Mandates
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CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
May 10, 2016CBO reviews hundreds of bills and public laws for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates each year and estimates whether the annual costs of those mandates would exceed thresholds established in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
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A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2014 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
March 31, 2015Sixteen laws enacted in 2014 contain intergovernmental mandates and 26 contain private-sector mandates. Of the 539 bills that CBO analyzed in 2014, 47 contained intergovernmental mandates and 75 contained private-sector mandates.
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Private-Sector Mandates in Federal Legislation
January 15, 2013CBO analyzes pending federal legislation and enacted laws to identify private-sector mandates, which are enforceable duties imposed on entities in the private sector. About 12% of the laws enacted between 2001 and 2011 impose such mandates.
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Intergovernmental Mandates in Federal Legislation
July 14, 2009UMRA took effect in 1996; since then the Congress has enacted few federal mandates, as defined in the law, that have imposed significant costs on state and local governments.
