Animal Law: Federal Animal Protection Acts and Regulations

• African Elephant Conservation Act (1988)
• Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (1980)
• Americans With Disabilities Act (1990)
• American Fisheries Act (1998)
• Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (1965)
• Animal Cancer Research Act (1980)
• Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act (2010)
• Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Control Act (2001)
• Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (2006)
• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act (2007)
• Animal Health Protection Act (2002)
• Animal Welfare Act (1966)
• Animal Welfare Act (1970)
• Animal Welfare Act Amendments (1976)
• Antarctic Conservation Act (1978)
• Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act (1984)
• Asian Elephant Conservation Act (1997)
• Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (1993)
• Atlantic Salmon Convention Act (1982)
• Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (1984)
• Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (1975)
• Bald Eagle Protection Act (1940)
• Captive Wildlife Safety Act (2003)
• Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act (2000)b
• Cruelty to Animals Act (1906)
• Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (1950)
• Dog and Cat Protection Act (2000)
• Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (1990)
• Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act (1987)
• Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act (1984)
• Endangered Species Act (1973)
• Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act (2000)
• Fish and Game Sanctuary Act (1934)
• Fish and Wildlife Act (1956)
• Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (1980)
• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1934)
• Fish Restoration and Project Management Act

  See: Dingell-Johnson Sport Fishing Reform Act

• Fisheries Act (1995)

• Fishery Conservation Amendments (1990)
• Fishery Conservation and Management Act

  see: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

• Food and Rest Law

  see: Twenty-Eight Hour Law

• Fur Seal Act (1966)
• Fur Seal Act Amendments (1983)

• Great Ape Conservation Act (2000)
• High Seas Fishing Compliance Act (1995)
• Horse Protection Act (1970)
• Horse Protection Act Amendments (1976)
• Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (1978)
• ICCVAM Authorization Act (2000)
• International Dolphin Conservation Act (1992)
• International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (1997)
• Lacey Act (1900)
• Lacey Act Amendments (1981)
• Live Stock Transportation Act
  see: Twenty-Eight Hour Law
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1976)
• Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Act (1992)
• Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972)
• Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments (1994)
• Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act (2000)
• Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act (1987)
• Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (1972)
• Marine Turtle Conservation Act (2004)
• Migratory Bird Conservation Act (1929)
• Military Animals: Transfer and Adoption
• Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act (2007)
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (1984)
• National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (1966)
• Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (2000)
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act (1990)
• North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act (1992)
• Northern Pacific Halibut Act (1982)
• Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act (1995)

Animal Regulations are concentrated in several Titles of the Code of Federal Regulations:

Title 7 - Agriculture

Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products

Title 21 - Food and Drugs

Title 40 - Protection of the Environment

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries

• Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (1985)
• Pacific Whiting Act (2006)
• Partnerships for Wildlife Act (1992)
• Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (2006)
• Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (1937)
• Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT) (2019)
• Recreation Hunting Safety and Preservation Act (1994)
• Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act (1998)
• Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act (1980)
• Shark Conservation Act (2010)
• Shark Finning Prohibition Act (2000)
• Sikes Act (1960)
• South Pacific Tuna Act (1988)
• Swine Health Protection Act (1980)
• Twenty-Eight Hour Law (Transportation of Animals) (1906)
• United States - Russia Polar Bear Conservation and Management Act (2006)
• Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (2007)
• Whale Conservation and Protection Study Act (1976)
• Whaling Convention Act (1949)
• Wild Bird Conservation Act (1992)
• Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (1971)
• Wild Horse Annie Act (1959)
• Wild Horses' Act

  see: Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act

• Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act (2000)

• Wildlife Conservation Act

  see: Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

• Wildlife Restoration Act

  see: Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act

• Yukon River Salmon Act (1995)