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Environment/Superfund ENV

Implementation of Clean Boating Act; EPA CTG for Recreational Boat Paints and Coatings.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Amendments to HR 1 (FY 11 Continuing Resolution) relating to Mid-level ethanol blends; Mid-Level (E-15) Ethanol Policy; E-15 Testing; Boat Fuel Systems.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Copyright Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Implementation of 2008 amendments to Vessel Hull Design Protection Act

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Banking BAN

SBA 7(a) Dealer Floorplan Program

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Styrene

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Brazil / U.S. WTO Dispute on Cotton; Kind Amendment to H.R. 1; Lacey Act 2008 amendments implementation and reform.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Business Activity Tax Simplification (BATSA H.R. 1439); State Tax Nexus; 1099 Reporting Requirement Repeal (H.R. 4) ; boat (second home) interest deduction (H.R. 1702)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Small Business Administration (SBA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1702 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), H.R. 1439 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Marine Engine Safety & Ethanol Study; Reauthorization of Sport-Fish Restoration and Boating Fund; Life Jacket Wear Requirements and Reg-Reform; Biscayne Bay NPS Boating Access; PWC Access NPS; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway funding; National Oceans Policy and recreational boating access; Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; U.S. Coast Guard funded boating safety advertising; U.S. Coast Guard model year regulation & enforcement. U.S. Coast Guard model year regulation & enforcement.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); SENATE