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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 Michiko Nakashima.
Private Law 82-692 · 66 Stat. a03 · June 11, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jimmy Doguta (also known as Jimmy Blngg).
Private Law 82-693 · 66 Stat. a94 · June 11, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marian Diane Delphine Sachs.
Private Law 82-694 · 66 Stat. a94 · June 11, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kiko Oshiro.
Private Law 82-695 · 66 Stat. a94 · June 11, 1952 · Private law · 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.
Public Law 82-387 · 66 Stat. 133 · June 11, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Eugene Richard Sushko.
Private Law 82-696 · 66 Stat. a95 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kathleen Cowley.
Private Law 82-697 · 66 Stat. a95 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Barbara Ann Sheppard.
Private Law 82-698 · 66 Stat. a96 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jean (John) Plewniak and Anna PIotrowska Plewniak.
Private Law 82-699 · 66 Stat. a96 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jeannette Thorn Pease.
Private Law 82-700 · 66 Stat. a96 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the George H, Soffel Company.
Private Law 82-701 · 66 Stat. a96 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chan Toy Har.
Private Law 82-702 · 66 Stat. a97 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ingeborg anti Anna Lukas.
Private Law 82-703 · 66 Stat. a97 · June 12, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Act creating a juvenile court for the District of Columbia, approved March 19, 1906, as amended.
Public Law 82-388 · 66 Stat. 134 · June 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize the conveyance of lands in the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation to the State of California or to the Hoopa Unified School District for use for school purposes.
Public Law 82-389 · 66 Stat. 135 · June 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 22 (relating to the endowment and support of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts) of the Act of June 29, 1935, so as tn extend the benefits of such section to certain colleges in the Territory of Alaska.
Public Law 82-390 · 66 Stat. 135 · June 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide that tile additional tax imposed by section 2470 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply in respect of coconut oil produced in, or produced from materials grown in, the Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Public Law 82-391 · 66 Stat. 136 · June 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend paragraph 1774, section 201, title II, of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Public Law 82-392 · 66 Stat. 137 · June 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Teruo Uechi.
Private Law 82-704 · 66 Stat. a97 · June 13, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ernest Daniel Davis, Junior.
Private Law 82-705 · 66 Stat. a98 · June 13, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jean Hamamoto, also known as Sharon Lea Brooks.
Private Law 82-706 · 66 Stat. a98 · June 13, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Susan Jeanne Kerr.
Private Law 82-707 · 66 Stat. a98 · June 13, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Norma J. Roberts, a minor.
Private Law 82-708 · 66 Stat. a98 · June 13, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Helga Richter.
Private Law 82-709 · 66 Stat. a99 · June 13, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Pauline W. Goodyear.
Private Law 82-710 · 66 Stat. a99 · June 13, 1952 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To continue the effectiveness of certain statutory provisions until June 30, 1952.
Public Law 82-393 · 66 Stat. 137 · June 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Vivian M. Graham and Herbert H. Graham.
Private Law 82-711 · 66 Stat. a99 · June 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Inez B. Copp and George T, Oopp.
Private Law 82-712 · 66 Stat. a100 · June 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Priscilla Ogden Dickerson GU1 son de la Fregonniere.
Private Law 82-713 · 66 Stat. a100 · June 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to create a board of accountancy for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved February 17, 1923.
Public Law 82-394 · 66 Stat. 137 · June 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize the establishment of facilities necessary for the detention of aliens in the administration and enforcement of the Immigration laws, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-395 · 66 Stat. 138 · June 18, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ellis E. Gabbert.
Private Law 82-714 · 66 Stat. a101 · June 19, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ann Morrison.
Private Law 82-715 · 66 Stat. a101 · June 19, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities for generating hydroelectric power at the Cheatham Dam on the Cumberland River in Tennessee.
Public Law 82-396 · 66 Stat. 138 · June 19, 1952 · Original text
An Act To confirm the status of certain civilian employees of nonappropriated fund Instrumentalities under the Armed Forces with respect to laws administered by the Civil Service Commission, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-397 · 66 Stat. 138 · June 19, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize a $100 per capita payment to members of the lied Lake Hand of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the lied Lake Reservation.
Public Law 82-398 · 66 Stat. 139 · June 19, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926.
Public Law 82-399 · 66 Stat. 140 · June 19, 1952 · Original text
Mutual Security Act of 1952
An Act To amend the Mutual Security Act of 1951, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-400 · 66 Stat. 141 · June 20, 1952 · Original text
An Act Ty amend section 302 (4) of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1840, as amended, relating to penalties.
Public Law 82-401 · 66 Stat. 151 · June 23, 1952 · Original text
An Act Tn approve contracts negotiated with irrigation districts on the Owyhee, River-ton, Milk River, and Frenchtown Federal Reclamation Projects, to authorize their execution, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-402 · 66 Stat. 151 · June 23, 1952 · Original text
An Act To promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics necessary tn the effective prosecution of aeronautical research.
Public Law 82-403 · 66 Stat. 153 · June 23, 1952 · Original text
An Act To extend the Rubber Act of 194S (Public Law 469, Eightieth Congress), as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-404 · 66 Stat. 154 · June 23, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 14 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.
Public Law 82-405 · 66 Stat. 154 · June 23, 1952 · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Vannevar Bush as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Public Law 82-406 · 66 Stat. 154 · June 23, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 631b of title 5, United States Code, by adding a new subsection to be cited as subsection (e).
Public Law 82-407 · 66 Stat. 155 · June 24, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize the appointment of qualified women as physicians and specialists in the medical services of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Public Law 82-408 · 66 Stat. 155 · June 24, 1952 · Original text
An Act Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great Lakes during 1952.
Public Law 82-409 · 66 Stat. 156 · June 24, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Colonel Julia O. Flikke and Colonel Florence A. Hlamhileld.
Private Law 82-716 · 66 Stat. a101 · June 25, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, to extend the application of the special-inducement pay provided thereby to physicians and dentists, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-410 · 66 Stat. 156 · June 25, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 831 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, concerning the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy.
Public Law 82-411 · 66 Stat. 157 · June 25, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.
Public Law 82-412 · 66 Stat. 158 · June 25, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-413 · 66 Stat. 158 · June 25, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ziemowit Z. Karpinski.
Private Law 82-717 · 66 Stat. a102 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ceasar J. (Raamn) Syquia.
Private Law 82-718 · 66 Stat. a102 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sisters Dolores Ills Martori, Maria Josefa Dalmnu Vallve, and Ramona Cabarroeas Canals.
Private Law 82-719 · 66 Stat. a103 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rosarina Garofalo.
Private Law 82-720 · 66 Stat. a103 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doreen Iris Neal.
Private Law 82-721 · 66 Stat. a103 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Else Neubert and her two children.
Private Law 82-722 · 66 Stat. a103 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Stanislaus.
Private Law 82-723 · 66 Stat. a104 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Kintzig and Tatiana A. Kintzig.
Private Law 82-724 · 66 Stat. a104 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Julie Schuler.
Private Law 82-725 · 66 Stat. a105 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward Charles Cleverley.
Private Law 82-726 · 66 Stat. a105 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Clarence Sudbeck.
Private Law 82-727 · 66 Stat. a105 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Priscilla Crowley.
Private Law 82-728 · 66 Stat. a106 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Louis R, Chadbourne.
Private Law 82-729 · 66 Stat. a106 · June 27, 1952 · Private law · Original text
Immigration and Nationality Act
An Act To revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, anti nationality; and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-414 · 66 Stat. 163 · June 27, 1952 · Original text
An Act Providing that excess-land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not apply to certain lands that will receive a supplemental or regulated water supply from the San Luis Valley project, Colorado.
Public Law 82-415 · 66 Stat. 282 · June 27, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jean Krueger and Edith Krueger.
Private Law 82-730 · 66 Stat. a106 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sotirios Christos Roumanis.
Private Law 82-731 · 66 Stat. a107 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Constantin Alexander Solomonides.
Private Law 82-732 · 66 Stat. a107 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Helen Sadako Yamamoto.
Private Law 82-733 · 66 Stat. a107 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Maria Seidl and Sister Anna Ambras.
Private Law 82-734 · 66 Stat. a108 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Toshiko Minowa.
Private Law 82-735 · 66 Stat. a108 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Susan Patricia Manchester.
Private Law 82-736 · 66 Stat. a108 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Niccolo Luvisotti.
Private Law 82-737 · 66 Stat. a109 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Karel Vaclav Malinovsky.
Private Law 82-738 · 66 Stat. a109 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ethel White. Frankie Ezell, and Ralph James.
Private Law 82-739 · 66 Stat. a109 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Alexander L. Wiesiolowski.
Private Law 82-740 · 66 Stat. a110 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Kloman Instrument Company, Incorporated.
Private Law 82-741 · 66 Stat. a110 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Clarice D’Amico and Chiara Antonucci.
Private Law 82-742 · 66 Stat. a111 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Leonidas M. Peppas.
Private Law 82-743 · 66 Stat. a111 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Enrique M. Orpilla.
Private Law 82-744 · 66 Stat. a111 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Philip Fugh, Sarah Liu Fugh, and John Fugh.
Private Law 82-745 · 66 Stat. a112 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leszek Kazimierz Pawlowkz.
Private Law 82-746 · 66 Stat. a112 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act Fur the relief of Sebastiano Bello, Dino Bianchi, Pierino Cieearese, Vincenzo Dall Alda, Vittorio De Gasperi, Salvatore Puggioni. Giovanni Battista Volpato, and Leone Montlnl.
Private Law 82-747 · 66 Stat. a112 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Takae Nomura,
Private Law 82-748 · 66 Stat. a113 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gabriella Rubldo Zichy.
Private Law 82-749 · 66 Stat. a113 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Samuel Thomas Wong.
Private Law 82-750 · 66 Stat. a113 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Angela Monte McCracken.
Private Law 82-751 · 66 Stat. a114 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sor Eufrasia Gomez Gallego, Snr Francisca Gil Martinez, and Sor Rosalia De La Maza.
Private Law 82-752 · 66 Stat. a114 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leonard Jesse Richards (Michio Inoue).
Private Law 82-753 · 66 Stat. a114 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Floyd L. Greenwood.
Private Law 82-754 · 66 Stat. a114 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor J. Ernest Ayre.
Private Law 82-755 · 66 Stat. a115 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chong So Yong.
Private Law 82-756 · 66 Stat. a115 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chizuko Nakagami.
Private Law 82-757 · 66 Stat. a116 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Veronica Merita Kitson.
Private Law 82-758 · 66 Stat. a116 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lennie G. Clarkson and William E. Clarkson.
Private Law 82-759 · 66 Stat. a116 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fred Augustus Snead, Junior.
Private Law 82-760 · 66 Stat. a117 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Deliana Meulenkamp.
Private Law 82-761 · 66 Stat. a117 · June 28, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lucille Hujima.
Private Law 82-762 · 66 Stat. a117 · June 28, 1952 · 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.