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Agendas
Seminars, Staff Sections and Ancillary Groups

Agriculture and Rural Development
Budgets and Revenue
Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce
Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs
Education
Energy and Electric Utilities
Environment and Natural Resources
Financial Services
Health
Human Services and Welfare
Labor and Workforce Development
Law and Criminal Justice
Legislative Effectiveness and State Government
Redistricting and Elections
Transportation

Fiscal Leaders Seminar
Health Leaders Seminar
Transportation Seminar

Tuesday, December 9, 2003

7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Special Seminars for Policy Leaders:

Fiscal Leaders (will discuss recent budgeting strategies, state tax reform efforts, the economic outlook and solutions to state fiscal problems)

Transportation Leaders (will explore critical issues, including financing, TEA-21 reauthorization, traffic safety, teen licensing and commercial vehicle safety)

1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Health Leaders (will examine successful approaches to containing rising health costs, improving access to quality care, managing long-term care and exploring timely public health issues. (Held at the Washington Court Hotel)

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Yorktown, Ballroom Level

Reception for Foundation for State Legislatures' Gold Sponsors, NCSL Standing Committee Officers, and Fiscal and Transportation Policy Leaders

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Regency Foyer

Registration

7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Sequoia, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Media/Press Office

7:30 am - 3:45 pm

Special Seminar for Fiscal Policy Leaders
Special Seminar for Transportation Policy Leaders

9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Special Seminar for Health Policy Leaders

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Field Trip to Maryland Prison Industries
Sponsor: Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee

Committee members will visit Maryland's State Use Industries of the Division of Corrections. Transportation and lunch provided in cooperation with the National Correctional Industries Association. Bus departs from and returns to the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill. Advance signup required. Contact Amie Soumah at amie.soumah@ncsl.org.

11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Columbia A/B, Ballroom Level

Presiding: Speaker Martin Stephens, Utah
President, NCSL

Speaker: The Honorable Norman Mineta, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.

Sponsored by the Transportation and Fiscal Policy Leaders.

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Yellowstone/Everglades, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Sponsors: Education Standing Committee
High School Redesign Advisory Committee

Members of the Education Standing Committee are invited to join the NCSL's High School Redesign Advisory Committee for lunch as they discuss NCSL's new project funded by the Gates Foundation.

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

Congress, the States and Interstate Taxation (lunch provided)
Sponsors: Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee
Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee

The federal moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access has expired, at least for the next few months. This session will provide an overview of the issues involved in the extension of the moratorium, as well as an update on the federal legislation to give states remote sales tax collection authority.

Moderator: Senator Mac McCracken, South Dakota
Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Speakers: Harley Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, Washington, D.C.
Ellen Marshall, Multistate Tax Commission, Washington, D.C.
Mark Beshears, Sprint Corporation, Kansas
Scott Mackey, Kimbell Sherman Ellis, Vermont
Maureen Riehl, National Retail Federation, Washington, D.C.
Frank Cavaliere, Office of U.S. Seantor George Allen, Washington, D.C.
Rachel Welch, Senate Commerce Committee, Washington, D.C.
Neal Osten, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C.

1:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Grand Teton, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Federal Energy Bill Overview
Sponsor: Energy and Electric Utilities Standing Committee

This session will provide an overview of energy demand and supply projections and review the status and implications of the national energy bill currently before Congress.

Speaker: Fred Hoover, Duncan Weinberg Genzer Pembroke, Washington, D.C.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Glacier, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

The Current State of the Arts
Sponsor: Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

This session focuses on state art and cultural policy. Other topics to consider are the effects of state budget crises on arts and culture funding and cultural policy developments in the states.

Presiding: Representative Peter Lewiss, Rhode Island
Chair, Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

Speaker: Kelly Barsdate, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Washington, D.C.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Congressional E, Lobby Level

Clean Air Update: A Look at "Clear Skies" and State Multi-Pollutant Strategies
Sponsor: Environment and Natural Resources Standing Committee

"Clear Skies" is a Bush administration initiative designed to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and mercury through a cap-and-trade program. Learn how a national program may affect state options to craft air pollution control laws.

Speakers: Sam Napolitano, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Leah Weiss, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Massachusetts

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

Mutual Fund Abuse: Sounding the Alarm on Wall Street, Again
Sponsor: Financial Services Standing Committee

State securities regulators have long been hailed as an early warning system for the nation's investors. This session will explore the series of mutual fund abuses uncovered by state regulators, as well as offer an update on the $1.4 billion Wall Street global settlement.

Speakers: Antonia Chion, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
Ralph Lambiase, Securities and Business Investments Division, Connecticut
Frank Widmann, Bureau of Securities, New Jersey

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Congressional B, Lobby Level

DOL Legislative and Administrative Priorities for 2004
Sponsor: Labor and Workforce Development Standing Committee

The New Balance Proposal and other Department of Labor priorities for the coming year will be discussed.

