The grandfather provision. found in section 2425(a). was added during the consideration of the Committee on Rules of the bill to protect all past mandates as long as they do not increase the mandate or decrease the resource allocated to fund it. In other words. the Clean Water Act. Clean Air Act. Immigration Act. and Endangered Species Act. to name a few. are all protected from the procedural strictures this bill imposes on future mandates. Quite simply. this is a mistake. The very reason we are addressing this issue is because the pain inflicted by unfunded mandates upon the States has reached critical mass.
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