Sentences with phrase «uniform federal standards»
In its 2009 report, the academy called for the creation of uniform federal standards for death investigation and recommended making certification mandatory for doctors working in the field of forensic pathology.
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said today that the enormous costs, complexities and challenges for food manufacturers to comply with Vermont's food labeling mandate show the critical need for Congress to pass federal legislation setting a uniform national food labeling standard.
(Washington, D.C.)-- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said today that the enormous costs, complexities and challenges for food manufacturers to comply with Vermont's food labeling mandate show the critical need for Congress to pass federal legislation setting a uniform national food labeling standard.
In order to allow all children and families access to ECE, federal and state governments should set uniform family payment standards that increase progressively across low -, moderate -, and higher - income groups, so families pay either no fee or an amount they can reasonably afford, based on established income criteria.
She said that she would re-assess implementation programs under the Every Student Succeeds Act that require states to set uniform accountability standards consistent with federal guardrails.
The US Department of Transportation is designated the Executive Agent to promulgate policy and establish uniform standards for the Federal Transit Benefit program.
Coordinate transit benefit program policy with federal agencies in order to establish uniform standards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and the transit benefit.
-- With respect to alterations of buildings or facilities designated as historic under State or local law, the guidelines described in paragraph (1) shall establish procedures equivalent to those established by 4.1.7 (1)(b) and (c) of the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards, and shall require, at a minimum, compliance with the requirements established in 4.1.7 (2) of such standards.
Currently being considered by Congress is the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act (PUPS) which requires internet puppy mill sellers to meet Federal animal care standards.
«The legislation would create a sensible, uniform standard of conduct for all federal agencies and strike the proper balance between the legitimate needs of prosecutors and regulators, and the constitutional and fundamental legal rights of individuals and organizations,» Lamm said.
The Bar Association was formed to improve and facilitate the administration of justice within the courts of the Eighth Circuit; to raise the standards of proficiency and integrity in federal practice; to develop and implement effective, efficient, and uniform rules of practice and procedure within the courts of the Eighth Circuit; and to assist the judiciary of the Eighth Circuit in whatever manner requested.
A: The Bar Association was formed to improve and facilitate the administration of justice within the courts of the Eighth Circuit; to raise the standards of proficiency and integrity in federal practice; to develop and implement effective, efficient, and uniform rules of practice and procedure within the courts of the Eighth Circuit; and to assist the judiciary of the Eighth Circuit in whatever manner requested.
Many of the comments arguing for uniform standards were particularly concerned with discrepancies between the federal privacy standards and various state privacy requirements.
The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a federal statute, sets nationwide standards for state child support laws and explains how states can enforce child support obligations across state lines.
Enact federal laws prohibiting yield - spread premiums to mortgage brokers, loan flipping, mandatory arbitration clauses, balloon loans, and steep prepayment penalties, and laws setting minimal underwriting standards, establishing uniform mortgage broker licensing requirements, and a national database of disciplinary actions.
(1) Title XI provides protection for federal financial and public policy interests in real estate related transactions by requiring real estate appraisals used in connection with federally related transactions to be performed in writing, in accordance with uniform standards, by appraisers whose competency has been demonstrated and whose professional conduct will be subject to effective supervision.
For example, the GSEs, at the direction of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are currently engaged in an effort to develop a standardized dataset for the Closing Disclosure, which they call the «Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD),» and which will utilize the data standards of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO).