Statutes Compilations
2,679 codified federal statutes with amendments, sourced from GovInfo COMPS collection.
- 12/16/2016To prepare the National Park Service for its Centennial in 2016 and for a second century of promoting and protecting the natural, historic, and cultural resources of our National Parks for the enjoyment of present and future generations, and for other purposes.;National Historic Preservation Amendments Act;National Park Foundation Endowment Act;National Park Service Centennial Act
- 12/16/2016To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 to promote cooperative homeland security research and antiterrorism programs relating to cybersecurity, and for other purposes.;United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016
- 12/16/2016To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon.;Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- 12/16/2016To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the Department of State, and for other purposes.;Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993;Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991;Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991;North/South Center Act of 1991
- 12/16/2016To ensure United States jurisdiction over offenses committed by United States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives.;Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016
- 12/16/2016To provide for alternative financing arrangements for the provision of certain services and the construction and maintenance of infrastructure at land border ports of entry, and for other purposes.;Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2016
- 12/16/2016To provide adequate protections for whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.;Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016
- 12/16/2016To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.;Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007
- 12/16/2016To encourage the restoration of estuary habitat through more efficient project financing and enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal restoration programs, and for other purposes.;Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000;Estuary Restoration Act of 2000;Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 2000;Long Island Sound Restoration Act;Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Act of 2000;Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000;Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000
- 12/16/2016To reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007.;Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016
- 12/16/2016Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes.;Flood Control Act of 1944
- 12/16/2016To improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley; to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of Government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes.;Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933
- 12/16/2016Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes.;Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013;Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
- 12/16/2016To improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism, by reforming Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders, and for other purposes.;Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act of 2015
- 12/16/2016To amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title.;Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
- 12/16/2016To authorize the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.;National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016
- 12/15/2016To impose sanctions on persons making certain investments directly and significantly contributing to the enhancement of the ability of Iran or Libya to develop its petroleum resources, and on persons exporting certain items that enhance Libya's weapons or aviation capabilities or enhance Libya's ability to develop its petroleum resources, and for other purposes.;Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
- 12/14/2016To redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness.;Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act
- 12/14/2016To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the provision of automobiles and adaptive equipment by the Department of Veterans Affairs.;Veterans Mobility Safety Act of 2016
- 12/14/2016To strike the sunset on certain provisions relating to the authorized protest of a task or delivery order under section 4106 of title 41, United States Code.;GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016
- 12/13/2016To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and certain radiation therapy services, to ensure flexibility in applying the hardship exception for meaningful use for the 2015 EHR reporting period for 2017 payment adjustments, and for other purposes.;Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act
- 12/13/2016To provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA), the abstinence education program, and the qualifying individuals (QI) program, and for other purposes.;TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007
- 12/13/2016To extend the pediatric priority review voucher program.;Advancing Hope Act of 2016
- 12/13/2016To consolidate and revise the laws relating to the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.;Public Health Service Act-TITLE XXII (Requirements for Certain Group Health Plans for Certain State and Local Employees);Public Health Service Act
- 12/13/2016To provide for protection and advocacy for mentally ill individuals, and for other purposes.;Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act
- 12/13/2016To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes.;Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007
- 12/13/2016To consolidate and revise the laws relating to the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.;Public Health Service Act-TITLE XXI (Vaccines);Public Health Service Act
- 12/10/2016Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.;Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017;Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
- 12/8/2016To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States, and for other purposes.;Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016
- 11/28/2016To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the Federal Register a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance, and for other purposes.;National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act
- 11/28/2016To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the Veterans Crisis Line.;No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act
- 11/28/2016To amend the Veterans’ Oral History Project Act to allow the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period of war.;Gold Star Families Voices Act
- 10/7/2016To include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration.;Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
- 10/7/2016To amend title 40, United States Code, to require restrooms in public buildings to be equipped with baby changing facilities.;BABIES Act;Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act
- 10/7/2016To establish certain rights for sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.;Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016
- 10/7/2016To amend title 36, United States Code, to encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence each Veterans Day.;Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act
- 10/7/2016To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to clarify the duties relating to services furnished in connection with the buying or selling of livestock in commerce through online, video, or other electronic methods, and for other purposes.;Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016
- 10/7/2016To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.;Nevada Native Nations Land Act
- 10/7/2016To authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.;Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act
- 10/7/2016To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games.;United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act of 2016
- 10/7/2016To exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits.;Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act
- 9/29/2016To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.;Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2016
- 9/29/2016To establish the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission.;Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act
- 9/28/2016To deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.;Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
- 9/23/2016To enhance and integrate Native American tourism, empower Native American communities, increase coordination and collaboration between Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural tourism opportunities in the United States.;NATIVE Act;Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act
- 7/29/2016To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.;Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016
- 7/29/2016To provide housing opportunities in the United States through modernization of various housing programs, and for other purposes.;Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016
- 7/29/2016To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a dental insurance plan to veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans.;Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016
