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State-Federal Relations and Standing Committees
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| News Highlights: State-Federal & Standing Committees | Standing Committees: Membership & Governance | Capitol to Capitol / Newsletters | Letters/Testimony | Policy Positions | Federal Resources |
Senate Health Care Reform Bill
NCSL has the full text of the just-released Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. More
Policy Proposals due Nov. 28
The deadline for filing policy statements to be considered at the 2009 Fall Forum is Nov. 28. They should be sent to Carl Tubbesing, NCSL’s deputy executive director. Proposed policies will posted to the NCSL website by Dec. 2.
Federal Health Care Reform Webinar
NCSL is hosting a webinar for state legislators and legislative staff to discuss private insurance provisions of federal health care reform efforts on Friday, Nov. 20. More
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NCSL Standing Committees & Task Forces
| Overview | Agriculture and Energy | Budgets and Revenue | Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce | Education | Environment | Health | Human Services and Welfare |
| Labor and Economic Development | Law and Criminal Justice | Legislative Effectiveness | Redistricting and Elections | Transportation | Task Forces |
Task Forces: Overview
NCSL uses task forces to complement the work of the 12 standing committees. Task forces typically deal with issues that cut across the jurisdictions of the standing committees and are created for a specified period of time. They range in size between 20 and 30 legislators and legislative staff.
Task forces have been very effective at developing positions on highly complex and controversial issues, including immigration reform, welfare reform and No Child Left Behind.
Members of task forces are appointed by the NCSL president and staff chair and have Republican and Democrat co-chairs. Policy statements on state-federal issues that are developed by task forces must be approved through the regular NCSL policy process before becoming official.
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