Number: RS20058
Title: Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Summarized
Authors: Keith Bea and Richard S. Beth, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 establishes mechanisms to limit federal imposition of unfunded mandates on other levels of government and on the private sector. It establishes points of order against proposed legislation containing an unfunded intergovernmental mandate, requires executive agencies to seek comment on regulations that would constitute a mandate, and establishes a means for judicial enforcement.
Pages: 6
Date: January 25, 2005