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Torts TOR

S.1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007, damages and post-grant provisions.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 1145 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

EPA - appropriations for diesel emission reductions; OMB - appropriations for diesel emission reductions; CEQ - appropriations for diesel emission reductions; White House - appropriations for diesel emission reductions.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FTAs (Korea); China Market Access, non-tariff barriers on optical fiber; Information Technology Agreement ("ITA") implementation; H.R.3684, Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2007, all sections; India customs classification of optical fiber and cables; TPA, general discussions about potential timing and renwal of TPAs; WTO, optical fiber tariffs and non-tariffs; APEC - telecom and general trade issues; Market access issues in various countries and regions: Asia, China, Korea, India.

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 3684 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R.1818, Broadband Deployment Acceleration Act of 2007, all sections; H.R.6049, Renewal Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, R&D credit, look-through provisions.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 1818 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R.2419, Farm Bill Extension Act, Subtitle B, Sec. 6103, broadband service in rural areas; FCC Net Neutrality Proceeding (WC Dkt 07-52, DC Dkt 02-33 et al); H.R.5353, Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008, net neutrality; S.215, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality, all sections.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE

Bills named: S. 215 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 5353 (110th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S.2191, America's Climate Change Security Act of 2007, reintroduced as S.4825, all sections; EPA - appropriations to fund diesel retrofits; S.2146 and H.R.3754, To Authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, and for other..., all sections; pending House bill (not yet introduced) on climate change re impact on energy intensive industries and black carbon, all sections.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 4825 (110th), S. 2146 (110th), H.R. 3754 (110th), S. 2191 (110th)