Public service law in the United States

History

Second Bill of Rights

Regulation

Nationalization

Privatization

History of US antitrust law

Administrative law

Judicial review

Education

1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

1965: Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) (Pub. L. No. 89-329)

1974: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

1974: Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 (EEOA)

1975: Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) (Pub. L. No. 94-142)

1978: Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment

1980: Department of Education Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 96-88)

1984: Equal Access Act

1990: The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act)

1994: Improving America's Schools Act of 1994

2001: No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

2004: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

2005: Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) (Pub. L. No. 109-171)

2006: Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act

2007: America COMPETES Act

2008: Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) (Pub. L. No. 110-315)

2009: Race to the Top

2009: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act

2010: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Category:United States education case law

Health

Department of Health

1946: Hospital Survey and Construction Act (Hill-Burton Act) PL 79-725

1949: Hospital Construction Act PL 81-380

1950: Public Health Services Act Amendments PL 81-692

1955: Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act PL 84-377

1956: Health Research Facilities Act PL 84-835

1960: Social Security Amendments (Kerr-Mill aid) PL 86-778

1961: Community Health Services and Facilities Act PL 87-395

1962: Public Health Service Act PL 87-838

1962: Vaccination Assistance PL 87-868

1963: Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act/Community Mental Health Centers Act PL 88-164

1964: Nurse Training Act PL 88-581

1965: Community Health Services and Facilities Act PL 89-109

1965: Medicare PL 89-97

1965: Mental Health Centers Act Amendments PL 89-105

1965: Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments PL 89-239

1966: Comprehensive Health Planning and Service Act PL 89-749

1970: Community Mental Health Service Act PL 91-211

1970: Family Planning Services and Population Research Act PL 91-572

1970: Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act PL 91-695

1971: National Cancer Act PL 92-218

1974: Research on Aging Act PL 93-296

1974: National Health Planning and Resources Development Act PL 93-641

1979: Department of Education Organization Act (removed education functions) PL 96-88

1987: Department of Transportation Appropriations Act PL 100-202

1988: Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act PL 100-360

1989: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act PL 101-164

1996: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act PL 104-191

2000: Child Abuse Reform and Enforcement Act P.L. 106-177

2010: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act PL 111-148

Housing

1944 – Servicemen's Readjustment Act, Pub.L. 78–346

1949 – Housing Act, Pub.L. 81–171

1950 – Housing Act, Pub.L. 81–475

1951 – Defense Housing Act, Pub.L. 82–139

1952 – 550 Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act, Pub.L. 82–325

1954 – Housing Act, Pub.L. 83–560

1959 – Housing Act, Pub.L. 86–372

1962 – Senior Citizens Housing Act, Pub.L. 87–723

1965 – Housing and Urban Development Act, Pub.L. 89–117

1965 – Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, Pub.L. 89–174

1968 – Housing and Urban Development Act, Pub.L. 90–448

1974 – Housing and Urban Development Act, Pub.L. 93-383

1976 – Housing and Urban Development Act, Pub.L. 94-375

1986 – Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub.L. 99-514

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

1987 – Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, Pub.L. 100–242

1987 – Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, Pub.L. 100–77

1989 – Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, Pub.L. 101–235

1990 – Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, Pub.L. 101–625

1992 – Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, Pub.L. 102–550

Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, U.S. Code: Title 12, Chapter 46

2009 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, abbreviated ARRA, Pub.L. 111–5

Repairing and modernizing public housing, including increasing the energy efficiency of units, $4 billion to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Utilities

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935

Energy

1920 – Federal Power Act

1946 – Atomic Energy Act PL 79-585 (created the Atomic Energy Commission)

1954 – Atomic Energy Act Amendments PL 83-703

1956 – Colorado River Storage Project PL 84-485

1957 – Atomic Energy Commission Acquisition of Property PL 85-162

1957 – Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act PL 85-256

1968 – Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act PL 90-481

1973 – Mineral Leasing Act Amendments (Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Authorization) PL 93-153

1974 – Energy Reorganization Act PL 93-438 (Split the AEC into the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

1975 – Energy Policy and Conservation Act PL 94-163

1977 – Department of Energy Organization Act PL 95-91 (Dismantled ERDA and replaced it with the Department of Energy)

1978 – National Energy Act PL 95-617, 618, 619, 620, 621

1980 – Energy Security Act PL 96-294

1989 – Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act PL 101-60

1992 – Energy Policy Act of 1992 PL 102-486

2000 – National Nuclear Security Administration Act PL 106-65

2005 – Energy Policy Act of 2005 PL 109-58

2007 – Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 PL 110-140

2008 – Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 PL 110-234

Arizona Public Service Co. v. Snead

Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission

Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group

Entergy Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission

Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland

Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Company

Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation

Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.

Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy

North American Co. v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission

Pacific Gas & Electric v. Public Utilities Commission

Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin

Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States

State Oil Company v. Khan

National Audubon Society v. Superior Court

Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill

Texaco Inc. v. Dagher

United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Ideal Cement Co.

