Infobox UK legislation short title Marine Scotland Act 2010 parliament Scottish Parliament long title An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision in relation to functions and activities in the Scottish marine area, including provision about marine plans, licensing of marine activities, the protection ... asp 20100005 en.pdf Marine Scotland Act 2010 . The Marine Scotland Act provides a framework which will help balance competing demands on Scotland s seas. It introduces a duty to protect and enhance the marine environment and includes measures to help boost economic investment and growth in areas such as marine renewables. The main measures include http www.scotland.gov.uk Topics marine seamanagement marineact marineplanning Marine planning a new statutory marine planning system to sustainably manage the increasing, and often conflicting, demands on our seas http www.scotland.gov.uk Topics marine seamanagement marineact marinelicensing Marine licensing a simpler licensing system, minimising the number of licences required for development in the marine environment to cut bureaucracy and encourage economic investment http www.scotland.gov.uk Topics marine seamanagement marineact marineconservation Marine conservation improved marine nature and historic conservation with new powers to protect and manage areas of importance for marine wildlife, habitats and historic monuments http www.scotland.gov.uk Topics marine seamanagement marineact SealsSeal conservation much improved protection ... www.scotland.gov.uk Topics marine seamanagement marineact marineenforcement Enforcement a range of enhanced powers of marine conservation and licensing England and Wales The Marine Scotland Act 2010 was preceded by United Kingdom Government legislation, through the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ... original text activeTextDocId legislation history use new UK LEG On 10 March 2010, Scotland s Marine ... on the Northern Ireland Marine Bill , and responses to the consultation are requested by 9 July ... more details
Infobox UK legislation short title The Constables ProtectionAct 1750 ref The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896 . ref parliament Parliament of Great Britain long title An Act for the rendering Justices of the Peace more safe in the Execution of their Office and for indemnifying Constables and others acting in obedience to their Warrants. year 1750 statute book chapter 24 Geo. 2 c. 44 introduced by territorial extent England and Wales br Scotland royal assent commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation Justices ProtectionAct 1848 status Current original text use new UK LEG yes The Constables ProtectionAct 1750 24 Geo. 2 Statute book chapter c. 44 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that gives constable s ... and other officers protection from being lawsuit sued for carrying out the orders of a Justice of the Peace justice of the peace . Justices themselves have immunity from being sued for their own actions under sections 31 33 of the Courts Act 2003 ref UK LEG title legislation Section 31 33 of the 2003 act path ukpga 2003 39 part 2 crossheading protection and indemnification of justices and justices clerks ref , except if they have acted outside their jurisdiction and in bad faith . References reflist UK legislation Category Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1750 ... more details
The Securities Investor ProtectionAct of 1970 codified at usc 15 78aaa through usc 15 78lll , established the Securities Investor Protection Corporation SIPC . Most brokers and dealers registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are required to be members of the SIPC. The SIPC maintains a fund that is intended to protect investors against the misappropriation of their funds and of most types of securities in the event of the failure of their broker. Category 1970 in law Category United States federal securities legislation US fed statute stub ... more details
Wikify date April 2011 The Plant ProtectionAct part of USPL 106 224 is a United States US statute relating to plant pest organism pest s and noxious weed s introduced in 2000. It is currently codified at 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq . It consolidates related responsibilities that were previously spread over various legislative statutes, including the Plant Quarantine Act , the Federal Plant Pest Act and the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 . ref cite doi 10.1111 j.1467 7652.2007.00300.x ref References reflist External links http www.aphis.usda.gov brs pdf PlantProtAct2000.pdf Text of the Plant ProtectionAct Category United States Department of Agriculture Category United States federal agriculture legislation Category 2000 in the environment US fed statute stub ... more details
