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2 U.S.C. [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter25&edition=prelim §§ 1501-1571] (2012); enacted March 22, 1995, by [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ4/pdf/PLAW-104publ4.pdf Pub. L. No. 104–4], 109 Stat. 48.
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2 U.S.C. [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter25&edition=prelim §§ 1501-1571] (2012); enacted by [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ4/pdf/PLAW-104publ4.pdf Pub. L. No. 104–4], 109 Stat. 48, Mar. 22, 1995.
  
 
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), which was enacted in 1995 with broad, bipartisan support, requires Congress and federal agencies (excepting independent agencies) to give special consideration to proposed legislation and regulations imposing mandates on state, local, and tribal entities. It also contains a special provision (added at the end of the legislative process) requiring agencies to prepare a special statement, in the nature of a regulatory impact analysis, for any proposed rulemaking that is likely to result in an expenditure by the private sector in excess of $100 million. UMRA thus contains the only broad regulatory impact analysis requirement currently mandated by statute, and as such codifies many of the provisions in [https://www.archives.gov/files/federal-register/executive-orders/pdf/12866.pdf Executive Order 12,866]. UMRA’s impact is, however, somewhat lessened because its provisions for judicial review of agency compliance with UMRA are somewhat limited.
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The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), which was enacted in 1995 with broad, bipartisan support, requires Congress and federal agencies (excepting independent agencies) to give special consideration to proposed legislation and regulations imposing mandates on state, local, and tribal entities. It also contains a provision requiring agencies to prepare a written statement, in the nature of a regulatory impact analysis, for any proposed rulemaking that is likely to result in an expenditure by the private sector in excess of $100 million. UMRA thus contains the only broad regulatory impact analysis requirement currently mandated by statute, and as such codifies many of the provisions in Executive Order 12866, [https://www.archives.gov/files/federal-register/executive-orders/pdf/12866.pdf Regulatory Planning and Review]. UMRA’s impact is, however, somewhat lessened because its provisions for judicial review of agency compliance with UMRA are somewhat limited.
  
 
UMRA’s purpose was to help reveal, and ultimately limit, the high (and often hidden) costs of federal mandates on state and local governments to undertake regulatory activity without sufficient federal compensation for this activity.
 
UMRA’s purpose was to help reveal, and ultimately limit, the high (and often hidden) costs of federal mandates on state and local governments to undertake regulatory activity without sufficient federal compensation for this activity.
  
Title I of the Act modifies the legislative process by requiring any Congressional authorizing committee that approves a bill containing a federal mandate (with some exceptions) to identify that mandate in its committee report. The Congressional Budget Office must then estimate the overall impact of such mandates and a point of order can be raised by any member against a bill that lacks such an estimate or if the bill contains an unfunded mandate exceeding $50 million burden on state and local governments or $100 million on the private sector.
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Title I modifies the legislative process by requiring any Congressional authorizing committee that approves a bill containing a federal mandate (with some exceptions) to identify that mandate in its committee report. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) must then estimate the overall impact of such mandates, and a point of order can be raised by any member against a bill that lacks such an estimate or if the bill contains an unfunded mandate exceeding $50 million burden on state and local governments or $100 million on the private sector; these thresholds are adjusted annually for inflation.
  
Title II of the Act addresses agency regulations containing regulatory mandates of state, local, and tribal governments and on the private sector. The key requirement is for a “statement to accompany significant regulatory actions.” The statement is required in “any general notice of proposed rulemaking that is likely to result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any 1 year.”  
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Title II addresses federal agency regulations containing regulatory mandates of state, local, and tribal governments and on the private sector. The key requirement is for a written “statement to accompany significant regulatory actions.” [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter25&edition=prelim 2 U.S.C. § 1532]. The statement is required in “any general notice of proposed rulemaking that is likely to result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any 1 year.” [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter25&edition=prelim 2 U.S.C. § 1532(a)].
  
 
The statement must include  
 
The statement must include  
#citation to the law under which the rule is being promulgated,
 
#“a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the anticipated costs and benefits of the Federal mandate. . . as well as the effect of the Federal mandate on health, safety, and the natural environment,” along with an analysis of the availability of federal funds to help governments pay for the mandate,
 
#estimates of future compliance costs and of disproportionate budgetary effects on regions or particular governments or segments of the private sector,
 
#estimates of the effect on aspects of the national economy, and
 
#a summary of the agency’s consultations with elected representatives.
 
The agency must also develop a plan to specially notify small governments of such requirements and develop a process to receive meaningful and timely input from elected officials. An exemption from the Federal Advisory Committee Act is carved out for such consultations. A summary of this statement must appear in the notice of proposed rulemaking. However, the Act does allow agencies to prepare the statement “in conjunction with or as a part of any other statement or analysis . . .”
 
  
Before issuing a final rule that was subject to the above requirements, the agency must “identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and from those alternatives, select the least costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule.
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#Citation to the law under which the rule is being promulgated;
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#“A qualitative and quantitative assessment of the anticipated costs and benefits of the Federal mandate . . . as well as the effect of the Federal mandate on health, safety, and the natural environment” along with an analysis of the availability of federal funds to help governments pay for the mandate;
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#Estimates of future compliance costs and of disproportionate budgetary effects on regions or particular governments or segments of the private sector;
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#Estimates of the effect on aspects of the national economy; and
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#A summary of the agency’s consultations with elected representatives "of the affected State, local, and tribal governments" including the comments and concerns raised and the agency's evaluation of them.
  
