NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Clean water (ballast) permitting issue: HR 2550, S 2067 Recreational Boating Act of 2007, S 2766 and HR 5949 - The Clean Boating Act of 2008

Contacted: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Bills named: H.R. 5949 (110th), H.R. 2550 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax nexus issue: S1726 and HR 5276 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act (BATSA)

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 5276 (110th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

OSHA Fire Protection Standards

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

IP enforcement issue - HR 2419 - Farm Bill (Dept of Agriculture). Timber issue - HR 3890 and S 2257 - Burmese Democracy Promotion Act of 2007; "10+2" proposed trade regulations or implementation of Lacey Act.

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 3890 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S 1640 - The Vessel Hull Design and Protection Act - vessel intellectual property protection

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Coast Guard reauthorization and mandatory boater education issues: S 1892 and HR 2830 - Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Issue: definition of PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay Amendment). Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterways Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects and HR 5451 Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008. More water access issues: HR 5469 To Provide Grants for the Revitalization of Waterfront Brownfields. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Modification and Protection Act. Fish issues: HR 21 - Ocean Conservation Education. and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act and HR 5425 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 21 (110th), H.R. 5425 (110th), H.R. 5451 (110th), H.R. 5469 (110th), H.R. 2830 (110th), H.R. 1187 (110th), H.R. 3223 (110th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Aquatic Invasive Species issue: S 336 - Barrier Project Consolidation and Construction Act of 2007; HR 443 - Asian Carp Barrier Act; HR 260 Aquatic Invasive Species Control Act; and HR 801- Great Lakes Invasive Species Control Act. Water access/water quality testing issue: HR 2537 - Beach Protection Act.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 801 (110th), H.R. 260 (110th), H.R. 2537 (110th), H.R. 443 (110th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

HAMDT 405 to HR 2643 - and all Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) legislation introduced or in development - issue is oil & gas (fuel) availability and affordability.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: H.R. 2643 (110th)