Speaker: Mason Bishop, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Congressional A, Lobby Level

Foster Care Financing: Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care
Sponsor: Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

Over 500,000 children in our country are in foster care today staying there for an average of three years with an average of three different families. The Pew Commission on Children in foster Care was established to develop recommendations to improve outcomes for children in foster care. Hear about the Commission's work and the recommendations it is developing that could affect your state.

Speakers: The Honorable Bill Frenzel, former member of Congress
Vice Chair, Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care
Senator Angela Monson, Oklahoma
NCSL Past President

1:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Yellowstone/Everglades, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Federal Education Issues Update
Sponsor: Education Standing Committee

In 2004, Congress will consider legislation that promises to significantly affect state education policy. At this session, policy experts and NCSL staff will present the latest information on reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Head Start and the Higher Education Act and possible amendments to the No Child Left Behind Act.

Speakers: Terry Hartle, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.
Nancy Reder, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Virginia
David Shreve, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C.
Lee Posey, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C.

1:30 pm -3:45 pm
Columbia C, Ballroom Level

Rural Policy Roundtable
Sponsor: Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

This session is a discussion on public policy for rural America. The committee will also review expiring and new NCSL lobbying policies on rural issues.

Presiding: Barry Denk, Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Staff Chair, Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

Speaker: Jason Boehlert, National Association of Development Organizations, Washington, D.C.
Joseph Dunn, National Association of Counties, Washington, D.C.

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Columbia A/B, Ballroom Level

TEA-21 Reauthorization
Sponsors: Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee
Fiscal Policy Leaders
Transportation Policy Leaders

What are states seeking in the reauthorization of the massive $218 billion federal surface transportation program that expired in September of this year. This session will feature the latest information about the reauthorization of TEA-21.

Moderator: Representative Mike Krusee, Texas
Chair, Transportation Standing Committee

Speakers: Charles "Chip" Nottingham, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.
Levon Boyagian, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Grand Teton, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Wind and Wave Energy
Sponsor: Energy and Electric Utilities Standing Committee

This session will be the first of several sessions where the committee examines renewable energy sources in preparation for taking up the national energy policy later this year and will focus on offshore wind power and wave power issues.

Speakers: Carolyn Elefant, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
Pat Quinlan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
Bonnie Ram, Energetics, Washington, D.C.

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Glacier, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Prison Industry Enhancement Policy Discussion
Sponsor: Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee

Prison Industries Enhancement Program (PIE) certifications and funding including proposed policy will be discussed.

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Congressional E, Lobby Level

All members should plan to attend this meeting where a variety of policies will be discussed.

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Help America Vote Act--Developments and Updates
Sponsor: Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee

Many states have implemented major overhauls of the election process to comply with the Help America Vote Act passed in 2002. This session will look at many of the issues regarding this act.

2:40 pm - 3:50 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

E-911: Federal Requirements and State Deployment
Sponsor: Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

State legislatures, government agencies, public safety organizations and the telecommunications industry are working together to create a national system that will allow emergency victims to use their wireless telephone to receive help quickly. This session will offer an overview of the new system.

Moderator: Dan Schmidt, Legislative Council, Wisconsin
Staff Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Speakers: Genie Barton, Federal Communication Commission, Washington, D.C.
John Crabill, National Emergency Number Association, Virginia
Brian Fontes, Cingular Wireless, Washington, D.C.

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

Asset Development
Sponsors: Financial Services Standing Committee
Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

The poverty rate rose in 2002 for the second consecutive year, as did the number of people living in poverty. This session will examine how state policies encourage or inhibit asset accumulation and asset protection for low-income families and facilitate access to the financial mainstream.

Presiding: Representative Terri Austin, Indiana
Vice Chair, Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee
Representative Donna Stone, Delaware
Chair, Financial Services Committee

Speaker: Carl Rist, Corporation for Enterprise Development, North Carolina

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Congressional B, Lobby Level

SUTA Dumping
Sponsor: Labor and Workforce Development Standing Committee

Unemployment benefits are funded by federal and state unemployment taxes but employers are finding ways around paying some of those taxes, creating potential shortfalls in state trust fund balances and ultimately limiting states' abilities to provide unemployment benefits to thousands off workers affected by job losses. The State Unemployment Tax Authority (SUTA) and other priorities for the 2^nd session of the 108^th Congress will be discussed.

Speakers: Matt Weidinger, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Washington, D.C.
Nick Gwyn, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Washington, D.C.

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Columbia A/B, Ballroom Level

Federal Budget Updates
Sponsors: Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee
Fiscal Policy Leaders
Transportation Policy Leaders

This session will explore recent federal budget actions that will affect state finances.

Speaker: Marcia Howard, Federal Funds Information for States, Washington, D.C.

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Congressional A, Lobby Level

Working at the Front End: Strategies for Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Infants and Toddlers
Sponsor: Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

How effective are home visiting and other strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect? Experts help explain what the research says and its implications for policy making.

Speakers: Neil Guterman, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work, New York
John Lutzker, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control, Georgia

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Yorktown/Valley Forge, Ballroom Level

The new Medicare law passed by Congress is more than a prescription drug law. It will affect numerous other significant changes in Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs. This session will offer an overview of the new law and its major components.

Presiding: Senator Lana Oleen, Kansas
Chair, NCSL Standing Committees
Jack Hailey, California
Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committees

Speaker: Leslie Norwalk, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

The steering committee is comprised of the overall standing committee officers and the chair and staff chair, or their designee, of each standing committee. Chairs should plan to attend or appoint someone to assure committee representation. This meeting will review the committees' plans for the forum and preview any policies anticipated for debate and make determinations regarding joint and re-referral of the resolutions.

Presiding: Senator Lana Oleen, Kansas
Chair, NCSL Standing Committees
Jack Hailey, California
Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committees

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Women's Legislative Network of NCSL Alliance Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Regency A/Yorktown & Valley Forge, Ballroom Level

Opening Reception at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill

6:40 pm - 7:00 pm

A screening of the documentary "People Say I'm Crazy" will be available at this time. The documentary provides an intimate, firsthand look at mental illness from the perspective of the subject, John Cadigan, an artist and his family.

This screening is sponsored by AstraZeneca.

Thursday, December 11, 2003

7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Regency Foyer, Ballroom Level

Registration

7:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sequoia, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Media/Press Room

8:00 am - 9:30 am
Regency A, Ballroom Level

What's on the mind of voters in these tight fiscal times? Two prominent pollsters discuss their findings on national and state issues and funding priorities.

Introductions: Doug Walker, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.

Presiding: Delegate Sheila Hixson, Maryland
Vice Chair, NCSL StandingCommittees
Guy Cherry, Maryland
Staff Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees

Speakers: Ed Goeas, The Tarrance Group, Washington, D.C.
Al Quinlin, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc., Washington, D.C.

Sponsored by the National Education Association.

9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Yellowstone/Everglades, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Global Warming--What Role for States?
Sponsor: Environment and Natural Resources Standing Committee

As Congress debates proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, states have moved forward with a series of innovative options. NCSL staff will present examples of recent state efforts in multi-pollutant strategies, greenhouse gas registries and emissions trading, carbon sequestration, and facility siting with carbon offsets.

Speakers: Christie Rewey, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado
Jennifer Smith, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado

9:45 am - 11:00 am
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

Enforcing Immigration Law (CLE)
Sponsor: Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee

Enforcement of laws related to the lawful presence of immigrants in the United States has traditionally been a federal responsibility, with local and state law enforcement cooperating and referring on these matters. The CLEAR Act, a measure before Congress, would require state and local police to enforce federal civil immigration law. This session will present and debate these issues.

Speakers: Josh Bernstein, National Immigration Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, D.C.

9:45 am - 11:00 am
Columbia A, Ballroom Level

Recall: Democracy or Disaster?
Sponsors: Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Standing Committee
Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee

California's recent recall of its governor touched off a debate about this little used populist mechanism. Many states have recall provisions and how these state laws differ will be discussed. Is this a healthy check on power or a threat to stable government?

Speakers: Bruce Cain, University of California at Berkeley
Alan Greenblatt, Governing Magazine, Washington, D.C.

9:45 am - 11:00 am
Congressional A, Lobby Level

Elder Abuse: Confronting a Hidden Crime (CLE)
Sponsor: Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

This session will focus on state efforts to define, track and address the problem, especially the need to put new criminal laws on the books, and how partnerships can be useful in combating elder abuse.

Speakers: Bill Benson, National Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators, Washington, D.C.
Lori Steigel, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, Washington, D.C.

9:45 am - 11:15 am
Yorktown, Ballroom Level

Update on Telemarketing and the Status of Do Not Call (CLE)
Sponsor: Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Enforcement of the recently created national do-not-call registry has been put into limbo by recent court rulings. This session will provide insights on current state telemarketing laws and the impact of the rulings on the ability of consumers to avoid certain telemarketing calls.

Moderator: Senator Mac McCracken, South Dakota
Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Speakers: Margaret Egler, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.
Joseph Sanscrainte, Call Compliance, Inc., New York
Jeff Kramer, AARP, Washington, D.C.

9:45 am - 11:15 am
Congressional B, Lobby Level

Workers' Compensation Reform Update (CLE)
Sponsor: Labor and Workforce Development Standing Committee

As employer premium costs continue to rise, states are faced with challenges in managing the legal and medical costs associated with the Workers Compensation System. Several states have passed reform legislation and this roundtable will explore what states can do to balance costs and benefits.

Speakers: Eric Oxfeld, Unemployment & Workers' Compensation, Washington, D.C.
Rob McGarrah, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.

9:45 am - 11:15 am
Columbia B, Ballroom Level

Roundtable on State Fiscal Conditions
Sponsor: Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee

Legislatures continue to manage the most difficult fiscal conditions in years. Join this lively discussion for the latest look at whether there are signs of hope on the fiscal horizon.

Facilitator: Corina Eckl, Fiscal Affairs Program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado

9:45 am - 12:00 pm

Visit to the U.S. Department of Education
Sponsor: Education Standing Committee

Committee members will have the opportunity to visit the U.S. Department of Education and talk with staff regarding reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

9:45 am - 12:45 pm
Columbia C, Ballroom Level

Regional and Transmission Issues (working lunch)
Sponsor: Energy and Electric Utilities Standing Committee

Transmission is critical to a robust energy system and is complicated by high costs and multi-state involvement. The committee will take up the "Energy Regionalism" policy scheduled to sunset at the 2004 annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Speakers: Rajinish Barua, Ph.D. ,Maryland Public Service Commission
Kevin Kelly, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

10:00 am - 11:00 am
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level

A Framework for Reform: The NAIC's "Insurance Regulatory Action Plan"
Sponsor: Financial Services Standing Committee

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a seven-point action plan to fully modernize state insurance regulation by 2009. This session will review and evaluate the plan and its potential to improve the state system and save it from federal intervention.

Speakers: Jim Poolman, Insurance Commissioner, North Dakota
Debra Wozniak, State Farm Insurance Company, Illinois
Bryan Cox, American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, D.C.

10:00 am - 11:45 am
Congressional E, Lobby Level

Presiding: Representative Peter Lewiss, Rhode Island
Chair, Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

10:00 am - 11:45 am
Valley Forge, Ballroom Level

Motor Carrier Regulations: Overview of Key Issues
Sponsor: Transportation Standing Committee

Motor carrier regulation policy considerations and discussion.

10:00 am - 11:45 am
Ticonderoga, Ballroom Level

Livestock and Meatpacking
Sponsor: Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

This session will begin with the consideration of the state-federal policies relating to livestock, meat production, and meatpacking that expire this year. A discussion of livestock issues and recent relevant congressional and USDA activities is included in this session.

Presiding: Representative Jeff Kropf, Oregon
Vice Chair, Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

Speaker: Bryan Dierlam, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Washington, D.C.

10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

Federal Update
Sponsor: Health Standing Committee

This session covers a legislative update, NCSL Medicaid and Reform Initiative.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Yellowstone/Everglades, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

All members should plan to attend this meeting as the committee will discuss unfinished business. We will take a break to pick up box lunches.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

Immigration Enforcement Policy Discussion
Sponsor: Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee

This session discusses potential policy related to the CLEAR Act's requirements of the funding for state and local law enforcement entities.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level

Consumer Credit Counseling
Sponsor: Financial Services Standing Committee

Concerns are rising regarding the regulation of credit counselors. Join in a discussion of how states are reevaluating their regulation of consumer credit counseling agencies.

Speaker: Jessica Rich, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Congressional A, Lobby Level

Federal Update
Sponsor: Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

Learn about how federal legislation and budget actions will impact your state. Topics will include prospects for welfare reform reauthorization and the status of the FY04 federal human services budget and updates on SSBG funding, adoption and foster care.

Speakers: Sheri Steisel, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C.
Lee Posey, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C.

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Campaign Finance
Sponsor: Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee

A Supreme Court decision on the federal Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act is due any day. This session will examine the potential fallout for states of a court decision either upholding or overturning the law.

11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Yorktown, Ballroom Level

Local Competition
Sponsor: Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

The Federal Communications Commission released its report and order with regard to the triennial review of the implementation of the local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A discussion will focus on the order's actual impact on the future of federal and state regulation and local phone competition.

Moderator: Senator Ron Amstutz, Ohio
Vice Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Speakers: Tom Navin, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.
Roy Lathrop, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington, D.C.
Brad Ramsey, NARUC, Washington, D.C.
Joan Marsh, AT&T, Washington, D.C.

11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Congressional B, Lobby Level

Policy Discussion/Working Lunch
Sponsor: Labor and Workforce Development Standing Committee

The committee will begin consideration of its policy on unemployment insurance and will consider draft policy on federal SUTA dumping legislation.

11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Columbia B, Ballroom Level

The committee will discuss and possible take votes on a variety of policies including federal grants and programs, tax exempt financing, taxation and federalism and state legislators' tax issues.

Presiding: Representative David Steil, Pennsylvania
Chair, Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee

11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Congressional C/D, Lobby Level

Managing the Part-time Legislature
Sponsor: Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Standing Committee

This roundtable discussion provides tips for legislatures and legislators to improve service while still balancing regular jobs, family needs and legislative responsibilities.

Moderator: Frank Parisi, Office of Legislative Services, New Jersey
Staff Chair, Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Standing Committee

Speakers: Senator John Martin, Maine
Representative Pat Murphy, Iowa
Mark Petersen, HomeTownSurvey.com, Texas
Jerry Florence, HomeTownSurvey.com, Texas

12:00 Noon

Box lunches will be available at noon ONLY at three locations of the hotel: 2^nd floor conference level, lobby level and the ballroom level.

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

Mental Health Panel and Roundtable Discussion (working lunch)
Sponsors: Health Standing Committee
Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

This session will focus on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, mental health needs in primary care settings and children's mental health. A roundtable discussion will follow.

