Sentences with phrase «of draft legislation»

The House Financial Services Committee released portions of draft legislation to reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

It criticised the focus of the draft legislation on whether a responsible person is negligent, and the need to prove fault on the part of an individual within the company, rather than on the collective failure of the company to ensure that adequate anti-bribery procedures were in place.

«I think it would have come out at the end of 2016 if it hadn't been for the fact that the lawyers for the government have been on strike since early fall, so that has slowed down the actual publication of the draft legislation.»

Finally, the changes to the offshore trusts reporting requirements will, if enacted in the form of the draft legislation, impose additional burdens on non-domiciled settlors.

Developing policy arguments and articulating those arguments in the form of draft legislation and regulations

The long awaited restriction on agent's fees is one step closer with the recent introduction of draft legislation to ban the requirement for tenants to pay fees or other charges on top of rent and payments for services from third parties.

In the case of three of the Bills, joint committees of inquiry have been established to consider and analyse the content of the draft legislation and to hear evidence from interested parties, or «stakeholders» as they are often called.

Section 4 (2) of the draft legislation published last month states that the rate of return should be the rate that, in the opinion of the Lord Chancellor, a recipient of relevant damages could reasonably be expected to achieve.

I wonder if making the reviews of draft legislation more public would help?

Two weeks ago, when science lobbyists were given a 2 - page description of the draft legislation, committee staffers repeated the message that the science board supported the changes.

The government's EU withdrawal bill is one of the most significant pieces of draft legislation in decades.

Nearly one year after taking office, Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing to abolish horse - drawn carriages by producing a City Council bill that is expected to be introduced in December, according to two sources who have seen a copy of the draft legislation.

The TUC rally will start at 18:00 GMT, after health workers collectively bin copies of the draft legislation.

This is perhaps inevitable when there are over 1000 pages of draft legislation and explanatory notes.

«Safe passage of this draft legislation is essential to ensure that this generation can, for the first time, walk around the English coast without hindrance.»

Flanked by early supporters of his draft legislation, County Executive Steve Bellone announced the Water Quality Protection Fee at a press conference Monday in Yaphank.

House of lords reform - draft bill The purpose of the draft legislation is to take forward the vote of the House of Commons in March 2007 in favour of a wholly or substantially elected second Chamber.

LEGISLATION (TERRITORIAL EXTENT) BILL - Harriett Baldwin MP (Worcestershire West) «Bill to require the Secretary of State, when preparing draft legislation for publication, to do so in such a way that the effect of that legislation on England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is separately and clearly identified; to require the Secretary of State to issue a statement to the effect that in his or her view the provisions of the draft legislation are in accordance with certain principles relating to territorial extent.»

Around 200,000 Romanians have taken to the streets in cities across Romania and the world to protest against the government's recent approval of draft legislation for an open - pit cyanide - based mining project at Rosia Montana.

«Member states may prohibit and punish, as a matter of criminal law, the illegal exercise of transport activities in the context of the UberPOP service, without notifying the Commission in advance of the draft legislation,» the ECJ said in a statement.

Justin Trudeau (he whom Nixon predicted would someday become Prime Minister) and his cabinet are now engaged in the process of drafting legislation to be hurried through the House before the court - imposed June deadline.

Erie County is currently in the process of drafting legislation that proposes to establish new criminal standards for actions that endanger the welfare of children, provide for more robust and intensive CPS investigations, and update technology and reporting practices to better serve children and families, as well as focusing on other improvements to current CPS law.

Saying that members of the state Legislature were acting as «mercenaries,» Bharara said the charges accusing Stevenson of drafting legislation in exchange for money that would aid co-defendants Igor and Rostislav «Slava» Belyansky, Igor Tsimerman and David Binman, were a violation of his «core duty.»

The City Council is in the preliminary stages of drafting legislation to create the program, in negotiations with Mayor Bill de Blasio, which the city is hoping will help resolve a long - standing dispute over who drives the school buses, which was at the root of the 2013 strike.

Third, I don't think they ever thought that an IEA, IFT and CTU coalition could hold together if we had to get down to the nitty - gritty of drafting legislation.

