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State-Federal Relations and Standing Committees
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NCSL Tells President and Congress: "Go Big" on Deficit Reduction
In a letter to President Obama, Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, NCSL called on the president to “go big” on deficit reduction in his proposed budget, and congressional leaders to pass a budget resolution that does the same. 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 Fall Forum - CFI Committee Handouts
 The Communications, Financial Services & Interstate Commerce (CFI) Committee presented several informative programs at the NCSL Fall Forum in Tampa, Forida, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 2011. Get the handouts from sessions on debt collection, mobile health and leveraging technology to combat health care fraud. More
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Prepaid Point of Sale
 E9-1-1 fees have historically been collected from telecommunications users on their monthly bills and remitted to governments by telecommunications providers. However, the lack of a billing relationship between the prepaid wireless user and the sellers and providers of prepaid wireless service means that the existing collection methodologies are not well suited to prepaid wireless, causing administrative and legal disputes that inhibit collection of E9-1-1 fees on prepaid wireless service. More
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Surplus Lines Insurance
 Included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is language addressing excess and surplus lines insurance, the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act (NRRA). The NRRA, by its various provisions will preempt or supersede portions of the excess and surplus lines law as they exist today in the states. States need to amend their excess and surplus lines insurance statutes to conform to the mandatory provisions and definitions contained in the NRRA by July 2011. More
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NCSL Letter to the Federal Insurance Office
NCSL submitted comments on behalf of state legislatures to the Federal Insurance Office as it prepares its report to Congress in accordance with the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Acton. More
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