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National Lieutenant Governors Association Federal-State Relations Meeting March 27 – 29, 2019 The Madison, Washington D.C.

Agenda as of 2/11/2019 3:00 PM DRAFT – Changes will occur but start and end times are very solid

• Attendance: This meeting is for NLGA members, staff they choose to register, Partners, and sponsors. IGA Access: A registration in the intergovernmental category is a Daytime pass. NO evening event or event outside the hotel is open to a registrant in the intergovernmental category. • Getting here: Every attendee must make their own travel reservations, air and ground. • Hotel Room: Every attendee had to make their own hotel room reservation by the deadline of 2-26-19, as published at www.nlga.us. • Registration: Every attendee must complete online registration at www.nlga.us. Anyone attending any part of the meeting, meal, bus ride, or event must have a badge; the badge is created by registering. This is strictly enforced for security reasons. Badges will not be made or substituted on site. • There is no reimbursement for travel for this meeting. • Attire: Business Attire. • Food: Buffet meal items are listed so attendees may accommodate their own dietary needs. • Agenda: All events listed in the Eastern Time Zone. Adjust accordingly for your time zone, especially when making travel arrangements. • ADA: NLGA complies with ADA. Let NLGA know asap but before 3-15-19 of needs. • Press: Press must pre-register with NLGA, providing photo ID & credentials at check-in. Press will wear NLGA-issued badging and work from designated areas. Sessions are open to press UNLESS marked No Media. Meals and off-site activities are No Media. NLGA may close sessions to press at any time.

DEADLINES: • Public Leadership in Energy & the Environment Award Application deadline: February 15, 2019 • Public Leadership in Public Health Award Application deadline: February 15, 2019 • Hotel Reservation deadline: February 26, 2019 • Policy Resolution filing deadline: February 26, 2019 (send to [email protected]) • Co-Sponsor a Resolution TBD at 10:00 am EST (contact [email protected]) • Registration Deadline: March 19, 2019 at 10:00 am EST (online at www.nlga.us)

DATE & TIME SESSION LOCATION Tuesday Unaffiliated and/or partisan groups may meet this day. Contact March 26, 2019 them directly.

Wednesday March 27, 2019 8:45 a – 3:00 p NLGA Registration The Madison, Outside Dolley Madison Ballroom 10:00 – 10:45 am NLGA Opening Plenary The Madison, -Gavel In Dolley Madison -Pledge of Allegiance Ballroom -Roll Call of the States -Welcome • Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana – NLGA Chair (confirmed)

10:15 – 10:40 am NLGA Panel: The State of Elections in the States Two gubernatorial successors who run elections in their states will overview hot topics and goings-on regarding elections in the states. • Sec. of State Katie Hobbs, Arizona (10 min) (invited) • Sec. of State Ed Buchanan, Wyoming (10 min) (confirmed) Moderator: Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana – NLGA Chair (confirmed)

10:45 – 11:15 am NLGA Keynote: How is Veteran Health Care Changing? The Madison, Called “the biggest transformation of the veterans’ medical Dolley Madison system in a generation” by the New York Times, this federal Ballroom speaker will overview how implementation of the Congressional “Mission Act” is reforming veterans’ health care by enabling some veterans access to privately run health care the Veterans Administration pays for. • Secretary Robert Wilkie, Veterans Administration OR Executive in Charge of the Veterans Health Administration Dr. Richard Stone (invited) Moderator: Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Louisiana – NLGA Chair Elect (confirmed)

11:15 a – Noon NLGA Panel: Homeless, Opioid & xxx The Madison, Hawaii started 2019 with a statewide emergency homelessness Dolley Madison proclamation. The Hawaii lieutenant governor will overview Ballroom that state’s request for a Medicaid waiver to allow Medicaid funds for housing support for the homeless and initiatives other states may replicate. Then, a Board member for the National Council for Behavioral Health will outline the best practice in sober housing, medication-assisted treatment, and employment of individuals in recovery as certified peer specialists. Finally, xxx. • Director Mark Fontaine, Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (12) (confirmed) • (12) Moderator: Lt. Governor Josh Green, Hawaii (confirmed)

Noon – 12:15 pm NLGA Presentation: Public Leadership in Energy & The Madison, Environmental Stewardship award Dolley Madison • Global Strategic Engagement Leader Paul Doucette, Ballroom Baker & Hughes, a GE Company • Lt. Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island – past award recipient (when cued) to assist in presentation of award

