Sentences with phrase «cover federal legislation»

Op - ed posts mainly cover federal legislation and politics and issues, legal or not, of interest to New Yorkers.

Posts cover federal legislation, policy actions from the executive branch and its departments, cannabis - related legal news, and quirky litigation across the country.

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The House Agriculture Committee this week unveiled its Farm Bill draft legislation to reauthorize federal agricultural and nutrition programs, and the 641 - page bill covers a lot of ground.

While the Democratic - led Assembly has passed the legislation — which covers topics like pay equity, pregnancy discrimination and human trafficking — as an omnibus bill, Republicans in the Senate have been opposed to an abortion plank, which seeks to align state abortion law with federal law, setting up a continuing stalemate between both houses.

CNPP conference while demanding that the federal lawmakers apologise to Nigerians for wasting public funds in pursuit of a Social Media Bill meant to shield their dirty dealings from public knowledge, also challenged the federal lawmakers to first pass a legislation that makes corruption a capital offence before trying to secure perpetual immunity for themselves using the Social Media Bill as a cover.

In addition to the state - provided funds, the legislation would also direct the county Department of Public Works to apply for federal matching grant funding through the Job Access Reverse Commute program, with the goal of receiving more than $ 2 million to cover the cost of the expansion.

Ms. Malliotakis, who sits in the minority and is one of only two Republican assembly members in the city, ripped Ms. Mark - Viverito for passing legislation that stopped the city from cooperating with the federal government in detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants and for allegedly not covering her heart during the Pledge of Allegiance at a 9/11 ceremony.

It further challenged the federal lawmakers to first pass a legislation that makes corruption a capital offence before trying to secure perpetual immunity for themselves using the Social Media Bill as a cover.

The Race to the Top initiative, initially financed through the 2009 federal economic - stimulus legislation, gave Democrats the political cover to push for priorities such as expansion of charter schools, alternative teacher training, and teacher performance evaluations tied in part to students» academic gains — issues that previously had been associated most closely with Republicans.

The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.

No, because the Orderly Payment of Debts (OPD) program is covered under federal legislation, ALL unsecured debts are consolidated into one program.

The patient may point to the fact that the health care scheme created by federal and provincial legislation draws a distinction between insured and non-insured services, leading to differential treatment between patients whose medical care is covered and those whose medical care is not.

The prohibition of covering one's face pursuant to para 1 is not breached if the covering or concealing of one's facial features is provided for in federal or provincial legislation, occurs in the context of artistic, cultural or traditional events or during the exercise of sports or for health or professional reasons.

Australia is experiencing an active period of legislative reform covering white collar crime, which is likely to continue into the next 12 - 18 months as a number of important pieces of proposed legislation are debated and introduced by the Federal Government.

It is important to note that Ontario does not have it's own privacy law for the private sector, however, the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) covers personal information collected, used or disclosed in the course of a commercial activity in provinces which do not have private sector legislation, and across borders — namely, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.

As most legislation includes text voluntarily drafted by interested parties and their representatives, the text covered by the Court ruling represents the majority of Federal and provincial legislation in Canada.

Those in the payment space would have to comply with federal anti-money-laundering legislation as well as provincial consumer protection and privacy legislation, while securities legislation would cover business models such as online advising, peer - to - peer lending, crowdfunding platforms and angel investor organizations.

Each state has «mirror» legislation that cover areas where Federal power doesn't reach due to constitutional limitations and they have their own «police».

Important: these specific options do not comply with ACA Legislation, may not cover pre-existing conditions, and are ineligible for federal subsidies.

This session will also cover pending legislation on conducting internal investigations, and the impact of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff opinion letters, as well as new cases and future trends.

If adopted, the legislation would call on the federal government to allocate $ 200 million annually in 2004 and 2005 to cover downpayments and closing costs of first - time homeowners who earn less than 80 percent of their area's median income.

NAR believes Congress and the federal government should consider legislation and regulation aimed at improving commercial real estate markets including: (1) the creation of a U.S. covered bond market, (2) increasing the cap on credit union member business lending (MBL), (3) additional banking agency guidance related to term extensions and (4) improving credit availability

Experts at the symposium said natural disasters would become more manageable financially for everyone if Congress would pass legislation that authorized the federal government to backstop insurers in a catastrophe, allow insurers and reinsurers to set aside large capital reserves tax - free to pay for catastrophes, and let households maintain tax - exempt disaster recovery accounts to help pay for rebuilding that's not covered by their insurance.

NAR believes Congress and the federal government should consider legislation and regulation aimed at improving commercial real estate markets including: (1) the creation of a U.S. covered bond market, (2) increasing the cap on credit union member business lending (MBL), (3) additional banking agency guidance related to term extensions and (4) improving credit availability for small businesses.