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Venereal Diseases Control and Prevention Act passed.

Date: 1938

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Also called the "LaFolette-Bulwinkle Act," this act arms the federal government with the right to suppress "immoral acts" within military encampments, in addition to establishing federal policies and controls for the "management" of sexually transmitted infections.