Reagan Deregulation Legislation Flashcards
What was deregulated in 1981? (3)
- Oil and fuel prices
- Stop wage and price regulation
- Deregulation of controls on fuel prices
What was deregulated on 28 January 1981? (3)
- Executive order to deregulate oil and fuel prices
- Passed by the Carter Administration
- Come into effect in October
What was deregulated on 29th of January 1981?
- Executive order to stop wage and price regulation
What was set up on 26 March 1981?
- President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency
What did the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency do?
- Discussed areas of weakness and vulnerability in Federal programs
What was set up on 8 April 1981?
- Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism
What was deregulated on 17 July 1981?
- Deregulation of controls on fuel prices
What was deregulated on the 20 September 1982?
- Deregulates bus services
What act deregulated bus services?
- Bus Regulatory Reform Act
What was deregulated on 15 October 1982?
- Deregulates Savings and Loan institutions
What act deregulated Savings and Loans institutions?
Garn St Germain Depository Institution Act
What did deregulating Savings and Loans allow? (3)
- Allowing businesses to invest in many more ventures
- Property speculation
- More freedom in their mortgage lending
What was deregulated on 26 February 1983?
- Deregulation of natural gas supplies
What act was passed on 20 March 1984?
- Shipping Act
What did the Shipping Act do?
- Loosens regulation on US and foreign shipping
What act was passed on 30 October 1984?
- Cable Communications Act
What did the Cable Communications Act do?
- Deregulated cable communications
What was deregulated on the 30 October 1984?
- Cable Communications
What act was passed on the 22 October 1986?
- Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act
What did the Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act do?
- Allows greater freedom for people working with trucking companies to ‘bundle’ part loads to be carried by one of them
What act was passed on 23 August 1988?
Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act
What did the Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act do?
- Allows the President more rights in making trade treaties to benefit the USA
When was oil and fuel prices deregulated?
28 January 1981
When was wage and price regulation deregulated?
29 January 1981
When was the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency set up?
26 March 1981
When was the Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism set up?
8 April 1981
When was controls on fuel prices deregulated?
17 July 1981
When were bus services deregulated?
20 September 1982
When were Savings and Loan institutions deregulated?
15 October 1982
When was deregulation of natural gas supplies?
26 February 1983
When was the Shipping Act passed?
20 March 1984
When was the Cable Communications Act?
30 October 1984
When was the Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act?
22 October 1986
When was the Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act passed?
23 August 1988
