NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Environment/Superfund ENV

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Toxic Substances Control Act chemical work plans and methodology; S. 847, Safe Chemicals Act, legislation to reform and modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 847 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Transportation Security Administration (TSA) deployment of standards for baggage and cargo security, including the Digital Imaging and Communications in Security (DICOS) interoperability standard

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration policies and procedures with respect to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories acceptance of manufacturers' test data for equipment in hazardous (classified) locations; U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration adoption/acceptance of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Certification for Standards for Electrical Equipment in Explosive Atmospheres for Hazardous (Classified) Locations (Ex Scheme); U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration adoption of updated voluntary consensus standards by reference (general); U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration incorporation, by reference, of the American National Standards Institute Z535 series of standards for workplace and facility safety signs into OSHA regulations; implementation of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's final rule modifying its Hazard Communication Standard to conform to the United Nations Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status for Russia; international market barriers to electric motors; World Customs Organization negotiations on classification of LED lamps; World Trade Organization negotiations to expand scope of Information Technology Agreement; domestic and international availability of certain rare earth elements; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum negotiations on environmental goods; smart meter standards in China; Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) activities with respect to medical imaging and smart grid; Brazil's decision to raise tariffs on certain industrial goods

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Manufacturing MAN

benefits of smart manufacturing and a national manufacturing strategy; H.R. 4377, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2012, legislation to provide for improved coordination of agency actions in the preparation and adoption of environmental documents for permitting determinations; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemaking on conflict minerals

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Bills named: H.R. 4377 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

repeal or delayed implementation of the medical device excise tax established by the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); Section 30C tax incentive for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property; extension of annual tax extenders legislation; discusson of advocacy of comprehensive tax reform policies with NEMA Tax Reform Working Group; S. 3591, Commercial Building Modernization Act, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and extend the deduction for new and existing energy-efficient commercial buildings; reform of the Commercial Building Tax Deduction (CBTD)

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Energy, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: S. 3591 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

pediatric radiation exposure; computer tomography (CT) image quality; reform of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; reimbursement rates for medical imaging services; H.R. 2104, Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (CARE) Act, legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to implement certain requirements for personnel who perform or plan the technical component(s) of medical imaging examinations or radiation therapy procedures; implementation of the physician payment "sunshine" provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148); provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148) related to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2104 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare reimbursements for medical imaging services and radiotherapy; Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging endpoints

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 5326, Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Act, provisions related to funding for the U.S. Department of Commerce's Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) smart grid engagement, funding for NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program, and NIST's role in industrial materials; Fiscal Year 2013 Interior Appropriations Act, provisions related to funding for U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) research on rare earth elements, promotion of access to domestic critical materials supplies, accessibility to helium, and the administration and fees associated with Energy Star product programs; Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Appropriations Act, provisions related to microgrids for military installations; H.R. 5972, Fiscal Year 2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, provisions related to funding for the Federal Highway Administration's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) architecture research and standards and funding for informing U.S. businesses and foreign shippers of new requirements for safe air shipment of lithium ion and lihium metal cells and batteries and equipment; H.R. 5855/S. 3216, Fiscal Year 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, provisions related to imaging technologies for security equipment and U.S. Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and federal energy efficiency and labeling standards; H.R. 5325, Fiscal Year 2013 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, provisions related to funding for the DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) Solid State Lighting Program, technical assistance activities at EERE's Advanced Manufacturing Office, Energy Information Administration (EIA), and EERE's Vehicle Technologies Program for Outreach, Deployment and Analysis; H. J. Res. 117, Continuing Appropriations Resoultion, 2013 (P.L. 112-175), legislation that appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in Fiscal Year 2012 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority; provisions related to funding for energy efficiency, smart grid, and other programs

Contacted: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5325 (112th), H.R. 5855 (112th), H.J.Res. 117 (112th), H.R. 5972 (112th), H.R. 5326 (112th), S. 3216 (112th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA; P.L. 110-314), including management of the SaferProducts.gov public database; U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) carbon monoxide, smoke, and fire detection education and awareness activities; hazards posed by the ingestion of lithium coin/button cell batteries (general); H.R. 4326, Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, legislation to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standards by treating those standards as consumer product safety rules and to establish a grants program to encourage states to require the installation of such detectors in homes; S. 3343, Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, legislation to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standards by treating those standards as consumer product safety rules and to establish a grants program to encourage states to require the installation of such detectors in homes; S. 1165, Button Cell Battery Safety Act, legislation to protect children and other consumers against hazards associated with the accidental ingestion of button cell batteries by requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate consumer product safety standards to require child-resistant closures on remote controls and other consumer products that use such batteries; U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's proposed change to the manner in which it interprets Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act with respect to the disclosure of certain information on products under investigation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Energy, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 3343 (112th), S. 1165 (112th), H.R. 4326 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 1000, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, provisions related to advanced metering infrastructure, demand response, industrial energy efficiency, building codes, and transformer rebate program; H.R. 4017, Smart Energy Act, provisions related to advanced metering infrastructure, demand response, industrial energy efficiency, and building codes; electric transmission siting policy; microgrids activities at the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Defense; energy efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps, rough service lamps, and other designated lamps; development of cybersecurity legislation and relationship to electrical grid; energy savings performance contracting; promotion of smart grid in response to storms; policies to incent investment in industrial energy efficiency (general); value of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study on industrial efficiency barriers; development of legislative policy to reduce energy intensity of federal data centers; development of NEMA advocacy piece/white paper on numerous energy issues, including smart grid, expedited approval of electrical transmission lines, high performance buildings, and industrial energy efficiency; S. 398, Implementation of National Consensus Appliance Agreements Act (INCAAA), legislation to amend the Energy Policy Conservation Act to improve the energy efficiency of, and standards applicable to, certain appliances and equipment - provisions related to lighting and motors; H.R. 4850, Enabling Energy Saving Innovations Act, legislation to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), provisions related to appliance standards, industrial efficiency research & development reforms, advanced metering in federal buildings, and motor study to direct the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct an assessment of the domestic motor market; petition to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with respect to expanding the coverage of types of electric motors not currently regulated under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to achieve the maximum amount of energy savings that are technologically feasible and economically justified; administration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Solid State Lighting program; U.S. Department of Energy rulemaking on Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps; U.S. Department of Energy rulemaking on furnace fans; U.S. Deaprtment of Energy rulemaking on electric motors; U.S. Department of Energy rulemaking on lamps; U.S. Department of Energy rulemaking on distribution transformers; U.S. Department of Energy statistical analysis interpretations

