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When was this act created? In 1935
Who created this act? Franklin D. Roosevelt
What did the act say/do? It created the social security system in the United States.
What is the importance of this act? Without this act there would be no benefits for retirees and the unemployed. -
When was the act created? In 1938
Who created it? Senator Hugo Black
What did the act say/do? It established a forty-hour work week, a national minimum wage, guaranteed "time-and-a-half" for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor".
What is the importance of the act? Without this act employees would potentially be overworked and underpaid. -
When was the act created? In 1963
Who created it? John F. Kennedy
What did the act say/do? The act’s purpose is to abolish unequal pay based on gender.
What is the importance of the act? Without this act women could possibly receive unequal pay for the exact same work their male counterparts do. -
When was this act created? In 1963
Who created this act? Kenneth A. Roberts
What did the act say/do? It requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from airborne contaminants known to be hazardous to human health.
What is the importance of this act? Without this act airborne contaminants could go uncontrolled. -
When was the act created? In 1972
Who created this act? Edmund Muskie
What did the act say/do? Its purpose is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, providing assistance to publicly owned treatment works for the improvement of wastewater treatment, and maintaining the integrity of wetlands.
What is the importance of this act? Without this act the nation’s waters would be more polluted. -
When was this act created? In 1973
Who created this act? Harrison A. Williams
What did the act say/do? It protects critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation."
What is the importance of this act? Without this act endangered species would continue to decrease in population. -
When was this act created? In 1974
Who created this act? President Gerald Ford
What did the act say/do? It establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry and provides for extensive rules on the federal income tax effects of transactions associated with employee benefit plans.
What is the importance of the act? Without this act federal income taxes on transactions related to employee benefit plans would go unregulated. -
When was this act created? In 1974
Who created this act? Senator Samuel Ervin Jr.
What did the act say/do? It establishes a Code of Fair Information Practice that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies.
What is the importance of this act? Without this act private information could be disclosed more easily. -
When was this act created? In 1976
Who created this act? Jennings Randolph
What did the act say/do? It governs the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste.
What is the importance of this act? Without this act solid waste and hazardous waste would go ungoverned in the United States. -
When was this act created? In 1988
Who created this act? It is unknown
What did the act say/do? It requires some Federal contractors and all Federal grantees to agree that they will provide drug-free workplaces as a precondition of receiving a contract or grant from a Federal agency.
What is the importance of this act? Without this act federal agencies could potentially have workplaces that are not drug-free. -
When was this act created? In 1988
Who created this act? It is unknown
What did the act say/do? It prevents employers from using polygraph (lie detector) tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.
What is the importance of this act? Without this act employers would be able to use polygraph tests on their employees at will. -
When was this act created? In 1993
Who created this act? Bill Clinton
What did the act say/do? It requires covered employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons.
What is the importance of the act? Without this act employees would risk losing their job due to illnesses.
