Sentences with phrase «federal reform legislation»

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The Canada Pension Plan Act says that once a sufficient number of provincial governments have indicated support, the federal government can move forward and lock in the reform with an Order in Council — no new Parliamentary debate or legislation is required.

U.S. tax reform discrete impacts On December 22, 2017, the United States enacted tax reform legislation that included a broad range of business tax provisions, including but not limited to a reduction in the U.S. federal tax rate from 35 % to 21 % as well as provisions that limit or eliminate various deductions or credits.

Republicans point to the age of that 1986 legislation — the most recent major overhaul of the federal tax code — as a reason new reforms need to be enacted.

Despite anticipated Democratic resistance to any proposed legislation, there is strong bipartisan agreement on the need to reform the antiquated and complex Federal tax code.

Last Thursday, the Office of Financial Research (OFR), part of the Federal boondoggle created under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation in 2010 to foster the illusion that the government was reining in risk on Wall Street, released a new study showing almost unfathomable levels of systemic and interconnected risk among the too - big - to - fail banks that cratered the U.S. financial system in 2008 and has left our economy still struggling to right itself.

OLA is a new bankruptcy - type provision included in Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation that gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. the authority to resolve insolvent systemic financial institutions (think future Lehman - like episodes).

Surging consumer and business confidence is expected to get a boost in 2018 by federal tax reform legislation, which took effect in 2018.

On December 20, 2017, the 115th United States Congress passed legislation that includes a two - year provision of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which lowers the federal excise tax (FET) for breweries, wineries and distilled spirits producers.

«However, despite the fact that 99 percent of this federal funding would go to traditional public schools, union leadership has tried to kill this education reform legislation because it increases the cap on public charter schools, which don't necessarily have to be unionized.»

Dinolfo said she plans to push for mandatory spending reform to get state and federal officials to fund the programs and legislation they push for.

Standing with elected officials, good government groups, union members, and voting reform advocates outside Federal Hall in Manhattan, Schneiderman released the legislation, called the...

Standing with elected officials, good government groups, union members, and voting reform advocates outside Federal Hall in Manhattan, Schneiderman released the legislation, called the New York Votes Act.

At noon, officials from immigrant advocacy groups that support the New York Immigration Coalition's «New Yorkers for Real Immigration Reform» campaign hold a news conference to discuss the U.S. Senate's vote yesterday to approve legislation that would overhaul federal immigration laws; 12th floor, 137 - 139 W. 25th St., Manhattan.

Also at 6 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer sponsor an emergency teach - in on federal tax reform legislation, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W. 59th St., Manhattan.

He proposed federal legislation which would force the state to assume all Medicaid costs, something he said would prompt state lawmakers to reform the program.

One item eliminated in the federal tax reform legislation has many upstate developers concerned.

She said if she's the Republican candidate for the 11th Congressional District seat she will follow - through on post-Sandy federal legislation, including flood insurance reform, and the mapping of new federal flood zones, which she said have «many ramifiactions» for Staten Islanders.

These announcements have come as Cuomo has been working to preempt, then react to recently - passed federal tax reform legislation that is opposed by New Yorkers across the political spectrum.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legislation authored by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) seeks to reform and streamline the federal program designed to help family members caring for wounded military personnel.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R - NY - 21) helped the House pass the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act — bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to reform the federal mental health system and help reduce instances of gun violence.

The day the legislation was introduced, he held a press conference at Federal Hall, where he stood in front of a crowd of voting reform activists and declared his support for any legislation that «makes it easier to vote.»

«They have had a stranglehold on our federal gun legislation reform, as well as reform in state houses throughout the country,» Coe said.

This finding suggests that government programs designed to promote marriage, such as the federal Healthy Marriage Initiative and others like it that emerged from the 1996 welfare - reform legislation, aren't likely to improve public health, the researchers say.

There are also important questions about NCLB itself and the limits of federal legislation to compel states and school districts to undertake significant reforms.

Key members of the House education committee are drafting legislation that would fold 11 federal education programs, including major initiatives such as Goals 2000, into a $ 1.4 billion block grant designed to spur reforms.

There are major problems with this legislation; anybody who thinks federal dictates have disappeared are in for a surprise, and anybody who would like to see the federal government exercise its power to fix systemic school funding problems and seriously broaden the scope of reform are in for a letdown, too.

