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America COMPETES Act [2] Increased fuel economy requirements. Phased out incandescent light bulbs. Encouraged biofuel development. Created ARPA-E. 2008 Public Law 110-343, [3] incorporating: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 [4] Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act; Energy Improvement and Extension ...
This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each of its 119 biennial terms so more than 30,000 statutes have been enacted since 1789.
This is a list of legislation with popular names (of people), often the member of Parliament/Congress responsible for it or a law named for a person of notoriety that prompted enactment of the legislation. [1] [2] Some of these Acts
At the federal level of government in the United States, laws are made almost exclusively by legislation. Such legislation originates as an Act of Congress passed by the U.S. Congress; such acts were either signed into law by the president or passed by Congress after a presidential veto. So, legislation is not the only source of regulations.
Kennesaw has the most well-known gun mandate in the country. In 1982, a law was passed requiring heads of households to own at least one firearm. Other cities have used Kennesaw as an example for ...
Its most basic mandate was to "determine whether wholesale electricity prices were unjust and unreasonable and, if so, to regulate pricing and order refunds for overcharges to ratepayers." [ 9 ] FERC was also given added responsibility to hear appeals of DOE oil price control determinations and to conduct all "on the record" hearings for DOE ...
And any laws or court rulings limiting the influence of religion in schools and government — such as the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1962 and 1963 decisions banning mandatory public school prayer and ...
On April 10, 2023, three years after the emergency declaration, Congress sent a Joint Resolution terminating the national emergency to the President's desk, at which point it was signed into law. This marks the first time since the passage of the National Emergencies Act that a National Emergency was terminated through Congressional action.