Tag Archives: plain meaning
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SCOTUS Opinion: Court Protects Small Refinery Exemptions To Renewable Fuel Program
As part of a renewable fuel program enacted by Congress under the Clean Air Act, the law allowed small refineries to be exempt from the Program’s requirements until 2011, then permitted the Environmental Protection Agency to extend that exemption for at least two more years if not doing so would cause “disproportionate economic hardship,” and further allowed any small refinery ... Read More
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SCOTUS Opinion: Alaska Native Corporations Eligible For Funds From CARES Act
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act allocated $8 billion to “Tribal governments” to pay for coronavirus expenditures. In Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, the question was whether Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) were eligible to receive any of those funds. The term “Tribal government” was defined as the “recognized governing body of an Indian tribe” as ... Read More
TAGGED: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, plain meaning, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, recognized governing body of an Indian tribe, Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, and Economic Security Act, Relief, Coronavirus Aid, Alaska Native Corporations, CARES Act