Sentences with phrase «on joint resolutions»

Both chambers of Congress are working on joint resolutions of disapproval aimed at blocking the rule.
State legislators voted on a joint resolution introduced by Rep. Polly Lawrence to mark a day that celebrates the diversity, heritage, predictability and contributions of the purebred dog.

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Jagmeet Singh, meanwhile, waded into the impasse in Ottawa by proposing that the Trudeau Liberals work with the British Columbia government on a joint reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada, fast - tracking a resolution to what the federal NDP leader calls jurisdictional issues arising from B.C.'s objections to the project.
On November 22, 2013, the Texas Military Preparedness Commission and Southwest Defense Alliance unanimously passed a joint resolution affirming a partnership of cooperation to preserve, and promote military missions, assets, infrastructures and the defense industrial base in Texas.
The New York City Employees» Retirement System; the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund; the New York City Teachers» Retirement System; the New York City Police Pension Fund; and the New York Board of Education Retirement System, as joint filers (NYC Retirement System), c / o The City of New York, Officer of the Comptroller, 633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10017, which in the aggregate held 12,707,578 shares of common stock on November 15, 2011, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, whose address is the same as that of the NYC Retirement System, which held 19,560,008 shares of common stock on November 22, 2011, and the Illinois State Board of Investment on behalf of the State Employees» Retirement System of Illinois, c / o 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2015, Chicago, Illinois 60601, which in the aggregate held 928,927 shares of common stock on November 18, 2011, the Judges» Retirement System of Illinois and the General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois, as co-filers, intend to submit a resolution to stockholders for approval at the annual meeting.
On that April day twenty years ago when the joint resolution declaring war was under debate in the Senate, I said:
Taking into account resolution WHA56.23 on the joint FAO / WHO evaluation of the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which endorsed WHO's increased direct involvement in the Commission and requested the Director - General to strengthen WHO's role in complementing the work of the Commission with other relevant WHO activities in the areas of food safety and nutrition, with special attention to issues mandated in Health Assembly resolutions,
The Congress, by joint resolution of October 9, 1962 (Public Law 87 - 780), as amended, has designated the week beginning on the second Sunday in October each year as «National School Lunch Week,» and has requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this week.
Confirming resolution WHA33.32, including the endorsement in their entirety of the statement and recommendations made by the joint WHO / UNICEF Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding held from 9 to 12 October 1979;
(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;
«Whereas Iraq has consistently breached its cease - fire agreement between Iraq and the United States, entered into on March 3, 1991, by failing to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction program, and refusing to permit monitoring and verification by United Nations inspections; Whereas Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological capabilities, and has made positive progress toward developing nuclear weapons capabilities» — From a joint resolution submitted by Tom Harkin and Arlen Specter on July 18, 2002
As promised, the Motion was listed on the Order Paper and debated on the floor of plenary and the following resolutions were reached amongst which are; Mandate its Joint Committee on Drugs and Narcotics and health to investigate the growing menace of cough and other prescriptive drugs abuse; Urge the FG to partner with stakeholders, traditional rulers, Pharmacists councils, NGOs to create framework in fighting this category of drug abuse and urge NAFDAC to embark on a vigorous sensitization campaign on the dangers of drug abuse and steps on achieving a successful rehabilitation for people with the addiction.
In the 29th to the 35th Parliaments the Speaker was, by resolution of the House, a member and joint chair of the Joint Standing Committee on the New Parliament Hjoint chair of the Joint Standing Committee on the New Parliament HJoint Standing Committee on the New Parliament House.
Disapprove BLM Land Use Planning Rule — Vote Passed (51 - 48, 1 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Dec. 12, 2016, which modified the process under which BLM develops plans for the use of the public lands it manages, including by considering a wider variety of issues and possible impacts.
Disapprove Teacher Education Program Rule — Vote Passed (59 - 40, 1 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Education Department on Oct. 31, 2016, relating to teacher preparation programs that require states to annually evaluate the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education and to publicly report this information, including the job placement and retention rates of graduates.
Following up on a resolution adopted by the State Committee of the Green Party at the party's nominating convention in Troy on Saturday, May 17, Green Party leaders sent a letter today to the Executive Board of the Working Families Party suggesting a joint meeting to discuss cooperation in opposing Governor Cuomo's conservative agenda and supporting their common progressive policy goals.
Disapprove Alaska Predator Control Rule — Vote Passed (225 - 193, 12 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Interior Department on Aug. 5, 2016, that prohibits certain predator control practices in national wildlife refuges in Alaska (such as the taking of mother bears and their cubs, the killing of wolves and their pups at den sites, and aerial shooting).
Tracking John Faso in the Age of Trump fivethirtyeight.com Disapprove BLM Land Use Planning Rule — Vote Passed (234 - 186, 12 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Dec. 12, 2016, which modified the process under which BLM develops plans for the use of the -LSB-...]
Disapprove Unemployment Benefit Drug Testing Rule — Vote Passed (236 - 189, 6 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Labor Department on Aug. 1, 2016, that defines the occupations for which states can require individuals applying for unemployment benefits to undergo drug testing.
A committee vote shall be by roll call vote if the members are voting on the disposition of bills, constitutional amendments, concurrent resolutions and joint resolutions by committees.
On July 23, President Bush signed the Joint Resolution to override the veto, completing congressional and presidential action to support moving forward with Yucca Mountain, despite the overwhelming objections of Nevadans and their elected officials.
On March 2 of this year, Representative Zemke co-sponsored House Joint Resolution H which calls to amend the state constitution recognizing education and access to literacy as fundamental human rights.
