Sentence examples for act instituted from inspiring English sources

During Wilson's Administration, Congress lowered the tariff, reformed banking and currency laws, passed a new antitrust act, instituted a graduated income tax and the first federal inheritance tax, passed the first private-sector eight-hour-workday legislation and the first federal aid to farmers, abolished child labor, and established the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve.

Signed into law in 1900, the Lacey Act instituted prohibitions and penalties on the import of illegally trafficked wildlife species.

Julian agreed, noting that the act instituted a de facto gold standard in the United States, because it required silver coinage to be paid for in gold.

The plan was part of a wider set of education proposals he put forward on Thursday, including calling for elimination of the federal No Child Left Behind act, instituting universal preschool and adding more money to Head Start programs.

After the landmark 1964 report alerting the public to the dangers of smoking, Congress was quick to act, instituting a health warning on cigarette packs, curbing cigarette advertising, and calling for subsequent reports and health monitoring.

According to Lutheran teaching, the sacraments are acts instituted by Christ and connected with a divine promise.

In 2000, Congress reined in prosecutors with the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, which instituted a number of changes.

What changes does the act institute?

During this period the Chinese Exclusion Act was instituted, barring Chinese immigrants from entering our country.

Some have suggested raising the retirement age to 67 because average life expectancy has increased to 79.6 years from 63 in 1935, when the Social Security Act was instituted.

Until the Water Sustainability Act was instituted in 2016, BC's only water regulation related to ensuring groundwater extraction techniques were environmentally safe.