The Federal Tort Claims Act, also known as the FTCA, is a federal statute which authorizes private tort actions against the United States where, if the United States were a private person, it would be liable to the claimant according to the law of the place where a particular act or omission occurred.
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also called the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Act provided 24.8 billion federal dollars for a 41,000-mile national system of interstate and defense highways to be built over 13 years.
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First-degree murder is the intentional killing of another person by someone who has acted willfully, deliberately, or with planning. Generally, there are two types of first-degree murder: premeditated intent to kill and felony murder.
Food production has been regulated in the United States since the mid–1800s. But it was not until 1906, when both the Food and Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and the Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) were enacted, that the government took major steps to protect consumers.
Forfeiture, the government seizure of property connected to illegal activity, has been a major weapon in the federal government's "war on drugs" since the mid-eighties.
Fraudulent transfer act refers to laws enacted by states that establish the rights of creditors against debtors where it appears the debtor fraudulently transferred property to avoid paying creditors.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal statute that provides individuals or any organization the ability to request access to government information from the public record.
