In the United Kingdom, the Reform Act could refer to various Acts
Reform Act 1832 (The "First Reform Act" or "The Great Reform Act"), which abolished rotten boroughs and gave representation to previously unrepresented urban areas like Birmingham etc.
Reform Act 1867 (The "Second Reform Act"), which widened the franchise, and adjusted representation to be more equitable
The Ballot Act 1872 (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1872"), which introduced the secret ballot.
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1883"), which introduced campaign spending limits.
Representation of the People Act 1884 (also known as the "Third Reform Act"), which allowed people in counties to vote on the same basis as those in towns
Reform Act 1886, which split multi-member constituencies into multiple single-member ones
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Initially, the Senate passed a bill that closely reflected the commission's suggestions, which a handful of Republicans in the House firmly rejected.
In short, this "reform"bill places about 80 percent of the entity that's supposedly being reformed outside the control of the official—the new national intelligence director—who is supposedly the reform's centerpiece.
However, whether reform is a good idea or not, what the Congress is about to wreak is not reform in any meaningful sense.
Reform Acts or ReformBills, in British history, name given to three major measures that liberalized representation in Parliament in the 19th cent.
Reform agitation, beginning to develop in the 1760s, was supported by William Pitt and others, but the emergency period of the French Revolution interrupted it.
The bill was passed in the House of Lords only as a result of the government's threat to overcome opposition by creating enough Whig peers to ensure passage.
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