In a paper released today, entitled Veto Shmeeto: Bush Should Sign the New Export Administration Act, the Center provides a qualified endorsement of this legislation, the Export Administration Act Amendments of 1990, and most of its revisions of current U.S. export control laws.
From an Internet retailers perspective the passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act would not only add layers of administration and cost to comply, but it could cut into their competitiveness with small businesses and brick-and-mortar retailers.
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Section 11A(h) of the Export Administration Act authorizes the president both to prohibit the import of products or services from Imhausen into the United States and to block Imhausen from participating in any U.S. government contracts for up to five years.
This is the direct result of major rewrites of the Export Administration Act in 1985 and 1988, by which Congress awarded the Commerce Department exclusive responsibility in a number of relevant areas.
In the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, Congress specifically exempted drugs compounded for identified individual patients from the same requirements governing manufactured drugs.
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There was an opportunity in the Senate and House bills on FDA reform (the Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007) to do something about this and I as a reformer am disappointed in the failure of both bills to strengthen post-market surveillance.
In 1996, a not highly visible section of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Information and Portability Act) attempted to simplify and standardize the administration of health care payment.
Fortunately, numerous congressional hearings are scheduled in coming weeks on the reauthorization of the Export Administration Act.
The change to Section 203 of the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act was first proposed in the waning days of the Clinton administration and then shelved by the incoming Bush administration.
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This was the most recent in a string of changes the Bush administration has made to the Clean Air Act rules at the request of industry.
No amount of backpedalling by the Obama administration can make up the damage caused by its act of belligerence against Israel at the NPT review conference.
To be sure, in opposing the Missile Defense Act of 1999, the Clinton-Gore Administration made the argument that other factors, like those enumerated above, should be taken into account.
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This case in the Second Circuit was unique in that it lacked the precedent upon which to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in the way that this administration had defended it in previous cases.
On that point, I hope that the Bush Administration and the Congress will act to reverse an ill-considered decision taken in the last days of the Reagan Administration.
In March of 2010, the Obama Administration sent Congress a Blueprint for Reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, addressing the issues created by No Child Left Behind while pursuing high standards and closing the achievement gap.
The Obama administration calls the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, agreeing with the ruling of lower federal courts.
In 2011, the Obama administration embraced reauthorization of the Patriot Act, which Harry Reid years earlier promised to kill.
Congress is unlikely to act before the fall on any of them, but administration officials say these represent the president's best ideas for helping the economy.
Also, the administration recently halted deportations of DREAM Act-eligible immigrants -- young adult undocumented immigrants -- as it will redirect resources to deporting those who are deemed a greater threat, such as criminals.
There is some irony in Roberts' ire, of course, because the chief justice very publicly -- and unexpectedly -- saved the central legacy of the Obama administration last year when he cast the deciding vote in favor of the Affordable Care Act.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of October, 2009, gave the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate smokeless tobacco products.
When Dave wanted to expand this company last year, he received a loan from the Small Business Administration that was part of the Recovery Act, part of the stimulus.
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As we observe the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act this year, my Administration reaffirms our national commitment to creating access to employment, education, and social, political, and economic opportunities for Americans with disabilities.
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The first is the administration ordered a temporary waiver of the Jones Act.
But the package grew as part of a 2004 jobs act during the George W. Bush administration and has since swollen.
During his speech, Obama touted changes in the health-care system already passed in his month-old administration as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
He cited the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and said his administration had dropped support for the Defense of Marriage Act.
We are focused, as an administration, on implementing the Affordable Care Act so that all of its benefits will be in place for Americans receiving health insurance and health benefits.
His administration has agreed to enforce the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which is the legal framework that allows a state to control its own definition of marriage and avoid having to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
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