United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division

United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Water

Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1873)

Transport

Department of Transport

1806 – Cumberland Road

1862 – Pacific Railway Act

1887 – Interstate Commerce Act

1916 – Adamson Railway Labor Act

1935 – Motor Carrier Act

1946 – Federal Airport Act PL 79-377

1950 – Federal Aid to Highway PL 81-769

1954 – Saint Lawrence Seaway Act

1956 – Federal-Aid to Highway/Interstate Highway Act PL 84-627

1957 – Airways Modernization Act PL 85-133

1958 – Transportation Act PL 85-625

1958 – Federal Aviation Act PL 85-726

1959 – Airport Construction Act PL 86-72

1964 – Urban Mass Transportation Act PL 88-365

1965 – Highway Beautification Act PL 89-285

1966 – Department of Transportation established PL 89-670

1970 – Urban Mass Transportation Act PL 91-453

1970 – Rail Passenger Service Act PL 91-518

1970 – Airport and Airway Development Act PL 91-258

1973 – Federal Aid Highway Act PL 93-87

1973 – Amtrak Improvement Act PL 93-146

1973 – Federal Aid Highway Act PL 93-87

1974 – National Mass Transportation Assistance Act PL 93-503

1976 – Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act PL 94-210

1976 – Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act PL 94-435

1978 – Airline Deregulation Act PL 95-504

1980 – Motor Carrier Act PL 96-296

1980 – Staggers Rail Act PL 96-448

1982 – Transportation Assistance Act PL 97-424

1982 – Bus Regulatory Reform Act PL 97-261

1987 – Surface Transportation Act PL 100-17

1991 – Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act PL 102-240

1998 – Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century PL 105-178

2000 – Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century PL 106-181

2002 – Homeland Security Act (PL 107-296)

2005 – Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (PL 109-59)

Telecomms

Communications Act of 1934

Telecommunications Act of 1996

COPE Act of 2006 (Communications Act of 2006)

Telecommunications Act of 2005

Comcast Corp. v. FCC

Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations (2009)

Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations (2012)

Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation

Hush-A-Phone v. United States

National Broadcasting Co. v. United States

National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services

Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

SBC Communications, Inc. v. FCC

Schurz Communications, Incorporated v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America

Smith v. Maryland

Turner Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission

United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.

USTA v. FCC

Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2002)

Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2014)

Verizon Communications v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP

Media

Federal Radio Commission

Media cross-ownership in the United States

Agriculture and environment

1890, 1891, 1897, 1906 Meat Inspection Act

1906: Pure Food and Drug Act

1914: Cotton Futures Act

1916: Federal Farm Loan Act

1917: Food Control and Production Acts

1921: Packers and Stockyards Act

1922: Grain Futures Act

1922: National Agricultural Conference

1923: Agricultural Credits Act

1930: Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act

1930: Foreign Agricultural Service Act

1933: Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

1933: Farm Credit Act

1935: Resettlement Administration

1936: Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act

1937: Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act

1941: National Victory Garden Program

1941: Steagall Amendment

1946: Farmers Home Administration

1946: National School Lunch Act PL 79-396

1946: Research and Marketing Act

1948: Hope-Aiken Agriculture Act PL 80-897

1956: Soil Bank Program authorized

1957: Poultry Inspection Act

1947: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act PL 80-104

1949: Agricultural Act PL 81-439 (Section 416 (b))

1954: Food for Peace Act PL 83-480

1954: Agricultural Act PL 83-690

1956: Mutual Security Act PL 84-726

1957: Poultry Products Inspection Act PL 85-172

1958: Food Additives Amendment PL 85-929

1958: Humane Slaughter Act

1958: Agricultural Act PL 85-835

1961: Agricultural Act PL 87-128

1964: Agricultural Act PL 88-297

1964: Food Stamp Act PL 88-525

1964: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Extension PL 88-305

1965: Appalachian Regional Development Act

1965: Food and Agriculture Act PL 89-321

1966: Child Nutrition Act PL 89-642

1967: Wholesome Meat Act PL 90-201

1968: Wholesome Poultry Products Act PL 90-492

1970: Agricultural Act PL 91-524

1972: Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act PL 92-516

1970: Environmental Quality Improvement Act

1970: Food Stamp Act PL 91-671

1972: Rural Development Act

1972: Rural Development Act Reform 3.31

1972: National School Lunch Act Amendments (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) PL 92-433

1973: Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act PL 93-86

1974: Safe Drinking Water Act PL 93-523

1977: Food and Agriculture Act PL 95-113

1985: Food Security Act PL 99-198

1996: Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act PL 104-127

1996: Food Quality Protection Act PL 104-170

2000: Agriculture Risk Protection Act PL 106-224

2002: Farm Security and Rural Investment Act PL 107-171

2008: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 PL 110-246

2010: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 PL 111-296