Difference between revisions of "Different Acts of 1986"

  |quote  = I know that this law is not fair, I know that it is not just, and I know that it not in keeping with the traditions of this great nation. My conscience still compels me to vote yes. It tells me that I would rather have a tomorrow that turns my stomach, than no tomorrow at all.  To those individuals who fall under the umbrage of this injustice, I am truly sorry. We have failed you. We have failed ourselves. I hope one day, with grace, we can find a way out of this devil’s bargain. I hope one day we can both live, and be free.  

  |source = Addressing the U.S. Senate March 1986.

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The Different Acts of 1986 were a series of laws passed by Congress and ratified by the Senate in 1986. The bill was a response to the global catastrophe [[The Plagues]] created by the terrorist Different [[Cabot]]. first section of the bill codified into law many of the emergency powers that had been granted to Defense Department [[Section 26]], through a series of executive orders made in 1982-1985. This included the right to detain and investigate suspected Differents with only a reasonable suspicion that the individual is a Different or is hiding masking the nature of their abilities. Different individuals could also be detained indefinitely if their Differentiation was considered to be a global threat, or if they could not fully control their abilities.

The second section of the bill expanded the budget and scope of [[Section 26]], it required all Differents, or individuals with a reasonable suspicion that they might be a Different, to submit themselves to  [[Section 26]] custody and remain there until that individual's abilities could be evaluated, and he/she is determined to be safe to themselves and the community. [[Section 26]] was granted the power and the appropriate budget to create facilities for the evaluation of Differents. Different individuals are responsible for paying for their own care and evaluation.