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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
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Oscar Williamson.
Ch. 497 · 34 Stat. 1535 · February 21, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James G. Head.
Ch. 498 · 34 Stat. 1535 · February 21, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. MacGowan.
Ch. 499 · 34 Stat. 1536 · February 21, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To repeal section forty-one hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes relating to the admission to registry of repaired foreign wrecks.
Ch. 500 · 34 Stat. 17 · February 22, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Pea River Power Company to erect a dam in Coffee County, Alabama.
Ch. 501 · 34 Stat. 18 · February 23, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the navigable waters of Saint Andrews Bay.
Ch. 502 · 34 Stat. 18 · February 23, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Campbell Lumber Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Francis River in Clay County, Arkansas, at or near the point where the section line between sections twenty-one and twenty-eight, township nineteen north, range nine east, touches said river.
Ch. 503 · 34 Stat. 19 · February 23, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Campbell Lumber Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Francis River, in Clay County, Arkansas, at or near the point where the section line between sections twenty-three and twenty-six, in township twenty north, range nine east, touches said river.
Ch. 504 · 34 Stat. 20 · February 23, 1906 · Original text
Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Public Resolution 5 · 34 Stat. 822 · February 23, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Joslin.
Ch. 505 · 34 Stat. 1536 · February 23, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at or near Van Buren, Arkansas.
Ch. 506 · 34 Stat. 21 · February 24, 1906 · Original text
An Act To allow the entry and clearance of vessels at San Luis Obispo, Port Harford, and Monterey, California.
Ch. 507 · 34 Stat. 23 · February 24, 1906 · Original text
An Act To provide for the purchase of certain coal claims in the island of Batan in the Philippine Islands.
Ch. 508 · 34 Stat. 23 · February 26, 1906 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and five.
Ch. 509 · 34 Stat. 24 · February 26, 1906 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for prior years, and for other purposes.
Ch. 510 · 34 Stat. 27 · February 27, 1906 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for the return of certain archives now in possession of the Department of State to the State of North Carolina.
Public Resolution 6 · 34 Stat. 822 · February 28, 1906 · Original text
Joint Resolution Extending the tribal existence and government of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory.
Public Resolution 7 · 34 Stat. 822 · March 2, 1906 · Original text
An Act To validate certain certificates of soldiers’ additional homestead right.
Ch. 511 · 34 Stat. 49 · March 3, 1906 · Original text
An Act Legalizing the removal of the county seat of Washita County, Oklahoma Territory.
Ch. 512 · 34 Stat. 50 · March 3, 1906 · Original text
An Act To change the name of a portion of T street to California street.
Ch. 513 · 34 Stat. 50 · March 3, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at Pine Bluff.
Ch. 514 · 34 Stat. 50 · March 5, 1906 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Kensington and Eastern Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Calumet River,” approved February seventh, nineteen hundred and five.
Ch. 515 · 34 Stat. 51 · March 5, 1906 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Tennessee.”
Ch. 516 · 34 Stat. 51 · March 5, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of dams and power stations on Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Ch. 517 · 34 Stat. 52 · March 6, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the disposition of surplus and allotted lands on the Yakima Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, which can be irrigated under the Act of Congress approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, known as the reclamation Act, and for other purposes.
Ch. 518 · 34 Stat. 53 · March 6, 1906 · Original text
Joint Resolution Instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil, and report on the same from time to time.
Public Resolution 8 · 34 Stat. 823 · March 7, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Patrick Fallihee.
Ch. 519 · 34 Stat. 1536 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. Hall.
Ch. 520 · 34 Stat. 1536 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Urial J. Streeter.
Ch. 521 · 34 Stat. 1536 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Granville P. Mason.
Ch. 522 · 34 Stat. 1537 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary R. Blethen.
Ch. 523 · 34 Stat. 1537 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James F Tilton.
Ch. 524 · 34 Stat. 1537 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Cook.
Ch. 525 · 34 Stat. 1537 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Curtis B. McIntosh.
Ch. 526 · 34 Stat. 1538 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John E. Hadsall.
Ch. 527 · 34 Stat. 1538 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anthony H. Crawford.
Ch. 528 · 34 Stat. 1538 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sabastian Laudner.
Ch. 529 · 34 Stat. 1538 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Le Hundra.
Ch. 530 · 34 Stat. 1538 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Marsh.
Ch. 531 · 34 Stat. 1539 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis E. Stevens.
Ch. 532 · 34 Stat. 1539 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George P. Howe.
Ch. 533 · 34 Stat. 1539 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lyman E. Farrand.
Ch. 534 · 34 Stat. 1539 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marion F. Howe.
Ch. 535 · 34 Stat. 1540 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John M. Doersch.
Ch. 536 · 34 Stat. 1540 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emily Peterson.
Ch. 537 · 34 Stat. 1540 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Wilson.
Ch. 538 · 34 Stat. 1540 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Munson.
Ch. 539 · 34 Stat. 1540 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Wiley.
Ch. 540 · 34 Stat. 1541 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry T. Braman.
Ch. 541 · 34 Stat. 1541 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Chenoweth.
Ch. 542 · 34 Stat. 1541 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James F. Prater.
Ch. 543 · 34 Stat. 1541 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth S. Law.
Ch. 544 · 34 Stat. 1542 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abbie C. Moore.
Ch. 545 · 34 Stat. 1542 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George M. Bradley.
Ch. 546 · 34 Stat. 1542 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hugh P. Buffon.
Ch. 547 · 34 Stat. 1542 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joshua W. Tolford.
Ch. 548 · 34 Stat. 1542 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard Dearborn.
Ch. 549 · 34 Stat. 1543 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund T. Connelly, alias John Marks.
Ch. 550 · 34 Stat. 1543 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Tuck.
Ch. 551 · 34 Stat. 1543 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George A. Parker.
Ch. 552 · 34 Stat. 1543 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward P. Metcalf.
Ch. 553 · 34 Stat. 1544 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Wolf.
Ch. 554 · 34 Stat. 1544 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Lander.
Ch. 555 · 34 Stat. 1544 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Florence A. Sewell.
Ch. 556 · 34 Stat. 1544 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harvey M. D. Hopkins.
Ch. 557 · 34 Stat. 1544 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward Michaelis alias Edward Michel.
Ch. 558 · 34 Stat. 1545 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Crome.
Ch. 559 · 34 Stat. 1545 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William W. Benedict.
Ch. 560 · 34 Stat. 1545 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert E. Lyon.
Ch. 561 · 34 Stat. 1545 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joel M. Sawyer.
Ch. 562 · 34 Stat. 1546 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Ryan.
Ch. 563 · 34 Stat. 1546 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adolphus L. Oxton.
Ch. 564 · 34 Stat. 1546 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Lounsberry.
Ch. 565 · 34 Stat. 1546 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis W. Usher.
Ch. 566 · 34 Stat. 1546 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney G. Smith.
Ch. 567 · 34 Stat. 1547 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry A. Tilton.
Ch. 568 · 34 Stat. 1547 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Willard.
Ch. 569 · 34 Stat. 1547 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anna Z. Potter.
Ch. 570 · 34 Stat. 1547 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Phineas F. Lull.
Ch. 571 · 34 Stat. 1548 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Brown.
Ch. 572 · 34 Stat. 1548 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Indiana A. Paul.
Ch. 573 · 34 Stat. 1548 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McNabb.
Ch. 574 · 34 Stat. 1548 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William O. Colson.
Ch. 575 · 34 Stat. 1548 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lena S. Fenn.
Ch. 576 · 34 Stat. 1549 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph B. Papy.
Ch. 577 · 34 Stat. 1549 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Waldo W. Paine.
Ch. 578 · 34 Stat. 1549 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert K. Smith.
Ch. 579 · 34 Stat. 1549 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Logan.
Ch. 580 · 34 Stat. 1550 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel L. Andrews.
Ch. 581 · 34 Stat. 1550 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James G. Doane.
Ch. 582 · 34 Stat. 1550 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Prettyman.
Ch. 583 · 34 Stat. 1550 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nellie Raymond.
Ch. 584 · 34 Stat. 1550 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John P. Campbell, numbered two.
Ch. 585 · 34 Stat. 1551 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George P. Trowbridge.
Ch. 586 · 34 Stat. 1551 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary J. Campbell.
Ch. 587 · 34 Stat. 1551 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney F. Mullin.
Ch. 588 · 34 Stat. 1551 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Franklin Bigelow.
Ch. 589 · 34 Stat. 1552 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Knute Torgeson.
Ch. 590 · 34 Stat. 1552 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellen S. Larned.
Ch. 591 · 34 Stat. 1552 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Clara T. Leathers.
Ch. 592 · 34 Stat. 1552 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
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- 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.