NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Styrene.

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Business Activity Tax Simplification (BATSA HR 1083); State Tax Nexus; Jobs Legislation -- Economic Recovery; Tax Extenders (HR 4849), R&D Tax Credit; Small Business & Infrastrcture Jobs Tax Act; American Workers, State and Business Tax Relief Act; (HR 4213).

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

Bills named: H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), H.R. 4849 (111th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Brazil / U.S. WTO Dispute on Cotton -- WTO authorized retaliatory tarrifs on U.S. made recreational boats.

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

Banking BAN

SBA 7(a) Loan program; Small Business Access to Capital Act and Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 (S. 1832, HR 3854); Create Growth and Jobs Act.(S. 2855). Access to inventory financing. Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act (HR 3126) as it would impact marine industry; Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2009 (S. 2869).

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

Bills named: S. 2855 (111th), S. 2869 (111th), H.R. 3126 (111th), S. 1832 (111th), H.R. 3854 (111th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 (H.R. 1584, S 1255); Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report; Working Waterfront Grant Program (HR 2548); Coast Guard Authorization (H.R. 3619, S 1194); 2009 Coast Guard Modernization (HR 2650) Maritime Safety Act of 2009; Marine Engine Safety & Ethanol Study; Reauthorization of Sport-Fish Restoration and Boating Fund; Life Jacket Reg-Reform; Biscayne Bay NPS Boating Access; Atlantic Intrcoastal Waterway funding. Magnuson-Stevens Act Reforms; Catch Shores Draft National Policy; Oceans Policy Reform; and Oceans Zoning

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

Bills named: H.R. 2548 (111th), H.R. 2650 (111th), H.R. 1584 (111th), H.R. 3619 (111th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Waxman Markey Climate Change Bill; American Clean Energy & Security Act (H.R. 2454); Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act of 2009 (S. 1733); Accelerated, separate and specific EPA regulatory effort with respect to marine vessels and engines. Implementation of Clean Boating Act.

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

Bills named: S. 1733 (111th), H.R. 2454 (111th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Mid-Level Ethanol Blends Act of 2009; Collins Cardin Ethanol Legislation (S. 1666); Mid-Level (E-15) Ethanol Policy; E-15 Testing; Boat Fuel Systems;

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

Bills named: S. 1666 (111th)