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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 Gabriele Gildo Falvo Citrigno.
Private Law 82-118 · 65 Stat. A45 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Elizabeth Sabow.
Private Law 82-119 · 65 Stat. A46 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Sergeant Benjamin H. Martin.
Private Law 82-120 · 65 Stat. A46 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Bernard Spielmann.
Private Law 82-121 · 65 Stat. A46 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Edward M. Chapman, Roland P. Davis, and the Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York.
Private Law 82-122 · 65 Stat. A47 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Ethel Martha Quinn.
Private Law 82-123 · 65 Stat. A47 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Jindrich (Henri) Nosek and Mrs. Zdenka Nosek.
Private Law 82-124 · 65 Stat. A47 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Michael Post Posniakoff and Zinaida Post-Posniakoff.
Private Law 82-125 · 65 Stat. A48 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of John R. Harris.
Private Law 82-126 · 65 Stat. A48 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Kimi Hatano.
Private Law 82-127 · 65 Stat. A49 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Shizue Sakurada.
Private Law 82-128 · 65 Stat. A49 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Evelyn Reichardt.
Private Law 82-129 · 65 Stat. A49 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for United States participation in the celebration at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Public Law 82-61 · 65 Stat. 97 · June 29, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend section 4164 of title 18, United States Code, relating to conditional release of Federal prisoners.
Public Law 82-62 · 65 Stat. 98 · June 29, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Capt. William Greenwood.
Private Law 82-130 · 65 Stat. A50 · June 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Quon Mee Gee, also known as Loui Siu Lin.
Private Law 82-131 · 65 Stat. A50 · June 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Chin Yuen Ling, minor unmarried Chinese child of a United States citizen.
Private Law 82-132 · 65 Stat. A51 · June 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951
An Act To extend and revise the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act.
Public Law 82-63 · 65 Stat. 98 · June 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act incorporating the American University.
Public Law 82-64 · 65 Stat. 107 · June 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code.
Public Law 82-65 · 65 Stat. 107 · June 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1952, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-66 · 65 Stat. 108 · June 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To make certain revisions in titles I through IV of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-67 · 65 Stat. 108 · June 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940, as amended.
Public Law 82-68 · 65 Stat. 110 · June 30, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution To continue for a temporary period the Defense Production Act of 1950; the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended; and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-69 · 65 Stat. 110 · June 30, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-70 · 65 Stat. 111 · July 1, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of T. L. Morrow.
Private Law 82-133 · 65 Stat. A51 · July 2, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Chin Hien Lee.
Private Law 82-134 · 65 Stat. A51 · July 2, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of the estate of James Patrick Hackett and Charles L. Stover.
Private Law 82-135 · 65 Stat. A52 · July 3, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of the Morgan Foods Corp.
Private Law 82-136 · 65 Stat. A52 · July 3, 1951 · H. R.621 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend subdivisions d and e of section 58 of the Bankruptcy Act, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.
Public Law 82-71 · 65 Stat. 114 · July 3, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend section 2883 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended by Public Law 448, Eighty-first Congress.
Public Law 82-72 · 65 Stat. 114 · July 3, 1951 · Original text
An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to certain allottees on the Crow Indian Reservation.
Private Law 82-137 · 65 Stat. A53 · July 5, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Dorothy Fumie Maeda.
Private Law 82-138 · 65 Stat. A53 · July 5, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Chester A. Macomber.
Private Law 82-139 · 65 Stat. A53 · July 5, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 2883 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Public Law 448, Eighty-first Congress.
Public Law 82-73 · 65 Stat. 115 · July 5, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of William Yinson Lee.
Private Law 82-140 · 65 Stat. A54 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Rosins, Mouradian.
Private Law 82-141 · 65 Stat. A54 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Carlos Sanchez Perez.
Private Law 82-142 · 65 Stat. A55 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Albert W. Lack.
Private Law 82-143 · 65 Stat. A55 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Clara Raffioer Droesse.
Private Law 82-144 · 65 Stat. A55 · July 7, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mrs. Walter J. Bickford.
Private Law 82-145 · 65 Stat. A56 · July 9, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the lease and purchase by the United States of the Young Men’s Christian Association Building and premises in Phoenix, Arizona.
Public Law 82-74 · 65 Stat. 115 · July 11, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act creating the Motor Carrier Claims Commission (Public Law 880, Eightieth Congress).
Public Law 82-75 · 65 Stat. 116 · July 11, 1951 · Original text
Joint Resolution Amending chapter 26 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Public Law 82-76 · 65 Stat. 116 · July 11, 1951 · Original text
An Act To protect scenic values along the Grand Canyon Park Approach Highway (State 64) within the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, and certain public domain lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.
Public Law 82-77 · 65 Stat. 118 · July 12, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949.
Public Law 82-78 · 65 Stat. 119 · July 12, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of the estate of Sidney Lomax, deceased.
Private Law 82-146 · 65 Stat. A56 · July 13, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Joseph A. Myers, Hazel C. Myers, and Helen Myers.
Private Law 82-147 · 65 Stat. A57 · July 13, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Paul D. Banning, chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department, and for other purposes.
Private Law 82-148 · 65 Stat. A57 · July 16, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code, entitled “Crimes and Criminal Procedure”, to provide basic authority for certain activities of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-79 · 65 Stat. 121 · July 16, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Rafael Xubelik, his wife, Ludmila Kubelik, and their minor son, Martin Kubelik.
