Sentences with phrase «more federal legislation»

There are literally hundreds of privacy bills wending their way through our state legislatures and there's likely more federal legislation on the way.

Not exact matches

And while public dissatisfaction with the legislation has been focused on the notion that the Republican tax cuts are deeply skewed toward the wealthiest Americans and the corporations they run, Barkan, who has spent years galvanizing support for a more diverse and inclusive Federal Reserve, wants to remind Americans this legislation also includes cuts to their healthcare.

What's more, the company said it supported federal legislation that would ban such agreements altogether.

«We have been very clear for more than 10 years that we are in favor of having federal legislation that simplifies and allows online retailers to collect sales tax,» he says.

The conflict between the mail carrier and its biggest union sparked another instance of federal back - to - work legislation, but it didn't end the more than year - long dispute.

As you more than likely know, at the end of 2017, new federal tax legislation was signed into law.

Under the Senate's «budget reconciliation» rules, the tax legislation can increase the federal deficit by $ 1.5 trillion over the next 10 years — and not a dollar more.

As such, facing a massive and immediate liquidity crisis, they would be in more need of a federal bailout than before the bankruptcy legislation was seriously mooted.

The term is ambiguous and would have needed to be defined in any such legislation; a federal ban that was in place from 1994 to 2004 applied to semiautomatic weapons with two or more of a list of specific features (for example, a telescoping stock and a pistol grip).

And you may vote a certain way or not but that doesn't matter, you've got 27,000 employees and I think the fact is that you're operating under a Federal Trade Commission consent decree from 2011, that's a real thing and it goes for twenty years so when someone said «do we need more regulations, do we need more legislation?»

The development of more adequate treatment facilities received a powerful boost in 1963 with the passage of federal legislation providing for the development of a pilot community mental health center in each state.

The thing is, marijuana remains prohibited at a federal level, so the laws were more a symbolic gesture than actual legislation.

«This piece of legislation will modernize outdated regulations and cut federal taxes for small brewers, distillers and winemakers across Oklahoma by 50 percent, allowing them to grow their businesses and create more jobs in Oklahoma.»

For labeling, federal legislation defines three levels of organic foods with more than one ingredient — 100 %, 95 %, and 70 %.

Nothing short of federal legislation will stop this from happening more.

The group helped lobby for the legislation at the center of the debate: the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act, a law championed by the first lady that mandates more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and less sodium in exchange for more federal funding on meals.

In the meantime, while the pending child nutrition legislation in Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schools.

Indeed, it's sometimes used when the states want to grant more rights than a proposed federal law (e.g. gun control legislation,) but also for federal regulations on everything from schools to roads to environment regulations to commerce regulations, etc..

Cuomo has proposed legislation that could create more than 2,000 new local government entities to accept charitable donations from residents who want to try to get around limits on state and local taxes in the new federal tax law.

Among its recommendations, the Commission called for legislation more clearly defining what candidates can not spend campaign dollars on, which would bring the state in line with stricter federal rules.

At noon, more than 200 people are expected to call on the NYC Council to pass legislation asking the federal government to add an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that directly negates the Three - Fifth Compromise by stating that African - Americans are 100 percent whole individuals, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Poloncarz also said he expects to gain more headway with his proposed Fair Housing Law, which adds to existing state and federal anti-discrimination legislation to prohibit housing discrimination based on sources of income, which are frequently cited as a pretext for discriminating against prospective tenants and buyers based on race, marital status and disabilities.

But Clinton has taken a more nuanced position, saying that although she supports local efforts to reach $ 15, she wouldn't commit to that nationally, aligning herself instead with legislation establishing a $ 12 hourly federal rate.

That's the significance of the legislation authored by State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I - Sag Harbor) signed into law last week by Governor Andrew Cuomo providing that if any future East Hampton Town Board wants a Federal Aviation Administration grant running 10 years or more, it would have to be approved by the voters.

