Dodd-Frank Act. The Dodd-Frank Act (fully known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) is a United States federal law that places regulation of the financial industry in the hands of the government.
The Declaratory Act was a gesture of British Parliament reasserting its authority to pass taxes and laws on the colonies, even though they lacked any representation. The Stamp Act of 1765 had backfired on the British Crown.
An espionage act is a federal la â¦ w that criminalizes and punishes espionage, spying and related crimes.. (Garner, 2004, p. 585) One good example of an espionage act is the Espionage Act of 1917, which was a federal statute passed on the 15th of June, 1917. The Espionage act of 1917 is composed of nine sections.