Unfunded Mandate Reform
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is required to issue an analysis of
each piece of legislation containing a federal mandate (a programs that
burdens state and local governments with undo costs resulting in over $5
million annually). The analysis must include a description of the
mandate, the expected cost to state and local governments, and if the
mandates are to be partly or entirely unfunded. CBO budgetary impact
reports are to be printed in the committee reports accompanying
legislation. The bill caps the mandates cost below its level for the
proceeding year.
Return to the Contract Scorecard.
Return to the Congress Background Briefing.
