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Review of Laws 2 GoP
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Question | Answer |
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Prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in educational program using federal funding | Higher Education Act of 1972, Title IX |
Requires employers of 50 or more workers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for birth or adoption or the illness of a close family member | Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 |
Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations; employers and unions from discriminating against minorities and women; federal government can withhold funding from projects in which discrimination exists | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
A congressional effort to control presidential impoundments; requires the president to spend all appropriated funds unless Congress is notified by the president and agrees to delete the items | Budget Reform Act of 1974 |
Law which required the President to inform Congress of any commitment of American troops abroad within 48 hours | War Powers Resolution Act |
Designed to reform the budgetary process by establishing a budget calendar and created the CBO | Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act |
Law intended to provide a minimal level of sustenance for older Americans | Social Security Act |
Mandated maximum allowable deficit for each year for eight years until there was supposed to be a balanced budget | Gramm-Rudman-Hollings |
Increased ability of government security and law agencies to search telephone, email, private records | Patriot Act |