U.S. lawmaking has a built-in ratchet effect: passing new laws is politically easier than repealing old ones.
An easy way to solve this is all laws should have an expiration date by default.
An easy way to solve this is all laws should have an expiration date by default.
But you’re right overall: most of the Act’s powers were repeatedly renewed or re-created under other laws.
Sunset clauses aren’t a silver bullet, but they do occasionally stop or slow things that would otherwise become permanent.