House · Roll call 327 · 2nd session · July 13, 2018 A vote to send H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2018, back to committee with instructions.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

A motion to recommit with instructions returns a bill to committee and is voted on before final passage. A Yes vote would send H.R. 50, which amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, back to committee instead of moving to the vote on passing it.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to: (1) require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at the request of the chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee, to conduct an assessment comparing the authorized level of funding in legislation to the prospective costs of carrying out any changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on state, local, or tribal governments participating in the federal assistance program; (2) modify the definition of "direct costs" to require CBO to consider, in accounting for the costs of federal mandates, forgone business profits, costs passed onto consumers and other entities, and behavioral changes; (3) eliminate the exemption of independent regulatory agencies (except the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Open Market Committee, or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) from reporting requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA); and (4) make the raising of points of order in the consideration of congressional legislation applicable to legislation that would increase the direct cost of private sector mandates beyond limits established by UMRA.