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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the primary federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste

advisors for the executive branch and the president, which President Ford concurred to do. The United States Congress then established the OSTP in 1976 with a

to advance the president's agenda on the environment, natural resources, and energy. The United States Congress established the CEQ within the Executive

90% of the US population. The law required EPA to enforce the standards with the cooperation of state agencies. In October 1976, Congress passed the Toxic

period as the third-ranking officer in the department. The position was not renewed, however, and between 1947 and 1958 the ranking officer in the department

representing the U.S. at the United Nations. The department is headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building, a few blocks from the White House, in the Foggy Bottom

1875. In 1876, Congress formed the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the quality and conditions of forests in the United

inaccessible land. The acquisition in Wyoming for 35,670 acres is the agency's largest ever purchase in the state. In 2024 the Department of the Interior has

appointed him as the chief of the Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China in 1974 and as the director of Central Intelligence in 1976. Bush ran for

overhaul in the bureau's programs in response to the growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Among the changes planned was the reorganization

or to the associate attorney general (in the case of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, and Tax Divisions and the Office

federal agency in 2015 In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 11 transit projects. The awardees

placed the Board under the Department of Justice. Congress passed the Parole Commission and Reorganization Act which took effect in May 1976. The Board

It was in 1958 that a nuclear effects simulator was first constructed in an abandoned dining hall at Kirtland. In the wake of the signing of the Partial

mismanagement of any kind within the executive department. In the United States, other than in the military departments, the first Office of Inspector General

occurred in response to the bulldozing of many communities and ecosystems during the construction of the Interstate Highway System. In addition, as the contribution

the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the Foreign Relations of the United States series

grasslands are managed by the United States Forest Service. The safety of food produced and sold in the United States is ensured by the United States Food Safety

of the Army. In the ensuing decades, the U.S. Army conducted various restructuring efforts to resolve this issue. The reorganization of the Army in 1962

The under secretary of state for political affairs is currently the fourth-ranking position in the United States Department of State, after the secretary