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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.
1,909 laws of the 84th Congress, 1955–1957
An Act For the relief of Doctor Danuta Oktawiec.
Private Law 84-56 · 69 Stat. A20 · May 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Howard Carl Kaiser.
Private Law 84-57 · 69 Stat. A20 · May 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Lycourgos E. Papadakis.
Private Law 84-58 · 69 Stat. A20 · May 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John P. Farrar.
Private Law 84-59 · 69 Stat. A21 · May 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Cristjo Cristofv, his wife Jordana Dilova Cristofv, and his children George and Daphne-Kremena Cristofv.
Private Law 84-60 · 69 Stat. A21 · May 27, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Federico Ungar Finaly.
Private Law 84-61 · 69 Stat. A21 · May 27, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nicholas John Manticas, Anne Francis Manticas, Mary Manticas, and John Manticas.
Private Law 84-62 · 69 Stat. A21 · May 27, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the execution of agreements between agencies of the United States and other agencies and instrumentalities for mutual aid in fire protection, aud for other purposes.
Public Law 84-46 · 69 Stat. 66 · May 27, 1955 · Original text
An Act Relative to the exploration, location, and entry of mineral lauds within the Papago Indian Reservation.
Public Law 84-47 · 69 Stat. 67 · May 27, 1955 · Original text
Second Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1955
Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-48 · 69 Stat. 68 · May 27, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Francis Bertram Brennan.
Private Law 84-63 · 69 Stat. A22 · June 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sandra Lea MacMullin.
Private Law 84-64 · 69 Stat. A22 · June 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Inge Krarup.
Private Law 84-65 · 69 Stat. A22 · June 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anastasia Alexiadou.
Private Law 84-66 · 69 Stat. A23 · June 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chokichi Iraha.
Private Law 84-67 · 69 Stat. A23 · June 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George Paul Khouri.
Private Law 84-68 · 69 Stat. A23 · June 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To confer jurisdiction on the Attorney General to determine the eligibility of certain aliens to benefit under section 6 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended.
Private Law 84-69 · 69 Stat. A24 · June 1, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located in Austin, Travis County, Texas, to the State of Texas.
Public Law 84-49 · 69 Stat. 68 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located In Polk County, Iowa, and described as Camp Dodge and Polk County Target Range, to the State of Iowa.
Public Law 84-50 · 69 Stat. 70 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
Treasury-Post Office Appropriation Act, 1956
An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments, and the Tax Court of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-51 · 69 Stat. 72 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To provide for the conveyance of Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, to the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-52 · 69 Stat. 79 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, section 871, to provide penalties for threats against the President-elect and the Vice President.
Public Law 84-53 · 69 Stat. 80 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to pay indemnity for losses and expenses incurred during July 1954 in the destruction, treatment, or processing, under authority of law, of swine, swine carcasses, and products derived from swine carcasses, infected with vesicular exanthema.
Public Law 84-54 · 69 Stat. 80 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend section 13 of the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, to authorize the Federal land banks to purchase certain remaining assets of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation.
Public Law 84-55 · 69 Stat. 81 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Territory of Alaska to obtain advances from the Federal Unemployment Act, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-56 · 69 Stat. 81 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize certain adwiniatTatlve expenses in the Treasury Department, and for Other purposes.
Public Law 84-57 · 69 Stat. 82 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of January 12, 1951, as amended, to continue in effect the provisions of title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941.
Public Law 84-58 · 69 Stat. 82 · June 1, 1955 · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Jerome C. Hunsaker as Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of tile Smithsonian Institution.
Public Law 84-59 · 69 Stat. 82 · June 3, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of April 29, 1941, to authorize the waiving of the requirement of performance and payment bonds in connection with certain Const Guard contracts.
Public Law 84-60 · 69 Stat. 83 · June 3, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Servites Act of 1949 so as to Improve the administration of the program for the utilization of surplus property for educational and public health purposes.
Public Law 84-61 · 69 Stat. 83 · June 3, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945, pertaining to the Columbia Hi ver at Bonneville, Oregon.
Public Law 84-62 · 69 Stat. 85 · June 8, 1955 · Original text
An Act To provide for the adjust meat of tolls to be charged by the Wayland Special Road District Numbered 1 of Clark County, Missouri, in the maintenance and operation of a toll bridge across the Des Moines Hi ver at or near Saint Francisville. Missouri.
