Instead, it's limited to interpreting and enforcing acts of Congress ― in this case, gun control laws passed in 1934 and 1968.
If, at the end of such time, the required alterations have not been made, then the Secretary is required to bring the matter to the attention of the United States district attorney in order that criminal proceedings may be instituted to enforce the act of Congress.
Different reasons were advanced: that Cromwell would not enforce the Act of Six Articles; that he had supported Barnes, Latimer and other heretics; and that he was responsible for Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife.
Ultimately, at the painful volume level enforced through Act 1 of "Bahia: Land of Magic," it didn't matter if vocalist Vania Amaral hit the right notes or if the percussion ensemble played skillfully.
That July, Sherman proposed an amendment to an army appropriation act to bar use of federal troops to enforce the acts of the Kansas territorial legislature, which many now viewed as an illegitimate body.
As senior crown prosecutor, he sternly enforced the Crimes Act of 1887, securing numerous convictions for violence against Irish estates owned by English absentee landlords.
The plaintiffs contend that the fisheries service has not adequately enforced the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Cofservation Act of 1996, which set target population levels for dozens of species and a time frame for reaching them.
It would be another twenty years before Ravenclaw became the first house to admit Jews in significant numbers, and it remained the singular house for Jewish, black, and gay wizards until full integration was enforced by an act of Parliament, in 1992.
The ruling settles a 1999 lawsuit by several environmental groups that contended that the National Marine Fisheries Service, a federal agency, had not adequately enforced the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Cofservation Act of 1996, which set target population levels for dozens of species and a time frame for reaching them.
In addition, there are the regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission who enforce the Investment Company Act of 1940.
