CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Various issues relating to the license application for the FASTER submarine cable system; license application for the MONET submarine cable system

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Education, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; General Services Administration (GSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Security Council (NSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Various issues relating to compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mitigation policy

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Education, Dept of; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, including provisions relating to House Amendment 813, prohibiting Export-Import Bank assistance to state-sponsors of terrorism H.R. 235, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 664 /S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 978/S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 3238/S.1543, Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 4219, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 Draft legislation titled Maritime Transportation Security Act Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4095, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4216, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5233, Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5696/S.2922, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (113th Congress) Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 6654, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Nomination of Mark McWatters to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Proposed regulation on certification and enforcement, import data collection (80 Fed. Reg. 81,199, December 29, 2015) Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor; U.S.-European Union Energy Relations; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.- Argentina economic relations; U.S.- Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.- Brazil economic relations; U.S.- China economic relations; U.S.- Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.- Japan economic relations; U.S.- Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.- Korea economic relations; U.S.- Mexico economic relations; U.S.- Pakistan economic relations; U.S. - Russia economic relations; U.S. - Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); trade embargo with Cuba; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan; trade, regulatory and bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB); International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; sugar reform; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 4216 (114th), H.R. 978 (114th), S. 1543 (114th), S. 1269 (114th), H.R. 664 (114th), H.R. 5233 (114th), H.R. 635 (114th), S. 2102 (114th), H.R. 3238 (114th), H.R. 4095 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 2745 (114th), H.R. 6654 (114th), S. 2201 (114th), H.R. 820 (114th), H.R. 403 (114th), S. 491 (114th), S. 1015 (114th), S. 2922 (114th), H.R. 5696 (114th), S. 489 (114th), H.R. 4219 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), H.R. 235 (114th), S. 995 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), S. 2002 (114th), S. 299 (114th)

Agriculture AGR

Various issues relating to proposed EPA definition of Waters of the United States for Clean Water Act jurisdiction; sugar reform

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Energy, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

Contacted: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Energy, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: S. 697 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th)

Foreign Relations FOR

Nomination of Assistant Secretary Roberta Jacobson to be U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Various issues relating to the United Nations Hague Securities Convention

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Small Business Administration (SBA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Education, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to the Risk Management Program (81 Fed. Reg. 13,637, March 14, 2016)

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 697 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 102-243) modernization

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 S. 2609, An original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national voluntary labeling standard for bioengineered foods, and for other purposes

Contacted: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Security Council (NSC); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Education, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2609 (114th), H.R. 1599 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act of 2015 H.R. 2800/S. 1590, Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act H.R. 3459/S. 2686/S. 2015, Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 H.R. 4773/S. 2707, Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act Fiscal Year 2017, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding of the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions, (80 Fed. Reg 34,869, June 18, 2015) Proposed regulations defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (80 Fed. Reg. 38,516, July 6, 2015) Proposed regulations on the definition of the term fiduciary; Conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (80 Fed. Reg. 21,928, April 20, 2015) Proposed regulations amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement Executive Order 13673 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (80 Fed. Reg. 30,548, May 28, 2015) Proposed guidance for Executive Order 13673 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (80 Fed. Reg. 30,574, May 28, 2015) Proposed OSHA regulation to reduce the exposure limit on respirable silica and impose other requirements (78 Fed. Reg. 56,274, September 12, 2013) Proposed OSHA regulation to require employers to submit injury and illness records electronically that will then be posted on the internet (78 Fed. Reg. 67,354, November 8, 2013) and supplemental proposed regulation (79 Fed. Reg. 47,605, August 14, 2014) Proposed regulation regarding Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; interpretation of the advice exemption (76 Fed. Reg. 36,178, June 21, 2011) and correction (76 Fed Reg. 37,292, June 27, 2011) Proposed regulation regarding recording and reporting of musculoskeletal disorders (75 Fed. Reg. 4,728, January 29, 2010) and reopening of comment period (76 Fed. Reg. 28,383, May 17, 2011) Proposed regulation regarding the implementation of Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors (79 Fed. Reg. 34,568, June 17, 2014) Proposed information collection request for survey on worker classification (78 Fed. Reg. 67,196, November 8, 2013) Proposed regulation regarding savings arrangements established by states for non-governmental employees (80 Fed. Reg. 72,006, November 18, 2015) Interpretive bulletin relating to the fiduciary standard under ERISA in considering economically targeted investments (80 Fed. Reg. 65,135, October 26, 2015) Proposed regulations establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors (81 Fed. Reg. 9,592, February 25, 2016) Various issues relating to minimum wage, including indexing; ambush elections regulations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); determining whether a collective bargaining unit is appropriate, including legislation involving the NLRBs Specialty Healthcare (357 No. 83) decision; Department of Labors regulatory agenda, apprenticeship program, new overtime eligibility regulations, silica exposure limit regulations, and persuader rule; gender-based workplace discrimination; Fair Labor Standards Act amendments (P.L. 75-718) and Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces; Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors; NLRB joint employer standard; legislation and oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); NLRB decisions and regulatory agenda

