Bills Reviewed by CBO That Contained Mandates

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) requires CBO to estimate the cost of intergovernmental and private-sector mandates in bills and joint resolutions that have been reported by authorizing committees. CBO’s statements about mandates must indicate whether the aggregate annual cost of mandates in the bill would exceed thresholds established in UMRA ($50M for intergovernmental and $100M for private-sector in 1995, adjusted annually for inflation).

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Thresholds For Intergovernmental Mandates Since 2000
$82M in 2019
$80M in 2018
$78M in 2017
$77M in 2016
$77M in 2015
$76M in 2014
$75M in 2013
$73M in 2012
$71M in 2011
$70M in 2010
$69M in 2009
$68M in 2008
$66M in 2007
$64M in 2006
$62M in 2005
$60M in 2004
$59M in 2003
$58M in 2002
$56M in 2001
$55M in 2000
  • Regular = Costs Fall Below the Statutory Threshold ($82M in 2019)
  • Bold = Costs Exceed the Statutory Threshold ($82M in 2019)
  • Italic = Costs Could Not Be Determined
  • Regular = Costs Fall Below the Statutory Threshold ($164M in 2019)
  • Bold = Costs Exceed the Statutory Threshold ($164M in 2019)
  • Italic = Costs Could Not Be Determined
Bill Description of Mandate

H.R. 3622, Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2019
  • Preempts state laws governing security freezes, credit monitoring, and identity theft protection of a consumer

H.R. 3642, Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2019
  • Requires entities that investigate consumers and provide information to consumer reporting agencies to notify consumers to consumer reporting agencies on the results of those investigations
  • Requires entities that provide information to consumer reporting agencies to ensure personnel involved in reinvestigations are located within the United States
  • Requires entities that provide information to consumer reporting agencies to maintain that information
  • Requires entities that provide information to consumer reporting agencies to verify consumer reporting agencies have correct information in a disputed consumer report

S. 1790, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 9, 2019. A letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Committees on the Budget, Armed Services, and the Judiciary and to the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the statutory pay-as-you-go effects of S. 1790 and the budgetary effects of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act.
  • Eliminates the ability of public entities to appeal the federal government's decision to take land into trust for the benefit of the Chumash Tribe
  • Extinguishes existing and future claims and appeals regarding land laken into trust for the Chumash Tribe
  • Increases the cost of complying with existing mandates by increasing the authorized end strength for active-duty personnel
  • Preempts state licensing laws by permitting licensed veterinarians employed by the Department of Defense or members of the Armed Services or National Guard to perform veterinary services in any state, the District of Columbia, or U.S. territory without requiring the veterinarian to obtain additional state or local licenses to practice in those jurisdictions
  • Preempts states from collecting taxes on military spouses by allowing spouses to elect residency for any purpose while living in another state with their spouse who has relocated under military or naval orders
  • Prohibits state and local governmental from collecting taxes on land taken into trust for the Little Shell Tribe
  • Prohibits state and local governments from collecting taxes on land taken into trust for the Lytton Rancheria of California
  • Prohibits state and local governments from collecting taxes on land taken into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

H.R. 4674, College Affordability Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on October 31, 2019
  • Requires all institutions of higher education to establish an office of accessibility

S. 2877, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

As reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on December 3, 2019
  • Requires policyholders of property and casualty insurance to pay surcharges for terrorism insurance in the event of a certified terrorist attack
  • Preempts state laws that regulate terrorism insurance
  • Requires property and casualty insurers to collect and report information about terrorism insurance policies
  • Requires property and casualty insurers to collect surcharges from policyholders
  • Requires property and casualty insurers to offer terrorism insurance

H.R. 2474, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on September 25, 2019
  • Preempts state laws that prohibit union contracts that require workers to pay for the cost of representation

H.R. 1380, Big Cat Public Safety Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019
  • Requires public exhibitors of big cats to have a permanent barrier or a minimum distance between the cats and the public
  • Prohibits public exhibitors of big cats from allowing the public to have direct contact with the animals

S. 1507, PFAS Release Disclosure and Protection Act of 2019

As reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 19, 2019
  • Requires public water systems to test and monitor water for the presence of additional perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances

H.R. 317, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on November 6, 2019
  • Prohibits state and local governments from taxing land taken into trust for the Chumash Tribe

H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on November 14, 2019 (Rules Committee Print 116-37) with a Manager’s Amendment
  • Requires public health care facilities to comply with a new workplace safety rule to be issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration