Section 11 | Jurisdictions of the NCSL Standing Committees 2013-2014

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 eight 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

Health and Human Services and Welfare

Labor and Economic Development

Law and Criminal Justice

Legislative Effectiveness

Natural Resources and Infrastructure

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
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
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
Health and Human Services
Abortion Adoption Aging AIDS/HIV Alcohol Abuse Bioterrorism Cancer Prevention and Control Children’s Health Insurance Child Welfare Chronic Diseases Commodity Distribution	Diseases Domestic Violence Early Childhoold Elderly Fatherhood Food and Nutrition Food Stamps Foster Care Genetic Testing Health Care Health Care Reform Health Insurance Health Professions	Homeless Immigration Income Security LIHEAP Long-Term Care Managed Care Marriage/Divorce Maternal and Child Health Medicaid Medicare Medical Records/Privacy Mental Health	Nursing Homes Pharmaceutical Drugs Preventive Medicine Public Health Refugee Assistance Social Security Social Services Block Grant Sexually Transmitted Diseases Substance Abuse Tobacco Welfare Reform/TANF Welfare to Work
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
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
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
Natural Resources and Infrastructure
Agriculture Alternative Energy Amtrak Aviation Brownfields Biotechnology Cell Phones Clean Air	Driver Licensing Drunk Driving Electric Industry Restructuring Electric Utilities Regulation Energy Production Environement Health Federal Transportation Funding Growth Management Hazardous Waste Highways	Motor Vehicles NationalEnergy Act National Disasters Natural Resources Nuclear Waste Pesticides Pipeline Safety Pollutions Prevention Power Producing Industries	Radioactive Wastes Railroads Superfund Surface Transportation Takings Traffic Safety Transportation Waste Disposal Water Policy Wetlands Policy

Last Updated June 2013