The act strengthens previous prohibitions against possession or communication of many sorts of secret security information.
The act strengthened the position of the nobility, whose consent had to be obtained by the granting of privileges.
The act strengthens toy safety standards and elevates them to the status of federal law; it also mandates certified testing by manufacturers to prove conformity.
The act strengthens a state law that took effect in 2004 and prohibits driving and talking on a cellphone without a hands-free device.
The act, strengthened by Congress in 2006, imposes ambitious timetables for rebuilding fish stocks and gives scientists a say in setting limits.
He wants the Act "strengthened" and complains that the commission is "stuffed with experts who've publicly said they don't like FOI".
Following Cable's decision, it is time to revisit the media pluralism amendments to the Enterprise Act, strengthen the public interest provisions, and impose on merging companies stringent conditions relating to investment in and guaranteed independence of quality journalism.
"We urge the government to ensure that changes to the act strengthen the tried-and-tested approach, not leave some of our most vulnerable communities without support and place them at greater financial risk".
There is debate on whether the act, strengthened during the Clinton administration, encouraged predatory subprime lending, where banks promised low initial interest rates that, after two or three years, mushroomed beyond the borrower's ability to pay.
