CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2577/S. 2806, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5393/S. 2837, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 4974, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5055/S. 2804, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5325/S. 2955, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 3001, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 Fiscal Year 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Various issues relating to appropriations for the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); implementation of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); funding issues relating to the USPTO; funding issues relating to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues relating to the Department of Justice; funding issues relating to the Department of Homeland Security; funding issues relating to the State Department; IP issues relating to Internet counterfeiting and piracy; funding and IP issues relating to the office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; fiscal year 2017 budget; budget policy; overall spending, tax levels, deficits and debt; Small Business Administration funding; funding levels for SBDCs, SCORE, and Capital Access Programs for FY2015 and FY2016; appropriations for SEC, CFTC, CFPB, FSOC, Federal Reserve, Office of Financial Research, Department of Labor, and Department of Treasury; sugar reform

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 5485 (114th), S. 2806 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), S. 2955 (114th), S. 3001 (114th), H.R. 4974 (114th), S. 3067 (114th), S. 2804 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th), H.R. 5393 (114th), H.R. 5055 (114th), S. 2837 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 3238/S.1543, Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 3586, Border and Maritime Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 4219, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan H.R. 4923/S. 2794, American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to Cuba and Iran S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 S. 2612, Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5233, Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014 Nomination of Mark McWatters to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Proposed regulation on certification and enforcement, import data collection (80 Fed. Reg. 81,199, December 29, 2015) Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, including legislation to implement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); United Nations high-level panel on access to medicines; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues related to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.-Argentina economic relations; U.S.-Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.-Brazil economic relations; U.S.-China economic relations; U.S.-Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Japan economic relations; U.S.-Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Korea economic relations; U.S.-Mexico economic relations; U.S.-Pakistan economic relations; U.S.-Russia economic relations; U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; U.S.-EU privacy shield agreement; U.S.-EU energy relations; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Export-Import Bank; trade embargo with Cuba; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan; International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and proposed regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; sugar reform; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office; Education, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 1543 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), S. 2612 (114th), H.R. 3238 (114th), S. 299 (114th), H.R. 5485 (114th), H.R. 3586 (114th), S. 1015 (114th), S. 491 (114th), S. 2102 (114th), S. 1269 (114th), H.R. 4219 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), H.R. 635 (114th), H.R. 403 (114th), H.R. 664 (114th), H.R. 5233 (114th), S. 2794 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), S. 995 (114th), H.R. 4923 (114th), S. 3067 (114th), H.R. 820 (114th), H.R. 2745 (114th), S. 2201 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending (TABS) Act of 2016 H.R. 1550, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2901/S. 1679, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act H.R. 3340, Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 H.R. 3791, To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 3868, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4096, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 4139, Fostering Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 4166, Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 4216/S. 1802, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act H.R. 4498/S. 978, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 4620, Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016 H.R. 4718, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016 H.R. 4852, Private Placement Improvement Act of 2016 H.R. 4854, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2016 H.R. 4855, Fix Crowdfunding Act H.R. 5019, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016 H.R. 5143, Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 H.R. 5311, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016 H.R. 5424, Investment Advisers Modernization Act of 2016 H.R. 5429, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 5485, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 2867, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.J. Res. 88, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary" S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Proposed regulations on the definition of the term fiduciary; Conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (80 Fed. Reg. 21,928, April 20, 2015) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), including sections 953 and 1502; ratification of the Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and capital standards for non-bank financial companies; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration rule; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau payday and small dollar lending rule; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau auto financing standard; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Federal Reserve reform; universal ballot; proxy voting system

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); General Services Administration (GSA); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

