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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.
942 laws of the 91st Congress, 1969–1971
Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1971, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-294 · 84 Stat. 333 · June 29, 1970 · Original text
An Act To provide a special milk program for children.
Public Law 91-295 · 84 Stat. 336 · June 30, 1970 · Original text
Medical Facilities Construction and Modernization Amendments of 1970
An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise, extend, and improve the program established by title VI of such Act, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-296 · 84 Stat. 336 · June 30, 1970 · Original text
District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act Amendments of 1970
An Act To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 and the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955 to increase salaries, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-297 · 84 Stat. 354 · June 30, 1970 · Original text
An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1972, the existing suspension of duties on certain forms of copper.
Public Law 91-298 · 84 Stat. 367 · June 30, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the provisions of title III of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1930, as amended.
Public Law 91-299 · 84 Stat. 367 · June 30, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution To extend the effectiveness of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to July 30, 1970.
Public Law 91-300 · 84 Stat. 367 · June 30, 1970 · Original text
An Act To increase the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.
Public Law 91-301 · 84 Stat. 368 · June 30, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend section 703(b) of title 10, United States Code, to extend the authority to grant a special thirty-day leave for members of the uniformed services who voluntarily extend their tours of duty in hostile fire areas.
Public Law 91-302 · 84 Stat. 368 · July 2, 1970 · Original text
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1971
An Act To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-303 · 84 Stat. 368 · July 2, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for titles I through IV through fiscal year 1971.
Public Law 91-304 · 84 Stat. 375 · July 6, 1970 · Original text
Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1970
An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-305 · 84 Stat. 376 · July 6, 1970 · Original text
An Act To continue until the close of June 30, 1973, the existing suspension of duties on manganese ore (including ferruginous ore) and related products, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-306 · 84 Stat. 407 · July 6, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Touchet division. Walla Walla project, Oregon-Washington, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-307 · 84 Stat. 409 · July 7, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-308 · 84 Stat. 410 · July 7, 1970 · Original text
An Act To suspend for a temporary period the import duty on L-Dopa.
Public Law 91-309 · 84 Stat. 411 · July 7, 1970 · Original text
An Act To provide for the differentiation between private and public ownership of lands in the administration of the acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-310 · 84 Stat. 411 · July 7, 1970 · Original text
An Act To discontinue the annual report to Congress as to the administrative settlement of personal property claims of military personnel and civilian employees.
Public Law 91-311 · 84 Stat. 412 · July 8, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend section 2734 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary concerned to make partial payments on certain claims which are certified to Congress and to provide equivalent authority for administrative settlement and payment of claims under section 2733 of title 10 and section 715 of title 32, United States Code.
Public Law 91-312 · 84 Stat. 412 · July 8, 1970 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Joeck Kuncek.
Private Law 91-108 · 84 Stat. 2109 · July 8, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Thomas Cosby, Junior.
Private Law 91-109 · 84 Stat. 2110 · July 8, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Josefina Policar Abutan Fuliar.
Private Law 91-110 · 84 Stat. 2110 · July 8, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elizabeth B. Borgnino.
Private Law 91-111 · 84 Stat. 2111 · July 8, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend section 213 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-313 · 84 Stat. 413 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the release of four million one hundred eighty thousand pounds of cadmium from Hie national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-314 · 84 Stat. 414 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To consent to the amendment of the Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact.
Public Law 91-315 · 84 Stat. 415 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To extend the Clean Air Act, as amended, and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, for a period of sixty days.
Public Law 91-316 · 84 Stat. 416 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the release of forty million two hundred thousand pounds of cobalt from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-317 · 84 Stat. 417 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of bismuth from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-318 · 84 Stat. 417 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of castor oil from the national stockpile.
Public Law 91-319 · 84 Stat. 418 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of acid grade fluorspar from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-320 · 84 Stat. 419 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of magnesium from the national stockpile.
Public Law 91-321 · 84 Stat. 419 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of type A, chemical grade manganese ore from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-322 · 84 Stat. 420 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of type B, chemical grade manganese ore from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-323 · 84 Stat. 421 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of shellac from the national stockpile.
