NCSL Restoring the Balance Recipients, 1995-2013 Year Issues/Legislation Award Winners Senator John Glenn, Ohio Senator Dirk Kempthorne, Idaho 1995 Unfunded Mandate Act Congressman William Clinger, Pennsylvania Congressman Gary Condit, California Congressman Rob Portman, Ohio 1996 Brown Amendment Senator Hank Brown, Colorado Senator Max Baucus, Montana 1997 Safe Drinking Water Act Congressman Tom Bliley, Virginia Senator Dirk Kempthorne, Idaho 1997 Immigration Mandates Senator Robert Graham, Florida 1998 Telecommunications Preemption Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas 1998 Welfare Reform Representative Clay Shaw, Florida Senator Mike Enzi, Wyoming Senator Byron Dorgan, North Dakota 1999 Internet Tax Act Senator Tim Hutchinson, Arkansas Senator Robert Graham, Florida Congressman Bud Shuster, Pennsylvania 1999 TEA-21 Congressman Tom Petri, Wisconsin Senator Max Baucus, Montana 1999 Workforce Training Senator Mike DeWine, Ohio Senator Bob Graham, Florida 2000 Tobacco Settlement Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas 2001 Digital Signatures Senator Patrick Leahy, Vermont 2001 Federalism legislation Senator Fred Thompson, Tennessee Congressman Rob Portman, Ohio 2002 Pension Reform Congressman Ben Cardin, Maryland Congressman Robert Ney, Ohio 2003 Election Reform Congressman Steny Hoyer, Maryland 2003 Homeland security Secretary Tom Ridge, Department of Homeland Security Senator Susan Collins, Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, Maine 2004 Fiscal Assistance Senator Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Senator Ben Nelson, Nebraska Senator Gordon Smith, Oregon Senator Mike Enzi, Wyoming Senator Richard Durbin, Illinois 2013 Marketplace Fairness Act Senator Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Senator Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota .