The phrase "a federal determination" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a decision or conclusion has been made by a federal authority or government body.
Example: "The agency issued a federal determination regarding the environmental impact of the proposed project."
Alternatives: "a federal decision" or "a federal ruling".
It would give states more leeway to set their own regulations on specific chemicals while the Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of making a federal safety determination, and ensures that if the EPA doesn't meet deadlines for making a decision or for acting on a state's waiver request to set their own rules, that state will be allowed to move forward with its own regulations.
Some states said they would accept the federal determination and others had planned to follow up with their own checks.
You will need your federal determination from the IRS to achieve the state exemption.
So to invalidate his conviction through a writ of habeas corpus, Mr. Alvarado had to convince a federal court that the determination that he had not been in custody was unreasonable.
That indictment reflects a probable cause determination by a federal grand jury on a range of very serious felonious conduct.... Nature and Circumstances Of the Offense Charged Title 18 U.S.C.
More than a year after Ms. Brown turned over her telephone answering machine, an assistant United States attorney, I. Bennett Capers, told a federal judge that his office's "determination of the evidence" of stealing "remains inconclusive," according to a transcript of an April 7 , 1997 court hearing.
But officials said the releases are not limited to non-violent offenders, though each release is individually approved by a federal judge, who must make a determination that the person is not a threat to public safety.
The first was jurisdictional: Was there a federal court that could review the policy determination that waivers of deportation were no longer available?
The immigration law is clear, and the determination of the I.N.S. and a federal court are clear.
The court had never before invoked Black's Law Dictionary for a conclusive determination of the meaning of a federal statute, Justice Ginsburg observed.
