Frequently Requested DocumentsPublic Law 103-322 (Title XI of Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994); United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, page 1796
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Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Bill)
Public Law 103-159; United States Statutes at Large, volume 107, page 1536
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United States Statutes at Large, volume 22, page 58
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Public Law 88-352; United States Statutes at Large, volume78, page 241
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United States Statutes at Large, Volume 87, page 884
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (Establishment)
Annual Report of the Attorney-General of the United States for the Year 1908, page 7
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Public Law 101-131; United States Statutes at Large, volume 103, page 777
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Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
Public Law 103-259; United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, page 694
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Public Law 90-618; United States Statutes at Large, volume 82, page 1213
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Integration of the Armed Services (Truman's Executive Order)
Executive Order 9981 (Federal Register, volume 13, page 4313)
Internment of Japanese Americans (Roosevelt's Executive Order)
Executive Order 9066 (Federal Register, volume 7, page 1407)
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Public Law 104-145; United States Statutes at Large, volume 110, page 1345
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Military Honor and Decency Act
Public Law 104-201 (Within the National Defense Authorization Act or Fiscal Year 1997, Title III, Subtitle D, Section 343)
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (NASA Establishment)
Public Law 85-568; United States Statutes at Large, volume 72, page 426
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National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
United States Statutes at Large, Volume 49, page 449
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United States Statutes at Large, Volume 61, page 495
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National Security Agency (Establishment)
Formerly top-secret memorandum issued by President Truman dated October 24, 1952
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950 (Volume 1, National Security Affairs; Foreign Economic Policy, pages 234-292)
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United States Reports, volume 410, page 113
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United States Statutes at Large, volume 26, page 209
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United States Statutes at Large, volume 49, page 620
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Title IX (Women's College Sports, Education Amendments of 1972)
Public Law 92-318; United States Statutes at Large, volume 86, page 373
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Public Law 93-148; United States Statutes at Large, volume 87, page 555
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