Bill Text: IA HF2340 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to reporting requirements for the office for state-federal relations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-06 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 201. [HF2340 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2340-Introduced.html
House File 2340 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2340 BY ISENHART A BILL FOR An Act relating to reporting requirements for the office for 1 state-federal relations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5805HH (1) 90 sc/ns
H.F. 2340 Section 1. Section 7F.1, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended 1 by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . g. Annually submit a written report to the 3 general assembly by December 1 and present before the standing 4 committees on government oversight and appropriations of each 5 house of the general assembly, if requested. The report 6 must include but is not limited to information on all of the 7 following: 8 (1) The development and implementation of a nonpartisan 9 state-federal relations program accessible to all three 10 branches of government. 11 (2) The annual state-federal program presented to Iowa’s 12 congressional delegation. 13 (3) Training sessions conducted for state government 14 officials. 15 (4) The maintenance of a management information system. 16 (5) Legislative or regulatory issues the office has 17 addressed with the federal legislative or executive branch on 18 behalf of the governor or a state entity, including matters of 19 preemption. 20 (6) The status of all federal programmatic and grant moneys 21 available to state entities and local jurisdictions, including 22 notices of funding availability and whether or not such moneys 23 were sought or secured. 24 (7) Contacts with federal officials, officials from other 25 states, organizations, business groups, and professional 26 associations resulting in shared information and cooperative 27 agreements. 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 This bill requires the office for state-federal relations 32 to provide an annual, written report to the general assembly 33 by December 1 that includes information on the nonpartisan 34 state-federal relations program developed by the office, 35 -1- LSB 5805HH (1) 90 sc/ns 1/ 2
H.F. 2340 the state-federal program presented to Iowa’s congressional 1 delegation, training sessions provided to state government 2 officials, the management information system, legislative or 3 regulatory issues the office has addressed with the federal 4 legislative or executive branch, federal funding available to 5 state and local entities, and professional associations that 6 have resulted in shared information and cooperative agreements. 7 The bill also requires the office for state-federal relations 8 to annually present before the standing committees on 9 government oversight and appropriations of each house of the 10 general assembly, if requested. 11 -2- LSB 5805HH (1) 90 sc/ns 2/ 2
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