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Sessions (Sess.) and Chapters (ch.)

Public Laws

Examples

• The Militia Act of 1862
  Militia Act of 1862
  
  The Militia Act of 1862 was legislation enacted by the United States Congress in 1862 during the American Civil War to draft 300,000 eligible soldiers into the Union Armies....
   of July 17, 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 201, was the 201st Act of the second session of the 37th Congress.
• The National Banking Act
  National Banking Act
  
  The National Bank Act was a United States federal law that established a system of national charters for banks. It encouraged development of a national currency based on bank holdings of U.S....
   of February 25, 1863, Sess. 3, ch. 58, was the 58th Act of the third session of the 37th Congress.
• The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004
  Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004
  
  The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 was enacted on October 16, 2004. It orders the U.S. State Department to monitor global antisemitism, reporting annually to the United States Congress....
   of October 16, 2004, , , was the 332nd Act of Congress (statute) passed in the 108th Congress. It can be found in volume 118 of the U.S. Statutes at Large, starting at page 1282.
• The Help America Vote Act
  Help America Vote Act
  
  The Help America Vote Act , or HAVA, is a United States federal law which passed in the United States House of Representatives 357-48 and 92-2 in the United States Senate and was signed into law by George W....
   of October 29, 2002, , , was the 252nd Act of the 107th Congress. It can be found in volume 116 of the U.S. Statutes at Large, starting at page 1666.

Continental Congress

Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....

• April 23, 1784 — Northwest Ordinance of 1784
  Northwest Ordinance of 1784
  
  The Ordinance of 1784 called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into ten separate states....
  
• May 21, 1785 — Land Ordinance of 1785
  Land Ordinance of 1785
  
  The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation of the inhabitants of the United States....
  
• July 13, 1787 — Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Territorial Government
  Northwest Ordinance
  
  The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. The Ordinance unanimously passed on July 13, 1787....
   ("Northwest Ordinance")

1789 to 1801

1st United States Congress

1st United States Congress

The 1st United States Congress, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's President of the United States, first at Federal Hall at 26 Wall Street in New York City and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia...

• June 1, 1789 — An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths
  An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths
  
  An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths was the first law passed by the United States Congress after the ratification of the United States Constitution....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 1,
• July 4, 1789 — Hamilton Tariff
  Hamilton tariff
  
  The Hamilton Tariff was the second statute ever enacted by the new federal government of the United States. Most of the rates of the tariff were between 5 and 10 percent, depending on the value of the item....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 2,
• September 24, 1789 — Judiciary Act of 1789
  Judiciary Act of 1789
  
  The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the United States federal courts....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 20,
• March 1, 1790 — Census of 1790
  United States Census, 1790
  
  The United States Census of 1790 was the first Census conducted in the United States. It was conducted on August 2, 1790. It showed that 3,929,326 people were living in the United States of which 697,681 were slaves, and that the largest cities were New York City with 33,000 inhabitants, Philadelphia, with 28,000, Boston, with 18,000, Charles...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 2,
• March 26, 1790 — Naturalization Act of 1790
  Naturalization Act of 1790
  
  The original United States Naturalization Law of March 26, 1790 provided the first rules to be followed by the United States in the granting of national citizenship....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 3,
• April 10, 1790 — Patent Act
  Patent Act of 1790
  
  The Patent Act of 1790 was the United States' first patent statute. It was entitled An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts, and passed on April 10, 1790....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 7,
• May 26, 1790 — Southwest Ordinance, Sess. 2, ch. 14,
• May 31, 1790 — Copyright Act of 1790
  Copyright Act of 1790
  
  The Copyright Act of 1790 was the first federal government of the United States copyright act of Parliament to be instituted in the United States, though most of the U....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 15,
• July 6, 1790 — Residence Act
  Residence Act
  
  The Residence Act of 1790, officially titled An Act for Establishing the Temporary and Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States, is a United States federal law that settled the question of locating the capital of the United States, selecting a site along the Potomac River....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 28,
• July 22, 1790 — Indian Intercourse Act of 1790
  Indian Intercourse Act
  
  The Indian Intercourse Acts were several acts passed by the United States Congress regulating commerce between Native Americans in the United States and non-Indians and restricting travel by non-Indians onto Indian land....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 33,
• February 25, 1791 — First Bank of the United States
  First Bank of the United States
  
  The First Bank of the United States was a bank chartered by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. The charter was for 20 years. The Bank was created to handle the financial needs and requirements of the central government of the newly formed United States, which had previously been thirteen individual colonies with their own ban...
  , Sess. 3, ch. 10,
• March 3, 1791 — Whiskey Act
  Whiskey Act
  
  The Whiskey Act was a U.S. federal law passed by the First United States Congress on March 3, 1791, upon the recommendations of Alexander Hamilton, then United States Secretary of the Treasury....
  , Sess. 3, ch. 15,

2nd United States Congress

2nd United States Congress

The 2nd United States Congress, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1793, during the third and fourth years of George Washington's President of the United States....

• February 20, 1792 — Postal Service Act
  Postal Service Act
  
  The Postal Service Act was a piece of United States federal law that established the United States Post Office Department. It was signed into law by President of the United States George Washington on February 20, 1792....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 7,
• April 2, 1792 — Coinage Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 16,
• May 2, 1792 — First Militia Act of 1792
  Militia Act of 1792
  
  The Militia Act of 1792 was a series of statutes enacted by the second Congress United States Congress in 1792. The act provided for the organization of state militias under the command of the President of the United States....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 28,
• May 8, 1792 — Second Militia Act of 1792
  Militia Act of 1792
  
  The Militia Act of 1792 was a series of statutes enacted by the second Congress United States Congress in 1792. The act provided for the organization of state militias under the command of the President of the United States....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 33,
• February 12, 1793 — Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, Sess. 2, ch. 7,
• March 2, 1793 — Judiciary Act of 1793
  Judiciary Act of 1793
  
  The Judiciary Act of 1793 is a United States federal statute, enacted on March 2, 1793....
   (including Anti-Injunction Act
  Anti-Injunction Act
  
  The Anti-Injunction Act, , is a United States federal statute that prohibits any United States federal courts from issuing an injunction against proceedings in any state court, except within three specifically defined exceptions....
  ), Sess. 2, ch. 22,

3rd United States Congress

3rd United States Congress

The Third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• March 27, 1794 — Naval Act of 1794
  Naval Act of 1794
  
  The Act to Provide a Naval Armament , also known as the Naval Act, was passed by the United States Congress on March 27, 1794 and established the Six original United States frigates, which eventually became the United States Navy....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 12,
• January 29, 1795 — Naturalization Act of 1795
  Naturalization Act of 1795
  
  The United States Naturalization Act of January 29, 1795 repealed and replaced the Naturalization Act of 1790. The 1795 Act differed from the 1790 Act by increasing the period of required residence increased from two to five years in the United States, and introducing the Declaration of Intention requirement, or "first papers", which create...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 20,

4th United States Congress

4th United States Congress

The Fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

5th United States Congress

5th United States Congress

The Fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 30, 1798 — The U.S. Department of the Navy was established, Sess. 2, ch. 35,
• June 18, 1798 — Alien and Sedition Acts
  Alien and Sedition Acts
  
  The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798. They were signed into law by President John Adams, and the Federalist Party in the United States Congress?who were waging an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War....
  : An Act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization (Naturalization Act of 1798
  Naturalization Act of 1798
  
  The Naturalization Act, passed by United States Congress on June 18, 1798, increased the amount of time necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from five to fourteen years....
  ), Sess. 2, ch. 54,
• June 25, 1798 — Alien and Sedition Acts
  Alien and Sedition Acts
  
  The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798. They were signed into law by President John Adams, and the Federalist Party in the United States Congress?who were waging an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War....
  : An Act concerning Aliens, Sess. 2, ch. 58,
• July 6, 1798 — Alien and Sedition Acts
  Alien and Sedition Acts
  
  The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798. They were signed into law by President John Adams, and the Federalist Party in the United States Congress?who were waging an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War....
  : An Act respecting Alien Enemies, Sess. 2, ch. 66,
• July 9, 1798 — Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States
  Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States
  
  The Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States, is an act of Congress approved July 9, 1798, authorizing the President of the United States to use military force in the Quasi-War with France....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 68,
• July 11, 1798 — The Marine Corps
  Marine corps
  
  Marines are military forces optimised for operations at sea. Historically marine forces are part of a navy. However, in some countries the marine force is under independent command....
   was established, Sess. 2, ch. 72,
• July 14, 1798 — Alien and Sedition Acts
  Alien and Sedition Acts
  
  The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798. They were signed into law by President John Adams, and the Federalist Party in the United States Congress?who were waging an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War....
  : An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States (Sedition Act), Sess. 2, ch. 74,

6th United States Congress

6th United States Congress

The Sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• February 13, 1801 — Judiciary Act of 1801, Sess. 2, ch. 4,
• February 27, 1801 — District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801
  District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801
  
  For the other uses, see Organic ActThe District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 is an Act of Congress, which incorporated the Washington, D.C....
  , Sess.2, ch. 15,

1801 to 1811

7th United States Congress

7th United States Congress

The Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 29, 1802 — Judiciary Act of 1802
  Judiciary Act of 1802
  
  The United States Judiciary Act of 1802 was a Federal government of the United States statute, enacted on April 29, 1802, to reorganize the United States federal courts....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 31,
• April 30, 1802 — Enabling Act of 1802
  Enabling Act of 1802
  
  The Enabling Act of 1802 was passed on April 30, 1802 by the Seventh Congress of the United States. This act authorized the residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the U.S....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 40,

8th United States Congress

8th United States Congress

The Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

9th United States Congress

9th United States Congress

The Ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• March 29, 1806 — Cumberland Road, Sess. 1, ch. 19,
• March 2, 1807 — Slave Trade Prohibition Act, Sess. 2, ch. 22,

10th United States Congress

10th United States Congress

The Tenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• December 22, 1807 — Embargo Act of 1807
  Embargo Act of 1807
  
  BackgroundOn June 21, 1807, in an event known as the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, the American frigate USS Chesapeake was fired upon and was boarded near Norfolk by the British warship HMS Leopard ....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 5,
• March 1, 1809 — Non-Intercourse Act
  Non-Intercourse Act
  
  In the last days of President Thomas Jefferson's presidency, the United States Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 24,

11th United States Congress

11th United States Congress

The Eleventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• May 1, 1810 — Macon's Bill Number 2
  Macon's Bill Number 2
  
  Macon's Bill Number 2, which became law on May 1 1810, was intended to motivate United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France to stop seizing United States vessels during the Napoleonic Wars....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 39,

1811 to 1821

12th United States Congress

12th United States Congress

The Twelfth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

13th United States Congress

13th United States Congress

The Thirteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

14th United States Congress

14th United States Congress

The Fourteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 10, 1816 — Second Bank of the United States
  Second Bank of the United States
  
  The Second Bank of the United States was opened in January 1817, six years after the First Bank of the United States lost its charter. The Second Bank of the United States was headquartered in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, the same as the First Bank, and had branches throughout the nation....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 94,

15th United States Congress

15th United States Congress

The Fifteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 4, 1818 — Flag Act of 1818
  Flag Acts (United States)
  
  The Flag Acts are the three laws which define the design of the Flag of the United States. Each is remarkably short, the shortest being a sentence of 32 words, and the longest being a title and two sentences of 117 words....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 34,
• April 18, 1818 — Navigation Act of 1818, Sess. 1, ch. 70,

16th United States Congress

16th United States Congress

The Sixteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• March 6, 1820 — Missouri Compromise
  Missouri Compromise
  
  The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the slave state and free state factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the Historic regions of the United States....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 22,
• April 24, 1820 — Land Act of 1820
  Land Act of 1820
  
  The Land Act of 1820 is a United States federal law that eliminated the purchase of Public domain in the United States on credit. It also reduced the minimum size of the tract from 160 to 80 acres ....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 51,

1821 to 1831

17th United States Congress

17th United States Congress

The Seventeenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

18th United States Congress

18th United States Congress

The Eighteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• January 7, 1824 — Tariff of 1824
  Tariff of 1824
  
  The Tariff of 1824 , was a protective tariff in the United States designed to protect American industry in the face of cheaper British commodities, especially iron products, wool and cotton textiles, and agricultural goods....
  , Sess. 1, ch.4,

19th United States Congress

19th United States Congress

The Nineteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

20th United States Congress

20th United States Congress

The Twentieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• May 24, 1828 — Tariff of Abominations, Sess. 1, ch. 111,

21st United States Congress

21st United States Congress

The Twenty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• May 28, 1830 — Indian Removal Act
  Indian Removal Act
  
  The Indian Removal Act, part of a United States government policy known as Indian removal, was signed into law by President of the United States Andrew Jackson on May 26, 1830.-19), the U.S....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 148,

1831 to 1841

22nd United States Congress

22nd United States Congress

The Twenty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• July 14, 1832 — Tariff of 1832
  Tariff of 1832
  
  The Tariff of 1832 was a protectionism tariff in the United States. It was passed as a reduced tariff to remedy the conflict created by the tariff of 1828, but it was still deemed unsatisfactory by southerners and other groups hurt by high tariff rates....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 227,
• March 2, 1833 — Compromise Tariff (Tariff of 1833), Sess. 2, ch. 55,
• March 2, 1833 — Force Bill
  Force Bill
  
  The United States Force Bill authorized U.S. President Andrew Jackson's use of whatever force necessary to enforce tariffs. It was intended to suppress South Carolina's Nullification Crisis of tariffs....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 57,

23rd United States Congress

23rd United States Congress

The Twenty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

24th United States Congress

24th United States Congress

The Twenty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

25th United States Congress

25th United States Congress

The Twenty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

26th United States Congress

26th United States Congress

The Twenty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

1841 to 1851

27th United States Congress

27th United States Congress

The Twenty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• April 19, 1841 — Bankruptcy Act of 1841, Sess. 1, ch. 9,
• August 30, 1842 — Tariff of 1842
  Tariff of 1842
  
  The Tariff of 1842, or Black Tariff as it became known, was a protectionism tariff schedule adopted in the United States to reverse the effects of the Compromise Tariff of 1833....
   ("Black Tariff"), Sess. 2, ch. 270,

28th United States Congress

28th United States Congress

The Twenty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

29th United States Congress

29th United States Congress

The Twenty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• July 30, 1846 — Walker tariff
  Walker tariff
  
  The 1846 Walker tariff was a United States Democratic Party bill that reversed the high rates of tariffs imposed by the Whig Party -backed "Black Tariff" of 1842 under the tenth president, John Tyler....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 74,

30th United States Congress

30th United States Congress

The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• March 3, 1849 — Coinage Act of 1849, ch. 109,

31st United States Congress

31st United States Congress

The Thirty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• September 9, 1850 — Compromise of 1850
  Compromise of 1850
  
  The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills aimed at resolving the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War ....
  , ch. 49,
• September 18, 1850 — Fugitive Slave Act, ch. 60,
• September 29, 1850 — Donation Land Claim Act
  Donation Land Claim Act
  
  The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 , sometimes known just as the Donation Land Act, was a statute enacted by the Congress of the United States intended to promote Homesteading settlement in the Oregon Territory in the Pacific Northwest ....
  , ch. 76,

1851 to 1861

32nd United States Congress

32nd United States Congress

The Thirty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

33rd United States Congress

33rd United States Congress

The Thirty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• May 30, 1854 — Kansas-Nebraska Act
  Kansas-Nebraska Act
  
  The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas Territory and Nebraska Territory, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries....
  , ch. 59,

34th United States Congress

34th United States Congress

The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• August 18, 1856 — Guano Islands Act
  Guano Islands Act
  
  The Guano Islands Act is List of United States federal legislation passed by the Congress of the United States, on August 18, 1856. It enables citizens of the United States to take possession of islands containing guano deposits....
  , ch. 164,

35th United States Congress

35th United States Congress

The Thirty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

36th United States Congress

36th United States Congress

The Thirty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• March 2, 1861 — Morrill tariff
  Morrill Tariff
  
  The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff law adopted on March 2, 1861. The act is named after its House sponsor, Rep. Justin Morrill of Vermont, who designed it with the advice of Pennsylvania economist Henry C Carey....
  , ch. 68,

1861 to 1871

37th United States Congress

37th United States Congress

The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• August 5, 1861 — Revenue Act of 1861
  Revenue Act of 1861
  
  The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as , included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute . The Act, motivated by the need to fund the American Civil War , imposed an income tax to be "levied, collected, and paid, upon the annual income of every person residing in the United States, whether such income is derived from any kind of pr...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 45,
• May 20, 1862 — Homestead Act
  Homestead Act
  
  Homestead Act was a United States Federal law that gave an applicant freehold title to 160 acres -640 acres of undeveloped land outside of the original 13 colonies....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 75,
• July 1, 1862 — Revenue Act of 1862
  Revenue Act of 1862
  
  The Revenue Act of 1862 , was passed by the United States Congress to help fund the American Civil War. The Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln, introducing the first progressive tax income tax to the country....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 119,
• July 1, 1862 — Pacific Railway Act, Sess. 2, ch. 120,
• July 2, 1862 — Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act, ch. 130,
• July 17, 1862 — Militia Act
  Militia Act of 1862
  
  The Militia Act of 1862 was legislation enacted by the United States Congress in 1862 during the American Civil War to draft 300,000 eligible soldiers into the Union Armies....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 201,
• February 25, 1863 — National Banking Act
  National Banking Act
  
  The National Bank Act was a United States federal law that established a system of national charters for banks. It encouraged development of a national currency based on bank holdings of U.S....
  , Sess. 3, ch 58,
• March 2, 1863 — False Claims Act
  False Claims Act
  
  The False Claims Act is an American federal law which allows people who are not affiliated with the government to file actions against federal contractors claiming fraud against the government....
  , Sess. 3, ch. 67,
• March 3, 1863 — Enrollment Act
  Enrollment Act
  
  The Enrollment Act of March 3, 1863, was legislation passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army....
  , Sess. 3, ch. 75,

38th United States Congress

38th United States Congress

The Thirty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 22, 1864 — Coinage Act of 1864, Sess. 1, ch. 66,
• March 3, 1865 — Freedman's Bureau, Sess. 2, ch. 90,

39th United States Congress

39th United States Congress

The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 9, 1866 — Civil Rights Act of 1866
  Civil Rights Act of 1866
  
  The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a piece of United States legislation that gave further rights to the freed slavery after the end of the American Civil War....
  , ch. 31,
• July 23, 1866 — Judicial Circuits Act
  Judicial Circuits Act
  
  The Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 reorganized the United States United States Circuit Court and provided for the gradual elimination of several seats on the Supreme Court of the United States....
  , ch. 210,
• March 2, 1867 — Reconstruction Act
  Reconstruction Act
  
  After the end of the American Civil War, as part of the on-going process of Reconstruction era of the United States, the United States Congress passed four statutes known as Reconstruction Acts ....
  , ch. 153,
• March 2, 1867 — Tenure of Office Act
  Tenure of Office Act
  
  The Tenure of Office Act , enacted over the veto of President Andrew Johnson, denied the President of the United States the power to remove from office anyone who had been appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate unless the Senate also approved the removal....
  , ch. 154,

40th United States Congress

40th United States Congress

The Fortieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• Reconstruction Act
  Reconstruction Act
  
  After the end of the American Civil War, as part of the on-going process of Reconstruction era of the United States, the United States Congress passed four statutes known as Reconstruction Acts ....
  s, continued:
• March 23, 1867, ch. 6,
• July 19, 1867, ch. 30,
• March 11, 1868, ch. 25,

41st United States Congress

41st United States Congress

The Forty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 10, 1869 — Judiciary Act of 1869
  Judiciary Act of 1869
  
  The Judiciary Act of 1869 , also called the Circuit Judges Act of 1869, was a United States statute that made two important reforms of the United States federal court system....
   (Circuit Judges Act of 1869), ch. 22,
• May 31, 1870 — Force Act of 1870, ch. 114,
• July 14, 1870 — Naturalization Act of 1870
  Naturalization Act of 1870
  
  Naturalization Act of 1870 was created to deal with two issues:* system of controls for the naturalization process and penalties for fraudulent practices...
  , ch. 254,
• February 21, 1871 — District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
  District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
  
  The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress, which revoked the individual charters of the City of Washington, the City of Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and the Washington County, D.C....
  , ch. 62,

1871 to 1881

42nd United States Congress

42nd United States Congress

The Forty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• April 20, 1871 — Ku Klux Act (Civil Rights Act of 1871, Ku Klux Klan Act), ch. 22,
• March 1, 1872 — Yellowstone Act, ch. 24,
• May 10, 1872 — General Mining Act of 1872
  General Mining Act of 1872
  
  The General Mining Act of 1872 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public lands....
  , ch. 152, , R.S. §§2319—2328, 2331, 2333-2338, 2344
• May 22, 1872 — Amnesty Act
  Amnesty Act
  
  The Amnesty Act of May 22, 1872 was a United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the secessionists who rebelled in the American Civil War, except for some 500 Confederate_States_of_America#Military_leaders....
  , ch. 193,
• June 1, 1872 — Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act
  Rules Enabling Act
  
  The Rules Enabling Act is an Act of Congress that gave the judicial branch the power to promulgate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Amendments to the Act allowed for the creation of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and other procedural court rules....
  ), ch. 255,
• February 12, 1873 — Coinage Act of 1873, ch. 131,
• March 3, 1873 — Comstock Act, ch. 258,
• March 3, 1873 — Timber Culture Act
  Timber Culture Act
  
  The Timber Culture Act was a follow-up act to the Homestead Act. The Timber Culture Act was passed by United States Congress in 1873. The act allowed homesteaders to get another of land if they planted trees on one-fourth of the land, because the land was "almost one entire plain of grass, which is and ever must be useless to cultivating man...
  , ch. 277,

43rd United States Congress

43rd United States Congress

The Forty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• June 23, 1874 — Poland Act
  Poland Act
  
  The Poland Act of 1874 was an act of the United States Congress which sought to facilitate prosecutions under the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act by eliminating the control members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints exerted over the justice system of Utah Territory....
  , ch. 469,
• January 14, 1875 — Specie Payment Resumption Act
  Specie Payment Resumption Act
  
  The Specie Payment Resumption Act provided for the redemption of United States paper currency, known colloquially as greenbacks, in gold beginning in 1879....
  , ch. 15,
• March 1, 1875 — Civil Rights Act of 1875
  Civil Rights Act of 1875
  
  The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a United States federal law proposed by Republican Senator Charles Sumner and Republican Congressman Benjamin Franklin Butler in 1870....
  ,
• March 3, 1875 — Page Act of 1875
  Page Act of 1875
  
  Page Act of 1875 was enacted by the United States Congress to deal with immigrants from China and Japan. The law required migrants from Oriental countries be processed at the port of departure by representatives of U.S....
  , ch. 141,

44th United States Congress

44th United States Congress

The Forty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

45th United States Congress

45th United States Congress

The Forty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• February 28, 1878 — Bland-Allison Act
  Bland-Allison Act
  
  The Bland-Allison Act was an 1878 law passed over the veto of President Rutherford B. Hayes requiring the U.S. treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation as silver dollars....
   (Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)), Sess. 2, ch. 20,
• April 29, 1878 — National Quarantine Act, Sess. 2, ch. 66,
• June 3, 1878 — Timber and Stone Act
  Timber and Stone Act
  