Moderator: Carol Shaw, North Carolina
Staff Chair, Health Standing Committee

Speakers: Junius Gonzalez, MD, National Institute of Mental Health, Maryland
Jennifer Crawford, Community Kids Program, Maryland
H. Stanley Eichenauer, Center for Mental Health Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Maryland

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Congressional E, Lobby Level

Economic Development Strategies that Work
Sponsor: Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

The national economy has changed significantly over the last two decades as manufacturing and service jobs disappear or move abroad. This session will explore various policies that states have successfully employed and some of the available development tools.

Presiding: Hannah Shostack, Office of Legislative Services, New Jersey
Staff Chair, Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

Speaker: Miles Friedman, National Association of State Development Agencies, Washington, D.C.

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Ticonderoga, Ballroom Level

Committee members will engage in a discussion of the agriculture or rural policy issues emerging in their states and other matters that are of interest to them. Members wishing to submit amendments or new policies are encouraged to provide them to committee staff in advance of this meeting.

Presiding: Representative Roger Thomas, Kentucky
Chair, Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Lunch and Redistricting Roundtable
Sponsor: Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee

Redistricting litigation rages in at least six states including Texas, Colorado and California where challenges are pending. Updates on developments in these states will be available and much more.

12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Valley Forge, Ballroom Level

Creative Transportation Financing
Sponsor: Transportation Standing Committee

Moderator: Representative Mike Krusee, Texas
Chair, Transportation Standing Committee

Speaker: Geoffrey Yarema, Nossaman Guthner Knox and Elliott LLP, California

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level

Dual Banking at the Crossroads: The States, OCC and Regulatory Preemption (working lunch)
Sponsor: Financial Services Standing Committee

The federal banking regulator has proposed a new rule that would preempt virtually all state authority to regulate and examine national banks and their operating subsidiaries. This session will discuss the status and potential implications of federal regulatory preemption and the proposed rule.

Speaker: Philip Lehman, Consumer Protection Division, North Carolina

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Regency A, Ballroom Level

Lunch Roundtable Discussion: Making Sense of Teacher Certification
Sponsor: Education Standing Committee

This discussion provides an opportunity to learn more about state and national alternative certification programs, national certification and implications for state policy.

Speaker: Eric Hirsch, Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, North Carolina

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

Expanding DNA Offender Data Bases
Sponsor: Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee

Many states are expanding collection and storage of offender DNA samples and while advocates hail this crime-solving tool, others are concerned with privacy and the capability of labs to handle large volumes of genetic samples. This session explores those issues and a federal initiative underway to fund and improve state and federal DNA collection and analysis.

Speakers: Glenn Schmitt, National Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Peter Marone, Central Laboratory, Department of Criminal Justice Services, Virginia

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Yellowstone/Everglades, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Costs and Benefits of Environmental Regulations
Sponsor: Environment and Natural Resources Standing Committee

In the recent U.S. Office of Management and Budget annual report on the costs and benefits of federal regulations, significant conclusions regarding environmental regulations were made. The committee will discuss this report with an OMB spokesperson.

Speaker: Paul Noe, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.

12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Yorktown, Ballroom Level

Stopping Spam: Strategies for Effective Enforcement (CLE)
Sponsor: Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Stopping unwanted and fraudulent e-mail advertising may seem like an impossible task, even with new federal anti-spam legislation on the horizon and 36 state anti-spam laws currently in place. Internet service providers and technology companies provide ways to help consumers combat this problem. This session presents case studies illustrating enforcement efforts and spam-fighting tools.

Moderator: Representative Wayne Harper, Utah
Vice Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Speakers: Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota
Michael Goodman, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
Russell McGuire, Office of the Attorney General, Virginia
Frank Torres, Microsoft Corporation, Washington, D.C.

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Congressional B, Lobby Level

Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act: What Does it Mean for States?
Sponsor: Labor and Workforce Development Standing Committee

This session provides an overview of the final legislation, new requirements on states, and an update on new funding formulas. The final draft of the federal reauthorization bill should be completed by the meeting.

1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Columbia C, Ballroom Level

Natural Gas Issues
Sponsor: Energy and Electric Utilities Standing Committee

This session examines the role of globalization, supply, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the examination of natural gas as a component of energy policy as a whole.

Speakers: John Felmy, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C.
Bill Prindle, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C.
Hal Chappell, KeySpan Energy, New York
Guy Caruso, Energy Information Administration, Washington, D. C.

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level

Fair Credit Reporting Act and Identity Theft: What Now?
Sponsor: Financial Services Standing Committee

Congress has passed legislation to make permanent the preemptions in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and established new consumer protections for credit reporting and identity theft. This session reviews the provisions of the new law and examines its effect on state authority to protect consumers.

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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

Federal Regulations
Sponsor: Health Standing Committee

This session will discuss the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Congressional A, Lobby Level

Fairness & Fatherhood: What Exactly is Paternity Fraud?
Sponsor: Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

Advancements in the science of genetic testing have led to a drastic increase in the number of private paternity tests, pushing this issue into the public spotlight and putting pressure on state legislatures to address fundamental questions about our legal and societal ideas of fatherhood.

