With most of the federal legislative activity for the year having come to a close, NACo has put together a special year-end edition of its Washington Watch publication to provide updates on the status of various NACo legislative priorities.
Please click here to view this document, and here to view a PowerPoint presentation on NACo’s legislative priorities.
Issues covered in these documents include:
- The recent agreement on FY2014 and FY2015 funding
- The tax-exempt status of municipal bond interest
- The Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program
- Risk to counties in potential changes to Medicaid
- The Marketplace Fairness Act
- Farm bill negotiations
- Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in conference
- The Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Prorgram
- The outlook for immigration reform
- Pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regulations
To mark the end of the year, NACo has also assembled some of its recent legislative publications that highlight issues important to counties:
