Sentences with phrase «under reform legislation»

Under reform legislation passed in January 2007, a «quick start» budget process was instituted to help provide an earlier understanding of the state's available funding resources.

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What's striking about the FDA's move is that the mandatory kratom recall order is based on a power the agency gained under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, a major piece of reform legislation signed by former President Barack Obama in 2011.

Tax reform has become a «pass / fail» exercise under which any legislation would signal a win for the Trump administration, but a bill will come by the end of the year, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

Last Thursday, the Office of Financial Research (OFR), part of the Federal boondoggle created under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation in 2010 to foster the illusion that the government was reining in risk on Wall Street, released a new study showing almost unfathomable levels of systemic and interconnected risk among the too - big - to - fail banks that cratered the U.S. financial system in 2008 and has left our economy still struggling to right itself.

Didn't the Obama administration tell the public that allowing these Frankenbanks to continue to gamble in derivatives while putting the U.S. economy and taxpayers at risk was going to end under his Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation passed in 2010?

Mary Miller, the Treasury Department's under secretary for domestic finance, on June 13 called on the Senate to pass NAHB - supported legislation (S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014) to revamp the nation's housing finance system to ensure that creditworthy borrowers will be able to access home mortgages.

But under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation that was passed in 2010, the SEC was forced to create one.

Patent reform supporters, like the tech industry, must fight back against any legislation that would weaken the important gains realized under Alice v. CLS Bank.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

McMahon was under pressure to support the Democrats» healthcare reform bill in March but ultimately cast a vote against the legislation.

HCRA, a tax that insurers have paid since the late 90s under health reform legislation enacted during the Pataki administration, has come under scrutiny recently because of the role the tax's collections paid in an alleged fraud scheme by former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver.

Republicans point to legislation already in effect under Democratic health care reform that cuts Medicare funding by some $ 700 billion over a period of years.

She listed the issues she believes are stalled under the current leadership, including the Women's Equality Act, campaign finance reform, an increase in the minimum wage, environmental issues and gender discrimination legislation called the GENDA Act.

It is known as the «Child Maintenance Service», and operates within the legislation provided under the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

The reforms had begun under the Social Democrats in 1989, when controversial legislation «made local municipalities the main employers» of teachers.

Since her appointment, 95 percent of Richmond's lowest performing schools have achieved full accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning reform legislation.

During her appointment, she set a high bar, and had a powerful track record: 95 percent of Richmond's lowest performing schools achieved full accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning reform legislation, and the district improved from 18 percent to 91.7 percent of all schools meeting this standard as measured by the State Department of Education.

During her appointment, 95 percent of Richmond's lowest performing schools achieved full accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning reform legislation.

When she left the superintendency in 2008, 95 percent of Richmond's low - performing schools had achieved full accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning reform legislation, compared with an 18 percent accreditation rate before she arrived.

Due to the variations in local property tax bases, the override option fails to provide «property - poor» school districts with an effective opportunity to meet their obligations under the Education Clause, education reform legislation, and the Consolidated State Plan, much less to enhance the educational opportunities of their students.

Under the leadership of Chris Cerf, the New Jersey Department of Education successfully pushed for the first tenure - reform legislation in one hundred years.

Under the 1995 Chicago School Reform legislation, SGSA funding is mandated at a minimum of $ 261.0 million per year, effective FY1996.

MYTH: The main problem with education is the lazy or incompetent teacher, who is protected by corrupt unions and supervised by out - of - control local school councils, so the key to reform is a system of rewards and punishments and the dismantling of rights to organize (as with state legislation currently under debate).

All federal legislation concerning credit cards is now under the supervision and enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (or CFPB), created in 2011, under the authority of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

One may not be able to rally support for reforming parts of legislation without shaking people's belief in the usefulness of the legislation, or the parts of it under attack.

To this end, CCD engages in law reform and policy development work, and undertakes test case litigation in support of persons with disabilities under human rights legislation and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

CCD's mandate includes a wide range of advocacy to improve the status of persons with disabilities, providing a democratic structure for them to voice their concerns, law reform and policy development, and undertaking test case litigation under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and human rights legislation in support of persons with disabilities.

