2003 Ratified Policy Resolutions

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2003 Resolutions

Agriculture

  • 03-125 New Bretton Woods Resolution

Business & Finance

  • 03-3 An NBCSL initiative for Personal Financial Literacy
  • 03-63 Initiative for Review of Diversity in State Pension Funds Through Disclosure and Monitoring

Election Reform

  • 03-89 Election Technology Reform
  • 03-94 Standard-Less Discretion and Election Reform

Elementary & Secondary Education

  • 03-82 Meeting Equivalent Accreditation for Supplemental Service Providers
  • 03-83 NBCSL Chairperson of Elementary & Secondary Education to Create National Educational Summit
  • 03-75 Resolution for a Bi-Yearly Meeting of the National Black Caucus Elementary and Secondary Education Committee to Monitor the Process on “Close the Gap”

Ethics

  • 03-93 National Conference on Voter’s Rights and Election Reform

Faith Round Table & E Clearinghouse Project

  • 03-42 to Create a Task force to Evaluate and Recommend Draft Language and Model Legislation That Addresses Faith-Based and Community Service in Local Communities

Health

  • 03-41 Consumer Health Assistance Programs: Creation, Adequate Funding & Authority
  • 03-7 Diabetic insurance Coverage
  • 03-6 Freedom of Choice Access to Oral Health
  • 03-7 Medicare Coverage Card Program
  • 03-19 Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis C
  • 03-12 Proposed Amendment to Medicare
  • 03-11 Quality of Patient Medical Care

Health Care Reform

  • 03-10 Adequate Funding for Medicaid/Schip
  • 03-21 Proposed Protection of Medicaid Beneficiaries Access to Pharmaceuticals
  • 03-103 Protecting African Americans and Minorities Health Related Needs Through Tobacco Settlement Funds
  • 03-9 Resolution on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity
  • 03-5 Training of Medical Professionals to Eliminate Treatment Bias

Housing

  • 03-58 Prohibition of Predatory Lending
  • 03-127 Homelessness Among Veterans

Human Services

  • 03-52 Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Responses in TANF Program
  • 03-62 Hunger in the United States
  • 03-54 Postsecondary Education for TANF Recipients
  • 03-53 Reauthorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program

Insurance

  • 03-103 Owner Controlled insurance
  • 03-70 Small Business insurance
  • 03-13 Substance Abuse Treatment Insurance Parity
  • 03-68 Universal Health insurance
  • 03-81 Use of Credit Scoring

International Affairs

  • 03-85 a Resolution Opposing the United States invasion of Iraq
  • 03-114 Botswana Educational and Assistance Exchange Between NBCSL and Botswana
  • 03-14 Cooperation Between a University in New Jersey and NBCSL’s international Technical Assistance Center (ITAC)
  • 03-50 Haitian Immigrants
  • 03-115 international Trade and Education
  • 03-111 Recognizing Angela Munson
  • 03-107 Recognizing James L. Thomas
  • 03-65 Resolution in Support of African Refugees
  • 03-86 Resolution in Support of Peace and Stability in the Ivory Coast
  • 03-120 Resolution to Re-Commit NBCSL to the Leon H. Sullivan Summit, July 2002 in Abuja, Nigeria
  • 03-109 United States Agency for International Development

Labor and Management

  • 03-92 Pension Funds, investments With Job Intensive Opportunities
  • 03-121 Repealing the Government Pension offset and Windfall Elimination Provisions from the Social Security Act
  • 03-119 Unemployment Benefits

Law & Justice

  • 03-16 Abolition of Death Penalty for Juvenile offenders
  • 03-99 Automatic Reinstatement of Voter Registration Upon Completion of Sentence
  • 03-110 Challenge to Lott’s Remarks
  • 03-80 Compensation for Wrongful Convictions
  • 03-112 Credit Reporting
  • 03-30 Documentation of Criminal Research
  • 03-102 Establishment of NBCSL Legal Defense Fund
  • 03-79 Homicide investigation of a State Elected official
  • 03-60 Leonard Peltier Justice Resolution
  • 03-104 Medicaid for Juvenile offenders
  • 03-15 Moratorium on the Death Penalty
  • 03-106 National Black Caucus of State Legislators Voter Registration Drive
  • 03-59 Recidivism Disclosure
  • 03-100 Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
  • 03-98 Restoration of Voting Rights
  • 03-105 Restore Black Entertainment Television News Programs
  • 03-35 Support for the American Community Survey
  • 03-127 Senator Trent Lott Remarks

Post-Secondary Education

  • 03-49 Accreditation of Morris Brown College
  • 03-67 Meeting the Challenges of Black Students in Securing a College Education

Science & Technology

  • 03-57 Engineering Programs
  • 03-46 NBCSL forwards E-Clearinghouse Project to Promote Use of Technology and online Content in Underserved Communities

Transportation & Environment

  • 03-91 Black Mold
  • 03-87 Creating State Advisory Committees on Housing Construction Policy
  • 03-88 Enforcing Standards to Prevent the Problem of Black Mold
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