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
GRH Act
surface form: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Public Law 99-177
IRCA
surface form: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Hughes Amendment United States federal firearms law provision
False Claims Act
False Claims Act of 1863
Title IV
surface form: Title IV (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986)
United States federal law provision
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century United States federal transportation law
Public Law 99-603
Public Law 99-514
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Peonage Act of 1867
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990
National Banking Act of 1863
Public Law 95-523
Title II – Congressional Budget Office title of a United States federal statute
Title III – Congressional Budget Process title of a United States federal statute
Title X – Impoundment Control title of a United States federal statute
NNPA
Public Law 93-344
Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001
Public Law 95-242
Title IV—Child Support Enforcement section of United States federal law
Title IV – Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens title of federal statute
Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act
Judiciary Act of 1789
Naturalization Act of 1870
Funding Act of 1870
Act of June 28, 1864
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002
NEA
surface form: National Emergencies Act
Public Law 94-412
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Stafford Act
Public Law 104-193
NFA
surface form: National Firearms Act
Lindbergh Law
Federal Kidnapping Act
Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 provision of United States federal securities law
Davis-Bacon and Related Acts United States federal labor law
Public Law 95-164
Privacy Act of 1974
Alien Registration Act of 1940
Internal Security Act of 1950
McCarran Act
Public Law 93-112
Crime Control Act of 1990
Public Law 76-783
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978
Public Law 99-145