Public Law 91-324 · 84 Stat. 421 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of tungsten from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-325 · 84 Stat. 422 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of Surinam-type metallurgical grade bauxite from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-326 · 84 Stat. 423 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of natural Ceylon amorphous lump graphite from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-327 · 84 Stat. 423 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of refractory grade chromite from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-328 · 84 Stat. 424 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of chrysotile asbestos from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-329 · 84 Stat. 425 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of corundum from the national stockpile.
Public Law 91-330 · 84 Stat. 425 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of natural battery grade manganese ore from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Public Law 91-331 · 84 Stat. 427 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-332 · 84 Stat. 427 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the disposal of molybdenum from the national stockpile.
Public Law 91-333 · 84 Stat. 429 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-334 · 84 Stat. 429 · July 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Alfredo Caprara.
Private Law 91-112 · 84 Stat. 2111 · July 10, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Estate of Pierre Samuel du Pont Darden.
Private Law 91-113 · 84 Stat. 2111 · July 10, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the admission to the United States of certain inhabitants of the Bonin Islands.
Private Law 91-114 · 84 Stat. 2112 · July 10, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kimball Brothers Lumber Company.
Private Law 91-115 · 84 Stat. 2113 · July 10, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the disposition of certain funds awarded to the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska by a judgment entered by the Court of Claims against the United States.
Public Law 91-335 · 84 Stat. 431 · July 13, 1970 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Roseanne Jones.
Private Law 91-116 · 84 Stat. 2113 · July 13, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Pedro Irizarry Guido.
Private Law 91-117 · 84 Stat. 2114 · July 13, 1970 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To change the name of Pleasant Valley Canal, California, to “Coalinga Canal”.
Public Law 91-336 · 84 Stat. 431 · July 16, 1970 · Original text
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1971
An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or In part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-337 · 84 Stat. 432 · July 16, 1970 · Original text
An Act To extend until July 3, 1974, the existing authority of the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to maintain offices in the Republic of the Philippines.
Public Law 91-338 · 84 Stat. 437 · July 16, 1970 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rogelio Tabhan.
Private Law 91-118 · 84 Stat. 2114 · July 16, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Youth Corrections Act (18 U.S.C. 5005 et seq.) to permit examiners to conduct interviews with youth offenders.
Public Law 91-339 · 84 Stat. 437 · July 17, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution authorizing appropriations for the payment by the United States of Ra share of the expenses of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History.
Public Law 91-340 · 84 Stat. 438 · July 17, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend section 8c(2)(A) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for marketing orders for apples produced in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Illinois, and Ohio.
Public Law 91-341 · 84 Stat. 438 · July 18, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, to clarify the provisions relating to custom slaughtering operations.
Public Law 91-342 · 84 Stat. 438 · July 18, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend section 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to furnish financial assistance in carrying out plans for works of improvement for land conservation and utilization, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-343 · 84 Stat. 439 · July 18, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution To extend the reporting date of the National Commission on Consumer Finance.
Public Law 91-344 · 84 Stat. 440 · July 20, 1970 · Original text
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act
An Act To establish a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-345 · 84 Stat. 440 · July 20, 1970 · Original text
The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Amendments of 1970
An Act To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-346 · 84 Stat. 443 · July 20, 1970 · Original text
An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the Federal Government to the Board of Public Instruction, Okaloosa Bounty, Florida.
Public Law 91-347 · 84 Stat. 447 · July 22, 1970 · Original text
An Act To remove a cloud on the titles of certain property located in Malin, Oregon.
Private Law 91-119 · 84 Stat. 2114 · July 22, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1971.
Public Law 91-348 · 84 Stat. 448 · July 23, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend title II of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966.
Public Law 91-349 · 84 Stat. 448 · July 23, 1970 · Original text
An Act To provide courts of the United States with jurisdiction over contract claims against nonappropriated fund activities of the United States, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-350 · 84 Stat. 449 · July 23, 1970 · Original text
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970
An Act To Increase the availability of mortgage credit for the financing of urgently needed housing, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-351 · 84 Stat. 450 · July 24, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-352 · 84 Stat. 464 · July 24, 1970 · Original text
Newspaper Preservation Act
An Act To exempt from the antitrust laws certain combinations and arrangements necessary for the survival of failing newspapers.
