S. 2967: Restore the Partnership Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-12-03 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 617.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-12-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Restore the Partnership Act

Plain summary

Restore the Partnership Act This bill establishes in the executive branch the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations of the United States. The commission shall, among other things, provide a forum for discussing ways to improve the administration and coordination of federal grant-in-aid, regulatory, tax, and other programs requiring intergovernmental cooperation, and identify the intergovernmental impacts of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court on federal, state, tribal, and local governments. The commission shall (1) report to Congress, one year after its initial meeting and annually thereafter, detailing the programs, initiatives, departments, offices, and any other efforts carried out under the authority of a state, local, or tribal government for which at least 50% of the funding is derived from federal sources; and (2) terminate eight years after this bill's enactment.

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Official text

Restore the Partnership Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · 1 cosponsors

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Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s2967.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s2967 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116