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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.
2,773 laws of the 57th Congress, 1901–1903
Joint Resolution Allowing the importation free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, of all articles from foreign countries, and the transfer of foreign exhibits from the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo for the purpose of exhibition at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, at Charleston, South Carolina.
Public Resolution 1 · 32 Stat. 734 · December 6, 1901 · Original text
An Act To continue the Industrial Commission until February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two.
Ch. 1 · 32 Stat. 1 · December 14, 1901 · Original text
Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and one, on the eighteenth day of said month.
Public Resolution 2 · 32 Stat. 734 · December 17, 1901 · Original text
Joint Resolution To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”
Public Resolution 3 · 32 Stat. 735 · January 8, 1902 · Original text
An Act To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for transcripts of records and plats in the General Land Office.
Ch. 2 · 32 Stat. 1 · January 13, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution To pay the expenses of the United States Government exhibit at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition in the city of Charleston, county of Charleston, State of South Carolina, during the years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two.
Public Resolution 4 · 32 Stat. 735 · January 21, 1902 · Original text
An Act To increase the amount of the official bond to be furnished by the United States marshal for the District of Alaska, in certain cases.
Ch. 3 · 32 Stat. 2 · January 22, 1902 · Original text
An Act Providing for the free transportation of all mail matter sent by Mrs. Ida S. McKinley.
Ch. 4 · 32 Stat. 1237 · January 22, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.
Ch. 5 · 32 Stat. 2 · January 31, 1902 · Original text
An Act To provide for the removal of snow and ice from crosswalks and gutters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.
Ch. 6 · 32 Stat. 2 · January 31, 1902 · Original text
An Act To require cases of typhoid fever occurring in the District of Columbia to be reported to the health department of said District.
Ch. 7 · 32 Stat. 3 · February 4, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Davis.
Ch. 8 · 32 Stat. 1237 · February 5, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth O. Gould.
Ch. 9 · 32 Stat. 1237 · February 5, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Helen F. M. Edwards.
Ch. 10 · 32 Stat. 1238 · February 5, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Josefa T. Philip.
Ch. 11 · 32 Stat. 1238 · February 5, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Esther F. Moody.
Ch. 12 · 32 Stat. 1238 · February 6, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Lamb.
Ch. 13 · 32 Stat. 1238 · February 6, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Dillon.
Ch. 14 · 32 Stat. 1238 · February 6, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to construct and maintain, or cause to be constructed and maintained, a car transfer over the Duluth Canal, and for that purpose to occupy certain lands of the United States.
Ch. 15 · 32 Stat. 3 · February 7, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Increasing the membership of the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library.
Public Resolution 5 · 32 Stat. 735 · February 7, 1902 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Company to build a bridge across the Current River in Arkansas.
Ch. 16 · 32 Stat. 4 · February 11, 1902 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.
Ch. 17 · 32 Stat. 5 · February 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act To prevent the sale of firearms, opium, and intoxicating liquors in certain islands of the Pacific.
Ch. 18 · 32 Stat. 33 · February 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act To regulate the collection of taxes in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 19 · 32 Stat. 33 · February 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act To declare the international railway bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, New York, a lawful structure.
Ch. 20 · 32 Stat. 34 · February 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mary E. McDonald.
Ch. 21 · 32 Stat. 1239 · February 14, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To receive arrearages of taxes due the District of Columbia to July first, nineteen hundred, at six per centum per annum, in lieu of penalties and costs.
Ch. 22 · 32 Stat. 34 · February 15, 1902 · Original text
An Act To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to a reciprocal recognition of boiler-inspection certificates between the several maritime nations having marine-inspection laws.
Ch. 23 · 32 Stat. 34 · February 15, 1902 · Original text
An Act To provide an American register for the barkentine Hawaii.
Ch. 24 · 32 Stat. 35 · February 19, 1902 · Original text
An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River.
Ch. 25 · 32 Stat. 35 · February 21, 1902 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Ch. 26 · 32 Stat. 36 · February 21, 1902 · Original text
An Act Making an appropriation for clearing the Potomac River of ice.
Ch. 27 · 32 Stat. 37 · February 21, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the transfer to the Library of Congress of the library of State reports, and so forth.
Public Resolution 6 · 32 Stat. 736 · February 21, 1902 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River near Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.
Ch. 28 · 32 Stat. 37 · February 24, 1902 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Arkansas River, in the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 29 · 32 Stat. 38 · February 24, 1902 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, in the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 30 · 32 Stat. 40 · February 24, 1902 · Original text
An Act Extending the time within which the Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway Company is authorized to construct a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew in Arkansas.
Ch. 31 · 32 Stat. 41 · February 24, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting to the White River Railway Company the right to construct, maintain, and operate a single-track railway across the lands of the United States in the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, township fourteen north, range eight west of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Independence, in the State of Arkansas, reserved for use in connection with the construction of Lock Numbered Three, Upper White River, Arkansas.
