Sentences with phrase «in drafting bills»

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that legislative vetoes are unconstitutional may force legislators to be more precise in drafting bills, but the Congress is unlikely to lose much authority over key education policy issues, according to knowledgeable observers.

The group found 44 or more members of the 2014 Council supporting steps to strengthen committees relative to the speaker and more than three - dozen advocating greater member authority in drafting bills as well as more equitable and transparent allocation of discretionary funds to each Council district.

«We are confident that the safeguards already in the draft bill, together with our recommendations to strengthen those safeguards, will do just that.»

Despite the three Committees» conclusion that the powers in the draft bill were too broad, safeguards too few, and crucial investigatory powers entirely missing — these issues simply haven't been addressed.

In a draft bill, animal sentience is enshrined in UK law and five - year jail sentences for animal cruelty are introduced.

The alternative report claims the government proposals for the election of a second chamber in its draft bill do not set out any proposals to limit its powers.

Osinbajo also said the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 could not be assented to, saying, «The rationale for withholding assent to the bill are the concerns regarding certain words and phrases utilised in the draft bill that may be inconsistent with the Principal Act (for example, Section 6 of the bill with Section 21 of the Principal Act) and the spirit behind the proposed amendments.»

Instead, reformers are meant to be cheered that at least Labour's next manifesto will now include not only the detailed Lords reform plan contained in that draft bill but also a pledge for a referendum on the alternative vote system of election for the Commons.

In the draft bill, the government promises to bring the number of Ph.D. candidates on libéralités down by 2007 and to increase to 4500 the number of allocated CIFRE contracts by 2010.

But there was no mention of any of this in the draft bill.

He also questioned the need for performance standards on industry in the draft bill, saying that provision would halt construction of any new coal plants beyond 2015.

In drafting the bill, Bucshon said, «we have increased investments in research in the natural and physical sciences that are critical for stimulating new technologies, innovation, and economic growth.

Until that document is submitted, appropriations committee staffers can't include the reorganization in their draft bills for NIH's budget for the 2012 fiscal year that begins 1 October.

Senator Cory Gardner (R — CO), a key player in drafting the bill, told ScienceInsider yesterday that he hopes the long - awaited COMPETES revision will be introduced before Congress recesses next month for the political conventions.

The two national teachers» unions mounted a vigorous lobbying campaign this week to rewrite language linking teacher bonuses to student test scores and other incentive - pay provisions contained in a draft bill for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act.

As reported in today's CTMirror, it wasn't even two hours after Governor Malloy signed the «education reform» bill into law before the three groups representing the school superintendents, principals and school boards went back on their word, claiming that the new law gave them the right to implement policies that student's standardized test scores can account for 50 percent of a teachers evaluation rather than the 22.5 percent that was listed in the draft bill and agreed to by all of the parties last January.

Portable funding, also known as «backpack funding» because it follows the child, was included as an option in a draft bill released by Alexander earlier this year and a K - 12 education reform bill that passed the House education committee in February.

«I don't think the main intention of the school meal debt policies is to humiliate,» said Ms. Ramo of New Mexico Appleseed, who said the group worked closely with school nutrition departments in drafting the bill.

In a draft bill to authorize funding for NASA, they specifically said they wanted to redirect funding from NASA's climate research to that of weather forecasting.

The power of revocation that appeared in both draft Bills resembles that of the court under an amended MeHA 1983, to displace an unsuitable NR.

They then worked closely with the Ministry of the Attorney General in drafting Bill 142, which included 98 out of the 101 recommendations presented in their report.

If Canadian copyright reform included broader fair - dealing rights — rights that many think should be adopted, but the Conservatives did not include in their draft bill — that kind of use would have been acceptable.

If the Bill were to become law would, for example, the period of two years (where there are no children) set out in the draft Bill be consistently applied across all areas of family law, and also to welfare benefits?

Martinez, in the conclusions and recommendations of his report supports the process adopted in the draft Bill:

Ludmer was involved in drafting Bill C - 560, which would have enshrined equal shared parenting in law, and is an advisory board member of the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization and the International Support Network for Alienated Families.

Not exact matches

While they generally applauded Congress for getting involved in the debate about the way broadband and wireless services providers are to be regulated going forward, they also took issue with parts of a draft bill that would weaken the FCC's ability to regulate such providers, experts say.

