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State-Federal Relations and Standing Committees
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| News Highlights: State-Federal & Standing Committees | Standing Committees: Membership & Governance | Capitol to Capitol / Newsletters | Letters/Testimony | Policy Positions | Federal Resources |
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Inside the President's Budget
An NCSL analysis breaks down President Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion FY 2013 budget and looks at how programs of concern to states will be affected. More
NCSL Letter to U.S. House on Education
NCSL comments on the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee’s ESEA reauthorization legislation. More
Supreme Court Takes on Federalism Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing three major cases that deal with federalism this term, cases that are expected to draw bright lines on where state and federal powers begin and end. Read brief descriptions of the three cases and listen to an interview with NCSL’s Senior Federal Affairs Counsel Susan Frederick, who explains what the court will be deciding. More
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NCSL Standing Committees & Task Forces
| Overview | Agriculture and Energy | Budgets and Revenue | Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce | Education | Environment | Health | Human Services and Welfare |
| Labor and Economic Development | Law and Criminal Justice | Legislative Effectiveness | Redistricting and Elections | Transportation | Task Forces |
NCSL's Summary of the "Child Welfare Improvement and Innovation Act"
 On September 12, 2011, the U.S. Senate and House introduced legislation that would renew and extend the U.S. Deprtarment of Health and Human Services ability to grant Title IV-E child welfare waivers to states. The legislation would reauthorize the Promoting Safe and Stable Families through 2016 as well. More
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New Rules Allow Integration of Human Services and Health Eligibility Systems
 On August 10, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services issued a joint letter allowing for states to integrate human services and health eligibility systems. The letter from HHS and USDA would allow states, at their discretion, to integrate human service program eligibility determination functions in the creation of the Exchanges and overhaul of Medicaid eligibility. More
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New Materials Hunger and Nutrition from the NCSL Foundation Hunger Partnership
 The NCSL Foundation Hunger Partnership brings together legislators, legislative staff and interested businesses to share innovative policy and program ideas to address hunger in America. For user-friendly sources of state data, a summary chart of federal nutrition assistance programs, and profiles of innovative public-private partnerships, check out these NCSL resources. More
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Human Services and Welfare Committee's Summary of the Debt Ceiling Legislation
 On August 2, President Obama signed P.L. 112-25, the "Budget Control Act of 2011". This law raised the debt ceiling and would reduce the federal deficity by a projected $2.2 - $2.5 trillion over the next decade. More
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NCSL Sends Letter to HHS re: Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Fund
 NCSL's Education and Human Services and Welfare Committees sent a joint letter to the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services outlining the important role state legislators play in early childhood education and the importance of maintaining flexibility. More
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NCSL Comments on HHS Retrospective Regulatory Review
 On May 12, 2011, NCSL sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting inclusion in the development of a preliminary plan to review current departmental regulations. More
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