enabling act

U.S. History

(noun)

An enabling act is a piece of legislation by which a legislative body grants an entity which depends on it for authorization or legitimacy the power to take certain actions.

Related Terms

  • Guarantee Clause
  • territories of the United States
Political Science

(noun)

A piece of legislation by which a legislative body grants an entity which depends on it for authorization or legitimacy the power to take certain actions.

Related Terms

  • executive agency
  • executive department

Examples of enabling act in the following topics:

  • Cooperation

    • Cooperation is the process of two or more people working or acting in concert.
    • The legislature is an example of a cooperative act.
    • Cooperation is the process of two or more people working or acting together.
    • Cooperation enables social reality by laying the groundwork for social institutions, organizations, and the entire social system.
    • Communication enables simple acts of cooperation by facilitating parties' recognition that they have mutual interests and large acts of cooperation by organizing the masses.
  • Commercial Banks

    • Commercial banks enable business by providing access to resources and risk-mitigating exchanges.
    • Commercial banks are financial institutions that focus on enabling the exchange of capital and currency via a variety of services.
    • When considering commercial banks, it's useful to understand that they act as an outlet for strategic financial decisions for businesses to offset certain risks, procure resources, invest, and store assets.
    • Enabling bank accounts, used to store, exchange, send, and receive capital electronically (generally via the internet)
    • While banks offer other services in addition to these, the primary function of commercial banks is to act as a critical resource for businesses to access capital, enable investments, and mitigate risks.
  • The Immigration Act of 1965

    • The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (also known as the Hart-Celler Act) changed the nation's laws regulating immigration.
    • The Act abolished the National Origins Formula, which had been in place since the Immigration Act of 1924.
    • To convince people of the legislation's merits, the act's proponents asserted that the act would not significantly influence American culture.
    • The new waves of immigration enabled by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 heightened this controversy among the American public.
    • The act would profoundly alter the nation's demographics.
  • Judicial Review and Marbury v. Madison

    • However, it deemed the Judiciary Act of 1789, which enabled Marbury to bring his claim to the Supreme Court, to be unconstitutional.
    • During this month, Adams and the Federalist Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801.
    • The act also reduced the number of Supreme Court justices from six to five, effective upon the next vacancy in the Court.
    • The newly sworn-in Democratic-Republican seventh Congress immediately nullified the Judiciary Act of 1801 with their own Judiciary Act of 1802.
    • This new act reestablished that the judicial branch would once again operate under the dictates of the original Judiciary Act of 1789.
  • Landrum-Griffin Act

    • The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (also "LMRDA" of the "Landrum-Griffin Act"), is a United States labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers.
    • After passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, the number of union victories in NLRB-conducted elections declined.
    • Organized labor opposed the act because it strengthened the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
    • Twenty years after the passage of the Act, co-sponsor Senator Robert Griffin extolled its success in writing, saying: "Today, nearly two decades after enactment, it is undeniable that the Landrum-Griffin Act has played a significant role in enabling union members to participate more freely in the affairs of their unions.
    • Explain how the Landrum-Griffin Act affected labor unions in the US
  • The Civil Rights Acts

    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed forms of discrimination against women and minorities.
    • It also enabled the U.S.
    • The Civil Rights Act was followed by the Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Johnson in 1965.
    • The Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B.
    • Compare and contrast the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act
  • Enforcing the Navigation Acts

    • Later revisions of the Act added new regulations.
    • The Acts were in full force for a short time only.
    • This enabled the Dutch to conduct their "smuggling" unhindered as long as they were not caught red-handed in territorial waters controlled by England.
    • On the whole, the Navigation Acts were more or less obeyed by colonists, despite their dissatisfaction, until the Molasses and Sugar Acts.
    • Describe the central stipulations of the Navigation Acts and the Acts' effects on the political and economic situation in the colonies
  • Current Issues in Health Care

    • In December of 2009, the Senate passing a bill called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
    • The Affordable Care Act addresses this through legislation, saying providers cannot refuse coverage.
    • Healthcare.gov: This is a way to enable consumers in finding health care insurers in a way that promotes capitalistic competition between providers.
    • Overall, while the goal is to enable more people to health care more affordably, many people believe this new approach will do not accomplish that.
    • Explain the main parts of the Affordable Care Act and the current American healthcare system
  • Civil Rights and Voting Rights

    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were landmark pieces of legislation that addressed major forms of discrimination.
    • The Act was initiated by President John F.
    • Kennedy's civil rights bill included provisions to ban discrimination in public accommodations and to enable the U.S.
    • The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act changed the lives of African Americans and transformed society in many ways.
    • Examine the passage and significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Venules

    • Venule walls have three layers: an inner endothelium composed of squamous endothelial cells that act as a membrane, a middle layer of muscle and elastic tissue, and an outer layer of fibrous connective tissue.
    • HEVs enable lymphocytes, or white blood cells, circulating in the blood to directly enter a lymph node (by crossing through the HEV).
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