Bills named: H.R. 4294 (114th), S. 1679 (114th), H.R. 5311 (114th), S. 1484 (114th), H.R. 3868 (114th), H.R. 1259 (114th), H.R. 4166 (114th), H.J.Res. 88 (114th), H.R. 1195 (114th), H.R. 1965 (114th), H.R. 3340 (114th), H.R. 5143 (114th), H.R. 1265 (114th), H.R. 2901 (114th), S. 2867 (114th), H.R. 601 (114th), H.R. 4718 (114th), H.R. 1486 (114th), H.R. 2356 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), S.J.Res. 33 (114th), H.R. 3557 (114th), H.R. 4096 (114th), H.R. 1675 (114th), H.R. 1023 (114th), S. 2489 (114th), H.R. 3784 (114th), H.R. 1975 (114th), S. 978 (114th), H.R. 4168 (114th), H.R. 2477 (114th), S. 1109 (114th), H.R. 3791 (114th), H.R. 2357 (114th), S. 1802 (114th), H.R. 2289 (114th), H.R. 5424 (114th), H.R. 5429 (114th), H.R. 4216 (114th), H.R. 4854 (114th), H.R. 4498 (114th), H.R. 5485 (114th), S. 552 (114th), H.R. 3738 (114th), H.R. 3798 (114th), H.R. 4450 (114th), H.R. 5019 (114th), H.R. 4139 (114th), H.R. 4852 (114th), H.R. 4620 (114th), S. 2917 (114th), H.R. 4855 (114th), H.R. 1090 (114th), H.R. 1550 (114th), H.R. 766 (114th), H.R. 4293 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 4685 and Senate Amendment 4690 H.R. 2800/S. 1590, Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act H.R. 3459/S. 2015/ S. 2686, Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 H.R. 4773/S. 2707, Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act H.R. 4909/S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 H.R. 5055/S. 2804, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5293/S. 3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5325, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5393/S. 2837, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5394/S. 2844, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5634/S. 3001, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 2693, EEOC Reform Act S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.J. Res. 87, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act" H.J. Res. 88, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary" H.J. Res. 95, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice S.J. Res. 34, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act" DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions, (80 Fed. Reg 34,869, June 18, 2015) Proposed regulations defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (80 Fed. Reg. 38,516, July 6, 2015) Proposed regulations on the definition of the term fiduciary; Conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (80 Fed. Reg. 21,928, April 20, 2015) Proposed regulations amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement Executive Order 13673 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (80 Fed. Reg. 30,548, May 28, 2015) Proposed regulation regarding savings arrangements established by states for non-governmental employees (80 Fed. Reg. 72,006, November 18, 2015) Proposed guidance for Executive Order 13673 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (80 Fed. Reg. 30,574, May 28, 2015) Proposed OSHA regulation to reduce the exposure limit on respirable silica and impose other requirements (78 Fed. Reg. 56,274, September 12, 2013) Proposed OSHA regulation to require employers to submit injury and illness records electronically that will then be posted on the internet (78 Fed. Reg. 67,354, November 8, 2013) and supplemental proposed regulation (79 Fed. Reg. 47,605, August 14, 2014) Proposed regulation regarding Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; interpretation of the advice exemption (76 Fed. Reg. 36,178, June 21, 2011) Proposed regulation regarding recording and reporting of musculoskeletal disorders (75 Fed. Reg. 4,728, January 29, 2010) and reopening of comment period (76 Fed. Reg. 28,383, May 17, 2011) Proposed regulation regarding the implementation of Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors (79 Fed. Reg. 34,568, June 17, 2014) Proposed information collection request for survey on worker classification (78 Fed. Reg. 67,196, November 8, 2013) Interpretive bulletin relating to the fiduciary standard under ERISA in considering economically targeted investments (80 Fed. Reg. 65,135, October 26, 2015) Proposed regulations establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors (81 Fed. Reg. 9,592, February 25, 2016) Final rule defining EAP overtime exemptions under FLSA (81 Fed. Reg. 32,391, May 23, 2016) Final rule definition of the Term Fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946,April 8, 2016) Proposed revision of the employer information report (EEO-1) (81 Fed. Reg. 5,113, February 1, 2016) Various issues relating to minimum wage, including indexing; ambush elections regulations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); determining whether a collective bargaining unit is appropriate, including legislation involving the NLRBs Specialty Healthcare (357 No. 83) decision; Department of Labors regulatory agenda, apprenticeship program, new overtime eligibility regulations, silica exposure limit regulations, and persuader rule; gender-based workplace discrimination; Fair Labor Standards Act amendments (P.L. 75-718) and Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces; Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors; NLRB joint employer standard; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revised EEO-1 reporting form; legislation and oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); NLRB decisions and regulatory agenda

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Bills named: H.R. 5634 (114th), H.R. 3459 (114th), H.R. 4294 (114th), H.J.Res. 95 (114th), S. 2837 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th), S. 2707 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), H.R. 4293 (114th), H.J.Res. 88 (114th), H.R. 5293 (114th), S. 2686 (114th), H.R. 5393 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), S. 2804 (114th), H.J.Res. 87 (114th), H.R. 2800 (114th), S.J.Res. 33 (114th), H.R. 5055 (114th), S.J.Res. 34 (114th), H.R. 5485 (114th), H.R. 2578 (114th), S. 2015 (114th), H.R. 4773 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th), S. 3067 (114th), H.R. 5394 (114th), S. 3040 (114th), S. 3001 (114th), S.J.Res. 35 (114th), S. 1590 (114th), S. 2693 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 348, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 3438/S. 1927, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2015 H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015 H.R. 4265, Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4775/S. 2882, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 H.R. 4909/S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 H.R. 5293/S. 3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5538/S. 3068, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 2072, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan Draft legislation prohibiting the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the EPA from taking into account the social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane in taking any action Draft legislation on the clarification of the General Duty Clause in the Clean Air Act H.J. Res. 70, Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone H.J. Res. 71/S.J. Res 23, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 72/S.J. Res 24, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 74/S.J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed rules on National Pollutant Discharge System (NPDES): applications and program updates (81 Fed. Reg. 31,344-31,374, May 18, 2016) Proposed rule to reissue and modify nationwide permits (81 Fed. Reg. 35,185-35,240, June 1, 2016) Various issues relating to environment and energy policy; final EPA definition of Waters of the United States for Clean Water Act jurisdiction; EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; proposed guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act; proposed amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; EPAs stream buffer rule; proposed amendment to Senate appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemakings and policymaking; potential amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act regarding the EPAs ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; EPA-USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 3068 (114th), H.R. 4775 (114th), H.J.Res. 71 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), H.R. 4265 (114th), S. 2882 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), S.J.Res. 23 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), H.R. 4557 (114th), S. 543 (114th), H.R. 3438 (114th), S.J.Res. 25 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), S. 88 (114th), H.J.Res. 70 (114th), S. 280 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), S. 639 (114th), S. 2072 (114th), H.R. 5293 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), S. 640 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), S. 1927 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), S. 638 (114th), H.J.Res. 72 (114th), H.J.Res. 74 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), S. 751 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th)

Accounting ACC

H.R. 4216/S. 1802, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2015 Various issues relating to implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); accounting convergence projects, auditing and extensible business reporting language; internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley (P.L. 107-204) section 404(b) controls, and audits

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Copyright Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 1802 (114th), H.R. 4216 (114th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R. 548, Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 549, Litigation Oversight Act of 2015 H.R. 550, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 1189/S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 2654/S. 1512, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 2800/S. 1590, Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act H.R. 3470/S. 2021, Fair Chance Act H.R. 3765, ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 5393/S. 2837, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission H.R. 5574/ S. 2180, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act S. 875, Workplace Advancement Act S. 1858, Equality Act S. 2070, Gender Advancement in Pay (GAP) Act S. 2693, EEOC Reform Act Notice of Proposed Revision to the employer information report (81 Fed. Reg. 5,113, February 1, 2016) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to amendments to regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (80 Fed. Reg. 21,659, April 20, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to amendments to regulations under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (80 Fed. Reg. 66,853, October 30, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to requirement to report summary data on employee compensation (79 Fed. Reg. 46,561, August 8, 2014) Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history; employer consideration of applicant employment status; EEOC Strategic Plan; EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan; OFCCP interpretation of its jurisdiction

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: S. 2180 (114th), H.R. 548 (114th), H.R. 2654 (114th), H.R. 5574 (114th), H.R. 3470 (114th), S. 2070 (114th), S. 2693 (114th), H.R. 549 (114th), H.R. 3765 (114th), S. 2837 (114th), S. 1858 (114th), H.R. 550 (114th), S. 1590 (114th), H.R. 2800 (114th), H.R. 5393 (114th), S. 2021 (114th), S. 875 (114th), S. 1512 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), S. 620 (114th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 636, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 680, Update, Promote, and Develop Americas Transportation Essentials Act of 2015 H.R. 1846, Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2410, Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America (GROW AMERICA) Act H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2716/S. 1541, Transportation Empowerment Act H.R. 3763, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 4441, Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 5303/S. 2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016 H.R. 5394/S. 2844, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 1298, Port Performance Act S. 1519. Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act S. 1589, Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act S. 2658, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141), including maintaining funding levels; implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean and drinking water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; water resources; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; Buy America provisions; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A)

