THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. for THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Climate Disclosures; Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Proposed Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements; issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Amendments to Rule 14a-8; issues relating to shareholder proposal and proxy advisor reforms.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to public health resources and funding; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to ERISA, health benefits, health equity, social determinants of health, telehealth, and mental health; issues relating to FDA reauthorization.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to comprehensive immigration reform including border security, H-1B and H-2B modernization, Dignity Act of 2023, Permanent Labor Certification Application and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues relating to Second Chance employment.

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

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues relating to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA); issues relating to addressing the debt ceiling; issues relating to the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746).

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 3746 (118th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues relating to the permitting of traditional and clean energy infrastructure projects; issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to energy security, including increasing traditional domestic production and advancing clean energy technologies; issues relating to climate change; issues relating to the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1), issues relating to the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (118th), H.R. 3746 (118th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to climate change and risk mitigation.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Telecommunications TEC

Issues relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; issues relating to alignment with the U.S. Economic Development Administrations (EDA) funding opportunities; issues relating to the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations Request for Comment on Artificial Intelligence Accountability Policy; issues relating to the Office of Science and Technology Policys Request for Information on National Priorities for Artificial Intelligence.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to increased infrastructure investment and streamlining federal permitting processes; issues relating to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to China policy, including customs duties, trade remedies, export controls; inbound and outbound investment screening; sanctions; bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral trade dialogues; global infrastructure development; and domestic measures to promote innovation and secure supply chains.

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to antitrust and competition policies including merger review guidelines; issues relating to BRT Workforce priorities and partnerships with cybersecurity apprenticeships initiatives; issues relating to labor and employment and workforce development policy, including legislation to expand Pell Grants to cover short-term education and training programs, Registered Apprenticeships (the National Apprenticeship Act), and reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); issues relating to paid leave.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Retirement RET

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring and outreach relating to retirement benefits.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; issues relating to alignment with the U.S. Economic Development Administrations (EDA) funding opportunities; issues relating to the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations Request for Comment on Artificial Intelligence Accountability Policy; issues relating to the Office of Science and Technology Policys Request for Information on National Priorities for Artificial Intelligence.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the American Innovation and Jobs Act (S. 866) and the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act (H.R. 2673); issues relating to R&D Section 174 expensing; issues relating to deduction of interest deductibility under Section 163(j); issues relating to the American Investment in Manufacturing Act (H.R. 2788); issues relating to the ALIGN Act (H.R. 2406, S. 1117); issues relating to Section 179 bonus depreciation; issues relating to addressing the debt ceiling; issues relating to the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746); issues relating to implementation of the tax provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376); issues relating to the Italian VAT; issues relating to the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty; issues relating to OECDs taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; issues relating to the 2021 final Treasury Foreign Tax Credit Regulations; issues relating to OECD Pillar Two Model Rules and OECDs Pillar One and Pillar Two proposals; issues relating to the Defending American Jobs and Investment Act (H.R. 3665); issues relating to the Build It in America Act (H.R. 3938).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (118th), S. 1117 (118th), H.R. 2673 (118th), H.R. 2406 (118th), S. 866 (118th), H.R. 3938 (118th), H.R. 2788 (118th), H.R. 3746 (118th), H.R. 3665 (118th)