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 108 STAT. 5100 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 12, 1994 (3) the Congress should account for all financial transactions associated with Federal health care reform legislation. SEC. 35. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE COSTS OF HJ^GAL IMMIGRATION. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) the Federal Government is solely responsible for setting and enforcing national immigration policy; (2) the Federal Government has not adequately enforced immigration laws; (3) this weak enforcement has imposed financial costs on State and local governments; (4) the Federal Government has failed to investigate and prosecute Federal wage and hour violations, thus creating incentives to hire persons illegally in the United States and exacerbating the problem of illegal immigration; (5) States must incur costs for incarcerating undocumented persons convicted of State and local crimes, educating undocumented children, providing emergency medical services to undocumented persons, and providing services incidental to admission of refugees under the Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Program; and (6) the Federal Government has an obligation to reimburse State and local governments for costs resulting from the costs described in this subsection. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —I t is the sense of the Congress that, in setting forth the budget authority and outlay amounts in this resolution, the Congress intends that funding should be provided to reimburse State and local governments for the costs associated with— (1) elementary and secondary education for undocumented children; (2) emergency medical assistance to undocumented persons; (3) incarceration and parole of criminal aliens; and (4) services incidental to admission of refugees under the Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Program. SEC. 36. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING BASELINES.,t- (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) the baseline budget shows the likely course of Federal revenues and spending if policies remain unchanged; (2) baseline budgeting has given rise to the practice of calculating policy changes from an inflated spending level; and (3) the baseline concept has been misused to portray policies that would simply slow down the increase in spending as spending reductions. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—I t is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the President should submit a budget that compares proposed spending levels for the budget year with the current year; and (2) the starting point for deliberations on a budget resolution should be the current year. SEC. 37. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Federal Government should not shift the costs of administering Federal programs to State and local governments;

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