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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.
1,721 laws of the 85th Congress, 1957–1959
An Act For the relief of Alec Ernest Sales.
Private Law 85-85 · 71 Stat. A36 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Stanislav Maglica.
Private Law 85-86 · 71 Stat. A36 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anton Revak.
Private Law 85-87 · 71 Stat. A36 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Josephine Ray.
Private Law 85-88 · 71 Stat. A37 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Georgina Mercedes Liera.
Private Law 85-89 · 71 Stat. A37 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Eicherl.
Private Law 85-90 · 71 Stat. A37 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elsbe Hermine van Dani Hurst.
Private Law 85-91 · 71 Stat. A38 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Christo Pan Lycouras Mauroyenis (Maurogenis).
Private Law 85-92 · 71 Stat. A38 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Helga Binder.
Private Law 85-93 · 71 Stat. A38 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Thelma Margaret Hwang.
Private Law 85-94 · 71 Stat. A39 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Georgios D. Christopoulos.
Private Law 85-95 · 71 Stat. A39 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kuo York Chynn.
Private Law 85-96 · 71 Stat. A39 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Yun Wha Yoon Holsman.
Private Law 85-97 · 71 Stat. A39 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leonardo Finelli.
Private Law 85-98 · 71 Stat. A40 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Maniates.
Private Law 85-99 · 71 Stat. A40 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Irma B. Poellmann.
Private Law 85-100 · 71 Stat. A40 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Geraldine Elaine Sim.
Private Law 85-101 · 71 Stat. A41 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chong You How (also known as Edward Charles Yee), his wife, Eng Lai Fong, and his child, Chong Yim Keung.
Private Law 85-102 · 71 Stat. A41 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Arthur Sew Sang, Kee Yin Sew Wong, Sew Ing Lin, Sew Ing Quay, and Sew Ing You.
Private Law 85-103 · 71 Stat. A41 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sheu Shei Lan and Chow Shong Yep.
Private Law 85-104 · 71 Stat. A42 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Janos Schreiner.
Private Law 85-105 · 71 Stat. A42 · July 26, 1957 · Private law · Original text
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1958
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.
Public Law 85-117 · 71 Stat. 312 · August 2, 1957 · Original text
Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1958
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.
Public Law 85-118 · 71 Stat. 329 · August 2, 1957 · Original text
An Act To provide that members of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia may be removed for cause.
Public Law 85-119 · 71 Stat. 340 · August 2, 1957 · Original text
An Act To amend and extend the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended.
Public Law 85-120 · 71 Stat. 341 · August 3, 1957 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Peter V. Bosch.
Private Law 85-106 · 71 Stat. A42 · August 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kew Chan (Chan Kew), Nancy Tsui Mei (Leuna) Chan, and Cecilia (Oi Fan) Chan.
Private Law 85-107 · 71 Stat. A43 · August 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Parisi.
Private Law 85-108 · 71 Stat. A43 · August 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Cbrisoula Antonios Chegaras.
Private Law 85-109 · 71 Stat. A43 · August 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Don Q. Gee.
Private Law 85-110 · 71 Stat. A43 · August 7, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act To extend the effectiveness of the Missing Persons Act, as extended, until April 1, 1958.
Public Law 85-121 · 71 Stat. 341 · August 7, 1957 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Beulah I. Reich.
Private Law 85-111 · 71 Stat. A44 · August 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the conveyance of all right, title, and interest of the United States to certain real property in Prairie County, Arkansas.
Private Law 85-112 · 71 Stat. A44 · August 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edwin K. Fernandez.
Private Law 85-113 · 71 Stat. A45 · August 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary Jane Russell.
Private Law 85-114 · 71 Stat. A45 · August 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Louis S. Thomas and D. Grace Thomas.
Private Law 85-115 · 71 Stat. A45 · August 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the extension of certain rights to remove timber from lands acquired by the United States.
Private Law 85-116 · 71 Stat. A46 · August 13, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U. S. C., 184), in order to promote the development of phosphate on the public domain.
Public Law 85-122 · 71 Stat. 278 · August 13, 1957 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into and to execute amendatory contract with the Northport Irrigation District, Nebraska.
Public Law 85-123 · 71 Stat. 342 · August 13, 1957 · Original text
An Act To amend section 218 (a) of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, to require contract carriers by motor vehicle to tile with the Interstate Commerce Commission their actual rates or charges for transportation services.
Public Law 85-124 · 71 Stat. 343 · August 13, 1957 · Original text
An Act Vesting in the American Battle Monuments Commission the care and maintenance of the Surrender Tree site in Santiago, Cuba.
Public Law 85-125 · 71 Stat. 344 · August 13, 1957 · Original text
An Act To declare a certain portion of Back Cove at Portland, Maine, to be non-navigable water of the United States.
Public Law 85-126 · 71 Stat. 344 · August 13, 1957 · Original text
An Act To amend the peanut marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 85-127 · 71 Stat. 344 · August 13, 1957 · Original text
An Act To extend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and for other purposes.
Public Law 85-128 · 71 Stat. 345 · August 13, 1957 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Frank E. Gallagher, Junior.
Private Law 85-117 · 71 Stat. A47 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anna L. De Angelis.
Private Law 85-118 · 71 Stat. A47 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Allison B. Clemens.
