NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Styrene

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Business Activity Tax Simplification (BATSA H.R. 1439); State Tax Nexus; 1099 Reporting Requirement Repeal (H.R. 4) ; boat (second home) interest deduction (H.R. 1702)

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1439 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), H.R. 1702 (112th)

Banking BAN

SBA 7(a) Dealer Floorplan Program

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Implementation of 2008 amendments to Vessel Hull Design Protection Act

Contacted: SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Copyright Office; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Implementation of Clean Boating Act; EPA CTG for Recreational Boat Paints and Coatings.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Amendments to HR 1 (FY 11 Continuing Resolution) relating to Mid-level ethanol blends; Mid-Level (E-15) Ethanol Policy; E-15 Testing; Boat Fuel Systems.

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Brazil / U.S. WTO Dispute on Cotton; Kind Amendment to H.R. 1; Lacey Act 2008 amendments implementation and reform

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Marine Engine Safety & Ethanol Study; Reauthorization of Sport-Fish Restoration and Boating Fund; Life Jacket Wear Requirements and Reg-Reform; Biscayne Bay NPS Boating Access; PWC Access NPS; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway funding; National Oceans Policy and recreational boating access; Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; U.S. Coast Guard funded boating safety advertising.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE