Sentences with phrase «responsibilities than the federal government»

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Two decades - old pieces of legislation — the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal government.

With income inequality continuing to rise and wealth becoming increasingly concentrated at the top of the income distribution, it is more critical than ever for districts, states, and the federal government to take seriously their responsibility to provide an excellent education for all students.

That role is more critical than ever as the federal government reviews state ESSA plans to ensure states take responsibility for the future of our children.

«Nowhere will a new lawyer be challenged with greater responsibilities and have the opportunity to do more for the public good than working for the federal government.

24 US states have proposed or passed legislation to block or limit particular genetically modified (GM) products and attach responsibility for GM drift to seed producers and defend a farmer's right to save seeds, but the US federal government has stepped in to circumvent these measures by passing the 2006 National Uniformity for Food Act that will eliminate more than 200 state - initiated food safety laws.

If either the lender or the heirs wind up selling the home for less than the owed amount on the loan, the federal government will step in and make up the difference, deferring responsibility from the heirs.

«While the federal government abdicates its responsibility on climate change, governors do not have the luxury of denying a scientific reality, and it is more important than ever for states to take collective, common sense action,» Governor Cuomo said.

We realized that a federal system was a delicate machine, easier to throw out of kilter than to start off again; and, in the capacity of the central government, we felt that we had a great responsibility for the maintenance of harmony among so many culturally and geographically distinct regions.