State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1981
Public Law 97-108 · H.R. 1465 · 97th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Dec 23, 1981 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Leo Zeferetti (D-NY-15)
Cosponsors (107): Rep. Stanley Lundine, Rep. Norman Mineta,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1981 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office, for every significant bill or resolution reported in the House or Senate, to prepare and submit (along with its regular estimate of the Federal cost involved) an estimate of the costs which would be incurred by State and local governments in carrying out or complying with such bill or resolution.
Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Dec 23, 1981Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-108.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 22, 1981PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 16, 1981FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Budget Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Dec 10, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Budget Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Dec 8, 1981FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Dec 3, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Rules Committee
- Nov 18, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Rules Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by House Rules Committee
- Jan 28, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Rules Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.