Sentence examples for amendment drafted from inspiring English sources

The Equal Rights Amendment, drafted by Alice Paul, was first introduced to Congress in 1923.

A second amendment, drafted by Ms. Snowe, would require the consumer agency to assess the impact on small businesses before writing new regulations.

It focussed on securing passage of an Equal Rights Amendment, drafted by Paul, who had lately earned a law degree, and first introduced into Congress in 1923.

An amendment drafted by the party last autumn proposes to remove the ambiguities surrounding the role of the armed forces and to underline Japan's right to take part in international operations outside the country's borders.

In January, the island's independent media regulator opposed an anti-monopoly amendment drafted by the opposition that would have blocked the Next Media sale, saying it was too strict.

The controversial amendment, drafted by the rightwing opposition, stipulates that a private company which refuses to hand over encrypted data to an investigating authority would face up to five years in jail and a €350,000 (£270,000) fine.

The 2-1 decision is a victory for Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who sued to prevent the amendments, drafted and passed by the GOP-controlled legislature, from appearing on the ballot.

But the idea is gaining steam now, stoked by groups on the left and right that say amendments drafted and ratified by states are the last, best hope for fixing the nation's broken political system and dysfunctional — some even say tyrannical — federal government.

Both packages draw to the fullest possible extent on the debate in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and on the amendments drafted by it, and are therefore close to one another, although it is clear that it is the package produced by the shadow rapporteurs of the named groups on which agreement is possible at Council level.

Those early amendment drafts had many critics, both Democratic and Republican, and many of their criticisms were valid.

The amendment draft was passed in April 2014 and was formally implemented on January 1, 2015.7 The question is why did the National People's Congress (NPC) amend the law after 25 years?