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Code of National Law · United States
National Policy
39 statutes · 15 titles
last enacted 1953
average shown on
country page ↗
Economic
Centrist
+0.19
Social
Moderate
+0.45
code
record
Titles
Taxation
-0.8
Economic
0.0
Education
+0.7
Environment
+0.5
Governance
+1.5
Healthcare
+0.8
Infrastructure
+1.0
Defense
-1.0
Foreign Policy
-1.0
Immigration
+1.0
Media & Information
-1.0
Public Safety
+0.8
Social
+0.8
Trade & Tariffs
—
Government
0.0
Title I — Taxation
6 statutes
leans center-left -0.8
▾
Federal Income Tax Rate
— 35%
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Income Tax Rate (Default)
↓
Small Businesses
↓
~Median Income
↑
~Poverty Rate
↓
~GDP Growth
↓
~Income Inequality
Economic
Lean Left
Federal Domestic Corporate Tax Rate
— 28%
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Domestic Corporate Tax Rate (Default)
↓
Small Businesses
↓
~GDP Growth
↑
~Unemployment
↓
~Median Income
↓
~Income Inequality
Economic
Lean Left
Federal Foreign Corporate Tax Rate
— 30%
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Foreign Corporate Tax Rate (Default)
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Moderate
Federal Payroll Tax Rate
— 15%
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Payroll Tax Rate (Default)
Economic
Centrist
Federal Tariff Rate
— 15%
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Tariff Rate (Default)
Economic
Centrist
Federal Sales Tax Rate
— 12%
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Sales Tax Rate (Default)
Economic
Centrist
Title II — Economic
4 statutes
leans centrist 0.0
▾
Economic Recovery and Investment Act
— Fiscal Balance Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Economic Recovery and Investment Act (Default)
↓
GDP Growth
Economic
Centrist
−$123,889,252,894/yr
Social Security Act
— Social Security Stability Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Social Security Act (Default)
↓
Poverty Rate
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
−$183,100,605,067/yr
Federal Minimum Wage Act
— Moderate Wage Standards Act
standing law
↓
Median Income
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
Workforce Development and Training Act
— Workforce Services Act
standing law
↓
Workforce Skills
Economic
Centrist
Title III — Education
3 statutes
leans center-right +0.7
▾
Federal Education Investment Act
— Education Stability Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Education Investment Act (Default)
↓
Education Spending
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
−$22,499,162,973/yr
Federal Science and Research Act
— Research Continuity Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Science and Research Act (Default)
↓
rdIntensity
Economic
Centrist
−$15,018,622,854/yr
Educational Standards and Choice Act
— School Choice Expansion Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Educational Standards and Choice Act (Default)
↓
Test Performance
↓
~collegeEnrollment
↓
~Social Cohesion
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Center-Trad
−$3,740,270,060/yr
Title IV — Environment
2 statutes
leans center-right +0.5
▾
Clean Energy Investment Act
— All-Source Energy Act
standing law
↓
Renewable Energy
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
Conservation and Public Lands Act
— Balanced Land Management Act
standing law
↓
Protected Land
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
Title V — Governance
2 statutes
leans lean trad +1.5
▾
Government Ethics and Transparency Act
— Streamlined Ethics Act
standing law
↓
Transparency
↓
~Public Trust
↓
~News Trust
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Center-Trad
Voting Rights and Civic Participation Act
— Election Integrity Act
standing law
↓
Civic Participation
↓
~Voter Turnout
↓
~Public Trust
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Lean Trad
Title VI — Healthcare
5 statutes
leans center-right +0.8
▾
Federal Healthcare Access Act
— Federal Healthcare Framework Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Federal Healthcare Access Act (Default)
↓
Uninsured Rate
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
−$142,705,688,424/yr
Medicare Drug Pricing Reform Act
— Medicare Drug Stability Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Medicare Drug Pricing Reform Act (Default)
↓
Life Expectancy
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
−$17,838,211,053/yr
Public Health Protection Act
— Public Health Services Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Public Health Protection Act (Default)
↓
Health Preparedness
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
−$2,129,076,803/yr
Medicaid Services Act
— Maintain expansion; no requirements
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Medicaid Services Act (Default)
↓
Uninsured Rate
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
−$14,385,654,075/yr
Medicaid Expansion Act
— Medicaid Stabilization Act
standing law
↓
Uninsured Rate
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
Title VII — Infrastructure
2 statutes
leans center-right +1.0
▾
Transportation Infrastructure Act
— State Transportation Devolution Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Transportation Infrastructure Act (Default)
↓
Road Condition
↓
~GDP Growth
↑
~Air Quality
↓
~Public Transit
Economic
Center-Right
−$14,673,367,157/yr
Broadband and Energy Infrastructure Act
— Market-Driven Connectivity Act
standing law
↓
Broadband Access
↓
~GDP Growth
↓
~collegeEnrollment
↑
~Carbon Emissions
↓
~Grid Reliability
Economic
Center-Right
Title VIII — Defense
2 statutes
leans center-left -1.0
▾
Defense Spending Act
— Responsible Defense Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Defense Spending Act (Default)
↓
GDP Growth
Economic
Lean Left
Social
Moderate
−$86,601,637,532/yr
National Service and Recruitment Act
— Selective Service Continuity Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per National Service and Recruitment Act (Default)
Economic
Centrist
Social
Moderate
−$1,150,852,326/yr
Title IX — Foreign Policy
1 statute
leans center-left -1.0
▾
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Act
— International Partnership Act
standing law
↑
GDP Growth
↑
~Social Cohesion
↑
~Migration Rate
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Center-Trad
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 Reduction Act
standing law
↓
Migration Rate
↓
~Workforce Skills
↓
~GDP Growth
↓
~housingAffordability
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Center-Trad
Title 11 — Media & Information
1 statute
leans center-left -1.0
▾
Media and Communications Regulation Act
— Communications Standards Act
standing law
↓
Press Freedom
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Moderate
Title 12 — Public Safety
4 statutes
leans center-trad +0.8
▾
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
Economic
Center-Right
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
— Second Amendment Preservation Act
standing law
↑
Crime Rate
↓
~Social Cohesion
↑
~Violent Crime
Social
Center-Trad
Title 13 — Social
4 statutes
leans center-trad +0.8
▾
Affordable Housing Act
— Housing Access Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Affordable Housing Act (Default)
↓
Homelessness
↓
~Poverty Rate
↑
~Social Cohesion
↓
~Cost of Living
↑
~Social Mobility
↑
~Urbanization
Economic
Center-Left
Social
Moderate
−$11,623,608,493/yr
National Food Security and Nutrition Act
— Federal Nutrition Services Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per National Food Security and Nutrition Act (Default)
↓
Food Insecurity
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Moderate
−$13,292,344,365/yr
Reproductive Health Act
— Reproductive Regulation Act
standing law
↓
Social Cohesion
↓
~Life Expectancy
↑
~Preventable Mortality
↑
~birthRate
Social
Lean Trad
Paid Family Leave & Child Care Act
— Employer Flexibility Act
enacted 1953 · Jun 29 · per Paid Family Leave & Child Care Act (Default)
↓
birthRate
↓
~laborParticipation
↓
~Social Mobility
Economic
Center-Right
Social
Center-Trad
−$34,525,569,780/yr
Title 14 — Trade & Tariffs
1 statute
no axis positions
▾
Tariff
— 25% tariff
active tariff · All imports
25% active
Title 15 — Government
1 statute
leans moderate 0.0
▾
Senate Filibuster Rules Act
— Talking Filibuster Reform Act
standing law
Social
Moderate