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Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on January 26, 1907 The Tillman Act of 1907 (34 Stat. 864) was the first campaign finance law in the United States . The Act prohibited monetary contributions to federal candidates by corporations and nationally chartered (interstate) banks.
After both houses of Congress passed a uniform law, Roosevelt signed the Hepburn Act into law on June 29, 1906. In addition to rate-setting, the Hepburn Act also granted the ICC regulatory power over pipeline fees, storage contracts, and several other aspects of railroad operations. [51]
Amending Canal Zone Laws Regarding Composition of Judicial Circuits January 9, 1908 695 732: Applying Law No. 6 of the Republic of Panama, Regarding Exclusion of Certain Aliens, to the Canal Zone January 9, 1908 696 733: Amending Civil Service Rules to Except Certain Shipping Commissioners of Department of Commerce and Labor from Examination
The Immigration Act of 1907 was a piece of federal United States immigration legislation passed by the 59th Congress and signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 20, 1907. [2] The Act was part of a series of reforms aimed at restricting the increasing number and groups of immigrants coming into the U.S. before World War I ...
The Antiquities Act of 1906 (Pub. L. 59–209, 34 Stat. 225, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301–320303) is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the president of the United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from federal ...
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Enforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act was assigned to the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug ...
The final version was close to what President Theodore Roosevelt had asked for, and it easily passed Congress, with only three dissenting votes. [2] The Act, along with the Elkins Act of 1903, was a component of one of Roosevelt's major policy goals: railroad regulation.
The Naturalization Act of 1906 was an act of the United States Congress signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt that revised the Naturalization Act of 1870 and required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens. The bill was passed on June 29, 1906, and took effect September 27, 1906.