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  2. Antideficiency Act - Wikipedia

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    The Antideficiency Act (ADA) (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 97–258, 96 Stat. 923) is legislation enacted by the United States Congress to prevent the incurring of obligations or the making of expenditures (outlays) in excess of amounts available in appropriations or funds. The law was initially enacted in 1884, with major ...

  3. Title 31 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining. Title 31 - Money and Finance. Title 32 - National Guard. Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters. Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement. Title 35 - Patents. Title 36 - Patriotic Societies and Observances. Title 37 - Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

  4. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act - Wikipedia

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    Admiralty law. The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA) [1] is a United States statute governing the rights and responsibilities between shippers of cargo and ship-owners regarding ocean shipments to and from the United States. It is the U.S. enactment of the International Convention Regarding Bills of Lading, commonly known as the "Hague Rules".

  5. Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was an act of the United States Congress, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, that created the Federal Aviation Agency (later the Federal Aviation Administration or the FAA) and abolished its predecessor, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). [1][2] The act empowered the FAA to oversee and regulate ...

  6. United States Code - Wikipedia

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    The United States Code is the result of an effort to make finding relevant and effective statutes simpler by reorganizing them by subject matter, and eliminating expired and amended sections. The Code is maintained by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel (LRC) of the U.S. House of Representatives. [2]

  7. Foreign Assistance Act - Wikipedia

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    An Act to promote the foreign policy, security, and general welfare of the United States by assisting peoples of the world in their efforts toward economic and social development and internal and external security, and for other purposes. The Foreign Assistance Act (Pub. L. 87–195, 75 Stat. 424-2, enacted September 4, 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2151 ...

  8. Purposive approach - Wikipedia

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    The purposive approach (sometimes referred to as purposivism, [1] purposive construction, [2] purposive interpretation, [3] or the modern principle in construction) [4] is an approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation under which common law courts interpret an enactment (a statute, part of a statute, or a clause of a constitution) within the context of the law's purpose.

  9. Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Wikipedia

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    Computer programs that enable smartphones, tablets and portable all-purpose mobile computing devices, and smart televisions to execute lawfully obtained software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications with computer programs on the smartphone or device or to permit ...