Judicial review of agency compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act is limited. The Act provides that judicial review of the agency statements accompanying significant regulatory actions is subject to review only under 5 U.S.C. [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section706&num=0&edition=prelim § 706(1)]—which allows courts to “compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed.” This means that courts may compel the production of such agency statements but cannot review the contents of them. In fact, the Act makes clear that “the inadequacy or failure to prepare such statement (including the inadequacy or failure to prepare any estimate, analysis, statement or description) or written plan shall not be used as a basis for staying, enjoining, invalidating or otherwise affecting such agency rule.”  
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The agency must also develop a plan to specially notify state, local, and tribal governments of such requirements and develop a process to receive meaningful and timely input from elected officials. [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter25&edition=prelim 2 U.S.C. § 1534(a)]. An exemption from the [[Federal Advisory Committee Act]] is carved out for such consultations. [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter25&edition=prelim 2 U.S.C. § 1534(b)]. A summary of this statement must appear in the notice of proposed rulemaking. However, UMRA does allow agencies to prepare the statement “in conjunction with or as a part of any other statement or analysis.” [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter25&edition=prelim 2 U.S.C. § 1532(c)].
  
The Act requires OMB to submit annual reports to Congress on agency compliance with Title II of the Act, and OMB has submitted such reports since 1996.
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Before issuing a final rule that was subject to the above requirements, the agency must “identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and from those alternatives, select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule.” (2 U.S.C. § 1535).
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Judicial review of agency compliance with UMRA is limited. UMRA provides that judicial review of the agency statements accompanying significant regulatory actions is subject to review only under 5 U.S.C. [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section706&num=0&edition=prelim § 706(1)], which allows courts to “compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed.” This means that courts may compel the production of such agency statements but cannot review the contents of them. In fact, UMRA makes clear that “the inadequacy or failure to prepare such statement (including the inadequacy or failure to prepare any estimate, analysis, statement or description) or written plan shall not be used as a basis for staying, enjoining, invalidating or otherwise affecting such agency rule” (2 U.S.C. [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1571&num=0&edition=prelim § 1571(a)(3)]).
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UMRA requires OMB to submit annual reports to Congress on agency compliance with Title II, and OMB has submitted such reports since 1996. 2 U.S.C. § 1538. UMRA also requires the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to submit an annual report to Congress and the President "describing any Federal court case to which a State, local, or tribal government was a party" in the previous year and required these entities to undertake additional responsibilities or activities to comply with Federal law. 2 U.S.C. § 1554.
  
 
==Legislative History==
 
==Legislative History==
 
In the 103rd Congress, eight bills were introduced that addressed the issue of unfunded mandates. This was directly in response to the pressure building over the previous 15 years from state and local governments. Over those years, Congress continued a pattern of cutting federal funding while enacting statutes that passed costs onto state and local governments without providing funding to cover those costs. To demonstrate their dissatisfaction, the state and local governments declared October 27, 1993, “National Unfunded Mandates Day.”
 
In the 103rd Congress, eight bills were introduced that addressed the issue of unfunded mandates. This was directly in response to the pressure building over the previous 15 years from state and local governments. Over those years, Congress continued a pattern of cutting federal funding while enacting statutes that passed costs onto state and local governments without providing funding to cover those costs. To demonstrate their dissatisfaction, the state and local governments declared October 27, 1993, “National Unfunded Mandates Day.”
  
[https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/s993/BILLS-103s993rs.pdf S. 993] had the strongest support in the 103rd Congress. It was introduced by Senator Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID) as the Community Regulatory Relief Act, and had more than 50 co-sponsors. However, S. 993 was not considered for a vote, and Congress adjourned without further consideration of the bill.
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Senator Dirk Kempthorne introduced the Community Regulatory Relief Act ([https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/s993/BILLS-103s993rs.pdf S. 993]), which had more than 50 co-sponsors. However, S. 993 was not considered for a vote, and Congress adjourned without further consideration of the bill.
  
A new bill was introduced in the 104th Congress as [https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/s1/BILLS-104s1rs.pdf S. 1] and [https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr5/BILLS-104hr5rh.pdf H.R. 5], “The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.It was rapidly reported out of committee in both houses. In February, the House passed H.R. 5, and amended and passed S. 1. After disagreement between the House and Senate over amendments, the bill went to a conference committee ([https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/hrpt76/CRPT-104hrpt76.pdf H.R. Rep. No. 104-76] (1995)). Both houses agreed to the conference report. The Senate vote was 91-9 and the House vote was 394-28.
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The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 ([https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/s1/BILLS-104s1rs.pdf S. 1] and its companion bill, the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995 ([https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr5/BILLS-104hr5rh.pdf H.R. 5]) was introduced in the 104th Congress. It was rapidly reported out of committee in both houses. In February, the House passed H.R. 5, and amended and passed S. 1. After disagreement between the House and Senate over amendments, the bill went to a conference committee. [https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/hrpt76/CRPT-104hrpt76.pdf H.R. Rep. No. 104-76] (1995). Both houses agreed to the conference report. The Senate vote was 91-9 and the House vote was 394-28.
  
