DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. for DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Proposed domestic and international corporate tax changes: S.866, American Innovation and Jobs Act.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 866 (118th)

Defense DEF

Issues related to service contract language, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, smart military installations, supply chain, and cloudcomputing; funding for Department of Defense IT programs: implementation of S.4543, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. Department of Defense procurement reform, information storage, analysis, and modernizing government technology; appropriations request related to multi-cloud capability (no specific legislation).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 4543 (118th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues relating to improving patent quality and reducing unnecessary and abusive patent litigation (no specific legislation). Issues relating to improving USPTO policies and operations to improve patent quality (no specific legislation). Issues relating to modernizing the ITC process and protecting American industries from unfair foreign competition (no specific legislation). Issues relating to addressing standard essential patents (no specific legislation). Issues relating to protecting intellectual property rights in international forums (no specific legislation). Issues relating to protecting against counterfeit goods in e-commerce (no specific legislation).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

Issues related to digital divide, education technology and oversight of procurement issues (no specific legislation). Increased focus and reforms regarding STEM education issues (no specific legislation). Funding for public-private partnerships to support after-school STEM programs (no specific legislation). Issues related to funding for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority serving institutions (MSIs) (no specific legislation).

Government Issues GOV

Issues relating to efficient government operations and IT modernization, including interoperability, cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework (no specific legislation). Issues related to efficient government contracting, use of procurement best practices, vendor terms and conditions, and workforce management (no specific legislation). Issues relating to financing and implementation of Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act - Pub. L. 113-291 and Modernizing Government Technology Act - Pub. L. No. 115-91. Efforts to modernize legislative branch (no specific legislation). Implementation of domestic preferences (no specific legislation).

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

Issues related to supply chain security, information technology programs, cybersecurity procurement, data breach notification and cybersecurity resiliency; issues related to funding for cybersecurity for critical infrastructure and enterprise cybersecurity (no specific legislation).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to comprehensive immigration reform and related issues, including a pathway to legal status, H1B visas, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (no specific legislation). Issues related to transit through ports of entry (no specific legislation).

Veterans VET

Issues related to veteran-owned businesses, veterans employment, and pro-veteran employee support efforts, including Joining Forces initiative (no specific legislation). Issues related to the use of advanced technologies to improve veterans healthcare and infrastructure operations (no specific legislation).

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Supply chain workforce diversity issues (no specific legislation). Enhanced diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including LGBTQ workplace equality (no specific legislation).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Telecommunications TEC

Implementation of CHIPS Act and related issues regarding semiconductors, including supply chain (no specific legislation). Issues related to financing and increasing rural broadband penetration and adoption and digital divide, including broadband expansion as part of an infrastructure package, and research and development tax credit (no specific legislation). Issues related to emerging technology including artificial intelligence (AI), smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT), telecommunications, spectrum, radio access standards, and high-performance, quantum, and edge computing: implementation of USA Telecommunications Act; implementation of Secure and Trusted Communications Network Act, Pub. L. No. 116-124; implementation of Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-129;implementation of Pub. L. No. 116-283, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (CHIPS Act). Issues related to process surrounding Entity List, Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (no specific legislation). Issues related to consumer privacy protection and data breaches, including the EU-U.S. privacy shield: H.R. 1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1165 (118th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to climate and the regulation and reporting of carbon emissions, including IT energy efficiency, reporting and use of renewable energy(no specific legislation). Issues related to IT product materials, components, and waste, including recycling, reuse, classification and transport (no specific legislation).

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues regarding international trade and supply chain issues (no specific legislation).

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES