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 PUBLIC LAW 104-4 —MAR. 22, 1995 109 STAT. 63 Federal funding under section 425(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as added by section 101 of this Act) 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. SEC. 106. IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 2 USC 1513. (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 THE SENATE.— I t 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 Act 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. SEC. 107. ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 2 USC 1514. (a) MOTIONS TO STRIKE IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. — Clause 5 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following: "(c) In the consideration of any measure for amendment in the Committee of the Whole containing any Federal mandate the direct costs of which exceed the threshold in section 424(a)(1) of the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995, it shall always be in order, unless specifically waived by terms of a rule governing consideration of that measure, to move to strike such Federal mandate from the portion of the bill then open to amendment.". (b) COMMITTEE ON RULES REPORTS ON WAIVED POINTS OF ORDER.— The Committee on Rules shall include in the report required by clause 1(d) of rule XI (relating to its activities during the Congress) of the Rules of the House of Representatives a separate item identifying all waivers of points of order relating to Federal mandates, listed by bill or joint resolution number and the subject matter of that measure. SEC. 108. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 2 USC 1515. The provisions of sections 101 and 107 are enacted by Congress—

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