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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.
1,640 laws of the 82nd Congress, 1951–1953
An Act For the relief of George Brander Paloheimo and Eva Leonora Paloheimo.
Ch. 1209 · 64 Stat. A275 · January 4, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Reverend Andrew Chai Kyung Whang.
Ch. 1210 · 64 Stat. A276 · January 4, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of H. Halpern and Brother, Incorporated, of Boston, Massachusetts.
Ch. 1211 · 64 Stat. A276 · January 4, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1212 · 64 Stat. 1221 · January 6, 1951 · Original text
Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951
An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1213 · 64 Stat. 1223 · January 6, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the relief of George O. Drucker, Livia Drucker, and their minor daughter, Gloria Elizabeth Drucker.
Ch. 1216 · 64 Stat. A276 · January 9, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Merlinet Forgnone.
Ch. 1217 · 64 Stat. A277 · January 9, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Lutfu Lahut Uzman.
Ch. 1218 · 64 Stat. A277 · January 9, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Armando Santini.
Ch. 1219 · 64 Stat. A277 · January 9, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Airport Act so as to make the United States share of costs for land acquisition the same as for other project costs.
Ch. 1214 · 64 Stat. 1237 · January 9, 1951 · Original text
An Act To remove marketing penalties on certain long staple cotton.
Ch. 1215 · 64 Stat. 1237 · January 9, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Richard H. Bush.
Ch. 1223 · 64 Stat. A278 · January 10, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Willard Sidmer Ruttan.
Ch. 1224 · 64 Stat. A278 · January 10, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Railway Labor Act and to authorize agreements providing for union membership and agreements for deductions from the wages of carriers’ employees for certain purposes and under certain conditions.
Ch. 1220 · 64 Stat. 1238 · January 10, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend sections 3052 and 3107 of title 18, United States Code, relating to the powers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Ch. 1221 · 64 Stat. 1239 · January 10, 1951 · Original text
An Act To authorize deductions from the wages of seamen for payment into employee welfare funds.
Ch. 1222 · 64 Stat. 1239 · January 10, 1951 · Original text
An Act Relating to Children Born Out of Wedlock
An Act Relating to children born out of wedlock.
Ch. 1225 · 64 Stat. 1240 · January 11, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend section 120 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Ch. 1226 · 64 Stat. 1244 · January 11, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend section 22 (d) (6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Ch. 1227 · 64 Stat. 1244 · January 11, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Charles J. Trees.
Ch. 1229 · 64 Stat. A278 · January 12, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Robert P. Horrell.
Ch. 1231 · 64 Stat. A279 · January 12, 1951 · Private law · Original text
Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950
An Act To authorize a Federal civil defense program, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1228 · 64 Stat. 1245 · January 12, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend and extend title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941.
Ch. 1230 · 64 Stat. 1257 · January 12, 1951 · Original text
An Act To extend for two years the existing privilege of free importation of gifts from members of the Armed Forces of the United States on duty abroad.
Public Law 82-1 · 65 Stat. 3 · February 21, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution Amending section 5012 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Public Law 82-2 · 65 Stat. 3 · February 28, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Vernon Crudge.
Private Law 82-1 · 65 Stat. A3 · March 1, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of modern naval vessels, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-3 · 65 Stat. 4 · March 10, 1951 · Original text
An Act To authorize the attendance of the United States Marine Band at the celebration of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the fortification of Dorchester Heights, Massachusetts, and the evacuation of Boston, Massachusetts, by the British, to be held in South Boston. Massachusetts, on March 17, 1951.
Public Law 82-4 · 65 Stat. 4 · March 14, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of John E. Turri and Edward H. Turri.
Private Law 82-2 · 65 Stat. A3 · March 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Alfred F. Bosche.
Private Law 82-3 · 65 Stat. A3 · March 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Vera Raupe.
Private Law 82-4 · 65 Stat. A4 · March 19, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Richard Gregory Rundle and Valiquette Adele Rundle.
Private Law 82-5 · 65 Stat. A4 · March 19, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Dorothy Manious.
