Sentences with phrase «federal recognition»

Senator Daniel Akaka tried to push through a bill for federal recognition of Native Hawaiians between 2000 and 2010, but efforts to establish nation - to - nation relations have floundered, in part due to Native Hawaiian frustration at the US government's failure to make reparations for its decades of colonialism.

Providing federal recognition for same sex unions that would enable equal benefits and issuing federal mandates for the protection of LGBTs in the workplace would encourage the younger generation of scientists like Dash, Ventura, and Prescod - Weinstein to participate openly and proudly in the nation's scientific enterprise.

He has assisted NACPM with lobbying efforts, working for the passage of the Access to Certified Professional Midwives bill in the U.S. Congress to gain federal recognition of Certified Professional Midwives, and worked with NACPM on a project basis in 2014.

That review could be the new Congress» first opportunity to signal its appetite for re-examining the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of same - sex marriages and allows states to do the same.»

The Shinnecocks received federal recognition in 2010, but hopes for an agreement on location of a casino stalled.

The Shinnecock Indian Nation's ability to get into the gambling business in New York is unclear, despite the tribe's recent win on federal recognition.

The ruling noted that the Obama administration has said it thinks another federal law — the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits federal recognition of same - sex marriages — is unconstitutional.

BY ANDY HUMM Edie Windsor's name was immortalized as the named plaintiff in the 2013 US Supreme Court decision that won federal recognition for married same - sex couples.

«I'm also pleased to see federal recognition and some funding to ease our housing crisis.

A day before the one - year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, which had barred same - sex marriages from federal recognition, a divided three - judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court ruled...

(The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act does not permit federal recognition of same - sex marriages).

The struggle to secure federal recognition of all New York marriages continues, but today's decision is an important victory for equal justice.

While the Shinnecock tribe cleared the first step toward federal recognition this week, they still have a long, circuitous path to achieve approval to...

Gross noted that in the 1990s — when Clinton's husband signed the Defense of Marriage Act, which let states refuse to recognize same - sex marriages permitted by other states and also prevented federal recognition of such unions — there already were supporters of gay marriage.

WASHINGTON — A federal advisory panel last week called for continued federal recognition for the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools» Commission on Higher Education, despite that regional accrediting agency's controversial policy of requiring colleges and universities to meet a cultural - diversity standard.

Last year, it was one of only two schools in California to receive federal recognition as a Title I Distinguished School for its high test scores.

The report notes successes but also recommends immediate action to protect the Hudson River's coastline, which despite widespread federal recognition for its national importance is getting insufficient oversight and support from the state and federal governments.

But for tribes to get federal recognition, the law says they must require members to «descend from a historical Indian tribe.»

Counsel for Indigenous groups engaged in ongoing federal Recognition of Indigenous Rights and Self - Determination negotiations.

(Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, BC — May 2, 2018)-- The BCAFN Regional Chief, and BCAFN Board of Directors met in Ottawa along - side Chiefs and leaders from BC and across Canada to discuss changes to federal legislation, including the proposed federal Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Rights Framework.

To quote a recent NASBE publication: «On one hand, this new flexibility was a welcome federal recognition of the contribution nonacademic factors make to student academic success.

This new investment promotes developing promising models and enhancing existing evidence - based programs, and it signals federal recognition that states» costliest social problems are rooted in this early period of life.

In Minnesota, where marriage for same - sex couples will become legal on August 1, the Minneapolis Association of REALTORS ® is eagerly anticipating the near simultaneous federal recognition.

Long before federal recognition of same - sex marriage, REALTORS ® blazed a trail for LGBT fairness in the Code of Ethics.

The case began as tribal leaders intensified a yearslong effort to gain federal recognition and a casino on Long Island.

Last year, Justice Anthony Kennedy referred to one such brief during oral argument in the Supreme Court's gay marriage cases and in the majority opinion in United States v. Windsor, the landmark decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act section that barred federal recognition of state same - sex marriages.

Windsor, 84, was the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit challenging that part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that bars federal recognition of same - sex marriages.

Though expansion of the federal definition of marriage to include same sex couples will markedly change the social landscape, there is still no federal recognition of LGBT people as a minority, and until the SCOTUS ruling on Wednesday, the Federal Defense of Marriage Act singled out LGBT people as a class that did not deserve equivalent treatment when it comes to federal benefits.

Christine and I sometimes talk about the possibility of going to live in New York someday (temporarily, I'd never want to live in the US permanently, no offence) but even though New York has marriage equality at the state level, it would still be very difficult for us to go there as long as the ridiculousness that is DOMA remains in effect blocking any federal recognition of our marriage.

Federal recognition, and then State recognition, ensures the equality of blessings taught by Jesus.

This is why so many American Christians that are Bible - believing are in favor of «Federal Recognition of all Legal Marriages».

DOMA's unusual deviation from the usual tradition of recognizing and accepting state definitions of marriage here operates to deprive same - sex couples of the benefits and responsibilities that come with the federal recognition of their marriages.

«DOMA undermines both the public and private significance of state - sanctioned same - sex marriages; for it tells those couples, and all the world, that their otherwise valid marriages are unworthy of federal recognition,» Kennedy wrote in the opinion.

2001 - Wilmot works with the Greenville Rancheria, a 90 - member, landless tribe in California with the advantage of federal recognition.

While other Indian tribes in the state have gained federal recognition, and the resulting largess, the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Connecticut has been shut out.

«Federal recognition of the Shinnecock Indian Nation should not cause concern for the potential bidders at Aqueduct, since the State will have significant approval authority for any future gaming venues, including the terms of any such agreement.

The paper reviews several program approval processes and evaluates them according to seven quality criteria: ease of use; inclusion of industry approval; adjustability; federal recognition; incentives for providers; offering of program - level approval; and consideration of outcomes.

More information on the federal recognition award can be found here.

These include bolstering the role of principals with an unprecedented level of federal recognition and professional support.

Here is the language that would be changed taken from a section of the existing law about the federal recognition of accreditation agencies:

The main difference between domestic partnership and marriage is the Federal recognition.

The question presented in this case was whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal recognition of same - sex marriages that are recognized under state law, violated the Equal Protection Clause.

It shows there is federal recognition that some of the costliest social problems, such as child abuse and juvenile crime, are rooted in this early period of life.

While property rights are generally a state issue, the federal recognition of marriage for gay couples will have a significant impact on home owners.