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Title I was originally passed by the 80th Congress in 1947, along with titles 3, 4, 6, 9, & 17. [3] Chapter 1 was influenced [ 4 ] by the "Dictionary Act" [ 5 ] passed in the 41st Congress . References
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation .
An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.” Sess. 3, ch. 11 1 Stat. 196: 12: March 2, 1791: Laws of the United States extended to Vermont. An Act giving effect to the laws of the United States within the state of Vermont. Sess. 3, ch. 12 1 Stat. 197: 13: March 2, 1791
Volumes 1 through 18, which have all the statutes passed from 1789 to 1875, are available on-line at the Library of Congress, here. In the list below, statutes are listed by X Stat. Y , where X is the volume of the Statutes at Large and Y is the page number, as well as either the chapter or Public Law number.
The Senate had successfully passed bills allocating federal aid for public housing in 1946 and 1948, although these efforts died in the House of Representatives on both occasions. [ 4 ] During the 81st Congress , Republican Sen. Robert A. Taft sponsored the legislation with Democratic backers Allen J. Ellender and Robert F. Wagner . [ 4 ]
1: George Washington: Unaffiliated 8 unnumbered 7.95 1.0 April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 2: John Adams: Federalist 1 unnumbered 4 0.3 March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 3: Thomas Jefferson: Democratic-Republican 4 unnumbered 8 0.5 March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 4: James Madison: Democratic-Republican 1 unnumbered 8 0.1 March 4, 1809 – March 4 ...
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-reaching laws affecting education passed by the United States Congress, and was reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans. The bill was passed by the 43rd United States Congress and signed into law by United States President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1875.