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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57552</law_id><section_number>2.2-617</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Implementation of Federal Mandates Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Federal statute</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">federal statute</span> that is in accord with the United States Constitution imposing <span class="dictionary">mandates</span> on state or local governments, which may include, but is not limited to, the following:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 300f, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210856" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 7401, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210857" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1251, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210858" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 3251, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 6901, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 9601, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210861" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, P.L. 99-499, as amended; <a id="paragraph-210862" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> The Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1531, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210863" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> The Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Statute, 20 U.S.C. &#xA7; 4011, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210864" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, P.L. 101-336, as amended; <a id="paragraph-210865" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="11"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, 49 U.S.C. &#xA7; 2501, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210866" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="12"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, P.L. 103-3, as amended; <a id="paragraph-210867" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="13"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, P.L. 99-145 and 99-499, as amended; <a id="paragraph-210868" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="14"><p><span class="prefix-number">14.</span> The Federal, State, and Local Partnership for Education Improvement Program, 20 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1751, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210869" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#14"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="15"><p><span class="prefix-number">15.</span> The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended; <a id="paragraph-210870" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#15"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="16"><p><span class="prefix-number">16.</span> The Federal School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA7; 1751 and 1773, P.L. 101-336, as amended; <a id="paragraph-210871" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#16"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="17"><p><span class="prefix-number">17.</span> The Federal Social Services and Medicaid Requirements, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1396, et seq., as amended; <a id="paragraph-210872" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#17"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="18"><p><span class="prefix-number">18.</span> The Federal Highway Safety Programs; and <a id="paragraph-210873" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#18"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="19"><p><span class="prefix-number">19.</span> The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, P.L. 102-240, as amended. <a id="paragraph-210874" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-617/#19"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 604, &#xA7; 2.1-797; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
