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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 Eugenio Maida
Private Law 84-164 · 69 Stat. A57 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Louis J. Sebille.
Private Law 84-165 · 69 Stat. A58 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Takako Riu Reich.
Private Law 84-166 · 69 Stat. A58 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lee Houn and Lily Ho Lee Houn.
Private Law 84-167 · 69 Stat. A58 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Carol Brandon (Valtrude Probst).
Private Law 84-168 · 69 Stat. A59 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ferenc Babothy.
Private Law 84-169 · 69 Stat. A59 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Olga Joannou Georgulea.
Private Law 84-170 · 69 Stat. A59 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chin York Gay.
Private Law 84-171 · 69 Stat. A60 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Charles (Carlos) Gerlicz.
Private Law 84-172 · 69 Stat. A60 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Stijepo Butch.
Private Law 84-173 · 69 Stat. A60 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Victor Manuel Soares De Mendonca.
Private Law 84-174 · 69 Stat. A60 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Eleanore Hauser.
Private Law 84-175 · 69 Stat. A61 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wing Chong Chan.
Private Law 84-176 · 69 Stat. A61 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of T. C. Elliott.
Private Law 84-177 · 69 Stat. A61 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Berta Mansergh.
Private Law 84-178 · 69 Stat. A62 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Eufronio D. Espina.
Private Law 84-179 · 69 Stat. A62 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of E. S. Berney.
Private Law 84-180 · 69 Stat. A62 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Lloyd Smelcer.
Private Law 84-181 · 69 Stat. A63 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To adjust the salaries of judges of the Municipal Court of Appeals for the District, of Columbia, the salaries of the judges of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, the salary of the judge of the District of Columbia Tax Court, and the salary of the judge of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia.
Public Law 84-139 · 69 Stat. 290 · July 11, 1955 · Original text
An Act To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription “In God We Trust”.
Public Law 84-140 · 69 Stat. 290 · July 11, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission for acquisition or condemnation of real property or any facilities, or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-141 · 69 Stat. 291 · July 11, 1955 · Original text
An Act To provide for the conveyance of a portion of the Fort Devens Military Reservation, Massachusetts, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Public Law 84-142 · 69 Stat. 293 · July 11, 1955 · Original text
An Act To repeal two provisions of law requiring that certain military personnel shall be paid monthly.
Public Law 84-143 · 69 Stat. 294 · July 11, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Selma Rivlin.
Private Law 84-182 · 69 Stat. A63 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maximilian Karl Manjura.
Private Law 84-183 · 69 Stat. A64 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nejibe El-Sousse Slyman.
Private Law 84-184 · 69 Stat. A64 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Esther Cornelius, Arthur Alexander Cornelius, and Frank Thomas Cornelius.
Private Law 84-185 · 69 Stat. A64 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Peter Charles Bethel (Peter Charles Peters).
Private Law 84-186 · 69 Stat. A65 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Xanthi Georges Komporozou.
Private Law 84-187 · 69 Stat. A65 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leon J. de Szethofer and Blanche Hrdinova de Szethofer.
Private Law 84-188 · 69 Stat. A65 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Minardi.
Private Law 84-189 · 69 Stat. A66 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Luigi Orlando.
Private Law 84-190 · 69 Stat. A66 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Franciszek Janicki and His Wife Stefania Janicki.
Private Law 84-191 · 69 Stat. A66 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gerard Lucien Dandurand.
Private Law 84-192 · 69 Stat. A66 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elsa Lederer.
Private Law 84-193 · 69 Stat. A67 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Carlo Nonvenuto.
Private Law 84-194 · 69 Stat. A67 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of David Monika Borenstajn, Itta Borenstajn nee Schipper, and Fella Borenstajn Reichlinger.
Private Law 84-195 · 69 Stat. A67 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ross Sherman Trigg.
Private Law 84-196 · 69 Stat. A68 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ardes Albacete Yanez.
Private Law 84-197 · 69 Stat. A68 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tennessee C. Batts.
Private Law 84-198 · 69 Stat. A68 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lee Tai Hung Quan and Quan Ah Sang.
Private Law 84-199 · 69 Stat. A69 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Virgil Won (also known as Virgilio Jackson).
Private Law 84-200 · 69 Stat. A69 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the issuance of a land patent to certain lands situate in the city and county of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, to The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Hawaiian Islands.
Private Law 84-201 · 69 Stat. A69 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 201 (d) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, to provide tor advance payments of certain pay and allowances of members of the uniformed services, arid for other purposes.
Public Law 84-144 · 69 Stat. 294 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To repeal the Act of January 19, 1929 (ch. 86, 45 Stat. 1090), entitled “An Act to limit the date of filing claims for retainer pay”.
Public Law 84-145 · 69 Stat. 295 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, to remove the requirement for a final physical examination for inductees who continue on active duty in another status in the Armed Forces.
Public Law 84-146 · 69 Stat. 295 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To facilitate the settlement of the accounts of deceased members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-147 · 69 Stat. 295 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-148 · 69 Stat. 297 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To extend the authority for the enlistment of aliens in the Regular Army.
Public Law 84-149 · 69 Stat. 297 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954.
Public Law 84-150 · 69 Stat. 297 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To declare the portion of the waterway at Bridgeport, Connecticut, known as the west branch of Cedar Creek, a nonnavigable stream.
Public Law 84-151 · 69 Stat. 298 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To declare a certain portion of the waterway at Greenwich, Connecticut (in which is located the Greenwich Harbor), a nonnavigable stream.