Private Law 82-6 · 65 Stat. A4 · March 19, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To confer Jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon a certain claim of the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Public Law 82-5 · 65 Stat. 5 · March 19, 1951 · Original text
An Act To extend the period for the admission of alien spouses and minor children of citizen members of the United States Armed Forces.
Public Law 82-6 · 65 Stat. 5 · March 19, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 1951, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-7 · 65 Stat. 6 · March 19, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution To continue for a temporary period the provisions of the Housing and Kent Act of 1947, as amended.
Public Law 82-8 · 65 Stat. 7 · March 23, 1951 · Original text
Renegotiation Act of 1951
An Act To provide for the renegotiation of contracts, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-9 · 65 Stat. 7 · March 23, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, as amended.
Public Law 82-10 · 65 Stat. 25 · March 23, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Geraldine L. Smith, mother and natural guardian of Thomas Clayton Smith, a minor.
Private Law 82-7 · 65 Stat. A5 · March 24, 1951 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1951, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-11 · 65 Stat. 26 · March 24, 1951 · Original text
An Act To authorize the payment of interest on series E savings bonds retained after maturity, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-12 · 65 Stat. 26 · March 26, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Edulji Dinshaw and his sister, Mrs. Bachoo Dinsha Woronzow.
Private Law 82-8 · 65 Stat. A5 · March 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Marie Louise Ardans.
Private Law 82-9 · 65 Stat. A5 · March 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide compensation for duty voluntarily performed on their days off by officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police force, and the White House Police force.
Public Law 82-13 · 65 Stat. 20 · March 27, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Dewey Pickett.
Private Law 82-10 · 65 Stat. A6 · March 28, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To clarify the immigration status of certain aliens.
Public Law 82-14 · 65 Stat. 28 · March 28, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Carroll L. Vickers.
Private Law 82-11 · 65 Stat. A6 · March 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great Lakes during 1051.
Public Law 82-15 · 65 Stat. 28 · March 29, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution To extend the time for the filing of certain claims under the War Claims Act of 1948.
Public Law 82-16 · 65 Stat. 28 · April 5, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.
Public Law 82-17 · 65 Stat. 29 · April 12, 1951 · Original text
An Act To authorize the printing of the annual reports of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America as separate House documents.
Public Law 82-18 · 65 Stat. 31 · April 16, 1951 · Original text
An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Alvin Smith, of New Castle, Delaware, arising out of the damage sustained by him as a result of the construction and maintenance of the New Castle United States Army Air Base, New Castle, Delaware.
Private Law 82-12 · 65 Stat. A6 · April 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Captain Marciano O. Garces.
Private Law 82-13 · 65 Stat. A7 · April 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in Ogden, Utah, to the Ogden Chamber of Commerce.
Public Law 82-19 · 65 Stat. 32 · April 18, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Joseph Bernstein.
Private Law 82-14 · 65 Stat. A7 · April 20, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of the La Fayette Brewery, Incorporated.
Private Law 82-15 · 65 Stat. A8 · April 23, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Cilka Elizabeth Ingrova.
Private Law 82-16 · 65 Stat. A8 · April 24, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize relief of authorized certifying officers of terminated war agencies in liquidation by the Department of Labor.
Public Law 82-20 · 65 Stat. 32 · April 24, 1951 · Original text
An Act To provide reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with the burial of those who served in the military forces of the Commonwealth of the Philippines while such forces were in the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the military order of the President of the United States, dated July 26, 1941.
Public Law 82-21 · 65 Stat. 32 · April 25, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making an emergency appropriation for the fiscal year 1951, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-22 · 65 Stat. 33 · April 25, 1951 · Original text
An Act To authorize the payment by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs of a gratuitous indemnity to survivors of members of the Armed Forces who die in active service, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-23 · 65 Stat. 33 · April 25, 1951 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish daylight saving time in the District.
Public Law 82-24 · 65 Stat. 38 · April 25, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution To give the Department of Commerce the authority to extend certain charters of vessels to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-25 · 65 Stat. 39 · April 28, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Lloyd F. Stewart.
Private Law 82-17 · 65 Stat. A8 · May 5, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Willard Cheek and Louise Cheek.
Private Law 82-18 · 65 Stat. A9 · May 5, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of James McGillic and Blossom McGillic.
Private Law 82-19 · 65 Stat. A9 · May 7, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the transfer to the Vermont Agricultural College of certain lands in Addison County, Vermont, for agricultural purposes.
Public Law 82-26 · 65 Stat. 39 · May 7, 1951 · Original text
An Act Conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claims of G. T. Elliott, Incorporated, and M. F. Quinn.
Private Law 82-20 · 65 Stat. A10 · May 8, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of post route and rural delivery maps, opinions of the Solicitor, and transcripts of hearings before trial examiners, at rates to be determined by the Postmaster General.
Public Law 82-27 · 65 Stat. 40 · May 8, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of George W. Purdy.
Private Law 82-21 · 65 Stat. A10 · May 9, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Lena Valsamis and Lucv Balosa Valsamis.
Private Law 82-22 · 65 Stat. A11 · May 11, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Carl Parks.
Private Law 82-23 · 65 Stat. A11 · May 11, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Addie Dean Garner Scott.
Private Law 82-24 · 65 Stat. A11 · May 11, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Bernard F. Elmers.
Private Law 82-25 · 65 Stat. A12 · May 11, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Marcelle Lecomte.
Private Law 82-26 · 65 Stat. A12 · May 11, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of the estate of Yoshio Fukunaga, deceased.
Private Law 82-27 · 65 Stat. A13 · May 11, 1951 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide certain benefits for certain persons who shall have served in the Armed Forces of the United States on and after June 27, 1950.
Public Law 82-28 · 65 Stat. 40 · May 11, 1951 · Original text
An Act Allowing the consumer of gasoline to deduct, for income-tax purposes. State taxes on gasoline imposed on the wholesaler and passed on to the consumer.
Public Law 82-29 · 65 Stat. 40 · May 12, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Ernestine Bacon Jacobs.
Private Law 82-28 · 65 Stat. A13 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Fred E. Weber.
Private Law 82-29 · 65 Stat. A13 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna Kasenkina.
Private Law 82-30 · 65 Stat. A14 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Janina Wojcicka, Wojciech Andrzej Wojcicki. and Stanislaw Wojcicki.
Private Law 82-31 · 65 Stat. A14 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Coral E. Alldritt.
Private Law 82-32 · 65 Stat. A15 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Frederick Edmond Tomkins, Mary Ann Tomkins, and Edward Marshall Tomkins.
Private Law 82-33 · 65 Stat. A15 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of John Yan Chi Gee.
Private Law 82-34 · 65 Stat. A15 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Athina Mary Onassis.
Private Law 82-35 · 65 Stat. A16 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mary Valsamis Dendramis and Vassili G. Dendramis.
Private Law 82-36 · 65 Stat. A16 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Gunter Arno Thelemann.
Private Law 82-37 · 65 Stat. A16 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Sadako Kawamura Lawton.
Private Law 82-38 · 65 Stat. A16 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Taro Takara.
Private Law 82-39 · 65 Stat. A17 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Kimiko Shibuya.
Private Law 82-40 · 65 Stat. A17 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Pietro Giannettino.
Private Law 82-41 · 65 Stat. A18 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Dr. Chia Len Liu.
Private Law 82-42 · 65 Stat. A18 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Jacquelyn Shelton.
Private Law 82-43 · 65 Stat. A18 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Elena Erbez.
Private Law 82-44 · 65 Stat. A18 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Lucia Adamos.
Private Law 82-45 · 65 Stat. A19 · May 14, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of James A. G. Martindale.
Private Law 82-46 · 65 Stat. A19 · May 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For admission to the United States of Mrs. Margot Kazerski.
Private Law 82-47 · 65 Stat. A19 · May 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Chin Yok Kong.
Private Law 82-48 · 65 Stat. A19 · May 15, 1951 · Private law · Original text
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- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
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- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
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- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
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- 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
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- 25th 1837 · 533
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- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
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- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
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- 11th 1809 · 119
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- 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.