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Reform the Patriot Act | SAFE Act Supporters of the Patriot Act often argue that changes to the law were needed to give the government the same powers in foreign intelligence investigations that it already had in criminal investigations. In addition to imposing a time limit, the SAFE Act limits the reasons for "sneak and peek" warrants to four specific circumstances — that notice would cause (1) the life or physical safety of a person to be put in danger, (2) flight from prosecution, (3) destruction of evidence, or (4) intimidation of a witness. The SAFE Act would also change the definition to require that the actions must actually be intended to influence government conduct by intimidation or coercion, rather than that the actions "appear to be intended" to have that effect. action.aclu.org /reformthepatriotact/safe.html   (6369 words)

Reform Act 1867 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In its final form, the Reform Act 1867 enfranchised all male householders and abolished compounding (the practice of paying rates to a landlord as part of rent). Following the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was thought prudent to introduce further electoral reform. The reforms for Scotland and Ireland were carried out by two subsequent acts, the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 and the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reform_Act_1867   (1483 words)

Eye on Education/Education Reform Act of 1993   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Sweeping in scope and its ambition, the Education Reform Act of 1993 charted a revolutionary new course for Massachusetts public schools. The Education Reform Act of 1993 affects virtually every aspect of primary and secondary education, from the number of hours students spend in the classroom to the criteria required for high school graduation. Perhaps the most controversial elements of the Act were those that mandated curriculum frameworks, student assessment, and graduation standards. www.eyeoneducation.tv /reform/ed_reform_act.html   (779 words)

California Secretary of State - Political Reform Division The Political Reform Division administers provisions of California's Political Reform Act, including the law's most fundamental purpose of ensuring that "receipts and expenditures in election campaigns should be fully and truthfully disclosed in order that the voters may be fully informed and the activities of lobbyists should be regulated and their finances disclosed..." The Political Reform Act was adopted as a statewide initiative (Proposition 9) by an overwhelming vote of the electorate in 1974. The Secretary of State's Political Reform Division administers provisions of California's Political Reform Act of 1974 which requires the disclosure of financial activities related to political campaigns and lobbying. www.ss.ca.gov /prd/prd.htm   (509 words)

GUIDANCE ON APPLICATION OF FEDERAL VACANCIES REFORM ACT OF 1998 The Vacancies Reform Act replaces the old Vacancies Act and alters the way in which vacancies in presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed offices within the executive branch may be filled on a temporary basis. While the Vacancies Reform Act does not expressly address this question, we believe that the better understanding is that you must be the first assistant when the vacancy occurs in order to be the acting officer by virtue of being the first assistant. Yes, the Vacancies Reform Act anticipates that Executive agencies may revise some of their regulations to eliminate a requirement under the regulation that a function be performed exclusively by the PAS officer. www.usdoj.gov /olc/finalqa.htm   (5137 words)

Reform Act 1832 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1640 Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1699 Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1706 en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Reform_Act_1832   (2033 words)

The Monetary Reform Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Section 19(b)(2)(A-D) of the Federal Reserve Act is hereby amended to raise the Reserve Requirement ratio for financial institutions, in equal monthly increments of eight and one-half percent (8.5%), to one hundred percent (100%), during the said transition period. The Federal Reserve Act is hereby amended to add this section: that the Governors of the Federal Reserve System are authorized and directed to establish Federal Reserve Deposits sufficient to accomplish the purposes of this Act, in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an increasingly important decision, held that an Act of Congress is on full parity with a treaty (or any lesser agreement), and that when a federal statute which is subsequent in time is inconsistent with a treaty, the statute, to the extent of the conflict, renders the treaty null. www.themoneymasters.com /monetary.htm   (4421 words)

Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 The Reform Act is the most recent revision of the Title 11 Bankruptcy Code (11 USC § 101 et seq). The passage of the Reform Act begins a new and challenging era in the evolution and development of bankruptcy law. The Reform Act places tighter restrictions and requirements on the process of filing for bankruptcy and seeking discharge or reorganization of debts. www.ll.georgetown.edu /guides/bankruptcy_act_2005.cfm   (1756 words)

Model Divorce Reform Act A bill to reduce the role of "fault" in divorce litigation, to reduce the effect of divorce on children, to emphasize agreement and mutual consent, and to reduce divorce in families with children by requiring both spouses' consent or strong reasons for divorce. This Act is a project of John Crouch, a Northern Virginia divorce lawyer, and does not represent an exclusive, specific recommendation of Americans for Divorce Reform, Inc., which encourages and publicizes a variety of efforts to reduce divorce. This Act is a project of John Crouch, a Northern Virginia divorce lawyer, and is not the only specific legislation recommended of Americans for Divorce Reform, Inc., which encourages and publicizes a variety of efforts to reduce divorce. patriot.net /~crouch/act   (2693 words)

Reform Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the United Kingdom, Reform Act is a generic term used for legislation concerning electoral matters. The Reform Act 1832, which gave representation to previously underrepresented urban areas and extended the qualifications for voting. The Ballot Act 1872 (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1872"), which introduced the secret ballot. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reform_Act   (278 words)

Constitutional Reform Act 2005 Acts of Parliament printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts of Parliament does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Act which are issued or made available to the public. Braille copies of this Act can also be purchased at the same price as the print edition by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 5522 or e-mail: customer.service@tso.co.uk. www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts2005/20050004.htm   (607 words)

Reform the Patriot Act We're obviously disappointed with today's vote to reauthorize the Patriot Act without common sense reforms to ensure that anti-terrorism resources are focused on agents of al Qaeda, and not used to invade the private financial, medical, library and internet records of ordinary Americans. Congress is now on the brink of voting to reauthorize and expand the Patriot Act, which would make secret searches of Americans' financial and internet records more coercive and more punitive. As the Patriot Act barrels toward final voting, the fight to attach genuine reforms is also in its endgame, with a flurry of amendments and related debates still possible next week. blog.reformthepatriotact.org   (1302 words)

The Reform Act Crisis Grey formed a ministry which was pledged to introducing a Reform Bill and he asked Lord John Russell to prepare the legislation. Grey was reluctant to ask parliament to discuss the issue of reform yet again but Thomas Attwood and other leaders of the Political Unions organised a huge campaign to demand the passing of the legislation. Although the legislation is referred to as the "Great Reform Act" its terms -- although far reaching at the time -- were quite moderate. www.victorianweb.org /history/reform.html   (649 words)

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 Acts of the Scottish Parliament printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Acts does not extend to the Queen's Printer for Scotland imprints which should be removed from any copies of Act which are issued or made available to the public. The text of this Internet version of the Act is published by the Queen's Printer for Scotland and has been prepared to reflect the text as it received Royal Assent. www.opsi.gov.uk /legislation/scotland/acts2003/20030002.htm   (652 words)

Political Reform Act 74 Proposition 9, the political reform initiative that swept to a landslide victory June 4, was born--and almost died--in the heat of conflict generated by its authors. acted as peacemaker in what seemed at times a futile attempt to resolve the differences between the two political activist organizations. This was the intent of the Political Reform Act’s Chapter 4. ni4d.us /peopleslobby/Ch9PRAct.htm   (6654 words)

FCC - Telecommunications Act of 1996 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) The official citation for the new Act is: Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. The Report on FCC Implementation of Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a cumulative report of all actions taken since February 8, 1996, by the FCC to implement the Act. Chairman Hundt's Statement and related Report on the FCC Implementation of the Telecommunications Act presented to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives on July 18, 1996. www.fcc.gov.cob-web.org:8888 /telecom.html   (3241 words)

1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act - SourceWatch The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWOR) (PL 104-193), also known as the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, was signed in to law on August 22, 1996, by President Bill Clinton. The Act is described by the U.S. Government as "a comprehensive bipartisan welfare reform plan that will dramatically change the nation's welfare system into one that requires work in exchange for time-limited assistance. The new act establishes a block grant program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), funded at $16.4 billion for the period of 1997 through 2002, to replace Aid to Families with Children (AFDC), the cash assistance program which previously helped millions of poor families. www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=1996_Welfare_Reform_Act   (1207 words)

Reform Acts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) From 1829 to 1832 their discontents fused in the demand for Parliamentary Reform, behind which the massses threw their riots and demonstrations, the businessmen the power of economic boycott. Therefore, the agitation preceding (and following) the first Reform Act, which Dickens observed at first hand as a shorthand Parliamentary reporter, made many people consider fundamental issues of society and politics. The 1867 Reform Act extended the right to vote still further down the class ladder, adding just short of a million voters -- including many workingmen -- and doubling the electorate, to almost two million in England and Wales. www.victorianweb.org /history/hist2.html   (394 words)

Simplification Draft Paper - Sentencing Reform Act of 1984: Principal Features First, the Act was well considered over a period of years, with its final passage in 1984 culminating a decade of hearings, committee mark-ups, and floor consideration. The road to enactment of the SRA in the Fall of 1984 as title II of the omnibus Comprehensive Crime Control Act--itself being a substantive provision in a continuing appropriations resolution--was a relatively lengthy one. This post-hoc interpretation of the 1984 Act's departure standard was vigorously disputed, however, by the principal Senate SRA sponsors, and has been rejected by appellate courts as an avenue of avoiding guideline requirements. www.ussc.gov /SIMPLE/sra.htm   (5787 words)