Public Law 84-152 · 69 Stat. 299 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize voluntary extensions of enlistments in the Army, Navy, and Air Force for periods of less than one year.
Public Law 84-153 · 69 Stat. 299 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act Relating to a constitutional convent ion In Alaska.
Public Law 84-154 · 69 Stat. 299 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the installation of additional elevators in the Senate wing of the Capitol.
Public Law 84-155 · 69 Stat. 300 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
An Act To provide for the suspension of certain benefits in the case of members of the reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps ordered to extended active duty in time of war or national emergency, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-156 · 69 Stat. 300 · July 12, 1955 · Original text
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1956
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-157 · 69 Stat. 301 · July 13, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Giuseppina Latina Mozzicato and Giovanni Mozzicato (John Mozzicato).
Private Law 84-202 · 69 Stat. A70 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Philip Mack.
Private Law 84-203 · 69 Stat. A70 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Frederick F. Gaskin.
Private Law 84-204 · 69 Stat. A70 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Paul E. Milward.
Private Law 84-205 · 69 Stat. A71 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Utica Brewing Company.
Private Law 84-206 · 69 Stat. A71 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rodolfo C. Delgado, Jesus M. Lagua, and Vicente D. Reynante.
Private Law 84-207 · 69 Stat. A72 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of January 27, 1905 (33 Stat. 616), as amended (48 U. S. C., 1952 edition, sec. 322).
Public Law 84-158 · 69 Stat. 321 · July 14, 1955 · Original text
An Act To provide research and technical assistance relating to air pollution control.
Public Law 84-159 · 69 Stat. 322 · July 14, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Highway Construction Company of Ohio, Incorporated.
Private Law 84-208 · 69 Stat. A72 · July 15, 1955 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To modify the authorized project for Ferrells Bridge Reservoir, Texas, and to provide for the local cash contribution for the water supply feature of that reservoir.
Public Law 84-160 · 69 Stat. 323 · July 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To authorize certain construction at military, naval, anti Air Force installations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-161 · 69 Stat. 324 · July 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To provide for the conservation of anthracite coal resources through measures of flood control and anthracite mine drainage, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-162 · 69 Stat. 352 · July 15, 1955 · Original text
Public Works Appropriation Act, 1956
An Act Making appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, for the Usual year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-163 · 69 Stat. 354 · July 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To modify the project for the Denison Reservoir on Red River in Texas and Oklahoma in order to provide for a highway bridge across Luke Texoma.
Public Law 84-164 · 69 Stat. 365 · July 15, 1955 · Original text
Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955
An Act To provide rewards for information concerning the illegal introduction Into the United States, or the Illegal manufacture or acquisition in the United States, of special nuclear material and atomic weapons.
Public Law 84-165 · 69 Stat. 365 · July 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of April 6, 1949, to extend the period for emergency assistance to farmers and stockmen.
Public Law 84-166 · 69 Stat. 366 · July 15, 1955 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of July 31, 1947 ((31 Stat. 0S1) and the mining laws to provide for multiple use of the surface of the same tracts of the public lands, and for other purposes.
Public Law 84-167 · 69 Stat. 367 · July 23, 1955 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Donald Hector Taylor.
Private Law 84-209 · 69 Stat. A73 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lupe M. Gonzalez.
Private Law 84-210 · 69 Stat. A73 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anna C. Giese.
Private Law 84-211 · 69 Stat. A73 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Luciano A. Legiardi-Laura.
Private Law 84-212 · 69 Stat. A74 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marion S. Quirk.
Private Law 84-213 · 69 Stat. A74 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize and direct the sale of certain laud in Alaska to Oscar H. Vogel, of Anchorage, Alaska.
Private Law 84-214 · 69 Stat. A74 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Bruno Michael Kiuru.
Private Law 84-215 · 69 Stat. A75 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Evagelos B. Tzarimas.
Private Law 84-216 · 69 Stat. A75 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mira Domenika Grgurinovich
Private Law 84-217 · 69 Stat. A75 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Erich Wolf, also known as Ladislov Wolfenstein.
Private Law 84-218 · 69 Stat. A76 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vassiliki D. Papadakou.
Private Law 84-219 · 69 Stat. A76 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Antonina Zattolo and Sister Antonina Cali.
Private Law 84-220 · 69 Stat. A76 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Helga Kutschka.
Private Law 84-221 · 69 Stat. A76 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Andreas Kafarakis.
Private Law 84-222 · 69 Stat. A77 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lucette Helene Adams.
Private Law 84-223 · 69 Stat. A77 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Wojcik family.
Private Law 84-224 · 69 Stat. A77 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Reverend Zdzislaw Aleksander Peszkowski.
Private Law 84-225 · 69 Stat. A78 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Luis Deriberprey.
Private Law 84-226 · 69 Stat. A78 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Luisa Gemma Toffani, Rosa Sometti, Bianca Carpanese, and Margherita Bruni.
Private Law 84-227 · 69 Stat. A78 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Tumbarello
Private Law 84-228 · 69 Stat. A79 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Giuseppa Curro Tati.
Private Law 84-229 · 69 Stat. A79 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Miss Athena Kitsopoulou.
Private Law 84-230 · 69 Stat. A79 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hildegard Herrmann Costa.
Private Law 84-231 · 69 Stat. A80 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Pietro Murgia.
Private Law 84-232 · 69 Stat. A80 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gloria Fan.
Private Law 84-233 · 69 Stat. A80 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert V. Blednyh.
Private Law 84-234 · 69 Stat. A80 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text
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- 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
- 75th 1937 · 1,760
- 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
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
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- 17th 1821 · 237
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- 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.