- 7/29/2016To establish a Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.;Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
- 7/29/2016To amend and extend certain Federal laws relating to housing, community and neighborhood development and preservation, and related programs, and for other purposes.;Condominium and Cooperative Abuse Relief Act of 1980;Housing and Community Development Act of 1980
- 7/29/2016To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.;Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016;MEGABYTE Act of 2016
- 7/29/2016To provide an extension for fiscal year 1996 for certain programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.;Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996
- 7/29/2016To establish the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission.;John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission Act
- 7/22/2016To increase, effective as of December 1, 2016, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.;Veterans’ Compensation COLA Act of 2016
- 7/22/2016To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for active shooter training, and for other purposes.;POLICE Act of 2016;Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion Act of 2016
- 7/15/2016To extend the termination of sanctions with respect to Venezuela under the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014.;Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016
- 6/30/2016To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the disclosure of certain tax return information for the purpose of missing or exploited children investigations.;Recovering Missing Children Act
- 6/30/2016To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans as part of the evaluation of such programs by the Secretary, and for other purposes.;Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
- 6/30/2016To improve the Freedom of Information Act.;FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
- 6/22/2016To ensure Federal law enforcement officers remain able to ensure their own safety, and the safety of their families, during a covered furlough.;Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015
- 6/22/2016To provide for Indian trust asset management reform, and for other purposes.;Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2016;Indian Trust Asset Reform Act
- 6/22/2016To prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes.;Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008
- 6/22/2016To modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for other purposes.;Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act;Rural Healthcare Connectivity Act of 2016
- 6/3/2016To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to require background checks before foster care placements are ordered in tribal court proceedings, and for other purposes.;Native American Children’s Safety Act
- 5/20/2016To establish a process for the submission and consideration of petitions for temporary duty suspensions and reductions, and for other purposes.;American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016
- 5/16/2016To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.;Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015
- 5/16/2016To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.;Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015
- 5/11/2016To amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, and for other purposes.;Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016
- 5/9/2016To protect and preserve international cultural property at risk due to political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other disasters, and for other purposes.;Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act
- 5/9/2016To adopt the bison as the national mammal of the United States.;National Bison Legacy Act
- 4/29/2016To direct the Architect of the Capitol to place in the United States Capitol a chair honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action.;National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015
- 4/29/2016To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress information on the Department of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation project in the National Capital Region, and for other purposes.;Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
- 4/29/2016To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer.;Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act
- 4/19/2016To reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.;Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016
- 4/19/2016To expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus.;Adding Zika Virus to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act
- 4/19/2016To improve enforcement efforts related to prescription drug diversion and abuse, and for other purposes.;Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016
- 4/11/2016To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States, and for other purposes.;Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015
- 3/31/2016To extend temporarily the extended period of protection for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.;Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015
- 3/30/2016To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.;Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016
- 3/30/2016To establish the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, and for other purposes.;Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016
- 3/18/2016To improve the process of presidential transition.;Edward ‘Ted’ Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015
- 3/18/2016To allow additional appointing authorities to select individuals from competitive service certificates.;Competitive Service Act of 2015
- 3/9/2016To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to officers and employees of the Bureau of Prisons.;Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015
- 2/29/2016To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop an integrated plan to reduce administrative costs under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and for other purposes.;Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act of 2015
- 2/24/2016To extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of certified states, and for other purposes.;Judicial Redress Act of 2015
- 2/24/2016To create a Bureau of Customs and a Bureau of Prohibition in the Department of the Treasury.;Customs Bureau Act
- 2/24/2016To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes.;Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015;Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act
- 2/18/2016To improve defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.;United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015
- 2/18/2016To require the President’s annual budget request to Congress each year to include a line item for the Research in Disabilities Education program of the National Science Foundation and to require the National Science Foundation to conduct research on dyslexia.;READ Act;Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act
- 2/8/2016To provide for increased efficiency in the legislative branch of the Government.;Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946;General Bridge Act of 1946
- 2/8/2016To further the development and maintenance of an adequate and well-balanced American merchant marine, to promote the commerce of the United States, to aid in the national defense, to repeal certain former legislation, and for other purposes.;Merchant Marine Act, 1936
- 2/8/2016To protect children and others from sexual abuse and exploitation, including sex trafficking and sex tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by registered sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify the United States when a known sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes.;International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Adva
- 1/28/2016To close out expired grants.;GONE Act;Grants Oversight and New Efficiency Act
- 1/28/2016To require special packaging for liquid nicotine containers, and for other purposes.;Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
- 1/28/2016To revise certain authorities of the District of Columbia courts, the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.;District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
- 12/28/2015To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the manufacture and introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of rinse-off cosmetics containing intentionally-added plastic microbeads.;Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015
- 12/18/2015To require the Transportation Security Administration to conform to existing Federal law and regulations regarding criminal investigator positions, and for other purposes.;TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015;Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016
- 12/18/2015To establish the Surface Transportation Board as an independent establishment, and for other purposes.;Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015
- 12/18/2015To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes.;Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015
- 12/18/2015To extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan program, and for other purposes.;Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015
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