CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 1300/S. 515, United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 108-10) modernization

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Copyright Office; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: H.R. 1300 (115th), H.R. 2359 (115th), S. 515 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 986, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 H.R. 1180, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 H.R. 2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act H.R. 2776, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.J. Res. 37/S.J. Res. 12, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation H.J. Res. 66/S.J. Res. 32, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees H.J. Res. 67/S.J. Res. 33, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political subdivisions for non-governmental employees H.J. Res. 83/S.J. Res. 27, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness" Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Member, National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor Nomination of Solicitor of Labor Nomination of Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor Nomination of Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Nomination of Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor Nomination of Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions, (80 Fed. Reg. 34,869-34,871, June 18, 2015) Final rule establishing a minimum wage for contractors (79 Fed. Reg. 60,634-60,733, October 7, 2014) Final rule occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica (81 Fed. Reg. 16,286-16,890, March 25, 2016) as corrected (81 Fed. Reg. 60,272-60,274, September 1, 2016) Final rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses (81 Fed. Reg. 29,624-29,694, May 12, 2016) Final rule regarding definition of the term Fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Final rule defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32,391-32,552, May 23, 2016) Final rule establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors (81 Fed. Reg. 67,598-67,724, September 30, 2016) Final rule on clarification of employer's continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness (81 Fed. Reg. 91,792-91,810, December 19, 2016) Final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium (82 Fed. Reg. 2,470-2,757, January 9, 2017) Notice of agency information collection activities; notice of submission for OMB review, final comment request: revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) (81 Fed. Reg. 45,479-45,497, July 14, 2016) Various issues relating to ambush elections regulations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); determining whether a collective bargaining unit is appropriate, including legislation involving the NLRBs Specialty Healthcare (357 No. 83) decision; Department of Labors regulatory agenda, apprenticeship program, and persuader rule; gender-based workplace discrimination; Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors; NLRB joint employer standard; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revised EEO-1 reporting form; paid leave; legislation and oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); NLRB decisions and regulatory agenda; open multiple employer plans (MEPs); proposal to combine Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP); federal paid parental leave benefit

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Copyright Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1180 (115th), H.R. 2775 (115th), H.R. 2776 (115th), S.J.Res. 12 (115th), H.J.Res. 83 (115th), H.R. 986 (115th), S.J.Res. 33 (115th), H.R. 2810 (115th), H.J.Res. 67 (115th), S.J.Res. 32 (115th), H.J.Res. 37 (115th), S.J.Res. 27 (115th), H.J.Res. 66 (115th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 5/S. 951, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 33, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2017 H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 74/S. 919, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2017 H.R. 76, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 H.R. 659, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017 H.R. 717, Listing Reform Act H.R. 806/S. 263, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 H.R. 978, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1004, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1096/S. 565, Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 1300/S. 515, United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 1430, Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 S. 119, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 S. 375, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 452, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2017 S. 453, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 454, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 S. 579, Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017 S. 584, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act H.J. Res. 36/S.J. Res. 11, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation" H.J. Res. 37/S.J. Res. 12, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation H.J. Res. 38/H.J. Res. 11/H.J. Res. 16/S.J. Res. 10, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule H.J. Res. 44, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 H.J. Res. 59/S.J. Res. 28, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act" S.J. Res. 21, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS Fiscal Year 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act Potential legislation extending Endangered Species Act deadlines Potential legislation titled Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 Potential legislation titled Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 Potential legislation similar to S. 1607, Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to S. 1817, Smarter Regs Act of 2015 Nomination of Robert Powelson to be Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Nomination of Neil Chatterjee to be Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Nomination of Alexander Acosta to be Secretary of the Department of Labor Nomination of Kevin McAleenan to be Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nomination of Vishal J. Amin to be U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Final regulations on accidental release prevention requirements: risk management programs Under the Clean Air Act (82 Fed. Reg. 4,594-4,705, January 13, 2017) Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64,660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,586-25,590, June 2, 2017) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining, government transparency in rulemakings, and performing administrative proceedings; implementation of Paperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 96-511); environment and energy policy; Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Federal Reserve regulatory reform; Financial Stability Oversight Council reform; Securities and Exchange Commission reform; Commodity Futures Trading Commission reform; banking regulatory reform; permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel on the topic; oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; potential amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; final guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); citizen suits recodifications; implementation of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (P.L. 114-182)

Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 76 (115th), H.R. 2810 (115th), H.J.Res. 37 (115th), S. 579 (115th), H.R. 1430 (115th), H.R. 26 (115th), S. 263 (115th), H.R. 78 (115th), H.J.Res. 59 (115th), H.R. 33 (115th), H.R. 50 (115th), S. 21 (115th), H.R. 717 (115th), S.J.Res. 21 (115th), H.R. 1096 (115th), S.J.Res. 12 (115th), H.R. 469 (115th), S. 951 (115th), H.R. 1654 (115th), S.J.Res. 11 (115th), H.R. 74 (115th), S. 454 (115th), S. 452 (115th), S. 1607 (115th), S. 1817 (115th), H.R. 1431 (115th), S. 565 (115th), H.J.Res. 16 (115th), H.R. 1300 (115th), H.J.Res. 38 (115th), S.J.Res. 10 (115th), S. 515 (115th), S. 453 (115th), S. 584 (115th), H.R. 806 (115th), H.R. 2553 (115th), S. 919 (115th), H.J.Res. 44 (115th), S.J.Res. 28 (115th), S. 375 (115th), H.J.Res. 36 (115th), H.J.Res. 11 (115th), H.R. 1004 (115th), H.R. 978 (115th), S. 119 (115th), H.R. 5 (115th), H.R. 659 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act Potential legislation similar to H.R 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act(114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R 6392, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on arbitration agreements (81 Fed. Reg. 32,830-32,934, May 24, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments and including the proposed regulations on amendments relating to disclosure of records and information (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB small business data collection; CFPB arbitration rulemaking; CFPB Commission; CFPB alternative data; CFPB rule assessments; CFPB card issue (deferred interest); Clarifying the Exemption of Business of Insurance from CFPB Regulation; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; FSOC reform; Office of Financial Research Transparency and Accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; proxy voting system; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; initial public offerings and private placements; Small Business Lending Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011; Consumer Credit Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0006; Use of Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0005; Remittance Rule Assessment, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0004; beneficial ownership

Contacted: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1090 (115th), S. 327 (115th), H.R. 78 (115th), H.R. 1343 (115th), H.R. 2553 (115th), H.R. 1257 (115th), H.R. 1219 (115th), H.R. 21 (115th), H.R. 4294 (115th), H.R. 2226 (115th), S. 462 (115th), S. 34 (115th), S. 444 (115th), S. 2489 (115th), H.R. 238 (115th), H.R. 79 (115th), H.R. 910 (115th), H.R. 1312 (115th), S. 488 (115th), H.R. 1611 (115th), H.R. 6392 (115th), H.R. 10 (115th), H.R. 4450 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 35, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 143, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017 H.R. 173/S. 40/S. 58, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 184, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 246, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 247/S. 28, Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 394/S. 85, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017 H.R. 1101, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 1175/S. 403, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1280, Health Savings Account Act H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2430/S. 934, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 108, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 191, Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S. 222, Obamacare Replacement Act Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (discussion draft) Proposed regulations on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; market stabilization (82 Fed. Reg. 10,980-10,998, February 17, 2017) Proposed regulation on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 218-253, January 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 54, 301) Proposed regulation on Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 54,996-55,013, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 301) Proposed regulation on Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 54,986-54,996, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 301) IRS Notice on Section 4980I - Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Notice 2015-16, February 23, 2015) Various issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; House Republican Taskforce on Health Care report, A Better Way to Fix Health Care; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations

Contacted: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Energy, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 1313 (115th), S. 40 (115th), H.R. 394 (115th), H.R. 1280 (115th), H.R. 247 (115th), S. 58 (115th), H.R. 246 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th), H.R. 1175 (115th), S. 934 (115th), H.R. 35 (115th), H.R. 1101 (115th), S. 191 (115th), H.R. 2430 (115th), H.R. 184 (115th), S. 28 (115th), S. 403 (115th), S. 85 (115th), S. 108 (115th), S. 222 (115th), H.R. 1215 (115th), H.R. 143 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 351, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017 H.R. 442, Cuba Trade Act of 2017 H.R. 525, Cuba Agricultural Exports Act H.R. 2520, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2017 S. 472, Cuba Trade Act of 2017 S. 722, Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2017 Nomination of members of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Various issues relating to international trade agreements; Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB); the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); United Nations High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines; implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; International Telecommunications Union; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; World Trade Organizations Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) including implementation work with U.S. Customs and the U.S. Trade Representative; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues relating to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.-Argentina economic relations; U.S.-Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.-Brazil economic relations; U.S.-China economic relations; U.S.-Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Japan economic relations; U.S.-Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Korea economic relations; U.S.-Mexico economic relations; U.S.-Pakistan economic relations; U.S.-Russia economic relations; U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; U.S. sanctions on Russia; U.S.-EU privacy shield agreement; U.S.-EU energy relations; U.S.-U.K. trade and investment relations and Brexit; Ukraine related sanctions; potential reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Export-Import Bank; global food security strategy; trade embargo with Cuba; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan; International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; agricultural trade and regulatory issues; Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot and proposed regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window; trade policy

