Sentence examples for administer legislation from inspiring English sources

Named bureau head in 1921, she helped administer legislation to reduce infant and maternal mortality laws opposed by the American Medical Association, among other groups, because of the fear of socialized medicine.

The provincial/territorial ministries provide funding, ensure compliance with policies and administer legislation and regulations.

Only in very special but rare cases is permission granted for a farmer to cultivate wetlands by the Natural Resources Board which is the authority with the responsibility to administer the legislation.

Given the fuss over the way the Commerce Department administered the legislation, perhaps that should come as no surprise.Escape velocityIn December Bigelow Aerospace filed a commodity-jurisdiction request which would oblige the Directorate of Defence Trade Controls to rule whether one of its products, a set of inflatable space habitats, should be on the State Department's munitions list.

The elected councils have jurisdiction within the boundaries of the reserves to administer federal government legislation, but not the wider traditional territory which the pipeline would pass through.

Mr. Schapiro is determined that the New York Stock Ex change not have a hand in administering the proposed legislation.

As during his first term as prime minister, he worked to modernize Serbia through enlightened legislation administered by an efficient bureaucracy.

These moves were not only contrary to the spirit of ­scientific openness, but according to the government body that administers the FoI legislation were "not dealt with as they should have been under the legislation".

After it became a division of the High Court in 1875, the chancery not only dealt with equity suits but also administered the voluminous legislation on property, bankruptcy, succession, copyrights, patents, and taxation.

As agriculture secretary he formulated and administered New Deal legislation (especially the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933) designed to raise and stabilize farm prices, conserve soil, store reserves, and control production.

The commission also has the sole right of initiating legislation, administers the budget and has other independent powers including deciding competition cases and representing the union in trade negotiations.The commission takes its political cue from the European Council, made up of the 27 heads of government, which meets four times a year and also nominates the commission president.