Enrolled National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act), 28 October 1919
National Archives enrolled copy, first page, of H.R. 6810, the National Prohibition Act, with the title "An Act to prohibit intoxicating beverages" and a Department of State stamp dated 28 October 1919.
- Date
- 1919-10-28
- Kind
- case-file
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- NAID
- 299827
- Rights
- The National Archives catalog lists this item's Use Restriction status as "Unrestricted." Federal records are public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.
The National Archives catalog describes this item as the enrolled National Prohibition Act, H.R. 6810, 66th Congress, which it says implemented and provided an enforcement apparatus for the Eighteenth Amendment. The first page carries the title “An Act to prohibit intoxicating beverages,” the short title “National Prohibition Act,” the opening of Title I on war prohibition, and a Department of State stamp dated Oct 28 1919.
The item is in Record Group 11, in the series Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress. The catalog’s scope note says: “Circumvention of the law led to bootlegging and the rise of organized crime.” That sentence is NARA’s description, not part of the act. The catalog holds three digital objects (two page images and a 2 MB PDF); the copy stored here is page 1 only, resized. The act as printed in the Statutes at Large is filed separately.
