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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.
1,026 laws of the 88th Congress, 1963–1965
An Act To amend section 500 of title 38, United States Code, to permit the payment of special pension to holders of the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded such medal for actions not Involving conflict with an enemy, and for other purposes.
Public Law 88-651 · 78 Stat. 1078 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
House Employees Position Classification Act
An Act To provide an equitable system for the classification of certain positions under, the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Public Law 88-652 · 78 Stat. 1079 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1934 to authorize the use of certain volatile fruit-flavor concentrates in the cellar treatment of wine, and for other purposes.
Public Law 88-653 · 78 Stat. 1085 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act so as to extend to qualified school of optometry and students of optometry those provisions thereof relating to student loan programs.
Public Law 88-654 · 78 Stat. 1086 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the State of Wisconsin in the designation and administration of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes.
Public Law 88-655 · 78 Stat. 1087 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, with respect to the disclosure in reports required thereunder of the names of persons who have appeared as witnesses before committees sitting in executive session.
Public Law 88-656 · 78 Stat. 1088 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to construct and maintain an adequate system of roads and trails for the national forests, and for other purposes.
Public Law 88-657 · 78 Stat. 1089 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend subsection 120(f) of title 23, United States Code.
Public Law 88-658 · 78 Stat. 1090 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To regulate the location of chanceries and other business offices of foreign governments in the District of Columbia.
Public Law 88-659 · 78 Stat. 1091 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend section 14 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 concerning the interstate planning and coordination of the Great River Road.
Public Law 88-660 · 78 Stat. 1092 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend section 5 of the Employment Act of 1946.
Public Law 88-661 · 78 Stat. 1093 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To designate as Clair Engle Lake the reservoir created by the Trinity Bam, Central Valley project, California.
Public Law 88-662 · 78 Stat. 1093 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To provide for the disposition of judgment funds now on deposit to the credit of the Red Luke Band of Chippewa Indians.
Public Law 88-663 · 78 Stat. 1093 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the pension program for veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean conflict, and their widows and children, and for other purposes.
Public Law 88-664 · 78 Stat. 1094 · October 13, 1964 · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain employees of the Alaska Railroad.
Private Law 88-351 · 78 Stat. 1197 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fotini Dimantopoulou.
Private Law 88-352 · 78 Stat. 1198 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leobardo L. Gonzalez.
Private Law 88-353 · 78 Stat. 1198 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Linus Han.
Private Law 88-354 · 78 Stat. 1198 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Jorge A. Picaza.
Private Law 88-355 · 78 Stat. 1199 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kim Book Hee and Kim Lou.
Private Law 88-356 · 78 Stat. 1199 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Basilio King, his wife, and their children.
Private Law 88-357 · 78 Stat. 1199 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Frank B. Rowlett.
Private Law 88-358 · 78 Stat. 1199 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elmer Levy.
Private Law 88-359 · 78 Stat. 1200 · October 13, 1964 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Brewer.
Private Law 88-360 · 78 Stat. 1200 · October 14, 1964 · Private law · Original text
National Defense Education Act Amendments, 1964
An Act To amend and extend the National Defense Education Act of 1358 and to extend Public Laws 815 and 874, Eighty-first Congress (federally affected areas).
Public Law 88-665 · 78 Stat. 1100 · October 16, 1964 · Original text
An Act To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1H8 to provide for the determination of the amounts of claims of nationals of the United States against the Government of Cuba.
Public Law 88-666 · 78 Stat. 1110 · October 16, 1964 · Original text
By Congress
- 119th 2025 · 136
- 118th 2023 · 274
- 117th 2021 · 365
- 116th 2019 · 344
- 115th 2017 · 443
- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
- 106th 1999 · 604
- 105th 1997 · 404
- 104th 1995 · 337
- 103rd 1993 · 473
- 102nd 1991 · 610
- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 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
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 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.