We certainly do not believe that the provisions of the orphan works legislation should actually expire.

The talks are expected to last until spring, when the British legislation authorizing them expires.

The British legislation authorizing the negotiations expires in May 1998.

That legislation was renewed in February, but expires in July.

The federal legislation authorizing them expired on 25 July 1947.

The legislation governing the state's transitional bilingual education program expired in June.

Given that the legislation in question expires on 30 June 2011, this series of measures should be extended for an additional 18-month period, until January 2013.

Any legislation introduced during the cycle automatically expires at the end of the second year if it has not been signed into law.

Congress has passed 11 stop-gap bills to cover the costs of highway and transit spending since the previous legislation expired.

That is when legislation approving the location for the monument will expire.