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 - Searchable Version (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act is the most dramatic reform of U.S. intelligence capabilities since the National Security Act of 1947. The Act was passed in the House of Representatives on Dec. 7, 2004, with a vote of 336-75. It was passed in the Senate on Dec. 8, 2004, with a vote of 89-2. www.asksam.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ebooks/IntelReformAct   (343 words)

Fiji Law Reform Commission The FLRC Act enacted by Parliament in 1979 establishes the Fiji Law Reform Commission. This Act may be cited as the Fiji Law Reform Commission Act. (5) The Judges Remuneration and Emoluments Act shall apply to a full time Chairman, he shall be paid such remuneration or allowances, or both, as may be determined by the Public Service Commission in consultation with the Attorney-General. www.lawreform.gov.fj /common/default.aspx?page=FLRCAct   (760 words)

Reform the Patriot Act The Senate bill takes some positive steps for reform, although more improvements are needed to bring the Patriot Act in line with the Constitution. The Patriot Act also gives the government the power to obtain a special “sneak and peek” search warrant to break into our homes and conduct secret searches without telling us for weeks, months or indefinitely, and without any connection to terrorism at all. A new poll on the Patriot Act has been released showing Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to some of the more controversial portions of the law, most notably the “sneak & peek” provision which allows law enforcement to search your home without your knowledge. blog.reformthepatriotact.org /index.php?/categories/2-Voices   (2000 words)

[No title] Amid the debates over welfare reform, many experts worried that in the push to find jobs for working mothers, their children might suffer. The success of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act is now so well-established that its liberal doubters are increasingly pathetic flat-earthers. In understanding the future demand for and consequences of food assistance program policies, it will be essential to examine what is going on in these other components of the welfare system and the interaction among programs and policies. www.lycos.com /info/welfare-reform--welfare-reform-act.html   (627 words)

Reform - Intelligence Reform Act Title III of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 "reorganized the entire national security clearance system, although the subject received practically no attention in public discussion during the 9/11 Commission hearings. The "intelligence reform act requires several key CIA analysis practices to be enforced throughout the entire intelligence community." For example, the national intelligence director "must pick an 'individual or entity' to be responsible for ensuring that 'elements of the intelligence community conduct alternative analysis of the information and conclusions in intelligence products.'... While the president's signature on the bill to restructure the U.S. intelligence community "was the final act in a tumultuous legislative debate, it signaled the start of a new and perhaps equally turbulent period in which the intelligence director will need to assert authority" over 15 separate intelligence organizations. intellit.muskingum.edu /reform_folder/reform04_folder/reform04act.html   (730 words)

1832 Reform Act (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) When people heard the news, Reform Riots took place in several British towns; the most serious of these being in Bristol in October 1831. William agreed that he would do this and when the Lords heard the news, they agreed to pass the Reform Act. This (the Reform Act) has saved the country from confusion, and perhaps the monarch and monarchy from destruction. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /PR1832.htm   (1629 words)

The Judicial Reform Act For purposes of this Act, "blocking" shall mean any act or series of acts that impedes the lawful conclusion of a case. Their sole responsibility shall be to determine, on an objective standard, whether a civil suit against a judge would be frivolous and harassing, or fall within the exclusions of immunity as set forth herein, and whether there is the appearance of criminal conduct by the judge complained of. (m) Preeminence shall be given to this Act in any case of conflicts of statute, law, or constitutional provision, and the foreperson of each Special Grand Jury shall read, or cause to be read, this Act bi- annually to the respective Jurors during the first business week of the months of January and July. www.caught.net /calif/petition.htm   (1792 words)

Appeals Reform Act The new regulations overhaul prior regulations that were adopted in 1993 to implement the Appeals Reform Act. Consistent with the Appeals Reform Act, the 1993 regulations liberally allowed citizens to appeal a project as long as they had previously expressed an interest in the project. The Appeals Reform Act gives people 45 days to file appeals of Forest Service land and resource management activities, such as timber sales and mining operations. www.wilderness.org /OurIssues/Forests/reform.cfm   (1259 words)

Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, Employment & Training Administration (ETA) - U.S. Department of ... The President signed into law the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (TAA Reform Act) on August 6, 2002. TEGL 20-02 - Provides policies and procedures governing the use of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) National Emergency Grants (NEG) for health insurance coverage assistance and support services to eligible trade-impacted workers and other eligible individuals, as specified in the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002. TEGL 11-02 - Operating Instructions for Implementing the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 Enacted by the Trade Act of 2002 www.doleta.gov /tradeact/2002act_index.cfm   (851 words)

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