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Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (Public Law No: 116-142). -

Adoption: 2020-06-05 | USA-2020-L-110070

To amend the Small Business Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to modify certain provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program (PPP), to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other purposes. The PPP was set by the US Federal government help certain business, self-employed workers, sole proprietors, certain non-profit organizations and tribal businesses to ensure they can keep paying their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 748) (the CARES Act) -

Adoption: 2020-03-27 | USA-2020-L-110073

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 27th, 2020. The $2 trillion economic relief package provides economic assistance for American workers, families, and small businesses.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.

Adoption: 2005-04-20 | USA-2005-L-70478

Amends Chapter 12 of the United States Code concerning Bankruptcy. In particular, it provides for the protection of family farmers and family fishermen (Title X) as well as helath care and employee benefits (Title XI).

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American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 -

Adoption: 2004-10-22 | USA-2004-L-69832

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Divided into 8 Titles including: business tax incentives; tax relief for agriculture and small manufacturers; tax reform and simplification for United States businesses; deduction of state and local general sales tax; fair and equitable tobacco reform and revenue provisions.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

United States - Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 108-302).

Adoption: 2004-08-17 | USA-2004-L-68774

Provides for approval and implementation of Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Morocco. Purposes of act include to strengthen and develop economic relations between the United States and Morocco, and to establish free trade between the two countries through the reduction and elimination of barriers to trade in goods, services and investments. Comprises 3 parts. Part 1 contains general provisions relating to agreement. Part 2 sets forth customs provisions. Part 3 contains provisions regarding relief from imports. A petition requesting relief action may be filed by an entity, including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers that is representative of an industry.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

United States - Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

Adoption: 2004-08-03 | USA-2004-L-69971

Provides for approval and implementation of Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Australia. Purposes of Act include to strengthen and develop economic relations between the United States and Australia, and to establish free trade between the two countries through the elimination of barriers to trade in goods, services and investments. Comprises 3 parts. Part 1 contains general provisions relating to the agreement. Part 2 sets forth customs provisions. Part 3 contains provisions regarding relief from imports.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-274).

Adoption: 2004-07-13 | USA-2004-L-68775

Modifies and extends trade benefits under African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Inter alia makes provision for activities in support of infrastructure to support increasing trade capacity and ecotourism; activities in support of transportation, energy, agriculture and telecommunications infrastructure; facilitation of transportation; agricultural technical assistance; and several related matters.

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United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (108-77).

Adoption: 2003-09-03 | USA-2003-L-65834

Provides for implementation of US-Chile Free Trade Agreement. Divided into 4 parts. Part 1 provides for approval and contains general provisions relating to Agreement. Part 2 contains customs provisions. Part 3 provides for relief from imports benefiting from the agreement. Part 4 deals with temporary entry of business persons.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (108-78).

Adoption: 2003-03-09 | USA-2003-L-65835

Provides for implementation of US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. Divided into 4 parts. Part 1 provides for approval of agreement, and contains general provisions relating thereto. Part 2 contains customs provisions. Part 3 provides for relief from imports benefiting from the agreement. Part 4 deals with temporary entry of business persons.

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Trade Act, 2002 (107-210).

Adoption: 2002-08-06 | USA-2002-L-62637

Extends Andean Trade Preference Act, grants additional trade benefits, and provides for some related matters. Divided into 5 parts. Part 1 deals with trade adjustment assistance. Provides for trade adjustment assistance for workers, firms and farmers, as well as for health insurance costs of eligible individuals. Also contains provisions regarding US Customs Service. Inter alia deals with drug enforcement operations, child cyber-smuggling center, and anti-terrorism activities. Part 2 regulates activities of bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority. Part 3 contains provisions extending Andean Trade Preference Act. Part 4 provides for extension of certain preferential trade treatment. Part 5 contains miscellaneous provisions.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Adjustment of Civil Money Penalties for Inflation. Final Rule (29 CFR Parts 578, 579, and 580).

Adoption: 2001-11-30 | Date of entry into force: 2001-01-07 | USA-2001-R-61011

Adjusts amount of civil money penalties that may be assessed under Fair Labour Standards Act (FLSA) for repeated or willful violations of minimum wage or overtime provisions of the FLSA, and for violations of child labour provisions of FLSA.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Establishment of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (Executive Order 13199).

Adoption: 2001-01-29 | USA-2001-R-59114

Establishes the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within the Executive Office of the President. It has lead responsibility in the executive branch to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Federal Government's effort to enlist, equip, enable, empower, and expand the work of faith-based and other community organisations.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Trade and Development Act 2000 (No. 106 of 2000).

Adoption: 2000-01-24 | USA-2000-L-57343

Authorises a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa, expands trade benefits to the countries of the Caribbean Basin, renews the generalised system of preferences, and authorises the trade adjustment assistance programmes. Section 104 sets forth eligibility requirements, which include the protection of internationally recognised worker rights. Furthermore, Section 211, which contains temporary provisions to provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries, makes benefits contingent on the protection of internationally recognised workers rights (right of association, right to organise and bargain collectively, prohibition of forced or compulsory labour, and minimum age for the employment of children).

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-188 [H.R. 3448]).

Adoption: 1996-08-20 | USA-1996-L-45375

Inter alia, provides a raise in the minimum wage, set at $5.15 as of 1 September 1997. This increase does not apply to certain types of work performed by young persons or workers who receive tips. Removes barriers to inter-ethnic adoption and provides tax credits for adoption expenses. Simplifies retirement plans for small businesses, extends tax incentives for training of employees, and increases the amount of capital small businesses may write off as an expense.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Act for Reform in Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States. Public Law 103-199 (H.R. 3000)

Adoption: 1993-12-17 | USA-1993-L-36572

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Horn of Africa Recovery and Food Security Act. Public Law 102-274 (S. 985).

Adoption: 1992-04-21 | USA-1992-L-33035

Assures the people of the Horn of Africa the right to food and other basic necessities of life and promotes peace and development in the region.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. Public Law 101-624 (S.2830).

Adoption: 1990-11-28 | USA-1990-L-22359

Extends and revises agricultural price support and related programs, provides for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, ensures consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes; Title XVII of the Act concerns the Food Stamp Program and amends provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977.

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Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988. Public Law 100-656 (H.R. 1807).

Adoption: 1988-11-15 | USA-1988-L-8062

This law, amending the Small Business Act, revises the federal programme for minority business with access to the federal procurement system. The new law establishes a mandate that minority firms develop business outside this programme in order to continue receiving benefits under this programme. A firm may receive assistance under this programme for no more than nine years. There are increased penalties for front companies, i.e. companies in which a nondisadvantaged person is the real person of interest.

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Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act. Public Law 100-418 (H.R. 3).

Adoption: 1988-08-23 | USA-1988-L-7253

Amends the legislation on trade and related matters by, inter alia, requiring the United States Trade Representative to retaliate against certain trade practices by raising tariffs on the offending country's goods. The definition of unreasonable practices subject to retaliation has been expanded to include a persistent pattern of violating internationally accepted workers' rights. A new procedure (described as a "super 301 procedure") has been established for examining allegations of such practices (Title I, Subtitle C, Part 1). Title III, Subtitle B enacts the International Debt Management Act of 1988. In addition, the principal Act extends the eligility of workers displaced from their jobs on account of imports to receive retraining assistance under the Trade Adjustment Act of 1974 (Title I, Subtitle D, Part 3). This training has been transformed into an entitlement programme no longer necessitating annual funding. The new legislation also sets up a trial project to pay a supplemental allowance to workers who take new jobs that pay less than their previous posts. Finally, in Title VI, Subtitle D of this Act, it contains the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act, which amends Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (LS 1982-USA 1). The present Act also includes a number of measures to promote education, including literacy and vocational training.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Licensing of Officers and Operations for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units Rule (46 CFR Parts 10 and 15)

Adoption: 1987-05-27 | Date of entry into force: 1989-04-01 | USA-1987-R-4608

Deals with the licensing of officers on mobile offshore drilling units and the manning of these vessels.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Executive Order concerning Facilitating Access to Science and Technology (No. 12591)

Adoption: 1987-04-10 | USA-1987-R-3795

Aims at ensuring that federal agencies and laboratories assist universities and the private sector in broadening the country's technology base.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Approval of the Compact of Free Association with the Government of Palau. Public Law 99-658 (H.J. Res. 626).

Adoption: 1986-11-14 | USA-1986-L-3300

The Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau, which was signed on 10 Jan. 1986 and received a favourable vote of a majority of the people of Palau voting in a United Nations observed plebiscite conducted on 21 Feb. 1986, is reproduced as Title II. (Palau was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, with the United States as administering authority.)

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Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986. Public Law 99-502 (H.R. 3773).

Adoption: 1986-10-20 | USA-1986-L-3151

Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, in particular by inserting new sections regarding co-operative research and development agreements, the establishment of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, and employee activities with respect to inventions.

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Higher Education Amendments of 1986. Public Law 99-498 (S. 1965).

Adoption: 1986-10-17 | USA-1986-L-3149

Miscellaneous amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965, in particular regarding teacher training and development (Title V), special programmes for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farm work, child care services for disadvantaged students and work-study programmes. Title IX, "Partnerships for Economic Development and Urban Community Service", aims at encouraging the involvement of postsecondary educational institutions with units of government, labour unions, business, industry and community organisations in order to expand employment opportunities, inter alia.

United States of America - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Assistance Rule (13 CFR Part 124)

Adoption: 1986-09-15 | Date of entry into force: 1986-11-24 | USA-1986-R-2712

Issued by the Small Business Administration under the Small Business Act to implement a programme intended to provide contractual and management assistance to concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged persons.

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Rural Industrial Assistance Act of 1986. Public Law 99-409 (H.R. 4331).

Adoption: 1986-08-28 | USA-1986-L-2860

Authorises the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for the purpose of establishing institutes of rural technology development, by amending the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 USC 1932).

United States of America - Economic and social policy - International agreement

Déclaration d'intentions concernant la collaboration entre l'Italie, la France, la Grande Bretagne, les Etats-Unis d'Amérique, la République fédérale allemande, le Japon, le Canada, la Commission de la Communauté européenne sur les matériaux d'avant-garde et les normes correspondantes.

Adoption: 1986-06-04 | ORG-1986-IA-4411

Détermine la portée, les buts, les modalités, le financement de la coopération en matière de haute technologie. Fixe également la participation des parties et des autres pays, les modalités de contrôle de l'exécution du programme d'utilisation des résultats de la recherche et les limites de responsabilité de chaque partie. Entrée en vigueur le 2 avril 1987.

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Trade and Tariff Act of 1984. Public Law 98-573.

Adoption: 1984-10-30 | USA-1984-L-33295

Provides for permanent and temporary changes in tariff treatment, amendments to the Tariff Act of 1990, international trade and investment, trade with Israel, trade law reform, customs and trade agencies, national policy for the steel industry and the elimination of barriers to international trade in U.S. wine. In particular, Title V provides for the encouragement of developing countries to eliminate or reduce barriers to trade in goods and services, as well as to afford workers internationally recognized workers' rights.

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Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1978. Public Law 95-568 (H.R. 7571).

Adoption: 1978-11-02 | USA-1978-L-12701

Amends the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and for other purposes.

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Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978. Public Law 95-523 (H.R. 50).

Adoption: 1978-10-27 | USA-1978-L-12698

Translates into pratical reality the right of all Americans who are able, willing, and seeking to work to full opportunity for useful paid employment at fair rates of compensation; asserts the responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practical programs and policies to promote full employment, production, and real income, balanced growth, adequate productivity growth, proper attention to national priorities, and reasonable price stability; requires the President each year to set forth explicit short-term and medium-term economic goals; achieves a better integration of general and structural economic policies; and improves the co-ordination of economic policymaking within the Federal Government. Numerous amendments to the Employment Act of 1946 (LS 1946-USA 1).

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National Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act of 1975. Public Law 94-136 (S. 2195).

Adoption: 1975-11-28 | USA-1975-L-18761

An Act to establish a National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life; to provide for a review of the activities of all federal agencies including implementation of all federal laws, regulations, and policies which impede the productive performance and efficiency of the American economy; to encourage joint labor, industry, and government efforts to improve national productivity and the character of working conditions; to establish a federal policy with respect to continued productivity growth and improved utilization of human resources in the United States; and for other purposes. Repeals section 4 of Public Law 92-210, and Public Law 93-311 relating to the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality.

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Headstart, Economic Opportunity and Community Partnership Act of 1974. Public Law 93-644 (H.R. 14449).

Adoption: 1975-01-04 | USA-1975-L-18744

Provides for the extension of Headstart, community action, community economic development, and other programs under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, provides for increased involvement of state and local government in anti-poverty efforts, and for other purposes [Titles I to IX may be cited as the "Community Services Act of 1974"].

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Trade Act of 1974. Public Law 93-618 (H.R 10710).

Adoption: 1974-01-03 | USA-1974-L-5040

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U.S.C. TITLE 6 - Domestic Security. -

Adoption: 1947-07-30 | USA-1947-L-105986

CHAPTER 1—HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION (sections 101 to 644)
CHAPTER 2—NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (sections 701 to 797)
CHAPTER 3—SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT (sections 901 to 1003)
CHAPTER 4—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY (sections 1101 to 1208)
CHAPTER 5—BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION (sections 1401 to 1405)
CHAPTER 6—CYBERSECURITY (sections 1501 to 1533)

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Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914

Adoption: 1914 | USA-1914-L-31413

Provides that antitrust laws are not applicable to labor organisations and limits circumstances under which injunctive relief can be granted in respect of labor disputes.

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Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

Adoption: 1890 | Date of entry into force: 1890-07-02 | USA-1890-L-31412

Provides that contracts in restraint of trade and monopolisations of trade are illegal.