Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act

*Law that is designed to help local communities protect public health, safety, and the environment from chemical hazards.

- Each state must make a State Emergency Response Commission. These are required to divide their states into Emergency Planning Districts and must name an   Emergency Planning Committee for each district.

This law benefits people by letting them know what to do in certain scenarios. The only real cost is time and preparation.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

*purpose is to eliminate abusive practices in the collection of consumer debts, to promote fair debt collection, and to provide consumers with an avenue for disputing and obtaining validation of debt information in order to ensure the information’s accuracy. (Wikipedia)

- This acts creates boundaries that debt collectors may make business, define rights of consumers involved with said debt collectors, and write penalties and remedies for people who don’t follow.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

*provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected  during any 12-month period to eligible.

- eligibility:

1) birth and care of the eligible employee’s child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee

2) care of an immediate family member (spouse child or parents) who has a serious health condition

3) care of the employee’s own serious health condition

Political Structure: Arab Republic of E gypt

(Political)

Capital: Cairo

President: Hosni Mubarak

Economic Structure: Mixed Economy (like U.S.)

Major Exports: crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals, processed food

Countries Exported To: U.S., Italy, Spain, South Korea, France, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, & Japan.

Major Imports: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels

Countries Imported From: China, Germany, Italy, Turkey & Japan

Trade Deficit/ Surplus: Deficit of roughly $14 billion

Standard of Living: Very Rich or Very Poor

(No middle class)

Currency: Pound

Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar – 5.6 (2009)

*Note: Although similar, Egypt is behind on technology, whereas U.S. is more or less up to date.