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Ed Markey: under the rules, is it the Congressional Budget Office that determines whether or not an item is an unfunded mandate or…

On the recordJune 8, 2006
under the rules, is it the Congressional Budget Office that determines whether or not an item is an unfunded mandate or not? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Section 424 of the Congressional Budget Act does provide for estimates by the Congressional Budget Office of unfunded mandates.
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Ed Markey
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