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Why is the Wade-Davis Bill listed? It failed. 69.19.2.225 08:00, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Does this article's title need all caps? Maybe List of United States federal legislation or List of United States Federal legislation? RickK 02:25 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
no probably not, if you change the name, also fix the "What links here". dml
Is there any real difference between "Acts of Congress" and "Legislation?" Do we need separate lists? (this page has both). - Anthropos 07:00, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Any point in making a category version of this page, so new law entries can be added automatically? -- Calton 06:08, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I've compiled a list of "major" federal acts from the table of legislation in Major Acts of Congress, Brian K. Landsberg (ed), ISBN: 0028657497. Many are already in here, and many others need articles written. I'll be able to work on it when I get back from the Bar exam, in about a week. Cheers! -- BD2412 talk 16:31, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
I've added the new infobox to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act page. Feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks! -- Saucy Intruder 01:29, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
It's 68 kb now - I propose splitting it in three, with one article covering up to the 50th Congress, a second to the 100th, and the third everything after. Thoughts? bd2412 T 01:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
This is a list of legislation which I've removed from the article because they were either minor or redlinked. Feel free to restore them or delete them from here. — Markles 21:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Markles, I respectfully submit that your notion that Constitutional Amendments aren't legislation is misguided and incorrect. The American Heritage Dictionary defines "legislation" as "1. The act or process of legislating; lawmaking. 2. A proposed or enacted law or group of laws." Definition one applies to the amendment approval and subsequent ratification process, while definition two most definitely applies to amendments themselves, given that the Constitution itself explicitly states that it is the "supreme law of the land". Groupthink 21:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
My name was bandied around a little, so I'll weigh in. First, Constitutional Amendmenets all are joint resolutions, not concurrent resolutions as mentioned by Groupthink. The fact that president's have signed these amendment-proposing joint resolutions is irrelevant, because that signature has no effect because these resolutions are submitted directly to the states. The President can't veto them either. Joint resolutions and regular bills are the only two forms of legislation passed by Congress that can become public law, such as the current stop-gap spending measure for fiscal year 2008 H.J.Res. 52. They key distinction between a joint resolution for a Constitutional Amendment and other legislation is that they do not receive a public law number, even when ratified by the states. The Archivist of the United States simply issues a certification that it is duly part of the Constution. This article list should be reserved to only those notable pieces of legislation that were enacted into law through signature by the president and which are assigned a public law number. Dcmacnut 14:06, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to find more info about a piece of legislation? I have (32 Stat. at L. 1222, chap. 1012, § 39, sec. 32) as a starter, and it's been referred to as the "Anarchist Exclusion Act" several times. It was passed on the last day of the 57th Congress (March 3, 1903). Are there sources for finding more details about a piece? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murderbike ( talk • contribs) 07:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Now merged into Immigration Act of 1903. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 17:22, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Why is this list not complete?-- Cdogsimmons ( talk) 21:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Let's NOT just download the entire THOMAS database, or some such thing. Let's develop standards for inclusion.— Markles 12:43, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
This Article also appears to suffer from a severe case of WP:recentism. I'll add the tag.-- Cdogsimmons ( talk) 01:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
I won't replace the tag but here's how this list breaks down the number of acts at this point in time:
The recentism may not be flagrant but I would say it it is still severe (the 60 year period between 1801 and 1861 has 27 acts and the 57 year period from 1941 to 2008 has 387 acts).-- Cdogsimmons ( talk) 14:27, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone have any information about the above US legislation - I imagine it must be federal because I believe it applies to all US military craft anywhere in the world Viv Hamilton ( talk) 07:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm surprised there's no mention of codified law here, or apparently elsewhere in Wikipedia. Granted the emphasis here is on the individual laws, but codification is part of the law making process. -- Bill Harshaw ( talk) 22:49, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
i.e. change "partial list of notable..." to "list of notable..." ?
I understand the desire not to mislead people into thinking the list is somehow comprehensive. But when I was a new Wikipedian (a few months ago), that label misled me (and perhaps still misleads others) into thinking that there is some criterion other than notability for something to be on this list. Also, revisions were made to the lead to the last two weeks which moved the statistics on the # of existing bills closer to the beginning.
(By the way, at some point are we going to create a separate comprehensive list of Public Laws organized by Congress, much like the Supreme Court people use for Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume?)
Agradman talk/ contribs 19:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
The criteria for notability of items in this list is unclear to me. Should the above ( Naval Act of 1916) be in this list? It was notable in terms of the USN's buildup prior to WWI. Rwessel ( talk) 19:22, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
What dates are used, when Congress passed the bill or when it was enacted? Int21h ( talk) 16:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
I keep reading about the Child Soldiers Prevention Act that affects US aid to foreign countries who actively recruit child soldiers, the one in the news today because the current administration issued a waiver for four nations. It is variously credited to 2007 & 2008, but it isn't listed here & there's no Wikipedia article on it. Can anyone help? wbm ( talk) 06:50, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
#REDIRECT [[Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007]]
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It's been three years since this article split/forked the centuries out into subpages:
I suggest we merge them back into one article. There's little benefit to having four articles when one will do. The pages have not grown much since the split, or at least enough to justify a concern that one combined page would become too unwieldy.
The last two Congresses (so far) have also split their lists because they are complete lists of statutes, not merely selected blue links ( Acts of the 112th United States Congress and Acts of the 113th United States Congress). These would not change in this proposal. — GoldRingChip 18:30, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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Why is the Wade-Davis Bill listed? It failed. 69.19.2.225 08:00, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Does this article's title need all caps? Maybe List of United States federal legislation or List of United States Federal legislation? RickK 02:25 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
no probably not, if you change the name, also fix the "What links here". dml
Is there any real difference between "Acts of Congress" and "Legislation?" Do we need separate lists? (this page has both). - Anthropos 07:00, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Any point in making a category version of this page, so new law entries can be added automatically? -- Calton 06:08, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I've compiled a list of "major" federal acts from the table of legislation in Major Acts of Congress, Brian K. Landsberg (ed), ISBN: 0028657497. Many are already in here, and many others need articles written. I'll be able to work on it when I get back from the Bar exam, in about a week. Cheers! -- BD2412 talk 16:31, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
I've added the new infobox to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act page. Feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks! -- Saucy Intruder 01:29, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
It's 68 kb now - I propose splitting it in three, with one article covering up to the 50th Congress, a second to the 100th, and the third everything after. Thoughts? bd2412 T 01:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
This is a list of legislation which I've removed from the article because they were either minor or redlinked. Feel free to restore them or delete them from here. — Markles 21:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Markles, I respectfully submit that your notion that Constitutional Amendments aren't legislation is misguided and incorrect. The American Heritage Dictionary defines "legislation" as "1. The act or process of legislating; lawmaking. 2. A proposed or enacted law or group of laws." Definition one applies to the amendment approval and subsequent ratification process, while definition two most definitely applies to amendments themselves, given that the Constitution itself explicitly states that it is the "supreme law of the land". Groupthink 21:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
My name was bandied around a little, so I'll weigh in. First, Constitutional Amendmenets all are joint resolutions, not concurrent resolutions as mentioned by Groupthink. The fact that president's have signed these amendment-proposing joint resolutions is irrelevant, because that signature has no effect because these resolutions are submitted directly to the states. The President can't veto them either. Joint resolutions and regular bills are the only two forms of legislation passed by Congress that can become public law, such as the current stop-gap spending measure for fiscal year 2008 H.J.Res. 52. They key distinction between a joint resolution for a Constitutional Amendment and other legislation is that they do not receive a public law number, even when ratified by the states. The Archivist of the United States simply issues a certification that it is duly part of the Constution. This article list should be reserved to only those notable pieces of legislation that were enacted into law through signature by the president and which are assigned a public law number. Dcmacnut 14:06, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to find more info about a piece of legislation? I have (32 Stat. at L. 1222, chap. 1012, § 39, sec. 32) as a starter, and it's been referred to as the "Anarchist Exclusion Act" several times. It was passed on the last day of the 57th Congress (March 3, 1903). Are there sources for finding more details about a piece? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murderbike ( talk • contribs) 07:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Now merged into Immigration Act of 1903. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 17:22, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Why is this list not complete?-- Cdogsimmons ( talk) 21:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Let's NOT just download the entire THOMAS database, or some such thing. Let's develop standards for inclusion.— Markles 12:43, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
This Article also appears to suffer from a severe case of WP:recentism. I'll add the tag.-- Cdogsimmons ( talk) 01:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
I won't replace the tag but here's how this list breaks down the number of acts at this point in time:
The recentism may not be flagrant but I would say it it is still severe (the 60 year period between 1801 and 1861 has 27 acts and the 57 year period from 1941 to 2008 has 387 acts).-- Cdogsimmons ( talk) 14:27, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone have any information about the above US legislation - I imagine it must be federal because I believe it applies to all US military craft anywhere in the world Viv Hamilton ( talk) 07:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm surprised there's no mention of codified law here, or apparently elsewhere in Wikipedia. Granted the emphasis here is on the individual laws, but codification is part of the law making process. -- Bill Harshaw ( talk) 22:49, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
i.e. change "partial list of notable..." to "list of notable..." ?
I understand the desire not to mislead people into thinking the list is somehow comprehensive. But when I was a new Wikipedian (a few months ago), that label misled me (and perhaps still misleads others) into thinking that there is some criterion other than notability for something to be on this list. Also, revisions were made to the lead to the last two weeks which moved the statistics on the # of existing bills closer to the beginning.
(By the way, at some point are we going to create a separate comprehensive list of Public Laws organized by Congress, much like the Supreme Court people use for Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume?)
Agradman talk/ contribs 19:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
The criteria for notability of items in this list is unclear to me. Should the above ( Naval Act of 1916) be in this list? It was notable in terms of the USN's buildup prior to WWI. Rwessel ( talk) 19:22, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
What dates are used, when Congress passed the bill or when it was enacted? Int21h ( talk) 16:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
I keep reading about the Child Soldiers Prevention Act that affects US aid to foreign countries who actively recruit child soldiers, the one in the news today because the current administration issued a waiver for four nations. It is variously credited to 2007 & 2008, but it isn't listed here & there's no Wikipedia article on it. Can anyone help? wbm ( talk) 06:50, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
#REDIRECT [[Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007]]
What the restored TOC would look like: |
---|
Contents:
Continental Congress |
It's been three years since this article split/forked the centuries out into subpages:
I suggest we merge them back into one article. There's little benefit to having four articles when one will do. The pages have not grown much since the split, or at least enough to justify a concern that one combined page would become too unwieldy.
The last two Congresses (so far) have also split their lists because they are complete lists of statutes, not merely selected blue links ( Acts of the 112th United States Congress and Acts of the 113th United States Congress). These would not change in this proposal. — GoldRingChip 18:30, 27 January 2014 (UTC)