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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.
1,283 laws of the 89th Congress, 1965–1967
An Act For the relief of Terence J. O’Donnell, Thomas P. Wileox, and Clifford M. Springberg.
Private Law 89-50 · 79 Stat. 1350 · August 28, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Henry Taylor.
Private Law 89-51 · 79 Stat. 1350 · August 28, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951, as amended.
Public Law 89-152 · 79 Stat. 586 · August 30, 1965 · Original text
Joint Resolution To designate the hike to tie formed by the waters impounded by Sanford Dam, Canadian River project, Texas, as “Lake Meredith”.
Public Law 89-153 · 79 Stat. 587 · August 31, 1965 · Original text
An Act To authorize the establishment of the Alibates Flint Quarries and Texas Panhandle Pueblo Culture National Monument.
Public Law 89-154 · 79 Stat. 587 · August 31, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide for the commemoration of certain historical events in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-155 · 79 Stat. 588 · August 31, 1965 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-156 · 79 Stat. 589 · August 31, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove inequities in the active duty promotion opportunity of certain Air Force officers.
Public Law 89-157 · 79 Stat. 611 · August 31, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the children of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Dombrowski.
Private Law 89-52 · 79 Stat. 1351 · August 31, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize establishment of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-158 · 79 Stat. 612 · September 1, 1965 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 19(56. and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-159 · 79 Stat. 614 · September 1, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize language training to be given to a dependent of a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps under certain circumstances.
Public Law 89-160 · 79 Stat. 615 · September 1, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Genevieve Olsen.
Private Law 89-53 · 79 Stat. 1351 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Raymond E. Berube, Junior.
Private Law 89-54 · 79 Stat. 1352 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lloyd K. Hirota.
Private Law 89-55 · 79 Stat. 1353 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert L. Wolverton.
Private Law 89-56 · 79 Stat. 1353 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Robert C. Gibson.
Private Law 89-57 · 79 Stat. 1353 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Wright G. James.
Private Law 89-58 · 79 Stat. 1354 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jack C. Winn, Junior.
Private Law 89-59 · 79 Stat. 1355 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Donovan C. Moffett.
Private Law 89-60 · 79 Stat. 1355 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the Honorable Joseph W. Martin, Junior, of Massachusetts, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, to accept the award of the Military Order of Christ with the rank of grand officer.
Private Law 89-61 · 79 Stat. 1356 · September 1, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Auburn-Folsom South unit, American River division, Central Valley project, California, under Federal reclamation laws.
Public Law 89-161 · 79 Stat. 615 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend section 1825 of title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the payment of witness’ fees in habeas corpus cases and in proceedings to vacate sentence under section 2255 of title 28 for persons who are authorized to proceed in forma pauperis.
Public Law 89-162 · 79 Stat. 618 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend section 753(b) of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the recording of proceedings in the United States district courts by means of electronic sound recording as well as by shorthand or mechanical means.
Public Law 89-163 · 79 Stat. 619 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies Appropriation Act
An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, and, for other purposes.
Public Law 89-164 · 79 Stat. 620 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend section 1871 of title 28, United States Code, to increase the per diem and subsistence, and limit mileage allowances of grand and petit jurors.
Public Law 89-165 · 79 Stat. 645 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend paragraphs b and e of section 14 of the Bankruptcy Act.
Public Law 89-166 · 79 Stat. 646 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend section 753(f) of title 28, United States Code, relating to transcripts furnished by court reporters for the district courts.
Public Law 89-167 · 79 Stat. 647 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed six-mouth waiting period, of approximately six hundred and twenty thousand long tons of natural rubber from the national stockpile.
Public Law 89-168 · 79 Stat. 647 · September 2, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain individuals.
Private Law 89-62 · 79 Stat. 1356 · September 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Josephine C. Rumley, administratrix of the estate of George S. Rumley.
Private Law 89-63 · 79 Stat. 1357 · September 2, 1965 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize the Administrator of General Services to enter into an agreement with the University of Texas for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Archival Depository, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-169 · 79 Stat. 648 · September 6, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act so as to strengthen and improve the national transportation system, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-170 · 79 Stat. 648 · September 6, 1965 · Original text
Foreign Assistance Act of 1965
An Act To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for Other purposes.
Public Law 89-171 · 79 Stat. 653 · September 6, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend title 10, United Staten Code, to authorize the promotion of qualified reserve officers of the Air Force to the reserve grades of brigadier general and major general.
