United States federal statute

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concept

A United States federal statute is a law formally enacted by Congress and signed by the President (or passed over a veto) that applies nationwide and governs conduct, rights, and obligations under federal jurisdiction.

All labels observed (62)

Label Occurrences
United States federal statute canonical 1,082
federal statute 88
National Defense Authorization Act 35

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: United States federal statute
Generated description
A United States federal statute is a law formally enacted by Congress and signed by the President (or passed over a veto) that applies nationwide and governs conduct, rights, and obligations under federal jurisdiction.

Instances (1,325)

Instance Via concept surface
Public Law 99-240
Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act
PASPA
84 Stat. 719 United States federal statute citation
HCERA
Public Law 111-152
Title 36 of the United States Code federal statute
Public Law 103-328
Riegle-Neal Act
surface form: Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
VJRA
surface form: Veterans' Judicial Review Act
Public Law 87-415
Public Law 107-110
Title 44 of the United States Code federal statute
Public Law 94-163
National Film Preservation Act of 1992
Title 35 of the United States Code federal statute
111-148 United States federal public law
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Army Appropriations Act of 1901
Canada Day Act federal statute
Elkins Act
Public Law 81-439
Agricultural Act of 1948
Second Enforcement Act
PAEA
surface form: Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
Public Law 109-435
National Film Preservation Act of 2005
Public Law 81-600
Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Presidential Succession Act
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936
Merchant Marine Act of 1936
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
Revenue Act of 1971
Evarts Act
Public Law 106-274
Public Law 94-282
Radio Act of 1927
Public Law 107-306
Dingley Act
Subtitle II – The Budget Process, Title 31 U.S. Code federal statute
Pub.L. 73–416
Title II – Common Carriers United States federal statutory provision
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
Public Law 503
Public Law 100-383