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Legislative Issues

Appropriations - Federal Funding for State and Local Law Enforcement

PRESS RELEASE: NSA Applauds Inclusion of Monumental Funding for COPS Hiring within American Jobs Act (pdf)

COPS Hiring Advisory to Sheriffs (pdf)

Sample Letter to Senate on COPS Meth Program (pdf)

Sample Letter of Opposition to S.AMDT 4174 – Collective Bargaining (pdf)

Sample Letter to Senate on S. 3194 (pdf)

Sample Letter to Congress on COPS Hiring Grant Awards (pdf) (8/18/2009)

Sample Letter to House Opposing Collective Bargaining Bill HR 413 (pdf) (4/29/09)

D Block

D Block Talking Points (pdf)

Sample Letter to Senate on S. 28 – Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act of 2011 (pdf)

Sample Letter to House on H.R. 607– Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011 (pdf)

OP-ED: Vice President Biden on Broadband Public Safety (pdf)

PRESS RELEASE: NSA Applauds President Obama's Strong Support for Public Safety and D Block Allocation (pdf)

PRESS RELEASE: NSA Applauds Re-Introduction of D Block Legislation in Senate (pdf)

PRESS RELEASE: The National Sheriffs' Association Supports D Block Legislation in the Senate (pdf)

Sample Letter to House on HR 5081 – Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 (pdf) (4/22/2010)

NSA's Position Paper and Resolution on Allocation of D Block Spectrum to Public Safety (pdf) (4/22/2010)

Hatch Act Reform

Sample Letter of Support for State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 (pdf)

State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 Fact Sheet (pdf)

Homeland Security Issues

NSA Letter of Support for DOJ Global Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2011 (pdf)

Immigration and Border Security

ICE Census Guidance (pdf) (3/29/10)

IP Crimes

NSA Letter of Support for S. 968 – PROTECT IP Act of 2011 (pdf)

NSA Letter of Support for H.R. 3261 – Stop Online Piracy Act (pdf)

Victims

Senator Kit Bond PREA letter to Attorney General Holder (pdf) (9/15/2010)

MN Sheriffs' Assn. PREA Jail Survey (pdf) (2/9/2010)

NSA Legislative Positions

NSA’s Official Position on Key Legislation (pdf) (updated 12-6-11)

NSA’s Official Position on Key Legislation (Updated 10-11-11)

NSA's Official Position on Key Legislation (pdf) (Last Updated 3/3/2011)

NSA's 2011 Legislative Priorities (pdf)

NSA's Official Position on Key Legislation (pdf) (Last Updated 10/5/2010)

111th Congress: NSA's Official Position on Key Legislation (pdf) (Last Updated 8/3/2010)

NSA 2010 Legislative Priorities (pdf) (1/13/2010)

111th Congress: NSA's Official Position on Key Legislation (pdf) (Last Updated 12/1/2009)

2009 NSA Legislative Priorities (pdf) (1/27/09)

Congressional Testimony

Read testimony of sheriffs in Congress on important issues affecting criminal justice and public safety issues