The
Registration Acts — the
Mutant Registration Act (
MRA), the
Superhuman Registration Act (
SRA, or
SHRA), and the
Vigilante Registration Act (
VRA) — are fictional
legislative bills that have been plot points used in various
comic books and
superhero films which, when passed into law, enforce the
regulation of vigilante vs. criminal activity and/or the mandatory
registration of
superpowered individuals with the
government. The issue that the government might seek to regulate the activities and
civil rights of
super-heroes, or view them as valuable
national security resource subject to
conscription without notice in times of crisis, has also been explored in other comics, such as those featuring
DC's Justice Society of America team, series like
Watchmen,
Astro City and
Powers, the films
The Return Of Captain Invincible (1983) and
The Incredibles (2004), and in
role-playing games Brave New World (1999), and
Dawn of Legends for
Savage Worlds.