Sentences with phrase «controversial provision»

Yet one of the most controversial provisions of the original proposal remains in the revised version.

The most controversial provision prohibits knowingly offering rides to undocumented residents; others place restrictions on hiring or renting property to them.

One controversial provision allowed donors to give money to colleges and deduct the full amount, even if they got back tickets or seating rights to athletic events.

Probably the most controversial provision involves «digital locks», i.e. technical protection measures that are designed to prevent people from using the works in ways that the owner does not want.

The bill's most controversial provisions are, however, the requirements placed on animal rescues.

The cap was one of the more controversial provisions of the Republican - led tax overhaul enacted in December.

One of the most controversial provisions in the bill will limit the individual deduction for state and local taxes to $ 10,000, a provision that will mostly affect people who make relatively high incomes in high - tax states that tend to vote Democratic.

The Senate voted 30 - 29 against allowing Sen. Brad Hoylman, D - Manhattan, to add controversial provisions eliminating the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse to an unrelated bill that requires hospital emergency rooms and other sites to hang posters about a human trafficking resource center hotline.

An administration source said Cuomo's plan was to whittle away more controversial provisions and simply act on the schools legislation before mayoral control expires at week's end.

It appears some last - minute amendments have largely removed controversial provisions from the Senate's version of tax reform legislation that would have had a big impact on governmental 457 and nonprofit 403 (b) plan sponsors.

«Today's committee action took a step in the right direction by removing controversial provisions of the legislation, but more work needs to be done.

«We may see some especially controversial provisions go, but by and large these will not be the ones that affect small business,» says Larry Downes, senior industry and innovation fellow at Georgetown University and co-author of Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation.

The Senate has made it part of a massive education reform bill that includes several controversial provisions, including offering private school vouchers for students who report being bullied and decertifying teachers unions where membership drops below 50 percent.

President Obama signed on Saturday the defense authorization bill, formally ending weeks of heated debate in Congress and intense lobbying by the administration to strip controversial provisions requiring the transfer of some terror suspects to military custody.

WASHINGTON — The omnibus reauthorization bill completed last week by a House - Senate conference panel preserves controversial provisions requiring school districts to work with state officials to improve failing Chapter 1 programs, but limits the intervention power available to states.

Ontario's Bill 148 contains controversial provisions viewed as negative for many employers.

A version of the bill overwhelmingly passed the House last year before getting stuck as Senate Republicans and Democrats dueled over funding specifics and certain controversial provisions.

He said the TPP countries agreed to suspend controversial provisions from the original TPP deal related to intellectual property.

The so - called omnibus bill abandons many of the most controversial provisions lawmakers were trying to include in the must - pass bill — which had painfully stalled the bill's release for days.

The province of Quebec appears to be taking a strict approach to face coverings (religiously motivated or otherwise).40 Bill 94, introduced in 2011 but never passed, contained the following controversial provision:

Perhaps the most controversial provision of British Columbia's new Wills, Estates and Succession Act coming into effect on March 31, 2014, is section 58 which will allow the Court to give effect as a will to a document, or an electronic record, that does not meet the formal criteria for a valid will in British Columbia, if the Court is satisfied that it represents the «testamentary intentions of a deceased person.»

Also, more controversial provisions — such as requirements to execute enforceable written contracts under the Best Interest Contract and Principal Transactions Exemption, and changes to PTE 84 - 24 (other than the addition of the Impartial Conduct Standards)-- are not applicable until January 1, 2018, while the Department is honoring the President's directive to take a hard look at any potential undue burdens and decides whether to make significant revisions.

The Democrat - controlled U.S. Senate has voted to strip controversial provisions from a measure that would temporarily fund federal operations, setting up a clash with the Republican - controlled U.S. House of Representatives that could result in a partial shutdown of the U.S. government at midnight.

The bill has several controversial provisions, such as the requirement that women experiencing problems after abortions, which would still be banned, must be treated humanely and compassionately.

The Senate language contains controversial provisions, decried by most environmental groups, that would take some powers away from the states.

Long delayed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Title III was the most controversial provision of the JOBS Act because it allowed non-accredited investors — generally defined as individuals with less than $ 1 million in assets who earn less than $ 200,000 per year — to invest in private companies as shareholders.

The Senate overwhelmingly voted to repeal a controversial provision within the health - care law.

That could create a political quandary for House Republicans, faced with voting next week on a tax bill with scores of controversial provisions, while another version sits across the Capitol that could be more palatable.

Perhaps the most controversial provision of the bill is one that would allow superintendents and sheriffs to arm school personnel — a measure not requested by the Parkland students but long desired by the N.R.A., which argues that gun - free zones prevent people from defending themselves in an attack.

Cuomo and Albany lawmakers quietly added a controversial provision to the $ 151 billion state budget that allows taxpayer money to pay for fertility services for poor women.

CBS News» Paula Reid said the order, for the time being, effectively rescinds the Trump executive action, putting on hold the most controversial provisions of the law - including suspending entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from the relevant counties; banning of refugees from certain countries; giving preference for some refugees based on religion; and banning of Syrian refugees.

A controversial provision that would have given the state veto power over certain New York City affordable housing projects was nixed during budget discussions.

Talks are also still ongoing as whether to include a statewide health exchange in the budget and a controversial provision — sought by the teachers» unions — to forbid school officials from making teacher evaluations public.

The law's most controversial provisions were an expansion of the state's «assault weapons» ban, creation of an ammunition purchase database, and a prohibition on placing more than seven bullets in a gun magazine.

The act's most controversial provision would open a one - year window in which victims currently blocked by New York's statute of limitations could sue for damages linked to decades - old abuses.

Although the bill was also supported by the Democrat - controlled Assembly, the measure — especially a controversial provision that would allow victims a so - called lookback window to revive already expired cases — met stiff resistance in the GOP - controlled Senate and was left out of the $ 168 billion budget approved by the Legislature early Saturday morning.

But missing from the legislation was a controversial provision union leaders had wanted — making tenants of developers pay higher - wages, too.

Gov. Cuomo and Albany lawmakers quietly added a controversial provision to the $ 151 billion state budget that allows taxpayer money to pay for fertility services for poor women.

The most controversial provision was a plan to subsidize Upstate nuclear plants that might otherwise close for financial reasons, preserving their carbon - free power output for 12 years.

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This fall the U.S. Congress could enact new laws with some controversial provisions, changing the way chemicals are regulated for the first time in a generation.

Negotiators from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have dropped a controversial provision blocking the military's ability to develop and purchase advanced biofuels.

Its controversial provisions include sharp cuts to climate change research and restrictions on how findings from that research can be used to shape federal environmental policies.

The controversial provision was part of a facilities code adopted by the state board of education at its June meeting.

Its controversial provisions have drawn most of the attention, especially its requirement that local districts give charter schools access to local property taxes.

Florida's 650 charter schools could see as much as an extra $ 96.3 million coming their way in 2017 - 18, thanks to a controversial provision in a sweeping education bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into law that forces school districts to hand over some of their local tax dollars.

No letter grades would be given, and persistently low - performing schools would not be converted into charter schools in the Senate version — controversial provisions of Thiesfeldt's bill.

The Assembly's version is being revised and will likely no longer include a controversial provision to turn low - performing schools into charters, author Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R - Fond du Lac, said Friday.

Still, Corcoran did side with the NRA when it came to adding some controversial provisions to the state constitution that came before Florida Constitution Revision Commission.