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Education EDU

Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Federal Pell Grant Program)

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 2641, the Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013; H.R. 367, Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny Act; H.R. 2542, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013; S. 1392, Amendment 1883: EPA regulatory programs in Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; Comprehensive regulatory reform

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 367 (113th), S. 1392 (113th), H.R. 2542 (113th), H.R. 2641 (113th)

Immigration IMM

S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; DOL-ETA/WHD (REG) Title: Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States (RIN 1205-AB58); DOL-ETA/WHD (REG) Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program (RIN 1205-AB61); H-2B nonimmigrant seasonal worker program; E-Verify, Form I-9; Temporary guest worker program

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 744 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S. 1284, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; House bill on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; S. 1243, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; H.R. 2216, Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: S. 1284 (113th), H.R. 2216 (113th), S. 1243 (113th)

Transportation TRA

Davis-Bacon provisions in S. 1243, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; H.R. 2084, the Partnership to Build America Act

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: S. 1243 (113th), H.R. 2084 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Estate tax repeal; Comprehensive tax reform; Tax extenders, Independent contractor status; Section 179D tax deduction; Depreciation rates

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2995, Unnecessary Cap Act of 2013; H.R. 763 / S. 603, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act; H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act; H.R. 903, the American Job Protection Act; The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148);Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions under IRC 4980H (PPACA); Information Reporting Requirements under IRC 6055 and 6056 (PPACA); Notice 2013-45: Transition Relief for 2014 under 6055 (6055 Information Reporting), 6056 (6056 Information Reporting) and 4980H (Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions); Repealing over the counter restrictions in PPACA

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 903 (113th), H.R. 2667 (113th), S. 603 (113th), H.R. 763 (113th), H.R. 2995 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 2641, the Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013; H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act; H.R. 1582, Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013; S. 1392, Amendment 1883: EPA regulatory programs in Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 2641 (113th), H.R. 2218 (113th), S. 1392 (113th), H.R. 1582 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S. 109 / H.R. 436, the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act; S. 1284, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; House bill on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014;H.R. 2216, Amendment 96: Davis-Bacon provisions in Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; Project labor agreements in Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; Davis-Bacon provisions in S. 1243, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; S. 1356, Workforce Investment Act of 2013; Revenue Act of 1978, Section 503 (Public Law 95-600); DOL-WHD (AAM) Applicability of Davis-Bacon labor standards to survey crews; DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Injury and Illness Prevention Program (RIN 1218-AC48); DOL-WHD (REG) Title: Right to Know Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (RIN: 1235-AA04); DOL-OFCCP (REG) Title: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors Regarding Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, Disabled Veterans, Recently Separated Veterans, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veterans, and Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans (RIN 1250-AA00); DOL-OSHA Interpretation letter on OSHA inspections dated February 21, 2013 by Richard Fairfax; DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (RIN 1218-AB70); DOL-OLMS (REG) Title: Persuader Agreements: Consultant Form LM-21 Receipts and Disbursements Report (RIN: 1245-AA05); DOL-OFCCP (REG) Title: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors Regarding Individuals with Disabilities (RIN 1250-AA02); NLRB (REG) Title: Representation-Case Procedures (RIN 3142-AA08); NLRB (REG) Title: Notification of Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act (RIN 3142-AA07); DOL-OLMS (REG) Title: Persuader Agreements: Employer and Labor Relations Consultant Reporting Under the LMRDA (RIN 1245-AA03); Executive Order 13502; Executive Order 13502, Section 7; Government-mandated Project Labor Agreements; President Obama's "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board; Nominations of Mark Pearce, Nancy Schiffer and Kent Hirozawa to serve on the National Labor Relations Board; Davis-Bacon Act; General issues regarding union organizing

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1243 (113th), S. 1284 (113th), H.R. 436 (113th), S. 109 (113th), S. 1356 (113th), H.R. 2216 (113th)