[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15784-15785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7392]



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COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations


Notice of Request for Suggested Criteria and Other Information 
for Evaluating Existing Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal 
Governments

March 20, 1995.
    The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (42 U.S.C. 
4271) has been directed by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
enacted on March 22, 1995, to make recommendations to the President and 
Congress regarding:
    (A) allowing flexibility for state, local, and tribal governments 
in complying with specific federal mandates for which terms of 
compliance are unnecessarily rigid or complex; [[Page 15785]] 
    (B) reconciling any 2 or more federal mandates which impose 
contradictory or inconsistent requirements;
    (C) terminating federal mandates which are duplicative, obsolete, 
or lacking in practical utility;
    (D) suspending, on a temporary basis, federal mandates which are 
not vital to public health and safety and which compound the fiscal 
difficulties for state, local, and tribal governments, including 
recommendations for triggering such suspensions;
    (E) consolidating or simplifying federal mandates, or the planning 
or reporting requirements of such mandates, in order to reduce 
duplication and facilitate compliance by state, local, and tribal 
governments with those mandates;
    (F) establishing common federal definitions or standards to be used 
by state, local, and tribal governments in complying with federal 
mandates that use different definitions or standards for the same terms 
or principles; and
    (G) (i) the mitigation of negative impacts on the private sector 
that may result form relieving state, local, and tribal governments 
from federal mandates (if and to the extent that such negative impacts 
exist on the private sector); and
    (ii) the feasibility of applying relief from federal mandates in 
the same manner and to the same extent to private sector entities as 
such relief is applied to state, local, and tribal governments.
    These recommendations are to be based on criteria established by 
the ACIR. Within 60 days after enactment of the Act, proposed criteria 
must be issued for public comment. To assist the Commission in the 
development of proposed criteria, suggestions are being solicited on an 
informal basis from interested parties. Because time is limited for the 
preparation of the proposed criteria, all suggestions should be 
received by ACIR no later than Friday, April 28 1995.
    Suggestions received will be reviewed by staff and may, or may not, 
be incorporated in the proposed criteria. All suggestions that are 
submitted will be available for inspection at ACIR offices, but no 
specific or general response to them will be made by ACIR staff. Those 
submitting suggestions will not be subsequently bound by their 
contents, and will have full rights to comment on the proposed criteria 
during the public comment period.
    In addition to suggestions about criteria, ACIR also welcomes 
suggestions about the following topics:
    1. In conducting the studies under Section 302, ACIR is to give 
highest priority to ``reviewing and making recommendations regarding 
Federal mandates that are the subject of judicial proceedings.'' 
Because it is likely that there are a large number of lawsuits 
contesting existing mandates, lists of mandates currently in federal 
courts will be appreciated, with identification of the court and case 
number, if possible.
    2. Lists of other mandates that respondents feel should be given 
special attention in the study.
    Suggstions or inquiries should be addressed as follows: Charles 
Griffiths, Intergovernmental Liaison, Advisory Commission on 
Intergovernmental Relations, 800 K St. N.W., Suite 450 South, 
Washington, D.C. 20575.
Charles Griffiths,
Intergovernmental Liaison.
[FR Doc. 95-7392 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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