The phrase "act set forth" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to refer to actions or provisions that have been explicitly stated or presented.
Example: "The regulations outlined in the act set forth the requirements for compliance."
Alternatives: "provisions stated" or "actions specified".
Moreover, the United States has not provided an organic (charter) act setting forth a system of government.
The Immigration and Nationality Act sets forth different entitlements to and requirements for citizenship of children born overseas, depending on whether the children are born to American mothers or American fathers.
The Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act would set forth some basic protections for those who report their sexual assaults.
The Internet Protection Act was set forth on Monday and aims to require website administrators including blogs and message boards to "remove any comments posted on his or her website by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post".
All guinea pigs were treated humanely with regard for alleviation of suffering in accordance with the standards established by the U.S. Animal Welfare Act as set forth in the National Institutes of Health guidelines (NIH 2002).
One of National Review's brightest young stars, Garry Wills, theorized that Goldwater might compensate for his controversial vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Act if he set forth his own vision of racial justice, "encouraging private initiative where laws have not reached or cannot" — for instance by adopting a "policy of preferential hiring," an idea that prefigured affirmative action.
Among other things, his so-called "Use of Force Act" would have set forth in far greater detail (and with more deference to the executive than exists in the War Powers Resolution) Congress's understanding of the permissible reach of presidential military authority.
If not quite the first band to have the now seemingly ubiquitous P-word applied to their music, their debut album, 1966's The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, delivered a manifesto for better living through chemistry that no previous act had so explicitly set forth.
Included in the Clean Air Act, all states must set forth an State Implementation Plan (SIP) which is designed to guarantee all states meet a central air quality standard.
Based on the information available to us, we understand that these individuals acted within the rules set forth for them by the government and that no criminal violations occurred.
