Sentences with phrase «introduced national legislation»

Among the special guest speakers will be Congressman Tim Ryan, who has introduced national legislation that amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to allow funding designated for teacher and principal training and professional development to be used for SEL programming.

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Legislation to enable regulation of Western Power to transition from WA's Economic Regulation Authority to the independent national energy regulator has been introduced to state parliament.

The decision to introduce legislation to legalize cannabis, which the government hopes to have in place in July, has placed pressure on the government to establish national rules for workplace drug testing.

In an attempt to help prevent future school shootings, legislation was introduced Wednesday to expand the U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center.

«Earlier this week, Minister [Ralph] Goodale tabled legislation to create a new National Security and Intelligence Review Agency and introduce changes to Bill C - 51, which will strengthen security and better protect Canadians» rights.»

introducing legislation to establish an «effects test» in national competition law to protect small businesses from the impact of anti-competitive conduct by large, counterparty businesses

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has introduced legislation designed to increase the safety of school meals by creating a national database on the inspection records of school food suppliers.

Proudly calling himself the National Rifle Association's «Public Enemy No. 1,» U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged congressional Republican leaders top listen to the «millions and millions» of March for Our Lives protesters by introducing gun - control legislation.

In this perspective, the proposals of introducing an EU tax on financial transactions, the idea of including a «golden rule» of budgetary balance in national legislation, as well as the decision to support the creation of a permanent Eurozone Council, are arguably all steps paving the way to issuing of Eurobonds.

New York's senior senator says he will introduce legislation requiring the U.S. Air Force to pay for the cleanup if, in fact, Stewart Air National Guard base is found responsible for the contamination.

The legislation was introduced following the death of Eric Garner, a black Staten Island resident whose death in police custody was captured on video and led to a national outcry and calls for police reform.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Supporters of a plan to designate Fort Ontario in Oswego as a national park received a boost Monday when U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand introduced legislation backing the idea.

Once again in 1941, Miss Thelma Cazalet, a National Conservative MP asked the Prime Minister «whether he will introduce legislation to enable the Elgin Marbles to be restored to Greece at the end of hostilities as some recognition of the Greeks magnificent stand for civilisation».

Legislation has been introduced in Washington for a national $ 15 wage floor by 2020, and several states are also moving in that direction.

The freshman Democrat announced on Wednesday that he would introduce legislation next week to provide a new national dam safety program; the previous one expired in 2011.

In a debate on the Silk Commission's proposals, including introducing a reserved powers model and strengthening the capacity of the National Assembly to scrutinise legislation, Kirsty Williams will challenge other political parties to follow the Silk Commission's recommendations and include these proposals in their party manifestos for the 2015 Westminster and 2016 Assembly elections.

[6] During its first term in office Blair's government introduced many popular policies, including legislation to establish a national minimum wage, reducing the length of hospital waiting lists, and devolving lawmaking powers to Scotland and Wales.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) and Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) have introduced legislation that would study whether the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Museum and adjacent Fort Ontario should be made a National Park.

In addition, new legislation is being introduced to focus on diabetes prevention (i.e., the National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act which was introduced into the Senate in February of 2015).

, a national initiative advancing state policies that create a high - quality learning environments, profiles 12 states that have introduced elements of such legislation so far.

WASHINGTON — President Clinton's proposals for a national - service program and direct student loans will run into some bumpy stretches of road on their journeys through Congress, observers predicted last week as the legislation was introduced in the House and Senate.

For example, Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy recently introduced legislation that would require national rankings of state standards and assessments against the National Assessment of Educational Progressnational rankings of state standards and assessments against the National Assessment of Educational ProgressNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

On a national level, Senators Lamar Alexander (R - TN) and Tim Scott (R - SC) have introduced legislation that would help poor and disabled kids as well as military families.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

This needs to be a national approach, introduced via each State's legislation, and enforced by Local Government officers with assistance from animal welfare agencies.

In cooperation with the Italian firm, we made a proposal for a large city in The Netherlands and hoped that with their help, we would be successful in introducing similar national legislation for the paper industries, as paper is the largest percentage of solid waste.

