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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.
1,573 laws of the 87th Congress, 1961–1963
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sato Yasuda.
Private Law 87-45 · 75 Stat. 866 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mah Quock.
Private Law 87-46 · 75 Stat. 866 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Miss Kristina Voydanoff.
Private Law 87-47 · 75 Stat. 866 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor George Berberian.
Private Law 87-48 · 75 Stat. 867 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Min Ja Lee.
Private Law 87-49 · 75 Stat. 867 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anna Stanislawa Ziolo.
Private Law 87-50 · 75 Stat. 867 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Panagiotis Sotiropoulos.
Private Law 87-51 · 75 Stat. 867 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Evelina Scarpa.
Private Law 87-52 · 75 Stat. 868 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Pietro DiGregorio Bruno.
Private Law 87-53 · 75 Stat. 868 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wanda Ferrara Spera.
Private Law 87-54 · 75 Stat. 868 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Henry Wu Chun and Arlene Wu Chun.
Private Law 87-55 · 75 Stat. 869 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain aliens.
Private Law 87-56 · 75 Stat. 869 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Bernard Jacques Gerard Caradec.
Private Law 87-57 · 75 Stat. 869 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Master Sergeant Louis Benedetti, retired.
Private Law 87-58 · 75 Stat. 870 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Clark L. Simpson.
Private Law 87-59 · 75 Stat. 870 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of David Tao Chung Wang.
Private Law 87-60 · 75 Stat. 870 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of William M. Farmer.
Private Law 87-61 · 75 Stat. 871 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Casimir Lazarz.
Private Law 87-62 · 75 Stat. 871 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert Burns DeWitt.
Private Law 87-63 · 75 Stat. 871 · June 21, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Tung Hui Lin.
Private Law 87-64 · 75 Stat. 872 · June 23, 1961 · Private law · Original text
Military Construction Act of 1961
An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-57 · 75 Stat. 96 · June 27, 1961 · Original text
An Act To authorize the acceptance by the Government of gifts to be used to reduce the public debt.
Public Law 87-58 · 75 Stat. 119 · June 27, 1961 · Original text
An Act Relating to the effective date of the qualification of Plumbers Union Local Numbered 12 Pension Fund as a qualified trust under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-59 · 75 Stat. 120 · June 27, 1961 · Original text
An Act To provide that the authorized strength of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia shall be not less than three thousand officers and members.
Public Law 87-60 · 75 Stat. 121 · June 27, 1961 · Original text
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961
An Act To amend certain laws relating to Federal-aid highways, to make certain adjustments in the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-61 · 75 Stat. 122 · June 29, 1961 · Original text
An Act To amend the Soil Bank Act so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the harvesting of hay on conservation reserve acreage under certain conditions.
Public Law 87-62 · 75 Stat. 129 · June 29, 1961 · Original text
International Travel Act of 1961
An Act To strengthen the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States by providing for the establishment of a United States Travel Service within the Department of Commerce.
Public Law 87-63 · 75 Stat. 129 · June 29, 1961 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jeno Becsey.
Private Law 87-32 · 75 Stat. 872 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kay Addis.
Private Law 87-66 · 75 Stat. 872 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mah Ngim Hay (Joe Mah).
Private Law 87-67 · 75 Stat. 873 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mah Ngim Bell (Bill Mah).
Private Law 87-67 · 75 Stat. 873 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor William Kwo-Wei Chen.
Private Law 87-69 · 75 Stat. 873 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Nobutaka Azuma.
Private Law 87-70 · 75 Stat. 874 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hok Yuen Woo.
Private Law 87-71 · 75 Stat. 874 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fausto Lavari.
Private Law 87-72 · 75 Stat. 874 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Keum Ja Asato (Mrs. Thomas R. Asato).
Private Law 87-73 · 75 Stat. 874 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rodopi Statherou (Statheron).
Private Law 87-74 · 75 Stat. 875 · June 29, 1961 · Private law · Original text
Social Security Amendments of 1961
An Act To improve benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program by increasing the minimum benefits and aged widow’s benefits and by making additional persons eligible for benefits under the program, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-64 · 75 Stat. 131 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1962, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-65 · 75 Stat. 144 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
Old Series Currency Adjustment Act
An Act To authorize adjustments, in accounts of outstanding old series currency, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-66 · 75 Stat. 146 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To extend and increase the special milk program for children.
Public Law 87-67 · 75 Stat. 147 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To revise the boundaries of the Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-68 · 75 Stat. 148 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To increase for a one-year period the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.
Public Law 87-69 · 75 Stat. 148 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
Housing Act of 1961
An Act To assist in the provision of housing for moderate and low income families, to promote orderly urban development, to extend and amend laws relating to housing, urban renewal, and community facilities, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-70 · 75 Stat. 149 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To transfer a section of Blue Ridge Parkway to the Shenandoah National Park, in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-71 · 75 Stat. 192 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
Tax Rate Extension Act of 1961
An Act To provide a one-year extension of the existing corporate normal-tax rate and of certain excise-tax rates.
Public Law 87-72 · 75 Stat. 193 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for acceptance by the United States of America of the Agreement for the Establishment of the Caribbean Organization signed by the Governments of the Republic of France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.
Public Law 87-73 · 75 Stat. 194 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
Fourth Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961
An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-74 · 75 Stat. 195 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To amend Public Law 85–26, as amended by Public Law 86–542, relating to dual rate contract agreements.
Public Law 87-75 · 75 Stat. 195 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To authorize the purchase and exchange of land and interests therein on the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways.
