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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.
975 laws of the 73rd Congress, 1933–1935
Joint Resolution Granting consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into by the State of New York with the Dominion of Canada for the establishment of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority with power to take over, maintain and operate the present highway bridge over the Niagara River between the city of Buffalo, New York, and the village of Fort Erie, Canada.
Ch. 196 · 48 Stat. 662 · May 3, 1934 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anne B. Slocum
Ch. 197 · 48 Stat. 1328 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Florence Hudgins Lindsay and Elizabeth Lindsay.
Ch. 198 · 48 Stat. 1328 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harvey M. Hunter.
Ch. 199 · 48 Stat. 1329 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the city of Glendale, California.
Ch. 200 · 48 Stat. 1329 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ward A. Jefferson.
Ch. 201 · 48 Stat. 1329 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of M. Aileen Offerman.
Ch. 202 · 48 Stat. 1330 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of P. Jean des Garennes.
Ch. 203 · 48 Stat. 1330 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Irwin D. Coyle.
Ch. 204 · 48 Stat. 1330 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward V. Bryant.
Ch. 205 · 48 Stat. 1331 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harry L. Haberkorn.
Ch. 206 · 48 Stat. 1331 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Katherine G. Taylor.
Ch. 207 · 48 Stat. 1332 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Frank Wilkins.
Ch. 208 · 48 Stat. 1332 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Augustus Thompson.
Ch. 209 · 48 Stat. 1332 · May 3, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the city of Fernandina, Florida, under certain conditions, to dispose of a portion of the Amelia Island Lighthouse Reservation.
Ch. 210 · 48 Stat. 662 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act To repeal an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved August 1, 1912.
Ch. 211 · 48 Stat. 663 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act Authorizing pursers or licensed deck officers of vessels to perform the duties of the masters of such vessels in relation to entrance and clearance of same.
Ch. 212 · 48 Stat. 663 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act To authorize the exchange of the use of certain Government land within the Carlsbad Caverns National Park for certain privately owned land therein.
Ch. 213 · 48 Stat. 664 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act To require postmasters to account for money collected on mail delivered at their respective offices.
Ch. 214 · 48 Stat. 664 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of the Pass A’Loutre Lighthouse Reservation, Louisiana.
Ch. 215 · 48 Stat. 664 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a certain unused light-station reservation.
Ch. 216 · 48 Stat. 665 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Ogeechee River in the State of Georgia, with a view to controlling of floods.
Ch. 217 · 48 Stat. 666 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in the States of Tennessee and Georgia.
Ch. 218 · 48 Stat. 666 · May 4, 1934 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Department of Agriculture to issue a duplicate check in favor of the Mississippi State treasurer, the original check having been lost.
Ch. 219 · 48 Stat. 666 · May 7, 1934 · Original text
An Act To amend section 198 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States”, approved March 4, 1909, as amended by the Acts of May 18, 1916, and July 28, 1916.
Ch. 220 · 48 Stat. 667 · May 7, 1934 · Original text
An Act Granting citizenship to the Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska.
Ch. 221 · 48 Stat. 667 · May 7, 1934 · Original text
An Act To provide for the custody and maintenance of the United States Supreme Court Building and the equipment and grounds thereof.
Ch. 222 · 48 Stat. 668 · May 7, 1934 · Original text
An Act Providing for payment of $25 to each enrolled Chippewa Indian of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.
Ch. 223 · 48 Stat. 668 · May 7, 1934 · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide appropriations to meet urgent needs in certain public services, and for other purposes.
Ch. 224 · 48 Stat. 669 · May 7, 1934 · Original text
An Act For the relief of William K. Lovett.
Ch. 225 · 48 Stat. 1333 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marguerite Ciscoe.
Ch. 226 · 48 Stat. 1333 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William J. Nowinski.
Ch. 227 · 48 Stat. 1334 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Arthur K. Finney.
Ch. 228 · 48 Stat. 1334 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William E. Bosworth.
Ch. 229 · 48 Stat. 1334 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John H. Mehrle.
Ch. 230 · 48 Stat. 1335 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Daisy M. Avery.
Ch. 231 · 48 Stat. 1335 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edna B. Wylie.
Ch. 232 · 48 Stat. 1335 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of W. C. Garber.
Ch. 233 · 48 Stat. 1336 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George Jeffcoat.
Ch. 234 · 48 Stat. 1336 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Captain J. O. Faria.
Ch. 235 · 48 Stat. 1337 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert B. James.
Ch. 236 · 48 Stat. 1337 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of G. Elias and Brother, Incorporated.
Ch. 237 · 48 Stat. 1338 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward Shabel, son of Joseph Shabel.
Ch. 238 · 48 Stat. 1338 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to dedicate to the city of Philadelphia, for street purposes, a tract of land situate in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania.
Ch. 239 · 48 Stat. 1339 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of O. S. Cordon.
Ch. 240 · 48 Stat. 1339 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Paul Bulfinch.
Ch. 241 · 48 Stat. 1339 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Frances E. Eller.
Ch. 242 · 48 Stat. 1340 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Henry A. Richmond.
Ch. 243 · 48 Stat. 1340 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Grace P. Stark.
Ch. 244 · 48 Stat. 1341 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide an additional appropriation as the result of a reinvestigation, pursuant to the Act of February 2, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 2047, pt. 2), for the payment of claims of persons who suffered property damage, death, or personal injury due to the explosion at the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, July 10, 1926.
Ch. 245 · 48 Stat. 1341 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward J. Devine.
