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This act remained the basic Federal law for appointment preference until June 27, 1944, when the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 was enacted. Two significant modifications were made to the 1919 Act. In 1923, an Executive Order was created which added 10 points to the score of disabled veterans and added 5 points to the scores of non-disabled ...
The G.I. Bill, formally the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956, but the term "G.I. Bill" is still used to refer to programs created to assist American military veterans.
The Animal Enterprise Protection Act (AEPA) is passed. This law creates the crime of "animal enterprise terrorism" for those who damage or cause the loss of property of an animal enterprise. [36] 2002: The AWA is amended to redefine the term "animal" in the law to match the USDA regulations, i.e. to exclude birds, mice, and rats. [11] 2002
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 25, 1988 The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 ( Pub. L. 100–527 ) changed the former Veterans Administration , an independent government agency established in 1930, primarily at that time to see to needs of World War I , into a Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs .
The Mustering-out Payment Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. [1] It provided money to servicemen , returning from the Second World War , to help them restart their lives as civilians.
The night of August 14, 1944, an African-American port company at Fort Lawton, Seattle was under orders to ship out to the war zone the next morning. Just after 11 p.m, an intoxicated Black soldier and his three companions crossed paths with three Italian prisoners of war.
Pages in category "1944 in United States case law" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Smith–Connally Act [1] or War Labor Disputes Act [2] (50 U.S.C. App. 1501 et seq.) was an American law passed on June 25, 1943, over President Franklin D. Roosevelt's veto. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The legislation was hurriedly created after 400,000 coal miners, their wages significantly lowered because of high wartime inflation, struck for a $2-a-day ...