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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.
1,157 laws of the 78th Congress, 1943–1945
An Act Relating to dual employment in the Postal Service, and for other purposes.
Ch. 717 · 58 Stat. 922 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To authorize Belfry Coal Company to construct, maintain, and operate a free suspension bridge conveyor across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near Sprigg, West Virginia.
Ch. 718 · 58 Stat. 922 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To provide for the granting of rights-of-way for pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products and for telephone and/or telegraph lines through and across lands of the United States within the area of Indian Rock Dam and Reservoir, located in York County, Pennsylvania.
Ch. 719 · 58 Stat. 922 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to extend the time for examination of monthly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers of the United States Marine Corps”, approved December 25, 1941, so as to extend the time for examination of monthly accounts of disbursing officers and special disbursing agents of the Navy and Coast Guard.
Ch. 720 · 58 Stat. 923 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To authorize the transfer of certain lands within the Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia, to the Secretary of the Navy.
Ch. 721 · 58 Stat. 923 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act For the exchange of lands adjacent to the Pike National Forest in Colorado.
Ch. 722 · 58 Stat. 924 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To permit construction, maintenance, and use of a tunnel for the purpose of carrying lines for petroleum products in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 723 · 58 Stat. 924 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To amend section 119 of the Judicial Code.
Ch. 724 · 58 Stat. 925 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To amend section 502 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
Ch. 725 · 58 Stat. 925 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To omit or defer the required five-year valuation of the civil-service retirement and disability fund for the duration of the present war and for one year thereafter.
Ch. 726 · 58 Stat. 926 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
Joint Resolution To extend the time for filing a report by the Civil Aeronautics Board relating to multiple taxation of air commerce.
Ch. 727 · 58 Stat. 926 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To amend further the Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May 29, 1930, as amended.
Ch. 728 · 58 Stat. 927 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
Uniform Stock Transfer Act
An Act To regulate in the District of Columbia the transfer of shares of stock in corporations and to make uniform the law with reference thereto.
Ch. 729 · 58 Stat. 927 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act To eliminate as uncollectible certain credits of the United States.
Ch. 730 · 58 Stat. 932 · December 23, 1944 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company.
Ch. 731 · 58 Stat. 1092 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Eger.
Ch. 732 · 58 Stat. 1093 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of G. H. Garner.
Ch. 733 · 58 Stat. 1093 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Christine Mangrum, Luster Mangrum, and Nathan Mangrum.
Ch. 734 · 58 Stat. 1093 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Diemer Adison Coulter and Frances Andrews Coulter.
Ch. 735 · 58 Stat. 1094 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Phoebe Sherman, and for Mrs. Harriett W. Vanderhoef and Allan Vanderhoef.
Ch. 736 · 58 Stat. 1094 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Ida M. Rutherford.
Ch. 737 · 58 Stat. 1095 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act To extend Reissued Letters Patent Numbered 19,023.
Ch. 738 · 58 Stat. 1095 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Enid M. Albertson.
Ch. 739 · 58 Stat. 1096 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Rose Poisson.
Ch. 740 · 58 Stat. 1096 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of LaVerne Whipple.
Ch. 741 · 58 Stat. 1096 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward C. Robbins.
Ch. 742 · 58 Stat. 1097 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mary Agnes Lichtefeld Droppelman and Fred J. Lichtefeld and Josephine Lichtefeld.
Ch. 743 · 58 Stat. 1097 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harley E. Carter.
Ch. 744 · 58 Stat. 1098 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Walter Lundmark.
Ch. 745 · 58 Stat. 1098 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ira Cannon.
Ch. 746 · 58 Stat. 1098 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William Weber.
Ch. 747 · 58 Stat. 1099 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert Rowe and Mary Rowe.
Ch. 748 · 58 Stat. 1099 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Karl Lungstras.
Ch. 749 · 58 Stat. 1100 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rosa Lee Foreman.
Ch. 750 · 58 Stat. 1100 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Floyd M. Adair, deceased.
Ch. 751 · 58 Stat. 1100 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Bertha LeFrancq.
Ch. 752 · 58 Stat. 1101 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ollie Brashear Hearldson.
Ch. 753 · 58 Stat. 1101 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Julia Toler.
Ch. 754 · 58 Stat. 1102 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Albert B. Weaver.
Ch. 755 · 58 Stat. 1102 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John McLaughlin, Senior, and John McLaughlin, Junior.
Ch. 756 · 58 Stat. 1102 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William H. Crompton.
Ch. 757 · 58 Stat. 1103 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of M. Grace Murphy, administratrix of the estate of John H. Murphy.
Ch. 758 · 58 Stat. 1103 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harold Miller.
Ch. 759 · 58 Stat. 1104 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sandy C. Brown.
Ch. 760 · 58 Stat. 1104 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Thomas R. Clark.
Ch. 761 · 58 Stat. 1104 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John L. MacNeil.
Ch. 762 · 58 Stat. 1105 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Everette Maxwell; the estate of Redman P. Maddux; and the legal guardian of Elmer Massa, a minor.
Ch. 763 · 58 Stat. 1106 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor H. L. Klotz.
Ch. 764 · 58 Stat. 1106 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Kimball Lee Beckner.
Ch. 765 · 58 Stat. 1106 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Emma B. Fleet, deceased.
Ch. 766 · 58 Stat. 1107 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor J. Sims Norman.
Ch. 767 · 58 Stat. 1107 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jessie Springsteen and John Springsteen.
Ch. 768 · 58 Stat. 1108 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Francis A. Collins.
Ch. 769 · 58 Stat. 1108 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Cecile H. Burgett, deceased.
Ch. 770 · 58 Stat. 1109 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Clyde H. Palmer; estate of Lola J. Palmer; legal guardian of Margie Joan Palmer, a minor.
Ch. 771 · 58 Stat. 1109 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Board of Trustees of the Saunders Memorial Hospital.
Ch. 772 · 58 Stat. 1110 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Oliver N. Knight.
Ch. 773 · 58 Stat. 1110 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text
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- 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.