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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Title: Passing the Buck: A Review of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Date: 4/14/05
Time (EST): 10:00 AM
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342
March 22, 2005, was the ten-year anniversary of enactment of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). The purpose of the hearing is to review the impact UMRA has had on federal, state, and local governments and explore if changes are necessary to strengthen the law's procedures, definitions, and exclusions.
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Member Statements
    Senator George V. Voinovich     Senator Thomas R. Carper
 
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Witnesses Testimony
 
Panel 1
  Orice Williams [View PDF] , Director, Strtegic Issues , U.S. Government Accountability Office
  The Honorable John Graham [View PDF] , Administrator , Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
  Dr. Elizabeth Robinson [View PDF] , Deputy Director , Congressional Budget Office

Panel 2
  The Honorable Colleen Landkamer [View PDF] , Commissioner, Blue Earth County, Minnesota , First Vice President, National Association of Counties
  The Honorable John Hurson [View PDF] , Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates , President, National Conference of State Legislatures
  The Honorable Nick Licata [View PDF] , City Council Member, Seattle, Washington , On Behalf of the National League of Cities



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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510