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 John P. Winget.
Ch. 593 · 34 Stat. 1552 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Carrie B. Findley.
Ch. 594 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Herrick Hodges.
Ch. 595 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander M. Scott.
Ch. 596 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cutler A. Chamberlin.
Ch. 597 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Welch.
Ch. 598 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Hunter.
Ch. 599 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Longfellow.
Ch. 600 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Dightman.
Ch. 601 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert S. Moore.
Ch. 602 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Langford.
Ch. 603 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Buggie.
Ch. 604 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Brunell, senior.
Ch. 605 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary L. Miller.
Ch. 606 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Smith.
Ch. 607 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Driscoll.
Ch. 608 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Alban.
Ch. 609 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen B. Tarlton.
Ch. 610 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred T. Hawk.
Ch. 611 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Jones.
Ch. 612 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary M. Hull.
Ch. 613 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Matthew D. Raker, junior.
Ch. 614 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Baber.
Ch. 615 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Bernhard Schaffner.
Ch. 616 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Olney P. B. Wright.
Ch. 617 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse W. Elliott.
Ch. 618 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac Van Volkenburgh.
Ch. 619 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Visscher.
Ch. 620 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anthony W. Presley.
Ch. 621 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza Orr.
Ch. 622 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert Smith.
Ch. 623 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin L. Barber.
Ch. 624 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Seth Raymond.
Ch. 625 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha J. Brisco.
Ch. 626 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha G. Archer.
Ch. 627 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel A. Foulk.
Ch. 628 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Providing for the issuance of patents for lands allotted to Indians under the Moses agreement of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
Ch. 629 · 34 Stat. 55 · March 8, 1906 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Colonel Medad C. Martin.
Ch. 630 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the appropriate marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate army and navy who died in Northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other purposes.
Ch. 631 · 34 Stat. 56 · March 9, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River.
Ch. 632 · 34 Stat. 56 · March 9, 1906 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct a bridge across Cumberland River.
Ch. 633 · 34 Stat. 58 · March 9, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to sell certain coal in Alaska, and for other purposes.
Ch. 634 · 34 Stat. 59 · March 9, 1906 · Original text
An Act For the relief of G. F. Tarbell.
Ch. 635 · 34 Stat. 1561 · March 9, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To incorporate The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Ch. 636 · 34 Stat. 59 · March 10, 1906 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to lease land in Stanley County, South Dakota for a buffalo pasture.
Ch. 637 · 34 Stat. 61 · March 12, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sylvenus A. Fay.
Ch. 638 · 34 Stat. 1561 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Charles Falbisaner.
Ch. 639 · 34 Stat. 1561 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Felix G. Stidger.
Ch. 640 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Seth Phillips.
Ch. 641 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horace Hounsom.
Ch. 642 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John G. Parker.
Ch. 643 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John D. Moore.
Ch. 644 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry M. Robinson.
Ch. 645 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Josephine E. Quentin.
Ch. 646 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John L. Lovell.
Ch. 647 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan J. Williams.
Ch. 648 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George N. Dutcher.
Ch. 649 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George M. Drake.
Ch. 650 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George T. B. Carr.
Ch. 651 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. Shultz.
Ch. 652 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gilbert Ford.
Ch. 653 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander Miller.
Ch. 654 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William House.
Ch. 655 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harry C. Thorne.
Ch. 656 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amanda L. Hill.
Ch. 657 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph J. Cooper.
Ch. 658 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ralph A. Adams.
Ch. 659 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jerome Washburn.
Ch. 660 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mattie Settlemire.
Ch. 661 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Bibb.
Ch. 662 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel Hays.
Ch. 663 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel E. Ware.
Ch. 664 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel Buchanan.
Ch. 665 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Dexter E. W. Stone.
Ch. 666 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Stell.
Ch. 667 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Jones Martin.
Ch. 668 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Asa M. Foote.
Ch. 669 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter D. Sutton.
Ch. 670 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Weeks.
Ch. 671 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julius D. Rogers.
Ch. 672 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Chandler.
Ch. 673 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orton D. Ford.
Ch. 674 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse Harrison.
Ch. 675 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Adamson.
Ch. 676 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Chauncey P. Dean.
Ch. 677 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James R. Todd.
Ch. 678 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah Johnson.
Ch. 679 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Beulen.
Ch. 680 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Harrison White.
Ch. 681 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis L. Daugherty.
Ch. 682 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albin L. Ingram.
Ch. 683 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George A. Baker.
Ch. 684 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Warren A. Blye.
Ch. 685 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lemuel P. Williams.
Ch. 686 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Morris Osborn.
Ch. 687 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. Martin.
Ch. 688 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Josiah M. Grier.
Ch. 689 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David F. McDonald.
Ch. 690 · 34 Stat. 1573 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan Whorton.
Ch. 691 · 34 Stat. 1573 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eber Watson.
Ch. 692 · 34 Stat. 1573 · March 12, 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.