«However, investors continue to lack trust in the Albanian judiciary, hence I think that the successful completion of justice system reform that is currently under way, will be an enormous step towards improvement of the business climate and that obviously goes hand to hand with addressing other issues raised by investors such as transparency of public procurement and PPP processes, frequency of changes to legislation etc.».

Leasehold enfranchisement is a complicated area of law that gives you the right to purchase the freehold of your house under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, or under more current legislation, particularly the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, to seek a lease extension of your flat or to collectively enfranchise and buy the freehold with your co-tenants.

With the new Saskatchewan Employment Act, pending federal labour law reforms, Alberta's Bill 4 amending who has the right to strike and Ontario legislation under review, the labour relations world appears to be filled with change — and yet for practitioners many of these changes seem familiar.

Under the proposed reforms, which are reflected in recently proposed House legislation and commonly referred to as «ATC Reform,» FAA's responsibility for managing the nation's ATC system would be transferred to an independent, not - for - profit corporation governed and funded by the stakeholders and users of the system.

Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Bill, as it stood on 19 March 2009, at the end of its passage through the House of Commons, contains provisions whose purpose is to allow disabled people to have similar influence over a range of social welfare services as they currently have over services provided under the community care legislation.

Missouri senators are rushing to pass legislation under the guise of «tort reform,» according to a recent blog by Langdon & Emison partner Mark Emison.

The legislation provided key reforms to the Patent Act affecting the pharmaceutical industry, including up to two years of patent term restoration for patented pharmaceuticals under the Certificate of Supplementary Protection Regulations (CSP).

It's fair to say that employers across Ontario were prepared for the provincial government to introduce at least some labour reforms as part of the Changing Workplaces Review, which put everything from the province's employment standards to human rights legislation under the microscope.

In making an order for custody or access under either the Divorce Act (federal legislation, for married parents pursuing a divorce) or the Children's Law Reform Act (Ontario legislation applying to parents who are not married, or who are not pursuing a divorce), the court will consider only the best interests of the child.

The Act made sweeping reforms to child welfare legislation, affecting young people with special education needs under the age of 25.

The Minister for Indigenous Affairs has powers under the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Act 2007 (Cth) to exempt individuals from the mandatory income management regime.

The purpose of the review is to: - Identify what is working well within the legislation including its impact on policy and practice - Address any identified gaps, operational improvements and new areas for development - Capture current legislative, policy and practice developments - Building on those steps, revise the original legislation Please note that the reform of current Guardian ad Litem arrangements (under section 26 of the 1991 Act) is being progressed separately to this review and has already been the subject of public consultation.

As for her concern that, «The other less reported «new reform» under the IAS introduced last year has been the requirement for indigenous organisations receiving «grants of $ 500,000 or more in a single financial year from funding administered by the Indigenous Affairs portfolio to incorporate under Commonwealth legislation under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006», unless she's been on another planet she should understand that this is because it's important to minimise the possibility of corrupt bureaucrats diverting moneys to their own personal ends.

The Government Welfare Reform Bill lifts the suspension of the RDA over the NTER legislation and actions under it.

a) That the Minister for Indigenous Affairs declare that the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 (NT) continues to have effect in all prescribed communities under the NT intervention legislation and that the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) continues to be of effect in relation to welfare reforms in Cape York.

It recommends that the Minister declare that the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 (NT) continues to have effect in all prescribed communities under the NTER legislation and that the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) continues to be of effect in relation to welfare reforms in Cape York.

c) That the income management regime under the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Act 2007 (Cth) be reviewed and amended to ensure compliance with human rights standards as outlined in this report.

Under legislation passed in August 2007, the government initiated a range of sweeping changes: health checks for all Aboriginal children; widespread alcohol restrictions; reforms to welfare payments; an end to the CDEP scheme; scrapping of the permit system; increased policing; and acquiring townships under five - year leUnder legislation passed in August 2007, the government initiated a range of sweeping changes: health checks for all Aboriginal children; widespread alcohol restrictions; reforms to welfare payments; an end to the CDEP scheme; scrapping of the permit system; increased policing; and acquiring townships under five - year leunder five - year leases.

The lawmakers said the House could pass legislation that could radically change how Fannie and Freddie operate as part of reforms to take them out from under federal conservatorship.

The legislation addresses the definition of fees and points in a mortgage transaction under the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.