 
On March 22, 1995, The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 was signed into law by President Clinton as [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ4/pdf/PLAW-104publ4.pdf Pub. L. No. 104-4].
 
On March 22, 1995, The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 was signed into law by President Clinton as [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ4/pdf/PLAW-104publ4.pdf Pub. L. No. 104-4].
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===Legislative History and Congressional Documents===
 
===Legislative History and Congressional Documents===
 
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*''Impact of Federal Mandates on State and Local Governments'', Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations of the H. Comm. on Government Operations, 103d Cong., 1st Sess. (Oct. 25, 1993).
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*''Impact of Federal Mandates on State and Local Governments'', Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Human Res. and Intergovernmental Rels. of the H. Comm. on Gov’t Operations, 103d Cong. (1993).
*''Federal Mandates on State and Local Governments'', Hearings Before the S. Governmental Affairs Comm., 103d Cong., 1st Sess. (Nov. 3, 1993).
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*''Federal Mandates on State and Local Governments'', Hearing Before the S. Governmental Affs. Comm., 103d Cong. (1993).
*''Impact of Unfunded Mandates on State and Local Governments'', Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations of the H. Comm. on Government Reform and Oversight, 103d Cong., 2d Sess. (Feb. 26, 1994).
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*''Impact of Unfunded Mandates on State and Local Governments'', Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Human Res. and Intergovernmental Rels. of the H. Comm. on Gov’t Reform and Oversight, 103d Cong. (1994).
*''Unfunded Federal Mandates: Who Should Pick Up the Tab?'', Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Investigation and Oversight of the H. Science Comm., 103d Cong., 2d Sess. (Mar. 22, 1994).
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*''Unfunded Federal Mandates: Who Should Pick Up the Tab?'', Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Investigation and Oversight of the H. Science Comm., 103d Cong. (1994).
*''Unfunded Federal Mandates: Burdens and Costs in North Dakota'', Hearings Before the S. Governmental Affairs Comm., 103d Cong., 2d Sess. (Apr. 5, 1994).
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*''Unfunded Federal Mandates: Burdens and Costs in North Dakota'', Hearing Before the S. Governmental Affs. Comm., 103d Cong. (1994).
*''Federal Mandate Reform Legislation'', Hearings Before the S. Governmental Affairs Comm., 103d Cong., 2d Sess. (Apr. 28, 1994).
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*''Federal Mandate Reform Legislation'', Hearing Before the S. Governmental Affs. Comm., 103d Cong. (1994).
*''Legislative Initiatives on Unfunded Mandates'', Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations of the H. Comm. on Government Reform and Oversight, 103d Cong. 2d, Sess. (May 18, 1994).
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*''Legislative Initiatives on Unfunded Mandates'', Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Human Res. and Intergovernmental Rels. of the H. Comm. on Gov’t Reform and Oversight, 103d Cong. (1994).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-103s993rs/pdf/BILLS-103s993rs.pdf S. 993, Federal Mandate Accountability and Reform Act of 1994], Senate Comm. on Governmental Affairs, S. Rep. No. 103-330, 103d Cong., 2d Sess. (Aug. 10, 1994).
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*S. 993, Federal Mandate Accountability and Reform Act of 1994, [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-103s993rs/pdf/BILLS-103s993rs.pdf S. Rep. No. 103-330] (1994).
*[https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/srpt2/CRPT-104srpt2.pdf S. 1, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995], Senate Budget Comm. and Senate Comm. on Governmental Affairs, S. Rep. No. 104-2, 104th Cong., 1st Sess. (Jan. 12, 1995).
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*Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995, [https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/srpt2/CRPT-104srpt2.pdf S. Rep. No. 104-2] (1995).
*[https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/hrpt1/CRPT-104hrpt1-pt1.pdf H.R. 5, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995], House Rules Comm., and House Comm. on Government Reform and Oversight, H. Rep. No. 104-1, pts.1 and 2, 104th Cong., 1st Sess. (Jan. 13, 1995).
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*Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995, [https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/hrpt1/CRPT-104hrpt1-pt1.pdf H. Rep. No. 104-1], pts. 1 and 2 (1995).
*[http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/Trans/hpw104-4.000/hpw104-4_0f.htm Ways to Reduce Unfunded Federal Mandates and Regulatory Burdens on the Aviation Industry Without Affecting the Safety of the Traveling Public], Hearings before the Subcomm. on Aviation, House Transportation and Infrastructure Comm., 104th Cong., 1st Sess. (Feb. 1, 1995).
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*[http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/Trans/hpw104-4.000/hpw104-4_0f.htm Ways to Reduce Unfunded Federal Mandates and Regulatory Burdens on the Aviation Industry Without Affecting the Safety of the Traveling Public], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Aviation, H. Transp. and Infrastructure Comm., 104th Cong. (1995).
*[https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/hrpt76/CRPT-104hrpt76.pdf S. 1, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995], Conference Comm. Report, H. Rep. No. 104-76, 104th Cong., 1st Sess. (Mar. 13, 1995).
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*Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, [https://www.congress.gov/104/crpt/hrpt76/CRPT-104hrpt76.pdf H. Rep. No. 104-76] (1995).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-104hhrg41231/pdf/CHRG-104hhrg41231.pdf The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995: One Year Later], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations of the H. Comm. on Gov’t Reform and Oversight, 105th Cong., 1st Sess. (Mar. 22, 1996).