  The Timber and Stone Act of 1878 in the United States sold western timberland for $2.50 per acre in 160 acre blocks.Land that was deemed "unfit for farming" was sold to those who might want to "timber and stone" upon the land....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 151,
• June 18, 1878 — Posse Comitatus Act
  Posse Comitatus Act
  
  The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law passed on June 16, 1878 after the end of Reconstruction era of the United States, with the intention of substantially limiting the powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15,

46th United States Congress

46th United States Congress

The Forty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

1881 to 1891

47th United States Congress

47th United States Congress

The Forty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• May 6, 1882 — Chinese Exclusion Act
  Chinese Exclusion Act (United States)
  
  The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law passed on May 6, 1882, following revisions made in 1880 to the Burlingame Treaty of 1868....
  ,
• January 16, 1883 — Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
  Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
  
  The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 Law of the United States established the United States Civil Service Commission, which placed most federal government employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called "spoils system." The act provided for some government jobs to be filled on the basis of competitive exams....
  , ch. 27,

48th United States Congress

48th United States Congress

The Forty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

49th United States Congress

49th United States Congress

The Forty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• February 4, 1887 — Interstate Commerce Act, ch. 104,
• February 8, 1887 — Indian General Allotment Act ("Dawes Act"), ch. 119,
• March 2, 1887 — Hatch Act of 1887
  Hatch Act of 1887
  
  The Hatch Act of 1887 gave federal land grants to states in order to create a series of Agricultural experiment station, as well as pass along new information, especially in the areas of soil minerals and plant growth....
  , ch. 314,
• March 3, 1887 — Tucker Act
  Tucker Act
  
  Through the Tucker Act , the Federal government of the United States has waived its sovereign immunity from lawsuits. The Act was named after Congressman John Randolph Tucker , of Virginia, who introduced it as a substitute for four other competing measures on government claims being considered by the United States House Committee on the Jud...
  , ch. 359,

50th United States Congress

50th United States Congress

The Fiftieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• February 22, 1889 — Enabling Act of 1889
  Enabling Act of 1889
  
  The Enabling Act of 1889 is a United States statute that enabled North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form state governments and to gain admission as U.S....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 180,

51st United States Congress

51st United States Congress

The Fifty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• July 2, 1890 — Sherman Antitrust Act
  Sherman Antitrust Act
  
  Antitrust Act was the first United States Federal statute to limit cartels and monopoly. It falls under antitrust law.The Act provides: "Every contract, combination in the form of Trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal"....
  , ch. 647,
• July 14, 1890 — Sherman Silver Purchase Act
  Sherman Silver Purchase Act
  
  The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was enacted in 1890 as a United States federal law. While not authorizing the free and unlimited coinage of silver that the Free Silver supporters wanted, it increased the amount of silver the government was required to purchase every month....
  , ch. 708,
• October 1, 1890 — McKinley Tariff
  McKinley Tariff
  
  The McKinley Tariff of 1890 set the average Ad valorem tax tariff rate for imports to the United States at 48.4%, and protected manufacturing....
  , ch. 1244,
• 1891 — Forest Reserve Act of 1891
  Forest Reserve Act of 1891
  
  The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. Passed by Congress under Benjamin Harrison's administration....
  
• March 3, 1891 — Land Revision Act of 1891
  Land Revision Act of 1891
  
  The U.S. Land Revision Act of 1891 gave the president the authority to "set aside and reserve...any part of the public lands wholly or partly covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not." However, it did not explicitly authorize the use or development of resources on the reserved lands....
  

1891 to 1901

52nd United States Congress

52nd United States Congress

The Fifty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• May 5, 1892 — Geary Act
  Geary Act
  
  The Geary Act was a United States law passed in 1892 written by California Congressman Thomas J. Geary. It extended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 by adding onerous new requirements....
  , ch. 60, (amended the Chinese Exclusion Act)

53rd United States Congress

53rd United States Congress

The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• August 27, 1894 — Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
  Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
  
  The Revenue Act or Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 slightly reduced the Tariff in American history rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% income tax....
  , ch. 349, §73 et seq.,

54th United States Congress

54th United States Congress

The Fifty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

55th United States Congress

55th United States Congress

The Fifty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
 

• July 24, 1897 — Dingley tariff
  Dingley Act
  
  The Dingley Act of 1897 , introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley, Jr. of Maine, raised tariffs in United States to counteract the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894, which had lowered rates....
  , ch. 11, (amended the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
  Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
  
  The Revenue Act or Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 slightly reduced the Tariff in American history rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% income tax....
  )
• July 1, 1898 — Bankruptcy Act of 1898
  Bankruptcy Act of 1898
  
  The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 was the first United States Act of Congress involving Bankruptcy in the United States that gave companies an option of being protected from creditors....
  , ch. 541,
• 7 July 1898 — Newlands Resolution
  Newlands Resolution
  
  The Newlands Resolution, named after United States Congressman Francis G. Newlands was an Act of Congress to annex the Republic of Hawai'i and create the Territory of Hawai'i....
  , No. 55,
• March 3, 1899— Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
  Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
  
  The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. The Act makes it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters, or tributaries thereof, of the United States without a permit; this specific provision is known as the Refuse Act....
  , Ch. 425, , Sec. 9, 30 Stat. 1151

56th United States Congress

56th United States Congress

The Fifty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• March 14, 1900 — Gold Standard Act
  Gold Standard Act
  
  The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism ....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 41,
• April 2, 1900 — Foraker Act
  Foraker Act
  
  The Foraker Act,officially the Organic Act of 1900, is a United States federal law that established civilian government on the island of Puerto Rico, which had been newly acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 191, (Puerto Rico Civil Code)
• March 3, 1901 — Anarchist Exclusion Act
  Anarchist Exclusion Act
  
  The Anarchist Exclusion Act refers to two different acts passed by the United States Congress intended to keep Immigration to the United States that subscribed to Anarchism ideas from entering the country....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 1012,

1901 to 1911

57th United States Congress

57th United States Congress

The Fifty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• June 17, 1902 — Newlands Reclamation Act
  Newlands Reclamation Act
  
  The Reclamation Act of 1902 is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of the American West. It was authored by Representative Francis G....
   (National Irrigation Act, Reclamation Act), Sess. 1, ch. 1093,
• June 28, 1902 — Isthmian Canal Act (Panama Canal
  Panama Canal
  
  The Panama Canal is a man-made canal which joins the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean oceans. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South Am...
  ), Sess. 1, ch. 1302,
• January 21, 1903 — Militia Act of 1903
  Militia Act of 1903
  
  The Militia Act of 1903 resulted in the creation of the modern National Guard Bureau which is the federal instrument responsible for the administration of the United States National Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force....
   (Dick Act), Sess. 2, ch. 196,
• February 11, 1903 — Expediting Act, Sess. 2, ch. 544,
• February 19, 1903 — Elkins Act
  Elkins Act
  
  The Elkins Act strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 by imposing heavy fines on Rail transport offering rebates and on the shippers accepting them....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 708,

58th United States Congress

58th United States Congress

The Fifty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

59th United States Congress

59th United States Congress

The Fifty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• June 1, 1906 — Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Sess. 1, ch. 3073
• June 8, 1906 — American Antiquities Act
  Antiquities Act
  
  The Antiquities Act of 1906, officially An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities , is an Act of Congress passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906 giving the President of the United States authority to restrict the use of particular public land owned by the federal governme...
   (National Monument Act), Sess. 1, ch. 3060,
• June 29, 1906 — Hepburn Act
  Hepburn Act
  
  The Hepburn Act gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum railroad rates and led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 3591,
• June 30, 1906 — Pure Food and Drug Act
  Pure Food and Drug Act
  
  The Pure Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906 is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 3915,
• March 4, 1907 — Meat Inspection Act
  Meat Inspection Act
  
  The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a United States federal law that authorized the United States Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and condemn any meat product found unfit for human consumption....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 2907, titles I to IV,

60th United States Congress

60th United States Congress

The Sixtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act
  Aldrich-Vreeland Act
  
  The Aldrich-Vreeland Act of May 30, 1908, was passed in response to the Panic of 1907 and established the National Monetary Commission, which recommended the Federal Reserve Act of 1913....
  , ch. 229,

61st United States Congress

61st United States Congress

The Sixty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• August 5, 1909 — Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
  Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
  
  The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909 , named for Representative Sereno E. Payne and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich , began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States....
  , ch. 6,
• June 18, 1910 — Mann-Elkins Act
  Mann-Elkins Act
  
  The Mann-Elkins Act was a United States federal law that is among the Progressivism in the United States reforms. The Act extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to include communications....
  , ch. 309,
• June 25, 1910 — Mann Act
  Mann Act
  
  The United States White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 prohibited Sexual slavery#White Slavery. It also banned the interstate transport of females for ?immoral purposes.? Its primary stated intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking....
  , ch. 395,

1911 to 1921

62nd United States Congress

62nd United States Congress

The Sixty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• August 8, 1911 — Public Law 62-5
  Public Law 62-5
  
  Public Law 62-5, passed by the United States Congress on August 8, 1911, set the number of members of the United States House of Representatives at 435 effective with the 63rd United States Congress in 1913....
  ,
• August 24, 1912 — Lloyd-La Follette Act
  Lloyd-La Follette Act
  
  The Lloyd-La Follette Act in 1912 began the process of protecting civil servants in the United States from unwarranted or abusive removal by codifying "just cause" standards previously embodied in presidential orders....
  , ch. 389, §6,

63rd United States Congress

63rd United States Congress

The Sixty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• October 3, 1913 — Revenue Act of 1913
  Revenue Act of 1913
  
  The United States Revenue Act of 1913 also known as the Tariff Act, Underwood Tariff, or Underwood-Simmons Act , re-imposed the federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%, well below the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of...
  , including Underwood Tariff, ch. 16,
• December 23, 1913 — Federal Reserve Act
  Federal Reserve Act
  
  The Federal Reserve Act is the act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, which was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson....
  , ch. 6,
• May 8, 1914 — Smith-Lever Act, ch. 79,
• September 26, 1914 — Federal Trade Commission Act
  Federal Trade Commission Act
  
  The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 established the Federal Trade Commission , a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the President of the United States for seven year terms....
  , ch. 311,
• October 15, 1914 — Clayton Antitrust Act
  Clayton Antitrust Act
  
  The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, , was enacted in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. U.S. antitrust laws law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency....
  , ch. 323,
• December 17, 1914 — Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
  Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
  
  The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was a United States federal law that regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of opiates....
  , ch. 1,

64th United States Congress

64th United States Congress

The Sixty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• July 17, 1916 — Federal Farm Loan Act
  Federal Farm Loan Act
  
  Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 is a United States federal law that established twelve regional Farm Loan Banks to serve members of Farm Loan Associations....
  , ch. 245,
• August 25, 1916 — National Park Service Act
  National Park Service Act
  
  The National Park Service Organic Act is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service , an agency of the United States Department of the Interior....
  , ch. 408,
• September 1, 1916 — Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916, ch. 432,
• September 3, 1916 — Adamson Act
  Adamson Act
  
  The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an Eight hour day workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers....
  , ch. 436,
• September 8, 1916 — Revenue Act of 1916
  Revenue Act of 1916
  
  The United States Revenue Act of 1916, raised the lowest income tax rate from 1 % to 2 % and raised the top rate to 15 % on taxpayers with incomes above $2 million....
  , ch. 463,
• February 5, 1917 — Immigration Act of 1917
  Immigration Act of 1917
  
  On February 4, 1917, the United States Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 with overwhelming majority, overriding President Woodrow Wilson's December 14, 1916 veto....
   (Barred Zone Act), ch. 29,
• February 23, 1917 — Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, ch. 114,
• March 1, 1917 — Flood Control Act of 1917
  Flood Control Act of 1917
  
