The phrase "act to issue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is taking steps or measures to formally release or distribute something, such as a document or statement.
Example: "The committee decided to act to issue a new policy regarding workplace safety."
Alternatives: "take steps to release" or "proceed to issue".
The president, who failed to push a sweeping climate change bill through Congress in his first term, is now acting on his own by using his executive authority under the 1970 Clean Air Act to issue the regulation.
For years, the E.P.A. has invoked its authority under the Clean Water Act to issue so-called compliance orders declaring a site to be a wetland and requiring owners to stop construction or to restore the land.
The 2011 report suggests that the courts have begun using the act to issue protection orders for women threatened by violence and residence orders, to shield women from being evicted from a shared household.
The commission for racial equality has powers under the act to issue a compliance notice to a public body which it believes is not fulfilling its duties to promote race relations.
In his first term, Mr. Obama's E.P.A. used the authority of the Clean Air Act to issue tough new vehicle fuel-economy standards of 54.5 miles a gallon by 2025.
In what will likely be the most controversial move of all, Obama directed the Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) under the authority of the Clean Air Act to issue new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions from America's power plants, which are responsible for 40% of US carbon output.
Mr Bossidy's first act was to issue a profits warning: Honeywell expects to miss its second-quarter forecast and is gloomy about the rest of this year.
His first act was to issue a decree -- as King Hussein wished -- naming Hamzeh, Hussein's elder son by Queen Noor, crown prince.
One of Ali's last acts was to issue a statement condemning both Islamist extremists and presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims from entering America.
One of Shinseki's first acts was to issue a reading list, ranging from "The Killer Angels," Michael Shaara's Gettysburg saga, for junior enlistees, to the works of Thucydides and Clausewitz, for his generals.
When the new leadership took over in November last year, one of the first acts was to issue a list of prohibitions.
