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Advertising ADV

online and behavioral advertising

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Urging Administration to avoid increasing cap on amount of ethanol permitted to be blended into gasoline until testing to ensure environmental safety

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Energy, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 188 to lift the trade embargo on Cuba communication in support; H.R. 471 to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for a limitation on presidential discretion with respect to actions to address market disruption communication of opposition; H.R. 496 to amend U.S. trade laws to restore rights under trade-remedy laws and other purposes communication of retail industry views; H.R. 499 to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to non-market economy countries communication of retail industry views; H.R. 947 to direct the secretary of transportation to establish and collect a fee based on the fair market value of articles imported into the United States and use the amounts collected to make grants to carry out certain transportation projects communication of retail industry views; H.R. 1105 making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, communication in opposition to provision calling for monitoring of apparel imports from China and Vietnam; H.R. 1318/S. 496 to provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated reconstruction opportunity zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan communication of retail industry views; S. 730 to amend the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify the tariffs on certain footwear communication in support; H.R. 1530 to lift the trade embargo on Cuba communication in support; Requiring adjustments to antidumping margins to offset currency misalignment communication of opposition; Re-imposition of zeroing to calculate antidumping margins communication of opposition; Re-imposition of monitoring programs against apparel imports from China and Vietnam communication of opposition; Re-imposition of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act communication of opposition; China trade and economic policy communication of retail industry views; China currency communication of retail industry views; China subsidies communication of retail industry views; Re-imposition of quotas on apparel imports from China communication of opposition; Free Trade Agreements communication of retail industry views; Generalized System of Preferences reauthorization communication in support; Andean Trade Preferences Program reauthorization communication in support; Trade preferences reform communication of retail industry views re Generalized System of Preferences, Andean Trade Preferences, African Growth and Opportunity Act, Caribbean Basin Initiative, and Haitian preferences (HOPE); Implementation of changes to the Lacey Act included in the 2008 Farm Bill communication of retail industry views; Trade Promotion Authority communication re retail industry views; Trade Adjustment Assistance communication re retail industry views; Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations communications re retail industry priorities; DR-CAFTA implementation communication of retail industry views; Reauthorization of U.S. Customs and Border Protection - support reauthoriztion of the agency with reemphasis on balancing the mission of trade facilitation and security; Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act, a bill to reduce and eliminate the tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the tariff on imported ethanol;H.R. 2272 - Supporting a bill to lift trade embargo on Cuba; H.R. 2939 - Opposing a to bill requiring review and renegotiation of existing trade agreements, and limitation on Presidential trade negotiating authority; H.R. 2927 - Opposing a bill to authorize imposing a tax on imports from any country that employs indirect taxes and rebates of such taxes upon export; S. 1027/H.R.2378- Opposing bills to amend trade laws so that exchange rate misalignment is actionable under U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty procedures; S. 1141 - Supporting a bill to extend certain trade preferences to certain least-developed countries; S.J.Res. 17/H.J.Res. 56 - Supporting a bill approving review of impact restrictions on products from Burma.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2378 (111th), H.R. 1530 (111th), H.R. 947 (111th), S. 1027 (111th), S. 496 (111th), H.R. 188 (111th), H.R. 2272 (111th), H.R. 471 (111th), S. 730 (111th), H.R. 2939 (111th), H.R. 1105 (111th), S. 1141 (111th), H.R. 2927 (111th), H.R. 499 (111th), S.J.Res. 17 (111th), H.R. 496 (111th), H.J.Res. 56 (111th), H.R. 1318 (111th)

Banking BAN

S. 414, Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, credit card fees & disclosures, gift cards, Durbin interchange amendment; H.R. 627, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009, all provisions; credit card fees; S.710, A bill to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relating to gift certificates, store gift cards, and other general-use prepaid cards, and for other purposes; Treasury Dept. proposals on regulatory reform

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: S. 710 (111th), S. 414 (111th), H.R. 627 (111th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 947, Our Nation's Trade, Infrastructure, Mobility, and Efficiency Act of 2009, To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish and collect a fee based on the fair market value of articles imported into the United States and articles exported from the United States in commerce and to use amounts collected from the fee to make grants to carry out certain transportation projects in the transportation trade corridors for which the fee is collected, and for other purposes, express opposition to legislation Reauthorization of the highway bill - oppose the inclusion of user fees to pay for freight transporation that are not fair and equitable, support creation of a freight sub-account in the highway trust fund; H.R. 1799, Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2009, support the bill; Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, urging Congress to freeze renewable fuel standard mandates in the resulting law; Opposing efforts to increase the current cap on the amount of ethanol permitted to be blended into gasoline; requested extension of time to comment on EPA Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0211; FRL-8894-5 "Notice of Receipt of a Clean AIr Act Waiver Application to Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15%, Request for Comment"; H.R. 2355, To establish a National Goods Movement Improvement Fund to provide funding for infrastructure projects that will improve the movement of goods, mitigate environmental damage caused by the movement of goods, and enhance the security of transported goods, express opposition to legislation.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Bills named: H.R. 1799 (111th), H.R. 2355 (111th), H.R. 947 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Urging Congress to increase investment in second generation biofuels & restructure existing subsidies; urging Congress to oppose e-Verify mandates in stimulus bill; Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act, a bill to reduce and eliminate the tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the tariff on imported ethanol; National Sales Tax Holiday; LIFO repeal; LCM repeal; H.R. 1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009, all provisions; retail depreciation, net operating loss carryback - H.R.2452 & S. 823, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, and for other purposes; Streamlined Sales Tax; H.R.690/S. 144, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F, all provisions; corporate tax reform; Value Added Tax (VAT); Urging U.S. Senate to oppose any form of tax on carbonated or sweetened beverages (no bill); Urging Treasury Department to allow companies to make new interest rate elections for pension plan years beginning in 2010, and to make pension funding regulations effective only after 12/31/09; Health care reform