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Energy, Dept of; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: H.R. 2800 (114th), H.R. 4773 (114th), S. 2015 (114th), H.R. 2745 (114th), S. 2686 (114th), S. 1590 (114th), S. 2102 (114th), H.R. 4294 (114th), S. 2707 (114th), H.R. 4293 (114th), H.R. 3459 (114th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 1927, Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016 H.R. 3624, Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016 H.R. 4771, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016 S. 357, Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1927 (114th), H.R. 3624 (114th), H.R. 4771 (114th), S. 357 (114th)

Science/Technology SCI

Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Energy, Dept of; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 432/S. 1978, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 686/S. 1010, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 957/S. 510, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform (CFPB-IG) Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1317, To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1550, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1659, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015 H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 1941, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 2187, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 2287 /S. 924, National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2354, Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2769, Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015 H.R. 2789, Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act H.R. 3192, Homebuyers Assistance Act H.R. 3340, Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 H.R. 3791, To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 3857, To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3868, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4096, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 4139, Fostering Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 4166, Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act H.R. 4498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 4620, Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016 H.R. 4718, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016 S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 876, A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1963, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act S. 2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); Basel III capital standards; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); oversight of proxy advisory firms; political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; conflict of interest rule, retirement investment advice; international capital standards for non-banks and insurance companies; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau auto financing standard; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Federal Reserve reform; universal ballot; proxy voting system; impact of international regulatory standards on the competitiveness of U.S. insurers; case law arising under Section 316 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (P.L. 76-253)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: H.R. 2187 (114th), S. 1963 (114th), H.R. 601 (114th), H.R. 1259 (114th), H.R. 3798 (114th), H.R. 4294 (114th), H.R. 3791 (114th), H.R. 686 (114th), H.R. 4718 (114th), S. 876 (114th), H.R. 2064 (114th), S. 1484 (114th), H.R. 1334 (114th), H.R. 1675 (114th), H.R. 1525 (114th), H.R. 432 (114th), H.R. 3857 (114th), H.R. 3192 (114th), H.R. 4168 (114th), H.R. 1550 (114th), H.R. 37 (114th), H.R. 2356 (114th), H.R. 1317 (114th), H.R. 1737 (114th), H.R. 1553 (114th), H.R. 1659 (114th), H.R. 2357 (114th), H.R. 2354 (114th), H.R. 766 (114th), H.R. 4450 (114th), H.R. 2289 (114th), S. 1109 (114th), S. 576 (114th), H.R. 4498 (114th), H.R. 1210 (114th), H.R. 414 (114th), H.R. 1941 (114th), H.R. 1023 (114th), H.R. 1266 (114th), H.R. 4620 (114th), H.R. 1975 (114th), H.R. 1090 (114th), S. 1978 (114th), H.R. 3738 (114th), H.R. 1265 (114th), H.R. 3868 (114th), S. 924 (114th), H.R. 1839 (114th), H.R. 4293 (114th), S. 2489 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), H.R. 2477 (114th), H.R. 2769 (114th), S. 552 (114th), H.R. 4166 (114th), H.R. 3557 (114th), H.R. 3340 (114th), H.R. 1847 (114th), S. 510 (114th), H.R. 4096 (114th), H.R. 1723 (114th), H.R. 2789 (114th), H.R. 2287 (114th), H.R. 1965 (114th), H.R. 4139 (114th), H.R. 1195 (114th), S. 2232 (114th), H.R. 1309 (114th), S. 1010 (114th), H.R. 3784 (114th), H.R. 957 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act of 2015 H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 248, American Job Protection Act H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act H.R. 928, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 1189/S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 1190/S. 141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 1196, Health Savings Act of 2015 H.R. 1270/S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 H.R. 1423/S. 775, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 2712, Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015 H.R. 2911, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 H.R. 4469/S.2499, Health Savings Act of 2016 S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015 S. 149, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act S. 305, American Job Protection Act S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act S. 1996, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075, American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 Proposed Regulation on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 218-253, January 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 54, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 54,986-54,996, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 54,996-55,013, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 301) Proposed Rule on HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 (80 Fed. Reg. 75,488-75,588, December 2, 2015) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 146, 147 et al.) Proposed Rule on How the Americans with Disabilities Act Relates To Employer Wellness Programs (80 Fed. Reg. 21,659-21,670, April 20, 2015) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 1630) Proposed Rule on How the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Relates to Employer Wellness Programs (80 Fed. Reg. 66,853-66,862, October 30, 2015) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 1635) CMS Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2017 for Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies and the 2017 Call Letter (February 19, 2016) IRS Notice on Section 4980I - Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Notice 2015-16, February 23, 2015). Various issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings accounts (HSAs), health reimbursement accounts (HRAs), and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs

Contacted: Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); General Services Administration (GSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Security Council (NSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Energy, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 2911 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), S. 620 (114th), S. 149 (114th), S. 1697 (114th), H.R. 1196 (114th), H.R. 248 (114th), H.R. 160 (114th), H.R. 4469 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), S. 775 (114th), S. 1996 (114th), S. 709 (114th), S. 2045 (114th), S. 2499 (114th), S. 183 (114th), S. 305 (114th), H.R. 1423 (114th), S. 141 (114th), S. 30 (114th), S. 2075 (114th), H.R. 30 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), H.R. 3762 (114th), H.R. 1190 (114th), H.R. 1270 (114th), H.R. 2712 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R.585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 H.R. 1644, Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining (STREAM) Act H.R. 1667/S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4715/S. 2659, Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports (RPM) Act of 2016 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 H.J. Res. 59/S.J. Res. 22, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act H.J. Res. 71/S.J. Res. 23, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 72/S.J. Res. 24, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, particularly state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Draft legislation titled Access and Transparency for New Energy Act Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on stream protection (80 Fed. Reg. 44,436, July 27, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; FOIA requests for citizen suits; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; G-7 circular economy summit planning; compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service mitigation policy; EPAs stream buffer rule; EPAs guidelines for human exposure assessment; EPA-USGS technical report titled Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration; collection of citizen science and crowdsourcing information for regulatory purposes; Waters of the United States definition rule issued by the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: S. 2659 (114th), S. 112 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 1599 (114th), S. 544 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), S. 226 (114th), S. 639 (114th), H.R. 1667 (114th), S. 292 (114th), H.R. 1644 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), S.J.Res. 23 (114th), H.J.Res. 71 (114th), H.R. 1732 (114th), S. 640 (114th), S. 697 (114th), S. 2446 (114th), S. 708 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), H.J.Res. 72 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), S. 1140 (114th), H.R. 2098 (114th), S. 293 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), H.R. 4557 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), H.J.Res. 59 (114th), S. 751 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), S. 378 (114th), S. 543 (114th), S.J.Res. 22 (114th), H.R. 4715 (114th), S. 280 (114th), S. 2006 (114th), S. 168 (114th), S. 638 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 H.R. 504/S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act H.R. 555, Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 653, FOIA Oversight and Implementation (FOIA) Act of 2016 H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2134, Listing Reform Act H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 3438/S. 1927, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2015 H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4768/S. 2724, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016 S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act S. 33, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015 S. 177, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 337, FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1027, Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 1607, Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 S. 1817, Smarter Regs Act of 2015 S. 1820, Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2015 S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 S. 2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 Draft legislation titled Data Breach and Cybersecurity Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, including provisions relating to inversion contracting matters Interim rule relating to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (80 Fed. Reg. 81,472, December 30, 2015) Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining, government transparency in rulemakings, and performing administrative proceedings; environment and energy policy; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; potential amendment to House and Senate budget legislation regarding performance-based contracts for energy savings and Congressional Budget Office scoring; FOIA requests for citizen suits; Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554, Section 515) private right of action; proposed guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); proposed amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; potential amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemaking and policymaking; citizen suits recodifications; open internet order; collection of citizen science and crowdsourcing information for regulatory purposes; OSHA occupational exposure to respirable silica rule; proposed EPA and Army Corps definition of Waters of the United States for Clean Water Act jurisdiction

