What was lobbied
13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Patent reform - communicating impact of infringement claims, demand letters and patent litigation on retail business practices.
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Maritime Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office
Support efforts to define and criminalize organized retail crime
Contacted: White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Maritime Commission; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Update House and Senate on Interchange/swipe fee reform issues, including competitive routing and pending surcharge legislation in states; provide retailers perspective of issues in implementing mobile payment systems; data security and breach notification as it relates to sensitive financial data; discuss views of retail industry regarding EMV transition, fraud costs, Chip and PIN, tokenization, encryption, chargebacks, competition in debit routing and other payment innovation; pending revised Financial Choice Act, provisions to repeal Durbin amendment of Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; anticipated Data Breach Insurance Act, shared retail views on tax credits for purchase of data breach insurance, implementing cyber framework, tokenization, p2p encryption.
Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE
S577, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Ace, all provisions; HR1314, Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Ace, all provisions; HR1315 RFS Reform Act, all provisions;
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Federal Maritime Commission; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Bills named:
H.R. 1315 (115th), H.R. 1314 (115th)
Career and technical education issues generally.
Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Maritime Commission; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Communicate retail views in support of free trade; communication of retail views on a renegotiation of NAFTA; Support a renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences program; Support for the Miscellaneous Trade Bill process; Conflict Minerals - comments on SEC review.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Maritime Commission
Port related issues -- congestion, metrics, alliences, detention / demurrage. Transportation related issues -- freight policy, truck productivity, funding infrastructure.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Efairness legislation, tax reform, no specific legislation; oppose imposition of Value Added Tax, National Retail Sales Tax; House Beter Way Blueprint for Tax Reform, border adjustment and interest rate provisions.
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Affordable Care Act, all provisions; HR1628 - American Health Care Act, all provisions; HR1101 - Small Business Health Fairness Act, all provisions; HR173/S58 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, all provisions
Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Maritime Commission; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Bills named:
H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 1101 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th)
U.S. Postal Service reform - communication of retail industry views.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Discussions regarding proposed legislation & agency reports affecting the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information and self-regulatory programs providing protection for consumers; communication of retail views regarding data security and breach notification laws and procedures in protecting customer information; proposed federal breach notification and data security standards; CPSC Oversight issues - overall agency review on key issues.
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office
Prior approval reform; Regulatory Accountability Act (no bill number), all provisions
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Maritime Commission; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
HJRes83 - CRA on OSHA "Volks" rule; NLRB Specialty Healthcare decision; NLRB Rule on Representation; part-time scheduling generally; paid leave issues generally; OSHA Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses; Compensation equity issues generally; S.875, Workplace Advancement Act, all provisions; HR 1768/S.933, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, all provisions; H.R.1767, Employee Privacy Protection Act, all provisions; Fair Labor Standards Act generally; S.801, Representation Fairness Restoration Act, all provisions; Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, all provisions; NLRB Joint Employment Standard; Dept of Labor Changes to Overtime Rules; Dept. of Labor Persuader rule, all provisions; EEOC revisions to EEO-1 report, all provisions; FY2017& FY2018 Appropriations - overtime, NLRB, EEO-1; HJRes67 - CRA on DOL municipal IRA's rule; HJRes66, CRA on DOL Stae IRA's rule.
Contacted: White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Federal Maritime Commission; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Bills named:
H.J.Res. 83 (115th), H.R. 1767 (115th), H.R. 1768 (115th), S. 875 (115th), H.J.Res. 66 (115th), S. 933 (115th), S. 801 (115th), H.J.Res. 67 (115th)
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