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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.
805 laws of the 95th Congress, 1977–1979
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sun Pok Winer.
Private Law 95-63 · 92 Stat. 3818 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lester Bruce Friday.
Private Law 95-64 · 92 Stat. 3819 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Geoffrey Parnham.
Private Law 95-65 · 92 Stat. 3819 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Christopher Robert West.
Private Law 95-66 · 92 Stat. 3819 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Daniel Crowley.
Private Law 95-67 · 92 Stat. 3820 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kazuko Nishloka Dowd.
Private Law 95-68 · 92 Stat. 3820 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jung Tn Bang.
Private Law 95-69 · 92 Stat. 3820 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jonathan Winston Max.
Private Law 95-70 · 92 Stat. 3821 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hye Jin Wilder.
Private Law 95-71 · 92 Stat. 3821 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Margaret Somerville Jefferis.
Private Law 95-72 · 92 Stat. 3822 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kim In Hyung.
Private Law 95-73 · 92 Stat. 3822 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Monika Grantz.
Private Law 95-74 · 92 Stat. 3822 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James William Dibben.
Private Law 95-75 · 92 Stat. 3823 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Renate Irene McCord.
Private Law 95-76 · 92 Stat. 3823 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Raymond Vishnu Clemons.
Private Law 95-77 · 92 Stat. 3823 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Granting the status of permanent residence to certain aliens.
Private Law 95-80 · 92 Stat. 3823 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Craig Day.
Private Law 95-78 · 92 Stat. 3824 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Eustace John D’Souza.
Private Law 95-79 · 92 Stat. 3824 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Michael Bruce Holland.
Private Law 95-81 · 92 Stat. 3827 · October 27, 1978 · Private law · Original text
Court Interpreters Act
An Act To provide more effectively for the use of interpreters in courts of the United States, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-539 · 92 Stat. 2040 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
Privacy Protection for Rape Victims Act of 1978
An Act To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to provide for the protection of the privacy of rape victims.
Public Law 95-540 · 92 Stat. 2046 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act To implement the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-541 · 92 Stat. 2048 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act To designate a certain Federal building in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, the “C. Bascom Slemp Building”.
Public Law 95-542 · 92 Stat. 2058 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act To designate a building in Pittsburg, Kansas, as the “Joe Skubitz Social Security Administration Center”.
Public Law 95-543 · 92 Stat. 2059 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act To designate the United States Post Office and Federal Building In Griffin,Georgia, the “John J. Flynt, Jr. Federal Building”.
Public Law 95-544 · 92 Stat. 2060 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act To name a certain Federal building in Shreveport, Louisiana, the “Joe Waggonner Federal Building”.
Public Law 95-545 · 92 Stat. 2061 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act To designate the Great Bear Wilderness, Flathead National Forest, and enlarge the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Flathead and Lewis and Clark National Forests, State of Montana.
Public Law 95-546 · 92 Stat. 2062 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act To amend section 1445(b) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1877 to modify the formula for distribution of funds authorized thereunder for agricultural research.
Public Law 95-547 · 92 Stat. 2063 · October 28, 1978 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marla Miraflor Carabbacan.
Private Law 95-82 · 92 Stat. 3827 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Stefan Kowalik.
Private Law 95-83 · 92 Stat. 3827 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rosario A. Calvin.
Private Law 95-84 · 92 Stat. 3828 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lilin Araujo.
Private Law 95-85 · 92 Stat. 3828 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anthony Rogers.
Private Law 95-86 · 92 Stat. 3829 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gilberto Taneo Gilberstadt.
Private Law 95-87 · 92 Stat. 3829 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Juana Todd Atherley.
Private Law 95-88 · 92 Stat. 3829 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lee So Ryung.
Private Law 95-89 · 92 Stat. 3830 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Santos Marquez Arellano.
Private Law 95-90 · 92 Stat. 3830 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ruben P. Din.
Private Law 95-91 · 92 Stat. 3831 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Natividad Casing and Myrna Casing.
Private Law 95-92 · 92 Stat. 3831 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Young Gun Kim.
Private Law 95-93 · 92 Stat. 3831 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marlene Holder.
Private Law 95-94 · 92 Stat. 3832 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Carmen Prudence Hernandez.
Private Law 95-95 · 92 Stat. 3832 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sealie Von Kleist Hernandez.
Private Law 95-96 · 92 Stat. 3833 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Derrick Mariano Tan.
Private Law 95-97 · 92 Stat. 3833 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ricky Lee Trautvetter.
Private Law 95-98 · 92 Stat. 3833 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Meeja Sa Foster.
Private Law 95-99 · 92 Stat. 3834 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Martha Castro Fitz Maurice.
Private Law 95-100 · 92 Stat. 3834 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Peter Neal Smith.
Private Law 95-101 · 92 Stat. 3835 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Pece D. Van Arsdol.
Private Law 95-102 · 92 Stat. 3835 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elizabeth D. Yee Kraus.
Private Law 95-103 · 92 Stat. 3835 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Marinelle Khristy Cruz.
Private Law 95-104 · 92 Stat. 3836 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Donna Marainne Benney.
