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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 Guiseppe Bossio.
Private Law 89-275 · 80 Stat. 1640 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ronald Poirier, a minor.
Private Law 89-276 · 80 Stat. 1640 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jack L. Philippot.
Private Law 89-277 · 80 Stat. 1640 · August 4, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the striking of medals to commemorate the one thousandth anniversary of the founding of Poland.
Public Law 89-527 · 80 Stat. 335 · August 5, 1966 · Original text
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1967
An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and administrative operations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-528 · 80 Stat. 335 · August 5, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the appointment of Colonel William W. Watkin, Junior, professor, of the United States Military Academy, in the grade of lieutenant colonel, Regular Army, and for other purposes.
Private Law 89-278 · 80 Stat. 1641 · August 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the award of trophies for the recognition of special accomplishments related to the armed forces, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-529 · 80 Stat. 335 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
An Act To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the development of the Arkansas Post National Memorial.
Public Law 89-530 · 80 Stat. 335 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
An Act To consent to the interstate compact defining the boundary between the States of Arizona and California.
Public Law 89-531 · 80 Stat. 335 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
Convention on the Settlement of investment Disputes Act of 1966
An Act To facilitate the carrying out of the obligations of the United States under the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States, signed on August 27, 1965, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-532 · 80 Stat. 344 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to donate two obsolete German weapons to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Public Law 89-533 · 80 Stat. 344 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend title 10. United States Code, to provide gold star lapel buttons for the next of kin of members of the armed forces who lost or lose their lives In war or as a result of cold war incidents.
Public Law 89-534 · 80 Stat. 345 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
An Act To terminate use restrictions on certain real property previously conveyed to the city of Kodiak, Alaska, by the United States.
Public Law 89-535 · 80 Stat. 346 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend a limitation on the salary of the Academic Dean of the Naval Postgraduate School.
Public Law 89-536 · 80 Stat. 346 · August 11, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Abdul Wohabe.
Private Law 89-279 · 80 Stat. 1641 · August 11, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 15d of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to increase the amount of bonds which may be issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Public Law 89-537 · 80 Stat. 346 · August 12, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend section 1035 of title 10, United States Code, and other laws, to authorize members of the uniformed services who are on duty outside the United States or its possessions to deposit their savings with a uniformed service, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-538 · 80 Stat. 347 · August 14, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of metallurgical grade manganese ore from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 89-539 · 80 Stat. 348 · August 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the exchange of certain fluorspar and ferromanganese held in the national and supplemental stockpiles.
Public Law 89-540 · 80 Stat. 348 · August 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To provide that the Federal office building under construction in Fort Worth, Texas, shall be named the “Fritz Garland Lanham Federal Office Building” in memory of the late Fritz Garland Lanham, a Representative from the State of Texas from 1910 to 1947.
Public Law 89-541 · 80 Stat. 349 · August 22, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of June 3, 1966 (Public Law 89–441, 80 Stat. 192), relating to the Great Salt Lake relicted lands.
Public Law 89-542 · 80 Stat. 349 · August 23, 1966 · Original text
An Act To approve a contract negotiated with the El Paso County Water Improvement District Numbered 1, Texas, to authorize the execution, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-543 · 80 Stat. 350 · August 23, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the transportation, sale, and handling of dogs, cats, and certain other animals Intended to be used for purposes of research or experimentation, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-544 · 80 Stat. 350 · August 24, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chung K. Won.
Private Law 89-280 · 80 Stat. 1641 · August 25, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Harriet C. Chambers.
Private Law 89-281 · 80 Stat. 1641 · August 25, 1966 · Private law · Original text
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1967
An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-545 · 80 Stat. 354 · August 27, 1966 · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize the President to proclaim the 8th day of September 1966 as “International Literacy Day”.
Public Law 89-546 · 80 Stat. 370 · August 27, 1966 · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize the Administrator of General Services to accept title to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-547 · 80 Stat. 370 · August 27, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for the reapportionment of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands.
Public Law 89-548 · 80 Stat. 371 · August 30, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Dinesh Kumar Poddar and Girish Kumar Poddar.
Private Law 89-282 · 80 Stat. 1642 · August 30, 1966 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1967, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-549 · 80 Stat. 371 · August 31, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act incorporating the American Legion so as to redefine eligibility for membership therein.
Public Law 89-550 · 80 Stat. 371 · September 1, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (33 U.S.C. 1001–1015), to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-551 · 80 Stat. 371 · September 1, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Organic Act of Guam in order to authorize the legislature thereof to provide by law for the election of its members from election districts.
Public Law 89-552 · 80 Stat. 371 · September 2, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956.
Public Law 89-553 · 80 Stat. 371 · September 2, 1966 · Original text
An Act To enact title 5, United States Code, “Government Organization and Employees”, codifying the general and permanent laws relating to the organization of the Government of the United States and to its civilian officers and employees.
Public Law 89-554 · 80 Stat. 378 · September 6, 1966 · Original text
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1967
An Act Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-555 · 80 Stat. 663 · September 6, 1966 · Original text
Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1967
An Act Making appropriation for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-556 · 80 Stat. 689 · September 7, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Manson unit, Chelan division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-557 · 80 Stat. 704 · September 7, 1966 · Original text
An Act To provide that the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut shall also be held at New London, Connecticut.
Public Law 89-558 · 80 Stat. 705 · September 7, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Life Insurance Act of the District of Columbia, approved June 19, 1934, as amended.
Public Law 89-559 · 80 Stat. 705 · September 7, 1966 · Original text
An Act To provide that the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the soil survey program of the United States Department of Agriculture so as to make available soil surveys needed by States and other public agencies, including community development districts, for guidance in community planning and resource development, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-560 · 80 Stat. 706 · September 7, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain water resource development proposals.
Public Law 89-561 · 80 Stat. 707 · September 7, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Emanuel G. Topakas.
Private Law 89-283 · 80 Stat. 1642 · September 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of David B. Glidden.
Private Law 89-284 · 80 Stat. 1642 · September 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Norman Morris Rains.
Private Law 89-285 · 80 Stat. 1643 · September 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fred M. Osteen.
Private Law 89-286 · 80 Stat. 1643 · September 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anthony A. Calloway.
Private Law 89-287 · 80 Stat. 1644 · September 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John R. Sylvia.
Private Law 89-288 · 80 Stat. 1644 · September 7, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.
Public Law 89-562 · 80 Stat. 715 · September 8, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Won Loy Jung.
Private Law 89-289 · 80 Stat. 1645 · September 8, 1966 · Private law · Original text
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966
An Act To provide for a coordinated national safety program and establishment of safety standards for motor vehicles in interstate commerce to reduce accidents involving motor vehicles and to reduce the deaths and Injuries occurring in such accidents.
Public Law 89-563 · 80 Stat. 718 · September 9, 1966 · Original text
Highway Safety Act of 1966
An Act To provide for a coordinated national highway safety program through financial assistance to the States to accelerate highway traffic safety programs, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-564 · 80 Stat. 731 · September 9, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize the establishment of the San Juan Island National Historical Park in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-565 · 80 Stat. 737 · September 9, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sidney S. Shapiro and Shirley Shapiro.
Private Law 89-290 · 80 Stat. 1645 · September 9, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To stimulate the flow of mortgage credit for Federal Housing Administration and Veterans’ Administration assisted residential construction.
Public Law 89-566 · 80 Stat. 738 · September 10, 1966 · Original text
An Act To make technical amendments to titles 19 and 20 of the District of Columbia Code.
Public Law 89-567 · 80 Stat. 738 · September 10, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the John V. Boland Construction Company.
Private Law 89-291 · 80 Stat. 1641 · September 10, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-568 · 80 Stat. 739 · September 12, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend section 6 of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, to authorize early land acquisition for the purpose of acquiring a site for a replacement of Shaw Junior High School.
Public Law 89-569 · 80 Stat. 758 · September 12, 1966 · Original text
An Act Relating to the income tax treatment of exploration expenditures in the case of mining.
Public Law 89-570 · 80 Stat. 759 · September 12, 1966 · Original text
An Act To provide the same life tenure and retirement rights for judges hereafter appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico as the judges of all other United States district courts now have.
Public Law 89-571 · 80 Stat. 764 · September 12, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Moapa Valley Water Company, of Logandale, Nevada.
Private Law 89-292 · 80 Stat. 1646 · September 12, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-572 · 80 Stat. 764 · September 13, 1966 · Original text
An Act To extend for three years the period during which certain extracts suitable for tanning may be imported free of duty.
Public Law 89-573 · 80 Stat. 765 · September 13, 1966 · Original text
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966
An Act To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1968 and 1969 for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-574 · 80 Stat. 766 · September 13, 1966 · Original text
An Act To continue for a temporary period the existing suspension of duty on certain istle.