Abe Voelker recently authored a thought - provoking blog post on how version control systems used by software developers could potentially be used to rework the process of drafting legislation:

We understand that the Governments are now in the process of drafting legislation to rectify the situation for the future, and we welcome that decision.

Not exact matches

Trump tapped Republican Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon who drafted legislation years ago to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Supporters of the Senate's SOPA, lead by Hollywood, shelled out $ 118 million to support the draft legislation, eight times the measly $ 14 million contributed by opponents of the bill (which were mostly tech companies), according to campaign - finance tracking website MapLight.

Scott, a Republican, said he would work with state lawmakers in the coming weeks to draft legislation, adding that it would include some exceptions for members of the military and law - enforcement officers.

Seattle's City Council on Friday released new draft legislation that would tax large employers in order to raise $ 75 million next year to counter the effects of rising rents and house prices.

An earlier draft of the Commission's mid-term review of its digital single market strategy showed it was considering legislation on how companies should take down hate speech and incitement to violence, but that idea has been scrapped.

But draft legislation obtained by Charlotte news station WBTV suggests lawmakers may be walking back portions of the bill.

Again, the issue of deficit reduction is unlikely to register very much in the debate about whether or not it is appropriate to require women to register for the draft — but it makes for an interesting example of just how far the unintended consequences of a piece of legislation can reach.

Russian lawmakers drafted legislation in response to the U.S. sanctions that would give the authorities the power to ban or restrict imports of U.S. goods and services to Russia on April 13.

Dell's condemnation comes soon after Theresa May, the British home secretary, earlier this month unveiled a draft piece of legislation that proposes to grant UK spy agencies and law enforcement sweeping surveillance powers.

Previously leaked drafts of the Obamacare legislation have indicated significant rollbacks, if not a full - fledged dismantling, of the health law.

The resolution, which contains instructions for key health care - related committees to begin drafting legislation to undo the health law, must also be passed by the House of Representatives (and is expected to get a vote there this week).

And the Trump administration is already drafting legislation that would tighten restrictions on Chinese acquisitions of U.S. technologies.

South Korean lawmakers are drafting new legislation to reverse the government's ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs), a sign that one of the world's hottest cryptocurrency...

So the current draft of the legislation would probably need 60 votes instead, meaning significant Democratic support, which Republican leaders haven't been even trying to court.

Notably, seven provinces opposed to the legislation, which, «in its drafting, if not in its intent, had serious and, in the view of the vast majority of witnesses, fatal flaws as to the constitutional violation of sections 92 and 91 of the British North America Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, freedom of speech, expression and association as protected by that very Charter of Rights and Freedoms,» Segal said.

New risks continue to emerge in the virtual currency and blockchain spaces and legislation of this space is either inexistent or was not intended to capture it when it was drafted.

Regardless of the «he said, she said» narrative, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; a bill would require drafting, after which it would need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

Regardless, it takes time, potentially years, for the wheels of legislation to turn; the bill will require drafting, after which it will need to win a majority vote from the National Assembly before it could become a law.

The committee helps draft legislative proposals, estimates the revenue effects of all tax legislation considered by the Congress, and examines various aspects of US federal taxes.

The draft legislation is the latest in a series of income cuts, tax hikes and reforms imposed on austerity - weary Greeks since 2010, when the debt crisis exploded that brought Greece to the brink of bankruptcy and expulsion from the eurozone — the club of European Union countries that use the euro currency.

30 November 2017: First attorney general of the financial affairs» prosecution counselor Mohamed Fouda on Thursday called for drafting an international legislation to combat dealing with the digital currency bitcoin, considering it a means to finance terror groups.

B.C. Premier John Horgan's decision to send draft legislation to the B.C. Court of Appeal on Thursday is the latest legal hurdle facing Texas - based Kinder Morgan, whose proposed expansion project has attracted controversy since 2013.

Thanks to an Access to Information request filed by Blacklock's Reporter, an online newsmagazine, we've learned that the Harper government has been drafting legislation since last November to strip away pension security for federally - regulated workers, despite Finance Minister Joe Oliver's statement this past April that no changes would be made without the consent of the retirees.