Summary of Federal Laws

 

Miscellaneous Laws Affecting Universities

 

 

  Higher Education Act of 1965 and Higher Education Amendments of 1998

  (Disclosure Requirements on Foreign   Source Interests)

  Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 and Constitution Day

  Depository Library Program

  CAN SPAM Act (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003)
  Confidentiality of Patient Records
  Telephone Operator Consumer Services Improvement Act
  General Revision of the Copyright Law (1976) and Judicial Improvement Act of 1990
  Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998
  Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
  Visual Artists Rights Act
  Teacher Education Program Reporting Requirements
  The Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act) (amended by the Trademark Revision Act of 1988)
  Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
  The Clayton Act (amended by the Robinson Patman Act)
  The Federal Trade Commission Act
  National Cooperative Research Act of 1984
  The Philanthropy Protection Act (1995)
  Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act of 1995
  State Laws Regulating Charitable Solicitations
  Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
  Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (amended by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989)
  The Byrd Amendment
  U.S. House of Representatives Gift Rule LII
  U.S. Senate Gift Rule XXXV
  Financial Services Modernization Act (Gramm Leach Bliley Act)

  The Telemarketing Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act

  Sarbanes Oxley Act

  U.S. Postal Service Domestic Mail Manual Standards

  Revised Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations

  Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations, Federal 
  Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Related to Discovery and Electronically Stored Information 
  Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007





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