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frames- [ARG0 Saudi Arabia] , for its part , has vowed *-2 to [rel enact] [ARG1 a copyright law compatible with international standards] and *-2 to apply the law to computer software as well as to literary works , Mrs. Hills said 0 *T*-1 .
- So both sides accepted the compromise , which *T*-259 would lead to the first lifting of the minimum wage since [ARG1 a four-year law] was [rel enacted] *-163 [ARGM-TMP in 1977] , [ARGM-ADV *-163 raising the wage to $ 3.35 *U* an hour from $ 2.65 *U*] .
- Analysts attributed the increases partly to [ARG1 the $ 4 billion *U* disaster-assistance package] [rel enacted] * by [ARG0-by Congress] .
- [ARG0 California] [rel enacted] [ARG1 a rights law] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] .
- In return , [ARG0 the Senate panel] has dropped efforts * to [rel enact] [ARG1 legislation requiring the administration to inform it within 48 hours of the launching of any covert activity] .
- A congressional staffer involved * in * drafting the sanctions says 0 they are likely *-2 to mirror [ARG1 those] 0 [ARG0 Mr. Bush] [rel enacted] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP shortly after the massacre] .
- The underlying stopgap bill is the second required * by Congress this fall and , since the current fiscal year began Oct. 1 , only the Energy and Interior departments are operating on [ARG1 permanent appropriations] [rel enacted] * into [ARG2-into law] .
- [ARG0 The session] failed *-1 to [rel enact] [ARG1 any new curbs] .
- [ARG1 Farm lending] was [rel enacted] *-1 [ARGM-PNC * to correct this problem by * providing a reliable flow of lendable funds] .
- [ARG1 The Voting Rights Act of 1965] was [rel enacted] * [ARGM-PNC to keep the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment and enable Southern blacks to go to the polls , *-1 unhindered *-2 by literacy tests and other exclusionary devices] .
- Lloyd 's said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel enact] [ARG1 new rules mandating the changes] [ARGM-TMP by year end] .
- If this thesis is correct , it has important implications for macroeconomic policies : It may lower the sense of urgency behind [ARG0 efforts] 0 *T*-1 to [rel enact] [ARG1 tax incentives] and other measures 0 *T*-2 to increase the rate of growth in productivity and real GNP .
- The regulations , required * under [ARG1 legislation] [rel enacted] * by [ARG0-by Congress] [ARGM-TMP last year] , will apply to imports of vehicles that *T*-1 were n't built *-2 *-3 to meet U.S. government auto safety standards and were intended for use in Europe or elsewhere abroad .
- However , since these centers appear *-1 to pay for themselves , there is nothing * to prevent [ARG0 state and local governments] from *-2 [rel enacting] [ARG1 legislation with similar provisions] .
- Still , Sen. Bob Packwood -LRB- R. , Ore. -RRB- , the lead sponsor of the Republican capital-gains amendment , predicted that [ARG1 the tax cut] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel enacted] *-1 [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- It appears likely that , [ARGM-TMP this year or next] , [ARG1 some form of capital-gains preference and passive-loss restoration] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel enacted] *-1 .
- FADA , which *T*-4 holds problem assets of thrifts that *T*-5 were closed *-2 before [ARG1 the bailout legislation] was [rel enacted] *-3 , is being liquidated *-1 .
- It is not [ARG1 the kind] of thing that *T*-2 is likely *-3 to be [rel enacted] *-1 , however .
- The action in Pennsylvania , for example , will follow last week 's collapse of [ARG0 a special session] of the Florida legislature 0 *T*-2 to [rel enact] [ARG1 restrictions on abortions] [ARGM-LOC in that state] , and the vote *ICH*-3 here in Washington by the House * to permit federally paid abortions for poor women who *T*-1 are victims of rape or incest .
- `` It *EXP*-2 's great * to feel good for once in 15 years , '' says *T*-1 Harrison Hickman , a consultant to abortion-rights advocates , *-3 reflecting the relief of his compatriots after last week 's victories , the first major events since the Supreme Court , in its July 3 Webster decision , permitted [ARG0 the states] to [rel enact] [ARG1 restrictions on abortions] .
- The National Taxpayers Union would like [ARG0 Congress] to add 800,000 acres to the 453,000 of shoreline in the system by *-1 [rel enacting] `` [ARG1 The Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1989] . ''
- Refcorp , created * by [ARG1 the thrift-overhaul law] [rel enacted] * [ARGM-TMP in August] , will use the proceeds * to merge *RNR*-1 or sell off *RNR*-1 ailing savings-and-loan institutions .
- Senator Phil Gramm pointed out Monday that in the 20 years before [ARG1 Gramm-Rudman] was [rel enacted] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in 1985] , federal spending grew by about 11 % a year ; since the law , it 's grown at under 5 % annually .
- [ARG1 The bill] [ARGM-MOD must] be [rel enacted] *-1 [ARGM-TMP before the cuts can be restored *-2] .
- `` Many members feel 0 there are [ARG1 important features] of the House bill that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD should] be [rel enacted] *-1 , '' Speaker Thomas Foley -LRB- D. , Wash . -RRB- said *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Most other states] have [rel enacted] [ARG1 similar bans] .
- Yet , late last year , [ARG0 Congress] effectively reversed this decision by * [rel enacting] [ARG1 a one-sentence statute that *T*-1 defined fraud * to include any scheme * to deprive another of `` the intangible right of honest services] . ''
- [ARG1 This fatuous statement] was not taken *-1 seriously [ARGM-TMP when] * [rel enacted] *-2 [ARGM-TMP in 1972] *T*-3 , and should not now be confused *-1 with the operative provisions of the statute .
- But they cited the UAL and AMR examples as reasons [ARG0 *] to move quickly *-1 to [rel enact] [ARG1 this legislation] .
- The Senate 's decision * to approve a bare-bones deficit-reduction bill without a capital-gains tax cut still leaves open the possibility of [ARG0 *] [rel enacting] [ARG1 a gains tax reduction] [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- [ARG1 Such legislation] [ARGM-MOD must] be [rel enacted] *-1 [ARGM-TMP by the end of the month] .
- Because the legislation has n't been completed *-1 , [ARG0 President Bush] has until midnight tonight *-2 to [rel enact] [ARG1 across-the-board spending cuts mandated * by the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law] .
- -- Require mutual funds to include in their taxable income dividends paid * to them on the date that the dividends are declared rather than received *-4 *T*-2 , effective the day after [ARG1 the tax bill] is [rel enacted] *-5 .
- A capital-gains tax cut was removed *-1 from the Senate 's deficit reduction bill , but [ARG0 proponents] still hope *-2 to [rel enact] [ARG1 the cut] [ARGM-TMP this year] .