Sentences with phrase «piece of legislation designed»

Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D - CA) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D - NY) introduced the federal Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), a landmark piece of legislation designed to protect women's civil liberties and prohibit the government from interfering in the exercise of reproductive rights.

Section 28 was an offensive piece of legislation designed to prevent the so - called «promotion» of homosexuality in schools.

The California Continuous Coverage Auto Insurance Discount Act is a piece of legislation designed to augment existing California state auto insurance law in a few significant ways.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York Democrats have hatched a plan to get a look at Donald Trump's tax records by crafting a piece of legislation designed to get at his state returns that does everything but mention the Republican president by name.

The Jones Act, a rather complex piece of legislation designed to control the island, prevent foreign powers from gaining a foothold, and keep Puerto Ricans under firm control by limiting their ability to trade independently.

The chief argument used to introduce the Act wasn't based on the proud British principles that many of us would have liked; it was a practical and pragmatic piece of legislation designed to avoid costly trips to Strasbourg every time someone wanted to challenge a law that they perceived was infringing their rights.

Democratic state lawmakers have hatched a plan to get a look at Trump's tax records by crafting a piece of legislation designed to get at his state returns that does everything but mention the Republican president by name.

This announcement comes nearly three years after the overwhelming bipartisan passage into law of the JOBS Act, a historic piece of legislation designed to help small businesses raise funds to launch and grow.

In 2014, my administration proposed and authored 19 pieces of legislation designed to modernize state child protective services law, which was written more than 40 years ago and has not changed much since.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) has co-sponsored several pieces of legislation designed to combat sexual harassment.

As the city Board of Standards and Appeals waits to reconvene the hearing involving a Bayside Hills home next month, City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) has introduced two pieces of legislation designed to give the community more recourse on uncharacteristic development.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) has co-sponsored several pieces of legislation designed to crack down on sexual harassment.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed five new pieces of legislation on Veterans Day designed to get returning vets the help they need.

Agreements on the highest - priority issues are frequently reached on or after the last scheduled meeting, so lawmakers dedicate their gatherings to passing one - house bills that stand little chance of becoming law in the immediate future and plowing through hundreds of completely uncontroversial pieces of legislation that rename bridges or create new license plate designs.

The piece of legislation that was designed to stop or at least mitigate this problem was Dodd - Frank.

The Democratic - led Assembly has been under pressure to pass the agenda as individual pieces of legislation after it approved the broader omnibus bill that included a bill designed to update the state's abortion laws.

There is a piece of legislation called the Construction, Design and Management Regulations (CDM).

Bremberg said the administration is backing two pieces of legislation: A bipartisan bill by Sens. John Cornyn, R - Texas, and Chris Murphy, D - Conn., that is designed to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and the STOP School Violence Act, which would authorize state - based grants to implement violence prevention training for teachers and students.

The second piece of legislation is the Native Educator Support and Training Act (or the NEST Act), designed to assist in recruiting and keeping teachers in Indian Country through scholarships, federal student loan forgiveness, and professional development courses.

The amendments broadly describe a data retention regime, and much of their language seems to double up what can already be found in the recently rushed - through Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Act, a piece of «emergency» legislation designed to prop up British data retention after the EU banned its Europe - wide mandate.