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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.
7,020 laws of the 59th Congress, 1905–1907
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis J. Keffer.
Ch. 1986 · 34 Stat. 1842 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. McCorkle.
Ch. 1987 · 34 Stat. 1842 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ephraim Winters.
Ch. 1988 · 34 Stat. 1842 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Truman R. Stinehour.
Ch. 1989 · 34 Stat. 1842 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Margaret Lewis.
Ch. 1990 · 34 Stat. 1842 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Houston.
Ch. 1991 · 34 Stat. 1843 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Wilhelm.
Ch. 1992 · 34 Stat. 1843 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert McCalvy.
Ch. 1993 · 34 Stat. 1843 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Luther M. Royal.
Ch. 1994 · 34 Stat. 1843 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Brothers.
Ch. 1995 · 34 Stat. 1844 · April 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting to the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company the power to sell and convey to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company all the railway property, rights, franchises, and privileges of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and five.
Ch. 1996 · 34 Stat. 149 · April 27, 1906 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners,” approved June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and two.
Ch. 1997 · 34 Stat. 149 · April 27, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Bean.
Ch. 1998 · 34 Stat. 1844 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emilie Grace Reich.
Ch. 1999 · 34 Stat. 1844 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rollin T. Waller.
Ch. 2000 · 34 Stat. 1844 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David C. Howard.
Ch. 2001 · 34 Stat. 1844 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Yockey.
Ch. 2002 · 34 Stat. 1845 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Matilda E. Nattinger.
Ch. 2003 · 34 Stat. 1845 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel H. Hancock.
Ch. 2004 · 34 Stat. 1845 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David Morehart.
Ch. 2005 · 34 Stat. 1845 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Chapman.
Ch. 2006 · 34 Stat. 1846 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Broadwell.
Ch. 2007 · 34 Stat. 1846 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Katherine Wills.
Ch. 2008 · 34 Stat. 1846 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Absalom Wilcox.
Ch. 2009 · 34 Stat. 1846 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alden Fuller.
Ch. 2010 · 34 Stat. 1846 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John W. Hall.
Ch. 2011 · 34 Stat. 1847 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. Quigley.
Ch. 2012 · 34 Stat. 1847 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel G. Roberts.
Ch. 2013 · 34 Stat. 1847 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joel S. Weiser.
Ch. 2014 · 34 Stat. 1847 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward M. Barnes.
Ch. 2015 · 34 Stat. 1848 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Carrick Rutherford.
Ch. 2016 · 34 Stat. 1848 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James F. Hackney.
Ch. 2017 · 34 Stat. 1848 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fannie E. Malone.
Ch. 2018 · 34 Stat. 1848 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William E. Anderson.
Ch. 2019 · 34 Stat. 1848 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Louisa Arnold.
Ch. 2020 · 34 Stat. 1849 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Adele Jeanette Hughes.
Ch. 2021 · 34 Stat. 1849 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Vose.
Ch. 2022 · 34 Stat. 1849 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Noble.
Ch. 2023 · 34 Stat. 1849 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jabez Miller.
Ch. 2024 · 34 Stat. 1850 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John P. Dunn.
Ch. 2025 · 34 Stat. 1850 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to George Thomas.
Ch. 2026 · 34 Stat. 1850 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Linnahan.
Ch. 2027 · 34 Stat. 1850 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nettie E. Tolles.
Ch. 2028 · 34 Stat. 1850 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Dreary.
Ch. 2029 · 34 Stat. 1851 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Kauffman.
Ch. 2030 · 34 Stat. 1851 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Hannah C. Peterson.
Ch. 2031 · 34 Stat. 1851 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert L. Callaway.
Ch. 2032 · 34 Stat. 1851 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benson H. Bowman.
Ch. 2033 · 34 Stat. 1852 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Hannah E. Wilmer.
Ch. 2034 · 34 Stat. 1852 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John F. White.
Ch. 2035 · 34 Stat. 1852 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Jandro.
Ch. 2036 · 34 Stat. 1852 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John R. McCrillis.
Ch. 2037 · 34 Stat. 1852 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Kate Gilmore.
Ch. 2038 · 34 Stat. 1853 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse A. Thomas.
Ch. 2039 · 34 Stat. 1853 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaiah McDaniel.
Ch. 2040 · 34 Stat. 1853 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas McDonald.
Ch. 2041 · 34 Stat. 1853 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fannie P. Norton.
Ch. 2042 · 34 Stat. 1854 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McCann.
Ch. 2043 · 34 Stat. 1854 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Brown.
