National Lieutenant Governors Association Federal‐State Relations Meeting March 25 – 27, 2020 The Madison, Washington D.C.
Agenda as of 2/20/2020 6:56 PM Attendance: NLGA is the nation’s only non‐partisan, peer‐to‐peer organization for the seconds‐ in‐command in the states & territories. This meeting is for NLGA members, staff they choose to register, Partners, and sponsors. o IGA Access: Intergovernmental Attendee ‐ Restrictions Apply ONE registrant from each Cabinet office of the President may attend. This registration is good for day events only ‐ not evening events. o Press: Press must pre‐register & provide 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. o Security: State & territorial police are asked to register (comp) & wear NGSA or state pin at all times. Registration: Every attendee must complete online registration at www.nlga.us. Anyone attending any part of the meeting ‐ a meal, a bus ride, or an event must have a security badge which is created by registering. This is strictly enforced for security. Security badges will not be made or substituted on site. Getting here: Every attendee must make their own travel reservations, air and ground. Hotel Room: Every attendee must make their own hotel room reservation by the deadline of February 23, 2020, as published at www.nlga.us. 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 3‐10‐20 of needs.
DEADLINES: Public Leadership in Energy & the Environment Award Application deadline: Feb. 15, 2020 Improving Lives and Communities Application deadline: Feb. 15, 2020 Hotel Reservation deadline: Feb. 23, 2020 Policy Resolution filing deadline: (send to [email protected]) Feb. 26, 2020 Registration Deadline: (online at www.nlga.us) Mar. 17, 2020
DATE & TIME SESSION LOCATION Tuesday Unaffiliated partisan groups meet. Contact them directly. March 24, 2020
Wednesday March 25, 2020 AM Unaffiliated partisan groups meet. Contact them directly. 9:00 – 10:30 am Unaffiliated Event – Contact White House IGA Deputy Associate Director Olivia Imhoff (9 – 9:20am: Process into building. Program: 9:20 ‐ 10:30am)
White House Program on White House’s Governors’ Initiative on Regulatory Innovation Started in October, the Governors’ Initiative on Regulatory Innovation is led by the Vice President to work with State, local, and tribal leaders to extend regulatory reform to State and local levels.
NOTES: Members planning to attend MUST be Pre‐Cleared by White House IGA and have photo ID to enter. Members are ON THEIR OWN to reach event and transport to next location.
NLGA Federal‐State Relations Meeting Begins 10:00 a – 3:00 p NLGA Registration The Madison, Outside Dolley Madison Ballroom 11:00 – 11:15 am NLGA Coffee & Conversation The Madison, NLGA opens with meet‐and‐greet coffee bar! It’s a perfect Dolley Madison opportunity to speak with someone you need to see. Ballroom
11:15 – 11:55 am NLGA Opening Plenary The Madison, ‐Gavel In Dolley Madison ‐Pledge of Allegiance Ballroom ‐Roll Call of the States ‐Welcome Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Louisiana – NLGA Chair
11:25 – 11:55 am NLGA Center for State Strategies: Promoting the State & its Businesses Two gubernatorial successors will discuss activities they perform to promote the state and its businesses. Lt. Governor McKee will describe how his annual 39 Cities and Towns tours are in‐state business focused. Then, Lt. Governor Pinnell will discuss working with hundreds of people – even bringing competing ad teams together – to develop a new state brand. Lt. Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island (10 min) (confirmed) Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell, Oklahoma – Director of Tourism and Branding (12 min) (confirmed) Moderator: Lt. Governor TBD (invited)
NLGA Center in State Strategies at NLGA in Seattle in July will feature three NLGA members on justice reform.
11:55 a – 12:15 p NLGA Speaker: Powering the Blue Economy The Madison, It’s the 50th anniversary of the creation of the National Oceanic Dolley Madison and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). An agency within the Ballroom U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA’s reach is from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor. NOAA drives the blue economy ‐ exploring, mapping, and observing our nation’s waters from the Great Lakes to the marshes and oceans to preserve underwater parks, and support resilient coasts, working waterfronts, marine commerce, and sustainable seafood for a thriving economy. Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., U.S. Navy Ret. ‐ Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy NOAA Administrator (12 min) (confirmed) Moderator: Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi (invited) 12:15 a – 1:00 p NLGA Discussion: Broadband to Unserved Rural America The Madison, The FCC Is Releasing $20‐Billion for Broadband Dolley Madison The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the Ballroom Rural Digital Opportunity Fund on 1‐30‐2020 to fund deployment of high‐speed broadband to unserved rural America. Thru a two‐phase reverse auction, the FCC later this year will begin phase one directing up to $16 billion to census blocks wholly unserved with fixed broadband at speeds of at least 25/3 Mbps. FCC staff estimate 6‐million rural homes and businesses are located in areas eligible for Phase I bidding, broken down by state here: https://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc‐ids‐state‐by‐state‐ rural‐broadband‐fund‐breakdown . FCC Bureau Chief Kris Monteith, Wireline Competition Bureau (15 min) (Confirmed) Q&A up to 15‐min, then this speaker departs
Five Pieces of Actionable Guidance to Address Access This presentation will bullet five pieces of actionable guidance which can be employed at the state level as a best practice model to address closing the gap on broadband access. This speaker was proposed via the NLGA Partners Speaker Proposal process. Broadband Research Initiative Manager Kathryn de Wit, The Pew Charitable Trusts (confirmed) (8 min) Moderator: Lt. Governor Adam Gregg, Iowa (confirmed)
1:00 – 1:10 p NLGA Group Photo The Madison, Photo may take place before or after this time based on how Outside the the meeting is running. No roll call will be taken. Dolley Madison Ballroom 1:10 – 1:45 pm NLGA All Attendee Lunch No Media The Madison, ( ) Montpelier Room 1:45 – 2:00 pm NLGA Presentation: Public Leadership in Energy & Environmental Stewardship award This annual award honors a NLGA member working as a steward of energy and the environment and impacting multiple aspects of life in America. Moderator: Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Louisiana – past award recipient to assist in presentation of award Presenter: Global Strategic Engagement Leader Paul Doucette, Baker & Hughes Presentation: 4 min Remarks of Winner: 5 min Photo: 2 min
2:00 – 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. (Process detailed at end of this entry.) Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall Long, DE (D), Committee Chair Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, Maryland (R) Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers, Kansas (D) Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, Alaska (R)
1. Resolution Recognizing the Economic Importance of Outdoor Recreation Sponsors: Lt. Govs. Marshall (NV‐D) & Meyer (AK‐R)
Contact [email protected] about any resolution in drafting. 2. Resolution *In drafting* Sustainable Infrastructure 3. Resolution *In drafting* Cooperative Purchasing 4. Resolution *In drafting* Ovarian Cancer Awareness 5. Resolution *In drafting* Agriculture Trade Importance
‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ PROCESS: Per NLGA Bylaws, 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, 2020. Full text of resolutions is posted as soon as it is 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. All members are asked to attend this meeting. Any member may raise a question but 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 (Executive Committee Bylaw recommendation to be voted on at the Annual Meeting in July). 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 the 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 Report from Lt. Governor Mike Foley, Nebraska – Ballroom NLGA Treasurer MOTIONS NEEDED from the Finance Committee: Lt. Govs. Foley (NE), Marshall (NV), Oliver (NJ), and Evette (SC) MOTION NEEDED to accept the audit. MOTION NEEDED to accept transfer of funds from banking to investments. MOTION NEEDED to accept the amended Investment Policy to read as: Forthcoming 2. NLGA 2020 & 2021 Meetings Reports NLGA 2020 Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington (Seattle Westin ‐ Marriott) July 29 – 31, 2020
NLGA 2020 Business Meeting Point Clear, Alabama (The Grand Hotel Resort) December 2‐4, 2020
Discussion ‐ 2021 Business Meeting: USVI NLGA Director Julia Brossart
MOTION NEEDED: Motion Needed for Motion from NLGA officers: Lt. Governors Nungesser (LA), Hall Long (DE), and Foley (NE): I move that the NLGA meet on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands December 1 – 3, 2021, for the NLGA Business Meeting, if the Director, in consultation with NLGA officers, is able to obtain hotel meeting space and hotel sleeping room rates adequate and appropriate to the NLGA Meeting, knowing the 2017 hotel sleeping room rate was to be $235/night. I further move the NLGA immediately transfer $80,000 from the checking account/general fund to a USVI Meeting Fund reserve to cover the meeting expenses of a NLGA‐staff and Executive Committee planned meeting, while directing NLGA staff to perform fundraising to offset meeting expenses as may be possible. We are anxious to fulfill this 2017 NLGA commitment to the territory to host a meeting in St. Thomas as soon as island resources and adequate lodging options were available and aligned with an available NLGA Meeting slot. The 2017 NLGA Meeting was a forced relocation due to hotel closure from the hurricane. The hotels are re‐opening in December of 2020.
Moderator: Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Louisiana – NLGA Chair Upon conclusion NLGA Partners Meeting PRIVATE The Madison, of day’s work NLGA Partners only will hold a collegial meeting. Dolley Madison Ballroom Moderator: Kelly Memphis, Public Affairs Council – 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 the DC‐ based meetings they have planned 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.
