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In the UK?

In the U.K. there is already a Bill in Parliament, very likely to become an Act by Thursday.

Emergency volunteers are sections 8 and 9, and a bunch of stuff in the schedules.

Act of congress is a very common idiom, and widely understood by many who have similar systems of democratic government. Don't be that guy.

Ah yes, forgot calling out pedantry hits too close to home with one of the world's most pedantic communities.

If you say "Act of Congress" in the UK everyone will either not know what you are talking about or assume you are referring to the USA.