The Maternity ProtectionAct 1994 is an Act of the Oireachtas Irish parliament . Under the act, a woman is protected in pregnancy in such areas as Occupational safety and health health and safety and parental leave requirements. Leave Requirement Entitlement to 18 weeks paid leave with the option to take a further 8 weeks unpaid leave Entitlement to attend doctors appointments without loss of pay The pregnancy must be confirmed with a medical certificate from a doctor. The woman can choose her own dates but it most cover 4 weeks prior and post the birth and four weeks written notice before returning to work must also be given. The woman is entitled to return to the same job. External links cite web url http www.irishstatutebook.ie 1994 en act pub 0034 index.html title Maternity ProtectionAct, 1994 work Irish Statute Book database accessdate 17 July 2010 statute stub Ireland law stub DEFAULTSORT Maternity Protection Law 1994 Category Acts of the Oireachtas 1994 ... more details
The Privacy ProtectionAct of 1980 is legislation passed in the United States that protects journalists and newsrooms from search by government officials. The act protects work products and documentary materials. A subpoena must be ordered by the court to gain access to the information. The act stemmed in part from Zurcher v. Stanford Daily . ref cite web last first authorlink http epic.org coauthors title The Privacy ProtectionAct of 1980 work publisher Electronic Privacy Information Center date July 25, 2003 url http epic.org privacy ppa doi accessdate 2010 11 16 ref References Reflist Category 1980 in law Category Legal articles without infoboxes US fed statute stub ... more details
Metropolitan River ProtectionAct Georgia Code 12 5 440 et seq. was enacted in 1973 by the Georgia General Assembly to establish a 2000 foot Corridor along the banks of the Chattahoochee River and its impoundments for the 48 miles between Buford Dam and Peachtree Creek . The Act was amended in 1998 to extend the Corridor an additional 36 miles to the downstream limits of Fulton County, Georgia Fulton and Douglas County, Georgia Douglas Counties . The Act requires the Atlanta Regional Commission ARC to adopt a Plan to protect the Chattahoochee River Corridor and to review development proposals for consistency with the Plan. Local governments along the Corridor are required to implement the Plan by issuing permits based on ARC findings, monitoring land disturbing activity in the Corridor and enforcing the Act and the Plan. Under the Act, land disturbing activity in the Corridor must comply with the adopted Plan to be legal. External links http www.atlantaregional.com cps rde xchg arc hs.xsl 278 ENU HTML.htm Metropolitan River ProtectionAct & Chattahoochee Corridor Plan http www.atlantaregional.com cps rde xbcr arc CHAT MRPA.PDF Metropolitan River ProtectionAct http www.atlantaregional.com cps rde xchg arc hs.xsl 304 ENU HTML.htm Chattahoochee Corridor Plan Summary http www.atlantaregional.com cps rde xbcr arc CHAT COR PLAN.pdf Chattahoochee Corridor Plan PDF http www.atlantaregional.com cps rde xchg arc hs.xsl 305 ENU HTML.htm Review Process Overview Category Chattahoochee River GeorgiaUS stub ... more details
The Data ProtectionAct 1998 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which defines UK law on the processing ... protectionprotection of personal data in the UK. Although the Act itself does not mention privacy ... use, ref name exemptions Data ProtectionAct 1998 , http www.opsi.gov.uk ACTS acts1998 ukpga ... ProtectionAct 1984 and the Access to Personal Files Act 1987. At the same time it aimed ... commercial activities such as a salesperson s diary. Subject rights The Data ProtectionAct creates ... in any way that may potentially cause damage or distress. ref Data ProtectionAct 1998 , http www.legislation.gov.uk ... for direct marketing . ref Data ProtectionAct 1998 , http www.legislation.gov.uk ukpga 1998 29 ... ACTS acts1998 ukpga 19980029 en 10 sch2 OPSI.gov.uk Data ProtectionAct 1998 Schedule 2 ref Sensitive ... or to fail to comply with the notification regulations. ref Data ProtectionAct 1998 , http www.opsi.gov.uk ... the organisation to obtain unauthorised access to the personal data. ref Data ProtectionAct 1998 ..., or the provision of services. ref Data ProtectionAct 1998 , http www.opsi.gov.uk ACTS acts1998 ... ref ref Guidance The Data ProtectionAct , http www.ico.gov.uk what we cover data protection guidance.aspx ... See also Computer Misuse Act 1990 Data privacy Data Protection Directive EU Freedom of Information ... Affairs http www.dataprotectionact.org The Data ProtectionAct Explained http www.ico.gov.uk upload ... Act full text http www.jisclegal.ac.uk ManageContent ViewDetail tabid 243 ID 96 Data Protection Overview 15082007.aspx Overview of Data ProtectionAct http conventions.coe.int Treaty en Treaties Html ... Processing of Personal Data 1981 basis for Data ProtectionAct 1984 http ec.europa.eu archives ... data and on the free movement of such data basis for Data ProtectionAct 1998 UK Legislation UK LEG title Data ProtectionAct 1998 type ukpga path ukpga 1998 29 UK legislation Use dmy dates ... crimes Category Computer law Category United Kingdom privacy law simple Data ProtectionAct de ... more details
The Employment ProtectionAct 1975 c 71 EPA 1975 was an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The long title was, Cquote An Act to establish machinery for promoting the improvement of industrial relations to amend the law relating to workers rights and otherwise to amend the law relating to workers, employers, trade unions and employers associations to provide for the establishment and operation of a Maternity Pay Fund to provide for the extension of the jurisdiction of employment tribunals to amend the law relating to entitlement to and recoupment of unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit to amend the Employment Agencies Act 1973 as respects the exercise of licensing functions under that Act to amend the Employment and Training Act 1973 as respects the status of bodies established, and the powers of the Secretary of State, under that Act to amend the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 as respects the appointment of safety representatives, health and safety at work in agriculture, the status of bodies established and the disclosure of information obtained under that Act to provide for the extension of employment legislation to certain parliamentary staff and to certain areas outside Great Britain and for connected purposes. Outline Together with the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 , these Acts constituted the Labour Party UK Labour Party s employment law programme during the era of the Social Contract Britain Social Contract , and the EPA established the employment tribunal system as a separate entity from the previous, formal court system. As well as according many new employment protection rights to employees, the Act also established the Acas Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service ACAS as a statutory body. External links http www.opsi.gov.uk RevisedStatutes Acts ukpga 1975 cukpga 19750071 en 1 IDA32PPD Full text of the Act UK legislation Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1975 Category United Kingdom ... more details
The Aboriginal ProtectionAct , enacted in 1869 by the colony of Victoria, Australia gave extensive powers over the lives of Indigenous Australians Aboriginal people to the government s Aboriginal Protection Board Board for the Protection of Aborigines , including regulation of residence, employment and marriage. ref name dd cite web title Aboriginal ProtectionAct 1869 Vic work Documenting Democracy publisher National Archives of Australia url http www.foundingdocs.gov.au item.asp?sdID 22 accessdate 2007 05 27 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070605152936 http foundingdocs.gov.au item.asp?sdID 22 archivedate 5 June 2007 DASHBot deadurl no ref History Victoria enacted the Aboriginal ProtectionAct while democratic reforms were being introduced for the white population, such as the extension of the suffrage franchise from the wealthy to all adult males and the provision of free public education . In contrast, Aboriginal people were losing their freedom. In 1871 the Board developed controls over where people could live and work, what they could do and who they could meet or marry. ref Cite journal last first authorlink David H. Bailey coauthors title journal Victoria Government Gazette volume issue 15 pages 338 publisher location date 1871 02 24 url format accessdate ref They removed Aboriginal children from their families, starting the process that created the Stolen Generation . In 1886, Victoria s parliament passed what became known as the Half Caste Act and started to remove Aboriginal people of mixed descent, known as half caste s , from the Aboriginal stations or reserves to force them to Cultural assimilation assimilate into white society. These expulsions separated families and communities, causing distress and leading to protest. Nevertheless the Board refused to assist the expelled people. It was assumed that the expulsions would lead to the decline in the population ... led to Victoria s Aborigines Act of 1910 and Aboriginal Lands Act of 1970, which abandoned this policy ... more details
The Consumer Credit ProtectionAct , USStatute 90 321 82 146 1968 06 29 , composed of several titles relating to consumer credit, mainly title I, the Truth in Lending Act , title II related to extortionate credit transactions, title III related to restrictions on wage garnishment , and title IV related to the National Commission on Consumer Finance . The restrictions on wage garnishment guard employees from discharge by their employers because their wages have been garnished in any one week. The Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor enforces the provisions. The informed use of credit is administered by the United States Congress and stabilizes economic acts to be enhanced with competition informed unto various financial institution s that are engaged in extension of consumer credit that would be strengthened otherwise by informed credit use. wait what? fact date March 2011 References http www4.law.cornell.edu Cornell University Law School Webpage http www.fdic.gov regulations laws rules 6500 200.html FDIC Regulations Consumer Credit ProtectionAct External links http www.fdic.gov regulations laws rules 6500 200.html FDIC Laws, Regulations, Related Acts Consumer Protection http www4.law.cornell.edu uscode 15 ch41.html US CODE Title 15, Chapter 41 Consumer Credit Protection US fed statute stub Category 1968 in law Category 90th United States Congress Category United States federal labor legislation Category Legal articles without infoboxes ... more details
The Protection of Freedoms Act is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . ref http www.homeoffice.gov.uk media centre news protection of freedoms ref The Protection of Freedoms ... or convicted of a homosexual act. Part 6 Freedom of Information and Data Protection This part extends the existing Freedom of Information Act 2000 , extending the scope of the Act and amending the role ... by the Home Office. ref http www.homeoffice.gov.uk publications about us legislation protection freedoms bill Protection of Freedoms Bill Home Office ref Part 1 Regulation of Biometric Data Chapter ... Evidence Act 1984 , and Crime and Security Act 2010 , relating to the retention of fingerprints. Section ... number plate recognition . Chapter 2 amends the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 . see also Police enforced ANPR in the UK Part 3 Protection of Property from Disproportionate Enforcement ... the owner access to it. Section 99 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended to extend ... with by Clauses 54 56 and Schedule 4 of the Act. These would have the effect of making it possible ... Vehicle immobilisation clamping ... The Protection of Freedoms Bill No. 4 Law and Lawyers ref ref http ... regulations of the Terrorism Act 2000 and reforms the operation of the power to search people and vehicles ... Groups Act 2006 and Police Act 1997 with regards to carers and Criminal Records Bureau checks. The Bill ... Groups Act. Chapter 3 creates a new body corporate to be known as the Disclosure and Barring ... for homosexual acts by consenting adults under section 12 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 , or the gross indecency between men section of that Act. Clause 86 confirms the effect of a successful application ... 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 which makes provision for trials on indictment to be conducted without a jury in certain fraud cases. Sections 44 50 of that Act which make provision for trials ... partnerships during evenings and at night. Since the Marriage Act 1836 it has been forbidden to marry ... more details
The Employee Polygraph ProtectionAct of 1988 EPPA in a United States federal law that generally prevents employers from using polygraph lie detector tests, either for pre employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions. Under EPPA, most private employers may not require or request any employee or job applicant to take a lie detector test, or discharge, discipline, or discriminate against an employee or job applicant for refusing to take a test or for exercising other rights under the Act. The Act does permit polygraph tests to be administered to certain applicants for job with Security guard security firms such as Armored car valuables armored car , alarm , and guard companies and of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers. The law does not cover Federal government of the United States federal , State governments in the United States state , and Local government in the United States local government agencies. In addition, employers are required to display a poster in the workplace explaining the EPPA for their employees. Source http www.dol.gov compliance laws comp eppa.htm U.S. Department of Labor EPPA page http finduslaw.com employee polygraph protection epp 29 u s code chapter 22 Text of the Employee Polygraph ProtectionAct 29 U.S. Code Chapter 22 Category 1988 in law Category 100th United States Congress Category United States federal labor legislation Category Legal articles without infoboxes ... more details
The Justices ProtectionAct 1848 11 & 12 Vict. c.44 was an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that gave Justices of the Peace in England and Wales immunity from civil action s arising from their adjudication. The Act was sponsored and drafted by John Jervis politician John Jervis and was one of the so called Jervis Acts of 1848. Background Prior to the Act, Justices of the Peace magistrates were hampered in their functions by the risk of prosecution or civil action for decisions they had taken in the execution of their official functions. An individual disgruntled at a decision could mount a de facto challenge by bringing a civil claim against a Justice and even achieve a rehearing of his case. ref name Freestone 1980 p.13 Freestone & Richardson 1980 p. 13 ref Claims against Justices for damages , through writ s of certiorari , for exceeding their jurisdiction were particularly common. The courts did, however, take any opportunity to interpret the law narrowly ... Repeal The Act was repealed by the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 which introduced similar protection. The law is now contained in sections 31 33 of the Courts Act 2003 . ref http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2003 ukpga 20030039 en 3 pt2 pb8 l1g31 Courts Act 2003 ref Related legislation The Constables ProtectionAct 1750 already gave constable s and other officers protection from being sued for carrying ... of criminal legislation . The Act was one of the three Jervis Acts , the other two being the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848 and Indictable Offences Act 1848 . ref Freestone & Richardson 1980 p. 15 16 ref The Act The long title of the Act was cquote An Act to protect Justices of the Peace from Vexatious litigation Vexatious Actions for Acts done by them in Execution of their Office. The Act, for the first ... title Protection of Justices author Sheridan, L. A. journal Modern Law Review volume 14 year 1951 ... and the protection of Justices author Thompson, D. journal Modern Law Review volume 21 year 1958 pages ... more details
Infobox U.S. legislation name Shareholder ProtectionAct fullname To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes. acronym enacted by effective date public law url cite public law cite statutes at large acts amended title amended sections created sections amended leghisturl http www.govtrack.us congress bill.xpd?bill h111 4790 introducedin United States House of Representatives introducedbill H.R. 4790 introducedby Rep. Michael Capuano Democratic Party United States D Massachusetts MA introduceddate March 9, 2010 committees House Financial Services passedbody1 passeddate1 passedvote1 passedbody2 passeddate2 passedvote2 conferencedate passedbody3 passeddate3 passedvote3 passedbody4 passeddate4 passedvote4 signedpresident signeddate amendments wikisource Shareholder ProtectionAct The proposed Shareholder ProtectionAct ref name hr4790 USBill 111 HR 4790 ref is a bill proposed law bill that was introduced to the United States House of Representatives in 2010. It would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that any solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any security of an issuer 1 describe the specific nature and total amount of expenditures proposed for political activities for the forthcoming fiscal year and 2 provide for a separate shareholder vote to authorize such proposed expenditures. The bill was introduced by Michael Capuano Representative Michael Capuano , a Democratic Party United States Democrat from Massachusetts ... 1.html title Holman Congress Must Pass Shareholder ProtectionAct date March 11, 2010 accessdate ... hr4790 It has the official short title the Shareholder ProtectionAct. ref Section 1 states This Act may be cited as the Shareholder ProtectionAct of 2010 . ref Its official long title is cquote To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company ... more details
The U.S. has a law commonly known as the Whistleblower ProtectionAct . Whistleblower ProtectionAct of 1989 The Whistleblower ProtectionAct of 1989 is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report agency misconduct. A federal agency violates the Whistleblower ProtectionAct if agency authorities take or threaten to take retaliatory personnel action against any employee or applicant because of disclosure of information by that employee or applicant ... ProtectionAct in 1994, the court has ruled for whistle blowers in only three of 203 cases decided ...&type politics High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights ref Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act Refimprove section date March 2011 The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act was introduced in 2009 ... whistleblower protection enhancement act Senate Reintroduces Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act ref National Whistleblowers Center issued a statement on Re Introduction of Whistleblower ProtectionAct, expressing their concerns that the Senate s new WPEA bill provides the Merit Systems Protection Board with sweeping new powers to dismiss whistleblower cases without a hearing and to act as gatekeeper ... 1211&Itemid 71 National Whistleblowers Center Statement on Re Introduction of Whistleblower ProtectionAct ref See also div col begin Whistleblower protection in United States False Claims Act Federal ... Federal Witness Protection Program United States Marshals Service div col end References reflist External links http www.sec.gov eeoinfo whistleblowers.htm Whistleblower ProtectionAct Information ... was confirmed by the Senate. The Merit Systems Protection Board , a quasi judicial agency that adjudicates ... employees do not have protection from retaliation by their employers under the First Amendment to the United ... whistleblower.htm FAQs for filing a whistleblower appeal with the Merit Systems Protection ... Congress Category United States federal criminal legislation Category Whistleblower protection ... more details
Infobox UK legislation short title Protection of Animals Act parliament long title year 1934 statute book chapter Chapter 21 Geo. 5 introduced by territorial extent England, Scotland, Wales royal assent commencement repeal date 2006 amendments related legislation repealing legislation Animal Welfare Act 2006 br Animal Health and Welfare Scotland Act 2006 status Repealed original text legislation history use new UK LEG revised text The Protection of Animals Act 1934 was an act of the United Kingdom British Parliament of the United Kingdom parliament effectively making rodeo , as it then existed, illegal in England, Scotland and Wales. ref Garner Robert 1993 Animals, Politics and Morality Manchester, UK, Manchester University Press, p.88, ISBN 0 7190 3574 0 ref The law was based upon the perceived cruelty to animals exhibited at western rodeos brought by promotions such as Tex Austin s 1924 King of the Rodeo exhibition at Wembley Stadium 1923 Wembley Stadium in 1924, the first such program in England. ref name AH http www.americanheritage.com articles magazine ah 1972 3 1972 3 72 print.shtml Carson, Gerald April 1972 The Late, Late Frontier American Heritage 23 3 p.75 ref The act was repealed and replaced by the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Animal Health and Welfare Scotland Act 2006 respectively. Analysis The first section provided that roping any unbroken horse or untrained bull was illegal. This was followed by prohibitions on wrestling, fighting, or struggling with any untrained bull , and on stimulating a horse or bull to buck. This last provision would exclude Girth tack cinch straps specifically designed to irritate the animal or a strap cinched around its genitals ... div class references small style moz column count 1 column count 1 references div References Protection of Animals Act 1934, Chapter 21 Geo. 5 External links UK LEG title Protection of Animals Act ... pounds, or up to three months in gaol, per violation. Geographic scope The last section of the act ... more details
The Electronic Commerce ProtectionAct is anti Spam electronic spam List of Acts of Parliament of Canada legislation introduced in 2009 by the Government of Canada at the Canadian House of Commons House of Commons . ref http www.cbc.ca consumer story 2009 04 24 anti spam legislation.html CBC News Conservatives introduce anti spam bill ref References Reflist Category Proposed laws of Canada Canada law stub ... more details
Military Whistleblower ProtectionAct of 1988 , as amended at title 10, United States Code , Section 1034, and elsewhere, is an American law providing narrow protection of lawful disclosures by members of the United States Armed Forces. ref Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Communications and Congressional http www.dodig.mil HOTLINE milrepri.htm Liaison United States Coast Guard, The Military Whistleblower Protection http www.uscg.mil legal MilitaryWhistlerBlowerProtectionAct.asp Act. ref Title 10, U.S.C Section 1034 The act protects a military service member who makes a protected communication regarding a violation of law or regulation. The superiors of these service members are prohibited from retaliating against the service member making the protected statements. ref Pixie Alexander, The Military Whistleblower ProtectionAct at eHow not linked due to Spam concerns . ref The Congressional statute is implemented by Department of Defense Directive 7050.06 ... Code , Section 1034 10 USC 1034 , the Military Whistleblower ProtectionAct, contained significant ... Whistleblower ProtectionAct and Statute Prohibiting the Use of Mental Health Evaluations in http www.dodig.mil INV MRI pdfs Timeline.pdf Reprisal . ref In 1988, the Military Whistleblower ProtectionAct of 1988 was passed by the United States Congress to protect military members who make lawful disclosures ... General, U.S. Department of Defense, History of the Military Whistleblower ProtectionAct and Statute .... ref Military Reprisal Investigations, History of the Military Whistleblower Protection http www.dodig.mil INV mri pdfs Timeline.pdf Act . ref The most significant change in 1998 was that Military Department Inspectors General now have the authority to grant the protection and investigate the reprisal ... USC 1034. ref Defense Hotline, Whistleblower Protection http www.dodig.mil hotline hotline3.htm Information ... bill was attached as an amendment to the FY1987 House Defense Authorization Act. The language failed ... more details
The American Inventors ProtectionAct AIPA is a United States federal law enacted on November 29, 1999 as Public Law 106 113. In 2002, the Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002, Public Law 107 273, amended AIPA. AIPA contains significant changes to American Patent Law. AIPA added ref http www.uspto.gov web offices dcom olia aipa index.htm American Inventor s ProtectionAct of 1999 ref An earlier invention defense for business method patent s 35 U.S.C. 273 Publication of US patent applications for foreign published applications 35 U.S.C. 122 Patent term restoration for delays caused by the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent and Trademark Office 35 U.S.C. 154 and The Continuing patent application Request for Continued Examination RCE patent prosecution procedure. Disclosure requirements ref United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO web site, http www.uspto.gov go com iip complaints.htm Patents Inventors Resources Complaints ref for Invention promotion firm s Political considerations Large corporations generally supported the bill. Independent inventor s generally opposed the bill. ref http money.cnn.com magazines fsb fsb archive 2000 04 01 277559 index.htm Edward Robinson They Saved Small Business When corporate America tried to seize the patent system from independent inventors, this Boston couple came to the rescue. , Fortune Small Business Magazine, April 1, 2000 ref See also Patent Reform Act of 2005 http ipjournal.law.wfu.edu Ergenzinger.php The American Inventor s ProtectionAct A Legislative History, Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal References reflist Category United States patent law Category 1999 in law Category United States federal patent legislation Category 106th United States Congress US fed statute stub ... more details
