Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to add rule XLIII to require: (1) an affirmative two-thirds vote of the members of the committee to report any bill or resolution that contains one or more unfunded Federal mandates; and (2) a reported measure containing such a mandate to be accompanied by an explanation of why the unfunded mandate is important enough to be imposed upon State and local budgets without attendant Federal funding.
Makes it out of order for the Senate to consider any bill that has not satisfied the requirements of this Act. Requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to waive this point of order.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Rules.
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