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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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1,909 laws of the 84th Congress, 1955–1957

  1. An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the allowance, as deductions, of contributions to medical research organizations.

    Public Law 84-1022 · 70 Stat. 1117 · August 7, 1956 · Original text

  2. American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956

    An Act To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.

    Public Law 84-1023 · 70 Stat. 1118 · August 8, 1956 · Original text

  3. Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956

    An Act To establish a sound and comprehensive national policy with respect to fish and wildlife; to strengthen the fish and wildlife segments of the national economy; to establish within the Department of the Interior the position of Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife; to establish a United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and for other purposes.

    Public Law 84-1024 · 70 Stat. 1119 · August 8, 1956 · Original text

  4. An Act To authorize negotiations with respect to a compact to provide for a definition or relocation of the common boundary between Arizona and California, and for the appointment by the President of a Federal representative to the compact negotiations.

    Public Law 84-1025 · 70 Stat. 1124 · August 8, 1956 · Original text

  5. An Act To supplement the antitrust laws of the United States, in order to balance the power now heavily weighted in favor of automobile manufacturers, by enabling franchise automobile dealers to bring suit in the district courts of the United States to recover damages sustained by reason of the failure of automobile manufacturers to act in good faith in complying with the terms of franchises or in terminating or not renewing franchises with their dealers.

    Public Law 84-1026 · 70 Stat. 1125 · August 8, 1956 · Original text

  6. An Act To promote the fishing industry in the United States and its Territories by providing for the training of needed personnel for such industry.

    Public Law 84-1027 · 70 Stat. 1126 · August 8, 1956 · Original text

  7. An Act Relating to intercorporate relations between the General Public Utilities Corporation, a corporation organized and operating in the United States, and the Manila Electric Company.

    Private Law 84-893 · 70 Stat. A202 · August 9, 1956 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act To revise, codify, and enact into law, title 10 of the United States Code, entitled “Armed Forces”, and title 32 of the United States Code, entitled “National Guard”.

    Public Law 84-1028 · 70 Stat. 1 · August 10, 1956 · Original text

  9. An Act To revise, codify, and enact into law, title 10 of the United States Code, entitled “Armed Forces”, and title 32 of the United States Code, entitled “National Guard”

    Public Law 84-1028 · 70 Stat. 1126 · August 10, 1956 · Original text

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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.