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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 Miyoko Nakagawa.
Private Law 82-936 · 66 Stat. 183 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Emi Yasuda and her minor son, Keichiro Yasuda.
Private Law 82-937 · 66 Stat. 184 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Haruyo Takahashi.
Private Law 82-938 · 66 Stat. 184 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Reuben Krakovsky.
Private Law 82-939 · 66 Stat. 185 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Paul Tse, James Tse, and Bennie Tse.
Private Law 82-940 · 66 Stat. 185 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor David M. Ju,
Private Law 82-941 · 66 Stat. 185 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wong See Sun,
Private Law 82-942 · 66 Stat. 186 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Franco Berardi.
Private Law 82-943 · 66 Stat. 186 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Manuel Magtatis Geronimo and Doctor Rita Villaroman Geronimo.
Private Law 82-944 · 66 Stat. 186 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sandra E. Dennett.
Private Law 82-945 · 66 Stat. 186 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Antonio and Francesco Lo Schiavo.
Private Law 82-946 · 66 Stat. 187 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Helena Ginal, Sister Anna Szoldrskit, Sister Anna Gluehowaka, and Sister Bronlslawa Szewezyk.
Private Law 82-947 · 66 Stat. 187 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ruben George Varga and Mrs, Ilona Varga.
Private Law 82-948 · 66 Stat. 187 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Toshiko Nakamuta Takimoto and her minor son.
Private Law 82-949 · 66 Stat. 188 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elias Papadopoulos.
Private Law 82-950 · 66 Stat. 188 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rahel Zakar Peters.
Private Law 82-951 · 66 Stat. 188 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Suzanne Marie Schartz.
Private Law 82-952 · 66 Stat. 188 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mark Yen Hui.
Private Law 82-953 · 66 Stat. 189 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Linda Lee Converse.
Private Law 82-954 · 66 Stat. 189 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Baron Fred Alexander D’OstenSacken.
Private Law 82-955 · 66 Stat. 189 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Deborah Anita Hudson.
Private Law 82-956 · 66 Stat. 190 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Emma Gazzaniga, Cecelia Trezzl, Clella Mainetti, Bonosa Colombo, Emma Baldisserotto, Lina DalDosso, Lucia Paganoni, and Regina Pagani.
Private Law 82-957 · 66 Stat. 190 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hoong Moy Lam.
Private Law 82-958 · 66 Stat. 190 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Margarite Mary Fujita,
Private Law 82-959 · 66 Stat. 191 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Martin A. Dekking,
Private Law 82-960 · 66 Stat. 191 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Katharina Luise Trenye.
Private Law 82-961 · 66 Stat. 191 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Angelantonia Diana.
Private Law 82-962 · 66 Stat. 191 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Young Wai Kit.
Private Law 82-963 · 66 Stat. 192 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tokusaburo Imamura Glasscock.
Private Law 82-964 · 66 Stat. 192 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sachiko Kanemochi.
Private Law 82-965 · 66 Stat. 192 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of David Daryl Daiko.
Private Law 82-966 · 66 Stat. 193 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Paul Gust Williams.
Private Law 82-967 · 66 Stat. 193 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Amalia Arehitetto.
Private Law 82-968 · 66 Stat. 193 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Helga Eveline Matz.
Private Law 82-969 · 66 Stat. 193 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Samuele Rossi (also known as Renato Rossi).
Private Law 82-970 · 66 Stat. 194 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ayako Sukiura.
Private Law 82-971 · 66 Stat. 194 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jeanne Marie Miura.
Private Law 82-972 · 66 Stat. 194 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Karen Ann Crowley.
Private Law 82-973 · 66 Stat. 195 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tracy Ann Corley (Elisabeth Lecorehe).
Private Law 82-974 · 66 Stat. 195 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gaetana Giambruno Tomasino.
Private Law 82-975 · 66 Stat. 195 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hitomi Matsushita.
Private Law 82-976 · 66 Stat. 195 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leu Wai Ung (Wong Wal Ung) and Leu Wai Chiu (Wong Wat Chiu).
Private Law 82-977 · 66 Stat. 196 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the alien Ilona Lindelof.
Private Law 82-978 · 66 Stat. 196 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wong Yang Yee and Wong Sue Chee.
Private Law 82-979 · 66 Stat. 196 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Louie Bon Kong.
Private Law 82-980 · 66 Stat. 197 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Raymond Scott Hill.
Private Law 82-981 · 66 Stat. 197 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Katharina Hoffmann.
Private Law 82-982 · 66 Stat. 197 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Bozie Lincoln Donalson,
Private Law 82-983 · 66 Stat. 198 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gerald A. and Lynn W. Roehm.
Private Law 82-984 · 66 Stat. 198 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gevork Zohrab Bandarian.
Private Law 82-985 · 66 Stat. 198 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ruth Ann Holecek.
Private Law 82-986 · 66 Stat. 198 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Erika 0. Eder, and her son, Janies Robert Eder.
Private Law 82-987 · 66 Stat. 199 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Carol R. Gray,
Private Law 82-988 · 66 Stat. 199 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Grazia Maran to.
Private Law 82-989 · 66 Stat. 199 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gisela Helen Snowdy.
Private Law 82-990 · 66 Stat. 200 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hildegard Hohmeier.
Private Law 82-991 · 66 Stat. 200 · July 15, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and section 5155 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-543 · 66 Stat. 633 · July 15, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide for the conveyance to the town of Dedham, Maine, of a certain strip of land situated in such town and used as a road right-of-way.
Public Law 82-544 · 66 Stat. 633 · July 15, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide benefits for certain Federal employees of Japanese ancestry who lost certain rights with respect to grade, time in grade, and rate of compensation by reason of any policy or program of the Federal Government with respect to persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
Public Law 82-545 · 66 Stat. 634 · July 15, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide for the alteration, reconstruction, or relocation of certain highway and railroad bridges over the Columbia River or its navigable tributaries.
Public Law 82-546 · 66 Stat. 635 · July 15, 1952 · Original text
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953
An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-547 · 66 Stat. 637 · July 15, 1952 · Original text
Joint Resolution Relating to the continuance on the pay rolls of certain employees in cases of death or resignation of Members of the Mouse of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners.
Public Law 82-548 · 66 Stat. 662 · July 15, 1952 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Jacob Gitlin.
Private Law 82-992 · 66 Stat. A201 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Teh-Jen Lee.
Private Law 82-993 · 66 Stat. A201 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Marie-Antoinette Kerssenbrock.
Private Law 82-994 · 66 Stat. A201 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Carlotta Olimpia Forgnone.
Private Law 82-995 · 66 Stat. A202 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Guiseppe Biolzi.
Private Law 82-996 · 66 Stat. A202 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Sumiko Yamamoto.
Private Law 82-997 · 66 Stat. A202 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuxman and their two daughters.
Private Law 82-998 · 66 Stat. A203 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of the alien Malke Kresel Mohrer.
Private Law 82-999 · 66 Stat. A203 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Milagros Aujero.
Private Law 82-1000 · 66 Stat. A203 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Joseph La Porta.
Private Law 82-1001 · 66 Stat. A204 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of George M. Sanger.
Private Law 82-1002 · 66 Stat. A204 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Helen J. Lumley.
Private Law 82-1003 · 66 Stat. A204 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Jose Luis Segimont de Plandolit and Fuencisia Segimont.
Private Law 82-1004 · 66 Stat. A205 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Johann Komma.
Private Law 82-1005 · 66 Stat. A205 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act to authorize payment to the Empire District Electric Co. for reasonable costs of protecting its Ozark Beach power plant from the backwater of Bull Shoals Dam.
Private Law 82-1006 · 66 Stat. A205 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Marie Luise Elfriede Steiniger.
Private Law 82-1007 · 66 Stat. A206 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Ai-Ling Tung Tsou and her son, Moody Tsou.
Private Law 82-1008 · 66 Stat. A206 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To confer jurisdiction Upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Llewellyn B. Griffith for retirement as an emergency officer under the provisions of Emergency Officers Retirement Act or as a disabled officer of the Regular Army of the United States.
Private Law 82-1009 · 66 Stat. A206 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for issuance of patents tn persons claiming title through Charles A. Gann.
Private Law 82-1010 · 66 Stat. A207 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Tony Marchiondo.
Private Law 82-1011 · 66 Stat. A207 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Michael Ancker Rasmussen.
Private Law 82-1012 · 66 Stat. A208 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Jane P. Myers.
Private Law 82-1013 · 66 Stat. A208 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Stevan Durovic, Marko Durovic, Olga Wickerhauser Durovic, and Stevan M. Durovic.
Private Law 82-1014 · 66 Stat. A209 · July 16, 1952 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend title IV of the National Housing Act, as amended.
Public Law 82-558 · 66 Stat. 527 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the conveyance of a portion of the United States military reservation at Fort Schuyler, New York, to the State of New York for use as a maritime school, and for other purposes”, approved September 5, 1950.
Public Law 82-559 · 66 Stat. 527 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize the improvement of Humboldt Hay, California, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 143, Eighty-second Congress, first session.
Public Law 82-549 · 66 Stat. 662 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952
An Act To provide vocational readjustment and to restore lost educational opportunities to certain persons who served in the Armed Forces on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall be fixed by the President or the Congress, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-550 · 66 Stat. 663 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act For improvement of Gowanus Creek Channel, New York.
Public Law 82-551 · 66 Stat. 691 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend Public Law 40, Seventy-seventh Congress, so as to provide for the prevention of major disasters in coal mines.
Public Law 82-552 · 66 Stat. 692 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of June 28, 1944 (ch. 294, title III, 58 Stat. 414), and the Act of February 14, 1903 (ch. 532, 32 Stat. 825).
Public Law 82-553 · 66 Stat. 710 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
Communications Act Amendments, 1952
An Act To further amend the Communications Act of 1934.
Public Law 82-554 · 66 Stat. 711 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 8 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended.
Public Law 82-555 · 66 Stat. 722 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend part I of the Interstate Commerce Act to provide for filing of equipment trust agreements and of her documents evidencing or relating to the lease, mortgage, conditional sale, or bailment of railroad equipment.
Public Law 82-556 · 66 Stat. 724 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To facilitate the performance of research anti development work by and on behalf of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-557 · 66 Stat. 725 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide for the conveyance to Potter County, Texas, of certain surplus lands located at the Veterans’ Administration hospital near Amarillo.
Public Law 82-560 · 66 Stat. 729 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To provide for the release to the city of Camden of all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain hind heretofore conditionally granted to such city.
Public Law 82-561 · 66 Stat. 729 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To amend section 4472 of the revised Statutes, as amended, to further provide for the safe loading and discharging of explosives in connection with transportation by vessel.
Public Law 82-562 · 66 Stat. 730 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of Commerce to convey certain land and grant certain easements to the State of California for highway-construction purposes in Richmond, California.
Public Law 82-563 · 66 Stat. 730 · July 16, 1952 · Original text
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- 91st 1969 · 942
- 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
- 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
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- 68th 1923 · 996
- 67th 1921 · 930
- 66th 1919 · 594
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- 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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- 27th 1841 · 525
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- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
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- 17th 1821 · 237
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- 15th 1817 · 262
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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.