«There is a clear conflict of interest — Glenn Vaad was a high - ranking representative of a corporate lobbying group that is coordinating a national attack on clean energy,» explains Gabe Elsner, Executive Director for the Energy and Policy Institute, «In the past year, ALEC's utility and fossil fuel members lobbied lawmakers in at least 15 states to introduce legislation repealing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards.

But far more important, we need to contact our elected representatives at the city, provincial, or state level and at the national level to introduce legislation to raise lighting efficiency standards, in effect phasing out inefficient incandescent light bulbs.

The different policies being introduced specifically to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions vary from international treaties, e.g., the Kyoto Protocol (2005), to national laws, e.g., the UK's Climate Change Act, 2008, and even regional legislation e.g., California (USA)'s Global Warming Solutions Act, 2006.

According to the National Defence and the Canadian Forces, Canada is not the only country to have introduced such legislation.

It also strengthened the decision - making mechanisms for the internal market by introducing qualified majority voting for common customs tariffs, free provision of services, free movement of capital, and approximation of national legislation.

Long time readers may recall that, way back in 2009, then - Senator Jim Webb introduced legislation to create a National Criminal Justice Commission.

The national media and a hundred advocacy groups were apoplectic at the prospect of Stephen Harper as prime minister - a man who said he would never introduce abortion legislation.

# a new Securities Transfer Act will be enacted to provide a modern framework for the transfer of shares, bonds and other securities, and promote interprovincial and international harmonization of rules; # personal health information access and privacy legislation will be introduced to balance the individual's right to confidentiality with the need to get information for legitimate health purposes; # government will receive the report of the Task Force on Access to Family Justice, and respond to its recommendations accordingly; # a Building Code Act will be enacted that establishes a chief building inspector position, promotes consumer safety, and provides for province wide adoption of the National Building Code and mandatory inspections by qualified inspectors; # a Heritage Conservation Act will be introduced to improve heritage stewardship; # a new Pay Equity Act will be introduced to ensure that pay equity legislation applies to all parts of the public service.

Both the current Coalition government of Liberal and National Parties and the main opposition Australian Labour Party have proposed new legislation, which will be introduced when Parliament resumes.

for introducing legislation that would temporarily extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until March 31, 2010.

[4] According to Department of Climate Change timeframes, exposure draft legislation for the national emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, will be released in February 2009 with a view to introducing a bill into Parliament in May 2009.

However, as is detailed earlier, there is no immediate or even long - term prospect of such national legislation being introduced.

According to the National Post, six U.S. states introduced ESP legislation this year, with more expected to join the crowd in the future, and Marchetti, partner with Stanchieri Family Law, says Canadian jurisdictions should follow their lead.

According to the National Post, six U.S. states have introduced ESP legislation this year, with more expected to join the crowd in the future.

It was introduced as an interim measure during the protracted and unresolved struggle for uniform national land rights legislation.

That the federal government introduce framework legislation providing legislative support for the negotiation of agreements with Indigenous peoples at the national, regional and local levels.

The anti-choice House leadership in Congress has introduced various pieces of legislation that attack women's health, including a proposal to bar Planned Parenthood from providing health services through federal health programs like Medicaid, as well as the elimination of the national family planning program (Title X).

According to the National Post, six U.S. states have introduced ESP legislation this year, with more expected to in the future.

In response, the Close the Gap Campaign calls on the Australian Government to introduce and pass legislation to formalise a process for national monitoring and reporting on efforts to close the gap in accordance with benchmarks and targets for the duration of the national effort.

New legislation, introduced nationally under the National Quality Framework, refers to these types of services as education and care.

Introducing and passing legislation to formalise a process for national monitoring and reporting on the national effort to close the gap in accordance with benchmarks and targets.

To introduce legislation to establish a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund and an Indigenous Land Corporation to acquire and manage land for dispossessed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

More than a dozen states have recently enacted legislation promoting small - scale agriculture, and a smaller number, including Hawaii, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Oklahoma, have looked into or introduced incentives to encourage people to pursue backyard food production on residential property, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.