  The Flood Control Act of 1917 is an Act of Congress enacted in response to costly floods in the lower Mississippi Valley, the Northeast, and the Ohio Valley between 1907 and 1913....
  , ch 144,
• March 2, 1917 — Jones-Shafroth Act
  Jones-Shafroth Act
  
  The Jones-Shafroth Act , applies to the grant of citizenship to all citizens of Puerto Rico. Also known as the "Jones Act -" or "Jones Law - of Puerto Rico", it amended the "Organic Act of Puerto Rico" created by the Foraker Act of 1900....
  , ch. 145,

65th United States Congress

65th United States Congress

The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• May 18, 1917 — Selective Service Act of 1917
  Selective Service Act of 1917
  
  The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act was passed by the Congress of the United States on May 18, 1917.It was drafted by Brigadier General Hugh Johnson after the United States entered The Great War....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 15,
• June 15, 1917 — Espionage Act of 1917
  Espionage Act of 1917
  
  The Espionage Act of 1917 was a United States federal law passed shortly after entering World War I, on June 15, 1917, which made it a crime for a person:...
  , Sess. 1, ch. 30,
• October 6, 1917 — International Emergency Economic Powers Act
  International Emergency Economic Powers Act
  
  The International Emergency Economic Powers Act is a United States federal law allowing President of the United States to identify any unusual extraordinary threat that originates outside the United States and to confiscate property and prohibit transactions in response....
   (Trading with the Enemy Act), Sess. 2, ch. 106,
• March 19, 1918 — Standard Time Act, Sess. 2, ch. 24,
• May 16, 1918 — Sedition Act of 1918
  Sedition Act of 1918
  
  The Sedition Act of 1918 was an law to the Espionage Act of 1917 passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who was concerned that dissent, in time of war, was a significant threat to morale....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 75,
• July 3, 1918 — Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
  Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
  
  Under United States Code Title 16, Chapter 7, Subchapter II, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 is the United States legislation implementing the convention between the U.S....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 128,
• October 16, 1918 — Immigration Act of October 16, 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 186,

66th United States Congress

66th United States Congress

The Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• October 18, 1919 — National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act
  Volstead Act
  
  The Volstead Act, which reinforced the prohibition of alcohol in the United States of America, was popularly named after Andrew Volstead, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which oversaw its passage....
  ), ch. 85,
• February 25, 1920 — Mineral Leasing Act
  Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
  
  The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of coal, phosphates, petroleum, natural gas and other hydrocarbons, and sodium in the United States....
  , ch. 85,
• February 28, 1920 — Esch-Cummins Act
  Esch-Cummins Act
  
  The Esch-Cummins Act of 1920, or Railroad Transportation Act , returned railroads to private operation after World War I with much regulation. It also officially encouraged private consolidation of railroads and pledged The Interstate Commerce Commission to guarantee their profitability....
  , ch. 91,

1921 to 1931

67th United States Congress

67th United States Congress

The Sixty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1921-05-19 — Emergency Quota Act
  Emergency Quota Act
  
  In the United States, the Emergency Quota Act of May 19, 1921 was an immigration quota that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 3% of the number of persons from that country living in the United States in 1910, according to United States Census figures....
   (Johnson Quota Act), Sess. 1, ch. 8,
• 1921-05-27 — Emergency Tariff of 1921
  Emergency Tariff of 1921
  
  The Emergency Tariff of 1921 of the United States was enacted on May 271921....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 14,
• 1921-08-24 — Future Trading Act
  Future Trading Act
  
  The Future Trading Act of 1921 was a United States Act of Congress intended to institute regulation of grain futures contracts and, particularly, the exchanges on which they were traded....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 86,
• 1921-11-23 — Revenue Act of 1921
  Revenue Act of 1921
  
  The United States Revenue Act of 1921 was the first Republican Party of the United States tax reduction following their landslide victory in the U.S....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 136,
• 1922-09-21 — Fordney-McCumber tariff
  Fordney-McCumber Tariff
  
  The Fordney-McCumber Tariff also known as the Fordney McCumber Act, reflected American isolationist inclinations following World War I.Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the tariff and in promoting foreign trade through providing huge loans to the postwar Allied governments who returned the favor by buying American goods...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 356,
• 1922-09-21 — Grain Futures Act
  Grain Futures Act
  
  The Grain Futures Act , is a United States federal law enacted September 21, 1922 involving the regulation of trading in certain commodity futures, and causing the establishment of the Grain Futures Administration, a predecessor organization to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 369,
• 1922-09-22 — Cable Act
  Cable Act
  
  The Cable Act of 1922 is a United States federal law that reversed former immigration laws regarding marriage. Previously, a woman lost her U.S citizenship if she married a foreign man, since she assumed the citizenship of her husband?a law that did not apply to men who married foreign women....
   (Married Women’s Citizenship Act), Sess. 2, ch. 411,

68th United States Congress

68th United States Congress

The Sixty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1924-05-19 — World War Adjusted Compensation Act (Bonus Bill
  Bonus Bill
  
  Two major Bill of the United States Congress have been called the Bonus Bill. The first, in 1817, proposed spending proceeds from the Second Bank of the United States on an east-west road....
  ), Sess. 1, ch. 157,
• 1924-05-26 — Immigration Act of 1924
  Immigration Act of 1924
  
  The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson-Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, Asian Exclusion Act, was a United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, accord...
   (Johnson-Reed Act), Sess. 1, ch. 190,
• 1924-06-02 — Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
  Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
  
  The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, was proposed by Representative Homer P. Snyder of New York and granted full U.S....
   (Snyder Act), Sess. 1, ch. 233,
• 1924-06-02 — Revenue Act of 1924
  Revenue Act of 1924
  
  The United States Revenue Act of 1924 , also known as the Mellon tax bill cut Federal Government of the United States tax rates and established the U.S....
   (Mellon tax bill), Sess. 1, ch. 234,
• 1924-06-07 — Clarke-McNary Act
  Clarke-McNary Act
  
  The Clarke-McNary Act of 1924 was one of several pieces of US legislation which expanded the Weeks Act of 1911. It was named for Congressman John Clarke and United States Senate Charles McNary....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 348,

69th United States Congress

69th United States Congress

The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1926-02-26 — Revenue Act of 1926
  Revenue Act of 1926
  
  The United States Revenue Act of 1926, , reduced inheritance tax and personal income tax taxes, cancelled many excise imposts, and ended public access to Federal government of the United States income tax returns....
  , ch. 27,
• 1926-05-20 — Railway Labor Act
  Railway Labor Act
  
  The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law that governs labor relations in the railway and airline industries.. The Act, passed in 1926 and amended in 1936 to apply to the airline industry, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration and mediation for strike action as a means of resolving labor disputes....
  , ch. 347,

70th United States Congress

70th United States Congress

The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• May 15, 1928 — Flood Control Act of 1928
  Flood Control Act of 1928
  
  The Flood Control Act of 1928 authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct projects for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries as well as the Sacramento River in California....
  , Sess. 1, Ch. 596
• May 29, 1928 — Revenue Act of 1928
  Revenue Act of 1928
  
  The Revenue Act of 1928 , formerly codified in part at 26 U.S.C. sec. 22, is a statute enacted by the 70th United States Congress in 1928 regarding tax policy....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 852,

71st United States Congress

71st United States Congress

The Seventy-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1929-02-18 - Migratory Bird Conservation Act, ch. 257,
• 1929-06-15 - Agriculture Marketing Act
  Agriculture Marketing Act
  
  Under the administration of Herbert Hoover, the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1929 established the Federal Farm Board with a revolving fund of half a billion dollars....
  , ch. 24,
• 1929-06-18 - Reapportionment Act of 1929
  Reapportionment Act of 1929
  
  The Reapportionment Act of 1929 was a combined United States census and reapportionment bill passed by the United States Congress which established a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives according to each census....
  , ch. 28,
• 1930-06-17 – Hawley-Smoot Tariff, ch. 497, , (including: Title III, Plant Patent Act
  Plant Patent Act
  
  The Plant Patent Act of 1930 is a United States federal law spurred by the work of Luther Burbank.This piece of legislation made it possible to patent new varieties of plants, excluding sexual and tuber-propagated plants ....
  , )
• 1931-03-03 – Davis-Bacon Act
  Davis-Bacon Act
  
  The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 is a United States federal law which established the requirement for paying prevailing wages on public works projects....
  , ch. 411,

1931 to 1941

72nd United States Congress

72nd United States Congress

The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1932-01-22 — Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  
  The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was an Independent agencies of the United States government chartered during the administration of Herbert Hoover in 1932....
   Act, Sess. 1, ch. 8,
• 1932-03-23 — Norris-LaGuardia Act
  Norris-LaGuardia Act
  
  The Norris?La Guardia Act of 1932 was a United States federal law that made yellow-dog contracts, or those in which a worker agreed as a condition of employment that he would not join a trade union, unenforceable in United States federal courts; the common title followed from the names of the sponsors of the legislation: Republican Party...
  , Sess. 1, ch. 90,
• 1932-06-06 — Revenue Act of 1932
  Revenue Act of 1932
  
  The Revenue Act of 1932 raised United States tax rates across the board, with the rate on top incomes rising from 25 percent to 63 percent. The estate tax was doubled and corporate taxes were raised by almost 15 percent....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 209,
• 1932-07-22 — Federal Home Loan Bank Act
  Federal Home Loan Bank Act
  
  The Federal Home Loan Bank Act is a United States federal law passed in 1932 under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 522,
• 1933-02-17 — Blaine Act
  Blaine Act
  
  The Blaine Act was sponsored by Wisconsin senator John J. Blaine and passed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1933, to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, or Prohibition....
  , Sess. 2
• 1933-03-03 — Buy American Act
  Buy American Act
  
  The Buy American Act passed in 1933 by U.S Congress and signed by Herbert Hoover,required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 212, title III,

73rd United States Congress

73rd United States Congress

The Seventy-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• March 9, 1933 — Emergency Banking Relief Act, Sess. 1, ch. 1,
• March 31, 1933 — Civilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Relief Act, Sess. 1, ch. 17,
• 1933-05-12 — Federal Emergency Relief Act, Sess. 1, ch. 30,
• May 12, 1933 — Agricultural Adjustment Act
  Agricultural Adjustment Act
  
  The Agricultural Adjustment Act restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus so as to effectively raise the value of crops, thereby giving farmers relative stability again....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 25,
• May 18, 1933 — Tennessee Valley Authority Act
  Tennessee Valley Authority
  
  The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, Flood, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 32,
• May 27, 1933 — Securities Act, Sess. 1, ch. 38,
• June 13, 1933 — Home Owners' Loan Corporation
  Home Owners' Loan Corporation
  
  The Home Owners' Loan Corporation was a New Deal agency established in 1933 by the Homeowners Refinancing Act under President Franklin D. Roosevelt....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 64,
• June 16, 1933 — Glass-Steagall Act
  Glass-Steagall Act
  
  The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the United States and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation....
   (Banking Act of 1933), Sess. 1, ch. 89,
• June 16, 1933 — National Industrial Recovery Act
  National Industrial Recovery Act
  
  The National Industrial Recovery Act , officially known as the Act of June 16, 1933, Ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, formerly codified at 15 U.S.C. sec. 703, was part of President Franklin D....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 90,
• June 16, 1933 — Farm Credit Administration
  Farm Credit Administration
  
  The Farm Credit Administration is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the Federal government of the United States. It regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System, a network of borrower-owned financial institutions that provide credit to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural and ru...
  , Sess. 1, ch. 98,
• March 24, 1934 — Tydings-McDuffie Act
  Tydings-McDuffie Act
  
  The Tydings-McDuffie Act approved on March 24, 1934 was a United States federal law which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence after a period of ten years....
   (Philippine Independence Act), , Sess. 2, ch. 84,
• May 14, 1934 — Johnson Act
  Johnson Act
  