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*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-104hhrg41231/pdf/CHRG-104hhrg41231.pdf The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995: One Year Later], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Human Res. and Intergovernmental Rels. of the H. Comm. on Gov’t Reform and Oversight, 105th Cong. (1996).
*''Hearings on S. 1 before the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Comm. on Governmental Affairs'', 104th Cong. 1st Sess., (Jan. 5, 1999).
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*''Hearings on S. 1'' Before the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Comm. Governmental Affs., 104th Cong. (1999).
*''Hearings on H.R. 5 before the House Rules'', 104th Cong. 1st Sess., (Jan. 11, 1999).
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*''Hearings on H.R. 5 before the House Rules'', 104th Cong. (1999).
*[https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/archives/rules_tran_unfunded.htm 1995 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act—An Overview of Effectiveness and Opportunities for Enhancement], Hearing Before the Rules Subcomm. on Technology and the House, 108th Cong., 1st Sess. (July 16, 2003).
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*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-109shrg21429/pdf/CHRG-109shrg21429.pdf Passing the Buck, A Review of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Oversight of Gov’t Management, the Fed. Workforce, and the District of Columbia of the S. Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental Affs., 109th Cong. (2005).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-109shrg21429/pdf/CHRG-109shrg21429.pdf Passing the Buck, A Review of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Oversight of Gov’t Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia of the S. Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 109th Cong., 1st Sess. (Apr. 14, 2005).
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*''The Tenth Anniversary of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act'', Hearing Before the H. Comm. on Gov’t Reform, 109th Cong. (2005).
*''The Tenth Anniversary of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act'', Hearing before the House Committee on Government Reform, 109th Cong., 1st Sess. (Mar. 8, 2005).
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*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg67172/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg67172.pdf Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Tech., Info. Pol'y, Intergovernmental Rels. and Procurement Reform of the Comm. on Oversight and Gov’t Reform, 112th Cong. (2011).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg67172/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg67172.pdf Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform of the Comm. on Oversight and Gov’t Reform, 112th Cong., 1st Sess. (Serial No. 112-2) (Feb. 15, 2011).
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*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg67619/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg67619.pdf Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Tech., Info. Pol'y, Intergovernmental Rels. and Procurement Reform of the Comm. on Oversight and Gov't Reform, 112th Cong. (2011).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg67619/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg67619.pdf Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform of the Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform, 112th Cong., 1st Sess., (Serial No. 112-20) (Mar. 30, 2011).
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*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg70678/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg70678.pdf Unfunded Mandates, Regulatory Burdens and the Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Tech., Info. Policy, Intergovernmental Rels. and Procurement Reform of the Comm. on Oversight and Gov’t Reform, 112th Cong. (2011).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg70678/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg70678.pdf Unfunded Mandates, Regulatory Burdens and the Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs], Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform of the Comm. on Oversight and Gov’t Reform, 112th Cong., 1st Sess. (Serial No. 112-56) (May 25, 2011).
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*Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2011, [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-112hrpt483/pdf/CRPT-112hrpt483-pt1.pdf H. Rep. No. 112-483] (2012).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-112hrpt483/pdf/CRPT-112hrpt483-pt1.pdf Report together with Minority Views to Accompany H.R. 373: The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2011], House of Representatives, Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform, 113th Cong., 2d Sess., H. Rep. No. 112-483 (May 16, 2012).
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*Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013, [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-113hrpt352/pdf/CRPT-113hrpt352-pt1.pdf H. Rep. No. 113-352] (2014).
*[http://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-113hrpt352/pdf/CRPT-113hrpt352-pt1.pdf Report Together with Minority Views to Accompany H.R. 899: The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013], House of Representatives, Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform, 113th Cong., 2d Sess., H. Rep. No. 113-352 (Feb. 14, 2014).
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*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114shrg99989/pdf/CHRG-114shrg99989.pdf The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: Opportunities for Improvement to Support State and Local Governments], Hearing Before Subcomm. on Regulatory Affs. and Fed. Mgmt. of the S. Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental Affs., 114th Cong. (2016).
*[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114shrg99989/pdf/CHRG-114shrg99989.pdf The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: Opportunities for Improvement to Support State and Local Governments], Hearing Before Subcomm. on Regulatory Affairs and Fed. Mgmt. of the S. Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental Affairs, 114th Cong. (2016) ([https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/the-unfunded-mandates-reform-act-opportunities-for-improvement-to-support-state-and-local-governments video]).  
 
