US Public Laws (5,985 across Congresses 101-119, 1989-2026)

Dataset · US Congress / GovInfo · primary source ↗

Every Public Law passed by Congress 1989-2026 — the canonical record of US federal legislation. Each Public Law has a citation (P.L. 119-88), title, Congress, enacted date, and links to the full PDF + HTML text on GovInfo. Coverage: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS Act, Inflation Reduction Act, Affordable Care Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, USA PATRIOT Act, Dodd-Frank, Build Back Better, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, NDAA every year, every Appropriations Act. Distribution: Congress 106 (1999-2000) 604 laws, Congress 108 504, Congress 109 483, Congress 110 460, Congress 115 443, Congress 105 404, etc. Source: api.govinfo.gov/collections/PLAW (US Government Publishing Office). schema.org/Legislation JSON-LD with legislationIdentifier, jurisdiction=United States, dateEnacted.

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US Congress / GovInfo
License
CC0 / US public domain
Coverage
5,985 Public Laws
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Public LawP.L.Pub. L.US Congress legislationfederal statuteStatutes at LargeGovInfoCongress.govTitle 26appropriations

Provenance

Every record in this dataset can be traced back to its primary source at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/plaw. Underlying content is a US federal government work (public domain under 17 USC §105); our derived data is licensed CC0 1.0.

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