For instance. the act had only required the CBO to prepare fiscal notes on legislation. other than tax and appropriations measures. which posed an estimated State and local impact in excess of $200 million. The CBO. however. has found it feasible to estimate the State and local impact of all affected legislation. rather than just those which trigger the $200 million threshold. The subcommittee was told of examples. such as last years immigration reform bill. in which State and local fiscal notes were critical to the adoption by Congress of provisions designed to eliminate or to minimize the cost of Federal mandate legislation to local governments. We also heard the outlines of some suggestions to improve the State and local fiscal note process. For example. some suggested that it might be advisable to extend it now to tax measures and other legislation not previously affected.
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