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

• Bankruptcy Act of 1841
• Consumer Credit Protection Act (1969)
• Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965
• Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938)
• Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

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

• Atomic Energy Acts
• Department of Energy Organization Act (1977)
• Federal Power Acts
• National Energy Conservation Policy Act (1978)
• Natural Gas Act (1938)
• Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982)
• Oil Pollution Acts
• Rural Electrification Act (1936)
• Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)

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

• Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
• Chinese Exclusion Acts
• Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)
• Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
• Naturalization Act (1790)

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

• Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971)
• Indian Civil Rights Act (1968)
• Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (1988)
• Indian General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) (1887)
• Indian Removal Act (1830)
• Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

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

• Compromise of 1850
• Freedmen's Bureau Acts (1865 and 1868)
• Fugitive Slave Acts (1793, 1850)
• Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
• Missouri Compromise (1820)
• Prohibition of the Slave Trade (1807)
• Reconstruction Acts

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