Northern Border Regional Commission

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|name = Northern Border Regional Commission

|seal = NBRC_Logo.jpg

|seal_caption = The seal of the Northern Border Regional Commission

|formed = 2008

|headquarters = Concord, New Hampshire

|jurisdiction = Federal government of the United States

|budget =

|chief1_name = Chris Saunders

|chief1_position = Federal Co-Chair

|website = {{URL|https://www.nbrc.gov/}}

}}

The Northern Border Regional Commission is an American federal-state partnership for community and economic development in counties near the Canada–United States border.

History

The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) was created as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. As of 2021, the NBRC has been reauthorized twice.{{cite web|last=Cecire|first=Michael H.|title=Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function|date=April 29, 2021|publisher=Congressional Research Service|access-date=May 27, 2021|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45997|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215635/https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45997|url-status=live}}

Governance

Modeled off the Appalachian Regional Commission, the NBRC is led by a federal co-chair and the respective state governors. The federal co-chair nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. One of the governors is designated a state co-chair.

=Federal co-chair=

Chris Saunders was confirmed by the Senate on March 24, 2022,{{cite web |title=PN1696 — Chris Saunders — Northern Border Regional Commission 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1696 |website=US Congress |access-date=25 March 2022 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325112938/https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1696 |url-status=live }} and began service on April 11, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbrc.gov/userfiles/files/Announcements/New%20Federal%20Co-Chair%20-%20April%202022.pdf|title=Northern Border Regional Commission Welcomes Agency's Fourth Federal Co-Chair|date=2022-04-14|publisher=Northern Border Regional Commission|access-date=2022-04-14|archive-date=2022-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415025759/https://www.nbrc.gov/userfiles/files/Announcements/New%20Federal%20Co-Chair%20-%20April%202022.pdf|url-status=live}}

List of federal co-chairs:

Sanford "Sandy" Blitz of Maine (2010-2014){{cite web|title=PN2093|date=November 12, 2014|access-date=May 27, 2021|url=https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2014/11/bill-pn2093|archive-date=March 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331165120/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2014/11/bill-pn2093|url-status=live}}
Mark Scarano of New Hampshire (2015-2018)
Harold B. Parker of New Hampshire (2018-2022)
Chris Saunders of Vermont (2022-present)