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 472 (115th), S. 722 (115th), H.R. 525 (115th), H.R. 2520 (115th), H.R. 351 (115th), H.R. 442 (115th)

Defense DEF

H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 Fiscal Year 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act Various issues relating to National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018; defense acquisition reform; promotion of U.S. - India defense technology and partnership encouraging U.S. and India to take actions that are necessary to enhance defense relations

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Energy, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Education, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Bills named: H.R. 2810 (115th)

Accounting ACC

H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 Various issues relating to implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); accounting convergence projects, disclosure of income taxes, revenue recognition, and leases in financial statements, auditing, and extensible business reporting language; internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley (P.L. 107-204) section 404(b) controls, and audits

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Security Council (NSC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Reserve System; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 10 (115th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R. 620, ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to amendments to regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (80 Fed. Reg. 21,659-21,670, April 20, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to amendments to regulations under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (80 Fed. Reg. 66,853-66,862, October 30, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to requirement to report summary data on employee compensation (79 Fed. Reg. 46,561-46,606, August 8, 2014) Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history; employer consideration of applicant employment status; EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan; fiscal year 2017 and 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations, including provisions relating to funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; fiscal year 2017 and 2018 Labor HHS Appropriations Legislation - Provisions Funding the DOL--in particular Administration proposals to merge the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs with EEOC; final EEOC EEO-1 form (Revisions to the Employer Information Report) as approved by OMBs Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on October 18, 2016 (ICR number 201610-3046-001)

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Education, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 620 (115th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act Various issues relating to Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; potential legislation amending the Commodity Exchange Act and title XII of the U.S. Code to provide relief to derivatives end users, including credit valuation adjustment capital charge relief, amendments to the definition of financial entity to exclude a subset of entities that use derivatives to hedge risk in the same manner as non-financial end-users, amending relief from mandatory clearing for centralized treasury units (CTUs) of non-financial companies, re-characterization of foreign exchange (FX) non-deliverable forward transactions, and inter-affiliate transactions relief; re-proposed rules on position limits (Aggregation of Positions, 81 Fed. Reg. 91454, Dec. 16, 2016, and Position Limits for Derivatives, 81 Fed. Reg. 96704, Dec. 30, 2016); substituted compliance and equivalence between the U.S. derivatives regulatory regime and the European Unions European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); De Minimis threshold for swap deal registration; regulatory relief for financial entity end-users

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Education, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); General Services Administration (GSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: H.R. 238 (115th), H.R. 10 (115th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 2997, 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act S. 1229, Move America Act of 2017 S. 1405, A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141), including funding levels; implementation of Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (P.L. 114-322); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean and drinking water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; water resources; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; Buy America provisions; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A)

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Energy, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office

Bills named: S. 1405 (115th), S. 1229 (115th), H.R. 2997 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 308/S. 47, Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act H.R. 631/S. 205, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 1393/S. 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1670, Infrastructure 2.0 Act Online Sales Simplification Act of 2015 (discussion draft) Proposed rules on deemed distributions under section 305(c) of stock and rights to acquire stock (81 Fed. Reg. 21,795-21,808, April 13, 2016) Proposed rules on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; restrictions on liquidation of an interest (81 Fed. Reg. 51,413-51,425, August 4, 2016) Final regulations on treatment of certain Interests in corporations as stock or indebtedness (81 Fed. Reg. 72,858-72,984, October 21, 2016) Various issues relating to tax extenders, including bonus depreciation, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, and flow-throughs; corporate tax inversions; repatriation of multinational business earnings; bilateral income tax treaties and protocols, including those with Chile, Hungary, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan and Poland and a protocol amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters; tax reform; pension reform; international competitiveness of corporate tax rates; patent box or innovation box proposals; corporate integration proposals; border adjustment tax; value added tax; Executive Order 13789, Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens; House Republican Taskforce on Health Care report, A Better Way to Fix Health Care

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Education, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Bills named: H.R. 308 (115th), H.R. 1670 (115th), H.R. 1393 (115th), S. 47 (115th), S. 540 (115th), H.R. 631 (115th), S. 205 (115th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 761/S. 270, Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1962/S. 852, Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 66/S.J. Res. 32, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees Proposed rule on extension of applicability date on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (82 Fed. Reg. 12,319-12,326, March 2, 2017) Final rule on claims procedure for plans providing disability benefits (81 Fed. Reg. 92,316-92,343, December 19, 2016) Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016)

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.J.Res. 66 (115th), S. 270 (115th), H.R. 761 (115th), S. 852 (115th), S.J.Res. 32 (115th), H.R. 1962 (115th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act H.R. 1300/S. 515, United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2520, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 86/S.J. Res. 34, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services" Draft internet privacy language Petition for reconsideration of broadband privacy rule (82 Fed. Reg. 10,999, February 17, 2017) Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,586-25,590, June 2, 2017) Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 108-10) modernization; broadband infrastructure and deployment; matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421)

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Copyright Office; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Education, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Reserve System; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Security Council (NSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); State, Dept of (DOS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1300 (115th), H.J.Res. 86 (115th), S.J.Res. 34 (115th), S. 515 (115th), H.R. 387 (115th), H.R. 2520 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 1695/S.1010, Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Various issues relating to intellectual property protections; implementation of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; appropriations related to the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); funding issues related to the USPTO; IP issues related to Australia, Canada, China, India, Brazil, Russia, Europe, and Mexico; IP issues related to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues related to trade secret theft; expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; the implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the Special 301 Report); the World Intellectual Property Organization; the World Trade Organization; the World Health Organization; the International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); IP issues related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues related to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and High Level Panel on Access to Medicines

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Education, Dept of; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1695 (115th), S. 1010 (115th)

Foreign Relations FOR

Various issues relating to the reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; beneficial ownership

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Insurance INS

H.R. 879, Flood Insurance Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1401, Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 1422/S. 563, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act H.R. 1423, National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1558, Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act H.R. 2246, Taxpayer Exposure Mitigation Act of 2017 H.R. 2565, To require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act, and for other purposes H.R. 2868, National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2874, 21st Century Flood Reform Act H.R. 2875, National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 S. 1058, National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2017 S. 1313, Flood Insurance Affordability and Sustainability Act of 2017 S. 1368, Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Copyright Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 563 (115th), H.R. 2565 (115th), H.R. 1401 (115th), S. 1368 (115th), S. 1313 (115th), H.R. 2246 (115th), H.R. 1423 (115th), H.R. 2875 (115th), H.R. 1558 (115th), S. 1058 (115th), H.R. 1422 (115th), H.R. 2868 (115th), H.R. 2874 (115th), H.R. 879 (115th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot and proposed regulation; appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection; appropriations for the TSA

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 2825 (115th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 5, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 723/S. 239, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2017 H.R. 1443/S. 385, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act H.R. 1873, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2910, Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act H.J. Res. 36, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation" Draft legislation titled Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64,660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); regulatory permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses and underlying federal regulations; energy security; potential amendment to House budget bill regarding energy savings performance contracts; final guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); environment and energy policy; energy savings performance contracts presidential initiative; energy efficiency

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); General Services Administration (GSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 385 (115th), H.R. 723 (115th), H.R. 2910 (115th), H.R. 1873 (115th), H.R. 26 (115th), H.R. 1443 (115th), H.R. 5 (115th), S. 239 (115th), H.J.Res. 36 (115th), S. 21 (115th)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 114, Social Media Screening for Terrorists Act of 2017 H.R. 170, Protect and Grow American Jobs Act H.R. 281, Family Farm Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 391, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 392/S. 281, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 H.R. 496/S. 128, Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy (BRIDGE) Act H.R. 641, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 670, High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 730, Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2017 H.R. 979, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017 H.R. 1125, Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity (VISA) Act of 2017 H.R. 1303/S. 180, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1502, To terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1627, Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 H.R. 1705, Keeping American Jobs Act H.R. 1941, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2004, Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act H.R. 2388, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2017 H.R. 2407, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act H.R. 2461, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 179, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 232, A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications S. 354, Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act S. 504, APEC Business Travel Cards Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 727, Invest in Our Communities Act S. 792, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa program, and for other purposes S. 1040, State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2017 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILLS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-2B Visa Program; L-1B Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 regional center program; E-Verify program; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration reform; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; employment based immigrant visa numbers; family based immigrant visa numbers; employment verification; interior enforcement; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol officers and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; tourism; global entry for India

