[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4127 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4127

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to biannually pay to State and 
   local governments compensation for direct costs incurred by those 
            governments in complying with Federal mandates.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1994

Mr. Barca of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, 
  Mr. Condit, and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to biannually pay to State and 
   local governments compensation for direct costs incurred by those 
            governments in complying with Federal mandates.

    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 Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO BIANNUALLY PAY COMPENSATION FOR COSTS INCURRED 
              BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL 
              MANDATES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall biannually--
            (1) determine the costs incurred in the preceding 6 months 
        by each State government and each local government as a direct 
        result of complying with Federal mandates; and
            (2) pay to each State government and each local government 
        an amount adequate to compensate the government for the portion 
        of the costs determined under paragraph (1) for the government 
        for which the government is not otherwise compensated by the 
        Federal Government.
    (b) Federal Mandate Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Federal 
mandate'' means any requirement that a State government or local 
government conduct an activity (including a requirement to meet 
national standards in providing a service), under a Federal statute or 
regulation that takes effect on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

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