    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [October 5, 1994]
    [Page 1705]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Unfunded Federal Mandates Reform Legislation
    October 5, 1994

        I want to commend Chairman John Conyers and the House Government
    Operations Committee for adopting today the bipartisan ``Federal Mandate
    Relief for State and Local Government Act of 1994'' (H.R. 5128). This
    legislation, which I strongly support, will control the growth of
    Federal unfunded mandates and restore balance to the intergovernmental
    partnership between the Federal Government and State, local, and tribal
    governments. I encourage the House of Representatives to act on this
    legislation expeditiously.