  The Johnson Act of 1934 prohibited foreign nations in default from marketing their bond issues in the United States. Senator Hiram Johnson sponsored the Act which included a passage that forbade loans to nations in default on their debts....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 283,
• June 6, 1934 — Securities Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 404,
• June 12, 1934 — Reciprocal Tariff Act
  Reciprocal Tariff Act
  
  The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act provided for the negotiation of tariff agreements between the United States and separate nations, particularly Latin American countries....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 474,
• June 18, 1934 — Indian Reorganization Act
  Indian Reorganization Act
  
  The Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, also known as the Wheeler-Howard Act or informally, the Indian New Deal, was a List of United States federal legislation which secured certain rights to indigenous peoples of the United States, including Alaska Natives....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 576,
• 1934-06-19 — Rules Enabling Act
  Rules Enabling Act
  
  The Rules Enabling Act is an Act of Congress that gave the judicial branch the power to promulgate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Amendments to the Act allowed for the creation of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and other procedural court rules....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 651, ,
• 1934-06-19 — Communications Act of 1934
  Communications Act of 1934
  
  The Communications Act of 1934 was a United States federal law enacted as Public Law Number 416, Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, by the 73rd Congress, codified as Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the United States Code, et seq....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 652,
• 1934-06-19 — National Archives Act, Sess. 2, ch. 668,
• 1934-06-26 — Federal Credit Union Act
  Federal Credit Union Act
  
  The Federal Credit Union Act is an Act of Congress enacted in 1934. The purpose of the law was to make credit available and promote thrift through a national system of nonprofit, cooperative credit unions....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 750,
• 1934-06-26 — National Firearms Act of 1934, Sess. 2, ch. 757,
• 1934-06-27 — National Housing Act
  National Housing Act
  
  National Housing Act may refer to:* National Housing Act * National Housing Act of 1934 in the USA...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 847, , including title III: Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (Fannie Mae)

74th United States Congress

74th United States Congress

The Seventy-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1935-04-27 — Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
  Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
  
  The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act is a United States federal law that allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to "conserve soil", prevent erosion, and accomplish other minor goals....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 85,
• 1935-07-05 — National Labor Relations Act
  National Labor Relations Act
  
  The National Labor Relations Act is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize trade unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in Strike actions and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands....
   (Wagner Act), Sess. 1, ch. 372,
• 1935-08-09 — Motor Carrier Act
  Motor Carrier Act
  
  Motor Carrier Act may refer to* Motor Carrier Act of 1935, a United States federal law amending the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate bus lines and airlines as public utility....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 498, (renamed part II of the Interstate Commerce Act)
• 1935-08-14 — Social Security Act, including Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Pension Act, , Sess. 1, ch. 531,
• 1935-08-26 — Public Utility Act (including: Title I: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
  Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
  
  The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 was a law that was passed by the United States Congress to facilitate regulation of electric utilities, by either limiting their operations to a single U.S....
  , Title II: Federal Power Act
  Federal Power Act
  
  The Federal Power Act is a law appearing in chapter 12 of Title 16 of the United States Code, "Federal regulation and development of power". Enacted as the Federal Water Power Act in 1920, its original purpose was coordinating Hydroelectricity projects in the United States....
  ), Sess. 1, ch. 687,
• 1935-08-30 — Revenue Act of 1935
  Revenue Act of 1935
  
  The Revenue Act of 1935, , raised United States taxes on higher income levels, corporations, and gifts and estates.It was signed into law by President of the United States Franklin D....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 829,
• 1935-08-31 — Neutrality Act of 1935, Sess. 1, ch. 837,
• 1936-02-29 — Neutrality Act of 1936, Sess. 2, ch. 106,
• 1936-05-20 — Rural Electrification Act
  Rural Electrification Act
  
  The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 provided federal funding for installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 432,
• 1936-06-15 — Commodities Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 545,
• 1936-06-19 — Robinson Patman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 592,
• 1936-06-22 — Flood Control Act of 1936
  Flood Control Act of 1936
  
  The Flood Control Act of 1936, , was an Act of Congress signed into law by President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt on 22 June 1936....
  , , Sess. 2, ch. 688
• 1936-06-29 — Merchant Marine Act
  Merchant Marine Act of 1936
  
  The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a United States federal law. Its purpose is "to further the development and maintenance of an adequate and well-balanced American merchant marine, to promote the commerce of the United States, to aid in the national defense, to repeal certain former legislation, and for other purposes."...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 250,
• 1936-06-30 — Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
  Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
  
  The Walsh-Healey Act or Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, passed in 1936 as part of the New Deal, is a United States federal law which protects...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 881,

75th United States Congress

75th United States Congress

The Seventy-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1937-06-03 — Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, ch. 296,
• 1937-08-25 — National Cancer Institute Act, ch. 565,
• 1937 — Neutrality Acts of 1937
• 1937-08-17 — Miller-Tydings Act, ch. 690, title VIII,
• 1938-03-21 — Wheeler-Lea Act
  Wheeler-Lea Act
  
  The Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938 is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Trade Commission Act to add the clause "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce are hereby declared unlawful" to the Section 5 prohibition of unfair methods of competition, in order to protect consumers as well as competition....
  , ch. 49,
• 1938-06-08 — Foreign Agents Registration Act
  Foreign Agents Registration Act
  
  The Foreign Agents Registration Act is a United States law passed in 1938 requiring information from foreign sources to be properly identified to the American public....
  , ch. 327,
• 1938-06-21 — Natural Gas Act, ch. 556,
• 1938-06-25 — Civil Aeronautics Act, ch. 601,
• 1938-06-25 — Fair Labor Standards Act
  Fair Labor Standards Act
  
  The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 , also called the Wages and Hours Bill, is United States federal law that applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise engaged in commerce or...
  , ch. 676,
• 1938-06-25 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
  Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
  
  The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act , is a set of laws passed by United States Congress in 1938 giving authority to the Food and Drug Administration to oversee the food safety, drugs, and cosmetics....
  , ch. 675,
• 1938-06-25 — Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act
  
  The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act or JWOD, et seq., is a Code of Federal Regulations mandating that all Federal agencies purchase specified supplies and services from Non-profit organization employing blindness persons or others with severe disability....
  , ch. 697,

76th United States Congress

76th United States Congress

The Seventy-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1939-08-02 — Hatch Act of 1939
  Hatch Act of 1939
  
  The Hatch Act of 1939 is a United States federal law whose main provision is to prohibit federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity....
   ("Hatch Political Activity Act", "An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities"), ch. 410,
• 1939-11-04 — Neutrality Act of 1939, ("Cash and Carry Act"), ch. 2,
• 1940-06-28 — Alien Registration Act
  Smith Act
  
  The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act of 1940 is a United States federal statute that makes it a criminal offense for anyone toIt also required all non-citizenship adult residents to register with the government; within four months, 4,741,971 aliens had registered under the Act's provisions....
   (Smith Act), ch. 439, title I,
• 1940-09-16 — Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
  Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
  
  The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act, was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 14 1940, becoming the first peacetime conscription in United States history when President Franklin D....
  , ch. 720,
• 1940-08-22 — Act of August 22, 1940, ch. 686, including:
• title I: Investment Company Act of 1940
  Investment Company Act of 1940
  
  The Investment Company Act of 1940 is an act of Congress. It was passed as a United States Public Law on August 22, 1940, and is codified at through ....
  ,
• title II: Investment Advisers Act of 1940
  Investment Advisers Act of 1940
  
  The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, codified at through , is a United States federal law that was created to regulate the actions of Investment advisor as defined by the law....
  ,

1941 to 1951

77th United States Congress

77th United States Congress

Dates of SessionsTwo sessions, roughly paralleling the calendar years 1941 and 1942:*First Session: January 3, 1941 to January 2, 1942*Second Session: January 5, 1942 to December 16, 1942....

• 1941-03-11 — Lend Lease Act, ch. 11,
• 1941 — Flood Control Act of 1941
  Flood Control Act of 1941
  
  The Flood Control Act of 1941 was an Act of Congress signed into law by President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt that authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, Dike s, and other Flood#Flood defences, planning, and management measures through the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other United States Federa...
  ,
• 1942-01-30 — Emergency Price Control Act, ch. 26,

78th United States Congress

78th United States Congress

The Seventy-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1943-12-17 — Magnuson Act
  Magnuson Act
  
  The Magnuson Act also known as the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 was immigration legislation proposed by U.S. Representative Warren G....
   (Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943), Sess. 1, ch. 344,
• 1944-02-03 — Mustering-out Payment Act
  Mustering-out Payment Act
  
  The Mustering-out Payment Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. It provided servicemen, returning from the Second World War, with money to help them start back with their civilian lives....
  , Sess. 2, ,
• 1944-06-22 — Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill), Sess. 2, ch. 268, ,
• 1944-06-27 — Veterans' Preference Act
  Veterans' Preference Act
  
  The Veterans' Preference Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. It required the Federal government of the United States to favor returning war veterans when hiring new employees in an attempt to recognize their service, sacrifice, and skills....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 287, ,
• 1944-07-01 — Public Health Service Act
  Public Health Service Act
  
  The Public Health Service Act is a Law of the United States enacted in 1946. The full act is captured under Title 42 of the United States Code "The Public Health and Welfare", Chapter 6A "United States Public Health Service"...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 373,
• 1944-12-22 — Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act
  Flood Control Act of 1944
  
  The Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 , enacted in the 2nd session of the 78th United States Congress, is List of United States federal legislation that authorized the construction of thousands of dams and levees across the United States....
  , Sess. 2, ch. 665, ,

79th United States Congress

79th United States Congress

The Seventy-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• July 31, 1945 — Bretton Woods Agreements Act,
• July 31, 1945 — Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
• December 20, 1945 — United Nations Participation Act
  United Nations Participation Act
  
  United Nations Participation Act of 1945 dealt with the process of United States joining the newly created United Nations and related bodies of the United Nations....
  
• December 28, 1945 — War Brides Act
  War Brides Act
  
  The War Brides Act was enacted in 1945 to allow spouses and adopted children of USA military personnel to enter the U.S. after World War II. The law temporarily lifted the ban on Asian immigration that had been established by the Immigration Act of 1924....
  
• February 20, 1946 — Employment Act
  Employment Act
  
  The Employment Act, Act of Feb. 20, 1946, ch. 33, section 2, 60 Stat. 23, codified as , is a United States federal law. Its main purpose was to lay the responsibility of economic stability onto the federal government....
  , , ch. 33,
• May 13, 1946 — Federal Airport Act,
• June 4, 1946 — Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, ch. 281,
• June 11, 1946 — Administrative Procedure Act
  Administrative Procedure Act
  
  The Administrative Procedure Act is the United States federal law that governs the way in which administrative agencies of the federal government of the United States may propose and establish regulations....
  , ch. 324,
• July 2, 1946 — Luce-Celler Act of 1946
  Luce-Celler Act of 1946
  
  The Luce-Celler Act of 1946 was proposed by Republican Clare Booth Luce and Democrat Emanuel Celler in 1943 and signed into being by President Harry Truman on July 2 1946, granting naturalization rights to Filipino Americans and Indian Americans and re-established immigration from India and the Philippines....
  
