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<subtitle article="gsg" title_number="2" subtitle_number="9" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_name="Federal Relations">
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-901" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Federal Relations">
    <text>In this subtitle, “Committee” means the Joint Committee on Federal Relations.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-902" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Federal Relations">
    <text>There is a Joint Committee on Federal Relations, which is a joint committee of the Senate and the House.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-903" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Federal Relations">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Committee consists of 16 members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Of the 16 Committee members:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>8 shall be Senators, appointed by the President; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>8 shall be Delegates, appointed by the Speaker.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-904" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Federal Relations">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The President and the Speaker jointly shall appoint a chair and a vice chair of the Committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The President shall appoint a chair of the Senate members of the Committee.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Speaker shall appoint a chair of the House members of the Committee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-905" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Federal Relations">
    <text>The Department of Legislative Services shall provide staff assistance to the Committee.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-906" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Federal Relations">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Committee shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>as to the relations between the State and the federal government:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>monitor and evaluate the relations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>monitor proposals to change the relations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>evaluate the impact of the proposals on the State and its citizens and on local governments; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>keep officials of the Executive and Legislative branches of the State government and others informed about the relations and the potential impact of proposals to change the relations;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>serve as a forum for consideration of certain State-local issues;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>try to advance the cooperation between the State and other units of government by proposing or facilitating any actions that the Committee considers advisable, including:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>the adoption of compacts;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the enactment of uniform statutes;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>the enactment of reciprocal statutes;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>the adoption of uniform administrative rules or regulations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>the adoption of reciprocal administrative rules or regulations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vi">
          <text>the informal cooperation between government offices;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vii">
          <text>the personal cooperation between officials and employees of governments; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="viii">
          <text>the exchange of information; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>do any other thing that the Legislative Policy Committee assigns.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Subject to § 2-1257 of this title, the Committee shall submit to the General Assembly:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>an annual report, within 15 days after the General Assembly convenes for a regular session; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>any other report that the Committee considers appropriate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>