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Every law Congress has passed
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.
274 laws of the 118th Congress, 2023–2025
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1106 Main Street in Bastrop, Texas, as the “Sergeant Major Billy D. Waugh Post Office”.
Public Law 118-201 · 138 Stat. 2687 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024
An Act To require the Transportation Security Administration to streamline the enrollment processes for individuals applying for a Transportation Security Administration security threat assessment for certain programs, including the Transportation Worker Identification Credential and Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment programs of the Administration, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-202 · 138 Stat. 2688 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024
An Act To provide for the permanent appointment of certain temporary district judgeships.
Public Law 118-203 · 138 Stat. 2693 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the “Dianne Feinstein Post Office”.
Public Law 118-204 · 138 Stat. 2696 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
Think Differently Transportation Act
An Act To require Amtrak to report to Congress information on Amtrak compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with respect to trains and stations.
Public Law 118-205 · 138 Stat. 2697 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
An Act To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the bald eagle as the national bird.
Public Law 118-206 · 138 Stat. 2699 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
Financial Management Risk Reduction Act
An Act To amend section 7504 of title 31, United States Code, to improve the single audit requirements.
Public Law 118-207 · 138 Stat. 2701 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
An Act To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center.
Public Law 118-208 · 138 Stat. 2704 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act
An Act To ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University.
Public Law 118-209 · 138 Stat. 2705 · December 23, 2024 · Original text
Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act
An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs for home and community based services for veterans, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-210 · 138 Stat. 2706 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2300 Sylvan Avenue in Modesto, California, as the “Corporal Michael D. Anderson Jr. Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-211 · 138 Stat. 2802 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 207 East Fort Dade Avenue in Brooksville, Florida, as the “Specialist Justin Dean Coleman Memorial Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-212 · 138 Stat. 2803 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 North Hatcher Avenue in Purcellville, Virginia, as the “Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-213 · 138 Stat. 2804 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic Act
An Act To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Plano, Texas, as the “U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic”.
Public Law 118-214 · 138 Stat. 2805 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the “Henry Parham VA Clinic”.
Public Law 118-215 · 138 Stat. 2806 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 109 Live Oaks Boulevard in Casselberry, Florida, as the “Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-216 · 138 Stat. 2808 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14280 South Military Trail in Delray Beach, Florida, as the “Benjamin Berell Ferencz Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-217 · 138 Stat. 2809 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 379 North Oates Street in Dothan, Alabama, as the “LaBruce ‘Bruce’ Tidwell Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-218 · 138 Stat. 2810 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 420 Highway 17 North in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, as the “Nancy Yount Childs Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-219 · 138 Stat. 2811 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1535 East Los Ebanos Boulevard in Brownsville, Texas, as the “1st Lieutenant Andres Zermeno Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-220 · 138 Stat. 2812 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9355 113th Street in Seminole, Florida, as the “Army SSG Ryan Christian Knauss Memorial Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-221 · 138 Stat. 2813 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 Mercer Street Southwest in Wilson, North Carolina, as the “Milton F. Fitch, Sr. Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-222 · 138 Stat. 2814 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 518 North Ridgewood Drive in Sebring, Florida, as the “U.S. Army Air Corps Major Thomas B. McGuire Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-223 · 138 Stat. 2815 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the “Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office”.
Public Law 118-224 · 138 Stat. 2816 · January 2, 2025 · Original text
Think Differently Database Act
An Act To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a website to promote awareness of available resources for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-225 · 138 Stat. 2817 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act
An Act To authorize the location of a monument on the National Mall to commemorate and honor the women’s suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-226 · 138 Stat. 2819 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Clifton Opportunities Now for Vibrant Economic Yields Act
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Mesa County, Colorado, certain Federal land in Colorado, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-227 · 138 Stat. 2820 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0
An Act To extend the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-228 · 138 Stat. 2822 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act
An Act To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-229 · 138 Stat. 2824 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Accelerating Appraisals and Conservation Efforts Act
An Act To establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation services for real property for a transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior has jurisdiction, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-230 · 138 Stat. 2826 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Government Service Delivery Improvement Act
An Act To amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to improve Government service delivery, and build related capacity for the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-231 · 138 Stat. 2829 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to approve amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial law in the territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa was approved and may be amended without requirement for further congressional action, subject to the authority of Congress under the Territorial Clause in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
Public Law 118-232 · 138 Stat. 2834 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Recognizing the Importance of Critical Minerals in Healthcare Act of 2023
An Act To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of the Interior to include the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultations regarding designations of critical minerals, elements, substances, and materials.
Public Law 118-233 · 138 Stat. 2835 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act
An Act To improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-234 · 138 Stat. 2836 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Holcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative Site Act
An Act To designate Holcombe Rucker Park, in Harlem, New York, as a National Commemorative Site, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-235 · 138 Stat. 2919 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Battles Road in Santa Maria, California, as the “Larry Lavagnino Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-236 · 138 Stat. 2921 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 1st Street in Kingsland, Arkansas, as the “Kingsland ‘Johnny Cash’ Post Office”.
Public Law 118-237 · 138 Stat. 2922 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act
An Act To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-238 · 138 Stat. 2923 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29 Franklin Street in Petersburg, Virginia, as the “John Mercer Langston Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-239 · 138 Stat. 2926 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 West Spring Street in Titusville, Pennsylvania, as the “Edwin L. Drake Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-240 · 138 Stat. 2927 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in Lexington, Nebraska, as the ‘William E. and Elsie L. Barrett Post Office Building.
Public Law 118-241 · 138 Stat. 2928 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1285 Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as the “Gladys P. Todd Post Office”.
Public Law 118-242 · 138 Stat. 2929 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1087 Route 47 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey, as the “Carlton H. Hand Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-243 · 138 Stat. 2930 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the Township of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jersey, as the “George Henry White Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-244 · 138 Stat. 2931 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 Pickens Street in Marion, Alabama, as the “Albert Turner, Sr. Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-245 · 138 Stat. 2932 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act of 2024
An Act To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-246 · 138 Stat. 2933 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site Act
An Act To establish the Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-247 · 138 Stat. 2935 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California, as the “Little Saigon Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Post Office”.
Public Law 118-248 · 138 Stat. 2937 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the “Walter Francis Ulloa Memorial Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-249 · 138 Stat. 2938 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize holding court for the Central Division of Utah in Moab and Monticello.
Public Law 118-250 · 138 Stat. 2939 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Cadillac, Michigan, as the “Duane E. Dewey VA Clinic”.
Public Law 118-251 · 138 Stat. 2940 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West Main Street in Santaquin, Utah, as the “SGT Bill Hooser Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-252 · 138 Stat. 2941 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 Center Street East in Roseau, Minnesota, as the “Floyd B. Olson Post Office”.
Public Law 118-253 · 138 Stat. 2942 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, New Hampshire, as the “Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-254 · 138 Stat. 2943 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82–6110 Mamalahoa Highway in Captain Cook, Hawaii, as the “Army 1st Lt. John Kuulei Kauhaihao Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-255 · 138 Stat. 2944 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 151 Highway 74 South in Peachtree City, Georgia, as the “SFC Shawn McCloskey Post Office”.
Public Law 118-256 · 138 Stat. 2945 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West White Street in Millstadt, Illinois, as the “Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt Post Office”.
Public Law 118-257 · 138 Stat. 2946 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Supporting America’s Children and Families Act
An Act To reauthorize child welfare programs under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act and strengthen the State and tribal child support enforcement program under part D of such title, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-258 · 138 Stat. 2947 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, as the “Louis A. Conter VA Clinic”.
