[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. Res. 68 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 68

                Relating to impact on local governments.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 20 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

 Mr. Pressler (for Mr. Bradley) (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Dorgan, 
   Mr. Simpson, Mr. Robb, Mr. Dole, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
  Kempthorne, and Mr. Wellstone) submitted the following resolution; 
                   which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                Relating to impact on local governments.

Whereas the Congress should be concerned about shifting costs from Federal to 
        State and local authorities and should be equally concerned about the 
        growing tendency of States to shift costs to local governments;
Whereas the cost shifting from States to local governments has, in many 
        instances, forced local governments to raise property taxes or curtail 
        sometimes essential services; and
Whereas the increases in local property taxes and cuts in essential services 
        threaten the ability of many citizens to attain and maintain the 
        American dream of owning a home in a safe, secure community: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) The Federal Government should not shift certain costs 
        to the State, and States should end the practice of shifting 
        costs to local governments, which forces many local governments 
        to increase property taxes;
            (2) States should end the imposition, in the absence of 
        full consideration by their legislatures, of State issued 
        mandates on local governments without adequate State funding, 
        in a manner that may displace other essential government 
        priorities; and
            (3) one primary objective of this Act and other efforts to 
        change the relationship among Federal, State, and local 
        governments should be to reduce taxes and spending at all 
        levels and to end the practice of shifting costs from one level 
        of government to another with little or no benefit to 
        taxpayers.
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