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HR 5238 111th Congress House

Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 2010

Official title: To exempt the State of Utah from Federal programs in the areas of education, transportation, and Medicaid so that the State of Utah can undertake innovative me… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To exempt the State of Utah from Federal programs in the areas of education, transportation, and Medicaid so that the State of Utah can undertake innovative methods to manage these government programs using Utah's portion of Federal revenues for these programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 6, 2010 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Elementary and secondary educationHigher educationIntergovernmental relationsMedicaid
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State and local financeState and local government operationsTransportation programs fundingUtah
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 27, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
May 27, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
May 6, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
May 6, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 6, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 6, 2010
Referred to House Education and Labor
May 6, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 27, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretaries of Education, of Transportation, and of Health and Human Services to seek to enter into an agreement with the state of Utah under which the state will assume all responsibility for the administration within the state of federal programs in the areas of education, transportation, and Medicaid.

Requires the transfer to Utah each calendar year, if such an agreement is entered into, of an amount equivalent to the portion of the estimated federal tax revenues to be paid that year by Utah citizens that would be returned to the state through federal education, transportation, and Medicaid programs in the absence of the agreement.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5238: Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5238/
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"H.R. 5238: Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5238/.
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H.R. 5238, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5238/.
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