12:15 – 12:25 pm NLGA Group Photo The Madison, Photo may take place before or after this time based on how Dolley Madison the meeting is running. No roll call will be taken. Ballroom

12:25 – 12:55 p NLGA All Attendee Lunch No Media The Madison, ( ) Montpelier Room 1:00 – 1:30 pm (International Trade – Protocol) The Madison, USTR Dolley Madison Ballroom 1:30 – 2:45 pm NLGA Policy Resolutions Committee The Madison, To operate per Article VI and Article VII of the NLGA Articles. Dolley Madison All NLGA members are encouraged to attend the committee Ballroom hearing. • Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, LA (R), Committee Chair • Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, Maryland, (R) • Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Wisconsin, (D) • Lt. Gov. TBD , (D)

1. Resolution Declaring April 8 – 12, 2019 as National Work Zone Awareness Week Sponsors: Lt. Govs. Cooney (MT-D) & Nungesser (LA-R)

2. Resolution Continuing the Public Leadership in Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award Sponsors: Lt. Govs. Nungesser (LA-R) & Cooney (MT-D)

3. Resolution in Support of the Arts and Continuing the Public Leadership in the Arts Award Sponsors: Lt. Govs. Cooney (MT – D) & Nungesser (LA – R)

------PROCESS: Per NLGA governance, to file a policy resolution for consideration at a meeting, a NLGA member (Lt. Gov., Sec of State or Sen. Pres.) is required to send the language to NLGA with a co-sponsor who is a NLGA member of the opposite party by February 26, 2019. Full text of resolutions is posted as available at www.nlga.us, click “Conferences, Federal-State Relations, Resolutions” link. All members are asked to present any question and or desired change to the sponsor in advance of the NLGA meeting. In this committee, only committee members make or second motions or offer amendments. Any required amendment requires a co-sponsor who is a NLGA member of the opposite party. At least one of the two sponsors must be present to handle the resolution in this committee and, if it passes here, one of the two must be present again Friday morning in the NLGA Business session. Resolutions which pass from this committee are heard for final passage on Friday morning by the entire body. While resolutions can be questioned and amended at that time, it the practice and preference of members to field all questions and amendments in advance of the NLGA meeting or, at latest, in this committee hearing. Direct any question to NLGA Assoc. Dir. Kellie Rittershausen at (859) 283-1400 or at [email protected].

2:45 – 3:00 NLGA General Business The Madison, 1. NLGA Finance Report Dolley Madison • Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Delaware – Ballroom NLGA Treasurer • Finance Committee: Lt. Govs. Hall-Long (DE), Marshall (NV), Kehoe (MO), and Evette (SC) 2. NLGA Committee Appointments The NLGA Executive Committee reviews Operational Committee appointments made by the NLGA Chair and ratifies appointments made by the NLGA Chair to the Executive Committee. 1. Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana – NLGA Chair NLGA Partners Meeting PRIVATE The Madison, NLGA Partners only will hold a collegial meeting. Dolley Madison Ballroom Moderator: Katie Wright, National Association of HomeBuilders– NLGA Partner Chair

3:00 – 5:00 pm NLGA Members Personal Meetings Time “On the Hill” (No outside group may schedule into this block)

Per the NLGA Executive Committee, this block of time is for lieutenant governors and gubernatorial successors for their personally planned DC-based meetings regarding specific state and territorial needs and to attend to other office needs. No group or entity is to schedule into this time for any reason.

TBD Busses Load and Depart - No Roll Call

6:00 pm NLGA Evening at the Embassy of Canada (confirmed) Embassy of The Canada-United States partnership is forged by shared Canada, 501 geography, similar values, common interests, deep connections Pennsylvania and powerful, multi-layered economic ties. Canada and the U.S. Avenue, N.W., enjoy the largest trading relationship in the world, and close to Washington, 400,000 people cross the shared border each day for business D.C., or pleasure or to maintain family ties. A secure and efficient flow of goods and people across the border is vital to both countries’ economic competitiveness and prosperity. Remarks: Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana * Recognition of Border State Lieutenant Governors

Thursday March 28, 2019 7:45 - NLGA Registration The Madison, Outside the Dolley Madison Ballroom 8 – 8:25 am NLGA Keynote: U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown, Maryland The Madison, (to be invited) Dolley Madison This former NLGA Chair was elected to Congress in 2016 and, a Ballroom veteran, he serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Committee of Natural Resources, and the equally- divided House Committee on Ethics. He is an attorney and a retired Colonel in the United States Army Reserve, with a military record spanning more than a quarter century as an aviator and JAG officer. Rep. Brown will discuss workforce as a challenge to country’s defense industry and current issues in D.C. which may impact states. Moderator: Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana – NLGA Chair

8: 25 - 8:55 NLGA All Attendee Breakfast The Madison, Montpelier Room 9 :00 – 9:45 am Federal State Relations: Implementing Water and Higher The Madison, Education Policy Dolley Madison For 47- years, the definition of ‘WOTUS’ (Waters of the United Ballroom States) has been debated and refined under the Clean Water Act. A proposed change in the WOTUS definition is called historic by some groups and the EPA Assistant Administrator for Water will discuss it. The Chair of U.S. Senate Education Committee is prioritizing reauthorization of the Higher Education Act this year which may include simplifying application for federal student aid, improving the student loan repayment system and creating more institutional accountability, which will be discussed by a federal higher education expert. • Office of Water Assistant Administrator Dave Ross, Environmental Protection Agency (to be invited) Higher Education • TBD Moderator: TBD

9:45 – 10:30 am NLGA Panel: How to Keep U.S. States the Leaders in World The Madison, Technology & Get the Rural U.S. Connected Dolley Madison The ‘Internet of Things’ applies technology and connectivity to Ballroom everything from Smart Cities and agriculture to health care and product sales. White House Advisor Michael Kratsios will overview the Administration’s top 2019 priorities to ensure the U.S. is home to the next great technological innovations. Then, the Michigan lieutenant governor will discuss technology applications for states and cities that lieutenant governors may impact. Finally, the Indiana lieutenant governor will report on the progress of rural broadband expansion including creating a Cabinet-level Director of Broadband Opportunities position. • Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy Michael Kratsios, The White House (to be invited) (12 min) • Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch, Indiana (8 min) Moderator: Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, Michigan (8 min)

10:30 – 11:30 am Medicaid Medicare The Madison, Dolley Madison Ballroom 11:30 – 11:50 am NLGA: Presentation of Public Leadership in Advancing Health The Madison, award Dolley Madison Moderator: TBD - previous Winner Ballroom Presenter: TBD, Takeda 11: 55 – 12:25 NLGA All Attendee Lunch The Madison, pm Montpelier Room 12: 30 – 1:15 pm NLGA Partner Planned Panel: The Madison, Workforce: Finding the Workers & Building the Housing Dolley Madison Ballroom

1:15 – 1:30 pm NLGA Meetings Previews The Madison, Dolley Madison Ballroom 1:30 – 2:30 p NLGA Member Private Session The Madison, This peer to peer exchange is for NLGA members (lieutenant Dolley Madison governors, Secretaries of State, and Senate Presidents) only to Ballroom discuss operational issues and exchange best office practices. Moderator: Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana

2:30 – 5:00 pm NLGA Members Personal Meetings Time “On the Hill” (No outside group may schedule into this block)

Busses 6:30 pm NLGA Reception hosted by The Ambassador of the Federal Residence, 2500 Republic of Germany, Emily Haber Foxhall Rd NW, The reception in the Ambassador’s home will have discussions Washington DC centered on trade between the states and Germany, the state 20007 of Europe, and Transatlantic relationships. Remarks: Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana Recognition of Top Trading Partner State Lt. Governors

Friday March 29, 2019 7:40 – 10:30 am NLGA Registration 8:00 – 8:25 am NLGA Congressperson (R ) (to be invited) The Madison, Dolley Madison Ballroom 8:30 – 9:00 am NLGA All Attendee Breakfast The Madison, Montpelier Room 9:00 – 9:45 am NLGA Panel The Madison, Dolley Madison Ballroom 9:45 – 10:30 am NLGA General Business Session The Madison, • Final Consideration of NLGA Policy Resolutions Dolley Madison • Old Business Ballroom • New Business 1. Motion Regarding Affiliates In light of recent inquiries/needs, the NLGA Director requests consideration of a motion specifically authorizing the Director, in consultation with the Chair, to discuss and assess the possibility of affiliates to NLGA.