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Energy, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Copyright Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: S. 180 (115th), H.R. 391 (115th), H.R. 641 (115th), H.R. 2461 (115th), H.R. 2407 (115th), S. 504 (115th), H.R. 1125 (115th), S. 128 (115th), S. 232 (115th), H.R. 392 (115th), S. 727 (115th), H.R. 2131 (115th), H.R. 1502 (115th), H.R. 114 (115th), H.R. 730 (115th), H.R. 2388 (115th), H.R. 1303 (115th), S. 354 (115th), S. 792 (115th), H.R. 2004 (115th), S. 281 (115th), H.R. 670 (115th), H.R. 1705 (115th), H.R. 1627 (115th), H.R. 496 (115th), S. 179 (115th), H.R. 1941 (115th), H.R. 170 (115th), S. 1040 (115th), H.R. 281 (115th), H.R. 979 (115th)

Education EDU

H.R. 2353, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act H.R. 2434/S. 1121, College Transparency Act Final regulations on student assistance general provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program (81 Fed. Reg. 75,926-76,089, November 1, 2016) Final regulations on program integrity: gainful employment (79 Fed. Reg. 64,889-65,103, October 31, 2014) Various issues relating to implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (P.L. 109-270); higher education, including the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329); implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (P.L. 114-95); student data privacy in K-12 and higher education; child care and early education; borrower defense to repayment regulation; Executive Order 13801, Expanding Apprenticeships in America

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Energy, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1121 (115th), H.R. 2434 (115th), H.R. 2353 (115th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

H.R. 114, Social Media Screening for Terrorists Act of 2017 H.R. 351, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017 H.R. 730, Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2017 H.R. 979, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017 H.R. 2388, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2017 H.R. 2626, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act S. 504, APEC Business Travel Cards Reauthorization Act of 2017 Various issues relating to the visa waiver program; biometric entry-exit; border security; interior enforcement; travel issues; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; trusted traveler program; resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security; aerial security enhancements; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers; inclusion of Singapore in the Global Entry Program; funding for Brand USA

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); General Services Administration (GSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 979 (115th), H.R. 730 (115th), H.R. 351 (115th), H.R. 2388 (115th), H.R. 2626 (115th), H.R. 114 (115th), S. 504 (115th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 720/S. 237, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); General Services Administration (GSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Education, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 237 (115th), H.R. 720 (115th)

Science/Technology SCI

Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 717, Listing Reform Act H.R. 1273/S. 376, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act S. 375, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.J. Res. 38/H.J. Res. 11/H.J. Res. 16/S.J. Res. 10, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule H.J. Res. 44, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205), including provisions relating to state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Various issues relating to environment and energy policy

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Copyright Office; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 375 (115th), H.J.Res. 11 (115th), H.J.Res. 38 (115th), H.R. 717 (115th), H.J.Res. 44 (115th), S. 376 (115th), H.R. 1273 (115th), S.J.Res. 10 (115th), H.J.Res. 16 (115th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 5/S. 951, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 H.R. 806/S. 263, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 H.R. 978, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1004, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1273/S. 376, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1430, Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 69, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2017 S. 375, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 452, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2017 S. 453, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 454, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 36/S.J. Res. 11, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation" Potential legislation extending Endangered Species Act deadlines Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on national ambient air quality standards for ozone (79 Fed. Reg. 75,234-75,411, December 17, 2014) Proposed regulations on TSCA inventory notification (active-inactive) requirements (82 Fed. Reg. 4,255-4,269, January 13, 2017) Proposed regulations on procedures for chemical risk evaluation under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act (82 Fed. Reg. 7,562-7,580, January 19, 2017) Proposed regulations on procedures for prioritization of chemicals for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (82 Fed. Reg. 4,825-4,837, January 17, 2017) Final regulations on clean water rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (80 Fed. Reg. 37,054-37,127, June 29, 2015) Proposed rules on financial responsibility requirements under CERCLA 108(b) for classes of facilities in the Hardrock mining industry (82 Fed. Reg. 3,388-3,512, January 11, 2017) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (P.L. 114-182); EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; implementation and potential reform of the Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Copyright Office; Education, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.R. 26 (115th), S. 375 (115th), H.R. 469 (115th), S. 454 (115th), S. 951 (115th), H.R. 1431 (115th), S. 263 (115th), S. 21 (115th), H.R. 1654 (115th), S.J.Res. 11 (115th), S. 69 (115th), S. 376 (115th), H.R. 978 (115th), H.R. 1004 (115th), H.R. 806 (115th), H.R. 1273 (115th), H.J.Res. 36 (115th), H.R. 5 (115th), S. 452 (115th), S. 453 (115th), H.R. 1430 (115th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017 H.R. 2105, NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 S. 133, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 763, Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act S. 770, A bill to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks, and for other purposes S. 1157, Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking (PATCH) Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 59, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act" Fiscal Year 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provision relating to National Institute of Standards and Technology budget Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (114th Cong.) Draft legislation titled Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act Proposed Regulation on intrusion and surveillance items (80 Fed. Reg. 28,853-28,863, May 20, 2015) Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot and proposed regulation; Executive Order 13800, Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; Draft executive order titled Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; National Telecommunications and Information Administration request for public comment, Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats; Transportation Security Administration appropriations; U.S. Customs and Border Protection appropriations; U.S. Customs and Border Protection proposed modification and revocation of ruling letters relating to customs applications of the Jones Act (P.L. 66-261), to the transportation of certain merchandise and equipment between coastwise points; Department of Homeland Security cyber incident data and analysis repository; implementation of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) (P.L. 114-113, Division N); automated indicator sharing program; public-private partnerships; Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (NIS Directive); Regulations (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation); National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) cybersecurity vulnerabilities disclosure initiative

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 770 (115th), S. 133 (115th), S. 595 (115th), H.R. 2105 (115th), S. 1157 (115th), H.J.Res. 59 (115th), H.R. 4450 (115th), H.R. 2825 (115th), H.R. 1224 (115th), S. 2489 (115th), S. 536 (115th), S. 763 (115th), H.R. 2213 (115th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to the Risk Management Program (81 Fed. Reg. 13,637-13,712, March 14, 2016) Various issues relating to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program reauthorization

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Copyright Office; Energy, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

H.R. 210, Native American Energy Act H.R. 986/S. 63, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 S. 245, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017 Various issues relating to the promotion of energy development on Native American lands; reauthorization of Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (P.L. 104-330); Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009); tax parity for tribal governments

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Copyright Office; Education, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Federal Reserve System; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 379 (115th), S. 245 (115th), H.R. 986 (115th), S. 63 (115th), H.R. 210 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 244, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 1301, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 H.J. Res. 99, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2017 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Various issues relating to appropriations for the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); implementation of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Centruy Act (P.L. 114-182); implementation of Executive Order 13547, Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts and the Great Lakes; funding issues for programs in energy research and development at the Department of Energy, including Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; funding for Brand USA; funding for democracy programming by the federal government through the National Endowment for Democracy; funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigation program; funding issues relating to the USPTO; funding issues relating to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues relating to the Department of Justice; funding issues relating to the Department of Homeland Security; funding issues relating to the State Department; IP issues relating to Internet counterfeiting and piracy; funding and IP issues relating to the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; budget policy

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.J.Res. 99 (115th), H.R. 244 (115th), H.R. 1301 (115th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 74, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2017 H.R. 806/S.263, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 452, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2017 S. 453, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 454, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 36/S.J. Res.11, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation" H.J. Res. 38/H.J. Res. 11/H.J. Res. 16/S.J. Res. 10, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule H.J. Res. 59/S.J. Res. 28, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act" S.J. Res. 21, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Final regulations on clean water rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (80 Fed. Reg. 37,054-37,127, June 29, 2015) Proposed rule on national ambient air quality standards for ozone (79 Fed. Reg. 75,234-75,411, December 17, 2014) Proposed rules on National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (81 Fed. Reg. 23,806-23,913, April 22, 2016) Final regulations on accidental release prevention requirements: risk management programs under the Clean Air Act (82 Fed. Reg. 4,594-4,705, January 13, 2017) Various issues relating to environment and energy policy; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; proposed guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); potential amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act regarding EPAs national ambient air quality standards for ozone

Contacted: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Energy, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: S. 452 (115th), H.R. 74 (115th), S.J.Res. 11 (115th), S.J.Res. 21 (115th), S. 263 (115th), S. 453 (115th), H.R. 1431 (115th), H.J.Res. 11 (115th), S.J.Res. 10 (115th), H.J.Res. 38 (115th), H.R. 1654 (115th), S.J.Res. 28 (115th), S. 454 (115th), H.J.Res. 16 (115th), H.J.Res. 59 (115th), H.J.Res. 36 (115th), H.R. 806 (115th)