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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.
2,000 laws of the 81st Congress, 1949–1951
An Act For the relief of Doctor John R. Portaria.
Ch. 413 · 64 Stat. A103 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of certain allotted land on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
Ch. 414 · 64 Stat. A103 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of certain allotted land on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
Ch. 415 · 64 Stat. A103 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Thomas Pfeiffer.
Ch. 416 · 64 Stat. A103 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Wilbur J. Scott.
Ch. 417 · 64 Stat. A104 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of certain allotted inherited land on the Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska.
Ch. 418 · 64 Stat. A104 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of certain allotted inherited land on the Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska.
Ch. 419 · 64 Stat. A104 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Tweit.
Ch. 420 · 64 Stat. A105 · June 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act Providing for an extension of the time during which annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, including Alaska, may be made, and for other purposes.
Ch. 404 · 64 Stat. 275 · June 29, 1950 · Original text
Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1950
An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes.
Ch. 405 · 64 Stat. 275 · June 29, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide transportation on Canadian vessels between Skagway, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, between Haines, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation.
Ch. 409 · 64 Stat. 301 · June 29, 1950 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1951, and for other purposes.
Ch. 410 · 64 Stat. 302 · June 29, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mindel Malek.
Ch. 422 · 64 Stat. A105 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Clemente Sabin Dopico.
Ch. 433 · 64 Stat. A105 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George Gabriel Herrmann, Greta (Marketa) Herrmann (wife), and Alice Herrmann (daughter), known also as George Gabriel Herman, Greta Herman, and Alice Herman.
Ch. 434 · 64 Stat. A105 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Juan A. Queralt Balleste.
Ch. 435 · 64 Stat. A106 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Georges Gregory Alpiar.
Ch. 436 · 64 Stat. A106 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marina George Papadopoulos.
Ch. 437 · 64 Stat. A106 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Billy J. Knight and Dorothea Knight.
Ch. 438 · 64 Stat. A107 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marianne Bruchner.
Ch. 439 · 64 Stat. A107 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Arthur S. Horner, Leah B. Horner, and Maude Brewer, doing business as the A. S. Horner Construction Company.
Ch. 440 · 64 Stat. A107 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lillian Coolidge.
Ch. 441 · 64 Stat. A108 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of E. H. Corrigan.
Ch. 442 · 64 Stat. A108 · June 30, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend laws relating to the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy, and for other purposes.
Ch. 421 · 64 Stat. 303 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide relief for the sheep-raising industry by making special quota immigration visas available to certain alien sheepherders.
Ch. 423 · 64 Stat. 306 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To continue a system of nurseries and nursery schools for the day care of school-age and under-school-age children in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 424 · 64 Stat. 307 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend section 14 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.
Ch. 425 · 64 Stat. 307 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To continue for a temporary period certain powers, authority, and discretion for the purpose of exercising, administering, and enforcing import controls with respect to fats and oils (including butter), and rice and rice products.
Ch. 426 · 64 Stat. 308 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To continue the authority of the Secretary of Commerce under the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, and for other purposes.
Ch. 427 · 64 Stat. 308 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, as amended.
Ch. 428 · 64 Stat. 310 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the transfer of part of Camp Joseph T. Robinson to the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 429 · 64 Stat. 310 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To permit the prospecting, development, mining, removal, and utilization of the mineral resources within the national forests in Minnesota, and for other purposes.
Ch. 430 · 64 Stat. 311 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To incorporate the Reserve Officers Association of the United States.
Ch. 431 · 64 Stat. 312 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide for the erection of a bronze and stone monument at the grave of Constantino Brumidi.
Ch. 432 · 64 Stat. 315 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide for the enlistment of aliens in the Regular Army.
Ch. 443 · 64 Stat. 316 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide for the extension of the term of certain patents of persons who served in the military or naval forces of the United States during World War II.
Ch. 444 · 64 Stat. 316 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
Selective Service Extension Act of 1950
An Act To extend the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended, for a period of one year, and for other purposes.
Ch. 445 · 64 Stat. 318 · June 30, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Oscar (Oszkar) Nemenyi, Marianna Nemenyi (wife), and Thomas John Nemenyi (son).
Ch. 447 · 64 Stat. A109 · July 3, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fella H. Holbrook.
Ch. 448 · 64 Stat. A109 · July 3, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the organization of a constitutional government by the people of Puerto Rico.
Ch. 446 · 64 Stat. 319 · July 3, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Efrosini Abad.
Ch. 450 · 64 Stat. A109 · July 6, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of Auf der Heide-Aragona, Incorporated, and certain of its subcontractors against the United States.
Ch. 451 · 64 Stat. A110 · July 6, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide certain benefits for annuitants who retired under the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1950, prior to April 1, 1948.
Ch. 449 · 64 Stat. 320 · July 6, 1950 · Original text
An Act To increase the annual authorization for the appropriation of funds for collecting, editing, and publishing of official papers relating to the Territories of the United States.
Ch. 452 · 64 Stat. 320 · July 7, 1950 · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide for the transfer of the paintings “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” and “The Chasm of the Colorado” from the United States Capitol to the Department of the Interior.
Ch. 453 · 64 Stat. 321 · July 10, 1950 · Original text
Army and Air Force Authorization Act of 1949
An Act To authorize the composition of the Army of the United States and the Air Force of the United States, and for other purposes.
Ch. 454 · 64 Stat. 321 · July 10, 1950 · Original text
Joint Resolution Transferring the plaster cast of the statue of George Washington from the United States Capitol to the Smithsonian Institution.
Ch. 455 · 64 Stat. 325 · July 11, 1950 · Original text
National Military Establishment Lands Act of 1950
An Act To authorize the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to participate in the transfer of certain real property or interests therein, and for other purposes.
Ch. 456 · 64 Stat. 325 · July 11, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Marion T. Schwartz.
Ch. 458 · 64 Stat. A110 · July 12, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend sections 10, 11, and 12 of chapter V of the Act of June 19, 1934, as amended, entitled “An Act to regulate the business of life insurance in the District of Columbia”.
Ch. 457 · 64 Stat. 330 · July 12, 1950 · Original text
Joint Resolution To suspend until December 31, 1950, the application of certain Federal laws with respect to attorneys employed by the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare in connection With the study and investigation ordered by S. Res. 140, Eighty-first Congress.
Ch. 459 · 64 Stat. 336 · July 12, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide free postage for members of the Armed Forces of the United States in specified areas.
Ch. 460 · 64 Stat. 336 · July 12, 1950 · Original text
Veterans’ Education and Training Amendments of 1950
An Act Relating to education or training of veterans under title II of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (Public Law 346, Seventy-eighth Congress, June 22, 1944).
Ch. 461 · 64 Stat. 336 · July 13, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize revision of the procedures employed in the administration of certain trust funds administered by the Veterans’ Administration.
Ch. 462 · 64 Stat. 342 · July 15, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Low Way Hong.
Ch. 468 · 64 Stat. A110 · July 18, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Yayoko Kobayashi and June Kobayashi, and for other purposes.
Ch. 469 · 64 Stat. A111 · July 18, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act Transferring management of certain public lands from the Agriculture Department to the Fort Sill Indian School in Oklahoma for agriculture uses.
Ch. 463 · 64 Stat. 342 · July 18, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act approved July 18, 1940 (54 Stat. 766; 24 U. S. C., 1946 edition, sec. 196b), entitled “An Act relating to the admission to Saint Elizabeths Hospital of persons resident or domiciled in the Virgin Islands of the United States”, by enlarging the classes of persons admissible into Saint Elizabeths Hospital and in other respects.
Ch. 464 · 64 Stat. 343 · July 18, 1950 · Original text
An Act To establish rearing ponds and a fish hatchery in the State of Kentucky.
Ch. 465 · 64 Stat. 343 · July 18, 1950 · Original text
Territorial Enabling Act of 1950
An Act To enable the governments of Alaska, of Hawaii, of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to authorize public bodies or agencies to undertake slum clearance, urban redevelopment, and low-rent housing activities including the issuance of bonds and other obligations, to amend the low-rent housing enabling statutes for Alaska and Hawaii, and for other purposes.
Ch. 466 · 64 Stat. 344 · July 18, 1950 · Original text
District of Columbia appropriation Act of 1951
An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes.
Ch. 467 · 64 Stat. 347 · July 18, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Stefania Cuprys.
Ch. 470 · 64 Stat. A111 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lorenzo Buira Sarrate.
Ch. 471 · 64 Stat. A111 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jose Da Silva.
Ch. 472 · 64 Stat. A112 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marcantonio Doria d’Angri and his wife, Sonia Stampa Doria d’Angri.
Ch. 473 · 64 Stat. A112 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ruzina Skalova.
Ch. 474 · 64 Stat. A112 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Evzen Syrovatka and his wife.
Ch. 475 · 64 Stat. A113 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Naum lonescu and his wife.
Ch. 476 · 64 Stat. A113 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Vernon B. Rasmussen.
Ch. 477 · 64 Stat. A113 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Stefanie Pfister and Hildegarde Weber.
Ch. 478 · 64 Stat. A114 · July 19, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nieolae G. Caranfil and his family.
Ch. 479 · 64 Stat. A114 · July 20, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marco Murolo and his wife Romana Pellis Murolo.
Ch. 480 · 64 Stat. A114 · July 20, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ho Paak-Sui.
Ch. 481 · 64 Stat. A114 · July 20, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marie De Champourcin.
Ch. 482 · 64 Stat. A115 · July 20, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fortunato Giulio Torre.
Ch. 483 · 64 Stat. A115 · July 20, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To redefine the units and establish the standards of electrical and photometric measurements.
Ch. 484 · 64 Stat. 369 · July 21, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide authority for certain functions and activities in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
Ch. 485 · 64 Stat. 370 · July 21, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the McCormick Engineering Company and John E. Price, an individual doing business as the Okeechobee Construction Company.
Ch. 488 · 64 Stat. A115 · July 22, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sirvart Arsenian.
Ch. 489 · 64 Stat. A116 · July 22, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1449), to provide basic authority for the performance of certain functions and activities of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
Ch. 486 · 64 Stat. 371 · July 22, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to grant to the East Bay Municipal Utility District, an agency of the State of California, an easement for the construction and operation of an interceptor sewer pipe line in and under certain Government-owned lands comprising a part of the Maritime Alameda Shipyard, Alameda, California.
Ch. 487 · 64 Stat. 373 · July 22, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lydia L. Smith.
Ch. 490 · 64 Stat. A116 · July 24, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George A. Voregarethsos (George Spiro Chatmos).
Ch. 494 · 64 Stat. A117 · July 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Cicerelli.
Ch. 495 · 64 Stat. A117 · July 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kimie Yamada Ina and her daughter, Ritsuko Ina.
Ch. 496 · 64 Stat. A117 · July 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949.
Ch. 491 · 64 Stat. 373 · July 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act To adjust and define the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee-Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests, and for other purposes.
Ch. 492 · 64 Stat. 377 · July 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act Providing for the conveyance to the town of Nahant, Massachusetts, of the Fort Ruckman Military Reservation.
Ch. 493 · 64 Stat. 378 · July 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wong Suey Wing.
Ch. 497 · 64 Stat. A118 · July 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Michele Bartolomeo Marchisio.
Ch. 498 · 64 Stat. A118 · July 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vartan Chamsarian.
Ch. 499 · 64 Stat. A118 · July 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Juliana Mendiola Alastra.
Ch. 500 · 64 Stat. A119 · July 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the President to extend enlistments in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Ch. 501 · 64 Stat. 379 · July 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Thomas Nicholas Epiphaniades and Wanda Julia Epiphaniades.
Ch. 504 · 64 Stat. A119 · July 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Francisco Gonzalez Perez.
Ch. 505 · 64 Stat. A119 · July 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Louis P. Murphy, United States immigrant inspector, El Paso, Texas.
Ch. 506 · 64 Stat. A119 · July 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Amy Alexandrovna Taylor and Myrna Taylor.
Ch. 507 · 64 Stat. A120 · July 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Phil Meyers, also known as Gil Meyers.
Ch. 508 · 64 Stat. A120 · July 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize the burial in the National Cemetery at Nashville, Tennessee, the bodies of members of the Tennessee Air National Guard killed in a plane crash near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, July 23, 1950.
Ch. 502 · 64 Stat. 379 · July 28, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize certain administrative expenses for the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
Ch. 503 · 64 Stat. 380 · July 28, 1950 · 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.