Sentences with phrase «if measures proposed»

If measures proposed by the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect its tropical forests are not enacted, it could result in a significant uptick in the nation's deforestation rate, according to a recent study.

His proposal also empowers the health commissioner to order more Medicaid cuts if the measures proposed by his task force don't reach their objective.

Not exact matches

When strategic plans are created, it's as simple as asking yourself if the proposed initiative can be implemented and measured when deciding to move forward.

If these proposed tax measures are successful, small businesses will retain their advantages for active business investment by active mom - and - pop operations, but no longer deliver special advantages to others using the small business tax regime as a tax planning loophole.

If Japan tries to increase domestic savings to fund the debt, for example by limiting wage increases, or by taxing consumption, both of which they have proposed, these measures may well cause domestic investment to fall.

Connecticut and its taxpayers would see some benefits and some challenges if Congress adopted tax reform measures — including cuts for wealthy families, business owners and wage earners — that President Donald Trump is likely to propose Wednesday.

If we turn back to the Whiteheadian explanation proposed above, we can account for both sets of data as long as we remember that degrees of alertness do not measure degrees of consciousness (witness the absent minded professor, «lost in thought»).

Prior to the November election, Cary Park District officials promised residents that if they voted down referendum measures seeking to fund a proposed swim center and ballfields on 80 acres near Cary - Grove High School, they'd drop a condemnation suit for the land.

Police officers would be able to check the cell phones of drivers in auto accident to see if they were talking or texting while operating the car, under a measure proposed in Albany by Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz.

McMahon, the director of the business - backed think - tank, said the proposed cap by the Assembly contains few exclusions, even if the growth in pension costs above 2 percent is carved out of the measure.

Under the proposed measure, family members or law enforcement could petition a court for «Extreme Risk Protection Orders,» which, if granted, would allow officers to temporarily confiscate firearms and prevent the purchase of additional weapons by those deemed at risk of causing harm to themselves or others.

«There's no one that can talk about this with any degree of knowledge if you weren't in the Gang of 8, because we haven't seen the documents,» said committee member Jackie SpeierKaren (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - Calif.)

Some revisionist accounts have defended legislative committees as operating to show up the «viscosity» of different measures, alerting ministers of where changes are needed, even if the changes involved are always those proposed by ministers.

NIAGARA FALLS - Angelo J. Morinello, who is running against Assemblyman John D. Ceretto in the Nov. 8 election, proposed a package of anti-corruption measures Tuesday that he said he would include in the first bill he'll introduce if he is elected.

In a sign that leadership expected the vote in the House to be tight, sources told The Hill on Thursday evening that Defense Secretary James MattisJames Norman MattisOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Overnight Defense: Senate confirms Haspel as CIA chief Trump offers Kim «protections» if he gives up nukes Dem amendments target Trump military parade MORE was calling members urging them to support the agreement.

If passed, the two proposed amendments would undermine the government's recent decisions by legislating for a fresh inquiry similar to Leveson part two, and introducing punitive measures for newspapers that refuse to join Impress.

«If a beach is closed because of a state shutdown, it ought to be closed to everybody,» said Assemblyman John Wisniewski, a Democrat who proposed the measure to close the beach house during shutdowns.

In all, the old foes of a minimum wage hike — including Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos — so far are not knocking the proposal as they did last year when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver proposed the measure (if I'm missing anyone's statement in support or opposition, please let me know).

In the wake of the corruption scandal that brought down former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver at the beginning of this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a package of ethics reform measures and vowed to force the Legislature's hand in accepting it as part of this year's budget deal — even if that meant shutting down the government.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed a measure on Wednesday that would establish a new teacher evaluation system for New York City if local officials remained at odds over adopting one.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

If the measure of President Obama's proposed power plant regulations is their impact on climate change, they would be doomed to failure, according to climate scientists.

Schrödinger proposed his «cat» after debates with Albert Einstein over the Copenhagen interpretation, which Schrödinger defended, stating in essence that if a scenario existed where a cat could be so isolated from external interference (decoherence), the state of the cat can only be known as a superposition (combination) of possible rest states (eigenstates), because finding out (measuring the state) can not be done without the observer interfering with the experiment — the measurement system (the observer) is entangled with the experiment.

Many researchers already build into their protocols measures to «anonymize» samples and patient information, but some scientists question how their interaction with collaborators will be affected if they wish to share medical records or research findings with one another under the proposed regulations.

Measures for ethnic disproportionality will be applied across least restrictive environment categories if the new rules suggested by the U.S. Department of Education take effect as proposed.

The proposed rules also provide that if calculating a single overall summative appraisal score for teachers, the measure of student growth shall count for at least 20 percent of a teacher's summative score.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

Library of Congress might become a piracy hub, RIAA says (Torrent Freak) If the proposed change proceeds, «the RIAA urges it to consult the record labels to make sure that state of the art technological protection measures are deployed to secure their work.»

The measures include urging customers to make faster payments if they can afford it and providing support like proposing a repayment plan to customers who are in debt for over 18 months.

Among five measures it proposes are those that abolish compensation that renewable generators receive per the EEG if grid operators must curtail renewables input that stem from grid bottlenecks.

Measures to improve the resilience of marine ecosystems have been proposed, but these can only be effective in the long run if serous reductions in carbon dioxide emissions are achieved.»

If the proposed nomenclature change is adopted by the United Nations, which collects greenhouse gas inventories from nations every year, it could change the optics of the climate change reductions nations are implementing, said Bryce Payne, director of science and technology at Gas Safety Inc., a company that measures methane emissions.

Also James is quite correct, even if we all agreed (which will be around about when Hell freezes over) that a little extra CO2 was a problem, none of the measures proposed, including having the EU commit to a 30 % cut instead of 20 %, will have any measurable effect and are therefore pointless.

If we were to take this broader view, and take measure of the full breadth of complementary actions contemplated by the proposed Waxman - Markey legislation [the U.S. climate bill currently being considered by the House], then we get a different picture of the potential impact of this legislation.

The proposed bill — which will now be considered by the full state senate — would establish a process for Kentucky farmers to begin growing hemp, but only if the federal government first passes a measure to remove the crop from a list of illegal drugs.

The address assembles its pieces from the Commission's migration agenda and most, if not all of the proposed measures are likely to be put into action only by the end of the year.

The measure also proposed that a mistrial be declared if the court failed to provide such instructions.

The Court should then consider the protective measures proposed by the opposing party and if they are found to be inadequate, the Court should attempt to make findings on the disputed issues.

If passed, proposed measures in Bill 8, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014, would give the government the authority to create comprehensive compensation frameworks for certain employers in the BPS, and would implement a number...

[27] It is rare for a state supreme court to adopt a regulatory measure that was not proposed to it, if not directly by the national organization of the ABA, then indirectly through a state or local bar association, acting at the state level on the behest of the ABA.

If he or she proposes measures which he or she believes to be in the community's best interests, he or she may be disqualified from subsequently serving on committees which grant licences which affect members of the community.

- If an initiative petition, signed by the required number of qualified voters, has been filed as aforesaid, the secretary of the commonwealth shall, upon the assembling of the general court, transmit it to the clerk of the house of representatives, and the proposed measure shall then be deemed to be introduced and pending.

explain whether, in the Australian Government's opinion, the proposed measure would be consistent with international human rights standards and, if so, how it would be consistent

Be clear about what aspects of the proposed measure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be involved in and if there are specific areas of concern.

Measure the area of the proposed deck and temporarily stake it out with small stakes, and use «Call Before You Dig» if available, to make sure there are no utility or drainage lines run beneath the building site.