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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General trade legislation; Trade Promotion Authority; Free Trade Agreements of Peru, Colombia, Panama and Korea; Fair Use; Small Business and Ability to Export; NAFTA Rules of Origin re: Televisions, Customs/Border Facilitation

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Transportation TRA

US-Mexico border facilitation and trucking issues; In-vehicle electronics

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Home Recording Rights; Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007, H.R. 1201; Perform Act of 2007, S. 256; Fair Use in Trade Provisions; WIPO Broadcast Issues; H.R. 4729

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1201 (110th), H.R. 4729 (110th), S. 256 (110th)

Small Business SMB

Business Travel Visa Policy; Ability to Export; Business Activity Tax Simplification Act (BATSA)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Electronics Recycling;Electronics Waste; Energy Star; Energy Efficiency; US Environmental Trade Policy;Materials Restrictions;Green Government Procurement

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

High Definition TV/Adv. TV; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices; FCC NPRM: Broadcast Spectrum; FCC NPRM: Unlicensed Use of Vacant TV Band Spectrum; Telecommunications Policy Reform; DTV Transition; FCC NPRM: Advance Wireless Services; FCC NPRM: Implementation and Administration of a Coupon Program for Digital-Analog Converter Boxes; Accessible Technologies; FCC: Nation wide, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the TV Band

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Motor Vehicles Owners' Right to Repair Act; Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Energy, Dept of

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Efficiency; Energy Star; Trade policies affecting Standards

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Immigration IMM

Business Travel Visa Policy; Customs/Border Facilitation at U.S.-Mexico Ports of Entry

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Travel/Tourism TOU

Business Travel Visa Policy; Passenger Screening

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS)