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United States of America - Country Profiles

Constitution of the United States.
Date of text: 1789

Policies

National One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the United States 2025-2029.
Date of text: 2025
The United States of America Nationally Determined Contribution.
Date of text: 19 December 2024
Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans.
Date of text: 28 March 2024
Aquaculture National Program 106. Action Plan 2025-2029
Date of text: 19 December 2023
National Climate Resilience Framework.
Date of text: 01 September 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 November 1990 (26 November 2014)
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 December 1990 (10 November 2005)
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Date of text: 03 January 2018
Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act (P.L. 103-318).
Date of text: 26 August 1994
Agricultural Act of 2014.
Date of text: 13 January 2014

Climate change

Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 (7 USC Ch. 96)
Date of text: 1990 (30 October 2020)
Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk.
Date of text: 20 May 2021
Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (2021)
Date of text: 27 January 2021
Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021, on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Date of text: 27 January 2021
Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis (2021)
Date of text: 20 January 2021

Cultivated plants

7 USC - Chapter 57 - Plant Variety Protection - § 2321-2582.
Date of text: 24 December 1970 (20 December 2018)
7 USC - Chapter 37 - Seeds - § 1551-1611.
Date of text: 09 August 1939 (08 December 1994)
7 USC - Chapter 6 - Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control - § 121-136y.
Date of text: 26 April 1910 (29 December 2022)
State Control of Noxious Plants on Federal Lands (43 USC Ch. 45)
Date of text: 0000 (30 October 2020)
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–188, title II, subtitle B)
Date of text: 12 June 2002

Disaster risk management

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
Date of text: 27 March 2020
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127).
Date of text: 18 March 2020
Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-123).
Date of text: 06 March 2020
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 USC Ch. 116)
Date of text: 1986 (30 October 2020)
16 USC - Chapter 42 - Emergency conservation program § 2201-2206.
Date of text: 04 August 1978 (20 December 2018)

Environment

Clean Air Act.
Date of text: 1990 (24 February 2004)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Date of text: 11 December 1980 (31 December 2002)
Toxic Substances Control Act - TSCA -(15 U.S.C. 2601-2697).
Date of text: 11 October 1976 (31 December 2002)
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370m-12).
Date of text: 01 January 1970 (07 January 2011)
Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C 1261-1278a).
Date of text: 12 July 1960 (18 November 2014)

Fisheries and aquaculture

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 (PL. No 114-81).
Date of text: 05 November 2015
Fisheries Act of 1995 (Public Law No. 104-43).
Date of text: 03 November 1995
16 USC - Chapter 38 - Fishery Conservation and Management - § 1801-1891d.
Date of text: 13 April 1976 (29 December 2022)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law No. 116-92).
Date of text: 20 December 2019
16 USC - Chapter 101 - National Fish Habitat Conservation through Partnerships - § 8201-8213.
Date of text: 30 October 2020 (27 December 2022)

Food and nutrition

Global Food Security Act of 2016.
Date of text: 06 July 2016
Food Safety Modernization Act (P.L. 111–353).
Date of text: 04 January 2011
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (21 U.S.C. 2201-2252).
Date of text: 04 January 2011 (10 December 2015)
Food Safety (21 U.S.C. 2101-2110).
Date of text: 27 September 2007 (19 September 2016)
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 December 1990 (10 November 2005)

Forestry

16 USC - Chapter 36 - Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning - § 1600-1687.
Date of text: 22 October 1976 (27 December 2022)
Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Act (Public Law 102-574).
Date of text: 29 October 1992
16 USC - Chapter 2 National Forests - § 471-546b–1.
Date of text: 04 June 1897 (27 December 2022)
16 USC - Chapter 92 - Forest Landscape Restoration - § 7301-7304.
Date of text: 30 March 2009 (20 December 2018)
16 USC - Chapter 86 - Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention - § 6701-6707
Date of text: 05 October 2004

