THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for UNITED STEELWORKERS

Environment/Superfund ENV

Manufacturing concerns with climate change legislation; Issues surrounding financing mechanisms for carbon emission remediation programs; Issues surrounding Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration; Altering point of obligation in the Renewable Fuel System of Renewable Identification Numbers

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Treatment of manufacturing sector in tax reform

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade law enforcement; Export promotion; Treatment of glassware sector in multilateral trade negotiations; Currency manipulation by the People's Republic of China; Impact of international trade on domestic alternative and renewable energy production; Treatment of State Owned Enterprises in trade agreements and domestic law; Workers' Rights in international trade; Trade issues relating to surge in importation of steel products into the United States; Treatment of manufacturing regarding rules of origin in trade negotiations; Impact of intellectual property protections, including trade secrets, on the manufacturing sector; Treatment of foreign investment in the United States and application of a net economic benefit test; Addressing trade problems in aluminum sector; Treatment of Chinese overcapacity in steel, aluminum, paper and other industrial sectors; Treatment of China as a Non-Market Economy; Issues relating to Chinese export prohibitions and limits on WTO commitments; Legislative efforts to reform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); Section 232 investigations of the impact of steel and aluminum imports on national security, implementation of relief measures and potential legislative efforts to curtail Presidential authority; Support for Section 301 investigation and relief measures on Chinese intellectual property rights violations; Adoption of rules of origin provisions in North America Free Trade Agreement renegotiations to promote smelted, cast, extruded and fabricated in North America as the appropriate standard; Support for Section 232 investigation on the impact of imports of autos and auto parts on the national security of the United States; Assessment of impact of, and support for, potential negotiations to reach a free trade agreement between the U.S. and a Sub-Saharan nation; Opposition to S. 2835, the Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act of 2018; Issues for manufacturing in renegotiation of North American Free Trade Agreement; Treatment of aluminum in potential US trade negotiations including US-EU FTA and US-Japan FTA

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 2835 (115th)

Manufacturing MAN

Policies to encourage increased energy efficiency in manufacturing, including the Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act (S. 1687); Efforts to promote U.S. Manufacturing Sector; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base and importance of manufacturing to national security; Buy America policies and implementation of such policies, and funding levels, for water infrastructure programs including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act in bills including the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (PL 115-141), Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (H.R. 8), Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 2800, S. 3021), and FY 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills (H.R. 6147, S. 3073); Domestic manufacturing issues in Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (P.L. 114-94); Promotion of expanding investments in domestic infrastructure and coverage of domestic procurement requirements; Implementation of Executive Order 13788 (Buy American and Hire American), Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of American Pipelines, and other potential presidential actions related to procurement; Implementation of melted and poured standard for steel under Buy America; Infrastructure legislation and legislative proposals, including the Drinking Water System Improvement Act (H.R. 3387) and the LIFT America Act (H.R. 2479); Issues and potential legislation relating to the use of innovative materials in infrastructure projects

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3387 (115th), H.R. 6147 (115th), H.R. 2479 (115th), S. 3073 (115th), S. 3021 (115th), S. 1687 (115th), S. 2800 (115th), H.R. 8 (115th)