Next Gen Politics

    I put this list together for a friend of mine and I didn’t want it to go to waste so, I offer it to you. In this list you have the President and Congress, their party affiliation and all major bills that were signed during their administration or term. I know it’s a lot of information, but it’s all in one place now. I hope you enjoy it A LOT more than I enjoyed researching and recording it all. It wouldn’t take much to enjoy it more than that. Have fun!

 

(This is a partial list of notable United States federal legislation; each biennial Congress enacts approximately 200-300 statutes. After 109 Congresses, more than 20,000 statutes had been enacted since 1789. This list contains, therefore, only a small selection.)

 

President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Rep)

83rd United States Congress

(1952 House - Republican Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

1953-07-03 - Small Business Act

1953 - Refugee Relief Act

1953 - Public Law 280

1953-08-07  - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

1954-05-13 - Saint Lawrence Seaway Act

1954-08-02 - Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act

1954-08-13 - Multiple Mineral Development Act

1954-08-16 - Internal Revenue Code of 1954/Federal Unemployment Tax Act/National Firearms Act

1954-08-24 - Communist Control Act of 1954

1954 - Flood Control Act of 1954

 

84th United States Congress

(1954 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Dem-47/Rep-47/Ind (D)-1/Ind-1) 

1955-08-12 - Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act

1954-08-13 - Multiple Surface Use Mining

1955 - Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act

1956-07-30 - Health Research Facilities Act

1956 - Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

 

85th United States Congress

(1956 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1957-08-14 - Airways Modernization Act

1957-09-02 - Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act

1957-09-09 - Civil Rights Act of 1957

1958 - National Aeronautics and Space Act

1958 - Transportation Act of 1958

1958 - Federal Aviation Act

1958-08-28 - Military Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency

1958 - National Defense Education Act

1958 - Department of Defense Reorganization Act

 

86th United States Congress

(1958 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1959-03-18 - Admission of Hawaii Act

1959 - Airport Construction Act

1959-09-14 - Landrum-Griffin Act

1960-05-06 - Civil Rights Act of 1960

1960-09-13 - Social Security Amendments

1960 - Flood Control Act of 1960

 

President: John F. Kennedy (Dem)

87th United States Congress

(1960 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1961-05-01 - Area Redevelopment Act

1961-09-04 - Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

1961-09-13 - Interstate Wire Act of 1961

1961-09-22 - Peace Corps Act of 1961

1961-09-26 - Arms Control and Disarmament Act

1961-10-05 - Community Health Services and Facilities Act

1962-03-15 - Manpower Development and Training Act

1962-06-28 - Migration and Refugee Assistance Act

1962-08-31 - Communications Satellite Act

1962-10-11 - Trade Expansion Act

1962-10-23 - Bribery Act

1962-10-23 - Vaccination Assistance Act

1962 - Rivers and Harbors Act of 1962

 

President: Lyndon B. Johnson(Dem)

88th United States Congress

(1962 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1963-06-10 - Equal Pay Act

1963-10-31 - Community Mental Health Centers Act (including Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act)

1963-12-17 - Clean Air Act

1964-07-02 - Civil Rights Act of 1964

1964-07-09 - Urban Mass Transportation Act

1964-08-20 - Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

1964-08-31 - Food Stamp Act of 1964

1964-09-03 - Wilderness Act

1964-09-03 - Land and Water Conservation Act

1964-09-04 - Nurse Training Act

 

89th United States Congress

(1964 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1965-04-11 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act

1965-07-27 - Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act

1965-07-30 - Social Security Act of 1965 including Medicaid and Medicare

1965-08-06 - Voting Rights Act

1965-08-10 - Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

1965-09-29 - National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

1965-10-03 - Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

1965-10-06 - Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments

1965-10-20 - Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act

1965-10-22 - Highway Beautification Act

1965-11-08 - Higher Education Act

1965-11-08 - Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments

1966-04-13 - Uniform Time Act

1966-09-06 - Freedom of Information Act

1966-09-09 - National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

1966-10-15 - National Historic Preservation Act

1966-10-15 - National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act

1966-10-15 - Department of Transportation Act

1966-11-02 - Cuban Adjustment Act

1966-11-03 - Comprehensive Health, Planning and Service Act

 