Private Law 85-119 · 71 Stat. A48 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert M. Deckard.
Private Law 85-120 · 71 Stat. A48 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leona C. Nash.
Private Law 85-121 · 71 Stat. A48 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jennie B. Prescott.
Private Law 85-122 · 71 Stat. A49 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. M. E. Shelton Pruitt.
Private Law 85-123 · 71 Stat. A49 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Higa Kensai.
Private Law 85-124 · 71 Stat. A49 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert B. Peterman.
Private Law 85-125 · 71 Stat. A50 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Juanita Gibson Lewis.
Private Law 85-126 · 71 Stat. A50 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Marion Huggins.
Private Law 85-126 · 71 Stat. A51 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rhoda Elizabeth Graubart.
Private Law 85-128 · 71 Stat. A51 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Seol Bong Ryu.
Private Law 85-129 · 71 Stat. A51 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Isabella Abrahams.
Private Law 85-130 · 71 Stat. A51 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sister Clementine (Ilona Molnar).
Private Law 85-131 · 71 Stat. A52 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Antoiiletta Giorgio and her chiidreu, Antonio Giorgio and Menotti Giorgio.
Private Law 85-132 · 71 Stat. A52 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Karl Eigil Engedal Hansen.
Private Law 85-133 · 71 Stat. A52 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fannie Alexander Gast.
Private Law 85-134 · 71 Stat. A53 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Guillermo B. Rigonan.
Private Law 85-135 · 71 Stat. A53 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vida Letitia Baker.
Private Law 85-136 · 71 Stat. A53 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Cornells Vander Hoek.
Private Law 85-137 · 71 Stat. A53 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Katharina Theresia Renving Keyser.
Private Law 85-138 · 71 Stat. A54 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Satoe Tamakage Langley.
Private Law 85-139 · 71 Stat. A54 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Poppy Catherine Hayakawa Merritt.
Private Law 85-140 · 71 Stat. A54 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of David Murk Sterling.
Private Law 85-141 · 71 Stat. A55 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Adolfo Camillo Scopone.
Private Law 85-142 · 71 Stat. A55 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Matsue Harada.
Private Law 85-143 · 71 Stat. A55 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harry Siegliert Schmidt.
Private Law 85-144 · 71 Stat. A55 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Panagiotis Tullos.
Private Law 85-145 · 71 Stat. A56 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Florinda Mellone Garcia.
Private Law 85-146 · 71 Stat. A56 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Susanne Burka.
Private Law 85-147 · 71 Stat. A56 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Gradi.
Private Law 85-148 · 71 Stat. A57 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ayako Yoshida.
Private Law 85-149 · 71 Stat. A57 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vassilios Kostikos.
Private Law 85-150 · 71 Stat. A58 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Angeline Mastro Mone (Angelina Mastroianni).
Private Law 85-151 · 71 Stat. A58 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Francesca Maria Arria.
Private Law 85-152 · 71 Stat. A58 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Triantafilia Antul.
Private Law 85-153 · 71 Stat. A58 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Erika Otto.
Private Law 85-154 · 71 Stat. A59 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Salvatore LaTerra.
Private Law 85-155 · 71 Stat. A59 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fumiko Bigelow.
Private Law 85-156 · 71 Stat. A59 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Yee Suey Nong.
Private Law 85-157 · 71 Stat. A60 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vendelin Kalenda.
Private Law 85-158 · 71 Stat. A60 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution For the relief of certain aliens.
Private Law 85-159 · 71 Stat. A60 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Fusako Takai and Thomas Takai.
Private Law 85-160 · 71 Stat. A61 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jacob Baronian.
Private Law 85-161 · 71 Stat. A61 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William H. Barney.
Private Law 85-162 · 71 Stat. A61 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Abram van Heyningen Hartendorp.
Private Law 85-163 · 71 Stat. A62 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Captain Thomas C. Curtis and Captain George L. Lane.
Private Law 85-164 · 71 Stat. A62 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John J. Farrelly.
Private Law 85-165 · 71 Stat. A62 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jane Barnes.
Private Law 85-166 · 71 Stat. A63 · August 14, 1957 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the development and modernization of the national system of navigation and traffic control facilities to serve present and future needs of civil and military aviation, and for other purposes.
Public Law 85-133 · 71 Stat. 278 · August 14, 1957 · Original text
An Act That the lake created by the Jim Woodruff Dam on the Apalachicola River located at the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers be known as Lake Seminole.
Public Law 85-138 · 71 Stat. 278 · August 14, 1957 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of July 11, 194, to increase the maximum rate of compensation which the director of the Metropolitan Police force band may be paid.
Public Law 85-129 · 71 Stat. 345 · August 14, 1957 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to sell certain lands at the McNary Lock and Dam project, Oregon and Washington, to the port of Walla Walla, Washington.
Public Law 85-130 · 71 Stat. 346 · August 14, 1957 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial to the dead of the Second Infantry Division, United States Forces, World War II and the Korean conflict.
Public Law 85-131 · 71 Stat. 346 · August 14, 1957 · Original text
An Act To authorize the United States to defray the coat of assisting the Klamath Tribe of Indians to prepare for termination of Federal supervision, to defer sales of tribal property, and for other purposes.
Public Law 85-132 · 71 Stat. 347 · August 14, 1957 · 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.