 
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===Executive Orders and White House Documents===
 
===Executive Orders and White House Documents===
*[https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/nepapub/nepa_documents/RedDont/Req-EO13175tribgovt.pdf Executive Order 13,175], Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, 65 Fed. Reg. 67,249 (Nov. 9, 2000).
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*Executive Order 13175, [https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/nepapub/nepa_documents/RedDont/Req-EO13175tribgovt.pdf Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments], 65 Fed. Reg. 67249 (Nov. 9, 2000).
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===ACUS Recommendations===
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*2012-1, [https://www.acus.gov/recommendation/regulatory-analysis-requirements Regulatory Analysis Requirements].
  
 
===OMB/OIRA Documents===
 
===OMB/OIRA Documents===
 
====Reports to Congress on Unfunded Mandates====
 
====Reports to Congress on Unfunded Mandates====
 
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*Agency Compliance with Title II of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, Report to Congress from the Director of OMB (Mar. 22, 1996). These are annual reports. The [https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/umra1999final.pdf 4th Annual Report] was issued in October 1999. Citations to the subsequent reports follow:
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*Agency Compliance with Title II of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, Report to Congress from the Director of OMB (Mar. 22, 1996). These are annual reports. The [https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/umra1999final.pdf 4th Annual Report] was issued in October 1999.
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/costbenefitreport.pdf Making Sense of Regulation: 2001 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2001).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/costbenefitreport.pdf Making Sense of Regulation: 2001 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2001).
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2002_report_to_congress.pdf Stimulating Smarter Regulation, 2002 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2002).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2002_report_to_congress.pdf Stimulating Smarter Regulation: 2002 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2002).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2003_cost-ben_final_rpt.pdf Informing Regulatory Decisions, 2003 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2003).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2003_cost-ben_final_rpt.pdf Informing Regulatory Decisions: 2003 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2003).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2004_cb_final.pdf Progress in Regulatory Reform, 2004 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2004).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2004_cb_final.pdf Progress in Regulatory Reform: 2004 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2004).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2005_cb/final_2005_cb_report.pdf Validating Regulatory Analysis, 2005 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2005).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2005_cb/final_2005_cb_report.pdf Validating Regulatory Analysis: 2005 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2005).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2006_cb/2006_cb_final_report.pdf 2006 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2007).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2006_cb/2006_cb_final_report.pdf 2006 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2007).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2007_cb/2007_cb_final_report.pdf 2007 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2008).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/OMB/inforeg/2007_cb/2007_cb_final_report.pdf 2007 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2008).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/information_and_regulatory_affairs/2008_cb_final.pdf 2008 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2009).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/information_and_regulatory_affairs/2008_cb_final.pdf 2008 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2009).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/legislative_reports/2009_final_BC_Report_01272010.pdf 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2010).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/legislative_reports/2009_final_BC_Report_01272010.pdf 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2010).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/legislative/reports/2010_Benefit_Cost_Report.pdf 2010 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2010).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/legislative/reports/2010_Benefit_Cost_Report.pdf 2010 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2010).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2011_cb/2011_cba_report.pdf 2011 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2011).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2011_cb/2011_cba_report.pdf 2011 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2011).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2012_cb/2012_cost_benefit_report.pdf 2012 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2013).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2012_cb/2012_cost_benefit_report.pdf 2012 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2013).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2013_cb/2013_cost_benefit_report-updated.pdf 2013 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2014).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2013_cb/2013_cost_benefit_report-updated.pdf 2013 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2014).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2014_cb/2014-cost-benefit-report.pdf 2014 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2015).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2014_cb/2014-cost-benefit-report.pdf 2014 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2015).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2015_cb/2015-cost-benefit-report.pdf 2015 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2015).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/inforeg/inforeg/2015_cb/2015-cost-benefit-report.pdf 2015 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities] (2016).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/legislative_reports/draft_2016_cost_benefit_report_12_14_2016_2.pdf 2016 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2016).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/assets/legislative_reports/draft_2016_cost_benefit_report_12_14_2016_2.pdf 2016 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2016).
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/draft_2017_cost_benefit_report.pdf 2017 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2017).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-CATS-5885-REV_DOC-2017Cost_BenefitReport11_18_2019.docx.pdf 2017 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates and Reform Act] (2017).
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*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2018_2019_2020-OMB-Cost-Benefit-Report.pdf 2018, 2019, and 2020 Reports to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2020).
 
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*Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, and Independent Regulatory Agencies, M-94-1, ''Guidance for Implementing E.O. 12,875,'' ''Reduction of Unfunded Mandates'' (Jan. 11, 1994).
 
*Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, and Independent Regulatory Agencies, M-94-1, ''Guidance for Implementing E.O. 12,875,'' ''Reduction of Unfunded Mandates'' (Jan. 11, 1994).
*Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, M-95-09, [https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/1995-1998/m95-09.pdf Guidance for Implementing Title II of S.1] (Mar. 31, 1995).
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*Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, M-95-09, [https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/memoranda/1995-1998/m95-09.pdf Guidance for Implementing Title II of S.1] (Mar. 31, 1995).
 
*Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies, M-95-20, [https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/federal-advisory-committee-management/legislation-and-regulations/implementing-section-204-as-related-to-faca Guidelines and Instructions for Implementing Section 204, State, Local, and Tribal Government Input, of Title II of P.L. 104-4] (Sept. 29, 1995).
 
*Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies, M-95-20, [https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/federal-advisory-committee-management/legislation-and-regulations/implementing-section-204-as-related-to-faca Guidelines and Instructions for Implementing Section 204, State, Local, and Tribal Government Input, of Title II of P.L. 104-4] (Sept. 29, 1995).
 
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*[https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51335#section4 CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act]
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*[https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51335#section4 CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act].
 
*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/103rd-congress-1993-1994/reports/doc45.pdf Preliminary Analysis of Unfunded Federal Mandates and the Cost of the Safe Drinking Water Act](1994).
 
*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/103rd-congress-1993-1994/reports/doc45.pdf Preliminary Analysis of Unfunded Federal Mandates and the Cost of the Safe Drinking Water Act](1994).
 
*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/105th-congress-1997-1998/reports/umra1st.pdf The Experience of the Congressional Budget Office During the First Year of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (1997).
 
*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/105th-congress-1997-1998/reports/umra1st.pdf The Experience of the Congressional Budget Office During the First Year of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (1997).
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*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/113th-congress-2013-2014/reports/45209-UMRA.pdf A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2013 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2014).
 
*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/113th-congress-2013-2014/reports/45209-UMRA.pdf A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2013 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2014).
 
*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/reports/50051-UMRA2_0.pdf A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2014 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2015).
 
*[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/reports/50051-UMRA2_0.pdf A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2014 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2015).
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*[https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51335 CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2021).
 
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*Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, ''Federal Court Rulings Involving State, Local, and Tribal Governments Calendar Year 1994: A Report Prepared Under Section 304, Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995'' (M-196) (1995).  
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*Advisory Comm’n on Intergov’tal Relations, ''Federal Court Rulings Involving State, Local, and Tribal Governments Calendar Year 1994: A Report Prepared Under Section 304, Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995'' (M-196) (1995).
 
*Richard S. Beth, Cong. Research Serv., RL 98-48, ''Mandates Information Act: Implications for Congressional Action on Legislation Containing Private Sector Mandates'' (1998).
 
*Richard S. Beth, Cong. Research Serv., RL 98-48, ''Mandates Information Act: Implications for Congressional Action on Legislation Containing Private Sector Mandates'' (1998).
*U.S. General Accounting Office, [https://www.gao.gov/assets/230/225165.pdf Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Has Had Little Effect on Agencies’ Rulemaking Actions, A Report to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs] (GAO/GGD-98-30) (1998).  
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*Gen. Accounting Office, GAO/GGD-98-30, [https://www.gao.gov/assets/230/225165.pdf Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Has Had Little Effect on Agencies’ Rulemaking Actions, A Report to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs] (1998).
*U.S. General Accounting Office, [https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04637.pdf Unfunded Mandates: Analysis of Reform Act Coverage], Report to the Chairman, Subcomm. on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Comm. on Governmental Affairs, U. S. Senate (GAO-04-637) (May 2004).
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*Gen. Accounting Office, GAO-04-637, [https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04637.pdf Unfunded Mandates: Analysis of Reform Act Coverage] (2004).
*U.S. Gov’t Accountability Office, [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05454.pdf Unfunded Mandates: Views Vary About Reform Act’s Strengths, Weaknesses, and Options for Improvement] (GAO-05-454) (Mar. 31, 2005).  
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*Gov’t Accountability Office, GAO-05-454, [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05454.pdf Unfunded Mandates: Views Vary About Reform Act’s Strengths, Weaknesses, and Options for Improvement] (2005).
*U.S. Government Accountability Office, [https://www.gao.gov/assets/130/125488.pdf Federal Mandates: Few Rules Trigger Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (GAO-11-385T) (Feb. 15, 2011).
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*Gov’t Accountability Office, GAO-11-385T, [https://www.gao.gov/assets/130/125488.pdf Federal Mandates: Few Rules Trigger Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] (2011).
*Robert Jay Dilger & Richard S. Beth, Cong. Research Serv., R40957, [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40957.pdf Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues] (July 9, 2015).
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*Robert Jay Dilger & Natalie Keegan, Cong. Rsch. Serv., R40957, [https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R40957 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues] (2021).
 
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*Robert W. Adler, ''Unfunded Mandates and Fiscal Federalism: A Critique'', 50 Vand. L. Rev. 1137 (1997).
 
*Robert W. Adler, ''Unfunded Mandates and Fiscal Federalism: A Critique'', 50 Vand. L. Rev. 1137 (1997).
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*Cary Coglianese, [https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2005&context=aulr Improving Regulatory Analysis at Independent Agencies], 67 Am. U. L. Rev. 733 (2018).
 
*Daniel H. Cole & Carol S. Comer, [https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1648&context=facpub Rhetoric, Reality, and the Law of Unfunded Federal Mandates], 8 Stan. L. & Pol’y Rev. 103 (1997).
 
*Daniel H. Cole & Carol S. Comer, [https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1648&context=facpub Rhetoric, Reality, and the Law of Unfunded Federal Mandates], 8 Stan. L. & Pol’y Rev. 103 (1997).
 
*David A. Dana, ''The Case for Unfunded Environmental Mandates'', 69 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1 (1995).
 
*David A. Dana, ''The Case for Unfunded Environmental Mandates'', 69 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1 (1995).
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*Elizabeth Garrett, ''Enhancing the Political Safeguards of Federalism? The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995'', 45 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1113 (1997).
 
*Elizabeth Garrett, ''Enhancing the Political Safeguards of Federalism? The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995'', 45 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1113 (1997).
 
*Elizabeth Garrett, [https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1264&context=ndlr Framework Legislation and Federalism], 83 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1495 (2008).
 
*Elizabeth Garrett, [https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1264&context=ndlr Framework Legislation and Federalism], 83 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1495 (2008).
*Daniel S. Herzfeld, Comment, ''Accountability and the Nondelegation of Unfunded Mandates: A Public Choice Analysis of the Supreme Court's Tenth Amendment Federalism Jurisprudence'', 7 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 419 (1999).
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*Theresa Gullo, ''History and Evaluation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act'', 57 Nat’l Tax J. (2004).
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*Daniel S. Herzfeld, Comment, ''Accountability and the Nondelegation of Unfunded Mandates: A Public Choice Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Tenth Amendment Federalism Jurisprudence'', 7 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 419 (1999).
 
*Makram B. Jaber, Comment, ''Unfunded Federal Mandates: An Issue of Federalism or a Brilliant Sound Bite'', 45 Emory L. J. 281 (1996).
 
*Makram B. Jaber, Comment, ''Unfunded Federal Mandates: An Issue of Federalism or a Brilliant Sound Bite'', 45 Emory L. J. 281 (1996).
 
*Tracy A. Kaye, ''Show Me the Money: Congressional Limitations on State Tax Sovereignty'', 35 Harv. J. on Legis. 149 (1998).
 
*Tracy A. Kaye, ''Show Me the Money: Congressional Limitations on State Tax Sovereignty'', 35 Harv. J. on Legis. 149 (1998).
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*Eileen M. Luna, [https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=ailr The Impact of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 on Tribal Governments], 22 Am. Indian L. Rev. 445 (1998).
 
*Eileen M. Luna, [https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=ailr The Impact of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 on Tribal Governments], 22 Am. Indian L. Rev. 445 (1998).
 
*Russell A. Miller, [http://ilj.law.indiana.edu/articles/85/85_1_Miller.pdf Clinton, Ginsburg, and Centrist Federalism], 85 Ind. L.J. 225 (2010).
 
*Russell A. Miller, [http://ilj.law.indiana.edu/articles/85/85_1_Miller.pdf Clinton, Ginsburg, and Centrist Federalism], 85 Ind. L.J. 225 (2010).
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*Connor Raso, ''Agency Avoidance of Rulemaking Procedures'', 67 Admin. L. Rev. 65 (2015).
 
*Robert M. M. Shaffer, Comment, ''Unfunded State Mandates and Local Governments'', 64 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1057 (1996).
 
*Robert M. M. Shaffer, Comment, ''Unfunded State Mandates and Local Governments'', 64 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1057 (1996).
 
*Stuart Shapiro & Deanna Moran, [http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Shapiro-Moran-Regulatory-Reform-Since-the-APA-19nyujlpp141.pdf The Checkered History of Regulatory Reform Since the APA], 19 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol’y 141 (2016).
 
*Stuart Shapiro & Deanna Moran, [http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Shapiro-Moran-Regulatory-Reform-Since-the-APA-19nyujlpp141.pdf The Checkered History of Regulatory Reform Since the APA], 19 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol’y 141 (2016).
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*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim § 1501. Purposes]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim § 1501. Purposes]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1502&num=0&edition=prelim § 1502. Definitions]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1502&num=0&edition=prelim § 1502. Definitions]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1503&num=0&edition=prelim § 1503. Exclusions]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1503&num=0&edition=prelim § 1503. Exclusions]
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1531&num=0&edition=prelim § 1531. Regulatory process]  
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*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1531&num=0&edition=prelim § 1531. Regulatory process]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1532&num=0&edition=prelim § 1532. Statements to accompany significant regulatory actions]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1532&num=0&edition=prelim § 1532. Statements to accompany significant regulatory actions]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1533&num=0&edition=prelim § 1533. Small government agency plan]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1533&num=0&edition=prelim § 1533. Small government agency plan]
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*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1535&num=0&edition=prelim § 1535. Least burdensome option or explanation required]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1536&num=0&edition=prelim § 1536. Assistance to Congressional Budget Office]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1536&num=0&edition=prelim § 1536. Assistance to Congressional Budget Office]
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1555&num=0&edition=prelim § 1555. "Federal mandate" defined]
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*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1555&num=0&edition=prelim § 1555. “Federal mandate”  defined]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1571&num=0&edition=prelim § 1571. Judicial review]
 
*[http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1571&num=0&edition=prelim § 1571. Judicial review]

Latest revision as of 22:14, 15 August 2023

2 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1571 (2012); enacted by Pub. L. No. 104–4, 109 Stat. 48, Mar. 22, 1995.

