In accordance with legislation passed at the last session of Congress, each Representative is authorized to deliver to the Post Office in bulk newsletters, speeches and other literature to be dropped in every letter box in his district.

The Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution ( 1787 ) authorized copyright legislation: " To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

In legislation enacted on October 31, Congress made temporary provisions for local civil government to continue as it had under French and Spanish rule and authorized the President to use military forces to maintain order.

Previous legislation authorized saluting when not in uniform during the raising, lowering and passing of the flag.

While the Universal House of Justice is authorized to change or repeal its own legislation as conditions change, it cannot dissolve or change any of the laws which are explicitly written in the sacred texts.

Argonne National Laboratory was one of the first laboratories authorized under this legislation as a contractor-operated facility dedicated to fulfilling the new Commission's mission.

In February 1791, Major Andrew Ellicott, a member of the same family, hired Banneker to assist in the initial survey of the boundaries of the new federal district, which the 1790 federal Residence Act and later legislation authorized.

391 & 466 ) have full legislative powers in their areas of competence, national episcopal conferences may only issue supplementary legislation when authorized to do so in canon law or by decree of the Holy See.

He signed legislation that authorized the largest expansion of the Cal Grant program.

Federal legislation in 1937 also authorized a second Powerhouse, although the need was not then immediate.

Under the Rusk legislation, the President would be authorized to select the specific termini and routes as well as the contractors who would build the railroads.

Further substrates include both judicial interpretations and regulations which are generally authorized by legislation.

The tribes were relocated from their homes east of the Mississippi River over several decades during the series of removals known as the Trail of Tears, authorized by federal legislation.

Provisions of the 1933 Banking Act that were later repealed or replaced include ( 1 ) Sections 5 ( c ) and 19, which required an owner of more than 50 % of a Federal Reserve System member bank ’ s stock to receive a permit from ( and submit to inspection by ) the Federal Reserve Board to vote that stock ( replaced by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ); ( 2 ) Section 8, which established the Federal Open Market Committee ( FOMC ) made up of representatives from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks ( replaced by the Federal Reserve Board-dominated FOMC established by the Banking Act of 1935 ); ( 3 ) Section 11 ( b ), which prohibited interest payments on demand deposits ( repealed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ) and authorized the Federal Reserve Board to limit interest rates on time deposits ( phased out by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 ), both of which interest limitations were incorporated into Regulation Q, and ( 4 ) Section 12, which prohibited Federal Reserve System member bank loans to their executive officers and required the repayment of outstanding loans ( replaced by the 1935 Banking Act ’ s regulation of such loans and modified by later legislation ).

The Bundestag passed this legislation but as President, Köhler was authorized not to sign it into law if, in his opinion, it contravenes the constitution.

By re-establishing the principle set forth in Sony v. Universal City Studios, 464 U. S. 417 ( 1984 ), this provision is intended to ensure that consumers will have access to hardware and software products by which to engage in the activities authorized by the legislation.

In the United States first ever Civil Service Reform legislation a commission was set up to establish rules, testing, and regulations, authorized by the President, for the best possible candidates to be appointed civil service positions.

Because the governor is not explicitly authorized by the constitution to conduct many of the functions necessary to administer the state government, the officeholder has had to rely on empowering legislation enacted by the General Assembly.

“ A legitimate constitution depended on whether the sovereign people authorized it, not whether a particular procedure was used or whether revolutionary conventions were free of other responsibilities, such as passing ordinary legislation.

** application decrees ( décrets d ' application ), each of which must be specifically authorized by one or more statutes to determine some implementation conditions of this or these statutes ; these constitute secondary legislation and are roughly equivalent to British statutory instruments ;

Since Gallatin had based his principal proposals on the known advantageous natural geographic features of the country, many of his proposals were the locations of future navigation improvements surveyed, authorized and constructed starting with the 1824 General Survey Act and the first of many pieces of rivers and harbors legislation, as well by individual state-built improvements.

In 1924, Congress incorporated Inland Waterways Corporation, which is generally regarded as beginning of modern water carrier operations, and in 1925 Congress authorized construction of a " Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Waterway ", as well as surveys east of New Orleans to Apalachicola Bay ; this was the first legislation to treat the ICW as a continuous whole.

In general, funds for Federal Government programs must be authorized by an " authorizing committee " through enactment of legislation.

" First, the committee investigation of the broad subject area must be authorized by its Chamber ; second, the investigation must pursue " a valid legislative purpose " but does not need to involve legislation and does not need to specify the ultimate intent of Congress ; and third, the specific inquiries must be pertinent to the subject matter area that has been authorized for investigation.

Start to prepare the necessary legislation so that if I am obliged to go to Congress the bills will be ready for immediate consideration ''.

There are a number of other considerations besides this one but it is for the Congress, not the Department of Justice, to balance these various considerations and make a judgment about legislation.

`` By one fell swoop the Court now finds that Congress indulged in needless legislation in the acts of 1910, 1913, 1925, 1934 and 1937.

The President asks the support and cooperation of Congress in his efforts through the enactment of legislation to provide federal grants to states for specified efforts in combating this disturbing crime trend.

As the 87th Congress began its sessions last week, liberal Democrats were ready for a finish fight to open the sluice gates controlled by the House Rules Committee and permit the free flow of liberal legislation to the floor.

* 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $ 5, 000 USD to purchase " such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress ".

Despite the Democratic majority in Congress, the effort to create a national health care system ultimately died when compromise legislation by George J. Mitchell failed to gain a majority of support in August 1994.

According to the Constitution, the President has ultimate authority over foreign policy, while Congress is tasked with reviewing and considering all diplomatic nominations and international treaties, as well as legislation relating to Brazilian foreign policy.

His reform legislation was finally rammed through Congress under pressure from younger military officers, who were sick of the neglect of the armed forces, political infighting, social unrest, and galloping inflation.

For example, he or she cannot veto the legislative budget, and thus Congress is sovereign over the year's single most important piece of legislation.

When made by Congress, a majority of both houses makes it binding much like regular legislation.

Two federal agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, determine which substances are added to or removed from the various schedules, though the statute passed by Congress created the initial listing, and Congress has sometimes scheduled other substances through legislation such as the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Prevention Act of 2000, which placed gamma hydroxybutyrate in Schedule I.

Roosevelt made his request to Congress on March 21, 1933 ; the legislation was submitted to Congress the same day ; Congress passed it by voice vote on the 31st ; Roosevelt signed it the same day, then issued an executive order on April 5 creating the agency, appointing its director ( Fechner ), and assigning War Department corps area commanders the task to commence enrollment.

The legislation initially stalled in the Congress over the issuance of bonds to finance the project, but the legislative effort was renewed and the law was signed by Ike in June 1956.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Day promoted the annual Spay Day USA, and on a number of occasions, actively lobbied the United States Congress in support of legislation designed to safeguard animal rights.

The MFP began lobbying Congress in 1990, and in 1991 Senator Brock Adams ( D-Washington ) and Rep. Barbara Boxer introduced the Military Freedom Act, legislation to end the ban completely.

Clinton called for legislation to overturn the ban, but encountered intense opposition from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, members of Congress, and portions of the public.

Nineteen days after his election, Obama's advisers announced that plans to repeal the policy might be delayed until 2010, because Obama " first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus, and then present legislation to Congress.

Gutierrez's Patriotic Society Party had a small fraction of the seats in Congress and therefore depended on the support of other parties in Congress to pass legislation.