Sentence examples for fee acts from inspiring English sources

It's for this reason so many remittances are sent informally, carried by hand in small bundles under a blanket, or entrusted to a bus driver crossing the border for a small fee – acts of startling faith.

Ministers believe the fee acts as a disincentive to local authorities making a thorough search outside their borough for potential parents, particularly for children least likely to find a new home.

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But even those who successfully fight a carrier to avoid the early-termination fee act like the dog that finally catches the car: Now what?

That changed in 1992 when Congress passed the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, which enabled the agency to speed drug reviews with the help of industry money.

In 2007, state legislators passed the Sexually Oriented Business Fee Act, which imposed the fee on nearly 200 establishments that feature live nude performances and allow the consumption of alcohol.

The Senate committee recently approved the Animal Drug User Fee Act, a bill that would authorize the F.D.A. to collect fees from veterinary-drug makers to finance the agency's review of their products.

In June of this year, the Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island, and Brian Schatz, of Hawaii, went to the conservative American Enterprise Institute to introduce the American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act, their proposal for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

The Visa Europe spokesman said there was no evidence that the interchange fee acted as a tax on consumption.

The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), a measure that streamlines the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval process for prescription drugs, will expire in 2007.

Friedman, meanwhile, has spearheaded several high-profile FDA efforts, including its current talks with industry and Congress over a second User Fee Act to bring in funds to increase drug review staff and cut approval time.