Sentences with phrase «under legislation passed»

Under legislation passed in August 2007, the government initiated a range of sweeping changes: health checks for all Aboriginal children; widespread alcohol restrictions; reforms to welfare payments; an end to the CDEP scheme; scrapping of the permit system; increased policing; and acquiring townships under five - year leases.

Under legislation passed after the 2000 - 2001 Western energy crisis, multiple casinos and data centers have left the utility to buy power from other providers.

Under legislation passed during the 2008 financial crisis — and since extended — the FDIC covers each depositor up to $ 250,000.

Okyanos is proud to have been the first cell therapy facility to receive approval from the Bahamas National Stem Cell Ethics Committee (NSCEC) under legislation passed in 2013 which allows and regulates the use of patients» own adult stem cells in the treatment of certain chronic conditions.

The animal would become the first U.S. national mammal under legislation passed by the House of Representatives and Senate last week, which is now awaiting President Barack Obama's signature.

However, under legislation passed by the Labour government the Electoral Commission can refer the case to the police, who could launch an investigation under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

Under legislation passed by the Senate and the Assembly on Wednesday, patients who are misdiagnosed would have two and a half years from the date they discover the error to file suit.

«Kids Korner,» the child care program for patients at the Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center, would be made a permanent fixture at the hospital under legislation passed Friday by the House.

But under legislation passed in late 1995, any home - rule unit in a collar county that had the ability to increase a tax levy in 1994 was granted limited borrowing authority.

Although North Carolina law allows local school boards to permit corporal punishment, under legislation passed in 2011, parents have the right to opt out of corporal punishment for their children in public schools.

Under legislation passed last year, relationships education is now compulsory in all primary schools, while sex and relationships education is compulsory in secondaries.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Michigan would no longer require that someone be inside a self - driving car while testing it on public roads under legislation passed unanimously Wednesday by the state Senate, where backers touted the measures as necessary to keep...

Critics say the upheaval at Nanaimo Seniors Village is part of a larger picture of layoffs and wage cutting at health facilities around the province, practices allowed under legislation passed by the BC Liberal government to aid privatization.

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However, even under the best - case scenario for Democrats, they will not flip enough seats to reach the 60 - vote super-majority necessary to pass legislation under long - standing Senate rules.

According to a European Parliament source, network - level ad - blocking would be illegal under the new rules unless countries pass similar legislation to legalize it.

If BFI and the IFA does not succeed in convincing Congress to pass legislation that will oppose the NLRB's decision, franchises are going to have to examine their business model and see where they fit under the expanded definition.

Ontario swiftly retaliated — under recently passed legislation — barring government entities and suppliers here from using New York iron.

After the Australian Parliament passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017 — which amended, revised, and expanded upon previous legislation from 2006 — cryptocurrency exchanges were brought under the regulatory oversight of AUSTRAC, which has firmly established AML / CTF laws.

Under the leadership of either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, each of whom has addressed virtual currency and blockchain technology during their respective presidential campaigns, Congress will hopefully move swiftly to pass legislation that accomplishes the goals set forth in H.R. 835.

Concerns that the government could pass stricter gun legislation under Democratic President Barack Obama led to record purchasing.

Tax reform has become a «pass / fail» exercise under which any legislation would signal a win for the Trump administration, but a bill will come by the end of the year, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

Didn't the Obama administration tell the public that allowing these Frankenbanks to continue to gamble in derivatives while putting the U.S. economy and taxpayers at risk was going to end under his Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation passed in 2010?

Mary Miller, the Treasury Department's under secretary for domestic finance, on June 13 called on the Senate to pass NAHB - supported legislation (S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014) to revamp the nation's housing finance system to ensure that creditworthy borrowers will be able to access home mortgages.

But under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation that was passed in 2010, the SEC was forced to create one.

Any changes in requirements for insurance companies, which are likely to be an important element of any replacement legislation, could not likely be passed under reconciliation without 60 votes to waive the Byrd rule.

Bill Clinton getting his semen on Monica's dress and so forth, or the continued bald - faced lying by Barack Obama on every other issue under the sun, and his use of premeditated and carefully orchestrated lies to get his major legislation passed?

It passed public health legislation under which advertisements on television or radio «for beverages containing added sugar, salt or artificial sweeteners and for food products processed and sold in France must contain health information».

SPRINGFIELD — Thousands of public school students whose favorite meal is french fries and chicken nuggets might end up eating something else for lunch under legislation the state Senate passed Thursday to bans trans fats from Illinois schools that participate in the state lunch program.

I do remind folks that NCLB had its origins in legislation passed in Texas during the 1980s (under then - Gov Mark White) where, in exchange for teacher raises / bonuses, standardized tests were instituted to «measure» teacher «effectiveness».

Thousands of public school students whose favorite meal is french fries and chicken nuggets would eat something else for lunch under legislation the state Senate passed Thursday to ban trans fat from Illinois schools that participate in the state lunch program.

Thousands of public school students whose favorite meal is french fries and chicken nuggets might end up eating something else for lunch under legislation the state Senate passed Thursday to bans trans fats from Illinois schools that participate in the state lunch program.

Cuomo's actions were illegal, done under the cover of night behind closed doors, ABSOLUTELY NO PUBLIC INPUT WAS ALLOWED, and he did it to be the first in the US to pass any gun control legislation before Obama!

«For two years, they have danced around addressing any commonsense provisions within this flawed legislation that they brought to the Senate floor and passed under their majority in the Senate,» Panepinto said.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill named after a Syracuse toddler killed earlier this year, legislation that would make murdering a child under 13 a first - degree murder.

Activists said innocent people are at risk of being unfairly designated as gang members and harshly punished under current NYPD policy and legislation passed by the state Senate after MS -13-linked killings in Central Islip.

The Democratic half of the state Senate staked out the chambers early this morning, opened an extraordinary session at 3 p.m., but failed to pass any further legislation after Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Manhattan) issued a statement warning that any bills passed under the extraordinary session would not be -LSB-...]

The Democratic half of the state Senate staked out the chambers early this morning, opened an extraordinary session at 3 p.m., but failed to pass any further legislation after Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Manhattan) issued a statement warning that any bills passed under the extraordinary session would not be valid because the Assembly had passed the bills during the standard session.

Under reform legislation passed in January 2007, a «quick start» budget process was instituted to help provide an earlier understanding of the state's available funding resources.

Under legislation already passed, let alone the proposals for further devolution, the basic rate of income tax could well be different in future in Scotland than it is in the rest of the UK.

This is not only a legacy of the race relations legislation passed under Labour governments.

With women's reproductive rights under attack in Washington, it's more important than ever that New York State pass legislation to protect our families.

«Our state has led the nation by passing progressive legislation under Governor Cuomo,» Moya said.

If so declared, the city would be unable to ban them under current law unless they passed competing legislation.

Republicans, in control of Congress and the White House, are under intense pressure to pass significant legislation before year's end, having repeatedly failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act or develop a plan to rebuild infrastructure.

Many of my friends are under the impression that legislation was passed.

Under the legislation, passed by the Council in March, the centers would have been forced to explicitly advertise that they do not perform abortions and disclose whether they have a licensed medical provider on site, provide referrals for prenatal care and abortions and provide emergency contraception.

He's charged that Cuomo badly fumbled his handling of an anti corruption commission, - the panel is now under federal investigation, - and that the governor was too hasty in passing what Astorino says is flawed gun control legislation.

Under the speaker's plan, the Council will pass legislation extending those noncompliance statutes to the Department of Probation.

The state Assembly has repeatedly passed a fracking moratorium, but the legislation has stalled while the Senate has been under Republicans» control.

A funny thing happened on the way to getting Progressive legislation passed in NYS, the people who pass that legislation are now under a microscope for behavior that's often illegal, and glaringly unbecoming to elected officials in high office.