AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R.2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.2620, Save Our Seas Act 2.0 Amendments Act; House Concurrent Res. 14 - budget resolution; Senate Concurrent Res. 7 - budget resolution; S.216, Save Our Seas Act 2.0 Amendments Act; S.351, STEWARD Act of 2025; S.J. Res. 19, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)"; Re-introduction of Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act of 2024; Clean Air Act chemical sector rules; Climate, Air, Sustainable Chemistry; Draft Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Draft House Science Committee microplastics research legislation; Draft legislation on Science Advisory Boards; Emissions and regulatory reform; Executive Order 14208 Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a legally binding instrument for plastic pollution; FY26 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - related to chemicals and plastic recycling; Draft National Defense Authorization Act concerning water resources; Open Competition; Permitting legislation; Recycling, Advanced Recycling, Chemical Recycling; Unintroduced legislation dealing with plastic exposure and human health research; Unintroduced legislation dealing with plastics recycling research and development; Unintroduced legislation and reintroduction of the Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Unintroduced legislation that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy, commonly referred toas the "Farm Bill"; Unintroduced Save Our Seas 3.0; USDA BioPreferred program and the use of mass balance attribution;

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S.J.Res. 19 (119th), S. 351 (119th), S. 216 (119th), H.R. 2145 (119th), H.R. 2620 (119th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.J.Res 27, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)"; H.J.Res.76, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Updates to New Chemicals Regulations Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)"; H.R.1415, No IRIS Act of 2025; House Concurrent Res. 14 - budget resolution; Senate Concurrent Res. 7 - budget resolution; S.623, No IRIS Act of 2025; BASEL Convention; Chemical management legislative updates; Chemical management regulatory development; Chemical security and risk management regulation; Clean Air Act chemical sector rules; Draft Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Draft FY26 National Defense Authorization Act - bill and report language related to chemicals; Draft legislation on Toxic Substances Control Act; Draft pfas legislation; EPA ANPR Potential Future Regulation Addressing Pyrolysis and Gasification Units (88 Fed. Reg. 50296); EPA Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention budget and resources; EPA Proposed Rule Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (23-2.5e) (88 Fed. Reg. 39804); EPA SNURS; Federal science management policy; Formaldehyde Risk Evaluation; FY26 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - related to plastics; FY26 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - related to chemicals; FY26 THUD and Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittees language regarding rail rate evaluation, clean manufacturing, auto safety, lightweighting and other advanced manufacturing issues.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.J.Res. 27 (119th), H.J.Res. 76 (119th), S. 623 (119th), H.R. 1415 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.Con.Res.14, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; H.R.137, TCJA Permanency Act; H.R.591, Defending American Jobs and Investment Act; H.R.640, Chemical Tax Repeal Act; H.R.1778, American Innovation Act of 2025; H.R.1990, American Innovation and R&D competitiveness act of 2025; House Concurrent Res. 14 - budget resolution; Senate Concurrent Res. 7 - budget resolution; S.615, Chemical Tax Repeal Act; S.796, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act; Business State and local tax exemption; IRA Energy Efficiency Tax Credits 25C, 45L, 179D; IRA energy tax credits 45V, 45Q, and 48C IRA domestic manufacturing tax credits 48D and 45X Preserve 501 (c) entities tax exemption

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 796 (119th), H.Con.Res. 14 (119th), H.R. 137 (119th), H.R. 1778 (119th), H.R. 1990 (119th), H.R. 591 (119th), S. 615 (119th), H.R. 640 (119th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 1325 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a fee on certain products imported into the United States based on the pollution intensity associated with the production of such products, and for other purposes; Building & Construction: Energy Efficiency; Climate leakage policy and trade; Draft Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Energy and Climate Policies; Energy Efficiency; Environmental policy and regulatory activities; Infrastructure implementation, specific projects - DOE IRA Energy Efficiency Tax Credits 25C, 45L, 179D IRA energy tax credits 45V, 45Q, and 48C Permitting legislation;

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1325 (119th)

Transportation TRA

Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) report language; Issues related to competition within the freight railroad industry; Nominee of Patrick Fuchs as Chairman of Surface Transportation Board; Rail safety, competition, and liability; Transcaer; Unintroduced permitting reform legislation

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Railroad Administration; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Tariffs

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Homeland Security HOM

Drones and critical infrastructure policy

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)