The language of the amendment says that the prohibitions in the subsection would not apply to any State or political subdivision that does not receive a Federal grant to cover all expenses. Now. I come from New York State. where we are particularly sensitive to unfunded mandates. If this amendment had been expressed as an appropriation. as my friend. the gentleman from California indicated was the case in the Immigration Act a few years ago where we did provide in the authorizing legislation billions of dollars to assist the States in the implementation of that legislation. I would support it. If this were phrased as a sense of the Congress that we should appropriate where it is necessary to avoid a heavy burden on the States.
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