Sentence examples for act to extend from inspiring English sources

If Congress does not act to extend borrowing authority, all of these payments would be at risk.

In 1974, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to maids, cooks and other domestic service workers.

Congress did not act to extend the subsidy before it adjourned and its members left Washington to campaign for re-election.

Anteroposterior (fore-and-aft) stability of the trunk is achieved by balancing the flexing action of gravity against back muscles that act to extend the spine.

The Fed has revised the Home Equity Ownership and Equity Protection Act to extend the 1994 law's consumer protections to more high-cost mortgages.

The catch — there is always a catch — is that the program will expire at the end of September if Congress does not act to extend it.

There were no plans for the remaining acts to extend their sets, the spokesman added.

Those cuts expire in 2010, unless Congress acts to extend them, which Mr. Bush has urged it to do.

But the current higher limits are due to expire Sept. 30 unless Congress acts to extend them.

But the rates are scheduled to bounce back up, unless Congress acts to extend the current rate.

Under previous incarnations of the farm bill, such subsidies expired every five years unless Congress acted to extend them.