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In this list of financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, central banks are only listed where they act as direct supervisors of individual financial firms, and competition authorities and takeover panels are not listed unless they are set up exclusively for financial services.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Provided funding for an electric smart grid. Created and modified renewable energy tax cuts. Weatherized modest-income homes. Incentivized federal building energy efficiency. Funded development of carbon capture and storage, electric vehicle battery manufacturing, and biofuel and fossil fuel research.
Because oil rig workers can be working outside where OSHA has jurisdiction within mainland U.S., state or maritime laws may apply instead in cases of unemployment, security checks, and safety regulations with responsibilities falling on the Transportation Security Administration, FBI, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the U.S. Coast Guard ...
Previous to the 1920s, the role of the federal government in energy was restricted to the disposition of oil, gas, and coal on federal lands. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is the major federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of hydrocarbons and other minerals.
This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each of its 119 biennial terms so more than 30,000 statutes have been enacted since 1789.
In a ceremony joined by Native American tribal leaders, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill that will remove the word “squaw” from nearly 100 geographic features and place names across ...
Here’s a list of companies requiring vaccination, incentivizing vaccination, or providing on-site vaccines in the U.S. Requiring a vaccinated workforce (Photo: Getty Creative) (Wachiwit via ...
This is a list of legislation with popular names (of people), often the member of Parliament/Congress responsible for it or a law named for a person of notoriety that prompted enactment of the legislation. [1] [2] Some of these Acts