Sentences with phrase «first federal limits»

The plan creates the nation's first federal limits on carbon pollution from US power plants, aiming to cut emissions by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, and gives states the flexibility to develop an emissions reduction strategy that works for them.

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A potential deal for Tribune, first reported by Reuters, could come as soon as Monday, just weeks after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to reverse a 2016 decision that limits the number of television stations some broadcasters can buy.

Then, in 2011, the Federal Reserve set the limit for debit card swipe fees at a much more lenient rate for banks than they first proposed.

The Cruz amendment will first have to survive the so - called «Byrd Rule,» which is supposed to limit the bill to policies that directly affect federal revenue and spending.

Our first sure thing was that the Federal Reserve would continue to raise interest rates in 2017, leading many to recommend investors limit their bond holdings to the shortest maturities.

Soy meat extenders first showed up in school lunches, although federal law once limited the levels that could be used.

Championed by the first lady, the law extends to all states the federal reimbursement for school suppers, a program initially limited to Illinois, 12 other states and the District of Columbia.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Limitation — Vote Passed (218 - 210, 6 Not Voting) The House passed a bill that would limit to $ 250,000 the non-economic damages that can be awarded in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which the plaintiff's health care was paid for in whole or in part via a federal program, subsidy or tax benefit, and would establish a statute of limitations for initiating such lawsuits of either three years following the plaintiff's injury, or one year after the plaintiff discovers such injury, whichever occurs first.

The city water supply, which recorded a level almost three times the new federal safety limit of 70 parts per trillion, first tested positive in 2014.

In his first month in office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaigns.

Claudia Benitez - Nelson of the University of South Carolina in Columbia and colleagues are the first to look for domoic acid in alga particles and sediment up to 800 metres down, where they found the toxin at concentrations more than five times the US federal limit for shellfish sold as food (Nature Geoscience, DOI: 10.1038 / ngeo472).

The rules mark the first time the federal government has stepped in to enact protections to limit risks posed by a technology that has been both criticized for causing environmental harm and credited with making the nation one of the leading producers of oil and gas.

Although the world's first geologic repository for military nuclear waste does not have room for all of the hottest waste it is supposed to handle, the federal government is proposing to disregard legal limits and expand the types and amounts of waste destined for the site.

Washington — For the first time in the history of the federal special - education law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified by the law.

First, because federal and state funds are often distributed through a variety of formula and restricted grant programs, schools are limited in how they can spend certain pots of money.

First, they show a complete disregard for the notion that federal power is limited by our Constitution.

The amici ask the Court to limit the power of federal agencies to interpret their own regulations when changing their position, and without first providing affected stakeholders with notice and an opportunity to comment on such a change.

In Wisconsin, the governor raised the income eligibility limit on school vouchers in 2012 to 300 percent of the federal poverty level (again, that's $ 70,650 for a family of four), and families were no longer held to any income limits after the first year of receiving vouchers.

The federal law has its roots in civil rights reform, when its first iteration, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was passed in 1965 to address poverty and limited educational opportunities for people of color.

However, their recommendation that states «fix this» by «identifying and discarding unnecessary tests and, if necessary, placing explicit limits on how much time can be spent on testing» misses that it is the FEDERAL accountability requirements that spawned excessive testing and test preparation in the first place.

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Much of the decrease in volume is due to the recent disruptions in the credit market and an increased emphasis by the government on making sure students first maximize their federal aid options — including higher limits on the amount students can borrow.

Although first time homebuyers often take advantage of FHA home loans, the Federal Housing Administration is not solely limited to this category of borrower.

Members with Savings or Money Market Savings are limited by this federal regulation to making six (6) automatic withdrawals or transfers per account, per calendar month from any of these accounts (not including loan payments to America First).

The federal government provides a Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) equal to 20 per cent of the first $ 2,500 of annual RESP contributions per child, or $ 500 annually, to a lifetime limit of $ 7,200.

To my mind, the absolute least that the federal government could do would be to concurrently put in a graduated system (call it a «marginal deduction rate») where people can deduct 18 % of their income on the first $ 140,000 and then, say, 10 % on all additional income — with no income limits whatsoever.

Current law permits «the one - time cost of obtaining the first professional credentials» to be included in the cost of attendance calculation for eligibility for federal loans, however, this does not include costs associated with preparing for the test required for professional licensure, except under limited circumstances.

Although it lends more than $ 100 billion each year to our nation's college students, the U.S. Department of Education surprisingly limits loan counseling to the one - time entrance counseling required for first - time student borrowers, at least as a condition for receiving a Federal Direct Student Loan.

