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NACo Steering Committees
NACo's policies and legislative positions are developed and reviewed by eleven policy steering committees and adopted by the Board of Directors. The Steering Committees meet at least twice per year to review legislation and update NACo positions. They are staffed by NACo's lobbyists.
- Agriculture and Rural Affairs Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to legislation affecting the economy of agricultural counties; rural development programs; and conservation and environmental programs affecting agriculture. In addition, the committee is responsible for oversight of platform amendments and resolutions from other steering committees that have a significant impact on rural counties.
- Community and Economic Development Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to general community development and redevelopment; residential, commercial, and industrial development; housing programs; building and housing codes; subdivision regulation; and public works and economic development.
- Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to air, water, and noise pollution control; solid and hazardous waste management and disposal; the preservation and proper utilization of water resources; energy; and the use of land resources, including comprehensive planning, coastal zone management, growth management, energy facilities siting, and recreation.
- Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to the financial resources of counties; fiscal management; federal assistance; municipal borrowing; county revenues; federal budget; federal tax reform; and Native American issues.
- Health Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to health care delivery and financing including indigent care; health care for the uninsured; Medicaid; Medicare; long term care; local public health programs; mental health; substance abuse; and developmental disabilities.
- Human Services and Education Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to immediate and long-range welfare reform, income maintenance, older Americans, community action, food stamps, rights of the handicapped, de-institutionalization, low-income energy assistance, illegal aliens, refugees, domestic violence, and administration of county welfare programs.
- Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to criminal justice and public safety systems, including criminal justice planning; law enforcement; courts; corrections; homeland security; community crime prevention; juvenile justice and delinquency prevention; emergency management; fire prevention and control; and civil disturbances.
- Labor and Employment Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to employer-employee relations, including personnel policy and practice; merit systems; equal employment opportunity; collective bargaining; pensions; fringe benefits; occupational safety and health; workers' compensation and Social Security. All matters pertaining to employment programs and the jobs aspects of welfare reform including youth employment; public service employment; vocational education; migrant and Native American programs; rural manpower; employment security; and unemployment insurance.
- Public Lands Steering Committee
All matters relating to federally owned public lands, including tax immunity problems; shared natural resource payments; payments in lieu of taxes; and federal land management programs.
- Telecommunications & Technology Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to telecommunications and technology policy, including, but not limited to, the county role as a telecommunications regulator, service provider and consumer; cable services technology and implementation; information technology development and implementation; information technology innovation; e-governance; and Geospatial data collection and utilization.
- Transportation Steering Committee
All matters pertaining to comprehensive transportation planning; rights of way; highway finance and safety; public transit development and finance; airport development; railroads; waterways; research and development of new modes of transportation.
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