The United States Statutes at Large is the collection of every law, public and private, ever enacted by the Congress, published in order of the date of its passage. These laws are codified every six years in the United States Code, but the Statutes at Large remains the official source of legislation. Until 1948, all treaties and international agreements approved by the Senate were also published in the set. In addition, the Statutes at Large includes the text of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, amendments to the Constitution, treaties with Indians and foreign nations, and presidential proclamations.

A citation to the Statutes at Large - for example "26 Stat. 8 (1890)" - begins with the Volume number (in this example, the citation refers you to Volume 26) and the page number of the Volume (here, page 8). The Statutes at Large is also browseable by session, congress, and date:

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Volume	Congress	Dates
Volume 1	1st Congress	1789-1791
Volume 1	2nd Congress	1791-1793
Volume 1	3rd Congress	1794-1795
Volume 1	4th Congress	1796-1797
Volume 1	5th Congress	1797-1799
Volume 2	6th Congress	1799-1801
Volume 2	7th Congress	1802-1803
Volume 2	8th Congress	1803-1805
Volume 2	9th Congress	1805-1807
Volume 2	10th Congress	1807-1809
Volume 2	11th Congress	1809-1811
Volume 2	12th Congress	1811-1813
Volume 3	13th Congress	1813-1815
Volume 3	14th Congress	1815-1817
Volume 3	15th Congress	1817-1819
Volume 3	16th Congress	1819-1821
Volume 3	17th Congress	1821-1823
Volume 4	18th Congress	1824-1825
Volume 4	19th Congress	1826-1827
Volume 4	20th Congress	1828-1829
Volume 4	21st Congress	1829-1831
Volume 4	22nd Congress	1832-1833
Volume 4	23rd Congress	1834-1835
Volume 5	24th Congress	1836-1837
Volume 5	25th Congress	1837-1839
Volume 5	26th Congress	1840-1841
Volume 5	27th Congress	1841-1843
Volume 5	28th Congress	1844-1845
Volume 6	Private Laws and Resolutions	1789-1845
Volume 7	Treaties Between the United States and the Indian Tribes	1789-1845
Volume 8	Treaties Between the United States and Foreign Nations	1789-1845
Volume 9	29th Congress	1845-1847
Volume 9	30th Congress	1848-1849
Volume 9	31st Congress	1850-1851
Volume 10	32nd Congress	1851-1853
Volume 10	33rd Congress	1854-1855
Volume 11	34th Congress	1856-1857
Volume 11	35th Congress	1857-1859
Volume 12	36th Congress	1860-1861
Volume 12	37th Congress	1861-1863
Volume 13	38th Congress	1864-1865
Volume 14	39th Congress	1865-1867
Volume 15	40th Congress	1867-1869
Volume 16	41st Congress	1869-1871
Volume 17	42nd Congress	1871-1873
Volume 18	43rd Congress	1873-1875
Volume 19	44th Congress	1876-1877
Volume 20	45th Congress	1877-1879
Volume 21	46th Congress	1879-1881
Volume 22	47th Congress	1881-1883
Volume 23	48th Congress	1884-1885
Volume 24	49th Congress	1886-1887
Volume 25	50th Congress	1888-1889
Volume 26	51st Congress	1890-1891
Volume 27	52nd Congress	1892-1893
Volume 28	53rd Congress	1893-1895
Volume 29	54th Congress	1896-1897
Volume 30	55th Congress	1897-1899
Volume 31	56th Congress	1900-1901
Volume 32	57th Congress	1902-1903
Volume 33	58th Congress	1903-1904
Volume 34	59th Congress	1905-1907
Volume 35	60th Congress	1908-1909
Volume 36	61st Congress	1909-1911
Volume 37	62nd Congress	1911-1913
Volume 38	63rd Congress	1913-1915
Volume 39	64th Congress	1915-1916
Volume 40	65th Congress	1917-1919
Volume 41	66th Congress	1919-1921
Volume 42	67th Congress	1921-1923
Volume 43	68th Congress	1923-1925
Volume 44	69th Congress	1925-1927
Volume 45	70th Congress	1927-1929
Volume 46	71st Congress	1929-1931
Volume 47	72nd Congress	1931-1933
Volume 48	73rd Congress	1933-1934
Volume 49	74th Congress	1935-1936
Volume 50	75th Congress, Session 1	1937
Volume 51	75th Congress, Session 2	1937
Volume 52	75th Congress, Session 3	1938
Volume 53	76th Congress, Session 1	1939
Volume 54	76th Congress, Sessions 2 and 3	1939-1941
Volume 55	77th Congress, Session 1	1941-1942
Volume 56	77th Congress, Session 2	1942
Volume 57	78th Congress, Session 1	1943
Volume 58	78th Congress, Session 2	1944
Volume 59	79th Congress, Session 1	1945-1946
Volume 60	79th Congress, Session 2	1946
Volume 61	80th Congress, Session 1	1947
Volume 62	80th Congress, Session 2	1948
Volume 63	81st Congress, Session 1	1949
Volume 64	81st Congress, Session 2	1950-1951