Letters and Testimony

NCSL responds to Drug Enforcement Administration's request for public comments on cannabis rescheduling. The response urges the DEA to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. It also requests the DEA...

NCSL sends letter of support on the bipartisan Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Act (H.R. 7906) to enhance the ability of state, tribal and local child support agencies to better serve families. The bill would provide tribes and state...

NCSL, along with several other organizations representing state and local governments, wrote to House and Senate Appropriations leadership urging them to preserve current funding for the State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program (SLCGP)....

NCSL and 17 nationwide stakeholder organizations called on Congress to restore cuts to U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FEMA made in the FY24 spending agreement. The cuts made in the FY24 spending agreement for DHS will result in an...

NCSL urges Attorney General and Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator to remove cannabis from Schedule I classification under the Controlled Substances Act. In August, the Department of Health and Human Services recommended that the DEA...

NCSL urges House Committee on Agriculture chair G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) and ranking member David Scott (D-Ga.) to provide states with additional flexibility to address backlogs in SNAP applications. The letter asks that the Farm Bill include...