A responsibility imposed by legislation on regional or local governments with no matching funding (e.g., provision of internal workplace HIV/AIDS programmes but without provision for the costs involved).
a federal program enacted by Congress, but which must be financed by state or local governments without federal assistance
a regulation that requires a State, local, or tribal government or the private sector to incur direct costs without the Federal Government having first provided the funds to pay those costs
a requirement imposed by Congress on state or local governments with no funding to pay for it
a statute or regulation that requires a state or local government to perform certain actions, yet provides no money for fulfilling the requirements
When a law requires local or state agencies to provide a service or program but provides no money to carry out the law.
An unfunded mandate is a statute that requires government or private parties to carry out specific actions, but does not appropriate any funds for that purpose.