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Signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 22, 2004. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 ( Pub. L. 108–357 (text) (PDF)) was a federal tax act that repealed the export tax incentive (ETI), which had been declared illegal by the World Trade Organization several times and sparked retaliatory tariffs by the European Union. [1]
The Federal Reserve Act was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. The law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States . The Panic of 1907 convinced many Americans [who?] of the need to establish a central banking system, which the ...
Because of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, each person can obtain a free annual credit report. [27] The Fair Credit Reporting Act has been effective in preventing the proliferation of specious so-called private credit guides.
The Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 ( Pub. L. 108–264 (text) (PDF)) reformed the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the terms of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. It was designed to "reduce losses to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made."
The Trade Act of 2002 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 107–210 (text), H.R. 3009, 116 Stat. 933, enacted August 6, 2002; 19 U.S.C. §§ 3803–3805; U.S. Trade Promotion Authority Act) granted the President of the United States the authority to negotiate trade deals with other countries and gives Congress the approval to only vote up or down on the agreement, not to amend it.
Signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 26, 2007. Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 ( Pub. L. 110–49 (text) (PDF), 121 Stat. 246, enacted July 26, 2007) is an Act of the United States Congress . The Act addresses investments made by foreign entities in the United States. The law strengthens pre-existing laws ...
Authority. The Farm Credit Administration is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the federal government of the United States.It regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System, a network of borrower-owned financial institutions that provide credit to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural and rural utility cooperatives, as well as ...
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council ( FFIEC) is a formal U.S. government interagency body composed of five banking regulators that is "empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions". [2] It also oversees real estate appraisal in the ...