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NOTE:The documents in this 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.

Civil Rights

Americans with Disabilities Act
Pub. L.104-327, July 26, 1990
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, May 2002. This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Statutory Language and Recent Issues
Congressional Research Service Report, April 23, 2003.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/society/rights/ada.pdf

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

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

International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105-292, October 27, 1998
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/intlrel.htm

Voting Rights Act of 1965
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro.htm

Children and Social Welfare

Children's Online Protection Act
Pub.L. 105-277, Title XIV
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/copa.htm

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Pub.L. 105-277, Title XIII
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/coppa.htm

Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act)
Pub. L. 108-21 "To prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children."
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid;=f:publ021.108.pdf

United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
Pub. L. 108–25
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid;=f:publ025.108.pdf

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/hr3734.htm

Corruption

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA")
Pub. L. 95-213, title I, Dec. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 1494-1498
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/fcpastat.htm

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

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Antibribery Provisions
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/dojdocb.htm

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

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

Economics

Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104-114, March 12, 1996
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h927_enr.htm

Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (FREEDOM Support Act)
(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

Environment

Clean Air Act
As amended in Pub. L. 101-549, Nov. 15, 1990
http://www.epa.gov/oar/caa/contents.html

The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaain.html

Clean Water Act
As amended in Pub. L. 95-217, 1977 (33 U.S.C. s/s 1251 et seq.)
http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode33/usc_sup_01_33_10_26.html

Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law
Congressional Research Service, updated January 24,2002.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/cwa.pdf

Endangered Species Act of 1973
16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, December 28, 1973, as amended 1976-1982, 1984 and 1988.
http://endangered.fws.gov/esa.html

Endangered Species: Difficult Choices
Congressional Research Service, updated June 14, 2004. This report describes the history of the Endangered Species Act and proposed legislation to amend the Act.
http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/04Jun/IB10072.pdf

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

Superfund (The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act - CERCLA), 1980
42 USC 103, as amended in 1986
http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sup_01_42_10_103.html

Superfund Factbook
Congressional Research Service
http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Waste/waste-1.cfm

Freedom of Information

A Citizen's Guide on using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records
http://www.fas.org/sgp/foia/citizen.pdf

The Freedom of Information Act
5 U.S.C. § 552, As Amended By Public Law No. 104-231, 110 Stat. 3048
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XVII_4/page2.htm

The Privacy Act of 1974
5 U.S.C. § 552a As Amended
http://www.usdoj.gov/foia/privstat.htm

Government and Foreign Affairs

Federal Election Campaign Laws
The text of the “Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971,” as amended, the “Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act,” as amended, and the “Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act,” as amended, contained in titles 2 and 26 of the United States Code. (See Amendments in 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2002: Pub. L. No. 93-443, Pub. L. No. 94-283, Pub. L. No. 95-216, Pub. L. No. 96-187, Pub. L. No. 97-51, Pub. L. No. 98-63, Pub. L. No. 98-355, Pub. L. No. 98-620, Pub. L. No. 100-352, Pub. L. No. 101-194, Pub. L. No. 101-280, Pub. L. No. 102-90, Pub. L. No. 102-393, Pub. L. No. 103-66, Pub. L. No. 103-272, Pub. L. No. 104-79, Pub. L. No. 104-88, Pub. L. No. 104-287, Pub. L. No. 106-58, Pub. L. No. 106-346 and Pub. L. No. 107-155 respectively.)
http://www.fec.gov/law/feca.pdf

Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (H.R. 1757)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/hr1757.pdf

The Hatch Act Regulations
U.S. Office of Special Counsel. The Hatch Act restricts the political activity of executive branch employees of the federal government, District of Columbia government and some state and local employees who work in connection with federally funded programs.
http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm

Gun Control and Violent Crime

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

Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress
Pub.L. 105-277, Title XIV
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/guncont108.pdf

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/gun94.pdf

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
U.S. Department of Justice description of the provisions of the Act.
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/billfs.txt

Security

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Pub.L.104-132, April 24, 1996
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/s735.htm

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: A Summary
A Congressional Research Service report describing the law enacted in response to the Oklahoma City bombing and World Trade Center terrorist tragedies.
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/96-499.htm

Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Pub. L. 107-71. Establishes the Transportation Security Adminstration (TSA) and allows for enhanced security screening at U.S. airports, as well as the authority to place federal air marshals on U.S. flights.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/107-71.pdf

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/illimm2.htm

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001
Passed in response to the need for additional security, this legislation has impacts on civil liberties and immigration issues.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid;=f:publ056.107.pdf

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

Technology and Intellectual Property Rights

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act)
Pub. L. 108-187, to regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the Internet.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid;=f:publ187.108.pdf

Copyright Law of the U.S.
Revised to April 1999 with exceptions (17 USC)
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/

Digital Millenium Copyright Act
Pub. L. 105-304, October 28, 1998
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/hr2281_dmca_law_19981020_pl105-304.html

Telecommunications Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104-104, Title V, February 8, 1996
http://www.fcc.gov/Reports/tcom1996.pdf

Fact Sheet on the Telecommunications Act of 1996
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/telecomc.htm

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