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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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1,573 laws of the 87th Congress, 1961–1963

  1. An Act To amend Private Law 85–699.

    Private Law 87-295 · 76 Stat. 1267 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act For the relief of Doctor Serafin T. Ortiz.

    Private Law 87-296 · 76 Stat. 1267 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claim of George Edward Barnhart against the United States.

    Private Law 87-297 · 76 Stat. 1267 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act For the relief of Francis Ainsworth.

    Private Law 87-298 · 76 Stat. 1268 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act For the relief of Arlin David English.

    Private Law 87-299 · 76 Stat. 1268 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act For the relief of Julius Benikosky.

    Private Law 87-300 · 76 Stat. 1268 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act For the relief of Doctor Robert E. Hiller.

    Private Law 87-301 · 76 Stat. 1269 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act For the relief of Albert R. Serpa.

    Private Law 87-302 · 76 Stat. 1269 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sharon Lee Harden.

    Private Law 87-303 · 76 Stat. 1270 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act For the relief of Harrison Thomas Harper.

    Private Law 87-304 · 76 Stat. 1270 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act For the relief of George B. Olmstead.

    Private Law 87-305 · 76 Stat. 1271 · February 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-407 · 76 Stat. 9 · February 19, 1962 · Original text

  13. An Act For the relief of the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Company.

    Private Law 87-306 · 76 Stat. 1271 · February 21, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Sales Tax Act to increase the rate of tax imposed on certain gross receipts, to amend the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Parking Facility Act of 1942 to transfer certain parking fees and other moneys to the highway fund, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-408 · 76 Stat. 10 · March 2, 1962 · Original text

  15. An Act To reimburse the city of New York for expenditure of funds to rehabilitate slip 7 in the city of New York for use by the United States Army.

    Public Law 87-409 · 76 Stat. 19 · March 3, 1962 · Original text

  16. An Act To amend subsection (h) of suction 124 of the Agricultural Enabling Amendments Act of 1961.

    Public Law 87-410 · 76 Stat. 19 · March 3, 1962 · Original text

  17. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to modify certain leases entered into for the provision of recreation facilities in reservoir areas.

    Public Law 87-411 · 76 Stat. 20 · March 3, 1962 · Original text

  18. An Act For the relief of Colonel Samuel Hale.

    Private Law 87-307 · 76 Stat. 1272 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act For the relief of Evagelos Mablekos.

    Private Law 87-308 · 76 Stat. 1272 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act For the relief of Haralambos Agourakls.

    Private Law 87-309 · 76 Stat. 1272 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act For the relief of Airman First Class Percy J. Trudeau.

    Private Law 87-310 · 76 Stat. 1272 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act For the relief of Eugenia Chrzastowski.

    Private Law 87-311 · 76 Stat. 1273 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act For the relief of Nancie Ellen Williamson.

    Private Law 87-312 · 76 Stat. 1273 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act For the relief of the Sulzbach Construction Company.

    Private Law 87-313 · 76 Stat. 1274 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act For the relief of Yasuko Otsu.

    Private Law 87-314 · 76 Stat. 1274 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act For the relief of Brigitte Marie Ida Kroll.

    Private Law 87-315 · 76 Stat. 1275 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act For the relief of Frances E. Sarcone.

    Private Law 87-316 · 76 Stat. 1275 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act For the relief of Doctor Tzy-cheng Peng.

    Private Law 87-317 · 76 Stat. 1275 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act For the relief of Susanne Rae Deremo.

    Private Law 87-318 · 76 Stat. 1275 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act For the relief of Doctor Berchinans Rioux.

    Private Law 87-319 · 76 Stat. 1276 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act For the relief of Lucia Bianca Cianto Rosa.

    Private Law 87-320 · 76 Stat. 1276 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act For the relief of Hugo Kolberg.

    Private Law 87-321 · 76 Stat. 1276 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act For the relief of Saifook Chan.

    Private Law 87-322 · 76 Stat. 1277 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act For the relief of Doctor Hau Cheong Kwaan, his wife. Tech Phaik Loul Kwaan, and their daughter, Laura Wai Man Kwaan.

    Private Law 87-323 · 76 Stat. 1277 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to the former owner thereof.

    Private Law 87-324 · 76 Stat. 1277 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act For the relief of Dennis H. O’Grady.

    Private Law 87-325 · 76 Stat. 1278 · March 3, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act To provide for the transfer of rice acreage history where producer withdraws from the production of rice.

