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- enabling act
- a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
- extradition
- the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
- revenue sharing
- distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities
- project grant
- a grant given based on merit
- grant-in-aid program
- Grants of federal money money or other resources to states,cities,counties, and lo
- implied powers
- those delegated powers of the national gov't that are not specifically stated in the Constitution, but are implied by the interpretation of the Elastic Clause
- Expresswed Powers
- those delegated power of the national government that are spelled out, expressly, in thhe constitution;
- block grant
- a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs
- interstate compact
- a written agreement between two or more states
- reserved powers
- Powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people
- Division of Power
- basic principle of federalism;
- inherent powers
- presidential powers implied but not explicitly stated in the Constitution
- Delegated Powers
- Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
- categorical grant
- a grant that can only be used for certain categories; MOST used
- Federalism
- a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- full faith and credit clause
- the clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of the other states
- privileges and immunities clause
- a state cannot discriminate against someone from another state or give its own residents priveleges
- concurrent powers
- shared powers