RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSOCIATION for RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSOCIATION

Environment/Superfund ENV

Retail sustainability issues

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Maritime Commission; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act; Federal Reserve implementation of the Dodd-Frank interchange provisions (Reg. II); issues relating to credit and debit card interchange fees; Breach issues related to credit and debit cards; issues related to credit, debit and pre-paid cards; corporate governance issues.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Maritime Commission; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Transportation TRA

Issues related to the surface transportation reauthorization (including the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act and the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015); hours of service; PHMSAs regulations on lithium batteries; truck weight/size issues; port efficiency issues (including the Port Transparency Act and demurrage, detention fees); port contract negotiations issues; EPA Smartway; DOT's TIGER grants; Commercial Driver Act; Positive Train Control extension.

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Comprehensive tax reform (corporate, individual, international); 15-year cost recovery for improvements to qualified leaseholds and retail-owned property; Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 698); Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2775); and other issues relating to taxation of remote commerce and nexus issues; IRS rules and guidelines regarding deduction and capitalization of expenditures relating to tangible property; proposals to modify accounting methods including last-in-first-out (LIFO); H.R. 765/S. 394 - leasehold depreciation; extension of various tax credits.

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Maritime Commission

Bills named: S. 698 (114th), H.R. 765 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), S. 394 (114th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Consumer Product safety issues, voluntary recall, certificates of compliance; Thai Seafood Supply Chain.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Natl Security Council (NSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Federal Maritime Commission

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 504/S. 1038 - energy efficient appliances

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Maritime Commission; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1038 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th)

Intelligence INT

Cyber information sharing legislation (S. 754, H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731)

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Maritime Commission; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership; AD/CVD duty collections & enforcement; customs compliance issues; textile and apparel trade issues; WTO information Technology Agreement; CAFTA apparel provisions; Worker Safety in Bangladesh; Nicaragua TPL; Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Environmental Goods Agreement, WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement; (H.R. 1088/S. 568) - Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015; (S. 697) - Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act; (S. 725) - Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act; (H.R. 1907/S. 1269/H.R. 644) - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; (H.R. 2146) - Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act; (S. 1267/H.R. 1295) - Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015; (H.R. 1314) - Trade Act of 2015; (S. 995/H.R. 1890) - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; (H.R. 1916) - Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015; (S. 1003) - Trade Adjustment Assistance Enhancement Act of 2015; (H.R. 1892/S. 1268) - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; (H.R. 2576) - TSCA Modernization Act of 2015

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 1003 (114th), H.R. 2146 (114th), H.R. 1892 (114th), H.R. 1295 (114th), S. 995 (114th), H.R. 1890 (114th), S. 1268 (114th), S. 725 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 1916 (114th), S. 1269 (114th), S. 1267 (114th), H.R. 1088 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), S. 568 (114th), S. 697 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to data security and consumer privacy; Mobile payment legislation; Cyber information sharing legislation (S. 754, H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731); data breach notification legislation (H.R. 1704, H.R. 580, S. 177); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); issues related to Telephone Consumer Protection Act; extension of the Internet Freedom Act; The Data Security Act of 2015 (S. 961); Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 (S. 1164); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Warner discussion draft.

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Bills named: S. 177 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 580 (114th), S. 1164 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 754 (114th), S. 961 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues related to patent reform and patent trolls; H.R. 9, the Innovation Act; S. 1137, the PATENT Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), S. 1137 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); ACA reporting requirements (6055/6056); ACA automatic enrollment; ACA transitional reinsurance; employer-sponsored wellness programs; ACA 40 percent excise tax; ERISA; consumer directed health products; H.R. 30/S. 30 - full-time definition; H.R. 928/S. 183 - health insurance tax; H.R. 1189/S. 602 - wellness; H.R. 1270/S. 709 - FSA OTC; H.R. 879/H.R. 2050/S. 2045 - 40 percent excise tax repeal; H.R. 1886 - transitional reinsurance; H.R. 2911/S. 1697 - HRA; H.R. 2712/S. 1996 - reporting requirements; H.R. 3112 - auto-enrollment; H.R. 1624/S. 1099 - small group.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Maritime Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Bills named: H.R. 2911 (114th), H.R. 3112 (114th), S. 2045 (114th), S. 602 (114th), S. 1697 (114th), S. 30 (114th), H.R. 30 (114th), H.R. 1270 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), S. 1996 (114th), H.R. 1886 (114th), S. 1099 (114th), S. 709 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), S. 183 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th), H.R. 1624 (114th), H.R. 2712 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act; Final Rule on Representation Case Procedures (including S.J. Res.8/H.J.Res.29 and appropriations legislation); Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act; Employee Privacy Protection Act; legislation relating to the National Labor Relations Board (including S. 288); legislation addressing Specialty Healthcare decision (including Representation Fairness Restoration Act, S. 801 and appropriations legislation); Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 465); OSHA record keeping of injuries and illness; wage and hour issues; Department of Labors overtime regulations; paid sick leave issues; port contract negotiations (under the NLRA); legislation on EEOC transparency (including H.R. 548,549, and 550); legislation relating to joint employer issues, including the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act; Department of Labor's persuader rulemaking; OSHA walk around procedures; OSHA's Reporting and RecordKeeping Rule; Employer-sponsored wellness programs; legislation relating to compensation equity

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 548 (114th), H.J.Res. 29 (114th), H.R. 465 (114th), S. 801 (114th), S. 288 (114th), S.J.Res. 8 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

International Trade Data System (ITDS); Centers of Excellence and Expertise Program (CEEs); Cyber information sharing legislation (S. 754, H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 754 (114th)