Federal Intergovernmental Mandate Law and Legal Definition
The term "Federal intergovernmental mandate" means--
“(A) any provision in legislation, statute, or regulation that--
(i) would impose an enforceable duty upon State, local, or tribal governments, except--
(I) a condition of Federal assistance; or
(II) a duty arising from participation in a voluntary Federal program, except as provided in subparagraph (B)[)]; or
(ii) would reduce or eliminate the amount of authorization of appropriations for--
(I) Federal financial assistance that would be provided to State, local, or tribal governments for the purpose of complying with any such previously imposed duty unless such duty is reduced or eliminated by a corresponding amount; or
(II) the control of borders by the Federal Government; or reimbursement to State, local, or tribal governments for the net cost associated with illegal, deportable, and excludable aliens, including court-mandated expenses related to emergency health care, education or criminal justice; when such a reduction or elimination would result in increased net costs to State, local, or tribal governments in providing education or emergency health care to, or incarceration of, illegal aliens; except that this subclause shall not be in effect with respect to a State, local, or tribal government, to the extent that such government has not fully cooperated in the efforts of the Federal Government to locate, apprehend, and deport illegal aliens;
(B) any provision in legislation, statute, or regulation that relates to a then-existing Federal program under which $ 500,000,000 or more is provided annually to State, local, and tribal governments under entitlement authority, if the provision--
(i) (I) would increase the stringency of conditions of assistance to State, local, or tribal governments under the program; or
(II) would place caps upon, or otherwise decrease, the Federal Government's responsibility to provide funding to State, local, or tribal governments under the program; and
(ii) the State, local, or tribal governments that participate in the Federal program lack authority under that program to amend their financial or programmatic responsibilities to continue providing required services that are affected by the legislation, statute, or regulation.” (2 USCS § 658)
Legal Definition list
- Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Tax
- Federal Insurance Contribution Act FICA
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- Federal Information Security Management Act
- Federal Indian Reservation
- Federal Intergovernmental Mandate
- Federal Judge
- Federal Judicial Center
- Federal Juvenile Delinquency Program
- Federal Labor Relations Activity
- Federal Labor Relations Party
Related Legal Terms
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Active Voters [Federal Elections]
- Actuarial Documents [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Actuarially Appropriate [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
- Advisory Councils of Federal Reserve System
- Agent [Federal Elections]
- Aggregate Federal Share of Compensation
- Allotment from Federal Employee
