Sentences with phrase «recent federal legislation»

But many lenders will issue loans up to a forty - three percent debt - to - income ratio, the limit set by recent federal legislation.

Recent federal legislation is designed to limit the liability of companies that offer Y2K compliance information in good faith.

Despite inducements in recent federal legislation, the reality is that for too many states, post-adoption support is not a priority.

Recent Federal Legislation requires automatic termination of mortgage insurance for many borrowers when their loan balance has been amortized down to 78 % of the original property value and you have a positive payment history the preceding two years.

Recent Federal Legislation requires automatic termination of mortgage insurance for many borrowers when their loan balance has been amortized down to 78 % of the original property value.

Recent Federal Legislation requires automatic termination of mortgage insurance for many borrowers when their loan balance has been amortized down to 78 percent of the original property value.

Instead of continuing to throw millions of precious tax dollars into the proverbial, but very real, pit of failed education reforms; instead of continuing to enrich test corporations and educational entrepreneurs who game the system; instead of maintaining the false and demoralizing narrative that our students and teachers are failures, our state legislators need to take this opportunity to tell the CSDE and CSBE that it will no longer support expensive mandates that unnecessarily impact our budget health when a re-design of state assessment practices has been encouraged by recent federal legislation.

High - Stakes Testing With public demand and recent federal legislation calling for high standards and improved student performance, virtually every state in the nation has created and administered statewide tests that measure student progress over time.

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.

But many lenders will issue loans up to a forty - three percent debt - to - income ratio, the limit set by recent federal legislation.

Not exact matches

Other factors that have changed the nature of HRM in recent years include new management and operational theories like Total Quality Management (TQM), rapidly changing demographics, and changes in health insurance and federal and state employment legislation.

Republicans point to the age of that 1986 legislation — the most recent major overhaul of the federal tax code — as a reason new reforms need to be enacted.

At the federal level, no law has explicitly made fantasy sports contests illegal; the most recent relevant legislation, the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, left fantasy sports out of it.

While the CCA declares on its website that it doesn't lobby for policies that determine «the basis for or duration of an individual's incarceration or detention,» the Justice Policy Institute has documented several pieces of federal legislation the CCA lobbied on in recent years, including funding related to private prisons and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.

That is partly why in the recent throne speech, the federal government promised to introduce legislation «to ensure that western farmers have the freedom to sell wheat and barley on the open market.»

On a recent trip to the Southwest, Dean Peerman encountered a variety of viewpoints among anthropologists, museum curators, antique dealers and Indian tribespeople toward proposed federal legislation called the Native American Grave and Repatriation Act.

Five public relations firms have brought a federal suit seeking to block the JCOPE from enforcing the portion of a recent advisory opinion that would treat people paid to discuss legislation with editorial writers as lobbyists.

At a forum hosted by the Greater Syracuse Labor Council, AFL - CIO in Syracuse Wednesday, the three candidates running in the Democratic primary for New York's 24th Congressional District said the strength of labor unions have been decimated in recent decades and argued for tougher federal legislation to protect them and other domestic jobs.

The bickering arose because Senate Democrats support legislation that would move the state primary date to June, matching it up with the recent trend for federal primary dates.

But in recent days, as his administration has been responding to subpoenas from the federal probe, he's downplayed the chances of winning passage of the legislation.

Cuomo attacked two New York Republican House members, John Faso and Chris Collins, for their recent efforts at enacting federal legislation that will shift billions of dollars in Medicaid costs to New York State.

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

Democratic officials in some high - tax states are pushing legislation that would retain a federal tax break for state and local taxes, a deduction that was capped in the recent GOP tax overhaul

The hottest item at the recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers was ESSA, the new federal education legislation that replaced No Child Left Behind, but the big question on the minds of Read more about ESSA: Time for States to Seize the Initiative -LSB-...]

Recent legislation and new regulations at the federal level are affecting both credit counseling agencies and debt settlement companies.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

- President George W. Bush signs one of the most significant pieces of federal legislation to the pet product industry in recent history -

In recent years there have been an increasing number of news reports about hemp farming legislation and the activities of industrial hemp advocates at the local and federal level.

However, recent energy legislation passed by both chambers of Congress calls for the elimination of Section 433, threatening this long - standing and important commitment from the federal government.

Recent energy legislation passed by both chambers of Congress calls for the elimination of Section 433, threatening this long - standing and important commitment to greenhouse gas emissions reductions from the federal government.

With the recent tabling of federal legislation Canada continues its march towards the legalization of marijuana.

A recent BC case which applied both federal and provincial legislation and which cited the key principle from Young v. Young gives a nice snapshot of the law for clients as well as for our top rated custody and parenting arrangement lawyers.

The recent Supreme Court decision in Bank of Montreal v. Marcotte, 2014 SCC 55, is a helpful clarification of the applicability of consumer protection legislation and, more generally, the current principles regulating the separation of federal and provincial powers in Canada.

The statutory leave amendments allow Manitobans to take advantage of recent changes to employment insurance benefits (extended parental EI benefits and family caregiver EI benefits) available under federal legislation.

The recent Supreme Court decision in Royal Bank of Canada v. Trang has provided important guidance on how Canada's federal privacy legislation, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act («PIPEDA»), is to be interpreted.

At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisFederal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisfederal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisfederal transportation legislation.

We handle all aspects of IP legislative and regulatory affairs, from copyright to patent and have also played an active role in a range of federal IP legislation in recent decades.

This decision continues the recent trend of the Supreme Court of Canada rulings against new legislation from the Federal Government.

These rules are framed by a patchwork of provincial and territorial legislation, such as Quebec's recent Bill 52 protecting the right to die with dignity, not to mention the possibility that the federal government will follow up Carter with a more narrowly tailored Criminal Code provision dealing with assisted suicide outside the narrow exceptions set out by the Supreme Court.

The debate over internet privacy legislation in the U.S. has shifted from the federal to state level in recent years, but proponents argue there aren't enough laws at either level to adequately protect users.

Federal Healthy Start Initiative: A National Network for Effective Home Visitation and Family Support Services (PDF - 2,020 KB) National Healthy Start Association (2010) Summarizes the history of and core services provided by the Healthy Start Initiative and, in light of recent health - care legislation, reviews the key role it can play in improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations.

The Fair Housing Act Keep up with recent changes to this federal legislation regarding equal access to housing.