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Code of National Law · United States
National Policy
40 statutes · 15 titles
last enacted 2002
average shown on
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Economic
Center-Left
-0.54
Social
Moderate
-0.36
code
record
Titles
Taxation
-2.0
Economic
-0.8
Education
-2.0
Environment
-0.5
Governance
-0.5
Healthcare
-0.8
Infrastructure
-3.0
Defense
+1.0
Foreign Policy
0.0
Immigration
+1.0
Media & Information
0.0
Public Safety
+0.5
Social
0.0
Trade & Tariffs
—
Government
0.0
Title I — Taxation
6 statutes
leans lean liberal -2.0
▾
Federal Income Tax Rate
— 20%
standing law
↑
Small Businesses
↑
~Median Income
↓
~Poverty Rate
↑
~GDP Growth
↑
~Income Inequality
Economic
Center-Right
Federal Domestic Corporate Tax Rate
— 16%
standing law
↑
Small Businesses
↑
~GDP Growth
↓
~Unemployment
↑
~Median Income
↑
~Income Inequality
Economic
Center-Right
Federal Foreign Corporate Tax Rate
— 48%
enacted 1997 · Jun 13 · per Foreign Corporate Tax and Strategic Supply Chain Protection Act
↑
Small Businesses
↑
~GDP Growth
↓
~Unemployment
↓
~Cost of Living
Economic
Left
Social
Lean Liberal
Federal Payroll Tax Rate
— 15%
standing law
Economic
Centrist
Federal Tariff Rate
— 15%
enacted 1991 · Jun 4 · per Federal Tariff Rate (Default)
Economic
Centrist
Federal Sales Tax Rate
— 12%
enacted 1991 · Jun 4 · per Federal Sales Tax Rate (Default)
Economic
Centrist
Title II — Economic
7 statutes
leans center-left -0.8
▾
Economic Recovery and Investment Act
— Targeted Investment Act
enacted 1994 · Jun 7 · per Recovering Americans Income Act
↑
GDP Growth
↓
~Unemployment
↑
~Median Income
Economic
Center-Left
−$5,994,228,331/yr
Social Security Act
— Social Security Stability Act
enacted 1996 · Jun 9 · per Social Security Reform Act
↓
Poverty Rate
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
−$5,628,726,604/yr
Federal Minimum Wage Act
— Fair Wage Increase Act
enacted 1994 · Jun 7 · per Recovering Americans Income Act
↑
Median Income
↓
~Poverty Rate
↓
~Income Inequality
↓
~Small Businesses
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Liberal
Workforce Development and Training Act
— Worker Retraining Act
enacted 1999 · Jun 16 · per Employment Retraining Act
↑
Workforce Skills
↑
~Social Mobility
↓
~Recidivism
↓
~Unemployment
↓
~Small Businesses
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Liberal
−$3,143,314,857/yr
Subsidy
— +7.5% margin subsidy
active subsidy · National | Economy-wide | Domestic only
+7.5% margin active
Subsidy
— +7.5% margin subsidy
active subsidy · National | Agriculture sector | Domestic only
+7.5% margin active
Subsidy
— +7.5% margin subsidy
active subsidy · National | Construction sector | Strategy: Combat Tariffs | Domestic only
+7.5% margin active
Title III — Education
3 statutes
leans lean liberal -2.0
▾
Federal Education Investment Act
— Pell Grant and College Access Act
enacted 1997 · Jun 11 · per Great American Education Bill
↑
Education Spending
Economic
Left
Social
Liberal
−$24,085,467,337/yr
Federal Science and Research Act
— Research Continuity Act
enacted 1991 · Jun 4 · per Federal Science and Research Act (Default)
↓
rdIntensity
Economic
Centrist
−$8,260,339,042/yr
Educational Standards and Choice Act
— Federal-State Standards Partnership Act
enacted 1997 · Jun 11 · per Great American Education Bill
↑
Test Performance
↑
~collegeEnrollment
↑
~Social Cohesion
Social
Center-Liberal
−$19,162,890,071/yr
Title IV — Environment
2 statutes
leans center-left -0.5
▾
Clean Energy Investment Act
— All-Source Energy Act
standing law
↓
Renewable Energy
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
Conservation and Public Lands Act
— Public Lands Investment Act
enacted 1998 · Jun 13 · per Clean Water Act
↑
Protected Land
↓
~Air Quality
↑
~Social Cohesion
↓
~Carbon Emissions
↑
~Recycling Rate
↑
~Climate Resilience
↑
~Water Quality
↓
~economicFreedom
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Liberal
−$9,064,442,842/yr
Title V — Governance
2 statutes
leans center-liberal -0.5
▾
Government Ethics and Transparency Act
— Ethics Reform Act
enacted 2002 · Jun 21 · per Taxpayer First Act
↑
Transparency
↑
~Public Trust
↑
~News Trust
Social
Center-Liberal
Voting Rights and Civic Participation Act
— Election Administration Act
standing law
↓
Civic Participation
Social
Moderate
Title VI — Healthcare
5 statutes
leans center-left -0.8
▾
Federal Healthcare Access Act
— Public Option and Subsidy Act
enacted 1996 · Jun 9 · per MAHA
↓
Uninsured Rate
↓
~Poverty Rate
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Liberal
−$314,341,719,704/yr
Medicare Drug Pricing Reform Act
— Senior Prescription Relief Act
enacted 1996 · Jun 9 · per MAHA
↑
Life Expectancy
↓
~Uninsured Rate
↑
~Median Income
↑
~Healthcare Affordability
↓
~Preventable Mortality
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Liberal
−$27,425,787,625/yr
Public Health Protection Act
— Public Health Services Act
enacted 1991 · Jun 4 · per Public Health Protection Act (Default)
↓
Health Preparedness
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
−$14,005,904,364/yr
Medicaid Services Act
— Federal floor for eligibility
enacted 1996 · Jun 9 · per MAHA
↓
Uninsured Rate
↓
~Poverty Rate
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Liberal
−$32,524,171,222/yr
Medicaid Expansion Act
— Medicaid Enhancement Act
standing law
↓
Uninsured Rate
↑
~Life Expectancy
↓
~Poverty Rate
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Moderate
Title VII — Infrastructure
2 statutes
leans left -3.0
▾
Transportation Infrastructure Act
— Highway and Transit Modernization Act
enacted 2002 · Jun 22 · per H.R. 97: National Infrastructure Modernization Act
↑
Road Condition
↑
~GDP Growth
↓
~Air Quality
↑
~Public Transit
Economic
Left
−$20,102,595,013/yr
Broadband and Energy Infrastructure Act
— Digital and Energy Infrastructure Act
enacted 1998 · Jun 14 · per MAKE AMERICA CONNECTED!
↑
Broadband Access
↑
~GDP Growth
↑
~collegeEnrollment
↓
~Carbon Emissions
↑
~Grid Reliability
Economic
Left
−$27,412,629,563/yr
Title VIII — Defense
1 statute
leans center-right +1.0
▾
Defense Spending Act
— National Defense Act
enacted 1991 · Jun 4 · per Defense Spending Act (Default)
↓
GDP Growth
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
−$42,105,799,009/yr
Title IX — Foreign Policy
1 statute
leans centrist 0.0
▾
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Act
— Balanced Foreign Engagement Act
standing law
↓
GDP Growth
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
Title X — Immigration
2 statutes
leans center-right +1.0
▾
Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Act
— Enhanced Border Security Act
standing law
↓
Migration Rate
↓
~Safety Confidence
↑
~Crime Rate
↓
~housingAffordability
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Center-Trad
Legal Immigration and Visa Policy Act
— Immigration Standards Act
standing law
↓
Migration Rate
Social
Moderate
Title 11 — Media & Information
1 statute
leans moderate 0.0
▾
Media and Communications Regulation Act
— Communications Standards Act
standing law
↓
Press Freedom
Social
Moderate
Title 12 — Public Safety
4 statutes
leans center-right +0.5
▾
Criminal Justice Reform Act
— Law and Order Reinforcement Act
standing law
↑
Crime Rate
↑
~Social Cohesion
↓
~Poverty Rate
↓
~Violent Crime
↑
~Police per Capita
↑
~Safety Confidence
↓
~Incarceration
Social
Center-Trad
Prison Rehabilitation and Sentencing Reform Act
— Prison Efficiency Act
standing law
↑
Recidivism
↑
~Crime Rate
↑
~Unemployment
↓
~Workforce Skills
↑
~Incarceration
↓
~Social Mobility
↓
~Crime Rate
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Center-Trad
Emergency Services Management Act
— Emergency Services Funding Act
standing law
↓
Safety Confidence
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
Firearms Safety Act
— Firearms Regulation Act
standing law
↓
Crime Rate
Social
Moderate
Title 13 — Social
3 statutes
leans centrist 0.0
▾
Affordable Housing Act
— Federal Housing Services Act
enacted 1991 · Jun 4 · per Affordable Housing Act (Default)
↓
Homelessness
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
−$10,958,594,628/yr
National Food Security and Nutrition Act
— Nutrition Access Expansion Act
enacted 2000 · Jun 17 · per The Food Insecurity Act
↓
Food Insecurity
↑
~Life Expectancy
↑
~Health Preparedness
↓
~Poverty Rate
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Liberal
−$24,085,467,337/yr
Reproductive Health Act
— Reproductive Regulation Act
standing law
↓
Social Cohesion
↓
~Life Expectancy
↑
~Preventable Mortality
↑
~birthRate
Social
Center-Trad
Title 14 — Trade & Tariffs
7 statutes
no axis positions
▾
Tariff
— 100% tariff
active tariff · Imports from Germany
100% active
Tariff
— 100% tariff
active tariff · Imports from Japan
100% active
Tariff
— 50% tariff
active tariff · Media sector imports
50% active
Tariff
— 0% tariff
active tariff · Imports from China
0% active
Tariff
— 100% tariff
active tariff · Construction sector imports
100% active
Tariff
— 100% tariff
active tariff · Real Estate sector imports
100% active
Tariff
— 0% tariff
active tariff · All other imports
0% active
Title 15 — Government
1 statute
leans moderate 0.0
▾
Senate Filibuster Rules Act
— Talking Filibuster Reform Act
standing law
Social
Moderate