The Clean Water ProtectionAct USBill 111 H.R. 1310 is a Bill proposed law bill introduced in the 111th United States Congress via the United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment , of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure . It proposes to redefine fill material to not include mining waste under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act . It was introduced by Frank Pallone and Chris Shays in the 110th Congress , and almost identical bills had been introduced in previous years. As of July 2009, H.R.1310 had 154 co sponsors. ref U.S. Library of Congress. http thomas.loc.gov cgi bin bdquery z?d111 HR01310 P H.R. 1310. List of cosponsors. THOMAS Legislative reference database . Accessed 2009 07 21. ref Several environmental groups such as Appalachian Voices , Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Sierra Club , as well as many others, support the legislation because it will help to curb mountaintop removal mining . ref iLoveMountains a partnership of 7 grassroots organizations . http www.ilovemountains.org action write your rep The Clean Water ProtectionAct. ref ref Sierra Club. Washington, DC. http action.sierraclub.org site PageServer?pagename CWPA Clean Water ProtectionAct. Accessed 2009 07 21. ref It would also affect situations similar to the Juneau mining district Kensington .26 Jualin mines .28under development.29 Kensington Mine operation near Juneau, Alaska where a mine will be permitted to discharge mining waste into a small lake as fill. ref U.S. Supreme Court. http www.supremecourt.gov opinions 08pdf 07 984.pdf Coeur Alaska, Inc v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al. 557 U.S. 2009 . Decided 2009 06 22. Slip Opinion No. 07 984. ref See also Clean Water Act Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council References reflist 2 External links http thomas.loc.gov ... more details
Context date March 2009 The Innocence ProtectionAct is the first federal death penalty reform to be enacted. The Act seeks to ensure the fair administration of the death penalty and minimize the risk of executing innocent people. ref McMillion, R. Seeking a Fair Penalty. ABA Journal Sep 2002, Vol. 88 Issue 9, p70 ref The Innocence ProtectionAct of 2001 , introduced in the United States Senate Senate as S. 486 and the United States House of Representatives House of Representatives as H.R. 912 , was included as Title IV of the Omnibus bill omnibus Justice for All Act of 2004 H.R. 5107 , signed into law on October 30, 2004 by President of the United States President George W. Bush as public law no. 108 405. The Justice For All Act is the product of a bi partisan, bicameral compromise led by then Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch R UT , Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy D VT , Sen. Arlen Specter R PA , then House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner R WI and Rep. William Delahunt D MA . It passed the House by an overwhelming vote of 393 to 14 on October 6, 2004 and the Senate ... of wrongful conviction. Death Penalty The Innocence ProtectionAct is the first federal death penalty ... Sep 2002, Vol. 88 Issue 9, p70 ref The Innocence ProtectionAct is a first attempt at ensuring ... protectionact Timeline of the Innocence ProtectionAct from http www.thejusticeproject.org The Justice ... The Justice Project ref The text of the Act amended the United States Code to include ... the Kirk Bloodsworth Post Conviction DNA Testing Program, the act established a federal grant program to provide money to U.S. state states to defray the costs of post conviction DNA testing. The act ... Postconviction DNA Testing from http www.dna.gov DNA Initiative ref The Innocence ProtectionAct allows convicted individuals access to DNA testing if they met certain conditions such as the possibility ... of the Justice for All Act of 2004, from the Library of Congress http frwebgate.access.gpo.gov ... more details
File President George W. Bush signs the Pension Protection Act.jpg thumb 200px U.S. President President George W. Bush signs into law, the Pension ProtectionAct of 2006 The Pension ProtectionAct of 2006 http frwebgate.access.gpo.gov cgi bin getdoc.cgi?dbname 109 cong public laws&docid f publ280.109 ... organization reform The Pension ProtectionAct also reformed several types of tax exempt charitable ... ProtectionAct cracks down on supporting organizations, particularly type III supporting organizations. This act applies further regulations and penalties that takes away several of the privileges ... tax benefit allowed under the pension protectionact is that qualified retired Public Safety Officers ... 1.html title President Bush Signs H.R. 4, the Pension ProtectionAct of 2006 work publisher White ...?dbname 109 cong public laws&docid f publ280.109.pdf title The Pension ProtectionAct of 2006 format ... ProtectionAct of 2006 work publisher White House accessdate 2006 10 21 http www.washingtonwatch.com bills show 200500570.html WashingtonWatch.com page on P.L. 109 280, The Pension ProtectionAct of 2006 http indianactuary.com 2009 09 funding regulations in usa pension 12.html IndianActuary.com, Funding Regulations of the Pension ProtectionAct of 2006 are summarized here http www.govtrack.us congress bill.xpd?bill h110 7327 Govtrack.us, H.R. 7327 Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act ... tax act s contribution limits for Individual Retirement Account IRA s and 401 k s. Allows automatic ... PBGC is a federal corporation created under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. It currently ... of 1,250 per participant per year for three years. 2008 amendment to 2006 Act On December 23, 2008, P.L. 110 458 H.R. 7327 , the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 , was signed into law by the President. The Act makes technical corrections related to the PPA of 2006. See also Pensions Act 2008 , UK law concerning automatic enrolment Pensions in the United States Notes refs 2 External ... more details
Infobox Legislation shorttitle Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct, 1999 image imagesize imagelink imagealt caption longtitle An Act respecting pollution prevention and the protection of the environment and human health in order to contribute to sustainable development citation http laws.justice.gc.ca en C 15.31 FullText.html Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct enactedby Parliament of Canada dateenacted dateassented September 14, 1999 datesigned datecommenced bill billcitation billdate introducedby 1streading 2ndreading 3rdreading whitepaper committeereport amendments repeals related summary keywords The Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct of 1999 is An Act respecting pollution prevention and the protection of the environment and human health in order to contribute to sustainable development. The goal of the renewed Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct CEPA 1999 is to contribute to sustainable development through pollution prevention and to protect the environment, human life and health from the risks associated with toxic substances. It covers a diversity of activities that can affect human health and the environment, and acts to address any pollution issues not covered by other ... eng acts C 15.31 page 31.html docCont ref . History The Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct ... bills ls.asp?lang F&ls C32&Parl 36&Ses 1 Bill C 32 , the Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct, 1999 ... C 32 ref . The Act came into force on March 31, 2000 and replaced the original Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct from 1988. To distinguish between the original and new versions of CEPA, the new ... Based Risk Assessment of Micro organisms regulated under the Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct, 1999 ... Based Risk Assessment of Micro Organisms Regulated under the Canadian Environmental ProtectionAct ... Environmental ProtectionAct, Official Website url http www.ec.gc.ca CEPARegistry the act http ... included an amalgamation of existing laws and provided new powers for health and environmental protection ... more details
distinguish2 the Children s Online Privacy ProtectionAct COPPA or the Children s Internet ProtectionAct CIPA The Child Online ProtectionAct ref cite web title 47 U.S.C. 231 work law.cornell.edu url http www4.law.cornell.edu uscode html uscode47 usc sec 47 00000231 000 .html accessdate July 11, 2006 ref COPA ref COPA is sometimes confused with COPPA, the Children s Online Privacy ProtectionAct , which remains in force and limits the ability of sites to offer services to those aged twelve and under without explicit parental consent. ref was a United States law law in the United States United States of America , passed in 1998 with the declared purpose of restricting access by Minor law United States minors to any material defined as harmful to such minors on the Internet . The law, however, never took effect, as three separate rounds of litigation led to a permanent injunction against the law .... ACLU The Legal Challenge to the Child Online ProtectionAct work Electronic Privacy Information Center ... District Judge Lowell A. Reed, Jr. once again struck down the Child Online ProtectionAct, ref cite ... ProtectionAct Unconstitutional accessdate 24 January 2009 last Lamut first Anna coauthors date ... 718 Child Online ProtectionAct, Truth in Domain Names Act, Federal TradeMark Dilution Act and U.S. ... States Category Computer law Category Child safety Category Privacy law fr Child Online ProtectionAct it Child Online ProtectionAct ja zh ... . Parts of the earlier and much broader Communications Decency Act had been struck down as unconstitutional ... standards was judged to appeal to the prurient interest and that showed sexual act s or nudity ... is confirmed by the explicit findings of the Commission on Child Online Protection, which Congress ... Amendment protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the name of their protection ... also Communications Decency Act commons Help Sexual content Help Sexual content Internet pornography ... more details
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