Public Law 89-172 · 79 Stat. 662 · September 8, 1965 · Original text
National Capital Transportation Act of 1965
An Act To authorize the prosecution of a transit development program for the National Capital region, and to further the objectives of the Art of July 14, 1960.
Public Law 89-173 · 79 Stat. 663 · September 8, 1965 · Original text
An Act To establish a Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-174 · 79 Stat. 667 · September 9, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide for exemptions from the antitrust laws to assist in safeguarding the balance of payments position of the United States.
Public Law 89-175 · 79 Stat. 672 · September 9, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend section 4082 of title 18, United States Code, to facilitate the rehabilitation of persons convicted of offenses against the United States.
Public Law 89-176 · 79 Stat. 674 · September 10, 1965 · Original text
Correctional Rehabilitation Study Act of 1965
An Act To provide for an objective, thorough, and nationwide analysis and reevaluation of the extent and means of resolving the critical shortage of qualified manpower in the field of correctional rehabilitation.
Public Law 89-178 · 79 Stat. 676 · September 10, 1965 · Original text
An Act To designate lock and dam 3 on the Cape Fear River, North Carolina. as the William O. Huske lock and dam.
Public Law 89-177 · 79 Stat. 677 · September 10, 1965 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Norfolk. State of Virginia, certain lands in the city of Norfolk, State of Virginia, in exchange for certain other lands.
Public Law 89-179 · 79 Stat. 677 · September 11, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide for tile conveyance of certain real property of the Federal Government to the Board of Public Instruction, Okaloosa County, Florida.
Public Law 89-180 · 79 Stat. 678 · September 11, 1965 · Original text
An Act To increase the authorization of appropriations for the support of the Gorges Memorial Laboratory.
Public Law 89-181 · 79 Stat. 679 · September 11, 1965 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Honorable Frances P. Bolton, of Ohio, a Member of the House of Representatives, to accept the award of Officer in the French National Order of the Legion of Honor.
Private Law 89-64 · 79 Stat. 1357 · September 11, 1965 · Private law · Original text
State Technical Services Act of 1965
An Act To promote commerce unit encourage economic growth by supporting State and interstate programs to place the findings of science usefully in the hands of American enterprise.
Public Law 89-182 · 79 Stat. 679 · September 14, 1965 · Original text
An Act To enact Part III of the District of Columbia Code, entitled “Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations”, codifying the general and permanent laws relating to decedents’ estates and fiduciary relations in the District of Columbia.
Public Law 89-183 · 79 Stat. 685 · September 14, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Firearms Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to relieve applicants from certain provisions of the Act if he determines that the granting of relief would not be contrary to the public interest, and that the applicant would not be likely to conduct his operations in an unlawful manner.
Public Law 89-184 · 79 Stat. 788 · September 15, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, and the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees’ Claims Act of 1904, with respect to the settlement of claims against the United States by members of the uniformed services and civilian officers and employees of the United Stares for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to their service, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-185 · 79 Stat. 789 · September 15, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide continuing authority for the protection of funner Presidents and their wives or widows, mid fur other purposes.
Public Law 89-186 · 79 Stat. 791 · September 15, 1965 · Original text
Joint Resolution To establish a tercentenary commission to commemorate the advent and history of Father Jacques Marquette in North America, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-187 · 79 Stat. 791 · September 15, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Olga Bernice Bramson Gilfillan.
Private Law 89-65 · 79 Stat. 1358 · September 15, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Esterina Ricupero.
Private Law 89-66 · 79 Stat. 1358 · September 15, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Winsome Elaine Gordon.
Private Law 89-67 · 79 Stat. 1358 · September 15, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Joo Yul Kim.
Private Law 89-68 · 79 Stat. 1359 · September 15, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Dorota Zytka.
Private Law 89-69 · 79 Stat. 1359 · September 15, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Consuelo Alvarado de Corpus.
Private Law 89-70 · 79 Stat. 1359 · September 15, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act Far the relief of Mrs. Kazuyo Watanabe Ridgely.
Private Law 89-71 · 79 Stat. 1359 · September 15, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-188 · 79 Stat. 793 · September 16, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide for the administration of the Coast Guard Band.
Public Law 89-189 · 79 Stat. 820 · September 17, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide for the assessing of Indian trust and restricted lands within the Lummi Indian diking project on the Lummi Indian Reservation in the State of Washington, through a drainage and diking district formed under the laws of the State.
Public Law 89-190 · 79 Stat. 821 · September 17, 1965 · Original text
An Act To clarify the responsibility for marking of obstructions in navigable waters.
Public Law 89-191 · 79 Stat. 822 · September 17, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jose L. Rodriguez.