The 1994 reforms belie this notion; in fact, federal legislation can move the states quite far, even if their actions don't all comply with the letter of the law.

Putting so much money up for grabs in round two «sets up the best possible dynamics for states,» said Charles Barone, the director of federal legislation for the New York City - based political action committee Democrats for Education Reform.

The agenda, which was unveiled at ASCD's 2009 Annual Conference, is designed to help the Association, its members, and other educators influence policy discussions and decisions regarding federal education legislation as well as reforms at the state and local levels.

Instead of continuing to throw millions of precious tax dollars into the proverbial, but very real, pit of failed education reforms; instead of continuing to enrich test corporations and educational entrepreneurs who game the system; instead of maintaining the false and demoralizing narrative that our students and teachers are failures, our state legislators need to take this opportunity to tell the CSDE and CSBE that it will no longer support expensive mandates that unnecessarily impact our budget health when a re-design of state assessment practices has been encouraged by recent federal legislation.

The state planted the seeds for implementing this type of reform in 2009 by passing legislation to pad its application for federal Race to the Top grant dollars, said Michael Addonizio, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education at Wayne State University, in Detroit.

It was just recently announced by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission that there will be new proposed legislations concerning the disclosure for credit score requirements of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

However, he did join the effort to introduce the Reducing Educational Debt (RED) Act, a major piece of student loan reform legislation involving free community college, federal refinancing, and Pell Grant expansion.

On top of this, she co-sponsored legislation for federal student loan refinancing showing a desire to keep rates low and reform.

All federal legislation concerning credit cards is now under the supervision and enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (or CFPB), created in 2011, under the authority of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The White House and Republican lawmakers have been discussing significant tax reforms, including the potential elimination of the federal estate tax, but it's impossible to predict exactly what new tax legislation will look like or when it might be finalized.

Following the 2008 housing crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was directed by Federal financial reform legislation to improve the mortgage process to protect consumers by helping them:

«The federal law regarding the care of dogs at commercial dog - breeding operations is grossly overdue for reform, and this legislation will correct some of the worst gaps and deficiencies in current law.»

In 2010, the landmark Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation included a provision known as the Durbin Amendment, a measure favored by retailers because it directed the Federal Reserve to cap the fees that big banks charged merchants for debit card transactions.

She began working with Greenpeace in 2008 on federal climate legislation and has since worked on reforming federal fossil fuel leasing programs and fighting new infrastructure projects around the United States.

But, given the host of competing problems — a deep economic recession, the urgent need for health care reform, geopolitical instabilities in the Middle East and elsewhere, soaring federal debt, and so on — selling the electorate on a set of fundamental changes in the way we consume and produce energy in the short run — and congressional appropriators on making the large investments needed to bring these changes about in the long run — will be a tough task, even for Barack Obama and his newly appointed team of highly competent advisers, and a Congress that has given every indication that it will take up and give priority to climate legislation.

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Federal flood insurance reform legislation enacted this year could aid proactive state and local preparedness for climate change, sea level rise, and flooding.

The most effective solution to this problem is to enact federal legislation, such as the BRIDGE Act, a bill with broad bipartisan support in Congress, with an amendment that would extend DACA protections until comprehensive immigration reform is enacted.

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.

CACE promotes excellence in the specialized field of labour and employment law, and engages in legislation and law reform activities at the provincial and federal level.

With the new Saskatchewan Employment Act, pending federal labour law reforms, Alberta's Bill 4 amending who has the right to strike and Ontario legislation under review, the labour relations world appears to be filled with change — and yet for practitioners many of these changes seem familiar.

I share the author's interest in «comprehensive, meaningful criminal justice reform,» especially any form of federal legislation that «eliminates mandatory minimums, reduces the prison population, and addresses the disparate impact of our criminal justice system on communities of color.»

In making an order for custody or access under either the Divorce Act (federal legislation, for married parents pursuing a divorce) or the Children's Law Reform Act (Ontario legislation applying to parents who are not married, or who are not pursuing a divorce), the court will consider only the best interests of the child.

The failure to pass any gun reform legislation on both a federal and state level is not just a failure on the part of the government to its children but a violation of their human rights.