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  2. Vigilantism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vigilantism in the United States. Vigilantism in the United States of America is defined as acts which violate societal limits which are intended to defend and protect the prevailing distribution of values and resources from some form of attack or some form of harm. [1]

  3. Crime Control Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    Crime Control Act of 1990. An Act to control crime. The Crime Control Act of 1990 was a large Act of Congress that had a considerable impact on the juvenile crime control policies of the 1990s. [1] The bill was passed by the Congress on October 27, 1990, and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 29, 1990.

  4. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly referred to as the 1994 Crime Bill, [ 1 ] or the Clinton Crime Bill, [ 2 ] is an Act of Congress dealing with crime and law enforcement; it became law in 1994. It is the largest crime bill in the history of the United States and consisted of 356 pages that provided for ...

  5. Immigration Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994. The Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–649, 104 Stat. 4978, enacted November 29, 1990) was signed into law by George H. W. Bush on November 29, 1990. [1] It was first introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1989. It was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.

  6. Ryan White CARE Act - Wikipedia

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    Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on August 18, 1990 The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act ( Ryan White CARE Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 101–381 , 104 Stat. 576 , enacted August 18, 1990 ) was an act of the United States Congress and is the largest federally funded program in the United ...

  7. Federal Assault Weapons Ban - Wikipedia

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    The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as ...

  8. Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 - Wikipedia

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    The Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 ( BWATA), Pub. L. 101–298, enacted May 22, 1990) was a piece of U.S. legislation that was passed into law in 1990. It provided for the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention as well as criminal penalties for violation of its provisions. [ 1] The law was amended in 1996 and has ...

  9. Civil Rights Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    Vetoed by President George H. W. Bush on October 22, 1990. (1990-10-22) The Civil Rights Act of 1990 was a bill that, had it been signed into law, would have made it easier for litigants in race or sex discrimination cases to win. [3] It was introduced into the 101st United States Congress on February 7, 1990, by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA ...