▁uniform ▁act ▁is ▁a ▁proposed ▁state ▁law ▁draft ed ▁and ▁approved ▁by ▁the ▁Un iform ▁Law ▁Commission ▁( U LC ). ▁ ▁Federal ism ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁tradition ally ▁limits ▁the ▁legisl ative ▁authority ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁states . ▁Specifically , ▁the ▁T enth ▁Am end ment ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Constitution ▁states ▁that ▁" pow ers ▁not ▁deleg ated ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁the ▁Constitution , ▁nor ▁prohib ited ▁by ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁States , ▁are ▁reserved ▁to ▁the ▁States ▁respectively , ▁or ▁to ▁the ▁people ". ▁Therefore , ▁state ▁govern ments ▁are ▁free ▁to ▁en act ▁unique ▁laws ▁in ▁any ▁area ▁beyond ▁the ▁pur view ▁of ▁federal ▁pre em ption . ▁Under ▁the ▁doctrine ▁of ▁Er ie ▁Rail road ▁Co . ▁v . ▁Tom p kins ▁( 1 9 3 8 ), ▁federal ▁courts ▁cannot ▁dict ate ▁law ▁to ▁states ▁on ▁pure ▁issues ▁of ▁state ▁common ▁law ▁( al most ▁all ▁of ▁contract , ▁tort , ▁and ▁family ▁law ). ▁However , ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁legal ▁issues ▁regularly ▁trans c end ▁state ▁lines , ▁which ▁makes ▁a ▁predict able ▁and ▁relatively ▁uniform ▁set ▁of ▁laws ▁across ▁states ▁a ▁des irable ▁objective . ▁" Un iform ▁acts " ▁are ▁collabor atively ▁written ▁model ▁laws ▁intended ▁to ▁facil itate ▁the ▁en act ment ▁of ▁identical ▁or ▁similar ▁laws ▁by ▁the ▁separate ▁states . ▁Such ▁laws ▁are ▁distinct ▁from ▁inter state ▁compact s . ▁ ▁D raft ing ▁The ▁N CC US L ▁is ▁a ▁body ▁of