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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Solar-related trade issues (Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duty cases, no legislation); Environmental Goods and Services Agreement (no legislation); Information Technology Agreement expansion (no legislation); Forced localization (no legislation); all provisions of HR 3830/S. 1900 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: S. 1900 (113th), H.R. 3830 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit (no legislation); Corporate Tax Reform (HR 5771, amending Internal Revenue Code of 1986); Solar Investment Tax Credit (no legislation); Inversions (no legislation)

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5771 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

All provisions of S. 2267 (Defend Trade Secrets Act)

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE

Bills named: S. 2267 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act; Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations Act -- provisions related to nanotechnology research and development; Advanced Manufacturing Program; Electrical Grid Related Issues; Support HR 2996/S. 1468 (Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act)

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: S. 1468 (113th), H.R. 2996 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

General provision of information to Executive and Legislative Branches on announced merger between Applied Materials and TEL (no legislation)

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); SENATE

Natural Resources NAT

Measures on addressing the U. S. Helium Reserve (HR 527, Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act); S. 783 (a bill to amend the Helium Act)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 783 (113th), H.R. 527 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

All authorization and appropriations bill provisions related to solar energy; Semiconductor technology, and Electrical Grid-Related Issues (no legislation); Department of Energy Advance Manufacturing Program.

Contacted: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of

Immigration IMM

S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act); HR 2131 (Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th)