• July 3, 1946 — Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act, ch. 537,
• July 5, 1946 — Lanham Trademark Act of 1946
• August 1, 1946 — Atomic Energy Act
  Atomic Energy Act
  
  The Atomic Energy Act may refer to a number of different laws around the world, usually meant to govern nuclear power and/or nuclear weapons production....
  , ch. 724,
• August 2, 1946 — Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
• August 2, 1946 — Federal Tort Claims Act
  Federal Tort Claims Act
  
  The Federal Tort Claims Act , August 2, 1946, ch. 753, title IV, , and ), is a statute enacted by the United States Congress in 1946 which permits private parties to sue the United States in a United States federal courts for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States....
  , ch. 753, title IV,
• August 2, 1946 — Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946
• August 13, 1946 — Foreign Service Act, ch. 957, titles I–X,
• August 13, 1946 — Hospital Survey and Construction Act (Hill-Burton Act), , ch. 958,
• August 14, 1946 — Farmers Home Administration Act, ch. 964,

80th United States Congress

80th United States Congress

The Eightieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1947-05-22 — Truman Doctrine
  Truman Doctrine
  
  The Truman Doctrine is a set of principles of U.S. foreign policy declared by List of Presidents of the United States Harry S. Truman in a 1947 address to Congress to request $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey, as well as authorization to send American economic and military advisers to the two countries....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 81, ,
• 1947-06-23 — Taft-Hartley Act
  Taft-Hartley Act
  
  The Labor?Management Relations Act, informally the Taft?Hartley Act, is a Law of the United States greatly restricting the activities and power of trade unions....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 120,
• 1947-07-26 — National Security Act of 1947
  National Security Act of 1947
  
  The National Security Act of 1947 was signed by United States President of the United States Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1947, and realigned and reorganized the United States Armed Forces, Foreign policy of the United States, and United States Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 343,
• 1947-08-07 — Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, Sess. 1, ch. 513,
• 1948-01-27 — United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 36,
• 1948-04-03 — Foreign Assistance Act (Marshall Plan
  Marshall Plan
  
  The Marshall Plan was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger foundation for the countries of Western Europe, and repelling communism after World War II....
  ), , Sess. 2, ch. 169,
• 1948-04-03 — Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948, Sess. 2, ch. 169, , title III,
• 1948-05-26 — Civil Air Patrol Act
  Public Law 80-557
  
  Public Law 80-557 was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 26, 1948. It permanently established the Civil Air Patrol as the auxiliary of the United States Air Force....
  , ,
• 1948-06-25 — Presidential Succession Act
  Presidential Succession Act
  
  The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 establishes the United States presidential line of succession to the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States in the event that neither a President or Vice President of the United States is able to "discharge the powers and duties of the office."...
  , Sess. 2, ch. 644, ,
• 1948-06-30 — Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 758
• 1948-07-03 — War Claims Act of 1948
  War Claims Act of 1948
  
  The War Claims Act of 1948, or Public Law 80-896 is a United States federal law passed by the 80th United States Congress on July 3, 1948....
  , ,

81st United States Congress

81st United States Congress

The Eighty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1949-06-20 — Central Intelligence Agency
  Central Intelligence Agency
  
  The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
   Act, ch. 227,
• 1950-05-05 — Uniform Code of Military Justice
  Uniform Code of Military Justice
  
  The Uniform Code of Military Justice is the foundation of military law in the United States. The UCMJ applies to all members of the Uniformed services of the United States: the United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio...
  , ch. 169,
• 1950-05-10 — National Science Foundation
  National Science Foundation
  
  The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
   Act, ch. 171, ,
• 1950-09-23 — McCarran Internal Security Act
  McCarran Internal Security Act
  
  The Internal Security Act of 1950 is a United States federal law that required the Communist registration with the United States Attorney General and established the Subversive Activities Control Board to investigate persons suspected of engaging in subversive activities or otherwise promoting the establishment of a "totalitarian dictatorshi...
  , ch. 1024,
• 1951-01-12 — Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, ch. 1228,

1951 to 1961

82nd United States Congress

82nd United States Congress

The Eighty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1951-10-10 — Mutual Security Act
  Mutual Security Act
  
  The Mutual Security Act of 1951 is a United States federal law that distributed $7 billion in foreign aid and thus extended the Marshall Plan....
  , Sess. 1, ch. 479,
• 1952-06-27 — Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran—Walter Act), , Sess. 2, ch. 477,
• 1952-07-16 — Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act, , Sess. 2, ch. 875,
• 1952-07-16 — Federal Coal Mine Safety Act Amendments of 1952, .

83rd United States Congress

83rd United States Congress

The 'Eighty-third United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• July 3, 1953 — Small Business Act, , ch. 282,
• August 7, 1953 — Refugee Relief Act
  Refugee Relief Act
  
  Act passed by U.S. Congress to rescue 214,000 migrants that lived in communist countries in Eastern Europe.External links...
  ,
• August 7, 1953 — Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, ch. 345,
• August 14, 1953 — Public Law 280
  Public Law 280
  
  Public Law 280 is a federal law of the United States establishing "a method whereby States may assume jurisdiction over reservation Indians," as stated by Arizona Supreme Court Justice Stanley G....
  , ,
• May 13, 1954 — Saint Lawrence Seaway Act
  Saint Lawrence Seaway
  
  The St. Lawrence Seaway is the common name for a system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the North American Great Lakes, as far as Lake Superior....
  , ch. 201,
• August 12, 1954 — Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, ch. 649, title II, §201,
• August 13, 1954 — Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730,
• August 16, 1954 — Internal Revenue Code of 1954
  Internal Revenue Code of 1954
  
  The Tax Reform Act of 1986 redesignated the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and made numerous other amendments....
  , , ch. 736,
• Federal Unemployment Tax Act
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act
  
  The Federal Unemployment Tax Act is a United States federal law that imposes a federal employer tax used to fund state workforce agencies. Employers report this tax by filing an annual Form 940 with the Internal Revenue Service....
  , §1(d),
• National Firearms Act
  National Firearms Act
  
  The National Firearms Act is an Act of Congress passed in 1934 that, in general, imposes a statutory excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of all Title II weapons and mandates the registration of those weapons....
  , §1(d),
• August 24, 1954 — Communist Control Act of 1954
  Communist Control Act of 1954
  
  The Communist Control Act was a piece of United States federal legislation, signed into law by Dwight Eisenhower on 24 August 1954, which outlawed the Communist Party USA and criminalized membership in, or support for, the Party....
  , ch. 886,

84th United States Congress

84th United States Congress

The Eighty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1955-06-28 — Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act,
• 1955-07-14 — Air Pollution Control Act
  Air Pollution Control Act
  
  The Air Pollution Control Act of 1955 was the first United States Clean Air Act enacted by United States Congress to address the national Environmental hazard of air pollution....
  , , ch. 360,
• 1955-08-12 — Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act, , ch. 863,
• 1956-07-30 — Health Research Facilities Act, , ch. 779,
• 1956 — Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act),

85th United States Congress

85th United States Congress

The Eighty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1957-08-14 — Airways Modernization Act, ,
• 1957-09-02 — Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
  Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
  
  The Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act is a United States federal law, first passed in 1957 and since renewed several times, which governs liability-related issues for all non-military nuclear facilities constructed in the United States before 2026....
  , ,
• 1957-09-09 — Civil Rights Act of 1957
  Civil Rights Act of 1957
  
  The Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a Voting rights in the United States bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction era of the United States....
  , ,
• 1958 — National Aeronautics and Space Act
  National Aeronautics and Space Act
  
  The National Aeronautics and Space Act is the United States federal statute that created the NASA . The Act, which followed close on the heels of the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, was drafted by the United States House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration and on July 29, 1958 was signed by President Eisenhower....
  , , July 29, 1958,
• 1958 — Transportation Act of 1958
  Transportation Act of 1958
  
  The Transportation Act of 1958 attempted to reinvigorate the commercial railroads of the United States by granting the Interstate Commerce Commission money to loan to railroads and power to fix prices....
  ,
• 1958 — Federal Aviation Act, , August 23, 1958,
• 1958-08-28 — Military Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency), ,
• 1958 — National Defense Education Act
  National Defense Education Act
  
  The National Defense Education Act of 1958 is a United States Act of Congress, passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the United States at all levels, both public education and private education....
  , , September 2, 1958,
• 1958 — Department of Defense Reorganization Act
  Defense Reorganization Act of 1958
  
  The Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 is a United States federal law which was created to provide for more effective administration for the United States Department of Defense ....
  ,

86th United States Congress

86th United States Congress

The Eighty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1959-03-18 — Admission of Hawaii Act,
• 1959 — Airport Construction Act,
• 1959-09-14 — Landrum-Griffin Act, ,
• 1960-05-06 — Civil Rights Act of 1960
  Civil Rights Act of 1960
  
  The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote or actually vote....
  ,
• 1960-09-13 — Social Security Amendments (Kerr-Mill aid), ,
• 1960 — Flood Control Act of 1960,

1961 to 1971

87th United States Congress

87th United States Congress

The Eighty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1961-05-01 — Area Redevelopment Act, ,
• 1961-09-04 — Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, ,
• 1961-09-13 — Interstate Wire Act of 1961, ,
• 1961-09-21 — Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, ,
• 1961-09-22 — Peace Corps Act of 1961, ,
• 1961-09-26 — Arms Control and Disarmament Act, ,
• 1961-10-05 — Community Health Services and Facilities Act
  Community Health Services and Facilities Act
  
  The Community Health Services and Facilities Act is one of the important factors of the 1965 Community Health Centers Act was that it mandated appropriate mental health services for the younger population....
  , ,
• 1962-03-15 — Manpower Development and Training Act
  Manpower Development and Training Act
  
  The Manpower Developent and Training Act of 1962 endeavored to train and retrain thousands of workers unemployed because of automation and technological change....
  , ,
• 1962-06-28 — Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
  Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
  
  The Migration and Refugee Assistance Act was passed in 1962 to deal with unexpected and urgent needs of refugees, displaced persons, conflict victims, and other persons at risk around the globe....
  , ,
• 1962-08-31 — Communications Satellite Act, ,
• 1962-10-11 — Trade Expansion Act
  Trade Expansion Act
  
  Under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 , the United States Congress granted the White House unprecedented authority to negotiate tariff reductions of up to 50%....
  , ,
• 1962-10-23 — Bribery Act, ,
• 1962-10-23 — Vaccination Assistance Act, ,
• 1962 — Rivers and Harbors Act of 1962,

88th United States Congress

88th United States Congress

The Eighty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1963-06-10 — Equal Pay Act, ,
• 1963-10-31 — Community Mental Health Centers Act, , title II, , including Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act
• 1963-12-17 — Clean Air Act
  Clean Air Act
  
  A Clean Air Act describes one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of smog and air pollution in general. The use by governments to enforce clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human health and longer life spans....
  , ,
• 1964-07-02 — Civil Rights Act of 1964
  Civil Rights Act of 1964
  
  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment....
  , ,
• 1964-07-09 — Urban Mass Transportation Act
  Urban Mass Transportation Act
  
  Urban Mass Transportation Act may refer to:* Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964* Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970...
   (Federal Transit Act), ,
• 1964-08-20 — Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
  Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
  
  Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson on August 20 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was central to Johnson's Great Society campaign and its War on Poverty....
  , ,
• 1964-08-31 — Food Stamp Act of 1964, ,
• 1964-09-03 — Wilderness Act
  Wilderness Act
  
  The Wilderness Act of 1964 was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society . It created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States, and protected some 9 million acres of federal land....
  , ,
• 1964-09-03 — Land and Water Conservation Act, ,
• 1964-09-04 — Nurse Training Act, ,

89th United States Congress

89th United States Congress

The Eighty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1965-04-11 — Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  
  The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is a United States federal statute enacted April 11, 1965. The Act is an extensive statute which funds primary and secondary education....
  , ,
• 1965-07-27 — Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, ,
• 1965-07-30 — Social Security Act of 1965
  Social Security Act of 1965
  
  The Social Security Act of 1965 resulted in the passing of two bills: Medicare and Medicaid. The act provided federal health insurance for the elderly and for poor families....
   including Medicaid
  Medicaid
  
  Medicaid is the United States American health care system program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states....
   and Medicare
  Medicare (United States)
  
  Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria....
  , ,
• 1965-08-06 — Voting Rights Act
  Voting Rights Act
  
  The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the United States....
  , ,
• 1965-08-10 — Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, ,
• 1965-08-26 — Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, ,
• 1965-09-29 — National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, ,
• 1965-10-03 — Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, (Hart-Celler Act, INS Act)
• 1965-10-06 — Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments, ,
• 1965-10-20 — Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
  Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
  
