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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.
1,423 laws of the 69th Congress, 1925–1927
An Act To authorize the construction of three cottages and an annex to the hospital at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Marion, Indiana.
Ch. 504 · 44 Stat. 1421 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national arboretum, and for other purposes.
Ch. 505 · 44 Stat. 1422 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act To provide for the cooperation of the United States in the erection in the city of Panama of a monument to General Simon Bolivar.
Ch. 506 · 44 Stat. 1423 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act To authorize the refund of $25,000 to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum.
Ch. 507 · 44 Stat. 1423 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act To prevent discrimination against farmers’ cooperative associations by boards of trade and similar organizations, and for other purposes.
Ch. 508 · 44 Stat. 1423 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
An Act To provide compensation for disability or death resulting from injury to employees in certain maritime employments, and for other purposes.
Ch. 509 · 44 Stat. 1424 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act and the Transportation Act, 1920, and for other purposes.
Ch. 510 · 44 Stat. 1446 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act To regulate tolls charged for transit over highway bridges across the Red River between the States of Oklahoma and Texas.
Ch. 511 · 44 Stat. 1451 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act To amend section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, and to complete the construction loan fund authorized by that section.
Ch. 512 · 44 Stat. 1451 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act To provide for the protection, development, and utilization of the public lands in Alaska by establishing an adequate system for grazing livestock thereon.
Ch. 513 · 44 Stat. 1452 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
Joint Resolution To amend subdivisions (b) and (e) of section 11 of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended.
Ch. 514 · 44 Stat. 1455 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing a joint committee of both Houses to consider the purchase of the right to an unrestricted use of the Harriman Geographic Code System under patents issued, or that may be issued, and also the unrestricted use of all copyrights issued, or that may be issued, in connection with the products of the Harriman Geographic Code System for all governmental, administrative, or publication purposes for which the same may be desirable.
Ch. 515 · 44 Stat. 1455 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
Joint Resolution Restricting the Federal Power Commission from issuing or approving any permits or licenses affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries.
Ch. 516 · 44 Stat. 1456 · March 4, 1927 · Original text
An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of Mrs. Patrick H. Bodkin. [.] [.]
Ch. 517 · 44 Stat. 1845 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to the County of Del Norte, State of California, to Whaler Island in Crescent City Bay, Del Norte County, California, for purposes of a public wharf.
Ch. 518 · 44 Stat. 1845 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Walter B. Avery and Fred S. Gichner.
Ch. 519 · 44 Stat. 1846 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lim Toy, of the city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Ch. 520 · 44 Stat. 1846 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the owner of the ferryboat New York.
Ch. 521 · 44 Stat. 1846 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act To grant the right and time for appeal to plaintiffs in suit numbered 33731 in the Court of Claims of the United States.
Ch. 522 · 44 Stat. 1847 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lillie F. Evans.
Ch. 523 · 44 Stat. 1847 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Katherine Southerland.
Ch. 524 · 44 Stat. 1847 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting pensions and increases 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. 525 · 44 Stat. 1848 · March 4, 1927 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution For the relief of Katherine Imbrie.
Ch. 526 · 44 Stat. 1973 · March 4, 1927 · 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.