Sentences with phrase «proposed bills aiming»

State legislators have proposed bills aiming to both recognize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as currency — as opposed to a commodity — and allow state taxpayers the ability to

State legislators have proposed bills aiming to both recognize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as currency — as opposed to a commodity — and allow state taxpayers the ability to pay their taxes with Bitcoin.

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That House bill, proposed in November, is aimed at eliminating deductions for conservation easements that generate profits over five years or less.

The proposed «SOPA» bill aims to put an end to online piracy, but those who oppose it say it could have negative implications for small businesses.

Earlier this year, the government took aim at tax deferral opportunities afforded to certain professionals, including lawyers, by proposing to eliminate billed - basis accounting.

The legislation is a spending bill that in part takes aim at standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year to make school lunches healthier amid an obesity epidemic among young people.

Cuomo said the Legislature didn't have an appetite for the proposed changes, which included constitutional amendments for term limits, limiting private - sector income and bills aimed at making it easier to vote in New York.

A package of City Councl bills proposed on Mother's Day aims to make it easier for parents to care for their kids.

The state's attorney general has proposed a package of bills aimed at improving to what he said are «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many potential New York voters from casting ballots.

The only factor that could change the start date in Suffolk is a bill proposed by Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R - Nesconset) that aims to close a loophole critics say would allow level 1 sex offenders to drive for ride - sharing services.

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Republicans in the House of Representatives have proposed the American Health Care Act, a bill aimed to replace Obama's Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare.

As scooped by Gannett, the IDC is proposing a separate package of bills aimed at curbing discrimination against women, including a pay equity measure targeting the public workforce.

Battle lines are being drawn in Albany over a proposed bill that's aimed at loosening restrictions to the benefit of Airbnb.

The Westchester County Board of Legislators» Democratic caucus is aiming to tighten regulations on smoking with a bill that proposes to raise the age for those allowed to purchase tobacco products.

Mark - Viverito has made immigration and sanctuary city policy a focus of her time in office, proposing and helping to pass several bills aimed at limiting the city's cooperation with federal authorities over immigration issues.

Then, too, the speaker aims to fund his subsidy (and other initiatives beyond what Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed for the nearly $ 90 billion city budget) from some iffy sources: ordering city agencies to find new savings and getting $ 1.25 billion in higher tax revenues — including $ 50 million more in administrative fines.

The latest version of Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing program takes aim at unused real estate, proposing a tax hike on vacant land...

Other proposed changes include counting harassment actions aimed at multiple tenants as «repeated» harassment, and allowing a court to consider «non-rent fees» on a rent bill as a harassment tool designed to make a tenant leave their home.

In the draft climate change bill proposed by House Democrats, credits aimed at gaining emissions cuts by avoiding tropical deforestation would slowly decrease over time.

Proposed in 2007 and enacted in 2008, the newest version of the U.S. military's veterans education program — variously known as the Post-9 / 11 GI Bill, the Webb GI Bill, or the New GI Bill — aims to provide returning servicemen and servicewomen with the opportunity to begin or continue higher education at colleges, universities, and professional training programs.

A proposed Hawaiian bill aims to stop the sale of lotions containing certain UV filters, but their effects on coral are disputed

But a new bill, proposed by Senator Chris Murphy and backed by Bernie Sanders, aims to protect caregivers from social security losses that come from leaving their jobs to care for children or sick or elderly relatives.

Georgia is aiming to boost the number of nationally certified teachers in the state and entice more - experienced teachers to low - performing schools through incentives in two proposed legislative bills.

The first - term Democrat took aim in his Jan. 12 speech at proposals backed by some in the Republican - led legislature, including a proposed freeze on property taxes and a «taxpayers» bill of rights» modeled on a provision in Colorado's state constitution.

[xiii] Aiming to better educational opportunities for ELL students in Connecticut, the original bill proposed changes to existing policies.

In the United States, since 2013, more than 24 state legislatures have proposed so - called «Bathroom Bills» with the express aim of restricting access to public bathrooms and locker rooms on the basis of the sex assigned to each individual at birth.

A proposed bipartisan bill aimed at amending the tax code so that debt forgiveness relating to principal home mortgages is no longer treated as income will soon be working its way through the U.S. Congress.

While the AEO2015 does not include EPA's proposed rule (as AEO2015 only includes existing rules and laws), it does include two regional programs in the Northeast and in California (the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Assembly Bill 32, known as RGGI and AB32, respectively) that aim to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from the power industry.

Earlier this year, the government took aim at tax deferral opportunities afforded to certain professionals, including lawyers, by proposing to eliminate billed - basis accounting.

At least half a dozen bills have been proposed by the lawmakers this year and it is aimed at reducing fraudulent practices in the PIP claims.

The Ukrainian parliament recently received dual applications for proposed bills which aim at building a legalized cryptocurrency framework.

HB 2589 aims to preempt St. Louis» Board Bill 34, a proposed health center safety law.

This submission considered a number of substantial reforms proposed by the Reform Bill which aim to address the inequities in the Native Title Act.

«We have home visiting in the District, but we do not have the reach we need to have,» said D.C. Council member Brianne K. Nadeau (D - Ward 1), who proposed a bill this summer that aims to expand local investment in the program.

On the national front, legislative changes such as those proposed in the Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (or SAVE) Act, recently included in the US Senate energy bill passed in late April 2016, aims to improve the accuracy of mortgage underwriting used by federal mortgage agencies to include a home's expected energy - cost savings when determining the value and affordability of energy - efficient homes.

Brady has said he anticipates changes to the bill aimed at simplifying the rules it would impose for partnerships, limited liability companies and other so - called pass - through businesses to qualify for a proposed 25 percent tax rate.