Sentences with phrase «from federal oversight»

Under current law, the federal Animal Welfare Act exempts from federal oversight «retail pet stores,» which sell puppies directly to a final customer for use as pets.

However, puppy mills that sell directly to the public are exempt from any federal oversight whatsoever.

Legislation would close loophole in current law exempting Internet puppy sales from all federal oversight

Many puppy sellers that sell directly to the public are exempt from any federal oversight whatsoever.

The primary focus of ESSA is the shift from federal oversight of education initiatives (think Common Core, Race to the Top, etc.) back to state - level programs.

Drones operated recreationally have long been treated by the FAA as model aircraft and therefore exempt from federal oversight.

Thousands of midsize investment advisory firms have shifted from federal oversight to state supervision.

Not exact matches

Quite apart from the argument over OSFI - style oversight, the former federal official and others stress this segment of the market at least requires more transparency and clearer data so regulators and the Bank of Canada can better understand the credit landscape and the extent of high - risk loans issued by private lenders.

If anyone doubted that he was serious about imposing this new level of federal oversight on top of the already crowded provincial regulatory scene, signals coming from Flaherty's top officials this past summer suggested, not just a readiness to act alone, but a growing enthusiasm for that option.

The Federal Reserve is independent from politics and the national government but is subject to oversight by Congress, which has set our dual mandate to promote maximum sustainable employment and price stability.

Energy drinks, their ingredients and labeling are regulated by the FDA, and, like most consumer products, their advertising is subject to oversight from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

The comptroller was removed from oversight of some of the economic development contracts, including the Buffalo Billion, that became a target of federal prosecutors.

The $ 250 million of additional proposed funding is in response to the tenant requests calling for an independent construction manager separate from NYCHA, tenant oversight of projects and additional funding for NYCHA due to insufficient federal and city funding.

Two New York congressmen from the Hudson Valley voted against legislation that would prohibit federal oversight of fracking.

They say the purpose of the hearing is to «explore the sources of water contamination, examine local, state, and federal oversight issues, and hear from experts, local residents, and others on what can be done to assist affected communities and mitigate future incidents.»

In a statement, Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan said the hearings would allow the Senate «to explore the sources of water contamination, examine state and federal oversight issues, and determine how we can prevent this from happening in the future.»

The oversight will bring the NYPD in line with departments from other big cities and the federal government, Quinn said.

After the accident, and under pressure from federal regulators, the state increased its oversight of pipelines by extending it into the section of line that runs into a building.

At a public hearing in Santa Fe on June 7, the head of NNSA's oversight office at Los Alamos said that federal permission in particular has not been granted for renewed work with plutonium liquids, which is needed to purify plutonium taken from older warheads for reuse, normally a routine practice.

The current limited oversight largely stems from controls and reporting requirements imposed on the recipients of federal grants, Church said.

What became clear from the mark - up is that there's very little support in Congress for federal oversight of state accountability systems.

The hearing scheduled for May 10 will focus on the Department of Education's oversight of the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to improve reading achievement in disadvantaged schools, and the steps being taken to prevent conflicts of interest in Reading First and other federal programs, according to a letter to Ms. Spellings from Education and Labor...

Racial desegregation: The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether the DeKalb County, Ga., schools should be freed from federal - court oversight.

In a 70 - page opinion, U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch released the Denver schools from 21 years of federal oversight and upheld a 1974 amendment to the state constitution prohibiting districts not under federal desegregation orders from busing children for racial balance.

We feel that schools, school districts, states and the federal government are requiring ever - increasing technology time without informed input from parents, and with little oversight of the effects of these devices and programs on children's health and even less monitoring of their academic effectiveness.

chools, school districts, states and the federal government are requiring ever - increasing technology time without informed input from parents, and with little oversight of the effects of these devices and programs on children's health and even less monitoring of their academic effectiveness.

The support for the ESSA has largely come from its reducing much of the heavy - handed federal oversight of education.

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to...

The health crisis, which has led to more than 200 infections, could lead to shift from state to federal oversight of compounding pharmacies.

This is not just about transitioning from comprehensive federal oversight and authority in education to state and local controls.

The Obama administration is tightening its oversight of the way states educate special - needs students, applying more - stringent criteria that drop the number of jurisdictions in compliance with federal law from 38 to 15.

«(The amendment) would block any oversight from the state or the federal governments of the ADA in private schools (that) are in the (voucher) programs,» said DPI spokesman Tom McCarthy.

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.»

At the same time, there has been growing scrutiny of teacher preparation programs, many of which have little data to show how candidates fare in classrooms, and also have poor oversight from state and federal agencies.

Freed from burdens like fundraising, our partner boards can focus on governance and oversight... NHA and its partner schools comply fully with state and federal laws, authorizer oversight requirements and education department regulations — including everything related to transparency.»)

The Republican insistence on transferring educational oversight from the federal government to the states fails to recognize, as stated by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, that «history shows that, without some kind of accountability, states and districts do not always meet the needs of the most vulnerable students.»

During his career, Steve has worked for multiple U.S. cities and the federal government, where he has helped improve the efficiency of government operations; ranging from financial and contract management oversight to strategic planning and performance management initiatives.

Obtain services from multiple contractors with the expertise, experience and capable of providing monitoring and technical assistance services across all of Federal Railroad Administration's seven (7) Regions in order to support the oversight of the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR), the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant program, and Amtrak grants.

Many breeders who run their businesses online have skirted federal oversight by classifying themselves as retail pet stores, which are exempt from licensing requirements.

Further, we strongly oppose subjecting small, in - home breeders with as few as 5 breeding females to federal regulations, forcing them to give up their privacy and requiring them to replace living and care standards that are appropriate for household pets with ones designed for large commercial settings, especially when oversight from state and local authorities and the AKC is available in many cases at no additional cost to the taxpayer.

Due to pressure from The HSUS and DDAL, the USDA's inspector general looked into enforcement of the rules governing dog breeding, finding appalling abuses of the dogs, deficient exercise of authority by USDA where it had authority, and identification of this glaring gap in the law that allowed Internet sellers to evade any federal oversight whatever.

Lax oversight from the state government and inaction on federal protections mean these sorts of events are likely to continue into the future.

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 despite the major impacts of the federal coal leasing program on the price of coal and carbon pollution, it has been largely administered by state BLM offices, with minimal oversight from the Interior Department, much less the White House.

The federal government made a stunning 179,000 «categorical exclusions» that allowed corporations — many with disastrous environmental records — to use stimulus funding to sponsor projects without submitting them to review under the nation's «most basic form of environmental oversight», a new report from the Center for Public Integrity found.Making matters worse, many of these projects were approved under the auspices of being «green» or clean energy projects (many more are transportation - related)-- thus helping to comprise the billions of dollars in funding for green projects that sent progressives» hearts aflutter two years ago.

In my last blog, I detailed major missteps of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its oversight of the Hudson River Superfund cleanup of toxic PCBs, including allowing the polluter, General Electric, to decommission its massive dredging operations before the agency determined whether the cleanup had met its goals, and ignoring pleas from other federal agencies and evidence that more dredging is needed to restore the river's health.

As states debate how best to protect air and water resources from any potential fracking side effects, the federal government is taking another look at its own imperfect research and oversight.

A lot of worrisome «smaller» federal sentencing issues that could benefit most from congressional oversight and legislative reform — the application of the Armed Career Criminal Act, child porn victim restitution awards, fast - track departures, the persistent growth of the federal criminal docket — did not even get mentioned.

For example, federal agencies must not withhold information from a Congressional oversight committee or the General Accounting Office.