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
FECA of 1971
surface form: Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1910
Garn–St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982
Public Law 90-321
Public Law 93-618
the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
surface form: Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
German Administrative Procedure Act federal statute
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (as president)
surface form: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Clean Water Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Oil Pollution Act
surface form: Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Title 12 of the United States Code federal statute
Federal Tort Claims Act
Little Tucker Act
Quiet Title Act
Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act
Public Law 105-292
Title 49 of the United States Code federal statute
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Tax Reform Act of 1986
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
False Claims Amendments Act of 1986
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
Congress enacted the McCarran–Ferguson Act in 1945
surface form: McCarran–Ferguson Act
Highway Safety Act of 1970
Public Law 67-51
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
Public Law 115-334
Federal Crop Insurance Act
Public Law 99-198
Section 23 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 as amended and related HUD regulations United States federal law framework
Public Law 81-109
Food Stamp Act of 1977
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 U.S. federal securities law provision
CAA
surface form: Cuban Adjustment Act
United States federal immigration law
Pub.L. 89-732
Public Law 89-642
Reapportionment Act of 1929
Naval Act of 1794
DNA Identification Act of 1994
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Public Law 114-94
Public Law 94-479
Public Law 113-79
Public Law 101-618
Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955