UMRA (Contents)
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
Section 207
SEC. 207. PILOT PROGRAM ON SMALL GOVERNMENT FLEXIBILITY.[1]
(a) In General[2].—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with Federal agencies, shall establish pilot programs in at least 2 agencies to test innovative, and more flexible regulatory approaches that—
(1) reduce reporting and compliance burdens on small governments; and
(2) meet overall statutory goals and objectives.
(b) Program Focus.—The pilot programs shall focus on rules in effect or proposed rules, or a combination thereof.
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COUNSEL NOTES
[1] This section is classified to the U.S. Code at 2 U.S.C. 1537.
[2] From the report “Agency Compliance with Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (October 1999)”:
“OMB has designated “several ongoing EPA projects as small government pilot projects … [of] cooperative regulatory enforcement agreements, the development of communications aids to reduce the burden of understanding and complying with agency regulations, and efforts to increase small community involvement in regulatory development.”
Agency Compliance with Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, Office of Management and Budget (October 1999), Executive Summary.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY NOTES
PUBLIC LAWS
Pub. L. 104–4, title II, §207, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 67 (Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995).
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