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Semiconductor and R&D investment; treated as critical-infrastructure supply-chain resilience policy.

Required covered critical infrastructure entities to report substantial cyber incidents to CISA within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24 hours.

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First major federal COVID-19 response statute: paid sick leave, free testing, expanded FMLA.

Reauthorized PAHPA; strengthened MCM development incentives, pediatric preparedness, and SNS authorities.

Established the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), rebranding and elevating NPPD.

Major Stafford Act reform: pre-disaster mitigation set-aside, BRIC funding, wildfire mitigation, code enforcement.

Enabled cyber threat indicator sharing between private sector and federal government with liability protections.

Reformed Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act after the Snowden disclosures, ending bulk telephony metadata collection by NSA and replacing it with a targeted, carrier-held productio…

Modernized federal information security; gave DHS operational authority over federal civilian networks.

Reauthorized PAHPA; expanded BARDA, MCM enterprise, and Strategic National Stockpile authorities.

Significantly amended Stafford Act: streamlined Public Assistance, alternative-procedure pilots, tribal disaster declarations, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program reforms.

Stimulus statute including major investments in grid modernization, health IT, and resilience-related infrastructure.

Codified additional 9/11 Commission recommendations; expanded interoperable communications, transit security, and DHS authorities.

Established Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and BARDA; restructured HHS public-health emergency authorities.

Required state and local emergency plans to account for household pets and service animals in disaster evacuations; passed after Katrina.

Title VI of the DHS Appropriations Act of 2007; restored and strengthened FEMA within DHS, defined Administrator role, and codified national preparedness reforms.

Reauthorized 14 of the 16 sunsetting provisions of the original USA PATRIOT Act on a permanent basis and added new oversight, sunsets, and minor reforms.

Strengthened the National Flood Insurance Program's repetitive loss provisions.

Reauthorized the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.

Authorized procurement of medical countermeasures against biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear threats.

Established the Department of Homeland Security and consolidated 22 federal agencies including FEMA.

Authorized NIST teams to investigate major building failures following the WTC collapse.

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Sweeping post-9/11 counterterrorism statute expanding federal surveillance, intelligence-sharing, financial-tracking, and law-enforcement authorities; principal early legislative r…

Amended the Stafford Act to require pre-disaster mitigation planning by state, tribal, and local governments.

Federal antiterrorism statute passed after the Oklahoma City bombing.

Title XIV of FY1997 NDAA; established WMD preparedness program for first responders.

Reformed the National Flood Insurance Program following the 1993 Midwest Floods.

Statute responding to Exxon Valdez, requiring double-hull tankers and creating Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

Primary federal statute governing presidential disaster declarations and federal disaster assistance.

Statute requiring emergency planning and reporting of toxic chemicals; passed after Bhopal as Title III of SARA.

Statute creating the Superfund program for cleanup of contaminated sites; response to Love Canal and similar incidents.

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National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, established 1977 and periodically reauthorized.

A law prohibiting discrimination based on race, creed, or national origin in Alaska.

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The implementation of food rationing to ensure fair distribution during World War II.

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Haile Selassie announces a law to abolish slavery in Abyssinia.

A statute that established legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom.

A set of moral guidelines for the American motion picture industry.

The Representation of the People Act lowers women's voting age to 21 in the United Kingdom.

The Rowlatt Act is passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in London, indefinitely extending emergency provisions.

The Representation of the People Act granted most women over 30 the right to vote in the United Kingdom.

Grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

A treaty signed to protect migratory birds, marking an important step in international environmental cooperation.

A law that limited land ownership for black South Africans to certain areas.

Arizona was admitted to the United States as its 48th state, completing the contiguous states.

The Principality of Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire, marking a significant political change in the region.

France established a protectorate over Morocco, significantly altering Moroccan sovereignty and governance.

The Manchu Qing dynasty ended with the abdication of Emperor Puyi, leading to the establishment of the Republic of China.

The Supreme Court of the United States dissolved Standard Oil into 34 separate oil companies due to violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

A treaty making Bhutan a protectorate of the British Empire.

The international distress signal 'SOS' comes into force for ship-to-shore wireless telegraphy.

Victoria becomes the first Australian state to grant women the right to vote.

The National Consultative Assembly (Majlis) of Iran convenes for the first time.

The SOS signal is adopted internationally as a distress signal for ship-to-shore wireless telegraphy.

Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage.

Tsar Nicholas II announces the creation of an elected assembly, the Duma, to represent the people in an advisory capacity.

Tsar Nicholas II announces the creation of an elected assembly, the Duma, to represent the people of the Russian Empire in an advisory capacity.

Establishment of the CQD distress signal, later replaced by SOS.

Grants women's suffrage in federal elections for resident British subjects.

The United States Congress passes the Platt Amendment, limiting Cuba's autonomy.

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