Each time the BCRA has been modified to meet moderates» demands — say, by adding far more money to tackle the opioid addiction crisis, as the latest draft does — some other provision upsets the right - wing (such as the investment income taxes which affect the wealthy that are now being kept in the bill).

The debate over legislation to overhaul Obamacare is getting increasingly heated, with Senate Democrats reportedly planning to gum up the works in the Senate as much as possible to protest the GOP's secretive approach to drafting the legislation (there is still no bill text available).

This detail is included in a draft code of practice attached to the Investigatory Powers Bill, flagged up by Privacy International.

Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization in Washington, has met with members of Congress and their staff about the bill to argue that while the policy goals make sense, the language as drafted isn't needed, said Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research.

In exchange, the Patriots received only a second - round draft pick — and while football fans know how much coach Bill Belichick values his draft picks, it was a shockingly small return for Tom Brady's heir apparent.

When that led to a public outcry and draft bills in Congress, they came up with the idea charging websites for a fast lane to ISP subscribers.

«Another important aspect of the new laws is that employees in corporations of any size will not be able to bring an unfair dismissal claim if the employer can show that their employment was terminated because of what the Bill describes as «genuine operational reasons»» «The genuine operational reasons provision is very broadly drafted and includes economic, technological or structural reasons» said Mr Drake - Brockman «This would allow an employer to successfully counteract an unfair dismissal claim in nearly all situations which result in a genuine redundancy».

The committee has drafted a bill that will provide funding for the CFTC and has inserted the tweak requested by these companies in legislation.

The FT reported that, in a written submission to the parliamentary committee scrutinizing the draft «Investigatory Powers Bill», Apple argued the law would «immobilize substantial portions of the tech sector and spark serious international conflicts.»

The 17th overall pick of the first round of the 2002 NFL draft dreams of one day being mentioned in the same breath as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Late Monday, House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R - Texas) pushed through a measure blocking section 528 of the bill, H.R. 4909 — which requires women to register for the draft — from being included in the version that will be sent to the House floor.

Jim Lucas, the assistant majority whip in the Indiana state House of Representatives, has drafted a bill that would require any professional journalist to be licensed by the state police.

A draft bill unveiled last week by Republicans in the House of Representatives, if enacted, would be the biggest restructuring of the tax system since the 1980s and the first major legislative victory of the Trump presidency.

The draft Investigatory Powers Bill requires communications service providers to assist the government in investigations by «maintaining the ability to remove any encryption applied by the CSP to whom the notice relates,» as the text of the bill staBill requires communications service providers to assist the government in investigations by «maintaining the ability to remove any encryption applied by the CSP to whom the notice relates,» as the text of the bill stabill states.

So when the bill was signed into law in April, lawmakers drafted up a clause, «Title II,» which would lift the ban on «general solicitation» — the legal hurdle that had prevented this sort of crowdfunding in the past.

When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell selected the group of 13 lawmakers who would work on drafting a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act in May, none of the five female Republican Senators were included.

«We are in a very good place right now, and while drafting continues, we anticipate the release of final bill text early this week,» a senior Congressional aide told Reuters.

The same people who couldn't get enough of Hillary's innocuous emails, or Obama's birth certificate or his collage transcripts or Bill's infidelities, do not care a hoot that, Trump, in an unprecedented move, refused to release his tax returns, refused to detail his business interests, refused to explain how his so - called «Blind Trust» is blind, or about his record of draft - dodging, his infidelities.

And the administration has made clear in recent days it will leave formal drafting of a tax bill to GOP leaders on the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees who have been part of the so - called Big Six negotiating group, which includes Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn.

In December 2017, Belarus announced a policy on cryptocurrencies and ICOs that appears extremely lenient when compared to a draft of a bill on the same subject which Russia's Ministry of Finance published the following month.

The finance ministry had published an earlier draft of the latter bill on its website in January 2018, and noted that the central bank took exception to a provision that would allow decentralized cryptocurrencies to be traded on exchanges for other digital assets as well as for fiat money.

After drafting several resignation letters in the wake of the march, Cohn decided he would stay to help drive through the big tax cut bill that passed last year.

Congress followed suit, cutting subsidies for electric cars, wind farms, and solar panels in early drafts of the recent tax bill.

In the September 2012 draft of his book chapter entitled ««Real» Assets», Andrew Ang examines the behaviors of the following assets commonly thought to hold their value during times of high inflation («real» assets): inflation - linked bonds, commodities, real estate and U.S. Treasury bills (T - bill).