Federal law limits the total fees charged during the first year after you open an account to 25 % of the initial credit limit.

There is no credit criteria on Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized loans (and they come with low fixed rates and very flexible repayment terms), so make sure you have exhausted the annual limits on those first.

Alcatraz Island offers a close - up look at the site of the first lighthouse and US built fort on the West Coast, the infamous federal penitentiary long off - limits to the public, and the history making 18 month occupation by Indians of All Tribes.

Visit Alcatraz: Alcatraz Island offers a close - up look at the site of the first lighthouse and US built fort on the West Coast, the infamous federal penitentiary long off - limits to the public, and the 18 month occupation by Indians of All Tribes which saved the tribes.

Potential examples of this — depending upon the details of the regulations — include: first, AB 32 cap - and - trade combined with Federal cap - and - trade (H.R. 2454) or combined with some U.S. Clean Air Act performance standards; second, state limits on GHGs / mile combined with Federal CAFE standards; and third, state renewable fuels standards combined with a Federal RFS, or state renewable portfolio standards combined with a Federal RPS.

In August, a bipartisan poll conducted for the League of Conservation Voters by Democratic pollster Hart Research Associates and Republican pollster Chesapeake Beach Consulting found that 60 percent of Americans support the Clean Power Plan, which would address climate change by placing the first - ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

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I was and still am gravely concerned about this defunding of NASA's very important climate work (the budget is still being hammered out between the House and Senate), but even when I first wrote about the NASA budget, I wondered to myself if this attack on climate research would be limited to just NASA, given that those other federal agencies study climate as well.

List all financial support you have received related to your research, including, but not limited to, all private, state, and federal assistance, grants, contracts (including subgrants or subcontracts), or other financial awards or honoraria... [and](1) the location of all data archives relating to each published study for which you were an author or co-author, (2) such supporting documentation as computer source code, validation information, and other ancillary information, (3) when this information was available to researchers, (4) where and when you first identified the location of this information, (5) what modifications, if any, you have made to this information since publication of the respective study, and (6) narrative description of the steps... to replicate your study results...

An article on Friday about the Obama administration's plans to enact the first federal carbon limits on the nation's power companies referred incorrectly to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from the average advanced coal plant.

WASHINGTON — A year after a plan by President Obama to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants set off angry opposition, the administration will announce on Friday that it is not backing down from a confrontation with the coal industry and will press ahead with enacting the first federal carbon limits on the nation's power companies.

Meanwhile, Judge Koh has handed down an appealable final judgment in that first California Apple v. Samsung case, the parties appealed, and Samsung has already filed its opening brief with the Federal Circuit (the part concerning design patent damages — the bulk of the billion - dollar verdict, or «$ 929 million verdict» after a limited damages retrial, to be precise — has significant support in the U.S. legal community).

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), truck drivers are required to have 30 minutes of rest in the first 8 hours of a shift; be limited to a 70 - hour work week; follow weight regulations; and properly maintain their vehicles.

While some communities of First Nations people who are «status Indians» under the Indian Act do receive funding from the federal government to pay for some students» tuition, living expenses and books, that funding is significantly limited.

In a case of first impression in Connecticut, obtained summary judgment in federal district court on behalf of a surety for failure of a performance bond obligee to properly declare the principal in default and to give the surety proper opportunity to exercise its options and limit its liability.

Arguably, the Federal Court of Appeal's decision to show limited deference to the Tribunal, and its unwillingness to decide issues related to the colony's liability, presents future obstacles in the way of First Nations seeking to resolve their site - specific claims.

Over the years they have gone through several alterations, and the newest set of federal law limits, established this July 2013 by the Department of Transportation, implements a 30 minute rest requirement to be taken during the first eight hours of a drivers shift.

Lead counsel for the Mikisew Cree First Nation in challenging the federal government's refusal to consult about its plans to dramatically change and limit the federal government's environmental protection role.

Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.

As of June 21st of 1988, the federal government placed into effect the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act (TAMRA), which placed limits on the amount of money that can be put into a life insurance contract during the first 7 years of the policy's existence.

First policy is provided by HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited (Claim settlement ratio is 91.00 %) and second policy is provided by IDBI Federal Life Insurance (Claim settlement ratio is 72.00 %).

They could start, for example, by establishing federal standards that limit what data companies are reasonably allowed to collect about their users in the first place and make that explicit to consumers.