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Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

HR 837, Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY), preventing the use of payment instruments to facilitate the purchase of child pornography

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Social Security Administration (SSA)

Bills named: H.R. 837 (110th)

Banking BAN

HR. 2146, Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2007, provisions relating to risk based pricing S. 1309, Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2007, provisions relating to risk based pricing S. 1176, Credit Card Minimum Payment Warning Act of 2007, minimum payment disclosure requirements HR 1510, Credit Card Repayment Act of 2007, provisions relating to minimum payment disclosure requirements S. 1356, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007, provisions relating to the regulation and supervision of ILCs H.R. 698, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007, provisions relating to the regulation and supervision of ILCs HR 41, The Business Checking Fairness Act of 2007, provisions relating to repealing the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits Issues relating to credit card merchant discount rates S. 1395, Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act, provisions relating to credit card practices H.R. 873, Credit Card Payment Fee Act of 2007, provisions relating to certain fees H.R. 1461, Credit Card Act, provisions relating to credit card practices

Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1176 (110th), S. 1356 (110th), H.R. 873 (110th), H.R. 1461 (110th), S. 1309 (110th), H.R. 698 (110th), S. 1395 (110th), H.R. 1510 (110th), H.R. 41 (110th), H.R. 2146 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

S 806, Consumer ID Protection and Security Act, provisions relating to freezing a consumer's credit bureau file S 1181, Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act, provision requiring annual non-binding shareholder vote on executive compensation S 1202, Personal Data Protection Act, data security and breach notification HR 958, Data Accountability and Trust Act, data security and breach notification HR 948, Social Security Number Protection Act, prohibiting the sale or purchase of social security numbers HR 1257, Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act, provision requiring annual non-binding shareholder vote on executive compensation S 239, Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act, data security and breach notification S 495, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, data security and breach notification S 1178, Identity Theft Protection Act, data security and breach notification S 1260, Data Security Act, data security and breach notification

Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); SENATE; Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 948 (110th), H.R. 958 (110th), H.R. 1257 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

FY 2008 Budget Proposal, tax provisions, third-party reporting HR 578, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Act of 2007, tax credit for equity investments in small businesses S 940, to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income HR 1509, to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income S 1726, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act, regulation of state taxation of interstate commerce Social Security Administration Consent Based Social Security Number Verification Process

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); SENATE; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1509 (110th), H.R. 578 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

S 1625, Counter Spy Act, regulate the unauthorized installation of computer software HR 964, Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act, protecting internet users from unfair and deceptive practices associated with spyware HR 1525, Internet Spyware Prevention Act, discourage the use of spyware through penalties

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA)

Bills named: H.R. 964 (110th), H.R. 1525 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007, improvement of patent quality H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007, improvement of patent quality

Contacted: Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1908 (110th), S. 1145 (110th)

Postal POS

Issues relating to the implementation of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (P.L. 109-435)

Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Social Security Administration (SSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Small Business SMB

HR 2803, Angels Nurture Growing Entrepreneurs into Long-term Successes Act, establishes and angel investment program for small businesses

Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA)

Bills named: H.R. 2803 (110th)