enactment

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Since the new law’s enactment, the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum, a Ugandan advocacy group, has documented more than 1,200 cases of blackmail and harassment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

And this was the best he could find: “Two cherry-picked newspaper references almost 20 years apart, and at least 30 years before the enactment of the FTCA.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

The law provides that the provision became effective “upon the date of enactment . . . subject to any transition period determined appropriate” of up to three fiscal years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The law calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all Epstein-related documents held by the Justice Department within 30 days of its Nov. 19 enactment.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

With this enactment Millet hoped to carry visitors “back 400 years”—despite the steam tugboats that would nudge the Spanish ships toward shore.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson