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This act provided over $600 million of reinforcements for border security.

This Act provided universal free secondary education, and raised the minimum school leaving age from 14 to 15 with effect from 1947.

This act provided that paper money in circulation would be exchanged for gold specie and silver coins and would be effective January 1 , 1879

This Act provided temporary relief for American college students, but it is set to expire on July 1, forcing more than seven million American students and parents to pay an average of $1,000 every year in additional interest on federal loans.

The Second Vinson Act updated the provisions of the Vinson-Trammell Act of 1934 and the Naval Act (1936), which had "authorized the construction of the first American battleships in 17 years", based on the provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930; this act provided the funding to build the Iowa class.

"This act provides a new dimension to threats on the domestic front," said Joy Ogwu, Nigeria's ambassador to the United Nations, who called the attack a "transnational crime" and urged renewed efforts to fight terrorism in her country.

This act provides $4.5 billion over 10 years for school meals.

This act provides important funding and law enforcement provisions that assist victims and catch traffickers.

This act provides a mechanism through which the state oversees -- and if necessary directly intervenes -- in a local fiscal crisis.

This act provides for uniform and equitable treatment of persons displaced by a Federal programs from their homes, businesses, or farms, including assuring just compensation and assisting in relocation.

Broadly, this act provides for the facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions.