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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 To amend the Act entitled “An Act relating to the compensation of commissioners for the Territory of Alaska”, approved March 15, 1948 (62 Stat. 80).
Public Law 82-520 · 66 Stat. 592 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide for the payment of retroactive increases in compensation for services rendered by certain deceased officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-521 · 66 Stat. 592 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend further the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-522 · 66 Stat. 593 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To ratify and confirm Act 291 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1949, section 2 of Act 152 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, and section 2 of Act 171 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, which included Maui County Waterworks Board, Kauai County Waterworks Board, and the Board of Water Supply, County of Hawaii, under the definition of “municipality” in the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Act of 1935.
Public Law 82-523 · 66 Stat. 595 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize payment for transportation of dependents, baggage, and household goods and effects of certain officers of the naval service and Coast Guard under certain conditions, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-524 · 66 Stat. 595 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to the town of Hope, New Mexico.
Public Law 82-525 · 66 Stat. 596 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 5 of the Act of June 29, 1888, relating to the office of Supervisor of New York Harbor.
Public Law 82-526 · 66 Stat. 596 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide that the existing project for a navigation channel on the Guadalupe River, Texas, be incorporated with and made a part of the project for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Public Law 82-527 · 66 Stat. 597 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act Relating to burley tobacco farm acreage allotments under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.
Public Law 82-528 · 66 Stat. 597 · July 12, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Panagiotes Itounieliotis.
Private Law 82-859 · 66 Stat. 159 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mildred Lewis Morgan.
Private Law 82-860 · 66 Stat. 160 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John George Papailias.
Private Law 82-861 · 66 Stat. 160 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mary Izumi.
Private Law 82-862 · 66 Stat. 160 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chu Bud Yick.
Private Law 82-863 · 66 Stat. 161 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hee Shee Wong Achuck.
Private Law 82-864 · 66 Stat. 161 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vito Aiuto.
Private Law 82-865 · 66 Stat. 161 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Paul Busbey.
Private Law 82-866 · 66 Stat. 161 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Albert O. Holland and Bergtor Haaland.
Private Law 82-867 · 66 Stat. 162 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Joyce Oerlemans Haug.
Private Law 82-868 · 66 Stat. 162 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mercedes Hernandez Saguar.
Private Law 82-869 · 66 Stat. 162 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Issuance of a patent In fee to Walter Anson Pease.
Private Law 82-870 · 66 Stat. 163 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Issuance of a patent in fee to Franklin Yarlott.
Private Law 82-871 · 66 Stat. 163 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Viola Delaney.
Private Law 82-872 · 66 Stat. 163 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to certain allottees on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Private Law 82-873 · 66 Stat. 164 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents tn fee to certain allottees on the Crow Indian Reservation.
Private Law 82-874 · 66 Stat. 164 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of certain land in Utah to the Bench Luke Irrigation Company, of Hurricane, Utah.
Private Law 82-875 · 66 Stat. 165 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To cancel Irrigation maintenance and operation charges on the Shoshone Indian Mission School lands on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Private Law 82-876 · 66 Stat. 165 · July 14, 1952 · Private law · Original text
Halogeton Glomeratus Control Act
An Act To provide for the eradication and control of Halogeton glomeratus on lands in the United States, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-529 · 66 Stat. 597 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide for the merger of two or more national banking associations and for the merger of State banks with national banking associations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-530 · 66 Stat. 599 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend defense housing laws, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-531 · 66 Stat. 601 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act Granting jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon certain claims.
Public Law 82-532 · 66 Stat. 605 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act so as to require the insurance of deposits payable at branches of insured banks in Puerto Rico.
Public Law 82-533 · 66 Stat. 605 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-534 · 66 Stat. 606 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1953, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-535 · 66 Stat. 626 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To extend the benefits of the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944 to persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States after the termination of the state of war between the United States and the Government of Japan and prior to July 2, 1955.
Public Law 82-536 · 66 Stat. 626 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 and to abolish the Appeal Board of the Office of Contract Settlement.
Public Law 82-537 · 66 Stat. 627 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, to make unlawful certain practices of ticket agents engaged in selling air transportation, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-538 · 66 Stat. 628 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 113 (b) (1) (B) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the adjustment of the basis of property for depreciation, obsolescence, amortization, and depletion.
Public Law 82-539 · 66 Stat. 629 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To extend certain ten-year oil and gas leases.
Public Law 82-540 · 66 Stat. 630 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide for an adjustment in the compensation of certain employees transferred from the field service of the Post Office Department to the General Services Administration pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 18 of 1950, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-541 · 66 Stat. 630 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act with respect to certain contracts and agreements which establish minimum or stipulated resale prices and which are extended by State law to persons who are not parties to such contracts and agreements, and for certain other purposes.
Public Law 82-542 · 66 Stat. 631 · July 14, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the George B. Healy Construction Company.
Private Law 82-877 · 66 Stat. 166 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Orazio Balasso.
Private Law 82-878 · 66 Stat. 166 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Walter Duschinsky.
Private Law 82-879 · 66 Stat. 166 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain Basque aliens.
Private Law 82-880 · 66 Stat. 167 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Michiko Yamamori Wilder and her minor child.
