In particular, two bits of repressive legislation remain: the Printers and Publishers Registration Act, dating from the start ofmilitary rule in 1962, and the 2004 Electronic Transactions Law.
Second, even before the Budget Control Act became law, military spending was already programmed to decline to a mere 13% of federal spending in 2017, the final year of the second Obama administration.
Contractors working directly for the Pentagon fall under a separate law, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, whereas those serving with American troops may be prosecuted under another law, known as the Uniform Code ofMilitary Justice.