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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Negotiations over NAFTA/United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office

Roads/Highway ROD

Supported final passage of H.R.6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, including provision to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to report to Congress on its progress issuing guidelines for hair testing Other road/highway issues relating to HighwayFunding, HighwayInfrastructure MotorCarrier Taxes, PublicPrivatePartnerships, HoursofService, TruckProductivity, Tolling andDevolution

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (115th)

Transportation TRA

Supported final passage of H.R.6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, including provision to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to report to Congress on its progress issuing guidelines for hair testing Monitored passage of H.R.2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and opposed inclusion of provisions that would negatively impact trucking. Transportation issues related to MotorCarrierSafety, HazardousMaterialsIssues, GovernmentTrafficIssues HighwayReauthorization, HoursofService, ElectronicOnboardRecorders, PublicPrivatePartnerships, Tolling, Devolution, SpeedGovernors, RealIDAct, HighwayFundingIssues, TransportationWorkerID, FuelSupplyandCost, Economic, Compliance;SafetyandAccountability, Productivity, DrugandAlcoholClearinghouse, CollisionMitigation

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (115th), H.R. 6 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax issues relating to, MotorCarrierTax, HighwayReauthorization, PensionReform, HighwayFunding, FuelTax,IndependentContractors, Tolling, Devolution, HeavyVehicleUseTax, BonusDepreciation, Federal Highway Trust Fund, the 12% Federal Excise Tax, the Alternative Fuel Tax Credit, and the Biodiesel Tax Credit

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Small Business SMB

Small business issues related to TruckDriverTraining, HazardousMaterials, BorderSecurityandSafety, TransportationSecurity, HomelandSecurityIssues Trucking/MotorCarrierIssues, Taxes, Fuel, IndependentContractors, HoursofService, ELDs - Electronic Logging Devices and Speed Governors

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Petitioned the Department of Transportation to seek preemption of California's duplicative meal & rest break requirements Other workforce and labor issues including Hours of Service reform, IndependentContractors, TruckDriverShortages, VeteransEmploymentTrainingAct, CrossBorder Issues, the NLRB, and the FairLaborStandardsAct.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Monitored passage of H.R.2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and opposed inclusion of provisions that would negatively impact trucking. Supported final passage of H.R.6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, including provision to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to report to Congress on its progress issuing guidelines for hair testing Other issues HazardousMaterials, GovernmentTraffic, HoursofService, ElectronicOnboardRecorders, PublicPrivatePartnerships, Tolling, BackgroundCheck,, SpeedGovernors, HighwayFunding, TransportationWorkerID, TruckingSpecific, FuelSupplyand, CostIssues, Economic issues, and FederalPreemption

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (115th), H.R. 6 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

2018 appropriations process including H.R.6147 - Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act. Other appropriations issues related to: Transportation, ELD, FMCSA's sleeper birth pilot program, HousingandUrbanDevelopmentAppropriations, TransportationSecurity, HomelandSecurityAppropriations, TransportationSecurityAdministration, Pension ReformIssues, Environmental, HoursofService, MotorCarrierSafety, Productivity, Tolling, Devolution, HighwayTrustFund, Federal Interstate Commerce Preemption - F4A

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6147 (115th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Environmental issues related to HazardousMaterials, AirQuality, Vehicle emissions DieselEngineIssues(Retrofits), MotorCarriers, Biodiesel/RenewableDiesel, EPA SmartWayVoluntaryProgram, GHG/FE Phase 2

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)