Lead Agencies:

Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Congressional Budget Office, Budget Analysis Division

Overview

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), which was enacted in 1995 with broad, bipartisan support, requires Congress and federal agencies (excepting independent agencies) to give special consideration to proposed legislation and regulations imposing mandates on state, local, and tribal entities. It also contains a provision requiring agencies to prepare a written statement, in the nature of a regulatory impact analysis, for any proposed rulemaking that is likely to result in an expenditure by the private sector in excess of $100 million. UMRA thus contains the only broad regulatory impact analysis requirement currently mandated by statute, and as such codifies many of the provisions in Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. UMRA’s impact is, however, somewhat lessened because its provisions for judicial review of agency compliance with UMRA are somewhat limited.

UMRA’s purpose was to help reveal, and ultimately limit, the high (and often hidden) costs of federal mandates on state and local governments to undertake regulatory activity without sufficient federal compensation for this activity.

Title I modifies the legislative process by requiring any Congressional authorizing committee that approves a bill containing a federal mandate (with some exceptions) to identify that mandate in its committee report. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) must then estimate the overall impact of such mandates, and a point of order can be raised by any member against a bill that lacks such an estimate or if the bill contains an unfunded mandate exceeding $50 million burden on state and local governments or $100 million on the private sector; these thresholds are adjusted annually for inflation.

Title II addresses federal agency regulations containing regulatory mandates of state, local, and tribal governments and on the private sector. The key requirement is for a written “statement to accompany significant regulatory actions.” 2 U.S.C. § 1532. The statement is required in “any general notice of proposed rulemaking that is likely to result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any 1 year.” 2 U.S.C. § 1532(a).

The statement must include

  1. Citation to the law under which the rule is being promulgated;
  2. “A qualitative and quantitative assessment of the anticipated costs and benefits of the Federal mandate . . . as well as the effect of the Federal mandate on health, safety, and the natural environment” along with an analysis of the availability of federal funds to help governments pay for the mandate;
  3. Estimates of future compliance costs and of disproportionate budgetary effects on regions or particular governments or segments of the private sector;
  4. Estimates of the effect on aspects of the national economy; and
  5. A summary of the agency’s consultations with elected representatives "of the affected State, local, and tribal governments" including the comments and concerns raised and the agency's evaluation of them.

The agency must also develop a plan to specially notify state, local, and tribal governments of such requirements and develop a process to receive meaningful and timely input from elected officials. 2 U.S.C. § 1534(a). An exemption from the Federal Advisory Committee Act is carved out for such consultations. 2 U.S.C. § 1534(b). A summary of this statement must appear in the notice of proposed rulemaking. However, UMRA does allow agencies to prepare the statement “in conjunction with or as a part of any other statement or analysis.” 2 U.S.C. § 1532(c).

Before issuing a final rule that was subject to the above requirements, the agency must “identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and from those alternatives, select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule.” (2 U.S.C. § 1535).

Judicial review of agency compliance with UMRA is limited. UMRA provides that judicial review of the agency statements accompanying significant regulatory actions is subject to review only under 5 U.S.C. § 706(1), which allows courts to “compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed.” This means that courts may compel the production of such agency statements but cannot review the contents of them. In fact, UMRA makes clear that “the inadequacy or failure to prepare such statement (including the inadequacy or failure to prepare any estimate, analysis, statement or description) or written plan shall not be used as a basis for staying, enjoining, invalidating or otherwise affecting such agency rule” (2 U.S.C. § 1571(a)(3)).

UMRA requires OMB to submit annual reports to Congress on agency compliance with Title II, and OMB has submitted such reports since 1996. 2 U.S.C. § 1538. UMRA also requires the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to submit an annual report to Congress and the President "describing any Federal court case to which a State, local, or tribal government was a party" in the previous year and required these entities to undertake additional responsibilities or activities to comply with Federal law. 2 U.S.C. § 1554.

Legislative History

In the 103rd Congress, eight bills were introduced that addressed the issue of unfunded mandates. This was directly in response to the pressure building over the previous 15 years from state and local governments. Over those years, Congress continued a pattern of cutting federal funding while enacting statutes that passed costs onto state and local governments without providing funding to cover those costs. To demonstrate their dissatisfaction, the state and local governments declared October 27, 1993, “National Unfunded Mandates Day.”

Senator Dirk Kempthorne introduced the Community Regulatory Relief Act (S. 993), which had more than 50 co-sponsors. However, S. 993 was not considered for a vote, and Congress adjourned without further consideration of the bill.

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (S. 1 and its companion bill, the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995 (H.R. 5) was introduced in the 104th Congress. It was rapidly reported out of committee in both houses. In February, the House passed H.R. 5, and amended and passed S. 1. After disagreement between the House and Senate over amendments, the bill went to a conference committee. H.R. Rep. No. 104-76 (1995). Both houses agreed to the conference report. The Senate vote was 91-9 and the House vote was 394-28.

On March 22, 1995, The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 was signed into law by President Clinton as Pub. L. No. 104-4.

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Executive Orders and White House Documents

ACUS Recommendations

OMB/OIRA Documents

Reports to Congress on Unfunded Mandates

Other OMB Documents

Congressional Budget Office Documents

Other Government Documents

Books and Articles

Statutory Provisions

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act,

Title 2 U.S. Code

Chapter 25—Unfunded Mandates Reform