Sentence examples for law instructing from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed a law instructing the federal government to help states build bigger stocks of a simple, cheap drug to protect people near nuclear power plants in the event of an accident or terrorist attack.

But it was in 1987 that Washington really formalized the practice, with a law instructing the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Attorney General to notify local law enforcement agencies each year about what surplus gear was available.

Section 701 of the new law instructed the General Accounting Office GAOO), the investigative arm of Congress, to look into the concentration of the accounting industry and its impact.

Having uncovered evidence of apparently illegal behaviour, he did what his military training and US whistleblower law instructed: he reported the information up the chain of command.

A 2009 law instructed the Food and Drug Administration to require graphic warning labels that covered half of the front and back of cigarette packs, but after losing a court case on a set of labels, the F.D.A. has not yet come up with replacements.

The 1996 law instructed BLM to sell the helium at a constant rate and at a price that would recoup the $1.3 billion that the government had spent accumulating it.

The first land recording law, instructed Steven Winthrope to record, inter alia, "all the purchases of the natives".

After the determination of reasonable cause, the law instructs that an inquiry be made into the background of the defendant.

Administration officials say the law instructs them to invest in financial institutions that are supervised by a federal banking regulator.

The Mishna, an ancient code of law, instructs builders to make the roof unstable by loosening every other board or, if hay bales are used, untying them.

Law enforcement, Professor O'Donnell said, "demands that you know the law, instruct subordinates what the law is and engage in an ongoing commitment to tailor your practices to comply with statutory and case law, which constantly evolves.