Public Law 118-259 · 138 Stat. 2973 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3913 Leland Avenue Northwest in Comstock Park, Michigan, as the “Captain Miguel Justin Nava Post Office”.
Public Law 118-260 · 138 Stat. 2975 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 675 Wolf Ledges Parkway in Akron, Ohio, as the “Judge James R. Williams Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-261 · 138 Stat. 2976 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 North Main Street in Bucoda, Washington, as the “Mayor Rob Gordon Post Office”.
Public Law 118-262 · 138 Stat. 2977 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
An Act To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to authorize the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives to designate more than one of the attorneys of the Office of the Legislative Counsel as a Deputy Legislative Counsel, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-263 · 138 Stat. 2978 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-264 · 138 Stat. 2980 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the “Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-265 · 138 Stat. 2981 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Brentwood Road in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the “Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office”.
Public Law 118-266 · 138 Stat. 2982 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Federal Register Modernization Act of 2024
An Act To amend title 44, United States Code, to modernize the Federal Register, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-267 · 138 Stat. 2983 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office”.
Public Law 118-268 · 138 Stat. 2988 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 North Anderson Street in Elwood, Indiana, as the “Officer Noah Jacob Shahnavaz Post Office Building”.
Public Law 118-269 · 138 Stat. 2989 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 802 North Tancahua Street in Corpus Christi, Texas, as the “Captain Robert E. ‘Bob’ Batterson Post Office”.
Public Law 118-270 · 138 Stat. 2990 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Keeping Military Families Together Act of 2024
An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals and to extend authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-271 · 138 Stat. 2991 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024
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 118-272 · 138 Stat. 2992 · January 4, 2025 · Original text
Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
An Act To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Public Law 118-273 · 138 Stat. 3232 · January 5, 2025 · Original text
D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other purposes.
Public Law 118-274 · 138 Stat. 3234 · January 6, 2025 · Original text
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- 95th 1977 · 805
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- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 87th 1961 · 1,573
- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
- 84th 1955 · 1,909
- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
- 79th 1945 · 1,626
- 78th 1943 · 1,157
- 77th 1941 · 1,489
- 76th 1939 · 1,659
- 75th 1937 · 1,760
- 74th 1935 · 1,724
- 73rd 1933 · 975
- 72nd 1931 · 861
- 71st 1929 · 1,506
- 70th 1927 · 1,722
- 69th 1925 · 1,423
- 68th 1923 · 996
- 67th 1921 · 930
- 66th 1919 · 594
- 65th 1917 · 453
- 64th 1915 · 684
- 63rd 1913 · 700
- 62nd 1911 · 717
- 61st 1909 · 881
- 60th 1907 · 621
- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
- 56th 1899 · 1,959
- 55th 1897 · 1,438
- 54th 1895 · 947
- 53rd 1893 · 712
- 52nd 1891 · 721
- 51st 1889 · 2,188
- 50th 1887 · 1,824
- 49th 1885 · 1,452
- 48th 1883 · 970
- 47th 1881 · 761
- 46th 1879 · 650
- 45th 1877 · 746
- 44th 1875 · 578
- 43rd 1873 · 859
- 42nd 1871 · 1,014
- 41st 1869 · 771
- 40th 1867 · 769
- 39th 1865 · 715
- 38th 1863 · 516
- 37th 1861 · 526
- 36th 1859 · 382
- 35th 1857 · 314
- 34th 1855 · 435
- 33rd 1853 · 540
- 32nd 1851 · 308
- 31st 1849 · 171
- 30th 1847 · 456
- 29th 1845 · 356
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
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- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
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- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
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- 17th 1821 · 237
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- 11th 1809 · 119
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- 9th 1805 · 110
- 8th 1803 · 112
- 7th 1801 · 96
- 6th 1799 · 115
- 5th 1797 · 157
- 4th 1795 · 86
- 3rd 1793 · 133
- 2nd 1791 · 80
- 1st 1789 · 119
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.