    Public Law 87-412 · 76 Stat. 20 · March 6, 1962 · Original text

  38. An Act To provide for the appointment of two additional judges for the juvenile court of the District of Columbia.

    Public Law 87-413 · 76 Stat. 21 · March 9, 1962 · Original text

  39. An Act To provide for a further temporary increase in the public debt limit set forth in the Second Liberty Bond Act.

    Public Law 87-414 · 76 Stat. 23 · March 13, 1962 · Original text

  40. Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962

    An Act Relating to manpower requirements, resources, development, and utilization, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-415 · 76 Stat. 23 · March 15, 1962 · Original text

  41. An Act To donate to the Zuni Tribe approximately six hundred and ten acres of federally owned land.

    Public Law 87-416 · 76 Stat. 33 · March 16, 1962 · Original text

  42. An Act To amend the Act of June 4, 1953 (67 Stat. 41), entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, to convey certain school properties to local school districts or public agencies.”

    Public Law 87-417 · 76 Stat. 34 · March 16, 1962 · Original text

  43. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to a compact ratified by the States of Louisiana and Texas and relating to the waters of the Sabine River.

    Public Law 87-418 · 76 Stat. 34 · March 16, 1962 · Original text

  44. An Act To amend section 8 of the Organic Act of Guam and section 15 of the Revised Organic Act of • the Virgin Islands, to provide for appointment of acting secretaries for such territories under certain conditions.

    Public Law 87-419 · 76 Stat. 34 · March 16, 1962 · Original text

  45. Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act Amendments of 1962

    An Act To amend the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act with respect to the method of enforcement and to provide certain additional sanctions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-420 · 76 Stat. 35 · March 20, 1962 · Original text

  46. An Act To amend section 17(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands pertaining to the salary of the government comptroller.

    Public Law 87-421 · 76 Stat. 43 · March 20, 1962 · Original text

  47. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the State of Wyoming for agricultural purposes certain real property in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

    Public Law 87-422 · 76 Stat. 44 · March 20, 1962 · Original text

  48. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to determine the claim against the United States of Amis Construction Company and San Ore Construction Company.

    Private Law 87-326 · 76 Stat. 1278 · March 20, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act To amend section 801 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901.

    Public Law 87-423 · 76 Stat. 46 · March 22, 1962 · Original text

  50. Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the qualifications of electors.

    Proposed Constitutional Amendment · 76 Stat. 1259 · March 29, 1962 · Original text

  51. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, as amended.

    Public Law 87-424 · 76 Stat. 46 · March 30, 1962 · Original text

  52. An Act To amend the requirements for participation in the 1962 feed grain program.

    Public Law 87-425 · 76 Stat. 50 · March 30, 1962 · Original text

  53. An Act To provide for the free entry of an intermediate lens beta-ray spectrometer for the use of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, and to amend section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to treatment of casualty losses in areas designated by the President as disaster areas.

    Public Law 87-426 · 76 Stat. 51 · March 31, 1962 · Original text

  54. An Act For the relief of the city of Pasco, Washington.

    Public Law 87-427 · 76 Stat. 51 · March 31, 1962 · Original text

  55. An Act To provide that any Juvenile who has been determined delinquent by a district court of the United States may be committed by the court to the custody of the Attorney General for observation and study.

    Public Law 87-428 · 76 Stat. 52 · March 31, 1962 · Original text

  56. An Act For the relief of Jean L. Dunlop.

    Private Law 87-327 · 76 Stat. 1279 · March 31, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  57. Joint Resolution To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

    Public Law 87-429 · 76 Stat. 52 · April 4, 1962 · Original text

  58. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Caryl P. Haskins as Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 87-430 · 76 Stat. 53 · April 4, 1962 · Original text

  59. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Doctor Crawford H. Greenewalt as Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Law 87-431 · 76 Stat. 53 · April 4, 1962 · Original text

  60. An Act To provide assistance to Menominee County, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-432 · 76 Stat. 53 · April 4, 1962 · Original text

  61. An Act To grant the American Numismatic Association perpetual succession.

    Public Law 87-433 · 76 Stat. 54 · April 10, 1962 · Original text

  62. An Act For the relief of Liu Shut Chen.

    Private Law 87-328 · 76 Stat. 1279 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act For the relief of Robert B. Kasparek, Robert M. Kearny, Richard A. Stokes, J. R. Whitehouse, Junior, and Herbert A. Wolff, Junior.

    Private Law 87-329 · 76 Stat. 1279 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elfrlede Prischl Rogers.

    Private Law 87-330 · 76 Stat. 1280 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act For the relief of Ernest John Large.

    Private Law 87-331 · 76 Stat. 1280 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act For the relief of Edvige Cianciulli.

    Private Law 87-332 · 76 Stat. 1281 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act For the relief of Eugene C. Harter.

    Private Law 87-333 · 76 Stat. 1281 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act For the relief of Mohan Singh.

    Private Law 87-334 · 76 Stat. 1281 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act For the relief of Christine Fahrenbruch, a minor.

    Private Law 87-335 · 76 Stat. 1282 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act For the relief of George A. McDermott.

    Private Law 87-336 · 76 Stat. 1282 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Vartanus Uzar.

    Private Law 87-337 · 76 Stat. 1283 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act For the relief of Athanasia Dekazos.

    Private Law 87-338 · 76 Stat. 1283 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Izabel A. Miguel.

    Private Law 87-339 · 76 Stat. 1283 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act For the relief of Teofllo Estoesta.

    Private Law 87-340 · 76 Stat. 1284 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act For the relief of Sister M. Theophane (Jane Carroll).

    Private Law 87-341 · 76 Stat. 1284 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act For the relief of Doctor Carl F. Romney.

    Private Law 87-342 · 76 Stat. 1284 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act For the relief of Walter Singlevich.

    Private Law 87-343 · 76 Stat. 1285 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act For the relief of Harry A. Sebert.

    Private Law 87-344 · 76 Stat. 1285 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Relating to the elections under section 333 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by the shareholders of the G. L. Bernhardt Company, Incorporated, of Lenoir, North Carolina.

    Private Law 87-345 · 76 Stat. 1285 · April 10, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act For the relief of Giuseppe Aniello.

    Private Law 87-346 · 76 Stat. 1286 · April 13, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act For the relief of Theodore T. Reihnann.

    Private Law 87-347 · 76 Stat. 1286 · April 13, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act For the relief of George W. Ross, Junior.

    Private Law 87-348 · 76 Stat. 1286 · April 13, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act For the relief of Reverend Patrick Floyd.

    Private Law 87-349 · 76 Stat. 1287 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jeliza Prendie Milenovic.

    Private Law 87-350 · 76 Stat. 1287 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act For the relief of Kazuo Ito and Satomi Ito.

    Private Law 87-351 · 76 Stat. 1287 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act For the relief of Mary Elizabeth Sidor Polkowska.

    Private Law 87-352 · 76 Stat. 1288 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act For the relief of Edward Yin Liang.

    Private Law 87-353 · 76 Stat. 1288 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act For the relief of Felix Ledina Mendoza.

    Private Law 87-354 · 76 Stat. 1288 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act For the relief of Maria Zambetoulla.

    Private Law 87-355 · 76 Stat. 1289 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act For the relief of Roland Fernando Mishutani.

    Private Law 87-356 · 76 Stat. 1289 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act For the relief of Aida Mary Sorino Bocealery.

    Private Law 87-357 · 76 Stat. 1289 · April 16, 1962 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act To designate the Kettle Creek Dam on Kettle Creek, Pennsylvania, as the Alvin R. Bush Dam.

    Public Law 87-434 · 76 Stat. 54 · April 21, 1962 · Original text

  93. An Act To amend Public Law 86–272, as amended, with respect to the reporting date.

    Public Law 87-435 · 76 Stat. 55 · April 21, 1962 · Original text

  94. An Act To authorize appropriations during fiscal year 1963 for aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-436 · 76 Stat. 55 · April 27, 1962 · Original text

  95. Joint Resolution Providing for the establishment of the North Carolina Tercentenary Celebration Commission to formulate and implement plans to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-437 · 76 Stat. 56 · April 27, 1962 · Original text

  96. Joint Resolution Providing for the establishing of the former dwelling house of Alexander Hamilton as a national memorial.

    Public Law 87-438 · 76 Stat. 57 · April 27, 1962 · Original text

  97. An Act To amend subsection (e) of section 307 of the Communications Act of 1034, as amended, to permit the Commission to renew a station license in the safety and special radio services more than thirty days prior to expiration of the original license.

    Public Law 87-439 · 76 Stat. 58 · April 27, 1962 · Original text

  98. An Act To defer the collection of irrigation maintenance and operation charges for calendar year 1962 on lands within the Angostura unit, Missouri River Basin project.

    Public Law 87-440 · 76 Stat. 58 · April 27, 1962 · Original text

  99. An Act To provide for the annual audit of bridge commissions and authorities created by Act of Congress, for the filling of vacancies in the membership thereof, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 87-441 · 76 Stat. 59 · April 27, 1962 · Original text

  100. An Act To amend the Peace Corps Act.

    Public Law 87-442 · 76 Stat. 62 · April 27, 1962 · 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.