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: S. 1519 (114th), S. 1589 (114th), S. 1541 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th), S. 2848 (114th), H.R. 680 (114th), H.R. 3763 (114th), H.R. 2716 (114th), H.R. 2410 (114th), H.R. 1846 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), S. 1298 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), S. 2658 (114th), H.R. 5303 (114th), H.R. 5394 (114th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 4955, Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.J. Res. 88, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary" S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice Proposed regulation regarding nondiscrimination relief for closed defined benefit pension plans and additional changes to the retirement plan nondiscrimination requirements (81 Fed. Reg. 4,976, January 29, 2016) Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions (80 Fed. Reg 34,869, June 18, 2015) Proposed information collection request for comments; on the Road to Retirement Surveys (81 Fed. Reg. 10,280, February 29, 2016) Various issues relating to multiemployer pension plan reform; payment premiums; late payment penalty relief; mortality tables exposure draft; mortality improvement scale exposure draft

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Education, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 4955 (114th), S.J.Res. 33 (114th), H.J.Res. 88 (114th), S. 3040 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 283/S. 356, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 H.R. 699, Email Privacy Act H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 2205, Data Security Act of 2015 H.R. 2583/S. 421, Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 2666, No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act H.R. 3157, Student Privacy Protection Act H.R. 3326/S. 1890, Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 H.R. 4651/S. 2604, Digital Security Commission Act of 2016 S. 177, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 S. 356, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 S. 1788, Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure (SAFE KIDS) Act S. 2555, Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless (MOBILE NOW) Act S. 2607, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act S. 2931, Botnet Prevention Act of 2016 Draft legislation titled Data Breach and Cybersecurity Draft data encryption legislation Proposed rule protecting the privacy of customers of broadband and other telecommunications services (81 Fed. Reg. 23,360, April 20, 2016) Proposed rule expanding consumers' video navigation choices; commercial availability of navigation devices (81 Fed. Reg. 14,033, March 16, 2016) Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 108-10) modernization; EU-US privacy shield agreement; net neutrality; unmanned aerial vehicle multi-stakeholder process to establish accountability, privacy, and transparency; National Telecommunications and Information Administration Facial Recognition Technology Multi-stakeholder process; G-7 circular economy summit planning; open internet order

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 3326 (114th), H.R. 4651 (114th), S. 356 (114th), S. 2604 (114th), H.R. 283 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 3157 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), S. 421 (114th), S. 2607 (114th), H.R. 2666 (114th), H.R. 2583 (114th), S. 2555 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 177 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), S. 2931 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act of 2015 H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 248, American Job Protection Act H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act H.R. 928, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 1189/S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 1196, Health Savings Act of 2015 H.R. 1270/S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 2712, Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015 H.R. 2911, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 H.R. 4469/S.2499, Health Savings Act of 2016 H.R. 5284, World's Greatest Healthcare Plan Act of 2016 H.R. 5445, Health Care Security Act of 2016 H.R. 5447, Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016 S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015 S. 149, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act S. 305, American Job Protection Act S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act S. 1996, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075, American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 S. 2985, World's Greatest Healthcare Plan Act of 2016 S. 3060, Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016 Proposed Regulation on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 218-253, January 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 54, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 54,986-54,996, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 54,996-55,013, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 301) Proposed Rule on HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017, (80 Fed. Reg. 75,488-75,588, December 2, 2015) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 146, 147 et al.) Proposed rule on Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities (80 Fed. Reg. 54,172-54,221, September 8, 2015) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pt. 92) Proposed Rule on How the Americans with Disabilities Act Relates To Employer Wellness Programs (80 Fed. Reg. 21,659-21,670, April 20, 2015) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 1630) Proposed Rule on How the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Relates to Employer Wellness Programs (80 Fed. Reg. 66,853-66,862, October 30, 2015) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 1635) CMS Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2017 for Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies and the 2017 Call Letter (February 19, 2016) IRS Notice on Section 4980I - Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Notice 2015-16, February 23, 2015) Various issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings accounts (HSAs), health reimbursement accounts (HRAs), and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; House Republican Taskforce on Health Care report, 'A Better Way to Fix Health Care'

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Energy, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: S. 183 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), S. 2045 (114th), S. 30 (114th), S. 305 (114th), H.R. 3762 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), H.R. 1196 (114th), H.R. 5445 (114th), H.R. 2911 (114th), H.R. 2712 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), H.R. 5284 (114th), H.R. 5447 (114th), H.R. 248 (114th), H.R. 4469 (114th), H.R. 1270 (114th), S. 1996 (114th), S. 1697 (114th), S. 620 (114th), S. 2499 (114th), S. 2075 (114th), S. 709 (114th), H.R. 30 (114th), S. 2985 (114th), S. 3060 (114th), S. 149 (114th), H.R. 160 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th)

