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An Assessment of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act [i] (March 2000)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo06612 and id is 1 raw text is: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT IN 1999 March 2000 PREFACE This paper is the fourth annual assessment of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) activities under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). The paper covers legislation before the Congress in 1999 that would impose federal mandates on other levels of government or the private sector. In addition, it examines amendments to UMRA enacted or proposed during 1999 and discusses a recent change in CBO's procedures for determining whether a bill is excluded from consideration under UMRA. The paper was prepared by Theresa Gullo, chief of the State and Local Government Cost Estimates Unit of CBO's Budget Analysis Division, under the supervision of Robert Sunshine, and by Patrice Gordon, coordinator of private- sector mandates for CBO's Microeconomic and Financial Studies Division, under the supervision of Roger Hitchner. Gail Del Balzo, Lisa Driskill, Leslie Frymier, Christopher Jehn, Rick Kasten, and Wanda Sivak made significant contributions to the analysis. Chris Spoor edited the paper, and Sherry Snyder proofread it. Rae Wiseman prepared the final version for publication, and Laurie Brown prepared the electronic versions for CBO's World Wide Web site (www.cbo.gov). Dan L. Crippen Director March 2000 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AN OVERVIEW OF UMRA IN 1999 Intergovernmental Mandates Private-Sector Mandates COSTS TO STATELQCAL, OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 1999 LEGISLATION RECENT CHANGES TO UMRA