Forcing British courts to match the dates of complex foreign legislation with the dates of similar statutes in Britain would make extraditing even those who have committed what everyone agrees is a crime much more difficult.
He could encourage and sign into law legislation barring foreign ownership or management of U.S. port facilities (akin to the rules governing other critical infrastructure).
The core piece of controversial legislation is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which became law in 1978.
The Scotland Act also specifies a range of "reserved matters" on which the Scottish Parliament cannot pass legislation, including foreign policy, defence and national security.
Many national foreign health organizations have enacted legislation to ban the production and sales of plastics containing BPA, especially those used for infants and small children.
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The provisionally agreed deal could also still be blocked by US lawmakers, who would need to approve new legislation to allow foreign owners to increase their stakes in US airlines.
Querying the foreign relations thrust of the legislation, the plaintiffs argued that other countries would not be influenced by preventing reliance parties in the U.S. from using works that had fallen into the public domain.
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Keep in mind that non- U.S. DNS service providers may not cooperate with U.S. DNS service providers or foreign countries may not enact similar legislation.
Future legislation is likely to force foreign firms to do more research and development in conjunction with Chinese partners, to ensure continued access to cutting-edge engineering skills.
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"The court, in this case, is facing the same issue, and we like a ship in an unchartered sea, seeking some guidance by the light thrown by the legislation and judicial precedents in foreign countries", it said.
Wal-Mart, after beginning an internal review after the government investigations started, says it began looking past Mexico after allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a piece of legislation that allows U.S. authorities to prosecute American companies for misbehavior abroad such as bribery.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to mark up similar legislation on Thursday.
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The UK must amend its legislation on the tax treatment of controlled foreign companies, as it fails to fulfil European Union (EU) Treaty obligations or adequately take into account relevant court rulings, the European Commission has said.
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Last month, Russia's government proposed new legislation attaching an intellectual property rights clause to foreign military sales agreements.
Now they have been joined Rep. Shelly Berkley (D-NV), who in July announced her intention to introduce legislation which would cut the tax rate for foreign earnings from 35 percent to 25 percent.
The congressman is drafting legislation that would strengthen disclosure and transparency requirements by foreign companies seeking to raise funds on Wall Street.
Still, Democratic Senate sources say the legislation will likely need to be tweaked before Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, will move it through his committee.
It is pursuing legislation to open up the pension sector and increase foreign investment in insurance companies to boost an economy that is expanding at its weakest pace in a decade.
The bill has been condemned abroad - most recently by Australian lawmakers - making its proponents see this piece of legislation as a way of protecting Nigerian society from foreign influences.
But the main feature of this legislation is that it deals with the demand for foreign labor, and the reality that there are around 12 million foreigners already in the country who are here illegally.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings last month on legislation that would deter libel tourists by barring enforcement of foreign libel judgments that violate U.S. standards.
At the same time, two prominent senators have begun drafting legislation that will mandate closer scrutiny of the activities of foreign companies raising money in U.S. capital markets.
It would be undesirable for Congress to adopt such legislation at a less difficult moment for U.S. foreign policy than the present one.
In Congress, Republican Senator Sam Brownback is considering legislation that would expand the SEC's role in investigating foreign companies seeking to list in New York.
With all the hysterical talk about slowing takeovers with legislation, about curbing the spread of junk bond acquisitions and foreign buying of U.S. assets, few people seem aware that our current tax code--passed by Congress and approved in general by the business community--provides a huge bounty to people whether Americans or foreigners, who want to take over companies.
There are few votes in promoting the interests of foreign insurers and pharmaceutical firms, the most obvious beneficiaries of insurance and patent legislation.
Thompson also may tie the PNTR bill to legislation requiring greater transparency for stock and bond offerings by Chinese and other foreign government-owned enterprises.
The Senate is considering clean-energy and climate legislation that would put Americans back to work, reduce our reliance on foreign oil and cut carbon emissions.
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This legislation became Public Law 105-118 on November 26, 1997 in the Foreign Operation, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998.
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Similarly the depression of the 1890s provoked a host of migrant-hostile legislation in Argentina, America and elsewhere, as native-born workers demanded that foreign rivals be kept out.
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