Mandates
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CBO Explains Its Principles for Identifying Mandates in Legislation
As defined by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, mandates generally require a nonfederal entity to take an action or comply with a prohibition. This primer describes the principles that CBO follows to identify mandates in legislation.
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CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
CBO reviews hundreds of bills and public laws for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates each year and estimates whether the annual costs of those mandates would exceed thresholds established in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. Data are available for calendar years 2013 through 2019, and new data are added periodically throughout the year.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on June 19, 2019
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CBO’s Activities in 2016 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Last year CBO launched an online tool that allows users to search for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates that the agency has identified in bills and public laws. Data for calendar year 2016 are now available.
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CBO Launches New Search Tool for Intergovernmental and Private-Sector Mandates
The aim of the new search tool is to enhance users’ experience by making information on mandates easier to access, searchable, and more timely. New data will be added periodically throughout the year.
- Cost Estimate
S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on April 22, 2015
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 23, 2015
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A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2014 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Sixteen laws enacted in 2014 contain intergovernmental mandates and 26 contain private-sector mandates. Of the 539 bills that CBO analyzed in 2014, 47 contained intergovernmental mandates and 75 contained private-sector mandates.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 4771, Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2014
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on the Minimum Wage Conducted by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
In March, CBO testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions about the minimum wage. Some committee members submitted further questions for the record, and this document provides CBO's answers.