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.
7,020 laws of the 59th Congress, 1905–1907
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Letitia D. Watkins.
Ch. 893 · 34 Stat. 1618 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Calaway G. Tucker.
Ch. 894 · 34 Stat. 1618 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Reanna Pile.
Ch. 895 · 34 Stat. 1618 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sion B. Glazner.
Ch. 896 · 34 Stat. 1618 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Baker.
Ch. 897 · 34 Stat. 1619 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Comer.
Ch. 898 · 34 Stat. 1619 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horace E. Lydy.
Ch. 899 · 34 Stat. 1619 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis Pratt.
Ch. 900 · 34 Stat. 1619 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Kelvin J. Lee.
Ch. 901 · 34 Stat. 1620 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lemuel Herbert.
Ch. 902 · 34 Stat. 1620 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jeremiah Spice.
Ch. 903 · 34 Stat. 1620 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Stinson.
Ch. 904 · 34 Stat. 1620 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adam Cook.
Ch. 905 · 34 Stat. 1620 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Enoch Bolen.
Ch. 906 · 34 Stat. 1621 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Egbert P. Shetter.
Ch. 907 · 34 Stat. 1621 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John J. Quimby.
Ch. 908 · 34 Stat. 1621 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James R. Jordan.
Ch. 909 · 34 Stat. 1621 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gould E. Utter.
Ch. 910 · 34 Stat. 1622 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Franklin J. Fellows.
Ch. 911 · 34 Stat. 1622 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Conley.
Ch. 912 · 34 Stat. 1622 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Manson B. Scott.
Ch. 913 · 34 Stat. 1622 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Webster Thomas.
Ch. 914 · 34 Stat. 1622 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Noble.
Ch. 915 · 34 Stat. 1623 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen V. Sturtevant.
Ch. 916 · 34 Stat. 1623 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward L. Kimball.
Ch. 917 · 34 Stat. 1623 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James D. Blanding.
Ch. 918 · 34 Stat. 1623 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Cassady.
Ch. 919 · 34 Stat. 1624 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathan C. Bradley.
Ch. 920 · 34 Stat. 1624 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Burleigh.
Ch. 921 · 34 Stat. 1624 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha E. Hallowell.
Ch. 922 · 34 Stat. 1624 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Wilhelmina Healey.
Ch. 923 · 34 Stat. 1624 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin Billing.
Ch. 924 · 34 Stat. 1625 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David L. Kretsinger.
Ch. 925 · 34 Stat. 1625 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew Dunning.
Ch. 926 · 34 Stat. 1625 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harvey T. Dunn.
Ch. 927 · 34 Stat. 1625 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Howell.
Ch. 928 · 34 Stat. 1626 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Collier.
Ch. 929 · 34 Stat. 1626 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John McWhorter.
Ch. 930 · 34 Stat. 1626 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth L. H. Labatt.
Ch. 931 · 34 Stat. 1626 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Augustus Walker.
Ch. 932 · 34 Stat. 1626 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Augustus F. Bradbury.
Ch. 933 · 34 Stat. 1627 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William B. Eversole.
Ch. 934 · 34 Stat. 1627 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha Miller.
Ch. 935 · 34 Stat. 1627 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Kathryn G. Hayt.
Ch. 936 · 34 Stat. 1627 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Hoover.
Ch. 937 · 34 Stat. 1628 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Jane Kearney.
Ch. 938 · 34 Stat. 1628 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William G. Crockett.
Ch. 939 · 34 Stat. 1628 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth F. Partin.
Ch. 940 · 34 Stat. 1628 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Dixon.
Ch. 941 · 34 Stat. 1628 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pinkney W. H. Lee.
Ch. 942 · 34 Stat. 1629 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William A. Southworth.
Ch. 943 · 34 Stat. 1629 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. McCay.
Ch. 944 · 34 Stat. 1629 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter Cline.
Ch. 945 · 34 Stat. 1629 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amon Miller.
Ch. 946 · 34 Stat. 1630 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Sutherland.
Ch. 947 · 34 Stat. 1630 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one,’ approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.”
Ch. 948 · 34 Stat. 62 · March 14, 1906 · Original text
An Act To prevent the unlawful wearing of the badge or insignia of the Grand Army of the Republic or other soldier organizations.
