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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, or FERA, Pub. L. 111–21 (text), S. 386, 123 Stat. 1617, enacted May 20, 2009, is a public law in the United States enacted in 2009. The law enhanced criminal enforcement of federal fraud laws, especially regarding financial institutions , mortgage fraud , and securities fraud or commodities fraud.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration camp for unemployed women in Maine (1934) The She-She-She Camps were camps for unemployed women that were organized by Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) in the United States as a counterpart to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs designed for unemployed men. ER found that the men-only focus of the CCC ...
Roosevelt transferred the Federal Emergency Relief Administration land program to the Resettlement Administration under Executive Order 7028 on May 1, 1935. [ 3 ] However, Tugwell's goal of moving 650,000 people from 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km 2 ) of agriculturally exhausted, worn-out land was unpopular among the majority in Congress. [ 4 ]
The Federal Register system of publication was created on July 26, 1935, under the Federal Register Act. [ 4 ] [ 14 ] The first issue of the Federal Register was published on March 16, 1936. [ 15 ] In 1946 the Administrative Procedure Act required agencies to publish more information related to their rulemaking documents in the Federal Register .
The False Claims Act of 1863 (FCA) [1] is an American federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies (typically federal contractors) who defraud governmental programs.
The location of the release; Whether the chemical is on the "extremely hazardous" list; How much of the substance has been released; The time and duration of the incident; Whether the chemical was released into the air, water, or soil, or some combination of the three; Known or anticipated health risks and necessary medical attention;
August 30, 2005 – Secretary Michael Chertoff invoked the National Response Plan the day after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on the morning of August 29, 2005. By so doing, Chertoff assumed the leadership role triggered by the law to bear primary responsibility to manage the crisis.