State and Local Governments
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CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
May 10, 2016CBO reviews hundreds of bills and public laws for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates each year and estimates whether the annual costs of those mandates would exceed thresholds established in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
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A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2014 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
March 31, 2015Sixteen laws enacted in 2014 contain intergovernmental mandates and 26 contain private-sector mandates. Of the 539 bills that CBO analyzed in 2014, 47 contained intergovernmental mandates and 75 contained private-sector mandates.
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Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2014
March 2, 2015This report provides information on spending by federal, state, and local governments for transportation and water infrastructure, which totaled $416 billion in 2014.
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Federal Investment
December 18, 2013In 2012, the federal government spent $531 billion on investment—for physical capital; research and development; and education and training—which represented 15 percent of federal spending and 3 percent of GDP.
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Federal Grants to State and Local Governments
March 5, 2013In 2011, the federal government provided $607 billion in grants to state and local governments, accounting for 17 percent of federal outlays and a quarter of spending by states and localities. Nearly half of that amount was for Medicaid.
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The Underfunding of State and Local Pension Plans
May 4, 2011CBO discusses two approaches to calculating the present value of a plans liabilities.