Public Law 84-63 · 69 Stat. 85 · June 8, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend section 4421 of the lieviseci Statutes, in order to remove the requirement as to verifying under oath certain certificates of inspection, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-64 · 69 Stat. 86 · June 8, 1955 · Original text
An Act Relating to the payment of money orders.
Public Law 84-65 · 69 Stat. 87 · June 8, 1955 · Original text
An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1956, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-66 · 69 Stat. 87 · June 8, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend title 14, United States Code, entitled “Coast Guard”, to authorize certain early discharges of enlisted personnel, and preserve Iheir rights, privileges, and benefits.
Public Law 84-67 · 69 Stat. 88 · June 8, 1955 · Original text
An Act To increase the rates of basic compensation of officers and employees in the field service of the Post Office Department.
Public Law 84-68 · 69 Stat. 88 · June 10, 1955 · Original text
Joint Resolution Extending an invitation to the International Olympic Committee to hold the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, California.
Public Law 84-69 · 69 Stat. 131 · June 13, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.
Public Law 84-70 · 69 Stat. 131 · June 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize an examination and survey of the coastal and tidal areas of the eastern and southern United States, with particular reference to areas where severe damages have occurred from hurricane winds and tides.
Public Law 84-71 · 69 Stat. 132 · June 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To make retrocession to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Jurisdiction over certain land in the vicinity of Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
Public Law 84-72 · 69 Stat. 132 · June 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend section HO of title 14, United States Code, concerning the interchange of supplies between the Armed Forces.
Public Law 84-73 · 69 Stat. 134 · June 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To repeal sections 452 and 462 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Public Law 84-74 · 69 Stat. 134 · June 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Stanislavas Racinskas (Stacys Racinskas).
Private Law 84-70 · 69 Stat. A25 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Evantiyi Yorgiyadis.
Private Law 84-71 · 69 Stat. A25 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ahti Johannes Ruuskanen.
Private Law 84-72 · 69 Stat. A25 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sultana Coka Pavlovitch.
Private Law 84-73 · 69 Stat. A26 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Miroslav Slovak.
Private Law 84-74 · 69 Stat. A26 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Louise Russu Sozanski.
Private Law 84-75 · 69 Stat. A26 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Johanna Schmid.
Private Law 84-76 · 69 Stat. A27 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Diana Cohen and Jacqueline Patricia Cohen.
Private Law 84-77 · 69 Stat. A27 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anni Marjatta Makela and son, Markku Paivio Makela.
Private Law 84-78 · 69 Stat. A28 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ellen Henriette Buch.
Private Law 84-79 · 69 Stat. A28 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Helen Zafred Urbanic.
Private Law 84-80 · 69 Stat. A28 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lucy Personius.
Private Law 84-81 · 69 Stat. A28 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Priska Anne Kary.
Private Law 84-82 · 69 Stat. A29 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Zev Cohen (Zev Machtani).
Private Law 84-83 · 69 Stat. A29 · June 16, 1955 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide for investigating the feasibility of establishing a coordinated local, State, and Federal program in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and general vicinity thereof, for the purpose of preserving the historic properties, objects, and buildings in that area.
Public Law 84-75 · 69 Stat. 136 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Acts authorizing agricultural entries under the nonmineral land laws of certain mineral lands in order to increase the limitation with respect to desert entries made under such Acts to three hundred and twenty acres.
Public Law 84-76 · 69 Stat. 138 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain property of the United States Government (in the Wyoming National Guard Camp Guernsey target and maneuver area, Platte County, Wyoming) to the State of Wyoming.
Public Law 84-77 · 69 Stat. 138 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-78 · 69 Stat. 141 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To revive and reenact the Act authorizing the village of Baudette, State of Minnesota, its public successors or public assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rainy River, at or near Baudette, Minnesota, approved December 21, 1950.
Public Law 84-79 · 69 Stat. 159 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain war housing projects to the city of Warwick, Virginia, and the city of Hampton, Virginia.
Public Law 84-80 · 69 Stat. 159 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize the conveyance of a certain tract of land in the State of Oklahoma to the city of Woodward, Oklahoma.
