[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 140 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 140

To end the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on State and 
 local governments and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the 
     costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain 
          requirements under Federal statutes and regulations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Condit (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
  Cox, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Porter, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. 
  Orton, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Brewster, Mr. Penny, Mr. Laughlin, and Mr. 
   Packard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Government Operations

                           September 13, 1993

 Additional sponsors: Mr. English of Oklahoma, Mr. Gordon, Ms. Kaptur, 
  Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Fawell, Ms. 
 Furse, Mr. Parker, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Machtley, 
 Mr. Castle, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Klug, Mr. Petri, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Taylor 
  of North Carolina, Mr. Huffington, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
   Lehman, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Peterson of 
    Minnesota, Mr. Swett, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Sarpalius, Mr. Taylor of 
Mississippi, Mr. Ravenel, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Kim, 
 Mr. Hoke, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Quillen, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Everett, Mr. 
    Cunningham, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Barlow, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Lewis of 
California, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Blute, Mr. Bartlett of 
  Maryland, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Darden, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Thomas of 
   Wyoming, Mr. Camp, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Valentine, Mr. 
    Rowland, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Browder, Mr. Slattery, Mr. Barca of 
    Wisconsin, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Istook, Mr. Ewing, Mr. 
Livingston, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Fields of Texas, 
 Mr. Minge, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Clement, Mr. Costello, Ms. Danner, Mr. 
                         Walsh, and Mr. Kasich

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                                 A BILL


 
To end the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on State and 
 local governments and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the 
     costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain 
          requirements under Federal statutes and regulations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Mandate Relief Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares that--
            (1) unfunded Federal mandates on State and local 
        governments have become increasingly extensive in recent years;
            (2) such mandates have, in many instances, added to growing 
        deficits in State and local budgets and have resulted in the 
        need for State and local governments to increase revenue or 
        curtail services; and
            (3) such excessive fiscal burdens on State and local 
        governments have undermined, in many instances, the ability of 
        State and local governments to achieve their responsibilities 
        under State and local law.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to assure that the Federal 
Government pays the total amount of direct costs incurred by State and 
local governments in complying with certain requirements which take 
effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act under a 
Federal statute or regulation.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
requirement under a Federal statute or regulation that a State or local 
government conduct an activity (including a requirement that a 
government meet national standards in providing a service) shall apply 
to the government only if all funds necessary to pay the direct costs 
incurred by the government in conducting the activity are provided by 
the Federal Government.
    (b) Application.--This section shall apply only to requirements 
which take effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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