Moderator: Senator Ken Veenstra, Iowa

Speakers: Thomas Leeds, 8^th Nevada Judicial District Court
Michael Grossberg, Professor of History and Law, Indiana University
Natalie O'Donnell, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Columbia A, Ballroom Level

Tips for Hiring and Training Front Line Staff
Sponsor: Legislative Effectiveness and state Government Standing Committee

This session spotlights the people who provide front line legislative assistance doing secretarial support and constituent service work. These employees provide a critical link to the public and legislators need to know how to manage them.

Moderator: Laura Rose, Joint Legislative Council, Wisconsin
Staff Vice Chair, Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Standing Committee

Panelists: Representative Marty Stephens, Utah
President, NCSL
David Henderson, Legislative Administrator, Oregon
Senator Jeff Wentworth, Texas

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Valley Forge, Ballroom Level

Remote Control Locomotives
Sponsor: Transportation Standing Committee

This session is a discussion and consideration of policy.

Presiding: Representative Mike Krusee, Texas
Chair, Transportation Standing Committee

Speakers: Ed Hamberger, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C.
Robert Harvey, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Washington, D.C.

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Continuity of Government
Sponsor: Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee

Legislation that would preempt some state election laws on filling vacancies in the U.S. House of Representatives is being considered by Congress. This session looks at the potential impact of this legislation and considers feasibility issues and other solutions.

1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Congressional B, Lobby Level

Outsourcing State Jobs
Sponsor: Labor and Workforce Development Standing Committee

As states struggle to balance budgets, many are outsourcing contracts to companies abroad in order to save money. Seven states have introduced legislation banning the export of state work. This session studies and examines how states are addressing this issue.

Speakers: Professor Lilach Nachum, City University of New York and consultant to the United Nations
Kerri Korpi, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Washington, D.C.

1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Ticonderoga, Ballroom Level

NAFTA at 10: Agricultural Trade
Sponsors: Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee
Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

This session will review the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as the United States, Canada and Mexico celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the trade pact and other free trade agreements.

Presiding: Representative Clay Pope, Oklahoma
Vice Chair, Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee
Anna Blackshaw, Senate Select Committee on International Trade and State Legislation, California
Staff Vice Chair, Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

Speakers: John Masswohl, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Lloyd Day, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Yellowstone/Everglades, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Water Rights and Wrongs--Resolving Disputes Without Litigation (CLE)
Sponsor: Environment and Natural Resources Standing Committee

Rapidly growing communities often find themselves competing for scarce water supplies with agricultural, environmental, recreational and power generation interests. These disputes often cross state lines, inviting federal and court intervention. This session will discuss options for settling disputes.

Speaker: George William Sherk, Attorney, Colorado

2:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Regency A, Ballroom Level

An Adequate Education for All: State Challenges Continue (CLE)
Sponsor: Education Standing Committee

During this session, school finance experts will provide information on current court cases and discuss how recent education policy, including the No Child Left Behind Act, may put even more pressure on states to address this issue.

Speakers: Steve Smith, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado
Senator Dick Finan, Senate President, Ohio (retired), NCSL Past President
Kati Haycock, Education Trust, Washington, D.C.

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Yorktown, Ballroom Level

Presiding: Senator Mac McCracken, South Dakota
Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee
Dan Schmidt, Wisconsin
Staff Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Concord/Lexington.
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

Federalism and Criminal Justice Policy Discussions
Sponsor: Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee

The committee will discuss several NCSL policies up for renewal in 2003-04 including: federalism and criminal justice, crime records and federalism in faith-based initiatives.

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

Evidence-Based Medicine
Sponsor: Health Standing Committee

State governments are often the largest purchaser of medical care in their states covering state employees, Medicaid clients and others. This session will help policymakers understand how scientific evidence can help them make policy decisions concerning effective health services and treatments.

Moderator: Lee Greenfield, Health and Community Initiatives, Minnesota

Speakers: Anthony Lehman, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Scott Richardson, MD, Wright State University, Ohio

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level

Roundtable on Insurance Issues
Sponsor: Financial Services Standing Committee

This session includes a roundtable discussion on major insurance issues of the day. Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners will join in the discussion.

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Valley Forge, Ballroom Level

Rail Issues
Sponsor: Transportation Standing Committee

The committee will hear presentations on passenger rail legislation pending in Congress, freight rail issues, and the possibility of moving rail lines out of center cities to free them up for passenger traffic and transit.

Speakers: Donald Itzkoff, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C.
Ed Hamberger, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C.
Robert vom Eigen, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C.

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Columbia B, Ballroom Level

Bond Ratings: Fact and Fiction
Sponsor: Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee

Bond financing is a type of long-term borrowing through which states raise money by issuing financial securities. State credit ratings determine the interest states must pay investors. This session will outline bond rating basics.

Speaker: Robert Kurtter, Moody's Investors Service, New York

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill-Ballroom Level

Committee members will discuss current law and criminal justice issues before the states.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Congressional A, Lobby Level

Presiding: Representative Melvin Neufeld, Kansas
Chair, Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

So Many Census Updates, So Little Time
Sponsor: Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee

A variety of issues and developments relate to the taking of the census and redistricting. This session will discuss the process for states and localities to challenge census results and other topics.

Speakers: Cathy McCully, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Bob LaMacchia, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C.

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Congressional C/D, Lobby Level

Committee members will discuss plans for committee work products and the Spring Forum.

Presiding: Representative Danice Picraux, New Mexico
Chair, Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Standing Committee

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

Supreme Court Update (CLE)
Sponsor: Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee

This session will give an overview of major cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in its current term, in particular those with federalism implications.

Speaker: Richard Ruda, State and Local Legal Center, Washington, D.C.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Yellowstone/Everglades, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Environment Roundtable
Sponsor: Environment and Natural Resources Standing Committee

This session will examine upcoming state activity and include a federal update.

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Yorktown, Ballroom Level

Organizing IT to Streamline and Save Dollars
Sponsor: Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Information technology has become an integral part of state government operations--behind the scenes and as a tool to deliver services. This session will highlight best practices to provide efficient, easily accessible services for a growing tech-savvy society.

Moderator: Delegate Joe May, Virginia
Vice Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee

Speakers: Thomas Jarrett, Department of Technology, Delaware
G. Curtis Clark, IBM, North Carolina

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Congressional B, Lobby Level

Funding State and Local Pensions
Sponsor: Labor and Workforce Development Standing Committee

In their efforts to fund state and local pension systems and benefits, some states have increased contribution rates on localities and employees, while others have issued pension obligation bonds. This session aims to provide state legislatures an overview of current state balances and funding options.

Speaker: Ron Snell, National Conference of State Legislatures, Colorado

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Columbia C, Ballroom Level

GATS and State Energy Policy
Sponsors: Energy and Electric Utilities Standing Committee
Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a multilateral trade negotiation intended to reduce barriers to international trade-in services. Many of the barriers to trade identified by our trading partners are state laws or regulations that vary across state lines. This session will examine GATS, explore the negotiating process, and analyze potential state implications.

Presiding: Representative Sheryl Allen, Utah
Vice Chair, Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Standing Committee
Representative Terry Backer, Connecticut
Vice Chair, Energy and Electric Utilities Standing Committee

Speakers: David Waskow, Friends of the Earth, Washington, D.C.
Representative George Eskridge, Idaho
Carol Balassa, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C.

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Ticonderoga, Ballroom Level

Reaping the Rewards of Biotechnology
Sponsor: Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

During this session, recent research on state investments in biotechnology and the benefits derived from them will be presented. Researchers will report on their analyses of particular commodities and provide state profiles on biotechnology experience.

Presiding: Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian, California
Vice Chair, Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Committee

Speaker: Dr. C. Ford Runge, University of Minnesota

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

Public Health Preparedness: Is Your State Ready for SARS?
Sponsor: Health Standing Committee

The SARS crisis served as a wake-up call to states and communities about the importance of readiness for controlling infectious diseases. This session will highlight the public health and legal issues and challenges involved with protecting citizens from serious diseases, without unnecessarily infringing on individual rights.

Moderator: Senator Tom Schedler, Louisiana
Vice Chair, Health Standing Committee

Speakers: George Hardy, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, D.C.
Dan O'Brien, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Maryland

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level

Consideration of NCSL State-Federal Financial Services Policy
Sponsor: Financial Services Standing Committee

The committee will receive brief updates on major issues related to state banking, insurance, credit union and securities regulation. Members will consider NCSL federal policy related to financial services. Votes will be taken.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Regency A, Ballroom Level

The committee will discuss and consider any policies or resolutions brought before them for adoption. Committee members are strongly encouraged to attend and participate in the meeting.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Valley Forge, Ballroom Level

The Economic Power of Public Transportation
Sponsor: Transportation Standing Committee

Public interest in transit continues to rise even as revenues for new transit investment have yet to rebound from the economic downturn. There will be discussion on the present and future of transit in America.

Speaker: Jennifer Dorn, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Congressional A, Lobby Level

Money Talks: Using Budget Leverage in Oversight of Agency Performance Measures
Sponsors: Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee
Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee

Legislative oversight often turns up agencies whose performance has fallen short or deviated from statutory requirements or legislative expectations. This session will discuss how legislators have used their appropriations roles to redirect agency performance.

Moderator: Kirk Jonas, JLARC, Virginia
Staff Chair, Budgets and Revenue Standing Committee

Speaker: Representative Melvin Neufeld, Kansas
Chair, Human Services and Welfare Standing Committee

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Room

At this time, the committee will review potential federal policies and discuss future committee topics and work products.

5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Yorktown, Ballroom Level

Standing committee chairs, as members of the steering committee, should plan to attend. The committee will review policy statements reported out of committee and determine the calendars to the policy forum.

