The Register
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.
234 laws of the 20th Congress, 1827–1829
An Act to authorize a subscription for stock on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company.
Ch. XXXIII · 4 Stat. 353 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act making additional appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Ch. XXXIV · 4 Stat. 353 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act making additional appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Ch. XXXV · 4 Stat. 355 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act making appropriations for the erection and completion of certain barracks and quarters, and for other purposes.
Ch. XXXVI · 4 Stat. 355 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act making additional appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Ch. XXXVII · 4 Stat. 356 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act providing for the printing and binding sixty thousand copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics, including manoeuvres of light in fantry and riflemen, and for other purposes.
Ch. XXXVIII · 4 Stat. 357 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act to authorize the establishment of a town, on land reserved for the use of schools, and to direct the manner of disposing of certain reserved quarter sections of land for the seat of government in Florida.
Ch. XXXIX · 4 Stat. 357 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act confirming the reports of the register and receiver of the land office for the district of St. Stephens, in the state of Alabama, and for other purposes.
Ch. XI · 4 Stat. 358 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act to provide for the apprehension and delivery of deserters from certain foreign vessels in the ports of the United States.
Ch. XLI · 4 Stat. 359 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act to continue the present mode of supplying the army of the United States.
Ch. XLII · 4 Stat. 360 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act for the relief of the navy hospital fund.
Ch. XLIII · 4 Stat. 360 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act making appropriations for carrying into effect certain treaties with the Indian tribes, and for holding a treaty with the Pattawatimas.
Ch. L · 4 Stat. 361 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
Resolution in relation to the survey and laying out a military road, in the state of Maine.
Resolution II · 4 Stat. 369 · March 2, 1829 · Original text
An Act for the relief of William Otis.
Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 396 · March 2, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of George Wilson, of Pennsylvania.
Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 396 · March 2, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John Smith T. and Wilson P. Hunt.
Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 397 · March 2, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the heirs of John Gwyn.
Ch. XLVII · 6 Stat. 397 · March 2, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Thomas Griffin.
Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 397 · March 2, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the benefit of the trustees of the Valley Creek Academy, in the state of Alabama.
Ch. XLIX · 6 Stat. 398 · March 2, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act malting appropriations for the public buildings, and other purposes.
Ch. LI · 4 Stat. 362 · March 3, 1829 · Original text
An Act making additional appropriations for completing and repairing piers, for the improvement of certain harbours, and of the navigation of certain rivers.
Ch. LII · 4 Stat. 363 · March 3, 1829 · Original text
An Act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road.
Ch. LIII · 4 Stat. 363 · March 3, 1829 · Original text
An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved salt springs, in the state of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale.
Ch. LIV · 4 Stat. 364 · March 3, 1829 · Original text
An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved lead mines, in the state of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale, and for other purposes.
Ch. LV · 4 Stat. 364 · March 3, 1829 · Original text
An Act providing for ceding to the state of South Carolina the jurisdiction over, and the title to, a certain tract of land, called Mount Dearborn, in the said state.
Ch. LVII · 4 Stat. 364 · March 3, 1829 · Original text
An Act concerning the government and discipline of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia.
Ch. LXV · 4 Stat. 365 · March 3, 1829 · Original text
An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Guest, deceased.
Ch. LIX · 6 Stat. 395 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the representatives of James A. Harper, deceased.
Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 395 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act to incorporate the Washington, Alexandria, and George Town Steam Packet Company.
Ch. LVI · 6 Stat. 398 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Charles A. Burnett.
Ch. LVIII · 6 Stat. 400 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Samuel Chesnut.
Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 400 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Thomas Hunt.
Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 401 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of William R. Maddox.
Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 401 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Joshua Foltz.
Ch. LXIV · 6 Stat. 401 · March 3, 1829 · Private law · Original text
By Congress
- 119th 2025 · 136
- 118th 2023 · 274
- 117th 2021 · 365
- 116th 2019 · 344
- 115th 2017 · 443
- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
- 106th 1999 · 604
- 105th 1997 · 404
- 104th 1995 · 337
- 103rd 1993 · 473
- 102nd 1991 · 610
- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 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
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
- 13th 1813 · 271
- 12th 1811 · 208
- 11th 1809 · 119
- 10th 1807 · 106
- 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.