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.
1,959 laws of the 56th Congress, 1899–1901
An Act Granting a pension to Emma R. Rusling.
Ch. 29 · 31 Stat. 1638 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ernst Pitschner.
Ch. 30 · 31 Stat. 1638 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Emma J. Bidwell.
Ch. 31 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Joseph E. Hendrickson.
Ch. 32 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma L. Du Bois.
Ch. 33 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Byron Kurtz.
Ch. 34 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward A. Parmalee.
Ch. 35 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Josephine Brown.
Ch. 36 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Wilcox.
Ch. 37 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ermine D. Cabbell.
Ch. 38 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John Erb.
Ch. 39 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary V. Wilmarth.
Ch. 40 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Giles W. Taylor.
Ch. 41 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Major A. Northrop.
Ch. 42 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Andrew Ferguson.
Ch. 43 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucinda D. Dow.
Ch. 44 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Quinn.
Ch. 45 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Catharine Weinheimer.
Ch. 46 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John F. Hutchison.
Ch. 47 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Rosalia Tejidor Brinckerhoff.
Ch. 48 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin Culver.
Ch. 49 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clara E. Colbath.
Ch. 50 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Evelyn Neale Murray.
Ch. 51 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James U. Childs.
Ch. 52 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Moses H. Taber.
Ch. 53 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Cornelius W. Roberts.
Ch. 54 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel W. Kirkendall.
Ch. 55 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Charles S. Devine.
Ch. 56 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alonzo C. Rembaugh.
Ch. 57 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma C. Stephenson.
Ch. 58 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George O. Cole.
Ch. 59 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Nicklin.
Ch. 60 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fannie M. O’Linn.
Ch. 61 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Claussen.
Ch. 62 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Joseph Quinn.
Ch. 63 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Annie B. Sharrard.
Ch. 64 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Westfield.
Ch. 65 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Emily Haines Harrison.
Ch. 66 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nicholas Briggeman.
Ch. 67 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Amos W. Felker.
Ch. 68 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gideon W. T. Ridlon.
Ch. 69 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis H. Riden.
Ch. 70 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Augusta Ullman.
Ch. 71 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin V. B. Winkler.
Ch. 72 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Betsey A. Summers.
Ch. 73 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Louis Hebei.
Ch. 74 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the establishment of the intersection of the true one hundredth meridian with Red River, to ascertain the amount of taxes collected by the State of Texas in what was formerly known as Greer County and the expenditures made on account of said county by said State, and for other purposes.
Ch. 75 · 31 Stat. 731 · January 15, 1901 · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Franklin Cooley.
Ch. 76 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Rebecca Harvey.
Ch. 77 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Olive W. Lay.
Ch. 78 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Louise O’Leary.
Ch. 79 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary R. Dean.
Ch. 80 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ailsie Bennett.
Ch. 81 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melancthon McCoy.
Ch. 82 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Martha Agnew.
Ch. 83 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Restoring to the pension roll the name of Mary J. Calvin.
Ch. 84 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to James H. Thomas.
Ch. 85 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Julia E. G. Lewis.
Ch. 86 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Micager Philpot.
Ch. 87 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Lacey.
Ch. 88 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lydia J. De Silva.
Ch. 89 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Henry L. White.
Ch. 90 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to James H. Rainey.
Ch. 91 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the holding of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Arkansas.
Ch. 92 · 31 Stat. 733 · January 16, 1901 · Original text
An Act Making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Twelfth Census.
Ch. 93 · 31 Stat. 733 · January 16, 1901 · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Whitmore.
Ch. 94 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund P. Tierney.
Ch. 95 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Roland Burnett.
Ch. 96 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lurinda Laughlin.
Ch. 97 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Maria H. Hixson.
Ch. 98 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harriet Crotsenburg.
Ch. 99 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Thomas White.
Ch. 100 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Relating to the accounts of United States marshals and clerks of the district courts of the Territory of Utah.
Ch. 101 · 31 Stat. 734 · January 19, 1901 · Original text
An Act To change and fix the time for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States for the northeastern division of the eastern district of Tennessee.
Ch. 102 · 31 Stat. 735 · January 19, 1901 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward Everett Hayden, an ensign on the retired list of the Navy.
Ch. 103 · 31 Stat. 735 · January 19, 1901 · Original text
An Act To remove charge of desertion from military record of John Faulds, Company G, Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry.
Ch. 104 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 19, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act To divide the State of West Virginia into two judicial districts.
Ch. 105 · 31 Stat. 736 · January 22, 1901 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Postmaster-General to lease suitable premises for use of the Post-Office Department.
Ch. 106 · 31 Stat. 738 · January 22, 1901 · Original text
An Act To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for transcripts of records and plats in the General Land Office.
Ch. 107 · 31 Stat. 738 · January 22, 1901 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for use of reservations or public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the Presidentelect, on March fourth, nineteen hundred and one, and so forth.
Public Resolution 5 · 31 Stat. 1460 · January 22, 1901 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Roop.
Ch. 108 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Brice Davis.
Ch. 109 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Johnson.
Ch. 110 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Porter.
Ch. 111 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin S. Anderson.
Ch. 112 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Samuel Nichols.
Ch. 113 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Perkins.
Ch. 114 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred Hering.
Ch. 115 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. Huff.
Ch. 116 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jasper Pitts.
Ch. 117 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Eva Clark.
Ch. 118 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Hayden.
Ch. 119 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Arnett.
Ch. 120 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Restoring the pension of John R. McCoy.
Ch. 121 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Eliza D. Pennypacker.
Ch. 122 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Osborn.
Ch. 123 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan Daniels
Ch. 124 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David H. Morey.
Ch. 125 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac N. Cissna.
Ch. 126 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Nellie L. Parsons.
Ch. 127 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text
By Congress
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- 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.