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Authority of State Legislatures to Accept Funds Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

This report analyzes the language contained in § 1607 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act),1 which provides that federal funds can be made available to a state by the federal government either after certification by a governor that such money will be requested and spent or after the adoption of a concurrent resolution by a state legislature. This report evaluates the authority of state legislatures to, by concurrent resolution, provide for the acceptance of feder… more

Date: March 25, 2009

Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Crime Control: The Federal Response

Under the federal system in the United States, the states and localities traditionally have held the major responsibility for prevention and control of crime and maintenance of order. For most of the Republic’s history, “police powers” in the broad sense were reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. Many still hold that view, but others see a string of court decisions in recent decades as providing the basis for a far more active federal role. Several bills are disc… more

Date: January 25, 2003

Creator: O'Bryant, JoAnne