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An Act to continue an act intituled “An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,” so far as the same respects the States of Georgia and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Sess. 3, ch. 3 1 Stat. 189 (chapter 3) 4: Feb. 4, 1791
The National Banking Act of February 25, 1863, Sess. 3, ch. 58, was the 58th Act of the third session of the 37th Congress. The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 of October 16, 2004, Pub. L. 108–332 (text), 118 Stat. 1282, was the 332nd Act of Congress (statute) passed in the 108th Congress. It can be found in volume 118 of the U.S ...
December 20, 2019: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Pub. L. 116–92 (text) January 29, 2020: United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement Implementation Act, Pub. L. 116–113 (text) March 6, 2020: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. 116–123 (text)
The following landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which changed the interpretation of existing law in the United States. Such a decision may settle the law in more than one way: establishing a significant new legal principle or concept;
The Midnight Judges Act (also known as the Judiciary Act of 1801; 2 Stat. 89, and officially An act to provide for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States) expanded the federal judiciary of the United States. [1] The act was supported by the John Adams administration and the Federalist Party. [1]
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.
January 20, 1801: John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the United States February 17, 1801: 1800 United States presidential election : Thomas Jefferson became the first President of the United States elected by the House of Representatives as no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes cast in the 1800 presidential election .
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (2021–22), a proposed act to investigate potential reparations for slavery in the United States, introduced as H.R. 40 George Floyd Justice In Policing Act (2020–21) - sought to combat police misconduct, excessive force, and racial bias in American policing after ...