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  2. Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia

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    The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law ( 18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes which limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. Congress passed the Act as an amendment ...

  3. Allied Command Transformation - Wikipedia

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    Allied Command Transformation (ACT) (French: Commandement allié Transformation) is a military command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 2003 after restructuring. It was intended to lead military transformation of alliance forces and capabilities, using new concepts such as the NATO Response Force and new doctrines in ...

  4. Copyright status of works by the federal government of the ...

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    History. The first Federal statute concerning copyright in government publications was the Printing Law enacted in 1895. [6] Section 52 of that Act provided that copies of "Government Publications" could not be copyrighted. Prior to 1895, no court decision had occasion to consider any claim of copyright on behalf of the Government itself.

  5. Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves - Wikipedia

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    Forced labour and Slavery. The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is a law passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War forbidding all officers or persons in the military or naval service to return escaped enslaved people to their enslavers with the aid or use of the forces under their respective commands.

  6. The PACT Act and VA Benefits: Your Questions, Answered

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    The PACT Act is the biggest expansion of VA healthcare and benefits in decades. In 2022, this federal legislation expanded VA healthcare and benefits to millions of Veterans exposed to toxins ...

  7. Base Realignment and Closure - Wikipedia

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    The Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990 provided "the basic framework for the transfer and disposal of military installations closed during the base realignment and closure (BRAC) process". [3] The process was created in 1988 to reduce pork barrel politics with members of Congress that arise when facilities face activity reductions.

  8. Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 - Wikipedia

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    The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke–Wadsworth Act, Pub. L. 76–783, 54 Stat. 885, enacted September 16, 1940, [1] was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. This Selective Service Act required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday ...

  9. Reconstruction Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Reconstruction Acts, or the Military Reconstruction Acts (March 2, 1867, 14 Stat. 428-430, c.153; March 23, 1867, 15 Stat. 2-5, c.6; July 19, 1867, 15 Stat. 14-16, c.30; and March 11, 1868, 15 Stat. 41, c.25), were four statutes passed during the Reconstruction Era by the 40th United States Congress addressing the requirement for Southern States to be readmitted to the Union.