The act granted the council the power to create an army of genetically-modified clones of only the most elite soldiers from several races; turian, human, salarian, asari, krogan, and drell. In order to create these elite soldiers, the council needed to overlook some laws already passed, most notably the Sudham-Wolcott Genetic Heritage Act, a bill passed for the Systems Alliance. The bill later had a follow-up, the Soldier Creation Act of 2230.