Public Law 91-353 · 84 Stat. 466 · July 24, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution To create a commission to study the bankruptcy laws of the United States.
Public Law 91-354 · 84 Stat. 468 · July 24, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the Canal Zone Code to provide cost-of-living adjustments in cash relief payments to certain former employees of the Canal Zone Government, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-355 · 84 Stat. 470 · July 24, 1970 · Original text
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1971
An Act To authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-356 · 84 Stat. 471 · July 24, 1970 · Original text
Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a volunteers in the park program, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-357 · 84 Stat. 472 · July 29, 1970 · Original text
District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970
An Act To reorganize the courts of the District of Columbia, to revise the procedures for handling juveniles in the District of Columbia, to codify title 23 of the District of Columbia Code, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-358 · 84 Stat. 473 · July 29, 1970 · Original text
An Act To provide for the designation of special policemen at the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-359 · 84 Stat. 668 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, to extend for one year the authority of Federal Reserve banks to purchase United States obligations directly from the Treasury.
Public Law 91-360 · 84 Stat. 668 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1971
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-361 · 84 Stat. 669 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To declare that the United States holds in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Indians certain lands in Alpine County, California.
Public Law 91-362 · 84 Stat. 687 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend section 8c(6)(I) Of the Agricultural Adjustment Art, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and subsequent legislation, so as to permit marketing orders applicable to apples to provide for paid advertising.
Public Law 91-363 · 84 Stat. 687 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the preparation of a roll of persons whose lineal ancestors were members of the Confederated Tribes of Weas, Piankashaws, Peorlas, and Kaskaskias, merged under the Treaty of May 30, 1854 (10 Stat. 1082), and to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in Indian Claims Commission Dockets Numbered 314, amended, 314-E and 65, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-364 · 84 Stat. 688 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in New Mexico to the Cuba Independent Schools and to the village of Cuba.
Public Law 91-365 · 84 Stat. 689 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To protect consumers by providing a civil remedy for misrepresentation of the Quality of articles composed in whole or in part of gold or silver and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-366 · 84 Stat. 690 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the 1964 amendments to the Alaska Omnibus Act.
Public Law 91-367 · 84 Stat. 691 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To implement the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of foreign Arbitral Awards.
Public Law 91-368 · 84 Stat. 692 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Public Printer to grant time off as compensation for overtime worked by certain employees of the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-369 · 84 Stat. 693 · July 31, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1971, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-370 · 84 Stat. 694 · August 1, 1970 · Original text
Joint Resolution To extend the effectiveness of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to August 15, 1970.
Public Law 91-371 · 84 Stat. 694 · August 1, 1970 · Original text
An Act To extend the boundaries of the Toiyahe National Forest in Nevada, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-372 · 84 Stat. 694 · August 5, 1970 · Original text
An Act To extend and improve the Federal-State unemployment compensation program.
Public Law 91-373 · 84 Stat. 695 · August 10, 1970 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hood River County, Oregon.
Public Law 91-374 · 84 Stat. 718 · August 11, 1970 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Staff Sergeant Lawrence F. Payne, United States Army (retired).
Private Law 91-120 · 84 Stat. 2115 · August 11, 1970 · Private law · Original text
Postal Reorganization Act
An Act To Improve and modernize the postal service, to reorganize the Post Office Department, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-375 · 84 Stat. 719 · August 12, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend title 3S, United States Code, to increase the rates of compensation for disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-376 · 84 Stat. 787 · August 12, 1970 · Original text
An Act To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1887 to provide a temporary 15 per centum increase in annuities, to change for a temporary period the method of computing interest on investments of the railroad retirement accounts, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-377 · 84 Stat. 791 · August 12, 1970 · Original text
An Act To establish a pilot program in the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture designated as the Youth Conservation Corps, and for other purposes.
Public Law 91-378 · 84 Stat. 794 · August 13, 1970 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Captain Melvin A. Kaye.
Private Law 91-121 · 84 Stat. 2115 · August 14, 1970 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jack Brown.
Private Law 91-122 · 84 Stat. 2116 · August 14, 1970 · 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.