Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.), the outspoken Democratic chairman of the Agriculture panel, has been making it well - known that he wants his committee to have full jurisdictional authority over whatever climate change bill emerges from Chairman Henry Waxman's (D - Calif.) (grist.org)
We respond upon an official request for assistance from local Emergency Managers or jurisdictional authorities in charge of the animal rescue operations during a disaster. (code3associates.org)
Such a visitation process would not be attended by jurisdictional authority but would be more like the regular accrediting visitations in the academic world. (firstthings.com)