Presiding: Senator Lana Oleen, Kansas
Chair, NCSL Standing Committees
Jack Hailey, California
Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committees

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Columbia A, Ballroom Level

Women's Legislative Network of NCSL Reception
Sponsored by Magazine Publishers of America and Procter & Gamble.

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

This reception is hosted by Robert Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and sponsored by AT&T.

Transportation will be available from the hotel to the reception.

Friday, December 12, 2003

7:30 am - 1:00 pm
Regency Foyer, Ballroom LEvel

Registration

8:00 am - 11:00 am
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Women's Legislative Network of NCSL Board Meeting

8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sequoia, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Media/Press Office

8:00 am - 9:45 am
Concord/Lexington/
Bunker Hill, Ballroom Level

NCSL and state insurance commissioners have endorsed the creation of an interstate insurance compact for life insurance and annuity products that is critical to the future of state insurance regulation and $12 billion a year in insurance revenues. This session explores the threat of federal insurance regulation and how the compact promises to improve consumer protections, provide regulatory efficiency and preserve the state system.

Speakers: Senator Kemp Hannon, New York
Co-Chair, NCSL Task Force to Streamline and Simplify Insurance Regulation
Frank Keating, American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, D.C.
Representative Frank Mautino, Illinois
Co-Chair, NCSL Task Force to Streamline and Simplify Insurance Regulation
Diane Koken, Insurance Department, Pennsylvania

Breakfast is sponsored by the American Council of Life Insurers

8:00 am - 9:45 am
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

Government has responsibility for issuing 'life' documents that are the gateway to obtaining a legally recognized identity in our country. These life documents are the weak link in a broken identity security system that actually enables theft, fraud and invasion of privacy instead of limiting them. This program will explore what's required to improve security and strengthen laws and policies governing ID systems.

Moderator: Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota

Speakers: Kat Hollis, Digital Identification Group, EDS, Virginia
Richard Varn, RJV Consulting, Iowa
Senator Debra Bowen, California
Dan Combs, Global ID Solutions, New York
Michael Vatis, Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, Markle Foundation, New York

8:00 am - 9:45 am
Congressional A, Lobby Level

State legislatures have achieved some remarkable victories over the past decade in their relations with the federal government, most recently in passage of the $20 billion fiscal assistance package. Unfunded mandates, preemption and threats to state revenues, though, pose constant challenges to the standing of states in the federal system. This session will feature legislators and legislative staff who will offer tips on how to effectively carry the states' message to Congress and the administration.

8:00 am - 9:45 am
Ticonderoga, Ballroom Level

Many of the components of the new Medicare law have implications for various state health programs and may require state legislative actions to accommodate the new provisions. This session will alert legislators and staff to elements of the new law of particular interest to state officials.

Moderator: Senator Toni Harp, Connecticut
Chair,: Health Standing Committee

Speaker: Joy Johnson Wilson, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, D.C.

10:00 am - 11:00 am
Columbia A/B, Ballroom Level

Our national defense policies and priorities for 2004 will be discussed.

Introduction: Speaker Martin Stephens, Utah
President, NCSL

Presiding: Senator Lana Oleen, Kansas
Chair, NCSL Standing Committees

Speaker: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Washington, D.C.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Columbia A/B, Ballroom Level

At this meeting, delegates will debate and vote on NCSL's policy statements and resolutions passed out of committee this Fall Forum.

Presiding: Senator Lana Oleen, Kansas
Chair, NCSL Standing Committees

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Regency A, Ballroom Level

Join this nationally recognized demographer for the latest look at how changing population trends will impact the states and what legislators need to know to prepare for the future.

Presiding: Senator Larry Diedrich, South Dakota
Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees

Speaker: Harold Hodgkinson, Center for Demographic Policy, Virginia

1:45 pm

Meeting Adjourns

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Olympic, 2^nd Floor Conference Level

Banking and the Foundation for State Legislatures (FSL) Roundtable
Sponsor Financial Services Standing Committee

Legislators, staff and members of NCSL's Foundation for State Legislatures will take this opportunity to discuss and shape the agenda for a potential FSL Partnership project on state banking issues.

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Concord, Ballroom Level

Presiding: Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota
Representative Roger Roy, Delaware

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Capitol Room, Lobby Level

How Can State Legislators Help Low-income Women and Their Families Achieve Economic Success?
Sponsors: Women's Legislative Network of NCSL
NCSL/Annie E. Casey Partnership to Strengthen Families and Neighborhoods

This session focuses on creative approaches to achieving family economic self-sufficiency and how state legislators play a role in creating such opportunities for women and their families. Join us for presentations and a roundtable discussion.

Moderator: Representative Sheryl Allen, Utah

Speakers: Donna Callejon, Washington Area Women's Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Bonnie Howard, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Maryland

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Columbia A, Ballroom Level

Separate registration is required but there is no registration fee for this two-day meeting.

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Concord, Ballroom Level

Presiding: Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota
Delegate Joe May, Virginia

Saturday, December 13, 2003

8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Legislative Education Staff Network (LESN) Continues