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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.
594 laws of the 66th Congress, 1919–1921
An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes.
Ch. 88 · 41 Stat. 1150 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1921
An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes.
Ch. 89 · 41 Stat. 1156 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the relief of bona fide settlers who intermarry after having complied with the homestead law for one year.
Ch. 90 · 41 Stat. 1193 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize a lieu selection by the State of South Dakota for one hundred and sixty acres on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.
Ch. 91 · 41 Stat. 1193 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Weiser National Forest, Idaho.
Ch. 92 · 41 Stat. 1194 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend acts to permit the use of the right of way through the public lands for tramroads, canals, and reservoirs, and for other purposes.
Ch. 93 · 41 Stat. 1194 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize corporations organized in the District of Columbia to change their names.
Ch. 94 · 41 Stat. 1194 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To provide for the redistribution of general taxes and special assessments due and payable on real estate in the District of Columbia, in cases of subdivision or sales of land therein.
Ch. 95 · 41 Stat. 1195 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho.
Ch. 96 · 41 Stat. 1196 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Sandpoint, Idaho, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city.
Ch. 97 · 41 Stat. 1197 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To add certain lands to the Targhee National Forest.
Ch. 98 · 41 Stat. 1198 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To grant certain lands to the board of trustees of the village of Downey, State of Idaho, for the protection of its water supply.
Ch. 99 · 41 Stat. 1198 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend section 5146 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to the qualifications of directors of the National Banking Association.
Ch. 100 · 41 Stat. 1199 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To add certain lands to the Lemhi National Forest, Idaho.
Ch. 101 · 41 Stat. 1199 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize certain homestead settlers or entrymen who entered the military or naval service of the United States during the war with Germany to make final proof of their entries.
Ch. 102 · 41 Stat. 1202 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande, between the cities of Del Rio, Texas, and Las Vacas, Mexico.
Ch. 103 · 41 Stat. 1202 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.
Ch. 104 · 41 Stat. 1202 · March 1, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Chick.
Ch. 105 · 41 Stat. 1530 · March 1, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the widow of Joseph C. Akin.
Ch. 106 · 41 Stat. 1531 · March 1, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James E. Adams.
Ch. 107 · 41 Stat. 1531 · March 1, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing payment of compensation to Pasquale Dolce for personal injuries.
Ch. 108 · 41 Stat. 1531 · March 1, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wilson Certain.
Ch. 109 · 41 Stat. 1531 · March 1, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 4, chapter 1 of Title I of an Act entitled “An Act making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved June 6, 1900, as heretofore amended by section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act to amend section 86 of an Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, to provide for additional judges, and for other judicial purposes,” approved March 3, 1909, and for other purposes.
Ch. 110 · 41 Stat. 1203 · March 2, 1921 · Original text
An Act Amending an Act to provide for drainage of Indian allotments of the Five Civilized Tribes, approved March 27, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes, 310, Public, Numbered 77).
Ch. 111 · 41 Stat. 1204 · March 2, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the purchase of land occupied by experiment vineyards near Fresno and Oakville, California.
Ch. 112 · 41 Stat. 1205 · March 2, 1921 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922.
Ch. 113 · 41 Stat. 1205 · March 2, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Alfred E. Lewis.
Ch. 114 · 41 Stat. 1532 · March 2, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wendell Phillipa Lodge, Numbered Three hundred and sixty-five, Knights of Pythias.
Ch. 115 · 41 Stat. 1532 · March 2, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of W. C. Stewart.
Ch. 116 · 41 Stat. 1532 · March 2, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Henry P. Corbin.
Ch. 117 · 41 Stat. 1532 · March 2, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act To establish standard weights and measures for the District of Columbia; to define the duties of the Superintendent of Weights, Measures, and Markets of the District of Columbia; and for other purposes.
Ch. 118 · 41 Stat. 1217 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922.
Ch. 119 · 41 Stat. 1225 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend section 3 of the Act of Congress of June 28, 1906, entitled “An Act for the division of the lands and funds of the Osage Indians in Oklahoma, and for other purposes.”
Ch. 120 · 41 Stat. 1249 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To provide for the closing of Cedar Road between Quincy Street and Shepherd Street northwest, in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 121 · 41 Stat. 1251 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Relating to the title to land to be acquired as a site for a post-office building at Spring Valley, Illinois.
Ch. 122 · 41 Stat. 1251 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To provide for the conveyance of lots on the low grounds of Washington, District of Columbia.
Ch. 123 · 41 Stat. 1251 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes.
Ch. 124 · 41 Stat. 1252 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To enlarge the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, and to regulate appeals from the judgments of said court, and for other purposes.
Ch. 125 · 41 Stat. 1310 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To extend temporarily the time for filing applications for letters patent, for taking actions in the United States Patent Office with respect thereto, for the reviving and reinstatement of applications for letters patent, and for other purposes.
Ch. 126 · 41 Stat. 1313 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922.
Ch. 127 · 41 Stat. 1315 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes.
Ch. 128 · 41 Stat. 1347 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a Federal Power Commission; to provide for the improvement of navigation; the development of water power; the use of the public lands in relation thereto; and to repeal section 18 of the River and Harbor Appropriation Act, approved August 8, 1917, and for other purposes,” approved June 10, 1920.
Ch. 129 · 41 Stat. 1353 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office dispose of certain trust funds in his possession.
Ch. 130 · 41 Stat. 1354 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the American National Red Cross,” approved January 5, 1905.
Ch. 131 · 41 Stat. 1354 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Directing the Mississippi River Commission to make an examination and survey of the Atchafalaya, Red, and Black Rivers, and to report plan for protection of their basins from flood waters of the Mississippi River.
Ch. 132 · 41 Stat. 1354 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, to extend Dauphine Street in said city across the United States military reservation known as the Jackson Barracks.
Ch. 133 · 41 Stat. 1354 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the construction of a bridge across Rock River at or near Shirland Avenue, in the city of Beloit, Wisconsin.
Ch. 134 · 41 Stat. 1355 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act Providing for the allotment of lands within the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana, and for other purposes.
Ch. 135 · 41 Stat. 1355 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
Joint Resolution Declaring that certain Acts of Congress, joint resolutions, and proclamations shall be construed as if the war had ended and the present or existing emergency expired.
Ch. 136 · 41 Stat. 1359 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize payment to members of the Army and Navy who were employed as enumerators during the Fourteenth Decennial Census to take the census of persons in the Army and Navy.
Ch. 137 · 41 Stat. 1360 · March 3, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Oscar Smith.
Ch. 138 · 41 Stat. 1533 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Herman W. Schallert.
Ch. 139 · 41 Stat. 1533 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.
Ch. 140 · 41 Stat. 1533 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.
Ch. 141 · 41 Stat. 1536 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.
Ch. 142 · 41 Stat. 1542 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.
Ch. 143 · 41 Stat. 1547 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the John E. Moore Company.
Ch. 144 · 41 Stat. 1553 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wilhelm Alexanderson.
Ch. 145 · 41 Stat. 1553 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.
Ch. 146 · 41 Stat. 1554 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.
Ch. 147 · 41 Stat. 1596 · March 3, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act approved March 3, 1891, incorporating the National Conservatory of Music of America.
Ch. 148 · 41 Stat. 1361 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “The New Mexico Enabling Act.”
Ch. 149 · 41 Stat. 1361 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To exchange the present Federal building and site at Gastonia, North Carolina, for a new site and building.
Ch. 150 · 41 Stat. 1362 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend the first paragraph of section 20 of the Act of Congress approved July 17, 1916, known as the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended by the Act of Congress approved April 20, 1920.
Ch. 151 · 41 Stat. 1362 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend sections of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved October 24, 1914.
Ch. 152 · 41 Stat. 1363 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize the coinage of a 50-cent piece in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of Missouri into the Union.
Ch. 153 · 41 Stat. 1363 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the consolidation of forest lands in the Carson National Forest, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Ch. 154 · 41 Stat. 1364 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To perpetuate the memory of the Chickasaw and Seminole Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma.
Ch. 155 · 41 Stat. 1364 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Providing additional hospital facilities for patients of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Division of Rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
Ch. 156 · 41 Stat. 1364 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the counties of Beaufort, South Carolina, and Chatham, Georgia, to construct a bridge across the Savannah River at or near Savannah, Georgia.
