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STATED PURPOSE
COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES
The New
York State Bar Association, through its various Sections and Committees
has historically played an important role in advancing the law and
reform on the federal level. Given the number of laws that Congress has
been enacting that directly affect New York and its lawyers, the
Association has been increasingly involved in the areas of tax,
securities laws, antitrust laws, civil and criminal practice,
intellectual property laws and health care. Of late, the House of
Delegates has been considering adopting policies as well in some of
these areas that are of great concern to members and the
public.
The
Committee on Federal Legislative Priorities will identify and examine
the establishment of an effective structure to address federal
legislative priorities that will coordinate our efforts in Sections,
Committees, the Executive Committee and in the House of Delegates by
reviewing their respective by-laws and policies regarding federal
legislation.
The
Committee will address the types of federal issues that the Association
should review and will develop, where appropriate, federal legislative
priorities to be presented to and coordinated with the Committee on
Legislative Priorities. In fulfilling its mission, the Committee
shall consider ways in which to enhance the Association becoming a
resource to legislators and their staff and the means by which to
accomplish this (e.g., memoranda, reports, testimony and finding
sponsors for legislation). In addition, the Committee shall identify
Executive Committee members, section and committee leaders and past
presidents who know members of Congress and develop a means to keep
abreast of developments in the New York delegation.
The
Committee shall prepare a report for the Executive Committee and the
House of Delegates to consider.
In
addition to the items listed above, the Committee also looked at areas
related to its core mission, such as State Bar input into federal
administrative rule making and federal court rule making.
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