AFL-CIO for AFL-CIO

Energy/Nuclear ENG

-Energy, CCS

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Education EDU

Education

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Defense DEF

-Veterans Issues -Performance Management -Design Team -L/M Roundtable, PDI -HR 1461: VET protection act of 2017 -DD roundtable

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1461 (115th)

Retirement RET

-Social Security Public trustee: vacancies -SSA Administrative funding -H. Res. 5: Adopting rules for the 115th Congress: Social Security & Disability Insurance -Congress review Act on SSA: SSA representative payee background checks -S.Con. 3: Sanders Amendment-Social Security & Medicare -Social Security WEP/GPO: Possible re-intro of H.R. 711 -Social Security expansion legislation -Mulvaney OMB Nomination -S. 427/HR 1114: Social Security Expansion Act -HR 1902: Social Security 2100 Act -Social Security Representative payee program -Remove Social Security from unified budget-Senate Labor-HHS appropriations -Social Security Expansion legislation -SSA hiring freeze -HR 1251-SS CPI-E Act of 2017 -Supplemental insurance restoration act -Protection of social security benefits, restoration act -Social security: public trustees: benefit improvements -Retirement security: workplace savings plan coverage -H.J. Res 66, 67: Re: savings arrangements for non-government employees -Expanding Retirement plan coverage

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 427 (115th), H.R. 1251 (115th), H.Res. 5 (115th), H.J.Res. 66 (115th), H.R. 711 (115th), H.R. 1114 (115th), H.R. 1902 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

-Currency manipulation -corporate tax reform -Nominations: Mulvaney, Mnuchin -Dodd Frank reform -PROMESA PL 114-187 -S. 2867: SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 -Appropriations -President's FY Budget -Wells Fargo: cross-selling sales scandal -SEC chair nominee: Clayton -Dodd Frank Act of 2010: Section 953(b) pay ration disclosure -Tax Reform

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 2867 (115th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Voting Rights

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Health Issues HCR

-Affordable Care Act: Analysis, Review, Summary Prep -Prescription Drug & Health Improvement Act -Children's health insurance program: need to extend the authorization for funding of the program -HR 1313: Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act -HR 1101: Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017: provisions -HR 1304: Self-insurance protection act -HR 1215: Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 -Medicare: opposing benefit cuts -S. Con. Res.3: Amendment # 107 for permanent repeal of excise tax on high cost health plans: provisions allowing repeal of ACA insurance coverage policies -Cap on tax exclusion for employer-based health insurance -Tom Price nomination -H.R. 173/S.58: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 1215 (115th), H.R. 1313 (115th), H.R. 173 (115th), S.Con.Res. 3 (115th), H.R. 1304 (115th), S. 58 (115th), H.R. 1101 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

-Equal Pay -Workforce Development Apprenticeship -ILO consulting meeting to discuss upcoming ILO meeting -DOL Fiduciary rule: supporting implementation, opposing delay in implementation -infrastructure: jobs, funding -Puzder nomination -HR 986/S. 63: Tribal labor sovereignty act -Labor's Agenda -Federal Employee Issues: jobs -HR 5: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017: worker protections -HR 26: Regulations from the executive in need of scrutiny act of 2017 -HR 21: Midnight rules relief act -H.J. Res 83: Disapproving of DOL rule re: recorded injury & illness: worker protections -FY 2018 budget: labor related agencies -Small business paperwork relief act -jobs & training -union membership -HR 1364: Official time reform act of 2017

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.J.Res. 83 (115th), S. 63 (115th), H.R. 1364 (115th), H.R. 26 (115th), H.R. 986 (115th), H.R. 5 (115th), H.R. 21 (115th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

-Telecomm

Contacted: White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

-Trans-Pacific Partnership: opposition -Trade priorities for 2017: support -Trade/labor nominations -Trade enforcement -H.Res 132: renegotiation of NAFTA: support/drafting -Border adjustable tax: general -China trade issues -NAFTA negotiation: general -S. 247/HR 685: Bring Jobs Home Act -Trade: outsourcing, trade remedies -Procurement: Buy America -Trade In Services Agreement

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.Res. 132 (115th), S. 247 (115th), H.R. 685 (115th)

Government Issues GOV

-Nominations

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Immigration IMM

Immigration

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

-S.2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 2123 (115th)