Contacted: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Education, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office

Bills named: S. 1324 (114th), S. 1 (114th), H.R. 4557 (114th), S. 638 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), H.R. 3738 (114th), S. 2232 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), S. 1820 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), S. 378 (114th), S. 1038 (114th), S. 639 (114th), S. 1027 (114th), S. 1927 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), H.R. 555 (114th), S. 337 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), H.R. 3438 (114th), S. 1817 (114th), S. 1109 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), S. 33 (114th), S. 640 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), S. 226 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), S. 2724 (114th), S. 2006 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 4768 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th), H.R. 653 (114th), S. 751 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), S. 88 (114th), S. 293 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), S. 708 (114th), S. 543 (114th), H.R. 3 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), S. 280 (114th), S. 1607 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), S. 544 (114th), H.R. 2134 (114th)

Defense DEF

H.R. 4825, U.S.-India Defense Technology and Partnership Act Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters, contractor blacklisting, and the Clean Air Act Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, including provisions relating to inversion contracting matters Interim rule relating to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (80 Fed. Reg. 81,472, December 30, 2015)

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: H.R. 4825 (114th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R. 548, Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 549, Litigation Oversight Act of 2015 H.R. 550, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 1189/S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 2654/S. 1512, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 2800/S. 1590, Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act H.R. 3470/S. 2021, Fair Chance Act H.R. 3765, ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 S. 875, Workplace Advancement Act S. 1858, Equality Act S. 2070, Gender Advancement in Pay (GAP) Act S. 2180, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act S. 2693, EEOC Reform Act Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice of Proposed Revision to the employer information report (81 Fed. Reg. 5,113, February 1, 2016) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to amendments to regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (80 Fed. Reg. 21,659, April 20, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to amendments to regulations under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (80 Fed. Reg. 66,853, October 30, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to requirement to report summary data on employee compensation (79 Fed. Reg. 46,561, August 8, 2014) Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history; employer consideration of applicant employment status; EEOC Strategic Plan; EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan; OFCCP interpretation of its jurisdiction

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Bills named: S. 620 (114th), H.R. 550 (114th), S. 875 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), H.R. 3470 (114th), S. 1590 (114th), H.R. 3765 (114th), H.R. 2800 (114th), S. 1512 (114th), S. 2021 (114th), H.R. 548 (114th), S. 2693 (114th), H.R. 549 (114th), S. 1858 (114th), S. 2180 (114th), H.R. 2654 (114th), S. 2070 (114th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act Various issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); the Financial Stability Oversight Council

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Education, Dept of; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 2289 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 235, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act H.R. 625, Infrastructure 2.0 Act H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, including provisions relating to moratorium on internet access taxes H.R. 765, Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R. 880, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 H.R. 961, Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2015 H.R. 1105/S. 860, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 2510, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation H.R. 2775, Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 S. 149, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 431, Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act S. 698, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 Online Sales Simplification Act of 2015 (discussion draft) Various issues relating to tax extenders including R&D tax credit, bonus depreciation, exemptions for active financing income, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, Section 179 expensing limits, and flow-throughs; legislative proposals on corporate tax inversions; repatriation of multinational business earnings; bilateral income tax treaties and protocols, including those with Chile, Hungary, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan and Poland and a protocol amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113) including provisions relating to Division Q, Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, section 201, modification of filing dates of returns and statements relating to employee wage information and nonemployee compensation to improve compliance; section 45R of the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to the tax credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers; tax reform; international competitiveness of corporate tax rates; patent box or innovation box proposals; corporate integration proposals; interpretation of IRS Rule 305(c); financial transaction tax

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Education, Dept of; White House Office

