The legislation tries to respond to the enormous outcry over the serial taxpayer bailouts over the last 15 months of some of the nation's biggest financial companies, including Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the American International Group, Citigroup and Bank of America.
There is already comprehensive legislation in New Zealand to respond to human trafficking.
The legislation requires the trusts to respond to asbestos company demands at any time to reveal publicly a recipient's personal claim information, including the last four Social Security digits, plus financial and family information, that could result in identity theft and criminal mischief.
Such legislation would permit governors to respond to health crises with a state of emergency in which they could impose quarantines, order vaccinations and the destruction of dangerous property, limit people's movements and ration medicine, and seize anything from dead bodies to private hospitals.
In the US, federal and state governments have enacted new legislation and regulatory provisions to respond to problems created by concentrated animal production, with an emphasis on eliminating water pollution.
In a statement, the CNA said that new legislation would allow Brazil to "respond to the world's growing demand for food, as it continues to be a leading example in the preservation of its forests and biodiversity".
Wyden, who is also on the Senate finance and budget committees, said he wants the legislation to include measures to respond to coastal states' desire to get a piece of the tax revenues the federal government gets from offshore drilling projects.
However, in most cases these regulations were born in tragedies that caused the public, through their elected leaders, to respond with legislation -- implemented as regulations.
