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On the recordJanuary 17, 1995
If the Director determines that it is not feasible for him to make a reasonable estimate that would be required with respect to Federal private-sector mandates, the Director shall not make the estimate but shall report in the statement that the reasonable estimate cannot be reasonably made. And then the committee report goes on to say this: No corresponding section applies for Federal intergovernmental mandates. That is very clear. We allow them to be honest when it comes to the private sector, yet do not permit them to be honest when it comes to the intergovernmental sector. It says they shall estimate. It does not have the possibility that they cannot make an estimate in the intergovernmental sector the way it does to the private sector.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing discrepancies in estimating federal mandates between private and intergovernmental sectors.

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