§ 1501. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC1501]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 25--UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM
Sec. 1501. Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are--
(1) to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government
and State, local, and tribal governments;
(2) to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration
by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal
governments without adequate Federal funding, in a manner that may
displace other essential State, local, and tribal governmental
priorities;
(3) to assist Congress in its consideration of proposed
legislation establishing or revising Federal programs containing
Federal mandates affecting State, local, and tribal governments, and
the private sector by--
(A) providing for the development of information about the
nature and size of mandates in proposed legislation; and
(B) establishing a mechanism to bring such information to
the attention of the Senate and the House of Representatives
before the Senate and the House of Representatives vote on
proposed legislation;
(4) to promote informed and deliberate decisions by Congress on
the appropriateness of Federal mandates in any particular instance;
(5) to require that Congress consider whether to provide funding
to assist State, local, and tribal governments in complying with
Federal mandates, to require analyses of the impact of private
sector mandates, and through the dissemination of that information
provide informed and deliberate decisions by Congress and Federal
agencies and retain competitive balance between the public and
private sectors;
(6) to establish a point-of-order vote on the consideration in
the Senate and House of Representatives of legislation containing
significant Federal intergovernmental mandates without providing
adequate funding to comply with such mandates;
(7) to assist Federal agencies in their consideration of
proposed regulations affecting State, local, and tribal governments,
by--
(A) requiring that Federal agencies develop a process to
enable the elected and other officials of State, local, and
tribal governments to provide input when Federal agencies are
developing regulations; and
(B) requiring that Federal agencies prepare and consider
estimates of the budgetary impact of regulations containing
Federal mandates upon State, local, and tribal governments and
the private sector before adopting such regulations, and
ensuring that small governments are given special consideration
in that process; and
(8) to begin consideration of the effect of previously imposed
Federal mandates, including the impact on State, local, and tribal
governments of Federal court interpretations of Federal statutes and
regulations that impose Federal intergovernmental mandates.
(Pub. L. 104-4, Sec. 2, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 48.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 104-4, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 48, known as the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 104-4 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter and sections 658 to 658g of this title, amending sections 602,
632, and 653 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes
under sections 1511 and 1531 of this title] may be cited as the
`Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995'.''