Foreign Relations FOR

Various issues relating to the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade (the Receivables Convention); the United Nations Convention on the law applicable to certain rights in respect of securities held with an intermediary (the Hague Securities Convention); Financial Stability Board Asset Management Consultation Report; beneficial ownership; Anti - Corruption Summit Plenary

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; U.S. Copyright Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Reserve System

Small Business SMB

S. 2847, Prove It Act of 2016 Various issues relating to the reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Education, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 2847 (114th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 2576, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to the Risk Management Program (81 Fed. Reg. 13,637-13,712, March 14, 2016)

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Education, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2576 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 351/S. 33, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 504/S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act H.R. 873, To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes H.R. 1273, Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2015 H.R. 1629/S. 858, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015 H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2073, Home Owner Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) Act of 2015 H.R. 2177/S. 720, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2369/S. 1312, Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 5055/S. 2804, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act S. 128/S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 1647, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act S. 2012, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 2953 and Senate Amendment 3202 Draft legislation titled Access and Transparency for New Energy Act Potential legislation similar to H. R. 4615/S. 1106, Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act of 2014 Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining; permit streamlining provisions of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94, Title 41); potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses and underlying federal regulations; potential amendment to House and Senate budget legislation regarding performance-based contracts for energy savings and Congressional Budget Office scoring; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemaking and policymaking; proposed guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); environment and energy policy; energy savings performance contracts presidential initiative; energy efficiency

Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Education, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Small Business Administration (SBA); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Security Council (NSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2177 (114th), S. 1 (114th), S. 2804 (114th), S. 858 (114th), S. 1038 (114th), H.R. 351 (114th), H.R. 3 (114th), H.R. 4615 (114th), S. 1106 (114th), H.R. 873 (114th), H.R. 1734 (114th), H.R. 5055 (114th), S. 128 (114th), S. 33 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), S. 1647 (114th), H.R. 2073 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), H.R. 1629 (114th), S. 1312 (114th), S. 535 (114th), H.R. 2358 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th), H.R. 1273 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), S. 226 (114th), S. 720 (114th), S. 280 (114th), H.R. 2369 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), S. 1425 (114th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 S. 2609, An original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national voluntary labeling standard for bioengineered foods, and for other purposes Draft legislation titled to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national disclosure standard for bioengineered foods, and for other purposes Various issues relating to GMO labeling

Contacted: White House Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 1599 (114th), S. 2609 (114th)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 213, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015 H.R. 399, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 H.R. 616, American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015 H.R. 962/S. 181, Startup Act H.R. 1147, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 1148, Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act H.R. 1153, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1401, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 H.R. 2758, To make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas issued under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3370, Entrepreneurial Businesses Creating Jobs Act of 2015 H.R. 3918, Strengthen Employment and Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act H.R. 4403, Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act H.R. 4530, EB-5 Integrity Act of 2016 H.R. 4598, American Jobs First Act of 2016 H.R. 4609, Keeping American Jobs Act H.R. 5203, Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016 H.R. 5253, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 5398, Immigration for a Competitive America Act of 2016 H.R. 5634, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 98, STEM Jobs Act of 2015 S. 153, I-Squared Act of 2015 S. 208, Secure the Border First Act of 2015 S. 1501, American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act of 2015 S. 2091, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 S. 2115, Targeted Employment Areas Improvement Act S. 2122, Invest in Our Communities Act S. 2225, Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015 S. 2266, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2015 S. 2337, Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act S. 2362, Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 S. 2365, Protecting American Jobs Act S. 2394, American Jobs First Act of 2015 S. 2415, EB-5 Integrity Act of 2015 S. 2449, Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 S. 2827, Willing Workers and Willing Employers Act of 2016 S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Potential legislation related to H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILLS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H1-B Visa Program; H2-B Visa Program; L-1B Visa Program; E-B5 Visa Program; E-Verify Program; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration reform; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; inclusion of Singapore in the Global Entry Program; administrative changes to the EB-5 regional center program; changes by Department of Labor to the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) process

Contacted: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Education, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); General Services Administration (GSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: S. 2362 (114th), S. 2415 (114th), H.R. 4403 (114th), S. 2365 (114th), H.R. 5634 (114th), H.R. 5398 (114th), S. 3040 (114th), S. 2122 (114th), H.R. 4530 (114th), H.R. 399 (114th), S. 2449 (114th), H.R. 1401 (114th), S. 2266 (114th), S. 98 (114th), H.R. 962 (114th), H.R. 5253 (114th), H.R. 1153 (114th), S. 2225 (114th), S. 153 (114th), H.R. 3918 (114th), H.R. 158 (114th), H.R. 3370 (114th), S. 2827 (114th), H.R. 4598 (114th), S. 2337 (114th), S. 208 (114th), S. 2394 (114th), H.R. 213 (114th), S. 181 (114th), H.R. 4609 (114th), S. 2091 (114th), H.R. 1147 (114th), S. 1501 (114th), H.R. 2758 (114th), H.R. 2131 (114th), H.R. 616 (114th), S. 2115 (114th), H.R. 5203 (114th), H.R. 1148 (114th)

Education EDU

H.R. 2518/S. 1195, Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2015 H.R. 3157, Student Privacy Protection Act H.R. 4901, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization (SOAR) Act S. 1788, Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure (SAFE KIDS) Act S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Various issues relating to implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (P.L. 109-270); higher education, including the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329); implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (P.L. 114-95); Department of Educations Gainful Employment Negotiated Rulemaking; student data privacy in K-12 and higher education

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Bills named: H.R. 2518 (114th), S. 1195 (114th), H.R. 3157 (114th), H.R. 4901 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), S. 3040 (114th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 1927, Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016 H.R. 3624, Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016 H.R. 4771, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016 S. 357, Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 1927 (114th), H.R. 4771 (114th), S. 357 (114th), H.R. 3624 (114th)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

H.R. 249, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes H.R. 360, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 407/S. 732, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes H.R. 511/S. 248, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 H.R. 538, Native American Energy Act H.R. 3080, Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act H.R. 3477/S. 1597, Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act H.R. 4943, Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2016 S. 209, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015 S. 710, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 1879, Interior Improvement Act Various issues relating to the promotion of energy development on Native American lands; contract support costs; Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009); Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 132 U.S. 995 (2012); Salazar v. Patchak, 567 U.S. ___ (2012); Cobell v. Salazar

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 249 (114th), H.R. 3477 (114th), S. 995 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th), S. 710 (114th), S. 1879 (114th), H.R. 360 (114th), H.R. 4943 (114th), H.R. 407 (114th), H.R. 3080 (114th), S. 248 (114th), S. 209 (114th), S. 1597 (114th), S. 732 (114th), S. 379 (114th), H.R. 538 (114th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 712, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 5063, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 Various issues relating to use of administrative law judges and administrative proceedings; the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade (the Receivables Convention); the United Nations Convention on the law applicable to certain rights in respect of securities held with an intermediary (the Hague Securities Convention); Security Exchange Commission proposed rules of practice

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 3798 (114th), H.R. 5063 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), S. 1109 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 4460/S.2508, Youth Sports Concussion Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection arbitration agreements (81 Fed. Reg. 32,830, May 24, 2016) Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 102-243) modernization

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Energy, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 4460 (114th), S. 2508 (114th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

H.R. 2843, TSA PreCheck Expansion Act H.R. 5338, Checkpoint Optimization and Efficiency Act of 2016 H.R. 5340, Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration (FASTER) Act S. 2658, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and proposed regulation; Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations for the TSA

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 5338 (114th), S. 2658 (114th), H.R. 5340 (114th), H.R. 2843 (114th)

Science/Technology SCI

Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Agriculture AGR

Various issues relating to final EPA definition of Waters of the United States for Clean Water Act jurisdiction; sugar reform

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Education, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); General Services Administration (GSA); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 2289/S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act Various issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203)

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Education, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Bills named: S. 2917 (114th), H.R. 2289 (114th)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act Proposed rule on hazardous waste generator improvements (80 Fed. Reg. 57,918, September 25, 2015)

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 697 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 9, Innovation Act H.R. 1477/S. 779, Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 H.R. 3326/S. 1890, Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act of 2015 S. 2044, Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 Various issues relating to copyright review