Public Law 87-76 · 75 Stat. 196 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To provide transportation on Canadian vessels between ports in southeastern Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in the United States outside Alaska, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation.
Public Law 87-77 · 75 Stat. 196 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To revise the boundaries and to change the name of Fort Vancouver National Monument, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-78 · 75 Stat. 196 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of August 7, 1946, relating to the District of Columbia hospital center to extend the time during which appropriations may be made for the purposes of that Act.
Public Law 87-79 · 75 Stat. 197 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To include within the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Monument, in the State of California, certain federally owned lands used in connection with said monument, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-80 · 75 Stat. 197 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act To add federally owned lands to, and exclude federally owned lands from, the Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-81 · 75 Stat. 198 · June 30, 1961 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Erica Barth.
Private Law 87-75 · 75 Stat. 875 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nellie V. Lohry.
Private Law 87-76 · 75 Stat. 875 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Charles Edward Pifer.
Private Law 87-77 · 75 Stat. 876 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Yee Mee Hong.
Private Law 87-78 · 75 Stat. 876 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sadako Suzuki Reeder.
Private Law 87-79 · 75 Stat. 876 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wieslawa Barbara Krzak.
Private Law 87-80 · 75 Stat. 877 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Martha Uchacz Barras.
Private Law 87-81 · 75 Stat. 877 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sze-Foo Chien.
Private Law 87-82 · 75 Stat. 877 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marian Walczyk and Marya Marek.
Private Law 87-83 · 75 Stat. 877 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain aliens.
Private Law 87-84 · 75 Stat. 878 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Lilyan Robinson.
Private Law 87-85 · 75 Stat. 878 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elie Hara.
Private Law 87-86 · 75 Stat. 879 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Angelo Li Destri.
Private Law 87-87 · 75 Stat. 879 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jaime E. Concepcion.
Private Law 87-88 · 75 Stat. 879 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tomislav Lazarevich.
Private Law 87-89 · 75 Stat. 880 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Francisca Hartman.
Private Law 87-90 · 75 Stat. 880 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Cascarino and Carmelo Giuseppe Ferraro.
Private Law 87-91 · 75 Stat. 880 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hans Hangartner.
Private Law 87-92 · 75 Stat. 880 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Giovanna Bonavita.
Private Law 87-93 · 75 Stat. 881 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Cornelia Fales.
Private Law 87-94 · 75 Stat. 881 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Joseph Maz.
Private Law 87-95 · 75 Stat. 882 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jozef Gromada.
Private Law 87-96 · 75 Stat. 882 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mieczyslaw Bajor.
Private Law 87-97 · 75 Stat. 882 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Evangelia Kurtales.
Private Law 87-98 · 75 Stat. 883 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Urszula Sikora, Radoslav Vulin, and Desanka Vulin.
Private Law 87-99 · 75 Stat. 883 · June 30, 1961 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Transferring the management of the Senate Restaurants to the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-82 · 75 Stat. 199 · July 6, 1961 · Original text
An Act To provide that participation by members of the National Guard in the reenactment of the Battle of First Manassas shall be held and considered to be full-time training duty under section 503 of title 32, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-83 · 75 Stat. 200 · July 6, 1961 · Original text
An Act To extend the veterans’ guaranteed and direct home loan program and to provide additional funds for the veterans’ direct loan program.
Public Law 87-84 · 75 Stat. 201 · July 6, 1961 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Narinder Singh Somal.
Private Law 87-100 · 75 Stat. 883 · July 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jovenal Gornes Verano.
Private Law 87-101 · 75 Stat. 884 · July 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act To donate to the heirs of Anthony Bourbonnais approximately thirty-six one-hundredths acre of land in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Private Law 87-102 · 75 Stat. 884 · July 6, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the increased distribution of the Congressional Record to the Federal judiciary.
Public Law 87-85 · 75 Stat. 202 · July 11, 1961 · Original text
An Act To correct a technical inaccuracy in the Act of May 19, 1961 (Public Law 87–36).
Public Law 87-86 · 75 Stat. 203 · July 11, 1961 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anneliese Franziska Guay.
Private Law 87-103 · 75 Stat. 884 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ido Enrico Cassandro.
Private Law 87-104 · 75 Stat. 885 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Helen Tilford Lowery.
Private Law 87-105 · 75 Stat. 885 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Reoko Kawaguchi Moore.
Private Law 87-106 · 75 Stat. 885 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Tui Hing Tow Woo.
Private Law 87-107 · 75 Stat. 886 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marie F. Balish.
Private Law 87-108 · 75 Stat. 886 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jose Lauchengco, Junior.
Private Law 87-109 · 75 Stat. 886 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George Sauter (also known as Georgois Makkas).
Private Law 87-110 · 75 Stat. 886 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Czyz Krupa.
Private Law 87-111 · 75 Stat. 887 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ralph B. Cleveland.
Private Law 87-112 · 75 Stat. 887 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Richard A. Hartman.
Private Law 87-113 · 75 Stat. 887 · July 11, 1961 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, to provide increased benefits in case of disabling injuries, and for other purposes.
Public Law 87-87 · 75 Stat. 203 · July 14, 1961 · Original text
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- 85th 1957 · 1,721
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- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
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- 78th 1943 · 1,157
- 77th 1941 · 1,489
- 76th 1939 · 1,659
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- 74th 1935 · 1,724
- 73rd 1933 · 975
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- 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
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- 53rd 1893 · 712
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- 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
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- 39th 1865 · 715
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- 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.