90th United States Congress

(1966 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1967-04-04 - Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act

1967-11-07 - Public Broadcasting Act

1967-12-15 - Age Discrimination in Employment Act

1967-12-18 - National Park Foundation Act

1968 - Bilingual Education Act

1968-04-11 - Civil Rights Act of 1968

1968-05-29 - Consumer Credit Protection Act

1968-06-19 - Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

1968-07-21 - Aircraft Noise Abatement Act

1968-10-02 - Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

1968-10-02 - National Trails System Act

1968-10-22 - Gun Control Act of 1968

 

President: Richard Nixon (Rep)

91st United States Congress

(1968 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1969-12-30 - Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act

1969 - Truth in Lending Act

1970-01-01 - National Environmental Policy Act

1970-05-21 - Airport and Airway Development Act

1970-10-27 - Controlled Substances Act

1970 - Postal Reorganization Act (United States Postal Service)

1970 - Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970

1970 - Rail Passenger Service Act (Amtrak)

1970 - Occupational Safety and Health Act

1970-12-31 - Clean Air Act Extension

1970-12-31 - Housing and Urban Development Act/National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970

1970 - Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act

1970 - Economic Stabilization Act

1970 - Bank Secrecy Act

1970 - Plant Variety Protection Act

1970 - Environmental Quality Improvement Act

1970 - Organized Crime Control Act

 

92nd United States Congress

(1970 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1971-06-23 - Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act

1971-12-18 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

1971-12-23 - National Cancer Act

1972-02-07 - Federal Election Campaign Act

1972-03-24 - Equal Employment Opportunity Act

1972-06-23 - Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act

1972-10-06 - Federal Advisory Committee Act

1972-10-21 - Marine Mammal Protection Act

1972-10-23 - Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act

1972-10-27 - Consumer Product Safety Act

1972-10-27 - Noise Control Act

1972-10-27 - Coastal Zone Management Act

 

President: Gerald Ford (Rep)

93rd United States Congress

(1972 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1973-08-13 - Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973

1973-09-26 - Rehabilitation Act

1973-10-01 - Domestic Volunteer Services Act of

1973-11-03 - Amtrak Improvement Act

1973-11-07 - War Powers Resolution

1973-12-28 - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

1973-12-28 - Endangered Species Act

1974-03-07 - Water Resources Development Act of 1974

1974-05-22 - Disaster Relief Act of 1974

1974-05-31 - Research on Aging Act

1974-07-12 - Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

1974-07-25 - Legal Services Corporation Act

1974-08-21 - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

1974-09-02 - Employee Retirement Income Security

1974-09-07 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

1974-11-26 - National Mass Transportation Assistance Act

1974-12-03 - Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act

1974-12-16 - Safe Drinking Water Act

1974-12-31 - Privacy Act of 1974

1975-01-03 - Trade Act of 1974

1975-01-03 - Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

1975-01-04 - National Health Planning and Resources Development Act

 

94th United States Congress

(1974 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1975-12-23 - Metric Conversion Act

1975-12-23 - Revenue Adjustment Act (Earned Income Tax Credit)

1975-11-29 - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

1976-02-05 - Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act

1976-09-13 - Government in the Sunshine Act

1976-09-30 - Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act

1976-10-11 - Toxic Substances Control Act

1976-10-12 - Overhaul of vocational education programs

1976-10-19 - Copyright Act of 1976

1976-10-21 - Federal Land Policy and Management Act

1976-10-21 - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

1976-10-22 - Water Resources Development Act of 1976

1976-10-22 - National Forest Management Act

 

President: Jimmy Carter (Dem)

95th United States Congress

(1976 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1977-08-03 - Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

1977-10-12 - Community Reinvestment Act

1977-12-19 - Unlawful Corporate Payments Act of 1977/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

1977-12-27 - Clean Water Act

1977-12-28 - International Emergency Economic Powers Act

1978-02-25 - Department of Energy Organization Act

1978-03-10 - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act

1978-10-13 - Civil Service Reform Act

1978-10-14 - Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act

1978-10-24 - Airline Deregulation Act

1978-10-25 - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

1978-10-26 - Ethics in Government Act

1978-10-27 - Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act

1978-10-31 - Pregnancy Discrimination Act

1978-11-01 - Contract Disputes Act

1978-11-06 - Bankruptcy Act of 1978

1978-11-09 - National Energy Conservation Policy Act

 

96th United States Congress

(1978 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1979-09-27 - Panama Canal Act of 1979

1979-10-17 - Department of Education Organization Act

1980-03-17 - Refugee Act

1980-09-19 - Regulatory Flexibility Act

1980-09-29 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980

1980-10-14 - Staggers Act

1980-12-02 - Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

1980-12-11 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

1980-12-11 - Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980

1980-12-12 - Bayh-Dole Act

 

President: Ronald Reagan (Rep)

97th United States Congress

(1980 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

1981-08-13 - Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA or Kemp-Roth Tax Cut)

1981-08-13 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

1982-09-20 - Bus Regulatory Reform Act

1982-10-13 - Job Training Partnership Act

1982-10-15 - Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act

1983-01-06 - Surface Transportation Assistance Act

1983-01-07 - Nuclear Waste Policy Act

 

98th United States Congress

(1982 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1984-09-28 - Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act

1984-10-12 - Comprehensive Crime Control Act

 

99th United States Congress

(1984 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1985-11-08 - Department of Defense Authorization Act (Of particular note is the authorization to destroy stockpiles of lethal chemical weapons in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty) (Title XIV, Part B).

1985-12-12 - Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

1985-12-17 - Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985

1986-04-07 - Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

1986-10-01 - Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 (Defense Reorganization)

1986-10-02 - Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act

1986-11-06 - Immigration Reform and Control Act of

1986-10-17 - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

1986-10-21 - Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

1986-10-22 - Tax Reform Act of 1986

1986-10-27 - Anti-Drug Abuse Act

1986-10-31 - Age Discrimination in Employment Act

1986-11-17 - Water Resources Development Act of 1986

 

100th United States Congress

(1986 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1987-01-06 - Agricultural Credit Act of 1987

1987-01-07 - Computer Security Act of 1987

1987-04-02 - Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act

1987-07-22 - McKinney-Vento Act

1987-08-20 - Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987

1987-09-29 - Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987

1988-07-01 - Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act

1988-08-10 - Civil Liberties Act

1988-10-13 - Family Support Act

1988-10-17 - Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

1988-10-25 - Department of Veterans Affairs Act

1988-11-17 - Water Resources Development Act

1988-11-18 - Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Including: Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act/Alcoholic Beverage Labeling)

 

President: George H. W. Bush (Rep)

101st United States Congress

(1988 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1989-04-10 - Whistleblower Protection Act

1990 - Water Resources Development Act 1990

1989-10-28 - Flag Protection Act of 1989

1990-07-26 - Americans with Disabilities Act

1990-11-05 -Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (including Human Genome Project funding)

1990-11-12 - Water Resources Development Act of 1990

1990-11-15 - Administrative Dispute Resolution Act

1990-11-16 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

1990-11-29 - Negotiated Rulemaking Act

1990-11-29 - Immigration Act of 1990

1990-12-01 - Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Including Visual Artists Rights Act)

 

102nd United States Congress

(1990 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control)

1991-11-21 - Civil Rights Act of 1991

1991-12-09 - High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991

1991-12-18 - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

1992-10-09 - Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992

1992-10-23 - Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act

1992-10-31 - Water Resources Development Act of 1992

 

President: Bill Clinton (Dem)

103rd United States Congress

(1992 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democratic Control) 

1993-02-05 - Family and Medical Leave Act

1993-05-20 - National Voter Registration Act of 1993

1993-08-10 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

1993-11-16 - Religious Freedom Restoration Act

1993-11-30 - Brady Handgun Violence Prevention

1993-11-30 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Including §574, “Don’t ask, don’t tell”)

1993-12-08 - North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

1994-05-26 - Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

1994-09-13 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (including the Violence against Women Act)

 

104th United States Congress

(1994 House - Republican Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

1995-01-23 - Congressional Accountability Act

1995-11-28 - National Highway Designation Act

1995-12-19 - Lobbying Disclosure Act

1995-12-22 - Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

1996-02-08 - Telecommunications Act of 1996 (including the Communications Decency Act)

1996-03-12 - Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996

1996-04-09 - Line Item Veto Act

1996-04-24 - Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

1996-07-30 - Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2

1996-08-03 - National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act

1996-08-20 - Small Business Job Protection Act

1996-08-21 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

1996-08-22 - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (Welfare Reform Act)

1996-09-21 - Defense of Marriage Act

1996-09-30 - Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban

1996-10-01 - Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act

1996-10-12 - Water Resources Development Act of 1996

 

105th United States Congress

(1996 House - Republican Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

1997-08-05 - Balanced Budget Act of 1997

1997-08-05 - Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997

1998-06-09 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

1998-07-22 - Taxpayer Bill of Rights III

1998-08-07 - Workforce Investment Act

1998-10-21 - Child Online Privacy Protection Act

1998-10-27 - Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act

1998-10-28 - Digital Millennium Copyright Act (including the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act)

1998-10-31 - Iraq Liberation Act

 

106th United States Congress

(1998 House - Republican Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

1999-05-21 - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Kosovo operations)

1999-08-17 - Water Resources Development Act of 1999

1999-11-12 - Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act

1999-11-29 - American Inventors Protection Act (including Anti-cyber squatting Consumer Protection Act)

2000-05-18 - African Growth and Opportunity Act

2000-06-30 - Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

2000-09-22 - Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

2000 - Water Resources Development Act of 2000

2000-10-30 - Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

2000-10-30 - Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000(as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001)

 

President: George W. Bush (Rep)

107th United States Congress

(2000 House - Republican Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

2001-06-07 - Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act

2001-10-26 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (”USA PATRIOT”) Act

2002-01-08 - No Child Left Behind Act

2002-01-11 - Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield’s Revitalization Act

2002-03-09 - Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act

2002-03-27 - Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold)

2002-05-13 - Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002

2002-07-30 - Sarbanes-Oxley Act

2002-08-06 - Trade Act of 2002

2002-10-16 - Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq

2002-10-21 - Sudan Peace Act

2002-10-29 - Help America Vote Act

2002-11-25 - Homeland Security Act

2002-12-17 - E-Government Act of 2002

 

108th United States Congress

(2002 House - Republican Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

2003-03-11 - Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003

2003-04-30 - PROTECT (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today) Act, including Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act

2003-05-28 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003

2003-09-04 - Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003

2003-10-28 - Check 21 Act

2003-11-05 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act

2003-11-25  - Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act

2003-12-04 - Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act

2003-12-12 - Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act

2003-12-16 - Can Spam Act

2004-03-25 - Unborn Victims of Violence Act (Laci and Conner’s Law)

2004-06-30 - Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act

2004-07-07 - GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

2004-10-16 - Global Anti-Semitism Review Act

2004-10-18 - North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004

2004-10-20 - Belarus Democracy Act of 2004

2004-12-17 - Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act

 

109th United States Congress

(2004 House - Republican Control / Senate - Republican Control) 

2005-02-17 - Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

2005-03-21 - Theresa Marie Schiavo’s law

2005-04-20 - Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act

2005-04-27 - Family Entertainment and Copyright Act

2005-07-28 - Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (CAFTA Implementation Act)

2005-07-29 - Energy Policy Act of 2005

2005-08-10 - Transportation Equity Act of 2005

2005-10-26 - Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

2005-12-01 - Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005

2005-12-22 - Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005

2005-12-30 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act(including McCain Detainee Amendment)

2006-05-17 - Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005

2006-05-29 - Respect for America’s Fallen Heroes Act

2006-07-27 - Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

2006-09-26 - Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006

2006-10-13 - Safe Port Act (Including title VIII, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006)

2006-10-17 - Military Commissions Act of 2006

2006-10-26 - Secure Fence Act of 2006

2006-12-20 - Tax Relief and Health Act of 2006

 

110th United States Congress

(2006 House - Democratic Control / Senate - Democrat Control) 

2007-02-02 - House Page Board Revision Act of 2007

2007-05-25 - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, including Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007

2007-06-14 - Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007

2007-07-26 - Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007

2007-08-03 - Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007

2007-08-05 - Protect America Act of 2007

2007-09-14 - Honest Leadership and Open Government Act

2007-11-08 - Water Resources Development Act of 2007

2007-12-19 - Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007