  The Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act is a 1965 amendment to the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1963. It set the first federal Automobile emissions control standards beginning with the 1968 models ...
  , , , including Solid Waste Disposal Act
• 1965-10-22 — Highway Beautification Act
  Highway Beautification Act
  
  In the United States, highway beautification is the subject of the Highway Beautification Act, passed in the United States Senate on September 16, 1965, the U.S....
  , ,
• 1965-11-08 — Higher Education Act
  Higher Education Act of 1965
  
  The Higher Education Act of 1965 was legislation signed into United States law on November 8, 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda....
  , ,
• 1965-11-08 — Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendmens ,
• 1966-04-13 — Uniform Time Act
  Uniform Time Act
  
  The Uniform Time Act is a 1966 United States federal law whose effect was to simplify the official pattern of where and when Daylight saving time is applied within the U.S....
  , ,
• 1966-09-06 — Freedom of Information Act, ,
• 1966-09-09 — National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
  National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
  
  The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act allowed new standards to be set by the federal government. Regulation of these standards is also managed by the federal government....
  , ,
• 1966-10-15 — National Historic Preservation Act, ,
• 1966-10-15 — National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, , §4-5,
• 1966-10-15 — Department of Transportation Act
  United States Department of Transportation
  
  The United States Department of Transportation is a federal United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States concerned with transportation....
  , ,
• 1966-11-02 — Cuban Adjustment Act, ,
• 1966-11-03 — Comprehensive Health, Planning and Service Act, ,

90th United States Congress

90th United States Congress

The Ninetieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1967-04-04 — Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act, ,
• 1967-11-07 — Public Broadcasting Act
  Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
  
  The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 set up public broadcasting in the United States, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and eventually the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio ....
  , ,
• 1967-12-15 — Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  
  The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Pub. L. No. 90-202, 81 Stat. 602 , codified as Chapter 14 of Title 29 of the United States Code, through , prohibits employment discrimination against persons 40 years of ageing or older in the United States ....
  , ,
• 1967-12-18 — National Park Foundation Act, ,
• 1968 — Bilingual Education Act
  Bilingual Education Act
  
  The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 was the first piece of United States federal legislation in regards to minority language speakers. The bill was introduced in 1967 by Texas senator Ralph Yarborough....
  ,
• 1968-04-11 — Civil Rights Act of 1968
  Civil Rights Act of 1968
  
  On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 , which was meant as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964....
  , ,
• 1968-05-29 — Consumer Credit Protection Act
  Consumer Credit Protection Act
  
  The United States federal wage garnishment law, widely known as the Consumer Credit Protection Act guards employees from discharge by their employers because their wages have been garnished in any one week....
  , ,
• 1968-06-19 — Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
  Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
  
  The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 was legislation passed by Congress of the United States that established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ....
  , ,
• 1968-06-28 — Uniform Monday Holiday Act
  Uniform Monday Holiday Act
  
  The Uniform Monday Holiday Act is an Act of Congress that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays....
  ,
• 1968-07-21 — Aircraft Noise Abatement Act,
• 1968-08-12 — Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
  Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
  
  The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 is an Act of Congress, enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson.The ABA requires that facilities designed, built, altered, or leased with funds supplied by the United States Federal Government be accessible to the public....
  , ,
• 1968-10-02 — Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, ,
• 1968-10-02 — National Trails System Act, ,
• 1968-10-22 — Gun Control Act of 1968
  Gun Control Act of 1968
  
  The Gun Control Act of 1968, Pub. L. No. 90-618, 82 Stat. 1213 is a federal law in the United States that broadly regulates the firearms industry and firearms owners....
  , ,

91st United States Congress

91st United States Congress

The Ninety-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• December 30, 1969 — Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, ,
• 1969 — Truth in Lending Act
  Truth in Lending Act
  
  The Truth in Lending Act of 1968 is a United States federal law designed to protect Consumer law in credit transactions, by requiring clear disclosure of key terms of the lending arrangement and all costs....
  
• January 1, 1970 — National Environmental Policy Act
  National Environmental Policy Act
  
  The National Environmental Policy Act is a United States environmental law that was signed into law on January 1, 1970 by U.S. President Richard Nixon....
  , ,
• May 21, 1970 — Airport and Airway Development Act, , title I,
• September 22, 1970 — District of Columbia Delegate Act ,
• October 15, 1970 — Organized Crime Control Act
  Organized Crime Control Act
  
  The Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 , was an Act of Congress signed into law by President of the United States Richard Nixon. It prohibits the creation or management of a gambling organization involving 5 or more people if it has been in business more than 30 days or accumulates $2000 in gross revenue in a single day....
  , , (including the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
  Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
  
  The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization....
   ("RICO")
• October 26, 1970 — Bank Secrecy Act
  Bank Secrecy Act
  
  The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 requires U.S.A. financial institutions to assist U.S. government agency to detect and prevent money laundering. Specifically, the act requires financial institutions to keep records of cash purchases of negotiable instruments, and file reports of cash purchases of these negotiable instruments of $3,000 or more ,...
  , ,
• October 27, 1970 — Controlled Substances Act
  Controlled Substances Act
  
  The Controlled Substances Act was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970....
  , ,
• 1970 — Postal Reorganization Act
  Postal Reorganization Act
  
  The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 abolished the United States Post Office Department, a part of the cabinet, and created the United States Postal Service, a corporation-like independent agency with an Government monopoly on the delivery of mail in the United States....
   (United States Postal Service
  United States Postal Service
  
  The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
  ),
• 1970 — Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970
  Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970
  
  The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 added to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 by authorizing an additional $12 billion of the same type of matching funds....
  ,
• 1970 — Rail Passenger Service Act
  Rail Passenger Service Act
  
  The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, a United States federal law, created Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of the United States....
   (Amtrak
  Amtrak
  
  The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
  ),
• December 24, 1970 — Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970,
• December 24, 1970 — Plant Variety Protection Act
  Plant Variety Protection Act
  
  The Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 , 7 U.S.C. ?? 2321-2582, is an intellectual property statute in the United States. The PVPA gives breeders up to 25 years of exclusive control over new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually reproduced or tuber propagated plant varieties....
  , ,
• December 29, 1970 — Occupational Safety and Health Act
  Occupational Safety and Health Act
  
  The Occupational Safety and Health Act is the primary United States federal law which governs occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States....
   (OSHA),
• December 31, 1970 — Clean Air Act Extension
  Clean Air Act (1970)
  
  The Clean Air Act Extension of 1970 is a United States federal law that requires the United States Environmental Protection Agency to develop and enforce regulations to protect the general public from exposure to air pollution that are known to be hazardous to human health....
  , ,
• December 31, 1970 — Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, , , including title VII, National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970
  National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970
  
  The Urban Growth and New Community Development Act is a statute enacted by the United States Congress in 1970.The Act provided federal support for the development of List of planned cities#New Communities sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development after 1970 by private developers through the department of Housing and Urba...
  ,
• 1970 — Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act,
• 1970 — Economic Stabilization Act
  Economic Stabilization Act of 1970
  
  The Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 was a United States law that authorized the President of the United States to stabilize prices, rents, wages, Salary, interest rates, dividends and similar transfers....
  
• 1970 — Environmental Quality Improvement Act
  Environmental Quality Improvement Act
  
  The Environmental Quality Improvement Act is an Act of Congress that amended the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.Among other provisions, the Act added additional responsibilities to the Council on Environmental Quality....
  

1971 to 1981

92nd United States Congress

92nd United States Congress

The Ninety-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1971-06-23 — Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act
  
  The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act or JWOD, et seq., is a Code of Federal Regulations mandating that all Federal agencies purchase specified supplies and services from Non-profit organization employing blindness persons or others with severe disability....
  , ,
• 1971-12-18 — Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
  Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
  
  The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, commonly abbreviated ANCSA, was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 18, 1971, the largest land claims settlement in United States history....
  , ,
• 1971-12-23 — National Cancer Act, ,
• 1972-02-07 — Federal Election Campaign Act
  Federal Election Campaign Act
  
  The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is a United States federal law which increased disclosure of Campaign finance in the United States, and amended in 1974 to place legal limits on the campaign contributions....
  , ,
• 1972-03-24 — Equal Employment Opportunity Act, ,
• 1972-06-23 — Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act
  Title IX
  
  Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal author, but more commonly known simply as Title IX, is a United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states: "No person in the United States shall judge on the basis of sex, be denied the be...
  , ,
• 1972-10-06 — Federal Advisory Committee Act
  Federal Advisory Committee Act
  
  The Federal Advisory Committee Act is a United States federal law , which governs the behavior of federal advisory committees. There are now approximately 1,000 such committees....
  , ,
• 1972-10-18 — Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, ,
• 1972-10-21 — Marine Mammal Protection Act
  Marine Mammal Protection Act
  
  The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 was the first article of legislation to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management and conservation....
  , ,
• 1972-10-23 — Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, ,
• 1972-10-27 — Consumer Product Safety Act
  Consumer Product Safety Act
  
  The Consumer Product Safety Act was enacted in 1972 by the United States Congress. It established the Consumer Product Safety Commission as an Independent agencies of the United States government and defined its basic authority....
  , ,
• 1972-10-27 — Noise Control Act
  Noise Control Act
  
  The Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972 is a statute of the United States initiating a federal program of regulating noise pollution with the intent of protecting human health and minimizing annoyance of noise to the general public....
  , ,
• 1972-10-27 — Coastal Zone Management Act
  Coastal Zone Management Act
  
  The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is an Act of Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans....
  , ,

93rd United States Congress

93rd United States Congress

The Ninety-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1973-08-13 — Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973
  Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973
  
  The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 was the renewal of the highway bill for the next five years, authorizing $18.35 billion. It had several important changes:...
  , , title I,
• 1973-09-26 — Rehabilitation Act, ,
• 1973-10-01 — Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (VISTA
  Volunteers in Service to America
  
  VISTA or Volunteers in Service to America is an anti-poverty program created by Lyndon Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as the domestic version of the Peace Corps....
  ), ,
• 1973-11-03 — Amtrak Improvement Act, ,
• 1973-11-07 — War Powers Resolution
  War Powers Resolution
  
  The War Powers Resolution of 1973 is a United States federal law providing that the President of the United States can send Military of the United States into action abroad only by authorization of United States Congress or if the United States is already under attack or serious threat....
  , ,
• 1973-12-28 — Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
  Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
  
  The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1973 to train workers and provide them with jobs in the public service....
  ,
• 1973-12-28 — Endangered Species Act
  Endangered Species Act
  
  The Endangered Species Act of 1973 or ESA is the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s....
  , ,
• 1974-03-07 — Water Resources Development Act of 1974
  Water Resources Development Act of 1974
  
  The Water Resource Development Act of 1974, is part of enacted on March 7, 1974, enacted by Congress, which also included the Streambank Erosion Control Evaluation and Demonstration Act, the Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act, and the River Basin Monetary Authorization Act....
  , ,
• 1974-05-22 — Disaster Relief Act of 1974
  Disaster Relief Act of 1974
  
  The Disaster Relief Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that established the process of President of the United States disaster declarations....
  , ,
• 1974-05-31 — Research on Aging Act, ,
• 1974-07-12 — Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
  Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
  
  The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that governs the role of the United States Congress in the United States budget process....
  , ,
• 1974-07-25 — Legal Services Corporation Act, ,
• 1974-08-21 — Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  
  The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 is a United States federal law codified at , with implementing regulations in title 34, part 99 of the Code of Federal Regulations....
  , , title V, §513,
• 1974-09-02 — Employee Retirement Income Security Act
  Employee Retirement Income Security Act
  
  The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is an United States Act of Congress that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry and provides for extensive rules on the Income tax in the United States effects of transactions associated with employee benefit plans....
   (ERISA), ,
• 1974-09-07 — Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, ,
• 1974-11-26 — National Mass Transportation Assistance Act
  National Mass Transportation Assistance Act
  
