U.S. Government Resources: Rules, Regulations, & Statutes

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Administrative Decisions and Other Actions
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html

This web site, a product of the University of Virginia Library, contains links to Federal administrative decisions and other actions arranged in alphabetical order by agency.

Agriculture Decisions
http://www.usda.gov/da/oalj.htm

The Office of Administrative Law Judges from the Department of Agriculture offers a database of Agriculture Decisions, searchable by year, word, or phrase.

Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis. GPO Access covers 1996 through the current year.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Laws Enforced
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/laws.html

Links to the text of laws and regulations enforced byt the EEOC.

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
http://www.acqnet.gov/far

This is the official site for Federal Acquisition Regulation online. The FAR was established to codify uniform policies for acquisition of supplies and services by executive agencies, including the Department of Defense, General Services, Administration, and NASA. Current and archived FAR information is available through links and a search database.

Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinions
http://www.fec.gov/law/enforcement/ao_search.shtml

FEC's Advisory Opinion Search database contains all opinions issued by the Commission from 1977 to the present.

Federal IT Accessibility Initiative
http://www.section508.gov/

Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. Using this web site, Federal employees and the public can access resources for understanding and implementing the requirements of Section 508.

Federal Maritime Commission's Electronic Reading Room
http://www.fmc.gov/reading/DocketActivityLogs.asp

The FMC provides links to docket decisions and rules.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Index
http://www.fmshrc.gov/index.html

The Commission's index contains links to rules, recent and published decisions, and DOL/MSHR regulations.

Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.GPO Access provides coverage from 1994-current.

Fedlaw: Legal & Regulatory Links
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/intro2.htm

The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) was established in 1996, after the passage of the Congressional Review Act, to provide Congress with independent analyses of agency regulations. These FedLaw links provide access to federal statutes and regulations by subject category.

GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

This web server for the Government Printing Office provides free online access to most electronic government documents, including the Congressional Record, CFR, Federal Register, Congressional bills, U.S. Code, the full text of bills introduced in Congress, Public Laws of the Congress, agency publications, and much more. It is the web version of Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Monthly Catalog), which indexes documents from 1994 to the present. Reliable because it is the official publisher.

House Committee on Rules
http://www.house.gov/rules/

The Committee on the Rules has original jurisdiction to promulgate and amend the standing rules of the House of Representatives.

House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
http://www.house.gov/ethics/

The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct investigates potential ethical violations of Government employees, including politicians. Under the “History” link, there is a historical summary of conduct (dated from 1798 to 2004) that provides the name and charge of the individual and any Committee or House actions taken against him or her.

LSA, List of CFR Sections Affected
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/lsa/index.html

The List of CFR Sections Affected lists proposed, new, and amended Federal regulations that have been published in the Federal Register since the most recent revision date of a CFR title. Each LSA issue is cumulative and contains the CFR part and section numbers, a description of its status (e.g., amended, confirmed, revised), and the Federal Register page number where the change(s) may be found. It is published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. NOTE: The LSA is issued monthly; however, on GPO Access, the LSA also contains three supplemental services: the List of CFR Parts Affected Today, Current List of CFR Parts Affected, and Last Month’s List of CFR Parts Affected. GPO Access covers 1986 through the current year.

Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health
Information
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

This Office of Civil Rights web site, as part of the Department of Health and Human Services, provides HIPAA regulatory and compliance information, as well as educational materials on the issue of health and medical privacy.

National Credit Union Administration Reference Information Index
http://www.ncua.gov/RegulationsOpinionsLaws/index.htm

The NCUA Reference Information Index contains links to Board appeal decisions, rules and regulations, interpretive rulings, regulatory alerts, and much more.

National Labor Relations Board
http://www.nlrb.gov/

The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. The Board conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation and investigates and remedies unfair labor practices by employers and unions.

National Transportation Safety Board Legal Matters
http://www.ntsb.gov/alj/legal.htm

The NTSB's Legal Matters web site includes access to the Office of Administrative Law Judges and Office of General Counsel web sites, opinions and orders, regulations,
and more.

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety - Rules
http://hazmat.dot.gov/regs/rules.htm

Rules, regulations and interpretations dealing with hazardous materials safety are provided at this web site.

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Office of the Law Revision Counsel
http://uscode.house.gov/

The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. Search the Code, classification tables, codification legislation, and more.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Legal Information & FOIA
http://www.pbgc.gov/media/key-resources-for-the-press/content/page5273.html

This site provides access to the laws and regulations, opinion letters, rulemaking procedures, and more governing the PBGC.

Postal Rate Commission Docket Search
http://www.prc.gov/main.asp?Left=srch_ins.htm&Right=search.asp

This web site contains searchable fields to find information governing the Postal Rate Commission.

Public and Private Laws
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html

The GPO Access database contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress to the present.

REGINFO.gov
http://www.reginfo.gov/

This site was created by the Regulatory Information Service Center and provides users with information on Federal, state, and local regulations.

Regulations.gov
http://www.regulations.gov/index.html

This U.S. Government web site provides information about, and encourages participation in, federal rulemaking. The public can search, review, and submit comments on federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register.

Senate Select Committee on Ethics
http://ethics.senate.gov/

The Senate Select Committee on Ethics investigates potential ethical violations of Senate members. This website provides access to the members of the Select Committee on Ethics, the Senate’s ethics manual, downloadable forms, and links to related websites.

Unified Agenda
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ua/index.html

The Unified Agenda, also known as the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, is published twice a year in the Federal Register by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). It summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next six months. GPO Access provides the search database from 1992 through the current issue.

Uniform Code of Military Justice
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm

The UCMJ is the Congressional code of military criminal law applicable to all military members worldwide.

United States Code, Cornell LII
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode

Through the Legal Information Institute, this version of the U.S. Code integrates the services of the House servers and of the Library of Congress Thomas service to supply you with accurate updates to any section which has changed. The date of any text appearing on this site appears in italics at the upper right in every Code section. Search by Title and Section.

United States Code, GPO
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the Code has been published every six years. In between editions, annual cumulative supplements are published in order to present the most current information. Documents on this GPO Access site are available only as ASCII text files (1994 - current).

United States Code, Office of the Law Revision Counsel
http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml

The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. This database provides a search of current and previous versions of the Code.

U.S. Government Search, Northern Light
http://usgovsearch.northernlight.com/

Northern Light is a technology corporation that builds and installs search applications for businesses and organizations. Different search engines provide marketing research, news, and other relevant information to Northern Light customers.