Ch. 2044 · 34 Stat. 1854 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Aaron J. Burget.
Ch. 2045 · 34 Stat. 1854 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellen A. Gibbon.
Ch. 2046 · 34 Stat. 1854 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas A. Maulsby.
Ch. 2047 · 34 Stat. 1855 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nehemiah M. Brundege.
Ch. 2048 · 34 Stat. 1855 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Coughanour.
Ch. 2049 · 34 Stat. 1855 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Franz.
Ch. 2050 · 34 Stat. 1855 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Delight A. Allen.
Ch. 2051 · 34 Stat. 1856 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Sarah Agnes Earl.
Ch. 2052 · 34 Stat. 1856 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Octave Counter.
Ch. 2053 · 34 Stat. 1856 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amanda O. Webber.
Ch. 2054 · 34 Stat. 1856 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred B. Chilcote.
Ch. 2055 · 34 Stat. 1856 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Hull.
Ch. 2056 · 34 Stat. 1857 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred Beham.
Ch. 2057 · 34 Stat. 1857 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles G. Polk.
Ch. 2058 · 34 Stat. 1857 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James I. Mettler.
Ch. 2059 · 34 Stat. 1857 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Hunter.
Ch. 2060 · 34 Stat. 1858 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Haman.
Ch. 2061 · 34 Stat. 1858 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John M. De Puy.
Ch. 2062 · 34 Stat. 1858 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horace A. Gregory.
Ch. 2063 · 34 Stat. 1858 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John M. Prentiss.
Ch. 2064 · 34 Stat. 1858 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Newton G. Cook.
Ch. 2065 · 34 Stat. 1859 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter Sloggy.
Ch. 2066 · 34 Stat. 1859 · April 27, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, for park and cemetery purposes.
Ch. 2067 · 34 Stat. 149 · April 28, 1906 · Original text
An Act Providing that the State of Montana be permitted to relinquish to the United States certain lands heretofore selected and select other lands from the public domain in lieu thereof.
Ch. 2068 · 34 Stat. 150 · April 28, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward Keating.
Ch. 1678 · 34 Stat. 1775 · April 28, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Milo B. Morse.
Ch. 1708 · 34 Stat. 1782 · April 28, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Rowan.
Ch. 1766 · 34 Stat. 1795 · April 28, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Zacur P. Pott.
Ch. 1811 · 34 Stat. 1805 · April 28, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the board of trustees of West Tennessee College, Jackson, Tennessee.
Ch. 2079 · 34 Stat. 1859 · April 28, 1906 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” regulating proceedings for condemnation of land for streets.
Ch. 2070 · 34 Stat. 151 · April 30, 1906 · Original text
An Act To regulate shipping in trade between ports of the United States and ports or places in the Philippine Archipelago, between ports or places in the Philippine Archipelago, and for other purposes.
Ch. 2071 · 34 Stat. 154 · April 30, 1906 · Original text
An Act Permitting the building of dams across the north and south branches of Rock River, adjacent to Vandruffs Island and Carrs Island, and across the cut-off between said islands, in Rock Island County, Illinois, in aid of navigation and for the development of water power.
Ch. 2072 · 34 Stat. 155 · May 1, 1906 · Original text
An Act To create a board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Ch. 2073 · 34 Stat. 157 · May 1, 1906 · Original text
An Act To incorporate The American Cross of Honor within the District of Columbia.
Ch. 2074 · 34 Stat. 161 · May 1, 1906 · Original text
An Act To incorporate The Edes Home.
Ch. 2075 · 34 Stat. 162 · May 1, 1906 · Original text
An Act Granting the Edison Electric Company a permit to occupy certain lands for electric-power plants in the San Bernardino, Sierra, and San Gabriel forest reserves, in the State of California.
Ch. 2076 · 34 Stat. 163 · May 1, 1906 · Original text
An Act Providing for the reappraisement of certain suburban lots in the town site of Port Angeles, Washington.
Ch. 2077 · 34 Stat. 167 · May 2, 1906 · Original text
An Act Relating to the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.
Ch. 2078 · 34 Stat. 168 · May 3, 1906 · Original text
An Act Extending to the subport of Spokane, in the State of Washington, the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.
Ch. 2079 · 34 Stat. 168 · May 3, 1906 · Original text
An Act Making additional appropriations for the public service on account of earthquake and attending conflagration on the Pacific Coast.
Ch. 2080 · 34 Stat. 168 · May 3, 1906 · Original text
An Act To amend the laws of the United States relating to the registration of trade-marks.
Ch. 2081 · 34 Stat. 168 · May 4, 1906 · 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.