Ch. 157 · 41 Stat. 1366 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River near Hailey’s Ferry, and between the counties of Anderson, South Carolina, and Hart, Georgia.
Ch. 158 · 41 Stat. 1366 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the exchange of lands within the Rainier National Forest, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
Ch. 159 · 41 Stat. 1366 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Authorizing bestowal upon the unknown, unidentified British soldier buried in Westminster Abbey and the unknown, unidentified French soldier buried in the Arc de Triomphe of the congressional medal of honor.
Ch. 160 · 41 Stat. 1367 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes.
Ch. 161 · 41 Stat. 1367 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Validating certain homestead entries.
Ch. 162 · 41 Stat. 1433 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the settlement of the claims of officers and enlisted men of the Army for the loss of private property destroyed in the military service of the United States,” approved March 3, 1885, as amended by the Act of July 9, 1918, and for other purposes.
Ch. 163 · 41 Stat. 1436 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a right of way over certain Government lands to the State of Oregon for the Columbia River Highway.
Ch. 164 · 41 Stat. 1437 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act Act Granting to the city and county of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, a right of way over and across the Fort De Russy Military Reservation for the purpose of extending its sewer system.
Ch. 165 · 41 Stat. 1438 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish to the National Museum certain articles of the arms, matériel, equipment, or clothing heretofore issued or produced for the United States Army, and to dispose of colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the United States Army, and for other purposes.
Ch. 166 · 41 Stat. 1438 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge across Detroit River within or near the city limits of Detroit, Michigan.
Ch. 167 · 41 Stat. 1439 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To retrocede to the State of Virginia exclusive jurisdiction heretofore acquired by the United States of America over the property and persons of the town site or territory known as United States Housing Corporation Project 150A, located in Norfolk County, State of Virginia, and called Cradock.
Ch. 168 · 41 Stat. 1439 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To provide for the erection of memorials and the entombment of bodies in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Ch. 169 · 41 Stat. 1440 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To renew patent numbered twenty-five thousand nine hundred and nine.
Ch. 170 · 41 Stat. 1440 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To repeal and annul certain parts of the charter and lease granted and made to the Washington Market Company by Act of Congress entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington Market Company,” approved May 20, 1870.
Ch. 171 · 41 Stat. 1441 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” approved March 4, 1909 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 1134).
Ch. 172 · 41 Stat. 1444 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act To transfer the Panhandle and Plains section of Texas and Oklahoma to the United States standard central time zone.
Ch. 173 · 41 Stat. 1446 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
Joint Resolution Extending the time for payment of purchase money on homestead entries in the former Standing Rock Indian Reservation, in the States of North and South Dakota, and for other purposes.
Ch. 174 · 41 Stat. 1446 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for the bringing to the United States of the body of an unknown American, who was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces, who served in Europe and lost his life during the World War, and for the burial of the remains with appropriate ceremonies.
Ch. 175 · 41 Stat. 1447 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
Joint Resolution Giving consent of the Congress of the United States to the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska, or any two or more of said States, to agree upon the jurisdiction to be exercised by said States over boundary waters between any two or more of said States.
Ch. 176 · 41 Stat. 1447 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
Joint Resolution Relieving and discharging from the fine imposed by law and authorizing the payment of messengers appointed by the electors of certain States to deliver the electoral vote of such States for President and Vice President.
Ch. 177 · 41 Stat. 1448 · March 4, 1921 · Original text
An Act For the relief of George LeClear.
Ch. 178 · 41 Stat. 1627 · March 4, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Thomas Bayton and Bertha M. Hartt.
Ch. 179 · 41 Stat. 1627 · March 4, 1921 · Private law · Original text
An Act To confirm private claim numbered sixty-one of Ambroise Reopel in townships two and three south, range eleven east, Michigan meridian, Wayne County, Michigan.
Ch. 180 · 41 Stat. 1627 · March 4, 1921 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to pay the widow of Champ Clark.
Ch. 181 · 41 Stat. 1628 · March 4, 1921 · 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.