The documents in the "Selected Laws" section contain public laws as passed and do not necessarily contain amendments added since passage. They should be used as a general guide to legislation, not as up-to-date legal code.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Pub. L.104-327, July 26, 1990
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
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Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Pub.L.104-132, April 24, 1996
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/s735_enr.htm
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Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993
Pub. L. 103-159, title I, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1536
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h1025_en.htm
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- Gun Control
Center for Responsive Politics web site describes the issues, the players and the politics of gun control and an attempt to amend the Brady Act.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/guns/
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Children's Online Protection Act
Pub.L. 105-277, Title XIV
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/copa.htm
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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Pub.L. 105-277, Title XIII
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/coppa.htm
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pub. L. 88-352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241 (Title 28, Sec. 1447; Title 42, Sec. 1971, 1975a-1975d, 2000a et seq.)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civilr19.htm |
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- Reference Sources on the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Primary source material such congressional correspondence, press clippings, and speeches about the legislative process of enacting the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
http://www.fountcom.com/folio/civil.html |
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- History of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Article describes the social and political conditions that generated the Civil Rights Act. Includes the chronology of the passage of the Act.
http://www.congresslink.org/civil/essay.html
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Civil Rights Act of 1991
Pub. L. 102-166, Nov. 21, 1991, 105 Stat. 1071
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civil91.htm
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Clean Air Act
As amended in Pub. L. 101-549, Nov. 15, 1990
http://www.epa.gov/oar/caa/contents.html
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Clean Water Act
As amended in Pub. L. 95-217, 1977 (33 U.S.C. s/s 1251 et seq.)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/unframed/33/ch26.html
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Copyright Law of the U.S.
Revised to April 1999 with exceptions (17 USC)
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/
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Cuban Libertad and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104-114, March 12, 1996
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h927_enr.htm
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Digital Millenium Copyright Act
Pub. L. 105-304, October 28, 1998
http://www.eff.org/pub/Intellectual_property/ DMCA/hr2281_dmca_law_19981020_pl105-304.html
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Endangered Species Act of 1973
16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, December 28, 1973, as amended 1976-1982, 1984 and 1988.
http://www.fws.gov/laws/federal/summaries/esa.html |
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Endangered Species: Continuing Controversy
Congressional Research Service report describing the history of the Endangered Species Act and proposed legislation to amend the Act.
http://www.cnie.org/nle/biodv-1.html |
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Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (H.R. 1757)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/hr1757.htm
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA")
Pub. L. 95-213, title I, Dec. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 1494-1498
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/fcpa.htm
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- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
A Congressional Research Service report describing the background and amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/Crsfcpa.htm
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Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets
Support Act of 1992
(Summary)
Pub. L. 102-511, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3320 (Title 22, Sec. 5801 et seq.)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/pl102-51.htm
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Citizen's Guide to Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974
http://www.sba.gov/foia/guide.html
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- Text of the Freedom of Information Act
Pub. L. 89-487, July 4, 1966, 80 Stat. 250 (See Title 5, Sec. 552)
Pub. L. 90-23, Sec. 1, June 5, 1967, 81 Stat. 54
Pub. L. 93-502, Sec. 1-3, Nov. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 1561
Pub. L. 94-409, Sec. 5(b), Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1247
Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, Sec. 906(a)(10), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1225
Pub. L. 98-620, title IV, Sec. 402(2), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3357
Pub. L. 99-570, title I, Sec. 1802, 1803, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-48, 3207-49
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/hr037.htm#foia
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- Text of the Privacy Act
Pub. L. 93-579, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1896 (Title 5, Sec. 552a, 552a note)
Pub. L. 94-394, Sept. 3, 1976, 90 Stat. 1198
Pub. L. 95-38, June 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 179
Pub. L. 100-503, Sec. 6(c), Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2513
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/hr037.htm#privacy
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Gun Free Schools Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103-382, Oct. 20, 1994 (20 USC 70)
http://www.lrp.com/ed/freelib/free_stats/bu208921.htm
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The Hatch Act
U.S. Office of Special Counsel
http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
Public
Law 104-208 (Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/illimm.htm
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The International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105-366, November 10, 1998 (amends Foreign Corrupt Practices Act)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/antibrib.htm
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International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105-292, October 27, 1998
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/intlrel.htm
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National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, January 1, 1970, as amended by Pub. L. 94-52, July 3, 1975, Pub. L. 94-83, August 9, 1975, and Pub. L. 97-258, ¡¦4(b), Sept. 13, 1982
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/nepa/nepaeqia.htm
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NEPANet
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm
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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Pub. L. 91-452, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 941 (Title 18, Sec. 1961 et seq.)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/rico/rico.htm
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Superfund (The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act - CERCLA), 1980
42 USC 103, as amended in 1986
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/unframed/42/ch103.html
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Telecommunications Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104-104, Title V, February 8, 1996
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/s652titl.htm
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Terrorism: Section by Section Analysis of The USA PATRIOT Act
Congressional Research Service Report (Updated Dec.10, 2001)
In-depth, authoritative analysis of the major legislation of the U.S. Congress' response to the September 11 terrorist attack: "The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act), P.L. 107-56.
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Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103-322, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1796
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h3355_en.htm
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War Powers Resolution
Pub. L. 93-148, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 555 (Title 50, Sec. 1541 et seq.)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/warpower.htm
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Welfare Reform Act of 1996 (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996)
Pub.L. 104-193, August 22, 1996
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h3734_en.htm
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