Bills named: S. 860 (114th), S. 431 (114th), H.R. 2510 (114th), S. 698 (114th), H.R. 160 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th), H.R. 625 (114th), H.R. 880 (114th), H.R. 961 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), H.R. 1105 (114th), S. 149 (114th), H.R. 765 (114th), H.R. 235 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 4293/S. 2502, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection (ARAP) Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 S. 2505, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2016 Proposed regulation regarding savings arrangements established by states for non-governmental employees (80 Fed. Reg. 72,006, November 18, 2015) Interpretive bulletin relating to state savings programs that sponsor or facilitate plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (80 Fed. Reg. 71,936, November 18, 2015) Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions (80 Fed. Reg 34,869, June 18, 2015) Various issues relating to multiemployer pension plan reform; section 406 of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-364)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Copyright Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Education, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: S. 2505 (114th), H.R. 4293 (114th), S. 2502 (114th), H.R. 4294 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 283/S. 356, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 H.R. 555, Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 699, Email Privacy Act H.R. 1428/S. 1600, Judicial Redress Act of 2015 H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 2666, No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act H.R. 3157, Student Privacy Protection Act H.R. 3326/S. 1890, Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 H.R. 4651/S. 2604, Digital Security Commission Act of 2016 S. 177, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 S. 356, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 S. 1027, Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 S. 1788, Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure (SAFE KIDS) Act S. 2607, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act Draft legislation titled Data Breach and Cybersecurity Draft data encryption legislation Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 108-10) modernization; unmanned aerial vehicle multi-stakeholder process to establish accountability, privacy, and transparency; National Telecommunications and Information Administration Facial Recognition Technology Multi-stakeholder process; G-7 circular economy summit planning; open internet order

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Education, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 1600 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), S. 356 (114th), H.R. 4651 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 2666 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 283 (114th), S. 2604 (114th), S. 2607 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), H.R. 555 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 1428 (114th), S. 1027 (114th), H.R. 3157 (114th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 978/S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015 Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.R. 978 (114th), S. 489 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), S. 1269 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fiscal Year 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Potential legislation similar to S. 832, Security and Accountability for Every Port Reauthorization Act of 2011 Various issues relating to appropriations for the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); funding issues relating to the USPTO; funding issues relating to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues relating to the Department of Justice; funding issues relating to the Department of Homeland Security; funding issues relating to the State Department; fiscal year 2017 budget; budget policy; overall spending, taxes, deficits and debt; IP issues relating to Internet counterfeiting and piracy; funding and IP issues relating to the office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; appropriations for SEC, CFTC, CFPB, FSOC, Federal Reserve, Office of Financial Research, Department of Labor, and Department of Treasury; sugar reform

Contacted: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 832 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 351/S.33, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 504/S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act H.R. 873, To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes H.R. 1273, Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2015 H.R. 1629/S. 858, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015 H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2073, Home Owner Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) Act of 2015 H.R. 2177/S. 720, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2369/S. 1312, Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 3663/S. 2117, To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act S. 128/S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 1647, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, including provisions relating to S. Amdt. 2953 and S. Amdt. 3042 S. 2152, Electrify Africa Act of 2015 Draft legislation titled Access and Transparency for New Energy Act Potential legislation similar to H. R. 4615/S. 1106, Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act of 2014 Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; scoring of Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses and underlying federal regulations; potential amendment to House and Senate budget legislation regarding performance-based contracts for energy savings and Congressional Budget Office scoring; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemaking and policymaking; proposed guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); environment and energy policy; energy savings performance contracts presidential initiative; energy efficiency

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Copyright Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 8 (114th), S. 1 (114th), H.R. 3 (114th), S. 1312 (114th), S. 720 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), H.R. 1273 (114th), S. 33 (114th), S. 858 (114th), H.R. 351 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 2117 (114th), S. 226 (114th), S. 2152 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), S. 1106 (114th), S. 1647 (114th), H.R. 2073 (114th), H.R. 2369 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), S. 280 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th), H.R. 2358 (114th), S. 1038 (114th), S. 128 (114th), H.R. 873 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), H.R. 1734 (114th), H.R. 3663 (114th), H.R. 4615 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), H.R. 1629 (114th), S. 535 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), H.R. 2177 (114th)

Education EDU

H.R. 3157, Student Privacy Protection Act S. 1788, Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure (SAFE KIDS) Act Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Various issues relating to implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (P.L. 109-270); higher education, including the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329); implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (P.L. 114-95); Department of Educations Gainful Employment Negotiated Rulemaking; student data privacy in K-12 and higher education

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Energy, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 3157 (114th), S. 1788 (114th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 229, Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 616, American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 1401/S. 2091, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 H.R. 4403, Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act S. 542, Counterterrorism Border Security Enhancement Act S. 2337, Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act S. 2362, Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 Various issues relating to visa waiver program

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Education, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 4403 (114th), H.R. 664 (114th), H.R. 1401 (114th), H.R. 229 (114th), H.R. 158 (114th), H.R. 616 (114th), S. 2091 (114th), S. 2337 (114th), S. 2362 (114th), S. 299 (114th), S. 542 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Interim rule relating to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (80 Fed. Reg. 81,472, December 30, 2015)

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); General Services Administration (GSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 348, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 3438/S. 1927, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2015 H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015 H.R. 4265, Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015 H.R. 4557, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016 H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 2072, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan Draft legislation on clarification of the General Duty Clause in the Clean Air Act H.J. Res. 70, Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone H.J. Res. 71/S.J. Res 23, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 72/S.J. Res 24, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 74/S.J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters, contractor blacklisting and the Clean Air Act Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Various issues relating to environment and energy policy; proposed EPA and Army Corps definition of Waters of the United States for Clean Water Act jurisdiction; EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; proposed guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act; proposed amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; EPAs stream buffer rule; proposed amendment to Senate appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemakings and policymaking; potential amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act regarding the EPAs ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

Contacted: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Bills named: H.R. 2042 (114th), S. 2072 (114th), H.J.Res. 74 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), S.J.Res. 25 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), S. 639 (114th), H.J.Res. 72 (114th), H.R. 4775 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), S.J.Res. 23 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), S. 88 (114th), S. 280 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), H.J.Res. 71 (114th), S. 543 (114th), S. 1927 (114th), H.R. 3438 (114th), S. 640 (114th), H.R. 4265 (114th), H.R. 4557 (114th), S. 751 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), S. 638 (114th), H.J.Res. 70 (114th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 712, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 3713, Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 4001, Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015 H.R. 4002, Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 4003, Regulatory Reporting Act of 2015 H.R. 4023, Clean Up the Code Act of 2015 Various issues relating to use of administrative law judges and administrative proceedings; United Nations convention on the assignment of receivables; United Nations Hague Securities Convention; administrative law procedural reform; Security Exchange Commission proposed rules of practice

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Copyright Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Reserve System; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Bills named: H.R. 2648 (114th), H.R. 4002 (114th), H.R. 4003 (114th), H.R. 4001 (114th), H.R. 3798 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), H.R. 4023 (114th), H.R. 3713 (114th), S. 1109 (114th)

Accounting ACC

Various issues relating to implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); proposed lease accounting standards; accounting convergence projects, auditing and extensible business reporting language; internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley (P.L. 107-204) section 404(b) controls, and audits

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Copyright Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 680, Update, Promote, and Develop Americas Transportation Essentials Act of 2015 H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2410, Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America (GROW AMERICA) Act H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2716/S. 1541, Transportation Empowerment Act H.R. 3763, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 4441, Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 4721, Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 S. 1298, Port Performance Act S. 1519, Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act S. 1589, Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, including provisions relating to Title VIII, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act S. 2658, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; water resources; Buy America provisions; commercial trucking hours of service; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A)

