amendment
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A bipartisan amendment introduced in June to the National Defense Authorization Act would extend the familiar principle of fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory, or Frand, licensing—long applied to technologies essential to industry standards—to foreign-owned critical ISAs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In a ruling on Thursday, the judge said the order for financial information disclosure would be paused until the amendment question is resolved.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
That may already be on the way, via a newly introduced council amendment that would allow bigger data centers to be sited in rural and agricultural areas instead of residential corners—a move the organizers oppose.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
In Florida, a constitutional amendment would pave the way to ending many property-tax bills for full-time residents.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The only resolution that did not pass so easily was the suffrage amendment.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
The Board of Supervisors did not take up the requested amendments before voting for the motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Your friend would need to ensure that the trust’s terms and governing amendments are rock solid.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
They were joined by Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the Northern Mariana Islands and James Moylan of Guam, nonvoting delegates who can debate and cast votes on amendments but not on actual legislation.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
At time of writing the legislation is still sitting in the Commons, with no sight of the government's amendments on proposed protections for veterans or how it will command confidence of victims and survivors.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is ratified, or approved, by the states in December.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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