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 PUBLIC LAW 104-4—MAR. 22, 1995 109 STAT. 67 SEC. 207. PILOT PROGRAM ON SMALL GOVERNMENT FLEXIBILITY. 2 USC 1537. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with Federal agencies, shall establish pilot programs in at least 2 agencies to test innovative, and more flexible regulatory approaches that— (1) reduce reporting and compliance burdens on small governments; and (2) meet overall statutory goals and objectives. (b) PROGRAM FOCUS. —The pilot programs shall focus on rules in effect or proposed rules, or a combination thereof. SEC. 208. ANNUAL STATEMENTS TO CONGRESS ON AGENCY COMPLI- Reports. ANCE. No later than 1 year after the effective date of this title and 2 USC 1538. annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the Congress, including the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, a written report detailing compliance by each agency during the preceding reporting period with the requirements of this title. SEC. 209. EFFECTIVE DATE. 2 USC 1531 note. This title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE III—REVIEW OF FEDERAL MANDATES SEC. 301. BASELINE STUDY OF COSTS AND BENEFITS. 2 USC 1551. (a) IN GENERAL.— No later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Advisory Commission"), in consultation with the Director, shall complete a study to examine the measurement and definition issues involved in calculating the total costs and benefits to State, local, and tribal governments of compliance with Federal law. (b) CONSIDERATIONS. — The study required by this section shall consider— (1) the feasibility of measuring indirect costs and benefits as well as direct costs and benefits of the Federal, State, local, and tribal relationship; and (2) how to measure both the direct and indirect benefits of Federal financial assistance and tax benefits to State, local, and tribal governments. SEC. 302. REPORT ON FEDERAL MANDATES BY ADVISORY COMMISSION 2 USC 1552. ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations shall in accordance with this section— (1) investigate and review the role of Federal mandates in intergovernmental relations and their impact on State, local, tribal, and Federal government objectives and responsibilities, and their impact on the competitive balance between State, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector and consider views of and the impact on working men and women on those same matters;

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