Sentences with phrase «without federal protections»

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Should the impasse not be resolved, the group asks the federal government to utilize all appropriate federal powers at their disposal, including expanding, if required, the Ocean Protection Plan to ensure the Trans Mountain pipeline project proceeds without further delay.

April 2011 — For the first time in American history, Obama urges passage of a non-discrimination law, that does not contain hiring protections for religious groups, forcing religious organizations to hire according to federal mandates, without regard to the dictates of their own faith, thus eliminating conscience protection in hiring.

Current federal protections through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allow eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave without pay — which can come a major cost to families.

«The intent of this act is to alleviate fear and create protections for our county's immigrant population without violating federal law,» said county Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat.

While the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has jurisdiction over the airport, its police are not permitted to enter the Customs and Border Protection area without the invitation of federal authorities.

The regulations are meant to provide federal protection and to reassure the public that their health and research information are safe, but at the same time the proposal also calls for the exchange of data without patient consent for «national priority activities» — which include research.

In 2015 the agency reversed course without adequate justification or explanation, finding that the bird «did not warrant» federal protection, so early the next year the Center and allies sued again for Endangered Species Act protections for Mono Basin sage grouse.

Federal law now provides those protections to everyone, yet the unions have continued to fight for ever - stronger job protections uniquely for teachers to the point where now, in 2014, it is nearly impossible to fire any teacher without spending thousands of dollars and hours in legal battles, even when there is proof of student abuse!

The federal government affords critical protections to students with disabilities through various civil rights laws, including the IDEA; the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, or 504.15 These protections ensure that students and young adults with disabilities have an equal opportunity to pursue an education similar to that of their peers without disabilities, free of discrimination.

In fact, in her responses to questions for the record from Sen. Patty Murray (D - WA), she stated that it would be «misguided» to require private schools to follow federal law.7 Without a deep appreciation for these laws, Trump and DeVos can not comprehend the protections they are asking parents to forfeit by participating in voucher programs or the harm these programs pose to children with disabilities.

A federal regulation which requires lenders to promote the availability of credit to all creditworthy applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or age (provided the applicant has the capacity to contract); to whether all or part of the applicant's income derives from a public assistance program; or to whether the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Without those rules in place, consumers lack federal oversight and protection if they are being treated unfairly when pursuing an automobile loan.

State and federal consumer protection laws set legal limits regarding the amount of interest a lender can legally set without it being considered an illegal and excessive usury amount.

$ 7.5 million in 2015 after federal regulators found the bank had charged customers overdraft protection fees illegally without first asking if they wanted to use the service.

Regions Bank was fined $ 7.5 million in 2015 after federal regulators found the bank had charged customers overdraft protection fees illegally without first asking if they wanted to use the service.

In fact, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, says it's against the law for a lender to deceptively include credit insurance (or other optional products) in your loan without your knowledge or permission.

Most of the 100 facilities have been cited repeatedly by federal or state inspectors for violations such as injured and sick dogs who had not been treated by a veterinarian, animals left in the freezing cold or blistering heat without protection, filthy conditions, and, in some cases, operators who performed surgeries on dogs without a veterinary license or shot and killed unwanted dogs.

Without state protection, federal law makes a veterinarian discussing the medical use of cannabis for animals illegal.

The Pension Protection Act of 2006: If you are 70 - and - one - half years or older, you can make an outright gift to Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue by transferring funds directly from your individual retirement account (IRA) without paying federal income taxes on the distribution.

Children Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

Because the Channel Islands are almost entirely owned and controlled by either the Catalina Island Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, or the federal government, the fox has a chance to receive the protection it needs, including constant supervision by interested officials without the ongoing threat of human encroachment on its habitat.

It shows how energy producers can balance energy development with environmental protection, all without federal intervention.

CFACT Truth Squad member Paul Driessen, in a piece entitled, «Triple Threat: UN, EPA and Congress,» warns that even without Kyoto - imposed CO2 reductions, the federal Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulations of CO2 and other emissions, and the Interior Department's use of the Endangered Species Act to lock up millions of acres of forest and oil and natural gas reserves, can accomplish much the same thing as the climate alarmists attempted at Copenhagen, Cancun, Doha, and other climate conferences.

Without major changes, the federal coal leasing program will continue to undermine federal, state, and international efforts to reduce carbon pollution; the BLM Wyoming office plans to lease over 10 billion tons of coal in the coming years, dwarfing the emissions reductions expected from the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.

Next, La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle, a Blythe - based organization led by Alfredo Figueroa, a garrulous 76 - year - old retired miner, community activist and gadfly, sued the federal agencies over six desert solar plants that it claimed were approved without due consultation with Native Americans.

Without consultation, in June 2012, the federal government abolished the half - century old program and replaced it with a program that denies basic, emergency, and life - saving medical care to thousands of refugee claimants who have lawfully sought Canada's protection.

Unlike most «inferior officers» of federal agencies, ALJs can not be removed from their positions without a showing of «good cause» in a proceeding before an ALJ with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board.

Here is the federal government's position: «[T] he defendant's advocacy of jury nullification, directed as it is to jurors, would be both criminal and without Constitutional protections no matter where it occurred» [emphasis added].

Moreover, under this dissenting view, a state policy of providing special protection for franchisees... can be recognized without impairing the basic purposes of the federal statute.

Congress provided for federal privacy protection and we want to allow individuals the right to this protection without barriers or delay.

In some respects this power is similar to section 7 (3)(c. 1) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), legislation which applies to private organizations in the federal sphere, which permits the disclosure of personal information collected by an organization without an individual's consent if a «government institution» (which presumably includes police) requests that the information be disclosed.

Those without flood insurance depend on the protection of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other government agencies.

No independent persons or agencies may access your driving record without your consent except for requests within the provisions of the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA).

«We are proud of this new feature, but acknowledge that the LGBT community isn't the only group without explicit federal protections,» Correia said.

A company that compiled and sold criminal record reports has entered into a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission as a result of charges that it operated as a consumer reporting agency without taking consumer protection measures required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Indeed, during the 1970s, child welfare services were specifically targeted at two types of children — those without extraordinary behavior problems who needed protection from parental abuse and those with extraordinary behavior problems whose parents often needed the assistance of treatment or placement services.27 Although the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and subsequent child welfare legislation made federal funding for child welfare services contingent on parental incapacity or abuse, many children continue to enter care because of behavior problems.

That means buttressing existing federal protections at the state level to ensure that anti — family planning activists and policymakers, including those in the Trump administration, do not undermine Medicaid, private insurance or family planning grant programs.22, 23,25 And it means expanding on current protections in various ways: For example, policymakers could address gaps in insurance coverage by requiring Medicaid and private insurance plans to cover vasectomy and condoms, as well as methods obtained without a prescription.

This legislation ensures manufactured housing remains available and affordable, without eroding important federal consumer protections established by the Dodd - Frank Act.

The federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) prohibits website operators from collecting personal information from children under 13 without parental consent.