In addition to the state - provided funds, the legislation would also direct the county Department of Public Works to apply for federal matching grant funding through the Job Access Reverse Commute program, with the goal of receiving more than $ 2 million to cover the cost of the expansion.

Following one of the more robust debates so far this year, the state Senate approved legislation that would consolidate state and federal primaries to a single date in August.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is running unopposed in this election year, but he's trying to stay visible, giving NY1 an exclusive first look at a new public service announcement opposing federal legislation that would allow more guns to be legally carried on city streets.

«He was instrumental in redesigning New York's Medicaid system to lower costs and help more residents, was invaluable with our efforts to secure the Medicaid waiver from the Obama administration that allowed the largest healthcare system transformation in the nation to continue, and greatly helped in our efforts to defeat punitive Republican federal legislation that would have devastated New York's healthcare network.

However, the United States has no federal law outlawing discrimination nationwide other than from federal executive orders which have a more limited scope than from protections through federal legislation.

Once Congress passed new safety legislation, which includes rules for more pilot training, it was up to the Federal Aviation Administration to write the rules and put them into effect.

While federal gun control legislation has gone nowhere in recent years, certain states have had more success.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed legislation that could create more than 2,000 new local government entities to accept charitable donations from residents who want to try to get around limits on state and local taxes in the new federal tax law.

Legislation that would allow Illinois taxpayers to deduct more of their state and local taxes on their federal income returns is working its way through the State Senate after it cruised through the Illinois House of Representatives April 18.

A New York congressman has introduced bipartisan legislation to bring more accountability to federal conservation programs.

The bipartisan legislation would create a public financing system for congressional campaigns, with the goal of limiting the influence of special interests and encouraging a «more diverse pool of candidates» to run for federal office.

«We're excited about this legislation, as it would enable Data Conversation Laboratory to substantially increase our federal competitiveness, allowing us to grow our business and bring more technology jobs to Queens,» Williams said.

In little more than a month, three state legislators were arrested on federal charges; one of them was accused of trying to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot, and another had sold legislation for cash.

Two decades - old pieces of legislation — the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal government.

Differing policies, legislation and economic elements in each state present unique factors, and the implementation of new federal legislation, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), will likely provide more variation.

Chan's only criticism of the legislation is its failure to support a recommendation by NRC's panel that the federal government invest in equipment so that more university researchers could recapture the helium gas boiling out of their cryostats.

While recent federal legislation and changes to the U.S. Medicare program have expanded opportunities for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to provide care to more patients and receive reimbursement for their services, many states still restrict their scope of practice and limit their pay.

The House Science and Technology Committee introduced legislation today that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks posed by engineered nanomaterials.Introduction of the bill comes only months after J. Clarence (Terry) Davies authored a report that makes a series of recommendations for improving federal risk research and oversight of engineered nanomaterials at EPA, the FDA and the CPSC.

In December, Mr. Steinhilber was the chief federal lobbyist for the nsba A month later, with an expanded office, twice the staff, and an annual budget of more than $ 500,000, he became the head of a new nsba unit called the Center for State Legislation and School Law.

Nobody is likely to have a lot of time or patience for moving something like K - 12 legislation — especially given that the Student Success Act barely passed in the first place while the administration insists it will demand a more assertive federal role than even the Senate bill contemplates.

In 2009, only about half the respondents supported NCLB renewal with no more than minor changes, though 60 % took that position with respect to «federal legislation.»

In federal legislation, LD is not a single disability but a category of special education composed of disabilities in any one or more of seven skill domains: listening, speaking, basic reading (decoding and word recognition), reading comprehension, writing, arithmetic calculation, and mathematics reasoning.

A House committee approved legislation last week that would give school districts more flexibility in meeting new federal nutritional mandates for school meals.

Congress should enact legislation giving more teeth to existing federal guidelines aimed at ensuring that children's needs are considered when their parents are arrested in raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, a California congresswoman said today.

Anticipating that, more than 20 states passed legislation this year to increase their cigarette taxes, including the 17 whose assumption of the tax was contingent on its expiration at the federal...

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Association.