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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.
461 laws of the 22nd Congress, 1831–1833
An Act to authorize the state of Illinois, to sell twenty thousand acres of the saline lands in said state.
Ch. I · 4 Stat. 496 · January 19, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of William J. Quincy and Charles E. Quincy.
Ch. II · 6 Stat. 471 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Henry H. Tuckerman.
Ch. III · 6 Stat. 471 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Robertson and Barnwell.
Ch. IV · 6 Stat. 471 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Lewis Anderson.
Ch. V · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of William Forsythe.
Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Charles Cassedy.
Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Dixon Spears.
Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act supplementary to an act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands.
Ch. IX · 4 Stat. 496 · January 23, 1832 · Original text
An Act to direct the manner of issuing patents on confirmed land claims in the territory of Florida.
Ch. X · 4 Stat. 496 · January 23, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of Robert A. Forsythe.
Ch. XI · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of William D. King, James Daviess, and Garland Lincicum.
Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Stephen Hook.
Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Henry Kilbourn.
Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act to alter the time of holding the spring term of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Ch. XV · 4 Stat. 497 · February 10, 1832 · Original text
Resolution empowering the Secretary of the Navy to settle certain contracts, and to relinquish certain forfeitures.
Resolution I · 4 Stat. 605 · February 10, 1832 · Original text
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claim of the United States on the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie.
Ch. XVI · 6 Stat. 473 · February 10, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John Proctor.
Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Lawrence L. Van Kleeck.
Ch. XVIII · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of James Lucius Sawyer.
Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Jared Cone.
Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Andrew H. Richardson, executor of Valentine Richardson.
Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Ariel Ensign.
Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 475 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Adam Peck.
Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 475 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Antoine Dequindre, Richard Smith, and others, Michigan volunteers.
Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 475 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act to provide for the payment of arrearages in the naval service, chargeable to the enumerated contingent prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Ch. XXV · 4 Stat. 497 · February 24, 1832 · Original text
An Act making appropriations for the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Ch. XXVI · 4 Stat. 497 · February 24, 1832 · Original text
An Act making appropriations for fortifications for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Ch. XXVII · 4 Stat. 497 · February 24, 1832 · Original text
An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Ch. XXVIII · 4 Stat. 498 · February 24, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of William Tharp.
Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 476 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the representatives of Doctor Hanson Catlett.
Ch. XXX · 6 Stat. 476 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the heirs of William Robertson, deceased, and Daniel S. Leonard.
Ch. XXXI · 6 Stat. 476 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John Sapp.
Ch. XXXII · 6 Stat. 477 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Peter Peck.
Ch. XXXIII · 6 Stat. 477 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Cornelius Overton.
Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 477 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text
Resolution concerning the recording of patents for useful inventions.
Resolution II. · 4 Stat. 605 · March 7, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of Edward Lee.
Ch. XXXV · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Eber Hubbard.
Ch. XXXVI · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Wagstaff.
Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Percia Tupper, executrix of Samuel Tupper, deceased.
Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Jane Muir.
Ch. XXXIX · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Edward Livingston.
Ch. XL · 6 Stat. 478 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of William Owens.
Ch. XLI · 6 Stat. 479 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Amariah Squirrel, administrator of Jacob Squirrel, deceased.
Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 479 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Robert Jones and William A. Fleming.
Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 479 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Keep.
Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 480 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Anthony Foreman, John G. Ross, Cherokee delegation.
Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 480 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Bernard Marigny, of the state of Louisiana.
Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 480 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Nathan Towson, Paymaster-General of the Army of the United States.
Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 481 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Richard S. Hackley.
Ch. XLIX · 6 Stat. 481 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of William Williamson.
Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 482 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of J. P. and E. B. Penny.
Ch. L · 6 Stat. 482 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the adjustment and settlement of the claims of the state of South Carolina against the United States.
Ch. LI · 4 Stat. 499 · March 22, 1832 · Original text
An Act to amend the several acts establishing a territorial government in Florida.
Ch. LII · 4 Stat. 500 · March 22, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of Sylvester Havens.
Ch. LIV · 6 Stat. 471 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Leonard Denison and Elisha Ely.
Ch. LV · 6 Stat. 482 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John McDonough.
Ch. LIII · 6 Stat. 483 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Captain Thomas Paine.
Ch. LVI · 6 Stat. 483 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act explanatory of the act entitled “An act for the relief of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war,” approved thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Ch. LVII · 4 Stat. 500 · March 31, 1832 · Original text
An Act to add a part of the southern to the northern district of Alabama.
