Still, although that provision protects against overt lead poisoning, it does nothing to promote preventative removal at lower levels—such as 20 μg/dL that may pose long-term health risks.
But in the closely divided Senate, a few Democrats and Republicans were threatening to filibuster the measure over the provision protecting producers of the gasoline additive MTBE from product defect lawsuits that have been filed in New York, California, New Hampshire and elsewhere.
The White House released a statement on Wednesday that endorsed the spending bill as a whole, but opposed the provision protecting car dealers, saying "it would set a dangerous precedent".
Frank Maisano, a lobbyist with Bracewell & Patterson who represents Lyondell, Valero and an industry group, the Oxygenated Fuels Association, said his clients remained optimistic that the provision protecting the companies would be revived next year as part of a new energy bill.
We look at how the Court interpreted section 297 CDPA and how it has seemingly broadened the scope of the section beyond the original intention behind the provision: protecting encrypted broadcasts from pirates.
The provision protects the public safety by making sure that dangerous offenders go to jail.
The provision protects certain oral drugs, including Amgen's Sensipar, from Medicare price controls, costing the federal government perhaps as much as $500 million in the coming two years.
That provision protects YouTube, for example, from liability for consumer videos on its site and AOL for comments in its chat rooms.
He recognized that "[u]ndoubtedly such a provision protects every determination which is not a nullity".
"Unfortunately this legislation lacks any provision protecting an automaker whose car is converted to an autonomous operation vehicle without the consent or even knowledge of that auto manufacturer," the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said.
