"As long as this is a one-off act of the state helping the victims, it's not going to affect the economy in a major way, but it's also not a solution for future disasters, " said Georgy Stoev, from Industry Watch.
However, if Congress passes the transportation pieces of the American Jobs Act, state departments of transportation across the country can finally begin long-deferred repairs on many of these aging bridges and put construction workers back on the job.
Nor can we rule out effects of other features of the 1994 Crime Act or a host of state and local initiatives that took place simultaneously.
During the 1990s, EPA adopted a very aggressive interpretation of a provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act which applied to state use of federal funds, Title VI.
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For the government, this consultation was an act of generosity by a state that was open to constructive suggestions.
Under the Act, the Secretary of State, as well as British Telecom, could licence other operators to run telecom systems.
The family also have been advocates for the so-called Unborn Victims of Violence Act, state legislation that would create a fetal homicide law in North Carolina.
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (the Vaccine Act), allowing state-court judgments against a vaccine manufacturer based on an alleged design defect would wholly undermine the preservation of a robust childhood vaccine market.
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Congress attempted to address this problem in the Defense of Marriage Act by declaring that no state must accept another state's definition of marriage.
That's why the Recovery Act has a significant amount of state and local assistance to ensure that police and firefighters and teachers and the like are not laid off.
Holder, that tests the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires state and local governments, primarily in the Deep South, with a history of discrimination to obtain "pre-clearance" from the Justice Department before making any changes affecting voting.
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Buried in the "Miscellaneous" provisions of the Act is a far reaching power given to the Secretary of State to intervene should the Assembly or Ministers do anything that might have "a serious adverse impact" on water resources, supply or quality in England.
As directive principles of state policies they act as guides for states, and are not legally enforceable.
And the Recovery Act gave a range of grants to state and local governments in some cases around preservation issues.
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According to the State Board of Dentistry, the investigation into Harrington's practice found "numerous violations of health and safety laws and major violations of the State Dental Act, " the health department said.
Smith-Mundt and its amendments in the 1972 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, the 1985 Zorinsky Amendment, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring act of 1998 refer only to the State Department and USIA. The law is written very narrowly.
As a result of a variety of investments made under the Recovery Act, including state and local energy grants, we're on pace to upgrade the homes of half a million Americans by this time next year -- half a million Americans: boosting the economy, saving money and energy, creating clean energy jobs that can't be outsourced.
He acted as a powerful head of a nation state, free to act in what he saw as his country's interest and that of the international community.
He serves on the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs National Board, the Utah State Rehabilitation Council, the Research and Development Committee of the National Federation of the Blind, and the National Multicultural Council of the Association of University Centers for Disabilities.
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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.
The Federal Arbitration Act has roots in the historic hostility of state judges to any sort of private contract that diminished their ability to question its terms.
In any event, they shouldn't have the right to force out-of-state sellers to act as deputy tax collection officials if they decide to impose bad tax policy.
The 1988 reauthorization of the Older Americans Act provided for state grants to address elder abuse, as well as established the National Center on Elder Abuse, a resource center that for over 20 years has provided information and technical assistance about elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation issues and programs.
Of course we should always act with care when it comes to the internal affairs of a sovereign state.
An appeal court, however, ruled that an act of war must be committed by a sovereign state.
He also rejected opposition claims that the extended powers of the Offences Against the State Act had not been used.
In addition, the state would act through a mechanism of national planning by exercising control over strategic sectors of the country.
My problem is not with Robert Bobb as a person, or with the act of placing a school system or city into state receivership.
See Hani Sarji, Americans for a Fair Estate Tax, a coalition of national and state organizations, backs S. 3533, the Responsible Estate Tax Act, Future of the Federal Estate Tax, July 28, 2010.
Perhaps shocked by the speed at which Washington managed to enact modest pro-growth reform, critics of the Jobs Act have only lately begun suggesting that unsuspecting investors will soon be cast into a Hobbesian state of nature.
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