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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.

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112 laws of the 8th Congress, 1803–1805

  1. An Act to extend jurisdiction in certain cases, to the Territorial Courts.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 2 Stat. 338 · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  2. An Act to amend an act intituled “An act for imposing more specific duties on the importation of certain articles, and also for levying and collecting light money on foreign ships or vessels, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XL · 2 Stat. 339. · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  3. An Act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction.

    Ch. XLI · 2 Stat. 339 · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  4. An Act to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels.

    Ch. XLII · 2 Stat. 342 · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  5. An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XLIII · 2 Stat. 343 · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  6. An Act in addition to “An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the revolutionary war.”

    Ch. XLIV · 2 Stat. 345 · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  7. An Act to provide for the accommodation of the President of the United States.

    Ch. XLVII · 2 Stat. 346 · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  8. Resolutions expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Commodore Edward Preble, the officers, seamen and marines of his squadron.

    Resolution II · 2 Stat. 346 · March 3, 1805 · Original text

  9. An Act making provision for the widow and orphan children of Thomas Flinn.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 57 · March 3, 1805 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act for the relief of George Scoone and Alexander Cameron.

    Ch. XXXIX · 6 Stat. 57 · March 3, 1805 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act for the relief of Richard Taylor.

    Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 58 · March 3, 1805 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act for the relief of Robert Patton, and others.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 58 · March 3, 1805 · Private law · Original text

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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.