Public Health: Law & Policy

PHLP works to improve the health of the public by developing law-related tools and providing legal technical assistance to public health practitioners and policy makers in state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) jurisdictions.

Since 1975, CBO has produced independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process. Each year, the agency’s economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation.

From the Library of Congress, a comprehensive list of links to official sites. Organized by topic.

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 53 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Browse current federal statutes.

From the Library of Congress, provides complete U.S. federal legislative information.

Proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress, 1903-present.

Official Website of the United States Supreme Court, where you can find opinions, documents, and dockets.

Official website for the United States court system where you can find records, statistics and reports, and rules and policies pertaining to the Federal Court system.

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

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.

As the nation’s public health protection agency, CDC has certain authorities to implement regulations related to protecting America from health and safety threats, both foreign and within the United States, and increasing public health security.

Agencies create regulations (also known as "rules") under the authority of Congress to help government carry out public policy. Learn about HHS' top regulations and how you can make your voice heard.

Datasets on LawAtlas.org use policy surveillance to capture the characteristics of laws and policies of public health significance. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of the CPHLR Policy Surveillance Program, this site supports work to increase the use of policy surveillance and legal mapping as tools for improving the nation’s health.

When people think about the law, some of the first things that come to mind might be the Constitution or the Supreme Court. However, the fact is that most of our interactions with legal issues and the law actually involve matters of state and local laws. Search by topic.

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