Topic Outline
TOPIC OUTLINE
CIVIL RIGHTS
- Americans With Disabilities Act (1990)
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Civil Rights Act of 1875
- Civil Rights Act of 1957
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Fair Housing Act of 1968
- Force Act of 1871
- Freedmen's Bureau Acts (1865 and 1868)
- Indian Civil Rights Act (1968)
- Ku Klux Klan Act (1871)
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978)
- Title IX, Education Amendments (1972)
- Violence Against Women Act of 1994
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
COMMUNICATIONS
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (1998)
- Communications Act of 1934
- Communications Decency Act (1996)
- Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984
- Computer Security Act of 1987
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
- Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (2000)
- Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
CONSUMER PROTECTION
CRIMINAL LAW
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act (1986)
- Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993)
- Bribery Act (1962)
- Communications Decency Act (1996)
- Communist Control Act of 1954
- Comstock Act (1873)
- Controlled Substances Act (1970)
- Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918)
- Federal Blackmail Statute (1994)
- Flag Protection Act of 1989
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977)
- Gun Control Act of 1968
- Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act (1946)
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
- Mail Fraud and False Representation Statutes
- Mann Act (1910)
- Narcotics Act (1914)
- National Prohibition Act (1919)
- Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
- Organized Crime Control Act of 1970
- Sentencing Reform Act (1984)
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/TRADE
- Bank of the United States (1791)
- Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994
- Community Reinvestment Act (1977)
- Copyright Act of 1790
- Copyright Act of 1976
- Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 (Marshall Plan)
- Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
- Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (2000)
- Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
- Federal Power Acts
- Freedmen's Bureau Acts (1865 and 1868)
- Hill-Burton Act (1946)
- Homestead Act (1862)
- Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
- Internal Improvements Acts
- Merchant Marine Act of 1920
- National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (1993)
- Patent Acts
- Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)
- Trade Act of 1974
- Trading with the Enemy Act (1917)
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
- Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933)
- Bank of the United States (1791)
- Bankruptcy Act of 1841
- Bankruptcy Act of 1978
- Civil Service Acts (1883)
- Clayton Act (1914)
- Coinage Act of 1792
- Coinage Acts
- Commodity Exchange Act (1936)
- Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994
- Community Reinvestment Act (1977)
- Consumer Credit Protection Act (1969)
- Contract Disputes Act (1978)
- Farm Credit Act of 1933
- Farmers Home Administration Act (1946)
- Federal Deposit Insurance Acts
- Federal Employers' Liability Act (1908)
- Federal Home Loan Bank Act (1932)
- Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (1954)
- Federal Reserve Act (1913)
- Federal Trade Commission Act (1914)
- Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
- Gold Reserve Act of 1934
- Gold Standard Act of 1900
- Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
- National Bank Act (1864)
- Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
- Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
- Securities Act of 1933
- Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
- Small Business Act (1953)
- Truth in Lending Act (1969)
- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (1936)
EDUCATION
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
- Higher Education Act of 1965
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1975)
- Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
- No Child Left Behind (2001)
- Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (1946)
- Title IX, Education Amendments (1972)
- Vocational Education Act of 1917
ENERGY
ENVIRONMENT
- Clean Air Act (1963)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (1986)
- Endangered Species Act (1973)
- Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1948)
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980
- Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
- Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
- Highway Beautification Act (1965)
- Homestead Act (1862)
- Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972)
- Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929
- Mineral Leasing Act (1920)
- National Emissions Standards Act (1965)
- National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
- National Historic Preservation Act (1966)
- National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (1966)
- Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982)
- Oil Pollution Acts
- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (1953)
- Plant Variety Protection Act (1970)
- Safe Drinking Water Act (1974)
- Solid Waste Disposal Act (1965)
- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)
- Toxic Substances Control Act (1976)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Communist Control Act of 1954
- Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 (Marshall Plan)
- Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918)
- Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
- Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950
- Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
- Foreign Service Act of 1946
- Lend-Lease Act (1941)
- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (1993)
- Nonintercourse Act (1809)
- Panama Canal Purchase Act (1902)
- Trade Act of 1974
- Trading with the Enemy Act (1917)
- United Nations Participation Act (1945)
- United States Information and Educational Exchange Act (1948)
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES
- Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (1990)
- Administrative Procedure Act (1946)
- Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (1985)
- Civil Service Acts (1883)
- Civil Service Reform Act (1978)
- Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (1974)
- Contract Disputes Act (1978)
- Ethics in Government Act (1978)
- Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972)
- Federal Election Campaign Act (1971)
- Federal Tort Claims Act (1946)
- Freedom of Information Act (1966)
- Government in the Sunshine Act (1976)
- Hatch Act (1939)
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Judiciary Act of 1801
- Legal Services Corporation Act (1974)
- Lobbying Disclosure Act (1995)
- Negotiated Rulemaking Act (1990)
- Paperwork Reduction Act (1980)
- Privacy Act of 1974
- Public Debt Acts
- Regulatory Flexibility Act (1980)
- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (1936)
- Whistleblower Protection Laws (1989)
IMMIGRATION
LABOR
- Americans With Disabilities Act (1990)
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Civil Service Acts (1883)
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- Employment Act of 1946
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- Federal Employers' Liability Act (1908)
- Hatch Act (1939)
- Keating-Owen Act of 1916
- National Labor Relations Act (1935)
- Norris-LaGuardia Act (1932)
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978)
- Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
NATIONAL SECURITY/WAR
- Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (1996)
- Arms Control and Disarmament Act (1961) and Amendments
- Atomic Energy Acts
- Bonus Bill (1924)
- Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949
- Civil War Pensions
- Communist Control Act of 1954
- Department of Homeland Security Act (2002)
- Enrollment Act (1863) (The Conscription Act)
- Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918)
- Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950
- First and Second Confiscation Acts (1861, 1862)
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978)
- Freedmen's Bureau Acts (1865 and 1868)
- Militia Act (1862)
- National Guard Acts
- National Security Act of 1947
- Neutrality Acts
- Nonintercourse Act (1809)
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act (1978)
- Posse Comitatus Act (1878)
- Reconstruction Acts
- Selective Service Act of 1917
- United States Housing Act of 1937
- USA Patriot Act (2001)
- Veterans' Preference Act of 1944
- War Powers Resolution (1973)
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act (1992)
NATIVE AMERICANS
PUBLIC LANDS/PUBLIC WORKS
- Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933)
- Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976)
- Federal Power Acts
- Freedmen's Bureau Acts (1865 and 1868)
- Hill-Burton Act (1946)
- Homestead Act (1862)
- Internal Improvements Acts
- National Forest Management Act (1976)
- National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
- National Park Service Act (1916)
- National Reclamation Act of 1902
- National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (1966)
- Northwest Ordinance (1787)
- Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (1935)
- Southwest Ordinance (1790)
- Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)
- Yellowstone National Park Act (1872)
SLAVERY
SOCIAL PROGRAMS/SOCIAL WELFARE
- Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933)
- Aid to Dependent Children (1935)
- Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act (1968)
- Antiquities Act of 1906
- Bonus Bill (1924)
- Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002
- Civil War Pensions
- Defense of Marriage Act (1996)
- Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (VISTA)
- Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act (1980)
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- Food Stamp Act of 1964
- Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (1994)
- Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
- McKinney-Vento Act (1988)
- Medicaid Act (1965)
- Medicare Act (1965)
- National Housing Act (1955)
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- Peace Corps Act of 1961
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996)
- Social Security Act of 1935
- Truth in Lending Act (1969)
- Violence Against Women Act of 1994
TAXES
- Anti-Injunction Act (1793)
- Bland-Allison Act (1878)
- Corporate Income Tax Act of 1909
- 1894 Income Tax and the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- Estate and Gift Taxation
- Federal Income Tax of 1913
- Federal Unemployment Tax Act (1939)
- Internal Revenue Act of 1954
- Medicaid Act (1965)
- Medicare Act (1965)
- Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930)
- Social Security Act of 1935
- Tariff Act of 1789
- Tax Reform Act of 1986
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights III (1998)
TRANSPORTATION
- Civil Aeronautics Act (1938)
- Federal Aviation Act (1958)
- Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (1975)
- Highway Act of 1956
- Highway Beautification Act (1965)
- Highway Safety Act of 1966
- Motor Carrier Act (1935)
- Mutual Security Act (1951)
- National Aeronautics and Space Act (1958)
- National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966
- Rail Passenger Service Act (1970)
- Shipping Acts
- Staggers Rail Act of 1980
- Urban Mass Transportation Acts
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