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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

The proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement with particular focus on the inclusion of Brunei in the agreement and the "yarn forward" rule of origin.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Transportation TRA

-Monitoring legislation affecting the operation and administration of food and beverage on AMTRAK trains. -Monitoring transportation development that funds development of AMTRAK stations across the country. -Supporting legislation that increases the federal government's cap on the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC).

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Banking BAN

Lobbying Congress, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to not grant any waivers that will enable any financial institution to continue to manage retirement accounts (401ks, public and private pensions) after having been found guilty of criminal conduct.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Retirement RET

Monitoring and supporting H.R. 458 which amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to revise requirements permitting multiemployer plans to adopt alternative rules for computing the payment of an employer's withdrawal liability to include a plan in critical status whose plan sponsor determines it cannot be expected to emerge from that status by the end of the rehabilitation period.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 458 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Monitoring implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) with particular emphasis on elimination or amelioration of taxation of employee health care benefits resulting in a middle class tax increase.

Contacted: SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Homeland Security HOM

-Monitoring Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in- flight catering. -Monitoring national and cyber security implications of foreign-owned corporations purchasing hotels that are frequent hosts to government officials.

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Lobbying on issues and legislation relating to Indian Gaming, specifically NLRA jurisdictional issues and legislation granting the Secretary of the Interior Department the authority to take land into trust for tribes recognized after 1934 and S. 248 and HR 511 which seeks to strip workers of collective bargaining rights at tribal-owned enterprises. -Monitoring H.R. 1296 and H.R. 2538.

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 1296 (114th), H.R. 2538 (114th), S. 248 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th)

Beverage Industry BEV

Lobbying Congress to ensure that soft-drink companies commit to the the responsible marketing and promoting standards with respect to young customers that the soft-drink companies enacted in response to Congressional inquiries.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislative and regulatory issues surrounding REIT conversions and private letter rulings from Treasury. -Monitoring H.R. 3868 "Small Business Credibility Act" and its treatment of Business Development Corporations (BDCs) under the tax code.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 3868 (114th)

Housing HOU

Monitoring legislation and regulatory issues surrounding the so-called "sharing economy" and its impact on the affordable housing stock in cities across the country.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation

Immigration IMM

Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B and J-1 visa regulations and the reauthorization of the EB-5 program.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Gaming/Gambling/Casino GAM

Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.

Contacted: White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)