Public Law 89-575 · 80 Stat. 771 · September 13, 1966 · Original text
An Act To redefine eligibility for membership in AMVETS (American Veterans of World War II).
Public Law 89-576 · 80 Stat. 772 · September 14, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Josephine Ann Belllzia.
Private Law 89-293 · 80 Stat. 1646 · September 14, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kimberly Ann Yang.
Private Law 89-294 · 80 Stat. 1647 · September 14, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Anna Piotrowski, formerly Czeslawa Marek.
Private Law 89-295 · 80 Stat. 1647 · September 14, 1966 · Private law · Original text
Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act
An Act To promote health and safety in metal and nonmetallic mineral industries, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-577 · 80 Stat. 772 · September 16, 1966 · Original text
District of Columbia Certified Public Accountancy Act of 1966
An Act To provide for regulation of the professional practice of certified public accountants in the District of Columbia, Including the examination, licensure, registration of certified public accountants, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-578 · 80 Stat. 785 · September 16, 1966 · Original text
An Act To provide adjustments in order to make uniform the estate acquired for the Vega Dam and Reservoir, Colibran project, Colorado, by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reconvey mineral Interests in certain lands.
Public Law 89-579 · 80 Stat. 793 · September 16, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain civilian employees and former civilian employees of the Department of the Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Public Law 89-580 · 80 Stat. 794 · September 16, 1966 · Original text
An Act To rename a lock of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal the “R. N. Bert Dosh lock”.
Public Law 89-581 · 80 Stat. 795 · September 16, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920, relating to fees for certification of certain documents, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-582 · 80 Stat. 795 · September 16, 1966 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert Dean Ward.
Private Law 89-296 · 80 Stat. 1647 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sophia Soliwoda.
Private Law 89-297 · 80 Stat. 1648 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Edna S. Bettendorf.
Private Law 89-298 · 80 Stat. 1648 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kazimierz (Casimer) Krzykowski.
Private Law 89-299 · 80 Stat. 1648 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lourdes 8. (Delotavo) Matzke and Yusef Ali Chouman.
Private Law 89-300 · 80 Stat. 1649 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Boulder County. Colorado, to W. F. Stover.
Private Law 89-301 · 80 Stat. 1649 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of lessees of a certain tract of land in Logtown, Mississippi.
Private Law 89-302 · 80 Stat. 1650 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ronald Whelan.
Private Law 89-303 · 80 Stat. 1650 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Major Alau DeYoung, United States Army.
Private Law 89-304 · 80 Stat. 1651 · September 16, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John F. Reagan, Junior.
Private Law 89-305 · 80 Stat. 1651 · September 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Li Tsu (Nako) Chen.
Private Law 89-306 · 80 Stat. 1651 · September 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain individuals employed by the Department of Defense at the Granite City Defense Depot, Granite City, Illinois.
Private Law 89-307 · 80 Stat. 1652 · September 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Giuseppina Innalfo Feole.
Private Law 89-308 · 80 Stat. 1653 · September 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vernon M. Nichols.
Private Law 89-309 · 80 Stat. 1653 · September 17, 1966 · Private law · Original text
Foreign Assistance Act of 1966
An Act To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-583 · 80 Stat. 795 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To authorize conclusion of an agreement with Mexico for joint measures for solution of the Lower Rio Grande salinity problem.
Public Law 89-584 · 80 Stat. 808 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend section 4 of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947.
Public Law 89-585 · 80 Stat. 809 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1061 to authorize loans by the Secretary of Agriculture on leasehold interests in Hawaii, and for other purposes.
Public Law 89-586 · 80 Stat. 809 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend section 11–1701 of the District of Columbia Code to increase the retirement salaries of certain retired judges.
Public Law 89-587 · 80 Stat. 810 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To repeal certain provisions of the Act of January 21, 1929 (45 Stat. 1091), as amended.
Public Law 89-588 · 80 Stat. 811 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend section 502 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, relating to construction differential subsidies.
Public Law 89-589 · 80 Stat. 811 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction and venue of applications for writs of habeas corpus by persons in custody under judgments and sentences of State courts.
Public Law 89-590 · 80 Stat. 811 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
An Act To amend the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended, and the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act, as amended, with respect to certain foreign corporations.
Public Law 89-591 · 80 Stat. 812 · September 19, 1966 · Original text
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- 2nd 1791 · 80
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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.