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The United States Statutes at Large is the collection of laws passed by the United States Congress, in chronological order.
The Law Library of Congress has digitized this collection and aims to make historic Statutes at Large accessible to the public. This project is ongoing and this page will be continuously updated to incorporate additional years and legal material.
Congresses 1-43 (1789-1875) volumes 1-18: available on American Memory in TIFF file format
1st Congress (1789-1791) volume 1 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
2nd Congress (1791-1793) volume 1 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
3rd Congress (1794-1795) volume 1 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
4th Congress (1796-1797) volume 1 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
5th Congress (1797-1799) volume 1 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
6th Congress (1799-1801) volume 2 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
7th Congress (1802-1803) volume 2 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
8th Congress (1803-1805) volume 2 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
9th Congress (1805-1807) volume 2 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
10th Congress (1807-1809) volume 2 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
11th Congress (1809-1811) volume 2 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
12th Congress (1811-1813) volume 2 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
13th Congress (1813-1815) volume 3 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
14th Congress (1815-1817) volume 3 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
15th Congress (1817-1819)) volume 3 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
16th Congress (1819-1821) volume 3 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
17th Congress (1821-1823) volume 3 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
18th Congress (1824-1825) volume 3 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
19th Congress (1826-1827) volume 4 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
20th Congress (1828-1829) volume 4 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
21st Congress (1829-1831) volume 4 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
22nd Congress (1832-1833) volume 4 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
23rd Congress (1834-1835) volume 4 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
24th Congress (1836-1837) volume 5 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
25th Congress (1837-1839) volume 5 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
26th Congress (1840-1841) volume 5 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
27th Congress (1841-1843) volume 5 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
28th Congress (1844-1845) volume 5 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
Volume 6: Private Laws and Resolutions (1789-1845) (PDF, 76.23MB)
Volume 7: Treaties Between the United States and the Indian Tribes (1789-1845) (PDF, 37.38MB)
Volume 8: Treaties Between the United States and Foreign Nations (1789-1845) (PDF, 57.98MB)
29th Congress (1845-1847) volume 9 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
30th Congress (1848-1849) volume 9 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
31st Congress (1850-1851) volume 9 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
32nd Congress (1852-1853) volume 10 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
33rd Congress (1854-1855) volume 10 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
34th Congress (1856-1857) volume 11 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
35th Congress (1857-1859) volume 11 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
36th Congress (1860-1861) volume 12 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
37th Congress (1861-1863) volume 12 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
38th Congress (1864-1865) volume 13 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
39th Congress (1865-1867) volume 14 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
40th Congress (1867-1869) volume 15 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
41st Congress (1869-1871) volume 16 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
42nd Congress (1871-1873) volume 17 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
43rd Congress (1873-1875) volume 18 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
44th Congress (1876-1877) volume 19 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
45th Congress (1877-1879) volume 20 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
46th Congress (1879-1881) volume 21 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
47th Congress (1881-1883) volume 22 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
48th Congress (1884-1885) volume 23 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
49th Congress (1886-1887) volume 24 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
50th Congress (1888-1889) volume 25 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
51st Congress (1890-1891) volume 26 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
52nd Congress (1892-1893) volume 27 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
53rd Congress (1893-1895) volume 28 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
54th Congress (1896-1897) volume 29 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
55th Congress (1897-1899) volume 30 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
56th Congress (1900-1901) volume 31 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
57th Congress (1902-1903) volume 32 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
58th Congress (1903-1904) volume 33 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
59th Congress (1905-1907) volume 34 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
60th Congress (1908-1909) volume 35 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
61st Congress (1909-1911) volume 36 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
62nd Congress (1911-1913) volume 37 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
63rd Congress (1913-1915) volume 38 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
64th Congress (1915-1916) volume 39 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
65th Congress (1917-1919) volume 40 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
66th Congress (1919-1921) volume 41 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
67th Congress (1921-1923) volume 42 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
68th Congress (1923-1925) volume 43 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
69th Congress (1925-1927) volume 44 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
70th Congress (1927-1929) volume 45 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
71st Congress (1929-1931) volume 46 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
72nd Congress (1931-1933) volume 47 (searchable PD, available by chapterF)
73rd Congress (1933-1934) volume 48 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
74th Congress (1935-1936) volume 49 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
75th Congress (1937-1938) volume 50-52 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
76th Congress (1939-1941) volume 53-54 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
77th Congress (1941-1942) volume 55-56 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
78th Congress (1943-1944) volumes 57-58 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
79th Congress (1945-1946) volumes 59-60 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
80th Congress (1947-1948) volumes 61-62 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
81st Congress (1949-1951) volumes 63-64 (searchable PDF, available by chapter)
Congresses 82-112 (1951-2011) volumes 65-125: available from Government Printing Office
Last Updated: 01/12/2021