Private Law 89-72 · 79 Stat. 1360 · September 17, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Charles N. Legarde and his wife, Beatrice E. Legarde.
Private Law 89-73 · 79 Stat. 1360 · September 17, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Jorge Rosendo Barahona.
Private Law 89-74 · 79 Stat. 1360 · September 17, 1965 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Extending for two years the existing authority for the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to Mary McLeod Bethune.
Public Law 89-192 · 79 Stat. 822 · September 21, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend section 100(1 of title 37. United States Code, to authorize the Secretary concerned, under certain conditions, to make payment of pay and allowances to members of an armed force under his jurisdiction Wore the end of the pay period for which such payment is due.
Public Law 89-193 · 79 Stat. 823 · September 21, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend section 27. Merchant Marine Act of 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883).
Public Law 89-194 · 79 Stat. 823 · September 21, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide for the establishment of the Assateague Island National Seashore in the States of Maryland and Virginia, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-195 · 79 Stat. 824 · September 21, 1965 · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize funds for the Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice and the District of Columbia Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement.
Public Law 89-196 · 79 Stat. 827 · September 21, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Kam Oi Hu.
Private Law 89-75 · 79 Stat. 1361 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Angel Lagmay.
Private Law 89-76 · 79 Stat. 1361 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lee Hyang Na.
Private Law 89-77 · 79 Stat. 1361 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mil ria Gioconda Femia.
Private Law 89-78 · 79 Stat. 1362 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Cha Mi Hi.
Private Law 89-79 · 79 Stat. 1362 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kim Sa Suk.
Private Law 89-80 · 79 Stat. 1362 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elena B. Guira.
Private Law 89-81 · 79 Stat. 1362 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Shu listen Chang.
Private Law 89-82 · 79 Stat. 1363 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chung J. Clark.
Private Law 89-83 · 79 Stat. 1363 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kris Anu Larsen.
Private Law 89-84 · 79 Stat. 1363 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Specialist Manuel D. Racelis.
Private Law 89-85 · 79 Stat. 1363 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Zenaida Quijano Lazaro.
Private Law 89-86 · 79 Stat. 1364 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Clarence L. Aiu and others.
Private Law 89-87 · 79 Stat. 1364 · September 21, 1965 · Private law · Original text
Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965
An Act To provide assistance in training State and local law enforcement officers and other personnel, and In Improving capabilities, techniques, and practices In State and local law enforcement and prevention and control of crime, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-197 · 79 Stat. 828 · September 22, 1965 · Original text
An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a program of cash awards for suggestions, inventions, or scientific achievements by members of the armed forces which contribute to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of Government operations.
Public Law 89-198 · 79 Stat. 830 · September 22, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Liberty Burnett.
Private Law 89-88 · 79 Stat. 1365 · September 22, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Tsilis.
Private Law 89-89 · 79 Stat. 1365 · September 22, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George Paluras (Georgios Palouras).
Private Law 89-90 · 79 Stat. 1366 · September 22, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kimie Okamoto Addington.
Private Law 89-91 · 79 Stat. 1366 · September 22, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Alva Arlington Garnes.
Private Law 89-92 · 79 Stat. 1366 · September 22, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Laura MacArthur Goditiabois-Deacon.
Private Law 89-93 · 79 Stat. 1366 · September 22, 1965 · Private law · Original text
Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Supplemental Appropriation Act., 1966
An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare for the fiscal year ending June 30, I960, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-199 · 79 Stat. 831 · September 23, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide an increase in the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service.
Public Law 89-201 · 79 Stat. 814 · September 25, 1965 · Original text
An Act To provide for the retirement of enlisted members of the Coast Guard Reserve.
Public Law 89-200 · 79 Stat. 834 · September 25, 1965 · Original text
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1966
An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-202 · 79 Stat. 835 · September 25, 1965 · Original text
Joint Resolution Designating the bridge crossing the Washington Channel near the intersection of the extension of Thirteenth and G Streets Southwest the “Francis Case Memorial Bridge”.
Public Law 89-203 · 79 Stat. 838 · September 25, 1965 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anon Marin Heilaad.
Private Law 89-94 · 79 Stat. 1367 · September 25, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John William Daugherty, Junior.
Private Law 89-95 · 79 Stat. 1367 · September 25, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Sedat M. Ayata.
Private Law 89-96 · 79 Stat. 1367 · September 25, 1965 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ming Chop Chau.
Private Law 89-97 · 79 Stat. 1368 · September 25, 1965 · Private law · Original text
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- 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.