence of the Inspectors General, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-317 · 130 Stat. 1595 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  18. Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016

    An Act To improve the Government-wide management of Federal property.

    Public Law 114-318 · 130 Stat. 1608 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  19. Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act

    An Act To amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title.

    Public Law 114-319 · 130 Stat. 1618 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  20. An Act To provide for the approval of the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.

    Public Law 114-320 · 130 Stat. 1621 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  21. RESPONSE Act of 2016

    An Act An Act to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Advisory Council to provide recommendations on emergency responder training and resources relating to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-321 · 130 Stat. 1623 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  22. Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act

    An Act To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-322 · 130 Stat. 1628 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  23. Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017

    An Act To authorize the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-323 · 130 Stat. 1905 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  24. Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016

    An Act To protect crime victims’ rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-324 · 130 Stat. 1948 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  25. Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016

    An Act To reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007.

    Public Law 114-325 · 130 Stat. 1965 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  26. National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016

    An Act To authorize the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.

    Public Law 114-326 · 130 Stat. 1968 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  27. Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act

    An Act To implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-327 · 130 Stat. 1974 · December 16, 2016 · Original text

  28. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

    An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2000 · December 23, 2016 · Original text

  29. American Innovation and Competitiveness Act

    An Act To invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the United States.

    Public Law 114-329 · 130 Stat. 2969 · January 6, 2017 · Original text

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From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.