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OSHA ensures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance.

FMLA provides employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons, like personal or family illness, family military leave, pregnancy, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

SOX is designed to protect investors from fraudulent financial reporting by corporations, requiring strict reforms to improve financial disclosures from corporations and prevent accounting fraud.

The Patriot Act aims to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.

FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.

The Clean Water Act aims to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters by preventing pollution sources, promoting wastewater treatment, and maintaining aquatic ecosystems.

The ESA provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats.

HIPAA protects sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.

The FDA is responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and ensuring the safety of the nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

The CDC works to protect America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S., conducting critical science and providing health information that protects the nation against expensive and dangerous health threats.

The Privacy Act establishes a code of fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies.

NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions, using the Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).

The Act dictates federal mine safety and health standards, inspecting mines to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accidents, and minimize health hazards.

This law gives the FDA the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products to protect public health.

The Clean Air Act is a comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to control air pollution.

The SEC oversees the securities markets and protects investors by promoting fair, orderly, and efficient markets, facilitating capital formation and ensuring investor protection.

The FD&C Act is a set of laws passed by Congress giving authority to the FDA for overseeing the safety of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.

The CPSC seeks to promote the safety of consumer products by addressing 'unreasonable risks' of injury, developing uniform safety standards, and conducting research into product-related illness and injury.

RCRA gives the EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the 'cradle-to-grave,' including generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.

The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.

EPCRA helps communities plan for chemical emergencies, requires industries to report on the storage, use and releases of hazardous substances to federal, state, and local governments.

The EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.

TSCA grants the EPA the authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures.

The ACA, also known as Obamacare, aims to lower health insurance premiums, provide funding for public health, and improve healthcare accessibility to increase health insurance coverage and quality for Americans.