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- § 1511. Cost of regulations
- § 1512. Consideration for Federal funding
- § 1513. Impact on local governments
- § 1514. Enforcement in House of Representatives
- § 1515. Exercise of rulemaking powers
- § 1516. Authorization of appropriations
§ 1511. Cost of regulations
(a) Sense of Congress
(b) Statement of cost
At the request of a committee chairman or ranking minority member, the Director shall, to the extent practicable, prepare a comparison between—
(1) an estimate by the relevant agency, prepared under section 1532 of this title, of the costs of regulations implementing an Act containing a Federal mandate; and
(2) the cost estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office for such Act when it was enacted by the Congress.
(c) Cooperation of Office of Management and Budget
(Pub. L. 104–4, title I, § 103, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 62.)
§ 1512. Consideration for Federal funding
Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a State, local, or tribal government that already complies with all or part of the Federal intergovernmental mandates included in the bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report from consideration for Federal funding under section 658d(a)(2) of this title for the cost of the mandate, including the costs the State, local, or tribal government is currently paying and any additional costs necessary to meet the mandate.
(Pub. L. 104–4, title I, § 105, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 62.)
§ 1513. Impact on local governments
(a) Findings
The Senate finds that—
(1) the Congress should be concerned about shifting costs from Federal to State and local authorities and should be equally concerned about the growing tendency of States to shift costs to local governments;
(2) cost shifting from States to local governments has, in many instances, forced local governments to raise property taxes or curtail sometimes essential services; and
(3) increases in local property taxes and cuts in essential services threaten the ability of many citizens to attain and maintain the American dream of owning a home in a safe, secure community.
(b) Sense of Senate
It is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) the Federal Government should not shift certain costs to the State, and States should end the practice of shifting costs to local governments, which forces many local governments to increase property taxes;
(2) States should end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by their legislatures, of State issued mandates on local governments without adequate State funding, in a manner that may displace other essential government priorities; and
(3) one primary objective of this chapter and other efforts to change the relationship among Federal, State, and local governments should be to reduce taxes and spending at all levels and to end the practice of shifting costs from one level of government to another with little or no benefit to taxpayers.
(Pub. L. 104–4, title I, § 106, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 63.)
§ 1514. Enforcement in House of Representatives
(a) Omitted
(b) Committee on Rules reports on waived points of order
(Pub. L. 104–4, title I, § 107, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 63.)
§ 1515. Exercise of rulemaking powers
The provisions of sections 658 to 658g and 1514 of this title are enacted by Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of such House, respectively, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of each House.
(Pub. L. 104–4, title I, § 108, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 63.)
§ 1516. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Congressional Budget Office $4,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 104–4, title I, § 109, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 64.)