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Immigration IMM

S.153 "I-Squared Act of 2015" - High-skilled immigration (entire bill)

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 153 (114th)

Transportation TRA

Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) (HR 22) (entire bill)

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank)

Bills named: H.R. 22 (114th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 1644 Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act (entire bill)

Contacted: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1644 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans Pacific Partnership (no bill number) H.R. 597 Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act and S. 819/H.R. 3611- Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 - Reauthorization of Export Import bank (entire bills) *passed as a part of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015, included in the 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill, now P.L. 114-113 Cuba Sanctions: H.R. 274 United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015, H.R. 735 Cuba Reconciliation Act, and S. 491 Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 (entire bills)

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank)

Bills named: S. 819 (114th), H.R. 735 (114th), H.R. 274 (114th), H.R. 597 (114th), H.R. 3611 (114th), S. 491 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 597 Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act and S. 819/H.R. 3611- Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 - Reauthorization of Export Import bank (entire bills) *passed as a part of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015, included in the 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill, now P.L. 114-113

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 597 (114th), S. 819 (114th), H.R. 3611 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate Tax Reform (no bill number) H.R. 880 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 - Permanent Research and Development (entire bill) H.R. 961, A Bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to permanently extend subpart F exemption for active financing (entire bill) H.R. 1430 - Permanent CFC Look Through Act of 2015 (entire bill) S. 1946. Tax Relief Extension act of 2015 - entire bill H.R. 2510 A Bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to Modify and Make Permanent Bonus Depreciation - entire bill Patent Box bill (no bill number; discussion draft) H.R. 2029 (amend 2), Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015. (Specifically, Part 3, Sec. 121, 124, 128, 143, 144) - Now P.L. 114-113

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1946 (114th), H.R. 2510 (114th), H.R. 961 (114th), H.R. 880 (114th), H.R. 1430 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th)

Retirement RET

(No bill number) Changes to Pension Nondiscrimination Testing

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 234 "Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act" and S.754 "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015" - Cyberintelligence (entire bills) Included in the 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, P.L. 114-113 H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act, Legislation regarding bad faith patent assertion letters (entire bill) H.R. 9 "Innovation Act" Patent Reform legislation (entire bill) S. 1890 and H.R. 3326, Defend Trade Secrets Act (entire bills) S. 1137, The PATENT Act (entire bill)

Contacted: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 234 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), S. 1137 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 30 "Save American Workers Act of 2015" (entire bill) H.R. 1886, To amend section 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R. 879 "Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act" (entire bill) Proposed Department of Treasury Regulations on excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, IRS Notice 2-15-16 H.R. 2050/S. 2045 "Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act" (entire bill) S. 2075 American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act (entire bill) (No bill number) Legislative proposals in response to the reconciliation directive included in section 2002 of S.Con.Res. 11 (provisions related to repeal of employer mandate and repeal of the tax on employee health insurance premiers and health plan benefits) Proposed Department of Treasury regulations on excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, IRS Notice 2015-52

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2050 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), H.R. 1886 (114th), H.R. 30 (114th), S. 2045 (114th), S. 2075 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2029 (amend 2), Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015. (Specifically, Part 3, Sec. 121, 124, 128, 143, 144) - Now P.L. 114-113

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

EPA's Proposed CO2 Regulations for New and Existing Power Plants (no bill number) S 1458. STREAM Act of 2015 (entire bill) S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act (entire bill) HR 8. North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act (entire bill) HJ Res 72 & SJ Res 24. Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units" (entire bills) HR 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Provisions on lifting ban on crude oil exports and Diesel Emissions Reduction Act [DERA] Funding)

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1324 (114th), H.J.Res. 72 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th)

Education EDU

(No bill number) Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (provision related to accreditation) (No bill number) Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (entire bill)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S.288 National Labor Relations Board Reform Act (entire bill) Proposed National Labor Relations Board regulations related to representation case procedures; and potential decision on the joint employer standard (no bill #) S. 2015 / H.R. 3459 Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act (entire bill) Proposed rules from Department of Labor on the Fair Pay Safe Workplaces Executive Order, Hours Worked Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors(no bill #)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 2015 (114th), H.R. 3459 (114th), S. 288 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

S. 754 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (entire bill)

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank)

Bills named: S. 754 (114th)