Private Law 82-881 · 66 Stat. 167 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Walter Koelz.
Private Law 82-882 · 66 Stat. 167 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Adele Frattini.
Private Law 82-883 · 66 Stat. 168 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sachio Kanashiro.
Private Law 82-884 · 66 Stat. 168 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tom Tateki Iriye.
Private Law 82-885 · 66 Stat. 168 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Shizu Hasegawa Crockett.
Private Law 82-886 · 66 Stat. 169 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tsuneo Tanigawa, also known as David Lawrence Rogers.
Private Law 82-887 · 66 Stat. 169 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Margherita Gentile.
Private Law 82-888 · 66 Stat. 169 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anni Franchina.
Private Law 82-889 · 66 Stat. 170 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Olga Madsen, a minor.
Private Law 82-890 · 66 Stat. 170 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Margit Stolz Bohm and Klaus Seigfreid Bohm.
Private Law 82-891 · 66 Stat. 170 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jo Anti Fosberg.
Private Law 82-892 · 66 Stat. 170 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Annemarie E. Peterson and Wilhelm Ernst Geisel.
Private Law 82-893 · 66 Stat. 171 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Charles Michell.
Private Law 82-894 · 66 Stat. 171 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Biancamaria Cori.
Private Law 82-895 · 66 Stat. 171 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nicholas J. and Elizabeth Miura.
Private Law 82-896 · 66 Stat. 172 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Michiko Okuda.
Private Law 82-897 · 66 Stat. 172 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Miki Takano.
Private Law 82-898 · 66 Stat. 172 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hsieh Ta-Chuan or Der Ott-Kuan.
Private Law 82-899 · 66 Stat. 173 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fumiko Ito Stewart.
Private Law 82-900 · 66 Stat. 173 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ioannis Dimitriou Cohilis.
Private Law 82-901 · 66 Stat. 173 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Luciano Pellegrini.
Private Law 82-902 · 66 Stat. 173 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Brenda Marie Gray (Akemi).
Private Law 82-903 · 66 Stat. 174 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Deborah Jayne Engelman.
Private Law 82-904 · 66 Stat. 174 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mikio Abe.
Private Law 82-905 · 66 Stat. 174 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Iwanna Pryjma and Roma Pryjma.
Private Law 82-906 · 66 Stat. 174 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sadako Ishiguro.
Private Law 82-907 · 66 Stat. 175 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Donald Lee Ferguson (Junior).
Private Law 82-908 · 66 Stat. 175 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Yuriko Nishimoto.
Private Law 82-909 · 66 Stat. 176 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Bonnie Jean MaeLean.
Private Law 82-910 · 66 Stat. 176 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jun Miyata.
Private Law 82-911 · 66 Stat. 176 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Victor de la Bretoniere.
Private Law 82-912 · 66 Stat. 177 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Andrew Alexander Nara and Mary Kimberly Nara.
Private Law 82-913 · 66 Stat. 177 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert Royce Farkas.
Private Law 82-914 · 66 Stat. 177 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ichiro Iida.
Private Law 82-915 · 66 Stat. 178 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mekaru Tatsubo.
Private Law 82-916 · 66 Stat. 178 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sadie Badir Ellis Nassif-Azar and George Badir Ellis Nassif-Azar.
Private Law 82-917 · 66 Stat. 178 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chiu But Yue.
Private Law 82-918 · 66 Stat. 178 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Beverly Jane Ruffin,
Private Law 82-919 · 66 Stat. 179 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hannah Crumet
Private Law 82-920 · 66 Stat. 179 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elvira Suzanne Oosterwyk.
Private Law 82-921 · 66 Stat. 179 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act Fer the relief of Arokiaswami Arumal Singh.
Private Law 82-922 · 66 Stat. 179 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Linda Azar Karam Batrouny,
Private Law 82-923 · 66 Stat. 180 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Henryk Kramarski.
Private Law 82-924 · 66 Stat. 180 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Tomiko Munakata Millhollin.
Private Law 82-925 · 66 Stat. 180 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fong Bat Woon and Fong Get Nan.
Private Law 82-926 · 66 Stat. 181 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nahan Abdo Haj Moussa.
Private Law 82-927 · 66 Stat. 181 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Anita (Vincenzina Di Franco).
Private Law 82-928 · 66 Stat. 181 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Naoki and Yoshiki Sakamoto.
Private Law 82-929 · 66 Stat. 181 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Dimitra Gaitanis.
Private Law 82-930 · 66 Stat. 182 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sumako Egashira.
Private Law 82-931 · 66 Stat. 182 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jan J. Wojciechowski.
Private Law 82-932 · 66 Stat. 182 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Inez Pryer (Sister Mary Carmel).
Private Law 82-933 · 66 Stat. 182 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kenji Kusumoto.
Private Law 82-934 · 66 Stat. 183 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anny Scher,
Private Law 82-935 · 66 Stat. 183 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
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- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 87th 1961 · 1,573
- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
- 84th 1955 · 1,909
- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
- 79th 1945 · 1,626
- 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
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
- 13th 1813 · 271
- 12th 1811 · 208
- 11th 1809 · 119
- 10th 1807 · 106
- 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.