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 398 (112th), H.R. 4850 (112th), S. 1000 (112th), H.R. 4017 (112th)

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) TAR

H.R. 5094, to reduce temporarily the duty on certain AC electric motors of an output exceeding 74.6 W equipped with a capacitor rated not over 5 microfarads; H.R. 5095, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on AC electric motors of an output exceeding 74.6 W but not exceeding 85 W; H.R. 5098, to renew the temporary suspension of duty on AC electric motors of an output exceeding 74.6 W but not exceeding 95 W; H.R. 5099, to reduce temporarily the duty on certain AC electric motors of an output exceeding 37.5W but not exceeding 72 W; H.R. 5101, to reduce temporarily the duty on certain AC electric motors of an output exceeding 37.5 W but not exceeding 72 W designed to be operated by means of an infrared remote control; H.R. 5102, to reduce temporarily the duty on certain AC electric motors of an output exceeding 74.6 W equipped with a capacitor rated over 5 microfarads; H.R. 5130, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain time switches; H.R. 5131, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain porcelain lampholder housings; H.R. 5132, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on lamp-holder housings of alumnium, containing sockets (provided for in subheading 8536.61.00); H.R. 5134, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain surge protectors; H.R. 5135, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain tamper resistant ground fault circuit interrupters; H.R. 5136, to suspend temporarily the duty on banana jack connectors; H.R. 5137, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain brass lamp-holder housings; H.R. 5138, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain plastic lamp-holder housings; H.R. 5313, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537; H.R. 5417, to suspend temporarily the duty on insulated cable for a voltage of less than or equal to 1,000 volts; H.R. 5419, to suspend temporarily the duty on power distributors; H.R. 5470, to suspend temporarily the duty on polycrystalline alumina tubes and shaped bodies designed for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps; H.R. 5471, to suspend temporarily the duty on metal screw type bases designed for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps; H.R. 5475, to suspend temporarily the duty on polycrystalline alumina discharge tubes prefilled with metal halide salts and designated for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps; H.R. 5476, to suspend temporarily the duty on ceramic bases designed for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, with metal locking pins to allow passage of an electrical current; H.R. 5477, to suspend temporarily the duty on light emitting diode (LED) cooler modules (LCM); H.R. 5478, to suspend temporarily the duty on LED Tubular LED (TLED); H.R. 5479, to suspend temporarily the duty on LED down light modules (DLM); H.R. 5480, to suspend temporarily the duty on LED display modules (LDM); H.R. 5481, to suspend temporarily the duty on LED line modules; H.R. 5482, to suspend temporarily the duty on LED twistable down light modules (TDLM); H.R. 5483, to suspend temporarily the duty on LED spot light modules (SLM); H.R. 5484, to suspend temporarily the duty on light emitting diode (LED) drivers; S. 2413, to extend temporary suspension of duty on certain plastic lamp-holder housings; S. 2414, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain porcelain lamp-holder housings; S. 2415, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain aluminum lamp-holder housings; S. 2416, to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain brass lamp-holder housings; S. 2418, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain electrical connectors; S. 2419, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain time switches; S. 2420, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain surge protectors; S. 2421, to suspend temporarily the duty on certain tamper resistant ground fault circuit interrupters

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5477 (112th), H.R. 5095 (112th), H.R. 5138 (112th), H.R. 5478 (112th), H.R. 5130 (112th), H.R. 5102 (112th), H.R. 5476 (112th), H.R. 5101 (112th), H.R. 5099 (112th), H.R. 5137 (112th), S. 2418 (112th), H.R. 5131 (112th), H.R. 5135 (112th), H.R. 5419 (112th), H.R. 5482 (112th), H.R. 5470 (112th), H.R. 5481 (112th), S. 2413 (112th), S. 2421 (112th), S. 2414 (112th), H.R. 5132 (112th), S. 2416 (112th), H.R. 5479 (112th), H.R. 5313 (112th), H.R. 5098 (112th), H.R. 5484 (112th), H.R. 5471 (112th), S. 2419 (112th), S. 2415 (112th), H.R. 5134 (112th), H.R. 5417 (112th), H.R. 5483 (112th), H.R. 5136 (112th), H.R. 5094 (112th), H.R. 5480 (112th), H.R. 5475 (112th), S. 2420 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

S. 2374, Helium Stewardship Act of 2012, revises the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to offer crude helium for sale for federal, medical, scientific, and commercial uses; authorizes extramural holders of federal research grants, as well as federal agencies, to purchase refined helium for federal uses, including medical and scientific uses, from persons who have entered into enforceable contracts to purchase an equivalent quantity of crude helium from the Secretary; S. 1113, Critical Materials Policy Act, legislation to facilitate the reestablishment of domestic, critical mineral designation, assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, analysis, forecasting, workforce, education, research, and international capabilities in the United States

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: S. 1113 (112th), S. 2374 (112th)