At the annual joint conference of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS), the MASC Delegate Assembly unanimously approved a resolution focused on students» social and emotional well - being.
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«On March 10, the Colorado House and Senate passed Joint Resolution 15 - 1015, making Colorado the first state to officially designate May 1 as National Purebred Dog Day.»
The National Gallery of Art was created on March 17, 1937, by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon.
On May 3rd, in light of the «handshake incident» in which Jamshed Bharucha fired student - instructor Vincent Hui and removed him from the cross-country team without due process, Cooper's Joint Student Council passed a resolution that they, «[do] not recognize the right of the administration to punish a student according to its own judgement without an official complaint and trial,» and that, «Removal of privileges due to «civil disobedience» is subject to the procedures outlined by the Code of Conduct.»
On the heels of a February 5 milestone, where Surfrider Maine Chapter volunteer chair Brian Kennedy addressed the Portland City council ahead of a Surfrider drafted municipal resolution formally characterizing the city's opposition to the proposal passing unanimously, and a Surfrider drafted Joint Resolution passing the Maine House, Surfrider and our Connecticut Chapter volunteer chair Jack Egan worked tightly with the CT Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters CT to pull off a vocal rally and press event outside of the Hartford, CT publiresolution formally characterizing the city's opposition to the proposal passing unanimously, and a Surfrider drafted Joint Resolution passing the Maine House, Surfrider and our Connecticut Chapter volunteer chair Jack Egan worked tightly with the CT Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters CT to pull off a vocal rally and press event outside of the Hartford, CT publiResolution passing the Maine House, Surfrider and our Connecticut Chapter volunteer chair Jack Egan worked tightly with the CT Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters CT to pull off a vocal rally and press event outside of the Hartford, CT public meeting.
Gibson's resolution comes one week before Pope Francis will address a joint session of Congress on issues including his highly publicized papal encyclical titled Laudato si».
In 2012, the two held a successful joint conference on the subject «Investor - state dispute resolution in a Euro - Arab context».
The ICS is described in the Joint Interpretive Instrument on CETA between Canada and the EU as «an important and radical change in investment rules and dispute resolution
The U.S. has declared war on ISIS per the AUMF of 2001 which has been interpreted to include ISIS because it is a successor organization to one of the organizations described in that joint resolution.
We can also advise you on partnership resolutions, joint venture agreements and share farming agreements.
On October 6, 1941, the House passed a joint resolution declaring the last Thursday in November to be the legal Thanksgiving Day, and the Senate amended the resolution establishing the holiday as the fourth Thursday, which would take into account those years when November has five Thursdays.
For more information, be sure to check out the research bulletin on «Online Dispute Resolution and the Courts» released by the Joint Technology Committee in collaboration with COSCA, NACM, and NCSC.
Resolution and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group issued this joint statement on 30 March 2016 calling on the LAA to «see sense, take a pragmatic approach, and not force people to use a system that is clearly not fit for purpose» until improvements have been made.
He is the co-author of a book on the Bermuda form published by Oxford University Press, The Bermuda Form: Interpretation and Dispute Resolution of Excess Liability Insurance, joint winner of the 2012 BILA Book Prize awarded for the most notable contribution to literature in the field of insurance law.
For more information, check out the research bulletin on «Online Dispute Resolution and the Courts» released by the Joint Technology Committee in collaboration with COSCA, NACM, and NCSC (JTC research bulletin page).
Where parents agree that counsel is necessary in order to achieve the best resolution for the children, Andrea will accept a joint retainer to act on their behalf.
In 1947, a joint Senate - Commons Committee on a Bill of Rights was set up, largely in response to a resolution from a UN agency, calling on member countries to consider what we would later call an «entrenched» bill of rights, chaired by Senator Leon M. Gouin (Liberal, De Salaberry), a noted scholar and J.L. Ilsley MP, later to be appointed Minister of Justice.
They are able to feel heard and understood, and once they get their feelings off their chest in our initial, individual meetings, they are able to switch gears and focus on the resolution of the legal issues in the joint sessions.
[2] Joint submissions on sentence — that is, when Crown and defence counsel agree to recommend a particular sentence to the judge, in exchange for the accused entering a plea of guilty — are a subset of resolution discussions.
On February 14, President Trump signed a joint resolution of Congress passed under the Congressional Review Act eliminating an SEC rule requiring resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to the U.S. or foreign...
In the wake of the FCC's chaotic comment period — which was corrupted by millions of fake comments — and its subsequent disastrous decision to overturn the 2015 Open Internet rules, we called on Congress to pass a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to restore net neutrality.
Provided direct leadership, mentorship, coaching, and conflict resolution on a daily basis and developed Joint Qualification Standards (JQS)
Family Relationship Centres (FRCs) provide information and referral to people at all stages of family relationships and offer individual and group sessions, and joint dispute resolution to help separated parents reach agreement on issues concerning their children without going to court.
The court might be reluctant to give joint custody to parents who are unwilling to cooperate with one another or who can not reach resolutions on major parenting issues, however.
NTRBs are funded by the Commonwealth in the following way: base funding for each NTRB53; additional funding and assistance provided to some NTRBs through a reserve fund; a strategic priority claims resolution program; and a capacity - building program.54 The Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Statutory Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund is currently conducting an inquiry into NTRB capacity, with particular reference to NTRB funding.55 I provided a written submission to the committee and made a number of recommendations including: 56
A «listed person» is a person, organization or entity (company, partnership, joint - venture, charity) designated as such pursuant to the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the Suppression of Terrorism.
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