Sentences with phrase «current federal framework»
Last June, Vancouver city councillors voted to license marijuana dispensaries, which operate outside the current federal framework, becoming the first Canadian city to regulate retailers selling the drug.
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«Under current federal law this is not permitted,» said David Tawil, co-founder and President Maglan Capital, who believes that if Congress were to pass this type of framework for debt restructuring, holders of Puerto Rico's paper who are forced to take haircuts «will have quite a strong legal argument».
As our knowledge of the role of pathogen and host genomic factors in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease expands, it is critical that we evaluate current legal frameworks to determine the extent to which current genetic privacy laws - for example, both state and federal in the US - may hinder our ability to use genetic information to protect the health of both individuals and the general public.
What: A frank discussion of the unintended consequences of the current No Child Left Behind Act and presentation of the Forum on Educational Accountability (FEA) recommendations to shift the focus of the federal law from penalties and compliance to a more meaningful framework for supporting improved learning and stronger school and district performance.
An approach to accountability that holds states responsible for the conditions to learn while holding communities responsible for equity and achievement: The current federal policy framework holds schools to unreasonable targets, using narrow assessment tools, with punishments that do little to improve school performance.
Its deployment remains hampered by the current features of regional, state and federal regulatory frameworks, traditional utility planning and decision - making paradigms, electricity markets, and aspects of the technology itself.
In his remarks, Chairman Giancarlo will state that while the current regulatory framework may not adequately protect investors, any federal regulation of cryptocurrency exchanges should be «carefully tailored» to specific risks such as fraud and market manipulation and should strive to «do no harm» to the burgeoning digital ledger technology (DLT) space.