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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.
7,020 laws of the 59th Congress, 1905–1907
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 five, on the twentieth day of said month.
Public Resolution 1 · 34 Stat. 821 · December 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad Company to construct bridges across Ouachita River and other navigable rivers in the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 1 · 34 Stat. 1 · December 15, 1905 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Portland and Seattle Railway Company.
Ch. 2 · 34 Stat. 2 · December 21, 1905 · Original text
An Act Supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,” approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and making appropriation for Isthmian Canal construction, and for other purposes.
Ch. 3 · 34 Stat. 5 · December 21, 1905 · Original text
An Act To aid the Council City and Solomon River Railroad Company.
Ch. 4 · 34 Stat. 6 · January 11, 1906 · Original text
Joint Resolution Relating to the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives.
Public Resolution 2 · 34 Stat. 821 · January 17, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Washington Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Columbia River near the city of Wenatchee, Washington.
Ch. 5 · 34 Stat. 6 · January 20, 1906 · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize use of transport Sumner to convey members of Santiago Battlefield Commission and others to Cuba and return.
Public Resolution 3 · 34 Stat. 821 · January 25, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Jasper and Eastern Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to construct and operate a railroad bridge across the Sabine River, in the States of Texas and Louisiana.
Ch. 6 · 34 Stat. 7 · January 26, 1906 · Original text
An Act To provide for the extension of time within which homestead settlers may establish their residence upon certain lands which were heretofore a part of the Uinta Indian Reservation, within the counties of Uinta and Wasatch, in the State of Utah.
Ch. 7 · 34 Stat. 9 · January 27, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Wilson.
Ch. 8 · 34 Stat. 1429 · January 31, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act approved February third, nineteen hundred and five, authorizing the construction of a bridge across Red River at Shreveport, Louisiana.
Ch. 9 · 34 Stat. 9 · February 2, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Armstrong.
Ch. 10 · 34 Stat. 1429 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James T. Berry.
Ch. 11 · 34 Stat. 1429 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram F. Armstrong.
Ch. 12 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Raigle.
Ch. 13 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George E. Brickett.
Ch. 14 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William J. Castlow.
Ch. 15 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Bean.
Ch. 16 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Picket.
Ch. 17 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lydia A. Jewell.
Ch. 18 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sterns D. Platt.
Ch. 19 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Kelley.
Ch. 20 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Camillus B. Leftwich.
Ch. 21 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry H. Hobart.
Ch. 22 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David H. Quigg.
Ch. 23 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Birmingham.
Ch. 24 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cornelius A. Hallenbeck.
Ch. 25 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank W. Weeks.
Ch. 26 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melissa S. Lee.
Ch. 27 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George S. McGregor.
Ch. 28 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hugh Lokerson.
Ch. 29 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Stone.
Ch. 30 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James C. Plybon.
Ch. 31 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Shade.
Ch. 32 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William J. Johnson.
Ch. 33 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Perry Egge.
Ch. 34 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma Rowe.
Ch. 35 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Morris Bennett.
Ch. 36 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Lezenby.
Ch. 37 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Laura J. Forbes.
Ch. 38 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Christopher Clinton.
Ch. 39 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Hilia Ann Connor.
Ch. 40 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi Bearss.
Ch. 41 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James F. Hare.
Ch. 42 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Foster.
Ch. 43 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ephraim Plumpton.
Ch. 44 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Crites.
Ch. 45 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas C. Meadows.
Ch. 46 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert C. Smyth.
Ch. 47 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bruno Tiesler.
Ch. 48 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Moorhead.
Ch. 49 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McNair.
Ch. 50 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney S. Brigham.
Ch. 51 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David Palmer.
Ch. 52 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William B. Kimball.
Ch. 53 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel E. Chamberlain.
Ch. 54 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harvey Gaskill.
Ch. 55 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alpheus A. Rockwell.
Ch. 56 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Cranston.
Ch. 57 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ferdinand Weise.
Ch. 58 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. McCormick.
Ch. 59 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John V. Sanders.
Ch. 60 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Silas B. Hovious.
Ch. 61 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Hoover.
Ch. 62 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Augustus Foss.
Ch. 63 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Nulton.
Ch. 64 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry C. Wildy.
Ch. 65 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry G. Sternberg.
Ch. 66 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Mohan.
Ch. 67 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Winans
Ch. 68 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Boon.
Ch. 69 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McCraw.
Ch. 70 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah Thompson Hurst, alias Elijah Thompson.
Ch. 71 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William L. Beeks.
Ch. 72 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Knight.
Ch. 73 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adelle Tobey.
Ch. 74 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Long.
Ch. 75 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Louis Dieckgraefe.
Ch. 76 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Price.
Ch. 77 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Bierer.
Ch. 78 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Payton S. Lynn.
Ch. 79 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution For the publication of eulogies delivered in Congress on Honorable John W. Cranford, late a Representative in Congress.
Public Resolution 15 · 34 Stat. 826 · February 4, 1906 · Original text
An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River at Yankton, South Dakota.
Ch. 80 · 34 Stat. 9 · February 5, 1906 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Winnipeg, Yankton and Gulf Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Yankton, South Dakota.”
Ch. 81 · 34 Stat. 10 · February 5, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Mobile Railway and Dock Company to construct and maintain a bridge or viaduct across the water between the end of Cedar Point and Dauphin Island.
Ch. 82 · 34 Stat. 10 · February 5, 1906 · Original text
An Act To provide for a land district in Yellowstone, Carbon, and Rosebud counties, in the State of Montana, to be known as the Billings land district.
Ch. 83 · 34 Stat. 11 · February 5, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to August Westfield.
Ch. 84 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lizzie E. Shehan.
Ch. 85 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary G. Bright.
Ch. 86 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Bradbury.
Ch. 87 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Curtis A. Carpenter.
Ch. 88 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugene P. Kingsley.
Ch. 89 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John D. McFadden.
Ch. 90 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter P. Chacey.
Ch. 91 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Wiper.
Ch. 92 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Minerva Briggs.
Ch. 93 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Patrick McCue.
Ch. 94 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cassius Lisk.
Ch. 95 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucius A. Lincoln.
Ch. 96 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text
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- 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.