Contacted: White House Office; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1477 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), S. 779 (114th), S. 2044 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), S. 1137 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 H.R. 1644, Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining (STREAM) Act H.R. 1667/S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 3801 and Senate Amendment 3811 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4775/S. 2882, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, particularly state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Draft legislation titled Access and Transparency for New Energy Act Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on stream protection (80 Fed. Reg. 44,436, July 27, 2015) Proposed rule to reissue and modify nationwide permits (80 Fed. Reg. 35,186-35,240, June 1, 2016) Proposed rules on National Pollutant Discharge System (NPDES): applications and program updates (81 Fed. Reg. 31,344-31,374, May 18, 2016) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; permit streamlining provisions of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94, Title 41); EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); risk management programs under the Clean Air Act (P.L. 88-206); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service mitigation policy; EPAs stream buffer rule; EPA-USGS technical report titled Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 638 (114th), S. 543 (114th), H.R. 4775 (114th), S. 226 (114th), S. 708 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), S. 640 (114th), H.R. 2098 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), S. 2006 (114th), S. 1140 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), S. 544 (114th), S. 2882 (114th), H.R. 1732 (114th), S. 751 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), S. 639 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 1667 (114th), S. 697 (114th), H.R. 1599 (114th), S. 292 (114th), H.R. 1644 (114th), S. 2446 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), S. 112 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), H.R. 4557 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), S. 378 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 293 (114th), S. 280 (114th), S. 168 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 50/S. 189, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 H.R. 504/S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 653, FOIA Oversight and Implementation (FOIA) Act of 2016 H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending (TABS) Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2134, Listing Reform Act H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 3438/S. 1927, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2015 H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4768/S. 2724, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016 H.R. 4775/S. 2882, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 H.R. 4909/S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 H.R. 5055/S. 2804, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5293/S. 3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5325, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5328, Federal Agency Complete Transparency (FACT) Act of 2016 H.R. 5393/S. 2837, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5394/S. 2844, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5538, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5634/S. 3001, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act S. 33, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 337, FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 1607, Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 S. 1647, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act S. 1817, Smarter Regs Act of 2015 S. 1820, Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2015 S. 1927, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2015 S. 2012, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 S. 2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 S. 2847, Prove It Act of 2016 S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Draft legislation titled Data Breach and Cybersecurity Proposed rule to reissue and modify nationwide permits (80 Fed. Reg. 35,186-35,240, June 1, 2016) Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining, government transparency in rulemakings, and performing administrative proceedings; environment and energy policy; permit streamlining provisions of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94, Title 41); oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; proposed and potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel on the topic; oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; potential amendment to House and Senate budget legislation regarding performance-based contracts for energy savings and Congressional Budget Office scoring; revisions to Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554, Section 515) private right of action; proposed guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); proposed amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; potential amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemaking and policymaking; citizen suits recodifications; open internet order; improved Congressional oversight on Federal Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4); small business regulatory reform legislation; EPA-USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 5634 (114th), S. 378 (114th), S. 1647 (114th), H.R. 653 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), S. 3067 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), H.R. 5394 (114th), S. 226 (114th), S. 2232 (114th), H.R. 4768 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th), S. 189 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), H.R. 2134 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), S. 1 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), S. 2837 (114th), H.R. 50 (114th), S. 1607 (114th), S. 640 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th), H.R. 1486 (114th), H.R. 4557 (114th), H.R. 3738 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), S. 2804 (114th), S. 639 (114th), S. 1927 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), S. 88 (114th), S. 1817 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), S. 280 (114th), S. 1109 (114th), S. 33 (114th), S. 638 (114th), H.R. 5293 (114th), H.R. 5485 (114th), S. 544 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), S. 2882 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th), S. 1038 (114th), S. 2847 (114th), H.R. 3 (114th), H.R. 5393 (114th), H.R. 5055 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), S. 3001 (114th), S. 2006 (114th), S. 337 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), S. 543 (114th), H.R. 5328 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), S. 708 (114th), S. 1820 (114th), H.R. 3438 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), S. 3040 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), S. 751 (114th), S. 2724 (114th), H.R. 4775 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), S. 293 (114th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Various issues relating to compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mitigation policy

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Defense DEF

H.R. 4825, U.S.-India Defense Technology and Partnership Act H.R. 4909/S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 4244 and Senate Amendment 4255 H.R. 5293/ S. 3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 2901, Advancing U.S.-India Defense Cooperation Act Various issues relating to federal contracting and corporate inversions; applicability of Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, to government contractors within the National Defense Authorization Act for FY17; promotion of U.S.-India defense technology and partnership

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Education, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; General Services Administration (GSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 4909 (114th), S. 2901 (114th), H.R. 4825 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), H.R. 5293 (114th), S. 3000 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 235, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act H.R. 625, Infrastructure 2.0 Act H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 765, Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R. 880, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 H.R. 961, Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2015 H.R. 1105/S. 860, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 2510, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation H.R. 2775, Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 H.R. 5053/S. 3057, Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act S. 149, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 431, Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act S. 698, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 S. 2809, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve taxpayers' rights to administrative appeal of deficiency determinations, and for other purposes Online Sales Simplification Act of 2015 (discussion draft) Proposed rule on the treatment of certain interests in corporations as stock or indebtedness (81 Fed. Reg. 20,912, April 8, 2016) Various issues relating to tax extenders, including the R&D tax credit, bonus depreciation, exemptions for active financing income, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, Section 179 expensing limits, and flow-throughs; legislative proposals on corporate tax inversions; repatriation of multinational business earnings; bilateral income tax treaties and protocols, including those with Chile, Hungary, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan and Poland and a protocol amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters; tax reform; international competitiveness of corporate tax rates; patent box or innovation box proposals; corporate integration proposals; interpretation of IRS Rule 305(c); financial transaction tax

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Education, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Bills named: H.R. 625 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th), H.R. 235 (114th), S. 698 (114th), H.R. 2510 (114th), H.R. 5053 (114th), H.R. 765 (114th), S. 149 (114th), H.R. 880 (114th), H.R. 160 (114th), S. 431 (114th), H.R. 1105 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), H.R. 961 (114th), S. 2809 (114th), S. 3057 (114th), S. 860 (114th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 229, Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 616, American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 1401/S. 2091, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 H.R. 4403, Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act H.R. 5203, Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016 H.R. 5253, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to travel to Cuba S. 542, Counterterrorism Border Security Enhancement Act S. 2337, Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act S. 2362, Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 S. 2449, Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 S. 2458, A bill to amend section 217(a)(12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, relating to the restriction of the use of the Visa Waiver Program for aliens who travel to certain countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; inclusion of Singapore in the Global Entry Program

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Energy, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Education, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Bills named: H.R. 616 (114th), S. 299 (114th), H.R. 1401 (114th), S. 2458 (114th), H.R. 664 (114th), H.R. 5253 (114th), S. 2091 (114th), S. 3067 (114th), S. 2337 (114th), H.R. 5203 (114th), H.R. 158 (114th), H.R. 4403 (114th), H.R. 5485 (114th), S. 2449 (114th), H.R. 229 (114th), S. 542 (114th), S. 2362 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 399/S. 208, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) implementation H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2843, TSA PreCheck Expansion Act H.R. 3572, DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 3586, Border and Maritime Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 3664, Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2015 H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act H.R. 4651/S. 2604, Digital Security Commission Act of 2016 H.R. 4657/S. 2612, Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 H.R. 4909/S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 H.R. 5064, Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016 H.R. 5338, Checkpoint Optimization and Efficiency Act of 2016 H.R. 5340, Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration (FASTER) Act H.R. 5634/S. 3001, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 1846, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2016 S. 2410, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2015 S. 2931, Botnet Prevention Act of 2016 S. 3017, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 S. 3024, Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016 Draft Senate legislation titled Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 National Protection and Programs Directorate; National Protection and Programs Directorate Seeks Comments on Cyber Incident Data Repository White Papers (81 Fed. Reg. 17,193-17,194, March 28, 2016) Stakeholder Engagement on Cybersecurity in the Digital Ecosystem (80 Fed. Reg. 14,360-14,363, March 19, 2015), including provisions relating to vulnerabilities disclosure Proposed Regulation on intrusion and surveillance items (80 Fed. Reg. 28,853-28,863, May 20, 2015) Final Rule on additions to entity list (81 Fed. Reg. 12,004-12,006, March 8, 2016) Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and proposed regulation; Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, issues relating to framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity and the accompanying voluntary program; encryption technology policy; Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations for the TSA; Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Education, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); General Services Administration (GSA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5634 (114th), S. 3024 (114th), S. 2931 (114th), H.R. 4651 (114th), S. 2604 (114th), H.R. 2843 (114th), H.R. 5338 (114th), H.R. 3586 (114th), S. 208 (114th), S. 3001 (114th), H.R. 4657 (114th), H.R. 3664 (114th), S. 2489 (114th), H.R. 3572 (114th), H.R. 5064 (114th), S. 3017 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), H.R. 4450 (114th), S. 2943 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 399 (114th), S. 1846 (114th), H.R. 4909 (114th), S. 2410 (114th), H.R. 5340 (114th), S. 2612 (114th), S. 1109 (114th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 1667/S.292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2134, Listing Reform Act H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 2012, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, including provisions relating to state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Various issues relating to environment and energy policy; compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service mitigation policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205)

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1425 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), S. 112 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), H.R. 2134 (114th), S. 697 (114th), H.R. 1667 (114th), H.R. 2098 (114th), S. 292 (114th), H.R. 2358 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), S. 293 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th)