A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to a Convocation on American Federalism.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of Congress that by January 1, 1981, the President should call a Convocation on American Federalism in order to bring together elected officials of Federal, State, and local governments to stimulate a national assessment of the Federal system of government. States that the Convocation should: (1) define which governmental functions are inherently national in nature or inherently State or local in nature; (2) examine the allocation of such functions; (3) identify any necessary changes in current functional or programmatic roles of each level of government; (4) define the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce and the use of such power to preempt State and local regulatory authority; (5) define the limits on the power of Congress to attach conditions to the distribution of Federal financial assistance; (6) develop strategies to simplify the Federal grant system and to ensure that the system is utilized only where direct provision of services by the Government would not be effective; and (7) establish procedures for the publication of a final report by 1982 and interim reports as necessary. Declares that delegates to the Convocation should be authorized …