INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION

Veterans VET

Efforts to encourage veteran ownership of franchised businesses.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Health Issues HCR

Various measures to repeal and amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); regulatory implementation of PPACA and requirements under the employer mandate; S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act; H.R. 1254, Auto-Enroll Repeal Act.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 603 (113th), H.R. 1254 (113th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Menu labeling legislation and implementation.

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Travel/Tourism TOU

Guest worker program; H-2B visa program; comprehensive immigration reform; W-visa program; H.R. 1354, Jobs Originating through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 1354 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Business activity tax simplification; S. 399 / H.R. 903, American Job Protection Act; extension of temporary business tax extenders including bonus depreciation, Sec. 149 expensing, Work Opportunity Tax Credit, and other business tax extenders; comprehensive tax reform; S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: S. 603 (113th), S. 399 (113th), H.R. 903 (113th)

Small Business SMB

Expanding small business access to credit; SBA 7(a) and 504 loan programs; impact of new health care regulations on small business owners; impact of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Dodd-Frank Act on small business access to credit; Small Business Administration appropriations (maintaining current levels); H.R. 1240, Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1240 (113th)

Immigration IMM

Employment verification (E-verify); guest worker program; H-2B visa program; comprehensive immigration reform; W-visa program; H.R. 1354, Jobs Originating through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1354 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

"Card check" regulations and rulings from NLRB; micro-unions; "ambush elections"; persuasion activity reporting; employee rights poster requirement; companion exemption in Fair Labor Standards Act; minimum wage; H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act; H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1120 (113th), H.R. 1406 (113th)