The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management held a hearing yesterday on the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act (UMITA), proposed legislation aimed at strengthening the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) and addressing the challenges state and local governments face as they implement congressional and agency mandates.
President Bill Clinton signed the UMRA into law in an effort to improve regulatory practices and to bring more...