Acts Timelines – Thematic Overviews

This section brings together the major U.S. Acts of Congress into thematic timelines.
Each timeline connects individual acts you can explore in detail elsewhere on this site.

📊 Finance & Banking

• Emergency Banking Act (1933) → Glass–Steagall → Gold Reserve → Bretton Woods → Employment Act → Fed Reform Act (1977) → IMF Second Amendment (end of gold) → Humphrey–Hawkins → DIDMCA (1980) → Garn–St Germain (1982) → FIRREA (1989) → FDICIA (1991) → Gramm–Leach–Bliley (1999) → Sarbanes–Oxley (2002) → EESA/TARP (2008) → Dodd–Frank (2010) → Regulatory Relief Act (2018) → CARES (2020) → Inflation Reduction Act (2022)
  👉 Finance & Banking Timeline

⚖ Civil Rights

• Civil Rights Act (1866) → Ku Klux Klan Act (1871) → Civil Rights Act (1964) → Fair Housing Act (1968) → Civil Rights Act (1991)
  👉 Civil Rights Acts Timeline

🗳 Voting Rights

• Voting Rights Act (1965) → Amendments (1970, 1975, 1982, 2006) → Shelby v. Holder (2013 impact)
  👉 Voting Rights Timeline

🌎 Environment

• NEPA (1969) → Clean Air Act (1970) → Clean Water Act (1972) → Endangered Species Act (1973) → Safe Drinking Water Act (1974) → RCRA (1976) → CERCLA/Superfund (1980)
  👉 Environmental Law Timeline

👷 Labor & Employment

• FLSA (1938) → Equal Pay Act (1963) → Title VII (1964) → ADEA (1967) → OSHA (1970) → Rehabilitation Act (1973) → ADA (1990/2008) → FMLA (1993) → USERRA (1994) → Civil Rights Act (1991)
  👉 Labor & Employment Timeline

🛡 Defense & Security

• Insurrection Act (1807) → Posse Comitatus (1878) → War Powers Resolution (1973) → National Emergencies Act (1976) → IEEPA (1977) → Defense Production Act (1950, amended) → FISA (1978) → FISA Amendments Act (2008) → AUMFs (2001, 2002) → Patriot Act (2001) → Homeland Security Act (2002) → SCRA (2003 + amendments) → CISA (2015)
  👉 Defense & Security Timeline

🛒 Consumer & Commerce

• Sherman Antitrust (1890) → Clayton Antitrust (1914) → FTC Act (1914) → Consumer Product Safety Act (1972) → Truth in Lending (1968) → FCRA (1970) → FDCPA (1977) → EFTA (1978) → Bankruptcy Reform Act (1978) → DMCA (1998)
  👉 Consumer & Commerce Timeline

🏥 Healthcare & Social Policy

• Social Security Act (1935) → Medicare/Medicaid (1965) → HIPAA (1996) → CHIP (1997) → MHPAEA (2008) → ACA (2010) → 21st Century Cures Act (2016) → CARES Act (2020) → American Rescue Plan (2021)
  👉 Healthcare & Social Policy Timeline

🎖 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)

• Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Civil Relief Act (1940) → Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (2003) → Amendments (2004–2022)
  👉 SCRA Timeline

🧑‍⚖️ Criminal Justice & Due Process

• Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (2000) → First Step Act (2018)
  👉 Criminal Justice Timeline

🌐 Technology & Privacy

• Communications Decency Act § 230 (1996) → COPPA (1998) → DMCA (1998)
  👉 Technology & Privacy Timeline

🌍 Immigration

• Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA, 1986) → IIRIRA (1996)
  👉 Immigration Timeline

⚖️ Government & Administrative Law

• Administrative Procedure Act (APA, 1946) → FOIA (1966)
  👉 Administrative Law Timeline