NACo Board of Directors approves 2020 Interim Policy Resolutions

2020 Interim Policy Resolutions

On March 2, the NACo Board of Directors approved 36 interim policy resolutions at NACo’s Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. These interim policy resolutions will supplement existing NACo policy until NACo’s 2020 Annual Conference, at which point all policy resolutions expire and must be renewed. NACo’s 2020 Annual Conference will be held July 17-20 in Orange County/Orlando, Fla.

The NACo resolutions process provides members with the ability to participate in national policy decisions affecting county governments. During the Legislative Conference, NACo’s ten policy steering committees and Board of Directors considered interim policy resolutions on issues that were not addressed at the 2019 Annual Conference.

NACo members are encouraged to get involved by joining one of NACo’s policy steering committees. For more information about getting involved, please click here or contact Brett Mattson at bmattson@naco.org. For a comprehensive overview of NACo’s policy process, click here.

Below are the approved interim policy resolutions:

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Interim Resolution to Amend the Highway Beautification Act to Improve Agritourism

Interim Resolution on Farmer Suicides

COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Interim Resolution on FY 2021 Appropriations for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Interim Resolution on Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

Interim Resolution on FY 2021 Appropriations for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Interim Resolution Supporting Increased Funding and Prioritization for Military Housing

ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND LAND USE

Interim Resolution on Implementation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Refrigerant Management Rules

Interim Resolution on National Estuary Program Designation

Interim Resolution on Partnerships for Clean Energy and Rural Development

FINANCE, PENSIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Interim Resolution on Federal Government Nonpayment of Special District Fees

HEALTH

Interim Resolution on New Restrictions on State and Local Flexibility to Finance the Non-Federal Share of Medicaid

Interim Resolution to Increase Resources for Suicide Prevention

Interim Resolution on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regulations of Cannabidiol and Other Cannabinoids

Interim Resolution Supporting an Amendment to the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act Clarifying that County Mental Health and Behavioral Health Treatments Involving Court Ordered Patients are Covered by the Federal Torts Claim Act

Interim Resolution Supporting Urgent Congressional Action for COVID-19 Response and Protecting Local Public Health Funding

HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION

Interim Resolution Supporting Full Funding of Title I and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Interim Resolution to Support Working Families by Increasing the Earned Income and Child Tax Credits

Interim Resolution Supporting Legislation on Early Childhood Development

Interim Resolution to Support the Administration’s FY 2021 Budget Proposal to Improve the Family First Prevention Services Act

JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Interim Resolution Supporting Vulnerable Incarcerated Individuals Medical Care, Housing and Safety

Interim Resolution Supporting the TAPS Act and Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Legislation to Prevent Targeted Acts of Violence in Our Communities

Interim Resolution on Reforming Pretrial Monetary Bail

Interim Resolution on Addressing Community Violence as a Public Health Issue

PUBLIC LANDS

Interim Resolution on U.S. Forest Service Workforce Capacity and Infrastructure

Interim Resolution on the Council on Environmental Quality’s Revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations

Interim Resolution on the Use of Targeted Grazing for Wildland Fire Management

Interim Resolution in Support of Flexibility in the Elections Section of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act

Interim Resolution in Support of Stopping the Annual Five Percent Drawdown of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Payments to National Forest Counties

Interim Resolution Supporting Increasing Timber Harvests and Forest Restoration from National Forest System Lands to Maximum Sustainable Levels

Interim Resolution Prohibiting New Wilderness Designations Without the Approval of the Governing Bodies of the Counties of Jurisdiction

Interim Resolution Supporting No Net Increase in Public Land Ownership Without the Approval of the Governing Bodies of the Counties of Jurisdiction

Interim Resolution Urging the United States Secretary of the Interior and the United States Secretary of Agriculture to Reinstate All Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Resource Advisory Committee Charters and Confirm All Nominations

Interim Resolution on Inclusion of Full Payments In-Lieu of Taxes and Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Funding in the President’s Annual Budget

TRANSPORTATION

Interim Resolution Urging Congress to Enact Legislation Creating a National Infrastructure Bank to Finance Urgently Needed Infrastructure Projects

Interim Resolution Directing Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation to Allow Public-Private Partnerships for the Continued Operation of Federal Rest Areas

Interim Resolution Directing Congress to Establish a Discretionary Grant Program to Fund the Elimination of Highway-Rail At-Grade Crossings