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The '''Resolution on Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirements''' was adopted by ALEC's [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Tax_and_Fiscal_Policy_Task_Force Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force] at the Annual Meeting on July 24, 2015, approved by the Board of Directors September 4, 2015. (Accessed October 27, 2016).
{{Infobox ALEC Bills
|bill_title          = Resolution on Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirements
|date_introduced    =
|date_reviewed      =
|date_finalized      = July 24, 2015
|date_amended        = September 4, 2015
|date_accessed      = May 3, 2018
|type                = Model Policy
|status              = Final
|task_forces        = Tax and Fiscal Policy
|keywords            = Tax Reform
|notes              =
}}


==ALEC Bill Text==
<h1>Resolution on Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirements</h1>
 
<p><strong>WHEREAS</strong>, maintenance of effort requirements contained in federal cost sharing programs, grants and regulatory agreements with [insert state] restrict state legislators’ ability to appropriate state funds and set regulatory policy; and</p>
WHEREAS, maintenance of effort requirements contained in federal cost sharing programs, grants and regulatory agreements with [insert state] restrict state legislators’ ability to appropriate state funds and set regulatory policy; and
<p><strong>WHEREAS</strong>, limitations and restrictions imposed by federal maintenance of effort requirements restrict state legislators’ ability to act as they believe is in the best interests of the citizens of [insert state]; and</p>
 
<p><strong>WHEREAS</strong>, such limitations and restrictions constitute impingements upon states’ rights set forth in the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and</p>
WHEREAS, limitations and restrictions imposed by federal maintenance of effort requirements restrict state legislators’ ability to act as they believe is in the best interests of the citizens of [insert state]; and
<p><strong>NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED</strong>, [insert state] opposes the limitations and restrictions imposed by federal maintenance of effort requirements and calls on Congress to modify maintenance of effort requirements in ways that ensure federal grants and cost sharing funds are spent for the purpose intended but do not otherwise impinge upon [insert state] legislators’ ability to appropriate state funds or set state policy.</p>
 
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WHEREAS, such limitations and restrictions constitute impingements upon states’ rights set forth in the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and
<p><em>Approved by ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the ALEC Annual Meeting on Thursday July 23, 2015 and Friday, July 24, 2015. Approved by ALEC Board of Directors on September 4, 2015.</em></p>
 
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, [insert state] opposes the limitations and restrictions imposed by federal maintenance of effort requirements and calls on Congress to modify maintenance of effort requirements in ways that ensure federal grants and cost sharing funds are spent for the purpose intended but do not otherwise impinge upon [insert state] legislators’ ability to appropriate state funds or set state policy.
 
 
Approved by ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the ALEC Annual Meeting on Thursday July 23, 2015 and Friday, July 24, 2015.  
 
Approved by ALEC Board of Directors on September 4, 2015.

Latest revision as of 15:23, 3 May 2018

Model Bill Info
Bill Title Resolution on Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirements
Date Finalized July 24, 2015
Date Amended September 4, 2015
Date Accessed May 3, 2018
Type Model Policy
Status Final
Task Forces Tax and Fiscal Policy
Keywords Tax Reform

Resolution on Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirements

WHEREAS, maintenance of effort requirements contained in federal cost sharing programs, grants and regulatory agreements with [insert state] restrict state legislators’ ability to appropriate state funds and set regulatory policy; and

WHEREAS, limitations and restrictions imposed by federal maintenance of effort requirements restrict state legislators’ ability to act as they believe is in the best interests of the citizens of [insert state]; and

WHEREAS, such limitations and restrictions constitute impingements upon states’ rights set forth in the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, [insert state] opposes the limitations and restrictions imposed by federal maintenance of effort requirements and calls on Congress to modify maintenance of effort requirements in ways that ensure federal grants and cost sharing funds are spent for the purpose intended but do not otherwise impinge upon [insert state] legislators’ ability to appropriate state funds or set state policy.

 

Approved by ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the ALEC Annual Meeting on Thursday July 23, 2015 and Friday, July 24, 2015. Approved by ALEC Board of Directors on September 4, 2015.

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