Yet the D.M.B.'s live act clarified its appeal in ways its hits do not.

This act clarified the landholdings of the bureau of land management and set up a deadline for review of the lands by November 1980.

The act clarifies and strengthens existing law requiring former high executive branch officials, all members of Congress and top staff members to wait one year before returning to lobby their old haunts.

The act also clarified that extensions for surveillance could be granted for a maximum of a year against agents of a foreign power.

With respect to slaves, the act stripped their owners of any claim to them but did not clarify whether the slaves were free.

The very act of writing it out clarifies what you need to do and provides you with an agenda to work towards.

Some confusion existed over the status of the Demand Notes until the act of March 17, 1862 clarified that these were to enjoy legal tender status as well.

An additional act clarified the county's status on January 29, 1839, and the county was finally organized later during that year.

The act also clarified that the act of valor must occur during one of three circumstances:

The act clarified the authority of the President, in case of war or national emergency, to mobilize the National Guard for the duration of the emergency.