About the bill
When the federal government creates laws for state or local governments to follow, but does not correspondingly provide money for those subsidiary levels to carry these new laws out, they’re nicknamed “unfunded mandates.”
A 1995 bill, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, was passed under the Republican Congress and ordered public reporting for the estimated cost of unfunded mandates. However, several loopholes allowed many unfunded mandates to still get passed while avoiding the law’s transparency requirements. For example, many rules from regulatory agencies such as the EPA are exempt.
What the bill does
The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act [H.R. 50 and S. 1523] aims to broaden the original 1995 law in several ways:
- In addition to including estimated direct costs, the federal government would also have …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on July 13, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
5 Cosponsors (3 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“House Passes Foxxs Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act”
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Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC5]
(Sponsor)
on Jul 13, 2018
“El Congresista Cuellar ayuda a aprobar proyecto de ley aumentando la seguridad para las empresas y las comunidades locales a travs de una reforma de mandatos sin fondos”
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Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX28]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jul 16, 2018
“Connolly, Cummings Oppose H.R. 50”
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Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA11]
on Jul 13, 2018
History
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Sep 18, 2008
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 6964 (110th). |
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May 5, 2009
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
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Nov 17, 2011
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Ordered Reported
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Feb 28, 2014
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Feb 4, 2015
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Jan 3, 2017
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Introduced
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Mar 15, 2018
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Ordered Reported
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Jun 29, 2018
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Reported by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Jul 13, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Sep 26, 2018
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Considered by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.
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Dec 19, 2018
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Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Jan 8, 2019
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
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H.R. 50 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 50. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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