CBO's Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 1996-2000

Abstract

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) passed in 1995 in one of the first actions of the 104th Congress-is intended to focus more attention on the costs of mandates that the federal government imposes on other levels of government of the private sector. UMRA's supporters had many goals for the legislation, including ensuring that the Congress had information about the costs of mandates before it decided whether to impose them, and encouraging the federal government to provide funding to cover the costs of intergovernmental mandates. To accomplish those goals, title I of UMRA established requirements for reporting on federal mandates and new legislative procedures designed to increase both the supply of information about the costs of mandates and Congressional demand for such information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA399941

Entities

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Fish
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Personnel Management
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design