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[H.R. 3257 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3257

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
      To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to assist the 
    Congressional Budget Office with the scoring of State and local 
                                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 ``State Flexibility Clarification 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY AND FEDERAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANDATES.

    (a) Committee Reports.--Section 423(d) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658b(d)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ``and'' after the 
    semicolon;
        (2) in paragraph (2) by striking the period and inserting ``; 
    and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) if the bill or joint resolution would make the reduction 
    specified in section 421(5)(B)(i)(II), a statement of how the 
    committee specifically intends the States to implement the 
    reduction and to what extent the legislation provides additional 
    flexibility, if any, to offset the reduction.''.
    (b) Congressional Budget Office Estimates.--Section 424(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658c(a)) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
        (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
        ``(3) Additional flexibility information.--The Director shall 
    include in the statement submitted under this subsection, in the 
    case of legislation that makes changes as described in section 
    421(5)(B)(i)(II)--
            ``(A) if no additional flexibility is provided in the 
        legislation, a description of whether and how the States can 
        offset the reduction under existing law; or
            ``(B) if additional flexibility is provided in the 
        legislation, whether the resulting savings would offset the 
        reductions in that program assuming the States fully implement 
        that additional flexibility.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.