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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 To amend title 14, United States Code, so as to equalize pay and retirement benefits of a certain class of commissioned officers of the Coast Guard.
Ch. 996 · 64 Stat. 978 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended.
Ch. 997 · 64 Stat. 978 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, as amended, and for other purposes.
Ch. 998 · 64 Stat. 978 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize the exchange of certain land for purposes of the Colonial National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Ch. 999 · 64 Stat. 979 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.
Ch. 1000 · 64 Stat. 979 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To implement Reorganization Plan Numbered 20 of 1950 by amending title 1 of the United States Code, as regards publication of the United States Statutes at Large, to provide for the publication of treaties and other international agreements between the United States of America and other countries in a separate compilation, to be known as United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1001 · 64 Stat. 979 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend section 4474 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to the use of petroleum as fuel aboard steam vessels.
Ch. 1002 · 64 Stat. 980 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To increase the amount of Federal aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States.
Ch. 1003 · 64 Stat. 981 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina, to lease certain lands for business purposes for a period not exceeding twenty-five years.
Ch. 1004 · 64 Stat. 981 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize the transfer of certain agricultural dry land and irrigation field stations to the States in which such stations are located, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1005 · 64 Stat. 981 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act Relating to the furnishing of accommodations at Klamath Falls, Oregon, for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Ch. 1006 · 64 Stat. 982 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to release the trustees of Columbia University, in the city of New York, and the Citizens’ Veterans Homes Association of Rockland County, Incorporated, from obligations under their contracts for operation of veterans’ temporary housing project, NY–V–30212.
Ch. 1007 · 64 Stat. 982 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide for the improvement of stadium facilities at the Eastern Senior High School in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 1008 · 64 Stat. 983 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide for the exchange of certain national park land situated in the District of Columbia for certain lands owned by the New Temple Committee, Incorporated.
Ch. 1009 · 64 Stat. 983 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize certain administrative expenses in the Government service, and for other purposes”, approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), to simplify administration in the Government service, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1010 · 64 Stat. 985 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
Internal Security Act of 1950
An Act To protect the United States against certain un-American and subversive activities by requiring registration of Communist organizations, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1024 · 64 Stat. 987 · September 23, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tatiana Moravec.
Ch. 1031 · 64 Stat. A235 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ellen Fullard-Leo, widow of Leslie Fullard-Leo, Leslie Vincent Fullard-Leo, Dudley Leinani Fullard-Leo, and Ainsely Allen Kahealani Fullard-Leo, and the estate of Leslie Fullard-Leo, deceased, as their interests may appear.
Ch. 1032 · 64 Stat. A235 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Maria Emelia (Anna Bohn).
Ch. 1033 · 64 Stat. A235 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Billy Ray Ridenour and L. L. Ridenour.
Ch. 1034 · 64 Stat. A236 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sumiko Fujita.
Ch. 1035 · 64 Stat. A236 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Teruko Tominaga Ikeuchi.
Ch. 1036 · 64 Stat. A237 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Charles Spiller and Glenn T. Spiller, minors.
Ch. 1037 · 64 Stat. A237 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Michiyo Takada and her minor daughter, Michiko.
Ch. 1038 · 64 Stat. A238 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Maurice N. Goss.
Ch. 1039 · 64 Stat. A238 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Yukie Yabe and her son.
Ch. 1040 · 64 Stat. A238 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Cynthia Anne Kane.
Ch. 1041 · 64 Stat. A238 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hideko Kasahara and her minor child.
Ch. 1042 · 64 Stat. A239 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kimie Kurio.
Ch. 1043 · 64 Stat. A239 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Luisa Mercado.
Ch. 1044 · 64 Stat. A240 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To confirm title in fee simple in Joshua Britton to certain lands in Jefferson County, Illinois.
Ch. 1045 · 64 Stat. A240 · September 25, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the town of Mills, Wyoming, a sewerage system located in such town.
Ch. 1025 · 64 Stat. 1031 · September 25, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of May 28, 1926 (44 Stat. 670), entitled “An Act granting public lands to the county of Kern, California, for public park purposes”.
Ch. 1026 · 64 Stat. 1031 · September 25, 1950 · Original text
An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the State of California.
Ch. 1027 · 64 Stat. 1032 · September 25, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide for the transfer to Pierce County, Washington, of certain surplus land in the Fort Lewis Military Reservation.
Ch. 1028 · 64 Stat. 1032 · September 25, 1950 · Original text
An Act To provide for the acquisition and preservation, as a part of the National Capital Parks system, of the Old Stone House in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 1029 · 64 Stat. 1033 · September 25, 1950 · Original text
An Act To reduce and revise the boundaries of the Joshua Tree National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1030 · 64 Stat. 1033 · September 25, 1950 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to certain allottees on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Ch. 1051 · 64 Stat. A240 · September 26, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize certain construction at Griffiss Air Force Base, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1046 · 64 Stat. 1035 · September 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize Sacramento Valley Irrigation Canals, Central Valley Project, California.
Ch. 1047 · 64 Stat. 1036 · September 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Columbia Basin Project Act with reference to recordable contracts.
Ch. 1048 · 64 Stat. 1037 · September 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize and provide for the maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal by the present corporate adjunct of the Panama Canal, as renamed; to reconstitute the agency charged with the civil government of the Canal Zone, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1049 · 64 Stat. 1038 · September 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of lands to the city of Flagstaff, Arizona.
Ch. 1050 · 64 Stat. 1044 · September 26, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief Chieko Murata.
Ch. 1063 · 64 Stat. A241 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Walter Tyson.
Ch. 1064 · 64 Stat. A241 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of W. F. Steiner.
Ch. 1065 · 64 Stat. A242 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Midshipman Willis Howard Dukelow, United States Navy.
Ch. 1066 · 64 Stat. A242 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Basilio Gorgone.
Ch. 1067 · 64 Stat. A243 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To correct possible inequity in the case of a certain application for letters patent of William R. Blair.
Ch. 1068 · 64 Stat. A243 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize cancellation of deportation in the case of Frank Grimaldi.
Ch. 1069 · 64 Stat. A243 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Annetta Bachis, Anna Bellani, Angelina Colombo, Maria Grazia Impari, Franca Porricino, and Antonia Tirabassi.
Ch. 1070 · 64 Stat. A243 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Janet Judith Koeninger, a minor.
Ch. 1072 · 64 Stat. A244 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Xylda L. Driver.
Ch. 1072 · 64 Stat. A244 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Conrad L. Steele, deceased.
Ch. 1073 · 64 Stat. A245 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Grace A. Olson.
Ch. 1074 · 64 Stat. A245 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Joseph Griffin.
Ch. 1075 · 64 Stat. A245 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Erika Kuebart and her minor son.
Ch. 1077 · 64 Stat. A246 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Francisco Blanco and Mrs. Celine Smith.
Ch. 1077 · 64 Stat. A246 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Nicola Di Palma.
Ch. 1078 · 64 Stat. A246 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ottavia De Gaspare and Sandra De Gaspare.
Ch. 1079 · 64 Stat. A247 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Francis A. Waldron.
Ch. 1080 · 64 Stat. A247 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Regolo Gagliacco and his wife, Gina.
Ch. 1081 · 64 Stat. A248 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marianna Gantschnigg and Merle Richard Gantschnigg.
Ch. 1082 · 64 Stat. A248 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Emiko Nishimura.
Ch. 1083 · 64 Stat. A248 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fred Hess.
Ch. 1084 · 64 Stat. A249 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Annmarie Stritter and her minor daughter.
Ch. 1085 · 64 Stat. A249 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To exempt property of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of Washington (incorporated under the Act of Congress of June 28, 1864, 13 Stat. L. 411) from taxation.
Ch. 1086 · 64 Stat. A250 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Willie G. Heath.
Ch. 1087 · 64 Stat. A250 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Chang-Sei Kim, David Kim, and Arthur Kim.
Ch. 1088 · 64 Stat. A251 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Louis J. T. Hendrickx.
Ch. 1089 · 64 Stat. A251 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Christina Shalfeieff.
Ch. 1090 · 64 Stat. A251 · September 27, 1950 · Private law · Original text
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951
An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1052 · 64 Stat. 1044 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend section 10 of the Act of August 2, 1946, relating to the receipt of pay, allowances, travel, or other expenses while drawing a pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1053 · 64 Stat. 1067 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To give effect to the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, signed at Washington under date of February 8, 1949, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1054 · 64 Stat. 1067 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To extend for a period of five years the time for appropriating and expending funds to carry out the Federal Airport Act.
Ch. 1055 · 64 Stat. 1071 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend section 5 of the Act of February 26, 1944, entitled “An Act to give effect to the Provisional Fur Seal Agreement of 1942 between the United States of America and Canada; to protect the fur seals of the Pribilof Islands; and for other purposes”.
Ch. 1056 · 64 Stat. 1071 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Vermejo reclamation project, New Mexico.
Ch. 1057 · 64 Stat. 1072 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend section 61 of the National Defense Act to permit the States to organize military forces, other than as parts of their National Guard units, to serve while the National Guard is in active Federal service.
Ch. 1058 · 64 Stat. 1072 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To include the Coast Guard within the provisions of the Selective Service Act of 1948 and to authorize the President to extend enlistments in the Coast Guard.
Ch. 1059 · 64 Stat. 1073 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend the Columbia Basin Project Act with reference to State lands.
Ch. 1060 · 64 Stat. 1074 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend paragraph 207 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and section 3424 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Ch. 1061 · 64 Stat. 1075 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for recognition and endorsement of the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center.
Ch. 1062 · 64 Stat. 1075 · September 27, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain Basque aliens.
Ch. 1095 · 64 Stat. A251 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Balsam.
Ch. 1096 · 64 Stat. A253 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Zena (Zenobia) Symeonides.
Ch. 1097 · 64 Stat. A253 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mikiko Anzai.
Ch. 1098 · 64 Stat. A253 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kenneth Bruce Kohei Kozai.
Ch. 1100 · 64 Stat. A254 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Waymon H. Massey.
Ch. 1100 · 64 Stat. A254 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Barbara Guanapoulos.
Ch. 1101 · 64 Stat. A254 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George Washington.
Ch. 1102 · 64 Stat. A255 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ronald Mow and Angeline Cecilia Mow.
Ch. 1103 · 64 Stat. A255 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gertrude Hell.
Ch. 1104 · 64 Stat. A255 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hifumi Kato and her minor son, Kazuyuki Kato.
Ch. 1105 · 64 Stat. A255 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Olga Kowalik and Czeslawa Kowalik.
Ch. 1106 · 64 Stat. A256 · September 28, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To permit the Board of Education of the District of Columbia to participate in the foreign teacher exchange program in cooperation with the United States Office of Education.
Ch. 1091 · 64 Stat. 1076 · September 28, 1950 · Original text
An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, entitled “Crimes and Criminal Procedure”.
Ch. 1092 · 64 Stat. 1077 · September 28, 1950 · Original text
An Act To aid the development and maintenance of American-flag shipping on the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1093 · 64 Stat. 1078 · September 28, 1950 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the President, or such officer or agency as he may designate, to conclude and give effect to agreements for the settlement of intercustodial conflicts involving enemy property.
Ch. 1094 · 64 Stat. 1079 · September 28, 1950 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Arturo Benetti.
Ch. 1113 · 64 Stat. A256 · September 29, 1950 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, by providing for the delegation of certain authority of the Secretary of Commerce and of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1107 · 64 Stat. 1079 · September 29, 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.