Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60
§1551 Baseline Study of Costs and Benefits
Title 2 › Chapter 25— UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM › Subchapter III— REVIEW OF FEDERAL MANDATES › § 1551
Summary
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations — the group that must do the study. The Commission must, with the Director, finish a study no later than 18 months after March 22, 1995. The study must show how to define and measure the total costs and benefits to State, local, and tribal governments of complying with federal law, including whether indirect costs and benefits can be measured and how to measure benefits from federal aid and tax benefits.
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Title 2, §1551
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(a)No later than 18 months after March 22, 1995, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Advisory Commission”), in consultation with the Director, shall complete a study to examine the measurement and definition issues involved in calculating the total costs and benefits to State, local, and tribal governments of compliance with Federal law.
(b)The study required by this section shall consider—
(1)the feasibility of measuring indirect costs and benefits as well as direct costs and benefits of the Federal, State, local, and tribal relationship; and
(2)how to measure both the direct and indirect benefits of Federal financial assistance and tax benefits to State, local, and tribal governments.
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2 U.S.C. § 1551
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60