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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 1533, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act. Entire bill.

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Railroads RRR

No bill. US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - ANPR; Rail Petitions and Recommendations to Improve the Safe of Railroad Tank Car Transportation; PHMSA-2012-0082; 78 Fed Reg 54,849 (Sep 6, 2013).

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Treasury, Dept of; Maritime Administration (MARAD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

No bill. Fast track trade promotion authority. No bill. Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement. No bill. Transatlantic trade deal.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Maritime Administration (MARAD); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Agriculture AGR

No bill. Sign on to Center for Food Safety letter to president in support of GMO labeling. No bill. Sign on to Pesticide Action Network comments on Docket #EPQ HQ-OPP-2013-0153. No bill. Sign on to Center for Food Safety letter to FDA alerting the agency to administrative challenge that was filed related to environmental problems with the AquaBounty Company's operations in Panama.No bill. Sign on to Humane Society letter to Help Stop the Misuse of Antibiotics in Industrial Farming. No bill. Sign on to Pew Charitable Trust's letter to President Obama re: Environmental Protection Agency - CAFO Regulations Revisions Rule.

Contacted: Maritime Administration (MARAD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Treasury, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

No bill. MARAD - Marine Highway Program. No bill. US EPA, US Coast Guard & US State Dept. - IMO Polar Code. No bill. North Pacific Fishery Management Council - Ecosystem-based management for important fish habitat in the Bering Sea canyons.No bill. NOAA - Office of national Marine Sanctuaries - Support the expansion of the Gulf of the Farallones (GFNMS) and Cordell Bank (CBNMS) National Marine Sanctuaries.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 1762/HR 3574, End Polluter Welfare Act. Entire bill. HR 2548, The Electrify Africa Act of 2013. Entire bill. No bill. Dept of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations bill, FY15. Provisions related to international climate finance.No bill. OPIC Office of Accountability Draft Operational Guidelines. No bill. US Government Inter-agency Process for World Bank Safeguard Review. No bill. Shift in 6.6% International Development Assistance (IDA - branch of World Bank) funding to other institutions better at financing clean energy access. No bill. USAID support for Grand Inga Phase A Project in DRC.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Maritime Administration (MARAD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: H.R. 2548 (113th), S. 1762 (113th), H.R. 3574 (113th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

NNI Public comment period. Draft 2014 National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Strategic Plan. Friends of the Earth submitted detailed comments to NNI focusing on the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) as well as Foundational Knowledge components of the Strategic Plan.

Contacted: Maritime Administration (MARAD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Keystone XL decision. Nuclear Appropriations.

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Maritime Administration (MARAD); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

No bill. US EPA review of SS312 Marine Sanitation Device Standards. No bill. US EPA - US/Canadian Emission Control Area. No bill. US EPA Modification of the District of Columbia Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4).No bill. US ACOE - Evaluate the cumulative impacts from coal terminal expansion and construction projects in OR, WA, under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"). No bill. US Dept of Interior - Shell Arctic oil drilling. No bill. US EPA - Region 10 - No Discharge Zone for Puget Sound - SS313 Clean Water Act. S. 1359, Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2013. Entire bill.

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: S. 1359 (113th)