Gender

Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018.
Date of text: 2018

Indigenous peoples

Auburn Indian Restoration Act (P.L. 103-434).
Date of text: 26 August 1994

Land and soil

16 USC - Chapter 33 - Coastal Zone Management - § 1451-1468.
Date of text: 27 October 1972 (23 December 2022)
16 USC - Chapter 3B Soil Conservation - §590a-590q–3.
Date of text: 27 April 1935 (20 December 2018)
16 USC - Chapter 2 National Forests - § 471-546b–1.
Date of text: 04 June 1897 (27 December 2022)
Grazing Lands (43 USC Ch. 8A)
Date of text: 0000 (30 October 2020)
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 USC Ch. 35)
Date of text: 0000 (30 October 2020)

Livestock

7 USC - Chapter 54 - Transportation, Sale and Handling of Certain Animals - § 2131-2160.
Date of text: 24 August 1966 (29 December 2022)
Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131-2159)
Date of text: 24 August 1966 (2013)
Food Safety (21 U.S.C. 2101-2110).
Date of text: 27 September 2007 (19 September 2016)
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301-399d).
Date of text: 1938 (01 January 2021)
California Food and Agricultural Code - Division 13: Bee Management and Honey production (29000-29812)
Date of text: 0000 (16 September 2021)

Mineral resources and energy

16 USC - Chapter 63 - Federal Cave Resources Protection - § 4301-4310.
Date of text: 18 November 1988 (30 March 2009)
16 USC - Chapter 12 H Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation - § 839-839h.
Date of text: 05 December 1980 (27 December 2022)
16 USC - Chapter 46 - Public Utility Regulatory Policies - § 2601-2645.
Date of text: 09 November 1978 (15 November 2021)
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 USC Chapter 3A)
Date of text: 1920 (30 October 2020)
Outer Continental Shelf Resource Management (43 USC Ch. 36)
Date of text: 0000 (30 October 2020)

Sea

16 USC - Chapter 33 - Coastal Zone Management - § 1451-1468.
Date of text: 27 October 1972 (23 December 2022)
16 USC - Chapter 38 - Fishery Conservation and Management - § 1801-1891d.
Date of text: 13 April 1976 (29 December 2022)
16 USC - Chapter 94 - National Oceans and Coastal Security - § 7501-7507.
Date of text: 18 December 2015 (23 December 2022)
16 USC - Chapter 32 A - Regional Marine Research Programs - § 1447-1447f.
Date of text: 16 November 1990 (29 October 1992)
Oil Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. 1001).
Date of text: 1990 (29 December 2009)

Water

Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024.
Date of text: 04 January 2025
Safe Drinking Water Act (U.S.C. 1400-1465).
Date of text: 16 December 1974 (31 December 2002)
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act).
Date of text: 1972 (27 November 2002)
Water Resources Planning Act (42 U.S.C. 1962-1962d-22).
Date of text: 22 July 1965 (29 December 2000)
Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project (P.L. 103-434; Title XII)
Date of text: 31 October 1994

Wild species and ecosystems

National Wildlife Refuge System Act (16 U.S.C. 688dd-688ee).
Date of text: 30 April 2004
16 USC - Chapter 28 - Wild and Scenic Rivers - § 1271-1287.
Date of text: 02 October 1968 (29 December 2022)
Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131-2159)
Date of text: 24 August 1966 (2013)
16 USC - Chapter 67 - Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control - § 4701-4751.
Date of text: 1990 (29 December 2022)
16 USC - Chapter 64 - North American Wetlands Conservation - § 4401-4414.
Date of text: 13 December 1989 (27 December 2022)

Miscellaneous

42 USC - Chapter 6A - Public Health Service - § 201- 300mm-64.
Date of text: 01 July 1944 (04 January 2025)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA)
Date of text: 1977 (22 July 2004)
Bribery, Graft, and Conflicts of Interest (18 USC Ch. 11)
Date of text: 0000 (01 January 2021)
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–169).
Date of text: 16 August 2022
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021
Date of text: 15 November 2021

International Agreements

U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change
Date of text: 12 November 2014
U.S.-China Joint Statement on Climate Change, Beijing, February 15, 2014.
Date of text: 15 February 2014
Measures to Improve the Reliability and Predictability of Rio Grande Water Deliveries to Benefit the United States and Mexico (IBWC Minute No. 331).
Date of text: 09 November 2024

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