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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
Public Laws [2]; Date Subject Matter Title Chapter Legal Citation (link to full text)1: February 8, 1790: Laws of the United States, giving effect to, in North Carolina. An Act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned, in respect to the state of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
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.
Passed the Senate on August 2, 1994 (94–6, Roll call vote 252, via Senate.gov, in lieu of S. 1513) Reported by the joint conference committee on September 28, 1994; agreed to by the House on September 30, 1994 (262–132, Roll call vote 456 , via Clerk.House.gov) and by the Senate on October 5, 1994 (77–20, Roll call vote 321 , via Senate.gov)
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 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 ]
A few volumes of the official 2012 edition of the United States Code. The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) [1] is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States. [2]
Passed the House on February 28, 1974 Passed the Senate on March 4, 1974 (passed, provisions of H.R. 4200 substituted) Reported by the joint conference committee on August 12, 1974; agreed to by the House on August 20, 1974 and by the Senate on August 22, 1974 Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on September 2, 1974