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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.

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1,640 laws of the 82nd Congress, 1951–1953

  1. An Act For the Relief of Gabriele Gildo Falvo Citrigno.

    Private Law 82-118 · 65 Stat. A45 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act For the Relief of Elizabeth Sabow.

    Private Law 82-119 · 65 Stat. A46 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act For the Relief of Sergeant Benjamin H. Martin.

    Private Law 82-120 · 65 Stat. A46 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act For the Relief of Bernard Spielmann.

    Private Law 82-121 · 65 Stat. A46 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  5. 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

  6. An Act For the Relief of Ethel Martha Quinn.

    Private Law 82-123 · 65 Stat. A47 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. An Act For the Relief of John R. Harris.

    Private Law 82-126 · 65 Stat. A48 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act For the Relief of Kimi Hatano.

    Private Law 82-127 · 65 Stat. A49 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act For the Relief of Shizue Sakurada.

    Private Law 82-128 · 65 Stat. A49 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act For the Relief of Evelyn Reichardt.

    Private Law 82-129 · 65 Stat. A49 · June 29, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. An Act For the Relief of Capt. William Greenwood.

    Private Law 82-130 · 65 Stat. A50 · June 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. An Act To amend the Act incorporating the American University.

    Public Law 82-64 · 65 Stat. 107 · June 30, 1951 · Original text

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. An Act For the Relief of T. L. Morrow.

    Private Law 82-133 · 65 Stat. A51 · July 2, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act For the Relief of Chin Hien Lee.

    Private Law 82-134 · 65 Stat. A51 · July 2, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. An Act For the Relief of Dorothy Fumie Maeda.

    Private Law 82-138 · 65 Stat. A53 · July 5, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act For the Relief of Chester A. Macomber.

    Private Law 82-139 · 65 Stat. A53 · July 5, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  35. 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

  36. An Act For the Relief of William Yinson Lee.

    Private Law 82-140 · 65 Stat. A54 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act For the Relief of Rosins, Mouradian.

    Private Law 82-141 · 65 Stat. A54 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act For the Relief of Carlos Sanchez Perez.

    Private Law 82-142 · 65 Stat. A55 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Albert W. Lack.

    Private Law 82-143 · 65 Stat. A55 · July 6, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Clara Raffioer Droesse.

    Private Law 82-144 · 65 Stat. A55 · July 7, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. Joint Resolution Amending chapter 26 of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Public Law 82-76 · 65 Stat. 116 · July 11, 1951 · Original text

  45. 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

  46. An Act To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949.

    Public Law 82-78 · 65 Stat. 119 · July 12, 1951 · Original text

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. An Act For the Relief of George (Wong Tzeyen) Poy.

    Private Law 82-150 · 65 Stat. A58 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act For the Relief of Conrad Xavier Charles Mauerer.

    Private Law 82-151 · 65 Stat. A58 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act For the Relief of Betty Minoru Kawachi.

    Private Law 82-152 · 65 Stat. A59 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act For the Relief of Grady Franklin Welch.

    Private Law 82-153 · 65 Stat. A59 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act For the Relief of Philip J. Hincks.

    Private Law 82-154 · 65 Stat. A59 · July 18, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. An Act For the Relief of Luigi Podesta.

    Private Law 82-156 · 65 Stat. A60 · July 19, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  60. 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

  61. 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

  62. 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

  63. 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

  64. An Act For the Relief of Kay Adel Snedeker.

    Private Law 82-159 · 65 Stat. A61 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act For the Relief of Sylvio Latino.

    Private Law 82-160 · 65 Stat. A61 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Goldie Weiner.

    Private Law 82-161 · 65 Stat. A62 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act For the Relief of A. D. Woods.

    Private Law 82-162 · 65 Stat. A62 · July 27, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. 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

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Gizella Kezdy-Reich.

    Private Law 82-167 · 65 Stat. A64 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act For the Relief of Marie Louise Sageros.

    Private Law 82-168 · 65 Stat. A64 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act For the Relief of Lum Ying.

    Private Law 82-169 · 65 Stat. A65 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Vasilia Parselles.

    Private Law 82-170 · 65 Stat. A65 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act For the Relief of Paul Matelli.

    Private Law 82-171 · 65 Stat. A66 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act For the Relief of Sanae Iida.

    Private Law 82-172 · 65 Stat. A66 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act For the Relief of Dr. Ihor Sevcenko.

    Private Law 82-173 · 65 Stat. A66 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  80. 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

  81. An Act For the Relief of Lamar Calloway.

    Private Law 82-175 · 65 Stat. A67 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act For the Relief of Biagio Poidimani.

    Private Law 82-176 · 65 Stat. A67 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act For the Relief of B. H. Manley.

    Private Law 82-177 · 65 Stat. A68 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  84. 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

  85. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Margarete Katharine Metz.

    Private Law 82-179 · 65 Stat. A69 · July 30, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  86. 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

  87. 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

  88. 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

  89. 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

  90. 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

  91. 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

  92. 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

  93. 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

  94. 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

  95. 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

  96. 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

  97. An Act For the Relief of Mrs. Sylvia Laquidara.

    Private Law 82-180 · 65 Stat. A69 · July 31, 1951 · Private law · Original text

  98. 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

  99. 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

  100. 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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