Section 11 | Jurisdictions of the NCSL Standing Committees 2012-2014

The NCSL Standing Committees are composed of legislators and legislative staff who are appointed by the leadership of the legislatures. The committees are the main organizational mechanism for serving NCSL members. There are 10 committees that deal with both state and state-federal issues. The jurisdictions of the standing committees are similar to those of committees in the state legislatures. Those standing committees are:

Budgets and Revenue

Communications, Financial Services
and Interstate Commerce

Education

Energy, Transportation and Agriculture

Environment

Energy, Transportation and Agriculture

Human Services and Welfare

Labor and Economic Development

Law and Criminal Justice

Legislative Effectiveness

1. Budgets and Revenue
Budgets-Federal Budgets-State Federal Funding Federal Mandates Federal Revenues and Taxes	Fiscal and Tax Issues Income Taxes Legislative Budget Process Oversight Pensions Program Evaluation	Property Taxes Public Finance Issues Regionalism Sales Tax State and Local Revenue System	State Revenues and Taxes State-Local Relations Taxes Unfunded Mandates
2. Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce
Banks and Banking Broadband Technologies Business Activity Taxes Cable TV Regulation Community Reinvestment Act Computer and Information Systems Consumer Affairs Content Regulation Credit Cards and Bureaus	Credit Unions Dual Banking System Dual Chartering of Insurance Electronic Commerce Electronic Commerce Sales Tax Electronic Government Electronic Records and Information Financial Institutions Financial Privacy	Information Technology and Policy Insurance Insurance Fraud Insurance Redlining Insurance Solvency/State Guaranty Funds Internet and Electronic Privacy Internet Regulation Internet Tax Interstate Commerce	Natural Disaster Insurance Securities Spectrum Allocation State Internet Networks State Telecommunications Networks Telecommunications Telecommunications Taxes Wireless Communications
3. Education
Early Childhood Education Education Education Act Education Finance	Education Reform Elementary and Secondary Higher Education	School Adequacy School Finance Schools-Choice/Charter	Schools-Violence Special Education Teachers
4. Energy, Transportation and Agriculture
Agriculture Alternative Fuels Amtrak Aviation Biotechnology Cell Phones Clean Air Act Conformity	Driver Licensing Drunk Driving Electric Industry Restructuring Electric Utilities Regulation Energy Production Federal Transportation Funding Growth Management	Hazardous Waste Highways Motor Vehicles Nationa Energy Act Nuclear Waste Pesticides Pipeline Safety Power Producing Industries	Radioactive Wastes Railroads Surface Transportation Traffic Safety Transportation Water Transportation
5. Environment
Alternative Energy Brownfields Clean Air Environment Environmental Health	Growth Management Hazardous Wastes Natural Disasters Natural Resources Nuclear Waste	Pesticides Pollution Prevention Radioactive Wastes Superfund Takings	Toxics Waste Disposal Water Policy Wetlands Protection
6. Health
Abortion AIDS/HIV Alcohol Abuse Bioterrorism Cancer Prevention and Control Children’s Health Insurance Chronic Diseases	Disabilities Diseases Genetic Testing Health Care Health Care Reform Health Insurance Health Professions	Long-Term Care Managed Care Maternal and Child Health Medicaid Medicare Medical Records/Privacy Mental Health	Nursing Homes Pharmaceutical Drugs Preventive Medicine Public Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Substance Abuse Tobacco
7. Human Services and Welfare
Adoption Aging Child Abuse Child Care Child Nutrition Child Support Child Welfare Commodity Distribution	Delinquency Prevention Domestic Violence Early Childhood Elderly Emergency Food Assistance Fatherhood Food and Nutrition	Food Stamps Foster Care Homeless Immigration Income Security Legal Aliens LIHEAP	Marriage / Divorce Refugees Assistance Social Security Social Services Block Grant Supplemental Security Income Welfare Reform/TANF Welfare to Work
8. Labor and Economic Development
Adult Education Arts and Culture Community Revitalization Consumer Affairs Davis Bacon Act Economic Development Employment Employment Training	Family Medical Leave Act Growth Management Historic Preservation Housing International Trade Labor Libraries Life-Long Learning	Minimum Wage Public Employees Retirement Right-to-Work Laws School-to-Work Transition Social Security State Minimum Wage Travel and Tourism	Unemployment Unemployment Compensation Unions Urban Renewal Violence-Workplace Workers Compensation Workplace Discrimination Workforce Development
9. Law and Criminal Justice
Campaign Finance Capital Punishment Civil Rights Constitution and Constitutional Law Corrections Crime Victims Criminal Justice Domestic Violence	Drug Crime Elections and Election Reform Executive Order on Federalism Federal Courts Federalism Gambling Gangs Gay Rights	Gun Control Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Immigration Initiative and Referendum Juvenile Justice Law Enforcement Liability Native American Affairs Preemption	Prisons and Jails Probation and Parole Product Liability Public Safety Sentencing State Courts State-Tribal Takings Voting Rights Act
10. Legislative Effectiveness
Civic Education Congressional Procedures and Reform Executive Branch Legislative Committees Legislative Computer Systems Legislative Ethics	Legislative Expenditures Legislative Leadership Legislative Operations Legislative Orientation/Training Legislative Program Evaluation Legislative Rules and Procedures	Legislative Staff Legislative Structure Legislator and Staff Training Legislators Media Relations Open Meetings	Public Information Public Records Separation of Powers State Privacy Policies Term Limits

Last Updated August 2012




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Section 11 | Jurisdictions of the NCSL Standing Committees 2012-2014

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