Sentence examples for waiving provisions from inspiring English sources

The petition requested that the government convene its Endangered Species Committee to consider whether the plight of about 1,400 farmers merited waiving provisions of federal law.

To release oil from the reserve quickly during the Libya crisis last year, the government waived provisions of the Jones Act.

Last week Global Crossing, which built a fiber optic network largely on borrowed money, staved off a bankruptcy filing by persuading banks that are owed $2.25 billion of its $11 billion in debt to waive provisions in their credit agreements.

In another environmental action today, the Senate narrowly defeated a measure that would have waived provisions of a federal law to benefit farmers along the Oregon-California border who have been without irrigation water for three months.

The decision is a setback to many in the Klamath Basin who have criticized the water shutoff as a betrayal by the federal government and who had hoped the administration might waive provisions of the Endangered Species Act.

Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan and chairman of the committee, said the director of the Office of Management and Budget waived provisions of Mr. Obama's new executive order on ethics for Mr. Lynn, nominated to be deputy defense secretary.

The amendment would provide $8 billion for states that waive provisions for pre-existing medical conditions.

Stein faulted the commission for repeatedly waiving disqualification provisions set out by Congress and the SEC at the risk of harming investors and markets.

They also said they were talking to lenders about waiving a provision that would force the company to pay off a $500 million loan if its European subsidiary defaults on its debt.

By agreeing to the deal, the teachers waive specific provisions of their contracts involving the length of the school day and after-school pay requirements.

The Obama administration agreed to waive certain provisions of Medicaid law for three years to allow Arkansas to demonstrate the effectiveness of "premium assistance".