Ch. 949 · 34 Stat. 62 · March 15, 1906 · Original text
An Act To extend the provisions of the homestead laws to certain lands in the Yellowstone Forest Reserve.
Ch. 950 · 34 Stat. 62 · March 15, 1906 · Original text
Joint Resolution For a report, and so forth, upon the preservation of Niagara Falls.
Public Resolution 9 · 34 Stat. 824 · March 15, 1906 · Original text
An Act To provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof.
Ch. 951 · 34 Stat. 63 · March 16, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad Company, or their successors, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Delaware River.
Ch. 952 · 34 Stat. 64 · March 16, 1906 · Original text
An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Red Lake River at or near the junction of Black River with said Red Lake River in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
Ch. 953 · 34 Stat. 65 · March 16, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge between Fort Snelling Reservation and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Ch. 954 · 34 Stat. 66 · March 17, 1906 · Original text
An Act To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes relating to inspection of steam vessels.
Ch. 955 · 34 Stat. 68 · March 17, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize William Smith and associates to bridge the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, near Williamson, West Virginia, where the same forms the boundary line between the States of West Virginia and Kentucky.
Ch. 956 · 34 Stat. 69 · March 17, 1906 · Original text
An Act To require the erection of fire escapes in certain buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Ch. 957 · 34 Stat. 70 · March 19, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make regulations respecting the rights and privileges of the fish wharf.
Ch. 958 · 34 Stat. 72 · March 19, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make regulations respecting the public hay scales.
Ch. 959 · 34 Stat. 72 · March 19, 1906 · Original text
An Act To create a juvenile court in and for the District of Columbia.
Ch. 960 · 34 Stat. 73 · March 19, 1906 · Original text
An Act Extending the public-land laws to certain lands in Wyoming.
Ch. 961 · 34 Stat. 78 · March 19, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to self and convey to the State of Minnesota a certain tract of land situated in the county of Dakota, State of Minnesota.
Ch. 962 · 34 Stat. 78 · March 19, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the commissioners’ court of Baldwin County, Alabama, to construct a bridge across Perdido River at Waters Ferry.
Ch. 963 · 34 Stat. 79 · March 19, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi A. Tripp.
Ch. 964 · 34 Stat. 1630 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew Smith.
Ch. 965 · 34 Stat. 1630 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alphonso B. Holland.
Ch. 966 · 34 Stat. 1630 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert Wines.
Ch. 967 · 34 Stat. 1631 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David D. Griffith.
Ch. 968 · 34 Stat. 1631 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Russell.
Ch. 969 · 34 Stat. 1631 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Legro.
Ch. 970 · 34 Stat. 1631 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Kane.
Ch. 971 · 34 Stat. 1632 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fredrich Behrens.
Ch. 972 · 34 Stat. 1632 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward E. Needham.
Ch. 973 · 34 Stat. 1632 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James White.
Ch. 974 · 34 Stat. 1632 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin L. Adams.
Ch. 975 · 34 Stat. 1632 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jonathan F. Gates.
Ch. 976 · 34 Stat. 1633 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Burton.
Ch. 977 · 34 Stat. 1633 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary C. Duane.
Ch. 978 · 34 Stat. 1633 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Lewis.
Ch. 979 · 34 Stat. 1633 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amos M. Runkel.
Ch. 980 · 34 Stat. 1634 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension Barney Whitney.
Ch. 981 · 34 Stat. 1634 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred McPherran.
Ch. 982 · 34 Stat. 1634 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Carr.
Ch. 983 · 34 Stat. 1634 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry H. Hill.
Ch. 984 · 34 Stat. 1634 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Joseph L. Prentiss.
Ch. 985 · 34 Stat. 1635 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David M. Pearson.
Ch. 986 · 34 Stat. 1635 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Megrue.
Ch. 987 · 34 Stat. 1635 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bridget Evans.
Ch. 988 · 34 Stat. 1635 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Conrad.
Ch. 989 · 34 Stat. 1636 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Bishop.
Ch. 990 · 34 Stat. 1636 · March 19, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abraham Walters.
Ch. 991 · 34 Stat. 1636 · March 19, 1906 · 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.