5:30 pm Busses Load and Depart ‐ No Roll Call
6:00 – 7:30 pm NLGA International Relations: Forthcoming Networking Reception at TBD NLGA creates opportunities for lieutenant governors and seconds‐in‐command to convene and collaborate with global counterparts to build mutually beneficial international relationships to strengthen economies and ensure the states and territories are globally connected and competitive. Remarks: Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Louisiana
Departure Information. For those planning further evening work, attendees would be available for dinner reservations at 8:00 or 8:15 pm.
Thursday March 26, 2020 7:45 a – 2:00 p NLGA Registration The Madison, Outside the Dolley Madison Ballroom 8:30 ‐ 9:30 am NLGA All Attendee Breakfast The Madison, ( ) Montpelier Room :30 NLGA Elections The Madison, TBD 9:45 ‐ 10:15 am NLGA Briefing: Federal Coronavirus Briefing The Madison, This Centers for Disease Control & Prevention leader will Dolley Madison provide an update on coronavirus response, and talk about Ballroom federal‐state relations in working together on infectious disease preparedness and response generally, including the flu. Deputy Director Jay Butler, M.D., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (invited) Moderator: Lt. Governor Josh Green, M.D., Hawaii (to be invited) 10:15 ‐ 10:50 am NLGA Center for State Strategies: The Madison, Working with Constituencies Dolley Madison Two gubernatorial successors will discuss insights from their Ballroom experience in working with various constituencies. An enrolled member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Lt. Governor Flanagan is the second Native American woman elected statewide nationally. She will provide insights for working with Native American constituencies. Then, Lt. Gov. Evette will discuss being a liaison to business – including a forthcoming requirement to annually recommend the elimination, withdrawal or modernization of any statutes, regulations, policies, protocols, boards, commissions, offices, positions or practices that need it. Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota (10 min) (invited) Lt. Governor Pamela Evette, South Carolina (10 min) (confirmed) Moderator: Lt. Governor TBD
NLGA Center in State Strategies at NLGA in Seattle in July will feature three NLGA members on justice reform.
10:50 ‐ 11:30 am NLGA Session: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health The Madison, Dolley Madison 10:50 – 11:15 am Ballroom NLGA Presentation: Improving Lives and Communities by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health Recent estimates say only 10 – 20% of health outcomes can be attributed to medical care. This presentation will promote awareness, engagement, and action among public officials on the social determinants of health which include factors like food security, housing, transportation, community environment, and access to emerging technologies. More details are here: What's Next for the Social Determinants of Health. • CEO Sarah Dash, Alliance for Health Policy (13 min) (confirmed) Moderator: Lt. Governor TBD
______11:15 – 11:30 am NLGA Presentation: Improving Lives and Communities Award This annual award honors a NLGA member bringing partners together around a shared commitment to address the social drivers of health, recognizing that a healthy and vibrant community is the best medicine for healthy outcomes. • Moderator: Lt. Governor Mike Cooney, Montana (to be invited) – past award recipient to assist in presentation of award • Presenter: Regional Vice President of Federal Affairs Kevin Riordan, Anthem Presentation: 4 min Remarks of Winner: 5 min Photo: 2 min
11:30 – Noon NLGA Keynote: The U.S. – U.K. Relationship The Madison, This session may be closed to media. Dolley Madison The United Kingdom (UK) leaves its 47‐year membership in the Ballroom European Union (EU) January 31, 2020. The UK and the US have a special relationship, including that the US is Britain’s largest source of single country FDI and the US is the largest destination for FDI abroad by British firms. A new U.S. trade deal with the U.K. is one of several opportunities our nations will engage in as the UK transitions its position in the world. This conversation places NLGA members in the heart of a global opportunity. Moderator: Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Louisiana – NLGA Chair Deputy Ambassador Michael Tatham – Chargé d´Affaires to the USA (confirmed) Noon ‐ 12:40 pm NLGA All Attendee Lunch The Madison, Montpelier Room 12:45 – 1:15 pm NLGA Working Session: Let’s Talk Census! The Madison, Fourteen NLGA members lead or sit on their state Census Count Dolley Madison committees. By this date, most U.S. households will have Ballroom received their mailings to participate in census and the nation will be rolling in to Census Day – April 1. This Census Bureau leader will brief the status of census including census jobs, and the nation’s 1st online implementation and NLGA members will ask questions and provide feedback from leading on the ground. • Invited (tent confirmed – awaiting name) Moderator: Lt. Governor TBD 1:15 – 1:45 pm NLGA Keynote: Report from “The Nation’s Doctor” – The Madison, The U.S. Surgeon General Dolley Madison On January 23, 2020, the U.S. Surgeon General released the Ballroom first U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking cessation in 30‐ years. The Surgeon General will discuss this and his other missions and priorities. U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral (VADM) Jerome Adams, M.D. (15 min) (invited) Moderator: Lt. Governor TBD
