RD168 - July 2009 Federal Mandate Report


Executive Summary:
The Federal Mandate Report is published semiannually by the Virginia Liaison Office (VLO). This report provides reviews of federal legislation containing unfunded mandates that have become public law (Part I), or passed at least one chamber of Congress (Part II). The report also provides reviews of federal regulatory action completed that may affect the Commonwealth (Part III). The VLO relies on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) interpretations of the Federal Unfunded Mandate Reform Act (UMRA) to determine what legislation contains intergovernmental mandates. Descriptions of the mandates provided in this analysis are based upon, or excerpted from, these CBO documents.

The Liaison Office has relied on the recommendations of the Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC) of the General Services Administration to determine which federal regulatory actions may affect the states.

This edition of the Federal Mandate Report is intended to provide an overview of the legislative and regulatory requirements imposed upon the Commonwealth for the period from January 9th, 2009 to July 1st, 2009.

In this report the Liaison Office provides reviews of the legislation containing mandates that have become public law (Part I), or passed in at least one chamber of Congress (Part II). The report also provides reviews of federal regulatory action completed during the same period that may have an effect on the Commonwealth (Part III).

Three (3) of the bills reviewed by the CBO has become public law during the aforementioned period that is covered in this report. During this same period, eleven (11) bills containing intergovernmental mandates have passed at least one chamber of Congress.

From January 9th, 2009 to July 1st, 2009, the RISC identified a total of fifty-five (55) completed federal regulations that may affect the States all of which may affect the Commonwealth.