Ch. 32 · 32 Stat. 41 · February 26, 1902 · Original text
An Act To transfer the county of Carroll from the northwestern division of the northern district of Georgia to the northern district of Georgia of the United States district and circuit courts, and for other purposes.
Ch. 33 · 32 Stat. 42 · February 26, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to return bank checks, drafts, certificates of deposit, and orders for the payment of money, having imprinted stamps thereon, to the owners thereof, and for other purposes.
Public Resolution 7 · 32 Stat. 736 · February 26, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of parties for property taken from them by military forces of the United States.
Ch. 34 · 32 Stat. 43 · February 27, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard W. Musgrove.
Ch. 35 · 32 Stat. 1239 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Joseph W. Mulford.
Ch. 36 · 32 Stat. 1239 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Chandler.
Ch. 37 · 32 Stat. 1240 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel Eaton.
Ch. 38 · 32 Stat. 1240 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eunice P. Detweiler.
Ch. 39 · 32 Stat. 1240 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. W. Morgan.
Ch. 40 · 32 Stat. 1240 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John McGrath.
Ch. 41 · 32 Stat. 1240 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Fisher.
Ch. 42 · 32 Stat. 1241 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel T. Rose.
Ch. 43 · 32 Stat. 1241 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Sarah McCord.
Ch. 44 · 32 Stat. 1241 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Taylor.
Ch. 45 · 32 Stat. 1241 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Burger.
Ch. 46 · 32 Stat. 1242 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Catharine Moore.
Ch. 47 · 32 Stat. 1242 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lucinda W. Cavender.
Ch. 48 · 32 Stat. 1242 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel C. Knowles.
Ch. 49 · 32 Stat. 1242 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frances M. Reilly.
Ch. 50 · 32 Stat. 1242 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Emerson.
Ch. 51 · 32 Stat. 1243 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Gifford Dunbar.
Ch. 52 · 32 Stat. 1243 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Dennis Hannifin.
Ch. 53 · 32 Stat. 1243 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Ferguson.
Ch. 54 · 32 Stat. 1243 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan F. Connit.
Ch. 55 · 32 Stat. 1244 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Black.
Ch. 56 · 32 Stat. 1244 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary R. Miller.
Ch. 57 · 32 Stat. 1244 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Fowler.
Ch. 58 · 32 Stat. 1244 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Napoleon B. Perkins.
Ch. 59 · 32 Stat. 1244 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David Pollock.
Ch. 60 · 32 Stat. 1245 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Theophilus Goodwin.
Ch. 61 · 32 Stat. 1245 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Schroeder.
Ch. 62 · 32 Stat. 1245 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Laura B. Wear.
Ch. 63 · 32 Stat. 1245 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harrison T. De Long.
Ch. 64 · 32 Stat. 1246 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marcia M. Merritt.
Ch. 65 · 32 Stat. 1246 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Matilda Armstrong.
Ch. 66 · 32 Stat. 1246 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Jane Taylor.
Ch. 67 · 32 Stat. 1246 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Caroline N. Allen.
Ch. 68 · 32 Stat. 1246 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to A. Curtis Steever Carpenter.
Ch. 69 · 32 Stat. 1247 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Oscar Reed.
Ch. 70 · 32 Stat. 1247 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Hymer.
Ch. 71 · 32 Stat. 1247 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John E. Farrell.
Ch. 72 · 32 Stat. 1247 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Nellie M. Emery.
Ch. 73 · 32 Stat. 1248 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elmer L. Stevens.
Ch. 74 · 32 Stat. 1248 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Loren S. Richardson.
Ch. 75 · 32 Stat. 1248 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Tempy French.
Ch. 76 · 32 Stat. 1248 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lawrentus Lane.
Ch. 77 · 32 Stat. 1248 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Leighton J. Folsom.
Ch. 78 · 32 Stat. 1249 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry S. Comer.
Ch. 79 · 32 Stat. 1249 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary Tripp.
Ch. 80 · 32 Stat. 1249 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Oliver P. Goodwin.
Ch. 81 · 32 Stat. 1249 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cyrus Odell.
Ch. 82 · 32 Stat. 1250 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles N. Lee.
Ch. 83 · 32 Stat. 1250 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Willard.
Ch. 84 · 32 Stat. 1250 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert M. Scott.
Ch. 85 · 32 Stat. 1250 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Thompson.
Ch. 86 · 32 Stat. 1250 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David A. Ireland.
Ch. 87 · 32 Stat. 1251 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin V. Hathaway.
Ch. 88 · 32 Stat. 1251 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph R. Martin.
Ch. 89 · 32 Stat. 1251 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Helen L. Pepper.
Ch. 90 · 32 Stat. 1251 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John B. Wilcox.
Ch. 91 · 32 Stat. 1252 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Morrison.
Ch. 92 · 32 Stat. 1252 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. McClure.
Ch. 93 · 32 Stat. 1252 · February 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
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- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
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- 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.