What Does UMRA Require?
UMRA’s goal is to ensure that Members of Congress are informed—before enacting legislation—about the likely direct costs of federal mandates. CBO is required to notify authorizing committees about whether intergovernmental mandates contained in reported bills would impose costs on state, local, or tribal governments. If the direct costs of all mandates in a bill would be above UMRA’s threshold in any of the first five fiscal years after the mandates take effect, CBO must provide estimates (if feasible) and present an assessment of whether the bill would authorize or otherwise provide funding to cover the costs of any new federal mandate.2 UMRA requires authorizing committees to publish CBO’s mandate statements in their reports or in the Congressional Record before a bill is considered by the full House of Representatives or the Senate. Conference committees must ensure “to the greatest extent practicable” that CBO prepares statements for conference agreements or for amended bills that
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