Senator Graham's pending bill would provide federal financing for local initiatives to combat Ecstasy use, giving priority to communities "passing ordinances restricting rave clubs" and "seizing lands under nuisance abatement laws to make new restrictions on an establishment's use".
The ordinances restricting residency on the Peak mainly to whites and a small handful of Eurasians were done away with after 1945.
Another, which passed the House but was voted down in a Senate committee, would have overruled all local ordinances restricting or licensing guns.
There already are ordinances restricting mainland Chinese from migrating to Hong Kong, and there are laws prohibiting nonpermanent residents from owning certain critical businesses, such as TV broadcasting.
In 1986, Congress doubled the excise tax on a pack of cigarettes, and by 1988, about 400 municipalities had passed ordinances restricting public smoking.
Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled on Friday that any local ordinances restricting automated teller machine surcharges violated both the National Banking Act and the Home Owners Loan Act, which govern nationally chartered banks and federal savings banks, respectively.
For one thing, dozens more cities and counties have passed ordinances restricting local businesses' use of containers made from polystyrene (often referred to colloquially, and incorrectly, as Styrofoam).
The operators are seeking permits they need to remain open under a pair of city ordinances restricting how close sober-living homes can be to one another.
For now, however, residents should not expect any sudden changes involving how marijuana is used in Glendale because existing city ordinances restrict the delivery, storage or retail sale of marijuana, and extensive growing operations are prohibited, he said.
They have also pushed more than 350 cities and counties around the country to pass ordinances restricting the ability of law enforcement authorities to turn over immigrants in their custody to federal immigration officials.
