Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 25 — Unfunded Mandates Reform
§ 1555. “Federal mandate” defined
Statutory text
Notwithstanding section 1502 of this title, for purposes of this subchapter the term “Federal mandate” means any provision in statute or regulation or any Federal court ruling that imposes an enforceable duty upon State, local, or tribal governments including a condition of Federal assistance or a duty arising from participation in a voluntary Federal program.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
Pub. L. 104–4 title III § 305 · 109 Stat. 48
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1555
(Pub. L. 104–4, title III, § 305, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 70.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–4, title III, § 305, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 70.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 305. DEFINITION. Notwithstanding section 3 of this Act, for purposes of this title the term “Federal mandate” means any provision in statute or regulation or any Federal court ruling that imposes an enforceable duty upon State, local, or tribal governments including a condition of Federal assistance or a duty arising from participation in a voluntary Federal program.
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