THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC. for BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Environment/Superfund ENV

EPA ozone regulations - Executive Branch action re this issue.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Government Issues GOV

Government regulation of business - Proposed legislation re this issue; Executive Branch action re this issue.

Contacted: White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade issues, including Korea, Colombia, and Panama Free Trade Agreements, and trade adjustment assistance - Proposed draft legislation re these issues; Executive Branch actions re these issues.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Corporate governance issues, including international accounting standards; proxy process; and labor issues - Executive Branch action re these issues. Financial services regulation, end-use derivative users - HR 1610, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011.

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1610 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax incentives to energy companies for buying ethanol - S 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011; S 520, Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act; proposed legislation re this issue. Corporate tax reform, including corporate rate, international tax provisions, and deferral - Proposed legislation re these issues.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Efforts at deficit reduction, debt ceiling extension - HConRes 34, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 202; HR 1954, To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt; proposed legislation re these issues.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1954 (112th), H.Con.Res. 34 (112th)