The phrase "agencies pass" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey that agencies are approving or allowing something, but without additional context, its meaning is ambiguous.
Example: "The new regulations require that all agencies pass their assessments before proceeding."
Alternatives: "agencies approve" or "agencies authorize".
The agencies passed the evidence along to Washington, according to South Korean and American officials.
As noted, however, §1311 grants the EPA no authority to clarify the regulatory definition of "waters of the United States". Furthermore, the agencies' passing invocation of §1311 does not control our interpretive inquiry.
It suggested that the agency form a dedicated unit of responders whose main responsibility would be to go quickly to subway emergencies and act as a liaison with other agencies, passing information between them and the subway's control center.
And so a controversial bill that would set policy for three major U.S. science agencies passed today after a debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives that changed nobody's mind.
With the exception of NIH, these final numbers are higher than what was contained in spending bills for individual agencies passed by panels in the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this year.
Greedy investors and ratings agencies passed the buck, but it's important to keep in mind that a sizable percentage of the homes being lost are second homes and investment properties.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has few constraints on what it charges the federal agencies, passing on its costs plus, in some cases, a fee based on a pro rata share of administrative costs.
Our agency passed on the project and none of our actors were cast.
"Valerie was enormously helpful when we were trying to get the consumer agency passed into law," she told me.
