Before December 1, 1996, the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review shall complete an assessment of the implementation and cost of current federal mandates. In its evaluation, the committee shall consider the relationship between the requirements and implementation of the federal mandates and state policy. In addition, the evaluation shall identify those federal mandates that the committee believes are encroaching on the state's authority under the Tenth Amendment.
Miss. Code § 5-3-79