Private Law 82-149 · 65 Stat. A58 · July 17, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of George (Wong Tzeyen) Poy.
Private Law 82-150 · 65 Stat. A58 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Conrad Xavier Charles Mauerer.
Private Law 82-151 · 65 Stat. A58 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Betty Minoru Kawachi.
Private Law 82-152 · 65 Stat. A59 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Grady Franklin Welch.
Private Law 82-153 · 65 Stat. A59 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Philip J. Hincks.
Private Law 82-154 · 65 Stat. A59 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for disaster relief for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-80 · 65 Stat. 123 · July 18, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Sui Ken Fong and Sui Tung Fong.
Private Law 82-155 · 65 Stat. A60 · July 19, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Luigi Podesta.
Private Law 82-156 · 65 Stat. A60 · July 19, 1951 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Relating to the compensation of employees of the House and Senate press, periodical, and radio galleries.
Public Law 82-81 · 65 Stat. 123 · July 20, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Arthur Henrik Sorensen, Maren Anderson Sorensen, and minor child, Evelyn Sorensen.
Private Law 82-157 · 65 Stat. A60 · July 23, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James M. Shellenberger, Junior, a minor.
Private Law 82-158 · 65 Stat. A61 · July 23, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To limit the retroactive application of the income tax to employees of the United States working in the possessions or in the Canal Zone.
Public Law 82-82 · 65 Stat. 124 · July 23, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Kay Adel Snedeker.
Private Law 82-159 · 65 Stat. A61 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Sylvio Latino.
Private Law 82-160 · 65 Stat. A61 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Goldie Weiner.
Private Law 82-161 · 65 Stat. A62 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of A. D. Woods.
Private Law 82-162 · 65 Stat. A62 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act To make cancer and all malignant neoplastic diseases reportable to the Director of Public Health of the District of Columbia.
Public Law 82-83 · 65 Stat. 124 · July 27, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Sonja Lohmann and her minor son.
Private Law 82-163 · 65 Stat. A63 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Karl Chimani and Ada Chimani.
Private Law 82-164 · 65 Stat. A63 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Bela Abeles and Maria Abeles.
Private Law 82-165 · 65 Stat. A63 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Bror Rainer Heikel.
Private Law 82-166 · 65 Stat. A64 · July 30, 1951 · H. R.791 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Gizella Kezdy-Reich.
Private Law 82-167 · 65 Stat. A64 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Marie Louise Sageros.
Private Law 82-168 · 65 Stat. A64 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Lum Ying.
Private Law 82-169 · 65 Stat. A65 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Vasilia Parselles.
Private Law 82-170 · 65 Stat. A65 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Paul Matelli.
Private Law 82-171 · 65 Stat. A66 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Sanae Iida.
Private Law 82-172 · 65 Stat. A66 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Dr. Ihor Sevcenko.
Private Law 82-173 · 65 Stat. A66 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Johanna Maria Lummer Valentine.
Private Law 82-174 · 65 Stat. A67 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Lamar Calloway.
Private Law 82-175 · 65 Stat. A67 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Biagio Poidimani.
Private Law 82-176 · 65 Stat. A67 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of B. H. Manley.
Private Law 82-177 · 65 Stat. A68 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of the Peerless Casualty Co. and of Charles E. Nelson and Irwin I. Main.
Private Law 82-178 · 65 Stat. A68 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Margarete Katharine Metz.
Private Law 82-179 · 65 Stat. A69 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide that an aircraft carrier shall he named the Forrestal.
Public Law 82-90 · 65 Stat. 90 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To fix the responsibilities of the Disbursing Officer and of the Auditor of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-84 · 65 Stat. 124 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend section 7 of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1902.
Public Law 82-85 · 65 Stat. 126 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To increase the fee of jurors in condemnation proceedings instituted by the District of Columbia.
Public Law 82-86 · 65 Stat. 126 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of podiatry in the District of Columbia”.
Public Law 82-87 · 65 Stat. 127 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To provide for the appointment of a deputy disbursing officer and assistant disbursing officers for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-88 · 65 Stat. 127 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate barbers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved June 7, 1938, and for other purposes.
Public Law 82-89 · 65 Stat. 128 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain land to the village of Highland Falls, New York.
Public Law 82-91 · 65 Stat. 129 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To correct an error In section 1 of the Act of June 28, 1947, “to stimulate volunteer enlistments in the Regular Military Establishment of the United States.”
Public Law 82-92 · 65 Stat. 130 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution”.
Public Law 82-93 · 65 Stat. 130 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act To amend the joint resolution of August 8, 1946, as amended, with respect to appropriations authorized for the conduct of investigations and studies thereunder.
Public Law 82-94 · 65 Stat. 130 · July 30, 1951 · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Sylvia Laquidara.
Private Law 82-180 · 65 Stat. A69 · July 31, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Florence E. Homann and her son, John A. Villas.
Private Law 82-181 · 65 Stat. A69 · July 31, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Margit Helena Falk Raboff.
Private Law 82-182 · 65 Stat. A70 · July 31, 1951 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Maryanna Boppel.
Private Law 82-183 · 65 Stat. A70 · July 31, 1951 · Private law · 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
- 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
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- 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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- 27th 1841 · 525
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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
- 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.