Ch. LVIII · 4 Stat. 501 · March 31, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of John Rodgers.
Ch. LIX · 6 Stat. 483 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Robert Smart.
Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 483 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John Menary.
Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 483 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Thomas Dennis, and the legal representative of Asa Hartfield.
Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 484 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Benedict Joseph Flaget.
Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 484 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Ch. LXIV · 4 Stat. 501 · April 5, 1832 · Original text
An Act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of public lands.
Ch. LXV · 4 Stat. 503 · April 5, 1832 · Original text
An Act to authorize the judges of the courts of the United States to take bail of the claimants of property seized, and perform other acts in vacation.
Ch. LXVI · 4 Stat. 503 · April 5, 1832 · Original text
An Act providing for the organization of the ordnance department.
Ch. LXVII · 4 Stat. 504 · April 5, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of the sureties of Amos Edwards.
Ch. LXVIII · 6 Stat. 484 · April 5, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act to change the time of holding the United States district court, at Staunton, in the western district of Virginia.
Ch. LXIX · 4 Stat. 504 · April 20, 1832 · Original text
An Act authorizing the governor of the territory of Arkansas to lease the salt springs, in said territory, and for other purposes.
Ch. LXX · 4 Stat. 505 · April 20, 1832 · Original text
An Act making appropriations in conformity with the stipulations of certain Indian treaties.
Ch. LXXI · 4 Stat. 505 · April 20, 1832 · Original text
An Act providing for the postponement of the trial of certain cases now pending in the superior courts of Arkansas territory, and for withholding from sale or entry certain lands in said territory.
Ch. LXXII · 4 Stat. 506 · April 20, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of Jefferson College in the state of Mississippi.
Ch. LXXIII · 6 Stat. 484 · April 20, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Ch. LXXIV · 4 Stat. 506 · May 5, 1832 · Original text
An Act to provide the means of extending the benefits if vaccination, as a preventive of the small-pox, to the Indian tribes, and thereby, as far as possible, to save them from the destructive ravages of that disease.
Ch. LXXV · 4 Stat. 514 · May 5, 1832 · Original text
An Act confirming to Joshua Kennedy, his claim to a tract of land in the city of Mobile.
Ch. LXXVI · 6 Stat. 485 · May 5, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for altering the time of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Indiana.
Ch. LXXVII · 4 Stat. 515 · May 19, 1832 · Original text
An Act for giving effect to a commercial arrangement between the United States and the Republic of Colombia.
Ch. LXXIX · 4 Stat. 515 · May 19, 1832 · Original text
An Act authorizing the revision and extension of the rules and regulation of the naval service.
Ch. LXXX · 4 Stat. 516 · May 19, 1832 · Original text
An Act to extend the patent of Jethro Wood.
Ch. LXXVIII · 6 Stat. 486 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Richard G. Morris.
Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 486 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act to revive and continue inforce “An actfor the relief of the representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others.”
Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Joseph Bogy.
Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the Miami Exporting Company.
Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mien W. Hardie.
Ch. LXXXV · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Prosper Marigny.
Ch. LXXXVI · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Arnaud Lanaux.
Ch. LXXXVII · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Joseph Soniat Dufossat.
Ch. LXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John H. Thomas, claiming under Antoine Patin.
Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Celestin Chiapella.
Ch. XC · 6 Stat. 489 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fifth census.
Ch. XCI · 4 Stat. 516 · May 22, 1832 · Original text
An act to alter the time of holding the district court of the United States for the western district of Louisiana.
Ch. XCII · 4 Stat. 516 · May 22, 1832 · Original text
An Act to authorize the removal of the land office from Mount Salus, in the state of Mississippi, and to remove the land office from Franklin to Fayette, in the state of Missouri.
Ch. XCIII · 4 Stat. 517 · May 22, 1832 · Original text
An Act for the relief of De Garmo Jones.
Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 489 · May 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text
An Act to exempt the vessels of Portugal from the payment of duties on tonnage.
Ch. CIV · 4 Stat. 517 · May 25, 1832 · Original text
An Act to extend the limits of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.
Ch. CV · 4 Stat. 517 · May 25, 1832 · Original text
An Act for improving Pennsylvania Avenue, supplying the public buildings with water, and for paving the walk from the western gate to the Capitol with flagging.
Ch. CVI · 4 Stat. 518 · May 25, 1832 · Original text
An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to enlarge the powers of the several corporations of the District of Columbia.”
Ch. CVII · 4 Stat. 518 · May 25, 1832 · Original text
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- 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.