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| 5223840117 | Atomic Energy Act | Provides for the development and regulation of the uses of nuclear materials and facilities in the US | 0 | |
| 5223840118 | Clean Air Act | Established primary and secondary air quality standards | 1 | |
| 5223840119 | Clean Water Acts | Regulates and enforces all discharge into water sources and wetland distraction/construction | 2 | |
| 5223840120 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act | Established a federal authority for emergency response and cleanup of hazardous substances that have been spilled, improperly disposed, or released into the environment | 3 | |
| 5223840121 | Consumer Product Safety Act | Purpose is to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products | 4 | |
| 5223840122 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species | Controls the exploitation of endangered species through international legislation. Bans hunting, capturing and selling of threatened species and bans the import of ivory. | 5 | |
| 5223840123 | Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act | Requires reporting of toxic releases: the toxic release inventory; encourages response for chemical releases | 6 | |
| 5223840124 | Endangered Species Act | Protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered. Includes migratory birds and their habitats | 7 | |
| 5223840125 | Energy Policy Act | The act originally publicizes radiation protection standards for the Yucca mountain repository | 8 | |
| 5223840126 | Energy Policy and Conservation Act | Authorizes the president to draw from the petroleum reserve as well as established a permanent home-heating oil reserves in the Northeast. | 9 | |
| 5223840127 | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act | Assures the safety, wholesomeness, efficacy, and truthful packaging and labeling of food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. | 10 | |
| 5223840128 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act | Requires that all pesticides are registered and approved by the FDA and creates a pesticide registry. | 11 | |
| 5223840129 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act | Authorized the surgeon general of the public health service, with others, to prepare comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters | 12 | |
| 5223840130 | Food Quality Protection Act | Set pesticide limits in food, and all active and in active ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects | 13 | |
| 5223840131 | Hard-rock Mining and reclamation | The bill provides that the secretary of the interior well establish a royalty rate from 2% to 5% of the value of locatable mineral production from any new minds on federal mineral lands | 14 | |
| 5223840132 | Hazardous Material Transportation Act | Governs the transportation of hazardous materials and wastes | 15 | |
| 5223840133 | International Environmental Protection Act | Authorized the president to assist countries and protecting and maintaining wildlife habitat and provides an active role in conservation by the agency for international development | 16 | |
| 5223840134 | Kyoto Protocol | Agreement amount 150 nations requiring greenhouse emission reduction | 17 | |
| 5223840135 | Lacey Act | A conservation law prohibiting the transportation of illegally captured or prohibited animals across state lines. It was the first federal law protecting wildlife, and is still in effect, though it has been revised several times. Today the law is primarily used to prevent the importation or spread of potentially dangerous non-native species | 18 | |
| 5223840136 | Law of the Sea Convention | International agreement that sets rules for the use of the worlds oceans, which cover 70% of the earths surface | 19 |
