National League of Cities policy and advocacy committees

From Sunshine Review

The National League of Cities Committees are seven committees of municipal officials, each with its own specific set of issues. Each committee consists of a steering committee, which researches the agenda topics chosen and drafts policy, and a larger policy and advocacy committee, which chooses the policy agenda for the year and reviews the proposed policy proposals by the steering committee.

The National League of Cities is an organization that concentrates lobbying efforts for stronger local government.

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• The Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee deals with housing, community and economic development, land use, recreation and parks, historic preservation, and international competitiveness.

• The Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources (EENR) Committee is responsible for developing policy recommendations on issues such as air quality, water quality, energy policy, national wetlands policy, noise control, and solid and hazardous waste management.

• The Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations (FAIR) Committee deals with national economic policy, general financial assistance programs, liability insurance, intergovernmental relations, Census, municipal bonds and capital finance, municipal management, antitrust issues, citizen participation and civil rights, labor relations, Native American sovereignty and municipal authority.

• The Human Development (HD) Committee is responsible for the development of policies on employment and job training, early childhood development, TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), unemployment insurances, income support programs, immigration and refugee policy, health and education, equal opportunity, and social services.

• The Information Technology and Communications (ITC) Committee has jurisdiction over issues related to telecommunications and information systems and public access to these systems, including privacy issues, cable TV, phone services, spectrum issues, communications tower siting, universal service, broadcasting, and defense of city rights-of-way from degradation caused by installation of communications facilities.

• The Public Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP) Committee is responsible for policy in the areas of crime prevention, corrections, substance abuse, municipal fire policy, juvenile justice, disaster preparedness and relief, homeland security, domestic terrorism, court systems and gun control.

• The Transportation Infrastructure & Services (TIS) Committee is responsible for all policy on transportation issues, including planning, funding, safety and security of public transit, streets and highways, aviation, railroads and ports.

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