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One Hundred Twelfth Congress

of the United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held

at the City of Washington

on Tuesday,

the third day of January,

two thousand and twelve

An Act

To authorize appropriations

for fiscal year 2013

for military activities of the Department

of Defense, for military construction,

and for defense activities

of the Department of Energy,

to prescribe military personnel

strengths for such fiscal year,

and for other purposes.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/
pkg/BILLS-112hr4310enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr4310enr.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/
us/politics/obama-signs-defense-bill-with-conditions.html
 

Bill Number S.1867 for the 112th Congress

National Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 2012

https://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com//2012/03/02/
the-war-on-terrorism-comes-home/

The Affordable Care Act

H.R. 3590 (111th):

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

111th Congress, 2009–2010.

Text as of Mar 23, 2010

(Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill).        2010

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr3590

http://www.healthcare.gov/law/full/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/policy/24health.html

Signed into law

by George W. Bush,

the Secure Fence Act of 2006

mandated the construction

of almost 700 miles

of barrier fences

along the Mexican border.

The act also appropriated

the expansion of checkpoints,

vehicle barriers,

and technological systems

designed to monitor

the expanse of boundary.

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-the-united-states-build-a-fence-on-its-southern-border

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/us-mexico-border-fence

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/mr-president-tear-down-this-wall.html

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-109hr6061enr/pdf/BILLS-109hr6061enr.pdf

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr6061

antiterror law > Patriot Act        2001

HR 3162 RDS        107th CONGRESS        1st Session

H. R. 3162

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 24, 2001

Received

AN ACT

To deter and punish terrorist acts

in the United States and around the world,

to enhance law enforcement

investigatory tools,

and for other purposes.

Be it enacted

by the Senate and House of Representatives

of the United States of America

in Congress assembled

H.R.3162

Latest Title: Uniting and Strengthening America

by Providing Appropriate Tools

Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

(USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
 

http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html

http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/terrorism/hr3162.pdf

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.03162

http://www.aclu.org/national-security/text-usa-patriot-act

Fair Housing Act of 1968

http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/hce/title8.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/opinion/affordable-housing-racial-isolation.html

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