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1990 – Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Set new automobile emissions standards, low-sulfur gas, required Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for toxins, reduction in CFCs. 1990 – Oil Pollution Act of 1990; 1991 – Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) 1992 – Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.
Passed the Senate on October 19, 1990 (54–46 Roll call vote 292, via Senate.gov, in lieu of S. 3209) Reported by the joint conference committee on October 27, 1990; agreed to by the House on October 27, 1990 (228–200 Roll call vote 528 , via Clerk.House.gov) and by the Senate on October 27, 1990 (54–45 Roll call vote 326 , via Senate.gov)
H.R. 267 would alter those regulations to make it easier for smaller plants to get approval quickly. Section 3 of H.R. 267 amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to increase from 5,000 to 10,000 kilowatts the size of small hydroelectric power projects which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) may exempt ...
[3] These rules increased pressure on banks to make mortgage home loans to inner-city and rural areas. [4] Savings and loans were no longer allowed to acquire "junk bonds" (aka High-yield debt) and were required to dispose of their holdings of these bonds by 1994. They were also required to mark them to the lower of cost or market value. [5]
1990 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–508; 1993 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103–66; 1994 - Social Security Administrative Reform Act, Pub. L. 103–296; 1994 - Social Security Domestic Reform Act, Pub. L. 103–387; 1996 - Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104–121 (text)
Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations, typically in the economic sphere. It is the repeal of governmental regulation of the economy. It became common in advanced industrial economies in the 1970s and 1980s, as a result of new trends in economic thinking about the inefficiencies of government regulation, and the ...
Regulations or guidelines can also influence the nature, transparency and regulatory reporting required for the complex legal entities and securities involved in these transactions. Congress also is conducting hearings to help identify solutions and apply pressure to the various parties involved.