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Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Issues relating to the federal response to COVID-19 including health and safety guidelines, testing, contact tracing, virus monitoring, protection for health-vulnerable groups, vaccinations, and impact mitigation.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues relating to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA); issues relating to addressing the debt ceiling.

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues relating to the permitting of traditional and clean energy infrastructure projects; issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to energy security, including increasing traditional domestic production, and advancing clean energy technologies; issues relating to climate change.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to climate change and risk mitigation; issues relating to methane regulation.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Climate Disclosures; issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Proposed Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements; issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Amendments to Rule 14a-8; issues relating to shareholder proposal and proxy advisor reforms.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to public health resources and funding; issues relating to COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and other measures to protect health vulnerable groups; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to ERISA, health benefits, health equity, social determinants of health, telehealth, and mental health; issues relating to Build Back Better plan; issues relating to FDA reauthorization.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to comprehensive immigration reform including border security, H-1B and H-2B modernization, Permanent Labor Certification Application and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to antitrust and competition policies including merger review guidelines; issues relating to BRT workforce priorities and partnerships with cybersecurity apprenticeships initiatives; issues relating to labor and employment and workforce development policy, including legislation to expand Pell Grants to cover short-term education and training programs (S. 161, JOBS Act of 2023), Registered Apprenticeships, workforce development provisions in Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act implementation, and reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); issues relating to Raising the Bar.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 161 (118th)

Retirement RET

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring and outreach relating to retirement benefits; issues relating to Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) 2.0 Act of 2022.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to reintroduction of the American Innovation and Jobs Act (S.866); issues relating to R&D Section 174 expensing; issues relating to addressing the debt ceiling; issues relating to deduction of interest deductibility under Section 163(j); issues relating to all provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376); issues relating to the Italian VAT; issues relating to the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty; issues relating to the OECDs taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; issues relating to the 2021 final Treasury Foreign Tax Credit Regulations; issues relating to OECD Pillar Two Model Rules and OECDs Pillar One and Pillar Two proposals.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 866 (118th), H.R. 5376 (118th)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to increased infrastructure investment and streamlining federal permitting processes; issues relating to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to the Bureau of Industry and Securitys October 7, 2022 interim final rule on New Semiconductor Export Controls; issues relating China policy, including: export controls; inbound and outbound investment screening; sanctions; bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral trade dialogues; economic development; and domestic measures to promote innovation and secure supply chains; issues relating to the U.S. Trade Representatives four-year statutory review of tariffs imposed on Chinese products pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; issues relating to the Federal Trade Commission's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment on data privacy and security practices; issues relating to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Request for Comment on data privacy, equity, and civil rights.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; issues relating to the Federal Trade Commission's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment on data privacy and security practices; issues relating to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Request for Comment on data privacy, equity and civil rights; issues relating to the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (H.R. 4346, all provisions).

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4346 (118th)