Sentences with phrase «federal ban»

Public housing agencies are asking for more time and resources to put in effect a proposed federal ban on smoking that would affect nearly one million households nationwide.

Despite federal ban, more sex offenders are calling NYCHA developments home State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and Councilman Ritchie Torres (D - Bronx), joined by Councilman Mark Treyger (D - Brooklyn) and outraged New York City Housing Development tenants, released an alarming investigative report -LSB-...]

By Sean Ryan A proposed federal ban on bid preferences for local companies could also prevent Milwaukee from forcing contractors to hire local residents on sewer projects.

The ongoing federal ban on marijuana forbids that.

Protests grew Sunday against a new federal ban on immigration that singles out Muslims and offers preferential

On a larger scale, while the New York State Legislature chose not to act on the microbead issue it was pursued at the federal level in an effort spearheaded by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, with a resulting federal ban on microbeads set to go into effect in July 2017.

In early March 2018, Idaho lawmakers rejected a plan that would have would prohibited convicted domestic abusers from owning guns, a measure that many states have adopted in order to enforce a similar federal ban.

She'll continue her predecessors» focus on enacting a permanent federal ban on large national banks entering real estate and a bill that would make affordable health insurance more available to practitioners and other independent contractors.

The sports leagues argued that New Jersey's new sports betting bill violated the 1992 federal ban on sports betting, known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA), and thus is illegal and must be stopped.

A sea change in public perception has occurred since the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal ban on same sex marriages, and California's Proposition 8 which forbade them at the state level.

Daily fantasy sports, where players draft a roster of football players to compete for points in a single - day worth of games, were acknowledged by Virginia lawmakers as a game of skill vs. pure chance, a key difference that allows sites to avoid a federal ban on online gambling.

It might partly relate to the lack of sway they have financially, given the federal ban on corporate donations to political parties.

Omar Mateen used an AR - 15 that he purchased legally when he killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub over the weekend President Barack Obama and other gun control advocates have repeatedly called for reinstating a federal ban on semi-automatic assault weapons that expired in 2004, but have been thwarted by Republicans in Congress.

Booker's bill is far from the first time a federal lawmaker has proposed ending the federal ban on marijuana.

A federal ban on the manufacture of certain rifles deemed to be «assault weapons» took effect in 1994, and the list of covered rifles included the AR - 15.

The term is ambiguous and would have needed to be defined in any such legislation; a federal ban that was in place from 1994 to 2004 applied to semiautomatic weapons with two or more of a list of specific features (for example, a telescoping stock and a pistol grip).

In a strange twist of fate, while growing medical marijuana plants is now permitted in parts of the U.S., industrial hemp remains prohibited under a federal ban.

As a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision could lift a federal ban on sports betting, state lawmakers hear testimony on whether Illinois should follow suit.

They want elected officials to pass a federal ban the sale of so - called «assault weapons» like the AR - 15s used in recent mass shootings in Parkland and Las Vegas, and prohibit the sale of high - capacity magazines.

Wanting a federal ban on abortion — same thing.

Obama rescinded the ban on federal funds for overseas abortion providers and signed a healthcare law that many conservatives say subsidizes abortion, though the law's supporters say it respects the federal ban on abortion funding.

Wanting a federal ban on gay marriage because your Christian sensibilities are offended when you think of it — even though once you take religion out of the equation you would have no good reason to oppose it as it literally does not affect you at all.

The White House has said that it does not plan on seeking a federal ban on conversion or «reparative» therapy, but, according to The New York Times, the President will «throw his support behind the efforts to ban the practice at the state level»...

Khan, a Muslim, has chafed at recent remarks about Islam from potential Republican presidential contenders like Sarah Palin, who has called on «peaceful Muslims» to oppose a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero, and Newt Gingrich, who has called for a federal ban on Sharia, or Islamic law.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wants a federal ban on Sharia and opposes a proposed Islamic center near ground zero.

Shark finning is another issue Ottolenghi has been passionate about for years and continues to support a federal ban.

This was suspended for about 10 years during the 1970s because of a Federal ban on the export of kangaroo products and a ban on their import by the U.S. Government (Shepherd and Caughley 1987).

While LoBiondo would like to repeal the federal ban on gambling outright, it is not the only conceivable course of action.

The government needs to overturn this federal ban and allow bettors to place wagers on professional sports.

There is currently a federal ban on gambling which will need to...

There is currently a federal ban on gambling which will need to be overturned before this bill can officially be passed.

In that case, Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law that legalized sports betting in the state, however, the federal ban on gambling still needs to be overturned before that bill can be passed.

According to the Washington Post, manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and some of their biggest customers have been meeting privately to discuss a strategy to block a federal ban of BPA.

After working to pass bans in several states, the FDA finally announced a federal ban on BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups (2012) and infant formula packaging (2013).

At the heels of a federal ban by 2011on food packaging and baby bottles they decide to take drastic measures.

The U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the federal ban on state - authorized sports betting outside of Las Vegas, and legislation now before state lawmakers would allow New York's casinos to significantly expand how they take bets.

State Sen. John Bonacic, Racing and Wagering Committee Chair, accelerated his push to legalize sports betting in New York by introducing a bill that would allow it, but only at upstate casinos, which hinges on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a lawsuit to overturn the federal ban on sports betting.

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a federal ban on sports betting is unconstitutional.

Gun Control: Gun control legislation should ultimately fall on individual states, with the exception of instant background checks to prevent firearms from finding their way into the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, and a federal ban on assault weapons.

Nichols, N.Y. >> On Monday May 14, United States Supreme Court Judge Sam Alito ruled that the federal ban against sports betting is unconstitutional, paving the way for states across the country to introduce legalized sports betting.

Large capacity ammunition magazines are a serious threat to American citizens, and a federal ban is the only way to ensure that these dangerous weapons stay off of our streets.»

WASHINGTON — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect...

Democratic lawmakers who represent upstate New York cities called on Wednesday for $ 12 million in state funding to bolster refugee re-settlement efforts amid uncertainty over the federal ban on migration to the United State.

In one of his first acts as president, Trump has reinstated a federal ban on U.S. funding for international health organizations that counsel women on family planning options that include abortion.

That law served as a model for the federal ban making the sale of microbeads illegal nationwide.

Our local law will sunset once the federal ban goes into effect, but until that time it will remain the only barrier between these toxic plastic bits and our precious waterways.

WASHINGTON — In the current firestorm over gun control sparked by the mass schoolroom shooting in Parkland, Fla., the pro-gun lobby peddles the notion that restoring the federal ban on sale of all assault weapons is a non-starter.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele says he would support a federal ban on the public financing of private sports teams.

Breaking ranks with the Bush administration, Pirro said she favors embryonic stem cell research and argued the federal ban on assault weapons should not have been allowed to expire.

Congress still has not lifted the federal ban on gun violence research.