Contacted: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Reserve System; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Copyright Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2716 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th), S. 1298 (114th), H.R. 2410 (114th), H.R. 4721 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), S. 2658 (114th), H.R. 680 (114th), S. 1519 (114th), S. 1589 (114th), S. 1611 (114th), S. 1541 (114th), H.R. 3763 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 9, Innovation Act H.R. 805, Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2015 H.R. 1477/S. 779, Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015 H.R. 3326/S. 1890, Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act of 2015 S. 2044, Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 3468, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 3668, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4095, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4216, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6654, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to S. 832, Security and Accountability for Every Port Reauthorization Act of 2011 Potential legislation similar to S. 1886, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011 Potential legislation similar to S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to S. 3523, Innovative Design Protection Act (112th Congress) Various issues relating to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; copyright review; Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; World Intellectual Property Organization; World Trade Organization (WTO); World Health Organization (WHO); International Telecommunications Union; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-418) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (P.L. 103-465) (the "Special 301 Report"); appropriations relating to the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); funding issues relating to the USPTO; IP issues relating to Australia, Canada, China, India, Brazil, Russia, Europe, and Mexico; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Energy, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 4216 (114th), H.R. 6654 (114th), H.R. 4095 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), S. 2044 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 805 (114th), S. 1015 (114th), S. 779 (114th), S. 1137 (114th), S. 1886 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), H.R. 3468 (114th), H.R. 3668 (114th), S. 3523 (114th), S. 2002 (114th), S. 832 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), H.R. 1477 (114th)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 213, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015 H.R. 399, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 H.R. 616, American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015 H.R. 962/S. 181, Startup Act H.R. 1147, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 1148, Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act H.R. 1153, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1401, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to H-1B and L-1 visa fees H.R. 2758, To make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas issued under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3370, Entrepreneurial Businesses Creating Jobs Act of 2015 H.R. 3918, Strengthen Employment and Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act H.R. 4403, Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act H.R. 4530, EB-5 Integrity Act of 2016 H.R. 4598, American Jobs First Act of 2016 H.R. 4609, Keeping American Jobs Act S. 98, STEM Jobs Act of 2015 S. 153, I-Squared Act of 2015 S. 208, Secure the Border First Act of 2015 S. 1501, American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act of 2015 S. 2091, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 S. 2115, Targeted Employment Areas Improvement Act S. 2122, Invest in Our Communities Act S. 2225, Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015 S. 2266, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2015 S. 2337, Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act S. 2362, Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 S. 2365, Protecting American Jobs Act S. 2394, American Jobs First Act of 2015 S. 2415, EB-5 Integrity Act of 2015 S.Con.Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, including provisions relating to S. Amendment 1025 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILLS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H1-B Visa Program; H2-B Visa Program; L-1B Visa Program; E-B5 Visa Program; E-Verify Program; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration reform; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Energy, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 3370 (114th), H.R. 213 (114th), S. 208 (114th), S. 2337 (114th), S. 2362 (114th), S. 2115 (114th), S. 2394 (114th), H.R. 962 (114th), S. 1501 (114th), H.R. 4530 (114th), S. 2225 (114th), H.R. 616 (114th), S. 2365 (114th), S. 2266 (114th), S. 2415 (114th), H.R. 4598 (114th), S. 181 (114th), H.R. 2758 (114th), S. 2122 (114th), H.R. 1147 (114th), S. 153 (114th), H.R. 2131 (114th), S. 98 (114th), H.R. 158 (114th), H.R. 1153 (114th), H.R. 4609 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), S. 2091 (114th), H.R. 4403 (114th), H.R. 1401 (114th), H.R. 1148 (114th), H.R. 3918 (114th), H.R. 399 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 399/S. 208, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) implementation H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 3572, DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act H.R. 4651/S. 2604, Digital Security Commission Act of 2016 S. 2410, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2015 Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act Stakeholder Engagement on Cybersecurity in the Digital Ecosystem (80 Fed. Reg. 14,360-14,363, March 19, 2015), including provisions relating to vulnerability disclosure Proposed Regulation on intrusion and surveillance items (80 Fed. Reg. 28,853-28,863, May 20, 2015) Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) final rule on additions to the Entity List (81 Fed. Reg. 12,004-12,006, March, 8, 2016) Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation; Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, issues relating to framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity and the accompanying voluntary program; encryption technology policy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Copyright Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 399 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), S. 2410 (114th), S. 2489 (114th), S. 1269 (114th), S. 2604 (114th), H.R. 4450 (114th), H.R. 4651 (114th), S. 208 (114th), H.R. 3572 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), S. 1109 (114th)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

H.R. 249, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes H.R. 360, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 407/S. 732, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes H.R. 511/S. 248, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 H.R. 538, Native American Energy Act H.R. 3477/S. 1597, Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act S. 209, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015 S. 710, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 1879, Interior Improvement Act Various issues relating to the promotion of energy development on Native American lands; contract support costs; Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009); Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 132 U.S. 995 (2012); Salazar v. Patchak, 567 U.S. ___ (2012); Cobell v. Salazar

Contacted: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: S. 248 (114th), H.R. 249 (114th), S. 1879 (114th), S. 732 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th), S. 710 (114th), S. 995 (114th), S. 379 (114th), H.R. 407 (114th), S. 209 (114th), H.R. 360 (114th), H.R. 538 (114th), S. 1597 (114th), H.R. 3477 (114th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 1667/S.292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2134, Listing Reform Act H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, including provisions relating to state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Various issues relating to environment and energy policy; compensatory mitigation; proposed revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service mitigation policy; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Energy, Dept of; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1425 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), H.R. 2098 (114th), S. 697 (114th), S. 112 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), H.R. 1667 (114th), H.R. 2358 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), S. 293 (114th), H.R. 2134 (114th), S. 292 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th)