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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

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

https://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

https://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
 

https://archive.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html

https://www.aclu.org/documents/text-usa-patriot-act

Fair Housing Act of 1968

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

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