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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 894
To require the Congressional Budget Office to prepare estimates of the
cost incurred by State and local governments in carrying out or comply-
ing with new legislation; to amend the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives to require the inclusion of such estimates in committee reports
on bills and joint resolutions; and to amend the Rules of the House
of Representatives to ensure that Federal laws requiring activities by
such governments shall not apply unless all amounts necessary to pay
the direct costs of the activities are provided by the Federal Government.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 16, 1993
Mr. HEFLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
A BILL
To require the Congressional Budget Office to prepare esti-
mates of the cost incurred by State and local govern-
ments in carrying out or complying with new legislation;
to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives
to require the inclusion of such estimates in committee
reports on bills and joint resolutions; and to amend the
Rules of the House of Representatives to ensure that
Federal laws requiring activities by such governments
shall not apply unless all amounts necessary to pay the
direct costs of the activities are provided by the Federal
Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mandate Relief Act
of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. ESTIMATION BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
OF COST INCURRED BY STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS IN COMPLYING WITH LEGIS-
LATION.
(a) COST ESTIMATION REQUIREMENT.—For each bill
or joint resolution of a public character reported by any
committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate,
and for each conference report reported by a conference
committee of the Congress, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office shall prepare and submit to the
House of Representatives or the Senate, respectively (or
in the case of a conference report to both)—
(1) an estimate of the cost which would be in-
curred by State and local governments in carrying
out or complying with the bill or resolution in the
fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in
each of the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year,
including a description of the basis for the estimate;
and
(2) a comparison of the estimate of cost de-
scribed in paragraph (1) with any available esti-
mates of such cost made such committee or by any
Federal agency.
(b) ESTIMATES TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT.—The
estimate and description required for a bill or joint resolu-
tion under subsection (a) shall be included in the report
accompanying the bill or joint resolution.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 403 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by—
(A) striking paragraph (2);
(B) redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4)
in order as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
and
(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by
subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)
and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and
(3) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 403’’.
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT UNDER HOUSE RULES TO INCLUDE
ESTIMATES IN COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Clause 2(l)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended—
(1) in clause (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon at the end; and
(2) in clause (D) by striking the period at the
end and inserting the following: ‘‘; and (E) the esti-
mate and comparison prepared by the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office under section 2(a)
of the Mandate Relief Act of 1993, separately set
out and clearly identified.’’.
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT UNDER HOUSE RULES TO PROVIDE
APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY COSTS TO STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘8. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint
resolution, or conference report for which the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office is required to submit an
estimate under section 2(a) of the Mandate Relief Act of
1993 unless the bill, joint resolution, or conference report
contains the following statement of law: ‘A requirement
under this Act that a unit of State or local government
conduct an activity (including a requirement that such a
government meet national standards in providing a serv-
ice) shall not apply to such a unit unless and until all
amounts necessary to pay the direct costs incurred by the
unit in conducting the activity are provided to the unit
by the Government of the United States.’.
‘‘9. An amendment shall not be in order during the
consideration of a bill or joint resolution if (A) the amend-
ment includes a provision which if included in a bill, joint
resolution, or conference report reported by a committee
or conference committee would result in the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office being required to submit
an estimate under section 2(a) of the Mandate Relief Act
of 1993, and (B) upon approval of the amendment the
bill or resolution would not include the statement of law
set forth in clause 8.’’.
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