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  2. Defense Production Act of 1950 - Wikipedia

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    The next level down is DO, and below that are unrated contracts. Under section 721 of the Act, an inter-agency committee known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is authorized to investigate and review transactions involving foreign investment and/or real estate transactions by foreign persons and/or entities in ...

  3. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950

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    An Act to increase the amounts payable out of moneys provided by Parliament for the purposes of schemes under section one of the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, 1940, [c] and to repeal so much of subsection (5) of that section as limits its application to colonies not possessing responsible government.

  4. Celler–Kefauver Act - Wikipedia

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    The Celler–Kefauver Act is a United States federal law passed in 1950 that reformed and strengthened the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, which had amended the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The Celler–Kefauver Act was passed to close a loophole regarding asset acquisitions [ 1 ] and acquisitions involving firms that were not direct competitors.

  5. List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 - Wikipedia

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    August 1, 1950: Guam Organic Act of 1950, Pub. L. 81–630, 64 Stat. 384 August 15, 1950: Omnibus Medical Research Act , Pub. L. 81–692 , 64 Stat. 443 (including Public Health Services Act Amendments , which established the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness )

  6. United States Maritime Commission - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of the Maritime Commission was multifold as described in the Merchant Marine Act's Declaration of Policy. The first role was to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and then have built over a ten-year period 500 modern fast merchant cargo ships which would replace the World War I-vintage vessels which made up the bulk of the U.S. Merchant Marine prior to the Act.

  7. Frustration in English law - Wikipedia

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    The burning down of the Surrey music hall in Taylor v Caldwell deemed a contract for its hire frustrated. Early cases such as Paradine v Jane (1647) [5] show the historical line that the courts took toward a frustration of purpose in contract; here, the courts held that where land under lease to the defendant had been invaded by Royalist forces, he was still under obligation to pay rent to the ...

  8. United States contract law - Wikipedia

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    The law of contracts varies from state to state; there is nationwide federal contract law in certain areas, such as contracts entered into pursuant to Federal Reclamation Law. The law governing transactions involving the sale of goods has become highly standardized nationwide through widespread adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code .

  9. Section 28 - Wikipedia

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    Both the Education Act 1996 and the Learning and Skills Act 2000 reduced Section 28's impact on sex education policy prior to its repeal, as the Secretary of State for Education solely regulated the delivery of sex education in England and Wales under these policies. However, the policy continued to have a significant impact on LGBT inequality ...