  The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that extended the Urban Mass Transportation Act to cover operating costs as well as construction costs....
  , ,
• 1974-12-03 — Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
  Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
  
  The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 is an Act of Congress in reference to Vietnam era veterans, disabled veterans, and any veterans who served active duty time during a war event that qualifies for a campaign badge....
  , ,
• 1974-12-16 — Safe Drinking Water Act
  Safe Drinking Water Act
  
  The Safe Drinking Water Act is the principal United States federal law in the United States that ensures safe drinking water for the public. Pursuant to the act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency is required to set standards for drinking water quality and oversee all states, localities, and water suppliers who implement thes...
  , ,
• 1974-12-31 — Privacy Act of 1974
  Privacy Act of 1974
  
  The Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law No. 93-579, 88 Stat. 1897 , codified in part at , was passed by the United States Congress following revelations of the abuse of privacy during the administration of President Richard Nixon....
  , ,
• 1975-01-03 — Trade Act of 1974
  Trade Act of 1974
  
  The Trade Act of 1974 was passed to help industry in the United States become more competitive or phase workers into other industries or occupations....
  , ,
• 1975-01-03 — Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, , title I,
• 1975-01-04 — National Health Planning and Resources Development Act
  National Health Planning and Resources Development Act
  
  The National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, or Public Law 93-641 is a piece of 1974 United States United States Congress legislation....
  , ,

94th United States Congress

94th United States Congress

The Ninety-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1975-12-23 — Metric Conversion Act
  Metric Conversion Act
  
  The Metric Conversion Act is an Act of Congress of United States Congress that then?United States President of the United States Gerald Ford signed into law on December 23, 1975....
  ,
• 1975-12-23 — Revenue Adjustment Act (Earned Income Tax Credit
  Earned income tax credit
  
  The United States federal Earned Income Tax Credit is a refundable tax credit. For tax year 2008, a claimant with one qualifying child can receive a maximum credit of $2,917....
  ), ,
• 1975-11-29 — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  
  The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities....
  , ,
• 1976-02-05 — Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
  Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
  
  The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94-210, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 31, was a United States federal law that funded the reorganized bankrupt Northeast and Midwest railroads that formed Conrail in 1975; it is best known for approving the Final System Plan for Conrail which specified which lines Conrail would...
  , ,
• 1976-09-13 — Government in the Sunshine Act
  Government in the Sunshine Act
  
  The Government in the Sunshine Act is a US law passed in 1976. It is one of a number of so-called sunshine laws, intended to create greater openness in government....
  , ,
• 1976-09-30 — Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
  Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
  
  The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 is a set of amendments to the antitrust laws of the United States, principally the Clayton Antitrust Act....
  , ,
• 1976-10-11 — Toxic Substances Control Act
  Toxic Substances Control Act
  
  The Toxic Substances Control Act is a United States law, passed by the United States Congress in 1976, that regulates the introduction of new or already existing chemicals....
  , ,
• 1976-10-12 — Overhaul of vocational education
  Vocational education
  
  Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training , also called Career and Technical Education , prepares learners for jobs that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academics and totally related to a specific trade, employment or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates....
   programs ,
• 1976-10-19 — Copyright Act of 1976, ,
• 1976-10-21 — Federal Land Policy and Management Act
  Federal Land Policy and Management Act
  
  Federal Land Policy Management Act, or FLPMA , is a United States federal law that governs the way in which the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management are managed....
  , ,
• 1976-10-21 — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  
  The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act , enacted in 1976, is the principal Federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste....
  , ,
• 1976-10-22 — Water Resources Development Act of 1976
  Water Resources Development Act of 1976
  
  Water Resources Development Act of 1976, , is a public law enacted on October 22, 1976 by the Congress of the United States of America concerning various water resources and projects....
  , WRDA 1976,
• 1976-10-22 — National Forest Management Act, ,

95th United States Congress

95th United States Congress

The Ninety-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1977-08-03 — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, ,
• 1977-10-12 — Community Reinvestment Act
  Community Reinvestment Act
  
  The Community Reinvestment Act is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings and loan association to meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods....
  , , title VIII,
• 1977-12-19 — Unlawful Corporate Payments Act of 1977, , including title I: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  
  The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 is a United States federal law known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and another concerning bribery of foreign officials....
  ,
• 1977-12-27 — Clean Water Act
  Clean Water Act
  
  The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the symbolic goals of eliminating releases to water of high amounts of toxic substances, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standard...
  , ,
• 1977-12-28 — International Emergency Economic Powers Act
  International Emergency Economic Powers Act
  
  The International Emergency Economic Powers Act is a United States federal law allowing President of the United States to identify any unusual extraordinary threat that originates outside the United States and to confiscate property and prohibit transactions in response....
  , , title II,
• 1978-02-25 — Department of Energy Organization Act, ,
• 1978-03-10 — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, ,
• 1978-10-13 — Civil Service Reform Act, ,
• 1978-10-14 — Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act, ,
• 1978-10-24 — Airline Deregulation Act
  Airline Deregulation Act
  
  The Airline Deregulation Act is a United States federal law signed into law on October 24, 1978. The main purpose of the act was to Airline deregulation over fares, routes and market entry from commercial aviation....
  , ,
• 1978-10-25 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, ,
• 1978-10-26 — Ethics in Government Act
  Ethics in Government Act
  
  The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is a United States federal law passed in 1978 in the wake of the Watergate Scandal that sets financial disclosure requirements for public officials and restrictions on former government employees' lobbying activities....
  , ,
• 1978-10-27 — Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act
  Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act
  
  The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act , is an act of federal legislation by the United States government....
  , ,
• 1978-10-31 — Pregnancy Discrimination Act, ,
• 1978-11-01 — Contract Disputes Act, ,
• 1978-11-06 — Bankruptcy Act of 1978
  Bankruptcy Act of 1978
  
  The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 is a United States Act of Congress regulating Bankruptcy.The current Bankruptcy Code was enacted in 1978 by ? 101 of the Act which generally became effective on October 1, 1979....
  , ,
• 1978-11-09 — National Energy Conservation Policy Act
  National Energy Conservation Policy Act
  
  The National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 is a United States statute which was enacted as part of the National Energy Act.The Act required utilities to provide residential consumers with energy conservation audits and other services to encourage slower growth of electricity demand....
  , ,

96th United States Congress

96th United States Congress

The Ninety-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1979-09-27 — Panama Canal Act of 1979, ,
• 1979-10-17 — Department of Education Organization Act
  Department of Education Organization Act
  
  The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1980....
  , ,
• 1980-03-17 — Refugee Act
  Refugee Act
  
  The Refugee Act is a 1980 United States federal law that reformed United States immigration law and admitted refugees on systematic basis for humanitarian reasons....
  , ,
• 1980-09-19 — Regulatory Flexibility Act, ,
• 1980-09-29 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, ,
• 1980-10-14 — Staggers Act, ,
• 1980-12-02 — Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
  Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
  
  The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act was a United States federal law passed in 1980 by the Congress of the United States and signed into law by President of the United States Jimmy Carter on December 2 of that year....
  , ,
• 1980-12-11 — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), ,
• 1980-12-11 — Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, ,
• 1980-12-12 — Bayh-Dole Act
  Bayh-Dole Act
  
  The Bayh-Dole Act or University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act is United States law dealing with intellectual property arising from Research funding#Government-funded research....
  , ,

1981 to 1991

97th United States Congress

97th United States Congress

The Ninety-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1981-08-13 — Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA or Kemp-Roth Tax Cut), ,
• 1981-08-13 — Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, ,
• 1982-09-20 — Bus Regulatory Reform Act, ,
• 1982-10-13 — Job Training Partnership Act, ,
• 1982-10-15 — Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act, ,
• 1983-01-06 — Surface Transportation Assistance Act
  Surface Transportation Assistance Act
  
  The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 was a comprehensive transportation funding and policy act. Effective in 1983, Section 405 was enacted to encourage employee reporting of noncompliance with safety regulations governing commercial motor vehicles....
  , ,
• 1983-01-07 — Nuclear Waste Policy Act
  Nuclear Waste Policy Act
  
  During the first 40 years that nuclear waste was being created in the United States, no legislation was enacted to manage its disposal. Nuclear waste, some of which remains dangerously radioactive with a half-life of more than one million years, was kept in various types of, temporary storage....
  , ,

98th United States Congress

98th United States Congress

The Ninety-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• 1984-09-28 — Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
  Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
  
  The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, et seq., was passed to promote the fundamental right to vote by improving access for handicapped and elderly individuals to registration facilities and polling places for Federal elections by requiring access to polling places used in Federal elections and available registrati...
  , ,
• 1984-10-12 — Comprehensive Crime Control Act, , title II,

99th United States Congress

99th United States Congress

The Ninety-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

• December 12, 1985 — Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act
  Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act
  
  The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 were, according to United States Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, "the first binding constraint imposed on federal spending, and its spending caps have become part of every subsequent U.S....
  ) (title II),
• December 17, 1985 — Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985
  Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985
  
  The Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985, Pub. L. No. 99-185, 99 Stat. 1177 , codified at through , , , and amending and , has helped the American Gold Eagle to quickly become one of the world's leaders in gold bullion coin....
  , ,
• April 7, 1986 — Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
  Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
  
  The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, or COBRA, is a law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by Ronald Reagan that, among other things, mandates an insurance program giving some employees the ability to continue health insurance coverage after leaving employment....
   (COBRA) including Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
  Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
  
  The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act is a United States Act of Congress passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act....
  , ,
• 1986-10-01 — Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 (Defense Reorganization), ,
• 1986-10-02 — Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act
  Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act
  
  The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act sponsored by United States House of Representatives Ron Dellums in 1972 was the first United States of America South Africa under apartheid legislation....
  , , ,
• 1986-11-06 — Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
  Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
  
  The Immigration Reform and Control Act , also Simpson-Mazzoli Act is an Law of the United States which reformed United States immigration law....
   (Simpson-Mazzoli Act), ,
• 1986-10-17 — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
  Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
  
  The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is a United States federal law passed by the 99th United States Congress located at Title 42, Chapter 116 of the U.S....
  , (title III),
• 1986-10-21 — Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, ,
• 1986-10-22 — Tax Reform Act of 1986
  Tax Reform Act of 1986
  
  The Congress of the United States passed the Tax Reform Act of 1986, to simplify the income tax code, broaden the tax base and eliminate many tax shelters and other preferences....
  , ,
• 1986-10-27 — Anti-Drug Abuse Act, ,
• 1986-10-31 — Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  
  The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Pub. L. No. 90-202, 81 Stat. 602 , codified as Chapter 14 of Title 29 of the United States Code, through , prohibits employment discrimination against persons 40 years of ageing or older in the United States ....
  , ,
• 1986-11-17 — Water Resources Development Act of 1986
  Water Resources Development Act of 1986
  
  The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 is part of , a series of acts enacted by Congress of the United States on November 17, 1986.WRDA 1986 established cost sharing formulas for the construction of harbors, inland waterway transportation, and flood control projects and established rules therefor....
   (WRDA86),

100th United States Congress

100th United States Congress

The 100th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

101st United States Congress

101st United States Congress

The One Hundred First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

1991 to 2001

102nd United States Congress

102nd United States Congress

The One Hundred Second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

103rd United States Congress

103rd United States Congress

The One Hundred Third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

104th United States Congress

104th United States Congress

The One Hundred Fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

105th United States Congress

105th United States Congress

The One Hundred Fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

106th United States Congress

106th United States Congress

The One Hundred Sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

2001 to present

107th United States Congress

107th United States Congress

The One Hundred Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

108th United States Congress

108th United States Congress

The 108th United States Congress was the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, during the last two years of the first administration of President of the United States George W....

109th United States Congress

109th United States Congress

The 109th United States Congress was the legislative branch of the United States, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, from January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2007, during the fifth and sixth years of George W....

110th United States Congress

110th United States Congress

The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress of the United States Federal government of the United States, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the George W....

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