Private Law 95-105 · 92 Stat. 3836 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Noel Abueg Emde.
Private Law 95-106 · 92 Stat. 3837 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Vasilios Georgios Valcanos.
Private Law 95-107 · 92 Stat. 3837 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jae Keim Chrltlanson.
Private Law 95-108 · 92 Stat. 3837 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ling-Yung Kung.
Private Law 95-109 · 92 Stat. 3838 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Miriama Jones.
Private Law 95-110 · 92 Stat. 3838 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Imelda C. Jayag Potter.
Private Law 95-111 · 92 Stat. 3839 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Timmy Lao Olavere.
Private Law 95-112 · 92 Stat. 3839 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Young-Shik Kim.
Private Law 95-113 · 92 Stat. 3839 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Juanita Binabise.
Private Law 95-114 · 92 Stat. 3840 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jin Syen Suh.
Private Law 95-115 · 92 Stat. 3840 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Chester Chun Ket Young (also known as Chun-Kit Yeung).
Private Law 95-116 · 92 Stat. 3841 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Maria Elena Jumalon.
Private Law 95-117 · 92 Stat. 3841 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Do Sook Park.
Private Law 95-118 · 92 Stat. 3841 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sang Yun Yoon.
Private Law 95-119 · 92 Stat. 3842 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Susanna Shu-hui Jean.
Private Law 95-120 · 92 Stat. 3842 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Joselyn Buccat Lalley and Jodelyn Buccat Lalley.
Private Law 95-121 · 92 Stat. 3843 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Caroline Valdez Sulfelix.
Private Law 95-122 · 92 Stat. 3843 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mary Jo Natividad and Regina Natividad.
Private Law 95-123 · 92 Stat. 3843 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tsutomu Tanaka.
Private Law 95-124 · 92 Stat. 3844 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Tsutomu Tanaka.
Private Law 95-125 · 92 Stat. 3844 · October 28, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of October 19, 1965, to provide additional authorization for the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building.
Public Law 95-548 · 92 Stat. 2064 · October 30, 1978 · Original text
An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and to deport from, the United States all aliens who persecuted any person on the basis of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion, under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-549 · 92 Stat. 2065 · October 30, 1978 · Original text
An Act To provide for conveyance of certain lands near Dixon, New Mexico, to the University of New Mexico.
Public Law 95-550 · 92 Stat. 2067 · October 30, 1978 · Original text
An Act a To amend title 10, United States Code, to modernize the permanent faculty structure at the United States Military Academy, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-551 · 92 Stat. 2069 · October 30, 1978 · Original text
An Act To increase the price of migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps and to provide for consultation by the Secretary of the Interior with State and local authorities before migratory bird areas are recommended for purchase or rental, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-552 · 92 Stat. 2071 · October 30, 1978 · Original text
An Act To make technical corrections in the North Pacific Fisheries Act of 1954.
Public Law 95-553 · 92 Stat. 2072 · October 30, 1978 · Original text
An Act To further amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 201 (a)), to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange Federal coal leases and to encourage recovery of certain coal deposits, and for other purposes.
Public Law 95-554 · 92 Stat. 2073 · October 30, 1978 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jennet Juanita Miller (also known as Jennet Juanita Flowers).
Private Law 95-126 · 92 Stat. 3845 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Angelita Short.
Private Law 95-127 · 92 Stat. 3845 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hildegard G. Blakeley.
Private Law 95-128 · 92 Stat. 3845 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Cathy Gee Yuen.
Private Law 95-129 · 92 Stat. 3846 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kwong Lam Yuen.
Private Law 95-130 · 92 Stat. 3846 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edmundo Alfredo Oreiro Espinueva.
Private Law 95-131 · 92 Stat. 3846 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Boulos Stephan.
Private Law 95-132 · 92 Stat. 3847 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor John Alexis L. S. Tam and Yeut Shum Tam.
Private Law 95-133 · 92 Stat. 3847 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Nora L. Kennedy.
Private Law 95-134 · 92 Stat. 3848 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fidel Grosso-Padilla.
Private Law 95-135 · 92 Stat. 3848 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Susan Spurrier.
Private Law 95-136 · 92 Stat. 3848 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elisabetta Basso Gallizio.
Private Law 95-137 · 92 Stat. 3849 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lily Lirio Galindo.
Private Law 95-138 · 92 Stat. 3849 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Johanne Lapointe.
Private Law 95-139 · 92 Stat. 3849 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gaspar Louis Sayoc.
Private Law 95-140 · 92 Stat. 3850 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Concrete Industries (Monier), Limited.
Private Law 95-141 · 92 Stat. 3850 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Jesusa Navarro Romero and Antonio Angeles Romero.
Private Law 95-142 · 92 Stat. 3851 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rodolfo N. Arriola.
Private Law 95-143 · 92 Stat. 3851 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Masami Yamada.
Private Law 95-144 · 92 Stat. 3852 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Allan Joseph Cawley.
Private Law 95-145 · 92 Stat. 3852 · October 30, 1978 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy.
Public Law 95-555 · 92 Stat. 2076 · October 31, 1978 · Original text
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- 119th 2025 · 136
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- 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.