Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009
Latest action · Jun 12, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require reports on federal mandates to include: (1) an assessment of the prospective costs of carrying out changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on participating state, local, or tribal governments and how these costs compare with the funds being authorized; (2) for reauthorizations, an assessment of the additional costs of changes in those conditions compared with the changes in funding being authorized; (3) in cases where a bill or joint resolution provides necessary sums, an estimate of that amount; and (4) an identification and description of any reasonably foreseeable indirect costs to such governments or the private sector from implementing the federal mandate.
Repeals a provision excluding independent regulatory agencies from reporting requirements.
Makes requirements under this Act applicable to general notice of any final rule that includes such a mandate.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2009 to Apr 13, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | May 5, 2009 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Feb 4, 2010 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Apr 13, 2010 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 5, 2009 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred May 5, 2009 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred May 5, 2009 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 5, 2009 |
| Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee | Referred Jun 12, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- May 5, 2009Introduced in House
- May 5, 2009Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- May 5, 2009Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 5, 2009Referred to House Rules
- May 5, 2009Referred to House Budget
- May 5, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5819 | Virginia Foxx R-NC | May 20, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to ensure that actions taken by regulatory agencies are subject to that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
