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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Tariffs (no bill)

Contacted: President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy conversion technologies (no bill)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); President of the U.S.

Transportation TRA

Open Competition for plastic material in infrasture projects (no bill) Dry Bulk freight tolerance considerations in infrastrucure package (no bill)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Amortization (no bill) Estate Tax/Small Business Tax (no bill) Medical Device Tax (no bill)

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Surface Transportation Board (STB); President of the U.S.; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Railroads RRR

STB Nominations Issues regarding systemic delays with rail shipping (no bill)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FDA Funding including the Food Contact Notification Program FY 2020 House and Senate Appropriations Legislation

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); President of the U.S.

Environment/Superfund ENV

Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Centrury Act implementation Educational outreach on the safe storage and handling of organic peroxides (no bill) Education on need for recycling and energy conversion infrastructure (no bill) Save our Seas 2.0 Act (S 1982)

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); President of the U.S.; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Surface Transportation Board (STB)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Worforce Development (no bill) Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 2474)

Contacted: SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.

Bills named: H.R. 2474 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Congressional oversight of EPA (e.g. Clean Water Rule, Clean Power Plan, Clean Air Act) EPA - Marine Debris

Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); President of the U.S.