Public Law 84-81 · 69 Stat. 160 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To strengthen the investigation provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Public Law 84-82 · 69 Stat. 160 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 7 (a) to clarify the entitlement of veterans to outpatient dental care.
Public Law 84-83 · 69 Stat. 161 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1044, so as to authorize loans for farm housing to be guaranteed or insured under the same terms and conditions as apply to residential housing.
Public Law 84-84 · 69 Stat. 161 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to reconvey to Richland County, South Carolina, a portion of the Veterans’ Administration hospital reservation, Columbia, South Carolina.
Public Law 84-85 · 69 Stat. 162 · June 16, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Margaret Isabel Byers.
Private Law 84-84 · 69 Stat. A29 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Alberto Cortez Cortez.
Private Law 84-85 · 69 Stat. A29 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kyung Ho Park (Syung Sil Park) and his wife, Mrs. Young Sil Lee.
Private Law 84-86 · 69 Stat. A30 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of L. S. Goedeke.
Private Law 84-87 · 69 Stat. A30 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ewing Choat.
Private Law 84-88 · 69 Stat. A30 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rosa Maria Phillips.
Private Law 84-89 · 69 Stat. A31 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chen Chih-Keui.
Private Law 84-90 · 69 Stat. A31 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Shirley W. Rothra.
Private Law 84-91 · 69 Stat. A32 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mary Rose and Mrs. Alice Rose Spittler.
Private Law 84-92 · 69 Stat. A32 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Buonaventura Giannone.
Private Law 84-93 · 69 Stat. A32 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Albert Woolson.
Private Law 84-94 · 69 Stat. A33 · June 21, 1955 · Private law · Original text
Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955
An Act To extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-86 · 69 Stat. 162 · June 21, 1955 · Original text
An Act To lower the age requirements with respect to optional retirement of persons serving in the Coast Guard who served in the former Lighthouse Service.
Public Law 84-87 · 69 Stat. 166 · June 21, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 to extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to make direct loans, and to authorize the Administrator to make additional types of direct loans thereunder, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-88 · 69 Stat. 167 · June 21, 1955 · Original text
An Act To increase the efficiency of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-89 · 69 Stat. 169 · June 21, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend section 16 of the Act entitled “An Act to adjust the salaries of postmasters, supervisors, and employees in the field service of the Post Office Department”, approved October 24, 1951 (65 Stat. 632; 39 U. S. C. 876c).
Public Law 84-90 · 69 Stat. 170 · June 21, 1955 · Original text
An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1958, the suspension of certain import taxes on copper.
Public Law 84-91 · 69 Stat. 170 · June 21, 1955 · Original text
An Act To extend the time for filing application by certain disabled veterans for payment on the purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-92 · 69 Stat. 171 · June 21, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize the President to promote Paul A. Smith, a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on the retired list, to the grade of rear admiral (lower half) in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, with entitlement to all benefits pertaining to any officer retired in such grade.
Private Law 84-95 · 69 Stat. A33 · June 22, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of September 30, 1950 (64 Stat. 1096), to provide for the conveyance of certain real property to the city of Richmond, California.
Public Law 84-93 · 69 Stat. 171 · June 22, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vasilios Demetriou Kretsos and his wife, Chryssa Thomaidou Kretsos.
Private Law 84-96 · 69 Stat. A33 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Margarita Oy Wan Chan.
Private Law 84-97 · 69 Stat. A34 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Aina Brizga.
Private Law 84-98 · 69 Stat. A34 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Martin P. Pavlov.
Private Law 84-99 · 69 Stat. A34 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Alick Bhark.
Private Law 84-100 · 69 Stat. A34 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Roger Ouellette.
Private Law 84-101 · 69 Stat. A35 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Antonios Vasillos Zarkadis.
Private Law 84-102 · 69 Stat. A35 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert A. Borromeo.
Private Law 84-103 · 69 Stat. A35 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harold C. Nelson and Dewey L. Young
Private Law 84-104 · 69 Stat. A36 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Luigi Cianci.
Private Law 84-105 · 69 Stat. A36 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hussein Kamel Moustafa.
Private Law 84-106 · 69 Stat. A36 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anna Tokatlian Gulezian.
Private Law 84-107 · 69 Stat. A37 · June 28, 1955 · Private law · Original text
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- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
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- 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
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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
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- 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.