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Ten days later, Obama signed a related Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces." [25] It required companies receiving federal contracts over a half-million dollars to demonstrate compliance with labor laws, including those with LGBT protections. On March 27, 2017, President Trump revoked Executive Order 13673, meaning that ...
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 22, 2010 The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 ( H.R. 2965 , S. 4023 ) is a landmark United States federal statute enacted in December 2010 that established a process for ending the " don't ask, don't tell " (DADT) policy ( 10 U.S.C. § 654 ), thus allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual ...
As president, Obama signed a renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2010. [104] Obama then signed another renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2011 while on a trip in Europe. [105] [106] In 2015, Obama signed the USA Freedom Act which, along with reinforcing the powers of the NSA, included the renewal of certain parts of the USA PATRIOT Act. [107] [108 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees. The ...
A 2013 amendment relaxed bans on domestic access to information intended for foreign audiences, but restrictions remain.
The first bill signed into law by Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, relaxing the statute of limitations for equal-pay lawsuits. [207] Five days later, he signed the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to cover an additional four million uninsured children. [208]
Much like his last trip to Africa, President Obama is expected to get the red-carpet treatment when he — America's first black president — visits his ancestral homeland of Kenya this weekend.
The bill then proceeded to the full House, where it was passed on May 3, 2007, with a vote of 237–180 with Representative Barney Frank, one of two openly gay members of the House at the time, presiding. [27] The bill then proceeded to the U.S. Senate, where it was introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy and Senator Gordon Smith on April