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Energy, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 690 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), S. 144 (111th), H.R. 2452 (111th), S. 823 (111th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R.2196, Design Piracy Prohibition Act, To amend title 17, United States Code, to extend protection to fashion design, and for other purposes.

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2196 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Health care reform; S. 979, Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2009, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act, A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: S. 391 (111th), S. 979 (111th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Red Flags Rule; gift cards; H.R. 579 to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics in the global market communication of retail industry views; H.R. 875 to establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness communication of retail industry views; H.R. 1298 to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs communication of retail industry views; S. 510 to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply communication of retail industry views; Implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act - concerns with the implementation of specific sections of the CPSIA including retroactivity, general conformity certificates, tracking labels and component testing; H.R. 1398/S. 558, Labeling Education and Nutrition Act, provisions requiring chain restaurants to provide nutritional information on menus and menu boards, provisions on premption, liability protection, and nutrition disclosure; RFID technology - privacy issues; H.R.2749, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes, provisions relating to increased penalties, reporting requirements and traceability requirements;

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 558 (111th), H.R. 579 (111th), H.R. 1298 (111th), H.R. 1398 (111th), H.R. 2749 (111th), H.R. 875 (111th), S. 510 (111th)

Immigration IMM

Immigration reform (no bill) - urging Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform to include a temporary worker program and an earned legalization program

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Energy, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office

Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles APP

H.R. 471 to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for a limitation on presidential discretion with respect to actions to address market disruption communication of opposition; H.R. 496 to amend U.S. trade laws to restore rights under trade-remedy laws and other purposes communication of retail industry views; H.R. 499 to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to non-market economy countries communication of retail industry views; H.R. 1105 making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, communication in opposition to provision calling for monitoring of apparel imports from China and Vietnam; H.R. 1318/S. 496 to provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated reconstruction opportunity zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan communication of retail industry views; Requiring adjustments to antidumping margins to offset currency misalignment communication of opposition; Re-imposition of zeroing to calculate antidumping margins communication of opposition; Re-imposition of monitoring programs against apparel imports from China and Vietnam communication of opposition; Re-imposition of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act communication of opposition; China trade and economic policy communication of retail industry views; China currency communication of retail industry views; China subsidies communication of retail industry views; Re-imposition of quotas on apparel imports from China communication of opposition; Free Trade Agreements communication of retail industry views; Andean Trade Preferences Program reauthorization communication in support; Trade preferences reform communication of retail industry views re Generalized System of Preferences, Andean Trade Preferences, African Growth and Opportunity Act, Caribbean Basin Initiative, and Haitian preferences (HOPE); Implementation of changes to the Lacey Act included in the 2008 Farm Bill communication of retail industry views; Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations communications re retail industry priorities; DR-CAFTA implementation communication of retail industry views;H.R. 3039 - Supporting a bill to provide preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 499 (111th), H.R. 3039 (111th), H.R. 496 (111th), S. 496 (111th), H.R. 1318 (111th), H.R. 1105 (111th), H.R. 471 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

interchange fees; H.R. 1409/S. 560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009, all provisions relating to elimination of secret ballot elections and binding arbitration; H.R. 1020, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009, all provisions; H.R. 12, Paycheck Fairness Act, all provisions; health care reform; ERISA; pension valuation; H.R. 2460/S. 1152 Healthy Families Act, To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families, all provisions; H.R.1274, Working Families Flexibility Act, To permit employees to request, and to ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.2067, Protecting America's Workers Act, To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes, all provisions.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2067 (111th), S. 1152 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th), H.R. 2460 (111th), H.R. 1274 (111th), H.R. 12 (111th), S. 560 (111th), H.R. 1020 (111th)

Homeland Security HOM

PCI data security standards; Implementation of the Importer Security Filing as required by the SAFE Port Act by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Opposition to 100% scanning requirements on maritime cargo under the 9/11 implementation Act; Immigration reform - urge DHS to work with business on worksite enforcement of immigration law

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 1173, Organized Retail Crime Act of 2009, support the bill; S. 470, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2009, support the bill; H.R. 1166, E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2009, support the bill, provisions on sale of stolen merchandise online.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1173 (111th), S. 470 (111th), H.R. 1166 (111th)