Concept information
Preferred term
legislation
Definition
- Legislation is a bill or resolution that Congress uses as a vehicle to create a law or state a policy. It may be broad enough to affect the entire nation or so narrow it affects only one person. [Source: Congress A to Z; Legislation]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- acts (legislation)
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- arson legislation
- bills (law)
- building legislation
- civil rights legislation
- drafting legislation
- economic legislation
- educational legislation
- emergency legislation
- federal legislation
- health legislation
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Disability Categories-Part B
- labor legislation
- licensing laws
- local legislation
- prerogative instruments
- quarantine laws
- regulations
- remedial orders
- rent legislation
- safety legislation
- secondary legislation
- Section 504
- smoke free legislation
- social welfare legislation
- state legislation
- statutory duties
- statutory instruments
- three strikes laws
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/legislation
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