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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
Corruption
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
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
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://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/unframed/33/ch26.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 September 12, 2003. This report describes the history of the Endangered Species Act and proposed legislation to amend the Act.
http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/03Sep/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://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/unframed/42/ch103.html
Superfund Factbook
Congressional Research Service
http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Waste/waste-1.cfm
Freedom of Information
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
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