Ch. 246 · 48 Stat. 1341 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of C. W. Mooney.
Ch. 247 · 48 Stat. 1342 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Barney Rieke.
Ch. 248 · 48 Stat. 1342 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Oscar F. Lackey.
Ch. 249 · 48 Stat. 1342 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act To reimburse Gottleib Stock for losses of real and personal property by fire caused by the negligence of two prohibition agents.
Ch. 250 · 48 Stat. 1343 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize and direct the Comptroller General to settle and allow the claim of Harden F. Taylor for services rendered to the Bureau of Fisheries.
Ch. 251 · 48 Stat. 1343 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Joseph Dumas.
Ch. 252 · 48 Stat. 1344 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mary Josephine Lobert.
Ch. 253 · 48 Stat. 1344 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gale A. Lee.
Ch. 254 · 48 Stat. 1345 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lucien M. Grant.
Ch. 255 · 48 Stat. 1345 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Monumental Stevedore Company.
Ch. 256 · 48 Stat. 1345 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain officers of the Dental Corps of the United States Navy.
Ch. 257 · 48 Stat. 1346 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Martha Edwards.
Ch. 258 · 48 Stat. 1346 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elbert L. Grove.
Ch. 259 · 48 Stat. 1346 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John C. McCann.
Ch. 260 · 48 Stat. 1347 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harvey Collins.
Ch. 261 · 48 Stat. 1347 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Granting compensation to George Charles Walther.
Ch. 262 · 48 Stat. 1347 · May 7, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act To include sugar beets and sugarcane as basic agricultural commodities under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes.
Ch. 263 · 48 Stat. 670 · May 9, 1934 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to promote the circulation of reading matter among the blind”, approved April 27, 1904, and Acts supplemental thereto.
Ch. 264 · 48 Stat. 678 · May 9, 1934 · Original text
An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Province of Maryland.
Ch. 265 · 48 Stat. 679 · May 9, 1934 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wilbur Rogers.
Ch. 266 · 48 Stat. 1348 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Phyllis Pratt and Harold Louis Pratt, a minor.
Ch. 267 · 48 Stat. 1348 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Willard B. Hall.
Ch. 268 · 48 Stat. 1349 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of O. H. Chrisp.
Ch. 269 · 48 Stat. 1349 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Karim Joseph Mery.
Ch. 270 · 48 Stat. 1349 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Russell and Tucker and certain other citizens of the States of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
Ch. 271 · 48 Stat. 1350 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Bonnie S. Baker.
Ch. 272 · 48 Stat. 1351 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Walter E. Switzer.
Ch. 273 · 48 Stat. 1351 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of T. J. Morrison.
Ch. 274 · 48 Stat. 1351 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Galen E. Lichty.
Ch. 275 · 48 Stat. 1352 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Porter Brothers and Biffle and certain other citizens.
Ch. 276 · 48 Stat. 1352 · May 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text
Revenue Act of 1934
An Act To provide revenue, equalize taxation, and for other purposes.
Ch. 277 · 48 Stat. 680 · May 10, 1934 · Original text
An Act To limit the operation of statutes of limitations in certain cases.
Ch. 278 · 48 Stat. 772 · May 10, 1934 · Original text
An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.
Ch. 279 · 48 Stat. 772 · May 11, 1934 · Original text
An Act To amend the United States mining laws applicable to the Mount Hood National Forest within the State of Oregon.
Ch. 280 · 48 Stat. 773 · May 11, 1934 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the City of Wheeling, a municipal corporation, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River, at Wheeling, West Virginia.
Ch. 281 · 48 Stat. 774 · May 11, 1934 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of May 25, 1926, entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes.”
Ch. 282 · 48 Stat. 775 · May 14, 1934 · Original text
An Act To amend section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended, with respect to the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States over suits relating to orders of State administrative boards.
Ch. 283 · 48 Stat. 775 · May 14, 1934 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act authorizing the issuance of the Spanish War Service Medal.
Ch. 284 · 48 Stat. 776 · May 14, 1934 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to make available to the municipality of Aberdeen, Washington, the United States ship Newport.
Ch. 285 · 48 Stat. 776 · May 14, 1934 · Original text
An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union.
Ch. 286 · 48 Stat. 776 · May 14, 1934 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay subcontractors for material and labor furnished in the construction of the post office at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ch. 287 · 48 Stat. 1353 · May 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Orville A. Murphy.
Ch. 288 · 48 Stat. 1354 · May 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and Alaska.
Ch. 289 · 48 Stat. 777 · May 15, 1934 · Original text
An Act To amend sections 203 and 207 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (U.S.C., title 48, secs. 697 and 701), conferring upon certain lands of Auwaiolimu, Kewalo, and Kalawahine, on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, the status of Hawaiian home lands, and providing for the leasing thereof for residence purposes.
Ch. 290 · 48 Stat. 777 · May 16, 1934 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ellen Grant.
Ch. 291 · 48 Stat. 1354 · May 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act To add certain lands to the Boise National Forest.
Ch. 292 · 48 Stat. 779 · May 17, 1934 · Original text
An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Louis River at or near Cloquet, Minnesota.
Ch. 293 · 48 Stat. 780 · May 17, 1934 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elizabeth T. Cloud.
Ch. 294 · 48 Stat. 1354 · May 17, 1934 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nellie Reay.
Ch. 295 · 48 Stat. 1355 · May 17, 1934 · Private law · Original text
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- 76th 1939 · 1,659
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- 73rd 1933 · 975
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- 60th 1907 · 621
- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
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- 54th 1895 · 947
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- 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.