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 109 STAT. 48 PUBLIC LAW 104. - 4—MAR. 22, 1995 Public Law 104-4 104th Congress An Act To curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence Mar. 22, 1995 of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal rg jj governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations, and for other purposes. Unfunded Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Mandates (he United States of America in Congress assembled. Reform Act of 1995. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 USC 1501 note. This Act may be cited as the "Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995". 2 USC 1501. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act 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 comply- ing 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;

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