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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 5195, S. 5215 (Miscellaneous Tariff Bill) -- Provisions related to duties on certain imported items; Korea Free Trade Agreement (no legislation introduced yet); S. 1848 (A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for other purposes.)

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 5195 (110th), S. 5215 (110th), S. 1848 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2009 Defense Appropriations Act, FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act -- Interest in programs related to ennergy storage technologies and energy-efficient building technologies. Also R&D funding for flexible electronics; FY 2009 Energy & Water Appropriations Act (S. 3258) -- Interest in Solar America Initiative funding.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 3258 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 6049 (Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act); S. 41; HR 1712 (Extension and expansion of the R&D tax credit) -- Provisions related to reinstatement of the R&D tax credit

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1712 (110th), S. 41 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th)

Immigration IMM

HR 5882 (To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family-based and employment-based immigrant visas in the future); HR 5921 (To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories); HR 6039 (To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a Master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence); S. 2839; S. 1083; HR 1930 (SKILL Bill); S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration bill) -- All provisions related to H-1B visas and other high-skills immigration issues.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5921 (110th), S. 1348 (110th), H.R. 6039 (110th), H.R. 1930 (110th), S. 2839 (110th), H.R. 5882 (110th), S. 1083 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 6049 (Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act); S 2821 (Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act); HR 5351 (Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act) -- Provisions related to solar investment tax credit.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 5351 (110th)

Science/Technology SCI

FY 2009 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations, COMPETES Act funding -- Provisions related to science, technology, engineering and math education and research funding.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)