SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION for SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases (HR 910 , S 482, S. 231, S. 228, HR 199), legislative and regulatory matters related to the regulation of semiconductor fabs under the Tailoring Rule and the Mandatory Reporting Rule.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 228 (112th), H.R. 199 (112th), S. 231 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th)

Defense DEF

Appropriations for Basic Research at DoD (H.R. 1473 and H.R. 1540) Nanoelectronics Basic Research Funding National Nanotechnology Initiative

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1473 (112th), H.R. 1540 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Export Controls Reform Initiatives Anticounterfeiting Efforts Passage of Free Trade Agreement (FTAs) with Colombia, Korea and Panama Expanding of the International Technology Agreement (ITA)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Science Foundation (NSF)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit Extention and Enhancement (H.R. 942) Tax Reform- Corporate Tax Rate Reduction International Tax Competitiveness and Territorial System of Taxation

Contacted: Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: H.R. 942 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Customs policy related to the importation of counterfeit semiconductors.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); White House Office; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal Expenditures on Research and Development (H.R. 1473, H.R. 1540), National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), Basic Research, and Education, (Commerce,Justice, Science Approporations Bill)

Contacted: White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1540 (112th), H.R. 1473 (112th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases (HR 910 , S 482, S. 231, S. 228, HR 199), legislative and regulatory matters related to the regulation of semiconductor fabs under the Tailoring Rule and the Mandatory Reporting Rule, chemicals regulation and reform of the Toxics Substances Control Act (S. 847)

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Natl Science Foundation (NSF)

Bills named: S. 228 (112th), H.R. 199 (112th), S. 847 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th), S. 231 (112th)

Immigration IMM

Visa Policy & Procedures Visas for Highly Skilled Immigrants & Foreign Graduates of U.S. Universities (S. 1258)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 1258 (112th)

Education EDU

Math and Science Education Programs

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)