legislation

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“Our export controls are only as strong as the weakest link,” Lawler, who sponsored legislation that would provide regulators with tools to deal with the vulnerability, said in a statement earlier this year.

From Barron's

A QCD has to be administered by the account custodian and sent directly to the charity in order to count, although there’s proposed legislation that would change this in the future.

From MarketWatch

Although "some professionals such as the police reported an increase in time-consuming processes" as a consequence of the legislation, such challenges had been "partially mitigated", it added.

From BBC

But none came close to derailing a package long seen as must-pass legislation.

From Barron's

A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said the legislation was “overstretching the concept of national security” and would “distort normal investment flows between the two countries.”

From The Wall Street Journal