United States federal legislation

Before the Toxic Substances Control Act was passed by the United States law in 1976, the human population was believed to have been exposed to a multitude of chemical substances and mixtures. These chemicals were beginning to cause a lot of health problems to humans. This caused the lawmakers to believe that among the substances that are being constantly developed and produced, there are some whose manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use or disposal may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. So, they had to act before these chemicals ravished humanity. The law gave power to the Environmental Agency Protection, otherwise known as EPA, to track the industrial chemicals that were being produced or imported…

Evaluate the effectiveness of Australian federal responses to regional and global world order conflicts Australian federal responses to regional and global world order conflicts have been mainly highly effective, however to a significantly smaller extent, some responses have also shown to be limited in effectiveness in a number of cases. Australian federal responses to global world order conflicts include legislative responses such as the implementation of Commonwealth legislation in regards to…

significant federal legislation designed to combat the growing threat against computer based crimes. In the 1980 's, Congress would only have the vaguest of notions how computer technology would evolve as a medium for communications and social-networking. Lawmakers, at the time, recognized the federal interest of the U.S. government was to protect computers under control of a federal entity, part of a financial institution or somehow involved in interstate or foreign commerce. The CFAA was…

Introduction In this paper, I will analyze the Social Security Amendment (SSA) of 1974. The Social Security Act of 1974, established a state and federal child enforcement program under part D of the title IV of the Social Security Act (Morgan, 2002). This social policy works to address issues of poverty and child welfare. I’m using the Segal and Brzuzy framework for policy analysis to direct my research. This framework has seven major sections: social problem, goal, identification and policy…

The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the United States government founded in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. The mission it possesses is the promotion of consumer protection and eliminate the antibusiness practices, such as a monopoly. Under the Act, they are to prevent unfair methods of competition. They also help seek monetary redress and other relief for conduct to consumers and international government agencies. The settlement had resolved a lawsuit that MIC…

video chat, photos, and other data from big companies such as Microsoft and Google. (Ganguly 99). This information was used to investigate crimes that occurred within the United States and also to protect the freedoms of the internet. The actions of revealing this information by Snowden began debates and discussions about the legality and ethics of the tactics that the NSA uses, that has been discussed thoroughly since this event. These discussions also allowed not only citizens, but the…

In 1953, legislation created the Small Business Administration (SBA) to further business activities across the United States (U. S. Small Business Administration, n.d.). Specifically, the agency’s purpose was to aid those individuals in the start-up, management, and financing of their small business dreams, as well as provide opportunities to conduct business with the federal government (U. S. Small Business Administration, n.d.). Today, the 28 million modest companies provide more than 50…

In the United States, tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death. Approximately 480,000 deaths result from the use of this drug annually. The most common tobacco related death occurs by smoking the substance, usually found in the form of cigarettes. The second occurs by merely being exposed to its second hand smoke (“Fast Facts”). The average NFL football stadium can be filled five times over by the people whose lives will be lost because of this drug. The third leading preventable…

freedom of expression; economic, social and cultural rights, such as the rights to work, social security, and education, or collective rights, such as the rights to development and self-determination” (United Nations Human Rights, n. d.). Today, a child, sister, mother, uncle, or grandfather may be denied these rights in some countries.…

During the year 2008, US faced its most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression. The federal funds rate, and interest rates in general, were at historic lows, unemployment shot up, decline in savings, U.S subprime markets or loans granted to individuals with poor credit histories, helped the US economic system crash. (Battilossi 14) The extremely low mortgage rates were really important, because they motivated people to rush to buy real estate. Even people who ordinarily would never…