Sentences with phrase «make changes to the law»

Congress has made changes to the laws in the past, and can do so at any time in the future.

Some legislators sought to make some changes to the law, but they were unsuccessful during the legislative session that ended early Saturday.

Delegated or secondary legislation allows the Government to make changes to a law without needing to pass an act of Parliament.

Lerner, with Common Cause, says New York State should enact reforms and make changes to its laws so that the actions by the former legislative leaders are clearly prohibited.

Or, are you just asking if regulating agencies like the Health and Human Services Department can «sneak» in and make changes to the law?

Then after it became law, they passed a second bill through reconciliation to make changes to the law.

A push on the federal level to makes changes to law has been backed by Rep. John Faso.

New York City's rent regulation laws expire this year and it will be up to the state, as opposed to the city, to extend and make any changes to the laws.

Lerner, with Common Cause, says New York state should enact reforms and make changes to its laws so that the actions by the former legislative leaders are clearly prohibited.

Preventing this means making changes to the law, either in the form of higher taxes or lower benefits.

State governments have been making changes to their laws in order to be able to comply with these requirements.

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Globally dominant American tech companies have expressed concern that customers will go elsewhere if they think the U.S. government's reach extends to data centers all around the world without changes being made to the law.

The many experts we interviewed also pointed to two other contributing factors: an improving economy and changes to bankruptcy laws in 2005 that made it more difficult and costly to file.

As if «robocalls» aren't annoying enough, companies want to change the law so it's legal to make them to your cellphone.

He'd like to increase military spending, sign free trade deals with other Asian countries, make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, change immigration laws, get more women in the labour force and much more.

Bankers and those in the expanding legal marijuana business want Congress to change the law — to make it clear that it's not a crime to provide financial services to the legal marijuana businesses.

The White House, U.S. intelligence agencies and many Republican senators want to renew the law, which they consider vital to national security, without changes and make it permanent.

«The challenge for an incoming administration is always to make those policy changes without making law enforcement look like a purely political undertaking,» said William Yeomans, who worked in the division for more than two decades.

By putting a more aggressive law into place, Iceland hopes to make change and set an example for countries.

It has been nearly a decade since Congress made any significant changes to federal gun laws.

America's largest companies have a long way to go before they can achieve equal pay — the National Women's Law Center reports American women make $ 0.80 for men's $ 1.00 — but companies like General Motors and PepsiCo are making changes that pay women and men equally for the same work and foster pathways to higher - paying leadership positions.

The quartet of bills makes technical changes to several securities laws, easing obstacles to raising funds.

Wal - Mart spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said the company was making the changes to «ensure our stores in the 21 states comply with the law.»

Unrestricted access to American technology; relaxation, if not removal, of controls on sensitive high tech U.S. exports; unrestricted ability to make acquisitions of U.S. companies; substantial changes in trade remedy laws to lessen their impact.

«The administration had made it very clear they are changing the thrust of U.S. policy to allow the private sector in Cuba to blossom,» said Pedro Freyre, chair of law firm Akerman LLP's international practice.

With many states weighing legislation to increase the minimum wage and change the rules relating to it, it is important for businesses of all sizes to make sure they're still complying with state laws and regulations.

Not only does the law change help entrepreneurs seeking capital, but it will make it easier for investors to find cash - hungry startups.

The Massachusetts Democrat warned that large banks are using smaller institutions for political cover to make changes to the 2010 financial reform law.

Section 831 of the law (entitled «Closure of Unintended Loopholes») made several changes to the Social Security Act and closed two complex loopholes that were used primarily by married couples.

Changes were then made to immigration law to reduce admissions, decreasing the foreign - born population until it fell to about 9.6 million by 1970.

All of the inquiries recommended significant changes to regulatory law that, if adopted, should make EPPs easier to manage in the future, and they made recommendations that would broaden the range of pension and retirement savings opportunities available to Canadians.

Gascon has sent letters to Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar, in which he accused them of breaking state law and he threatened legal action if they don't make changes.

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114 - 74; November 2, 2015), made some changes to Social Security's laws about claiming retirement and spousal benefits.

This only changed after the Glorious Revolution, when a constitutional settlement gave Parliament supremacy — significantly reducing the king's role and making the monarch subject to the law.

However, if Autopilot is truly as good as Musk claims — if driver safety actually improves when Tesla owners flip the switch — then this move to make the data public is critical for changing laws, behavior and the public's perception of what's safe and what isn't.

«Given that tax obligations for digital financial assets and associated investments are not included in the law..., the government views as essential the need to make corresponding changes... regarding taxation and collection,» the summary reads.

A more well - rounded assessment of a trade deal like TPP would also look at whether important social institutions, including manufacturing unions, would be negatively affected by more openness to trade, and what changes to labor law we would need to make to soften the blow.

The Board or the HRC or the GNC may modify, suspend, or terminate the LTICP but may not, without the prior approval of our stockholders, make any change to the LTICP that increases the total amount of common stock which may be awarded (except to reflect changes in capitalization), increases the individual maximum award limits (except to reflect changes in capitalization), changes the class of team members or directors eligible to participate, extends the duration of the LTICP, reduces the exercise price of or reprices outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights, waives the LTICP's minimum time period requirements for vesting and lapse of restrictions for restricted stock or RSRs, or otherwise amends the LTICP in any manner requiring stockholder approval by law or under the NYSE listing requirements.

New Zealand law requires companies making any type of workplace changes to go through a restructuring process.

Every year, the IRS makes some changes to the US Federal income tax laws.

The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus last week released a plan to stabilize the individual insurance market and make other changes to health care laws.

The UN Human Rights Committee, which regularly reviews whether states are living up to their obligations under the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, today made more than a dozen recommendations for fundamental changes in Canadian law and policy in respect to the treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

I also volunteer and foster rescue dogs and hope to someday make changes in the laws in my State to benefit children in Family courts.

In addition, the law made changes to the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and was designed to reduce the number of taxpayers forced to pay using that system.

If legislation is passed and signed into law sometime next year, it is uncertain whether or not the changes will be made retroactive to January 1, 2017.

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, signed into law on December 22, makes significant changes to longstanding tax benefits for homeowners.

And CFO Luca Maestri might have market - moving news about Apple's capital return program following tax law changes that freed management up to make more aggressive moves with the tech titan's huge cash holding.

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Friday that he had signed the school safety bill that makes significant changes to gun laws, school security, and funding for mental health treatment.