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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 For the relief of Eugenio Maida

    Private Law 84-164 · 69 Stat. A57 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act For the relief of Doctor Louis J. Sebille.

    Private Law 84-165 · 69 Stat. A58 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act For the relief of Takako Riu Reich.

    Private Law 84-166 · 69 Stat. A58 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  4. 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

  5. An Act For the relief of Carol Brandon (Valtrude Probst).

    Private Law 84-168 · 69 Stat. A59 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act For the relief of Ferenc Babothy.

    Private Law 84-169 · 69 Stat. A59 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act For the relief of Olga Joannou Georgulea.

    Private Law 84-170 · 69 Stat. A59 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act For the relief of Chin York Gay.

    Private Law 84-171 · 69 Stat. A60 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act For the relief of Charles (Carlos) Gerlicz.

    Private Law 84-172 · 69 Stat. A60 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act For the relief of Stijepo Butch.

    Private Law 84-173 · 69 Stat. A60 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  11. 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

  12. An Act For the relief of Eleanore Hauser.

    Private Law 84-175 · 69 Stat. A61 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act For the relief of Wing Chong Chan.

    Private Law 84-176 · 69 Stat. A61 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act For the relief of T. C. Elliott.

    Private Law 84-177 · 69 Stat. A61 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Berta Mansergh.

    Private Law 84-178 · 69 Stat. A62 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act For the relief of Eufronio D. Espina.

    Private Law 84-179 · 69 Stat. A62 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act For the relief of E. S. Berney.

    Private Law 84-180 · 69 Stat. A62 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act For the relief of John Lloyd Smelcer.

    Private Law 84-181 · 69 Stat. A63 · July 11, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. An Act For the relief of Selma Rivlin.

    Private Law 84-182 · 69 Stat. A63 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act For the relief of Maximilian Karl Manjura.

    Private Law 84-183 · 69 Stat. A64 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act For the relief of Nejibe El-Sousse Slyman.

    Private Law 84-184 · 69 Stat. A64 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. An Act For the relief of Xanthi Georges Komporozou.

    Private Law 84-187 · 69 Stat. A65 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  30. 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

  31. An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Minardi.

    Private Law 84-189 · 69 Stat. A66 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act For the relief of Luigi Orlando.

    Private Law 84-190 · 69 Stat. A66 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  33. 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

  34. An Act For the relief of Gerard Lucien Dandurand.

    Private Law 84-192 · 69 Stat. A66 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act For the relief of Elsa Lederer.

    Private Law 84-193 · 69 Stat. A67 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act For the relief of Carlo Nonvenuto.

    Private Law 84-194 · 69 Stat. A67 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  37. 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

  38. An Act For the relief of Ross Sherman Trigg.

    Private Law 84-196 · 69 Stat. A68 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act For the relief of Ardes Albacete Yanez.

    Private Law 84-197 · 69 Stat. A68 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act For the relief of Tennessee C. Batts.

    Private Law 84-198 · 69 Stat. A68 · July 12, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. An Act To amend the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954.

    Public Law 84-150 · 69 Stat. 297 · July 12, 1955 · Original text

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. An Act Relating to a constitutional convent ion In Alaska.

    Public Law 84-154 · 69 Stat. 299 · July 12, 1955 · Original text

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. An Act For the relief of Philip Mack.

    Private Law 84-203 · 69 Stat. A70 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act For the relief of Frederick F. Gaskin.

    Private Law 84-204 · 69 Stat. A70 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act For the relief of Paul E. Milward.

    Private Law 84-205 · 69 Stat. A71 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act For the relief of the Utica Brewing Company.

    Private Law 84-206 · 69 Stat. A71 · July 14, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  63. 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

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. 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

  67. 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

  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. 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

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. 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

  74. 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

  75. An Act For the relief of Donald Hector Taylor.

    Private Law 84-209 · 69 Stat. A73 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act For the relief of Lupe M. Gonzalez.

    Private Law 84-210 · 69 Stat. A73 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act For the relief of Anna C. Giese.

    Private Law 84-211 · 69 Stat. A73 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  78. 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

  79. An Act For the relief of Marion S. Quirk.

    Private Law 84-213 · 69 Stat. A74 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  80. 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

  81. An Act For the relief of Bruno Michael Kiuru.

    Private Law 84-215 · 69 Stat. A75 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act For the relief of Evagelos B. Tzarimas.

    Private Law 84-216 · 69 Stat. A75 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act For the relief of Mira Domenika Grgurinovich

    Private Law 84-217 · 69 Stat. A75 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  84. 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

  85. An Act For the relief of Vassiliki D. Papadakou.

    Private Law 84-219 · 69 Stat. A76 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  86. 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

  87. An Act For the relief of Helga Kutschka.

    Private Law 84-221 · 69 Stat. A76 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act For the relief of Andreas Kafarakis.

    Private Law 84-222 · 69 Stat. A77 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act For the relief of Lucette Helene Adams.

    Private Law 84-223 · 69 Stat. A77 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act For the relief of the Wojcik family.

    Private Law 84-224 · 69 Stat. A77 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act For the relief of Reverend Zdzislaw Aleksander Peszkowski.

    Private Law 84-225 · 69 Stat. A78 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act For the relief of Luis Deriberprey.

    Private Law 84-226 · 69 Stat. A78 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  93. 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

  94. An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Tumbarello

    Private Law 84-228 · 69 Stat. A79 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act For the relief of Giuseppa Curro Tati.

    Private Law 84-229 · 69 Stat. A79 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act For the relief of Miss Athena Kitsopoulou.

    Private Law 84-230 · 69 Stat. A79 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hildegard Herrmann Costa.

    Private Law 84-231 · 69 Stat. A80 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act For the relief of Pietro Murgia.

    Private Law 84-232 · 69 Stat. A80 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act For the relief of Gloria Fan.

    Private Law 84-233 · 69 Stat. A80 · July 26, 1955 · Private law · Original text

  100. 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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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.