A federal mandate is an order from the central government that all state and local government must comply with. Usually, a federal mandate requires state and local governments to improve environmental or civil rights issues. Hundreds of federal mandates have been passed requiring state and local governments to take action in areas ranging from the way voters are registered, to ocean-dumping restrictions, to the education of disabled people. Some examples of federal mandates include the Head Start program for low-income children, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
When a federal law requires a lower government to meet a particular obligation, this is referred to as a federal mandate. The Americans with Disabilities Act is an example of a federal mandate.
A MANDATE.
A federal mandate
Kinda, but not really. The federal government does not have the power to mandate states to adopt setbelt laws. However the federal government does seem to have the power to threaten cutting off federal transportation money to states which refuse to.
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a mandate
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A federal law or act compelling State to take certain actions sometimes without providing funding, such as No Child Left Behind- - that's called an un-funded mandate.
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"The British Mandate of Palestine (1917-1922) afforded the Empire governance authority over what is today Israel and Jordan." In this example the mandate is equated with the enforcing an act. Another example is the United States' Affordable Healthcare Act Mandate that individuals purchase insurance, or apply to Medicaid (in applicable States). Here mandate is a government creating an enforceable requirement.
Do No Harm
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