About this Collection
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 |
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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 |