1:45 – 2:15 pm NLGA Presentation: The Madison, Biosimilars: How Public Policy Impacts Access & Affordability Dolley Madison A 2018 California Department of Managed Health Care report Ballroom showed while specialty drugs were only 1.6% of all prescription drugs dispensed, they accounted for 52.6% of total annual spending on prescription drugs. Similar findings exist from large employer pharmacy benefit groups to the Congressional Budget Office Medicare and Medicaid report (2015) that brand‐ name specialty drugs accounted for 30% of total net spending (and growing) on prescription drugs in both Medicare Part D and Medicaid, although they accounted for only 1% of all prescriptions dispensed. The speaker will discuss alternatives on the horizon to allow access and affordability for more patients: The Biosimilar Opportunity: A State Breakdown (Pacific Research Institute’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, Oct. 2019). This speaker was proposed by Sandoz via the NLGA Partners Speaker Proposal process. Dr. Colin Edgerton, American Rheumatology Network Chairman (invited) Moderator: Lt. Governor TBD
2:15 – 2:30 pm NLGA Business 2:30 – 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.
Busses 6:00 – 7:30 pm NLGA International Relations: TBD Networking Reception at TBD NLGA creates opportunities for lieutenant governors and seconds‐in‐command to convene and collaborate with counterparts across the globe to build mutually beneficial international relationships to strengthen economies and ensure the states and territories are internationally competitive and connected. Remarks: Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Louisiana
Departure Information. For those planning further evening work, attendees would be available for dinner reservations at 8:00 or 8:15 pm.
Friday March 27, 2020 7:40 – 10:30 am NLGA Registration 8:15 – 9:00 am NLGA All Attendee Breakfast The Madison, Montpelier Room 9:00 – 9:30 am NLGA Presentation: #Protect2020 The Madison, Federal‐State Relations in Election Security Dolley Madison The Department of Homeland Security’s CISA (Cyber + Ballroom Infrastructure) Division protects the nation’s critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats. CISA is the federal agency responsible to secure elections by partnering with election owners, operators, and stakeholders to secure election infrastructure and the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the free and fair elections foundational to American democracy. State and local election officials operate and administer elections. You will be briefed on #Protect2020, the effort to engage local election officials in the more than 8,000 election jurisdictions across the country and to assist elections officials’ efforts to identify and plan for potential vulnerabilities ahead of and during the 2020 election season, from infrastructure to foreign interference, particularly information activities (e.g., disinformation, misinformation). TBD Moderator: Lt. Governor TBD, State 9:30 – 10:15 am NLGA General Business Session The Madison, Dolley Madison Presentation of new NLGA web page Ballroom NLGA Assoc. Director Kellie Rittershausen
Final Consideration of NLGA Policy Resolutions
Executive Committee (and full body) to accept the recommendations of the Finance Committee which: 1. To accept the audit. 2. To transfer funds from banking to investments. 3. To accept the amended Investment Policy to read as: Forthcoming
Old Business 1. Arts & Mil in SD & DE 2. The application deadline for the Recycling Impact Award & the Public Leadership in the Arts Award is May 10, 2020.
New Business 1. FYI: The Executive Committee endorsed the following recommended change to NLGA Bylaws. This change will be voted on at the July Meeting.
2. FYI: The Executive Committee awarded the following meetings. Mark your calendar as “Planning to Attend.”
a. NLGA 2020 Annual Meeting Location: Seattle, Washington – Amazon HQ Dates: July 29 – 31, 2020 b. NLGA 2020 Business Meeting Location: Point Clear, Alabama Hotel: The Grand Hotel Resort Dates: December 2‐4, 2020 c. NLGA 2021 Federal‐State Relations Meeting Location: Washington D.C. Hotel: The Madison (Hilton) Dates: March 24‐26, 2021 d. NLGA 2021 Annual Meeting Location: Buffalo – Niagara Falls, New York Dates: July TBD 2021 e. NLGA 2022 Federal‐State Relations Meeting Location: Washington D.C. Dates: March TBD 2022 f. NLGA 2022 Annual Meeting Location: Chicago, Illinois Dates: July TBD 2022
3. NLGA is accepting bids to host: a) 2021 Business Meeting December 1 – 3, 2021
b) 2022 New Elect & Business Meeting November 30 – December 2, 2022
Motion to Adjourn