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United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
law and politics,
unfunded mandates are regulations, or in some cases conditions for receiving grants, that impose costs on state or local governments or private entities for which they are not reimbursed by the federal government.
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In
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
law and politics,
unfunded mandates are regulations, or in some cases conditions for receiving grants, that impose costs on state or local governments or private entities for which they are not reimbursed by the federal government.
- Any one of many federal legislations such as the Clean Air Act
A Clean Air Act is one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of smog and air pollution in general. The use by governments to enforce clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human health and longer life spans...
, and the Clean Water ActThe Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the goals of eliminating releases to water of high amounts of toxic substances, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that...
that require programs to be sponsored by the governments of the states, without providing any funds for those programs
- The provisions in the Americans with Disabilities Act that require nearly all American business owners to make their business premises available to disabled customers, without providing any funds for the cost of reconstruction or additional interior space
- The provisions in the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act is a United States Act of Congress passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. It requires hospitals and ambulance services to provide care to anyone needing emergency healthcare treatment regardless of...
that require nearly all American emergency rooms to accept and stabilize any patient regardless of the patient's ability to pay, but do not provide adequate reimbursement for indigent patients