Goals For State Federal Action

2008 - 2009

Introduction / Policy Position By Topic / Standing Committees and Officers / Archive

Standing Committees
Agriculture and Energy
Budgets and Revenues
Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce
Education
Environment
Health
Human Services and Welfare
Labor and Economic Development
Law and Criminal Justice
Legislative Effectiveness and State Government (No Policies For Consideration)
Redistricting and Elections (No Policies For Consideration)
Transportation

NCSL Executive Committee Task Force on State & Local Taxation of Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce
- National Confernence of State Legislatures Supports and Urges Enactment of the Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act (S.34; H.R. 3396)

- Nexus In The New Economy: Ensuring A Level Playing Field For All Commerce

Note: All policies with joint jurisdiction can be located under the committee with lead jurisdiction.

Action calendar resolutions address matters of immediate importance before Congress or the executive branch. They typically are narrower in scope than other policy statements and address issues that are likely to be resolved over a fairly short period of time. They expire at the next annual meeting.

Archive

Resolutions Adopted from NCSL Fall Forum
NCSL Resolutions Adopted from Fall Forum of the NCSL Standinc Committees, December 2006, San Antonio, Texas
NCSL Resolutions Adopted from Fall Forum of the NCSL Standing Committees, December 2005, Chicago, Illinois
NCSL Resolutions Adopted from Fall Forum of the NCSL Standing Committees, December 2004, Savannah, Georgia

State-Federal Lobbying Priorities, 2002
State-Federal Lobbying Priorities, 2001
State-Federal Lobbying Priorities, 1999

NCSL Standing Committees and Officers
NCSL Standing Committees & Officers

Introduction

The nation's state legislatures are participating in a profound change in the way our federal system operates. From welfare to health care, from child care to the clean air, from housing to education, state legislatures are assuming an enlarged and more responsible role in our federal system. As these policy and administrative responsibilities have expanded, each state legislator in the country has become aware of how critical it is to participate in the public policy decisions made not only in their state capitals, but in Washington, D.C. as well. This awareness is reflected in the official policies of the National Conference of State Legislatures contained in this document. These positions, for the most part, are connected by four concerns: (1) that the federal government minimize the extent to which it mandates state laws or regulations without providing adequate funding to support the program; (2) that the federal government resist the temptation to preempt state laws; (3) that Congress pass no legislation and the Administration adopt no regulations that violate the integrity of the intergovernmental fiscal system; and, (4) that states be allowed maximum flexibility in crafting innovative solutions to domestic problems.

The positions included here has been adopted at NCSL's Legislative Summit which occurs annually. Each position was approved by at least a three-fourths majority of the states and territories present and voting.

William Pound
Executive Director

Last updated August 19, 2008